Chapter 129: busking

After more than half a century of development, Hollywood, located in the north of Los Angeles, has grown into a small town that has attracted worldwide attention. It is not only the world’s top film factory, but also represents the essence of the American film industry, and has developed into a worldwide scale. One of the most popular tourist attractions within.

In the world of this movie, Hollywood Boulevard (.) is like a long winding river flowing slowly, connecting Hollywood completely. The whole street is always in a noisy atmosphere, even when compared to Times Square (.square), which is known as the crossroads of the world. The east-west street has both the signs of prosperity of the times and the traces of historical precipitation. The ubiquitous entertainment and fashion show on both sides of the road is a pure natural stage, providing a bright and beautiful display place for everyone, and the sight is far away. The Hollywood Sign, Universal Studios and many filming locations condense the unique charm of this movie city, making it impossible to distinguish whether you are in the movie or in the real world. Along the Hollywood Boulevard from Gower Street in the east to La Brea Avenue in the west (la. brea. avenue) is the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame (). There are more than two thousand star medals inlaid on this sidewalk. Each star represents an awardee’s outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry. Although the method of nomination and confirmation is still subject to numerous doubts, it does not affect the starlight. The visibility and authority of the avenue, and winning a place on this sidewalk is a huge reward for anyone.

Since the first star was produced on this avenue in 1960, forty-two years have now passed. Although more than two thousand stars have been assigned names at this time, in front of the huge number of participants in the entertainment industry, it is still only A very small part. Therefore, the significance of the Avenue of Stars to more people lies in commemoration, sightseeing and remembering. This also makes the Avenue of Stars one of the favorite performance venues of Los Angeles street performers.

From the beginning of the morning sun, you can see all kinds of performers start their day's work on the Avenue of Stars, especially the crowded Hollywood Highland Entertainment Plaza (;) in front of the'door', which always becomes a street The performers’ strategists must contend for.

With the sun slanting west, the lively scene on the sidewalk has not diminished, on the contrary, it has become more and more noisy. The fiery setting sun has rendered the crowds' tides a tragic boil. Under a lamppost near La Brea Avenue, a ragged ‘wanderer’ lying weakly on the ground, stretched out his right hand and kept trying to block pedestrians, hoping that someone could stop and give some change. The blood-red ‘color’ light draped over the ‘wanderer’ body, allowing people to clearly see the filthy patches on his body. The brows of the viewers could not help but wrinkle, and then he walked quickly and detoured away.

Homeless vagrants are not uncommon in Los Angeles. Blacks and Mexicans make up the majority of them, vagrants picking up rubbish, vagrants, and small, disheveled **** and finesseers. The poison of God's malaise. Addiction patients... stand on the street and look around and you can see a lot. However, the block division in Los Angeles is very obvious. The activity areas of these "travelers" are very limited. They will only appear in specific areas, and it is difficult to see these people in high-end luxury financial districts and upper-class social districts. In the figure. Although there is no clear definition of which street is the boundary, it is similar to areas such as Chinatown and Little Tokyo. The homeless people will always know their "ownership" and will not be in conflict with the wealthy white people. The riot caused by the Rodney-King incident in January is obviously an exception.

However, the so-called activity area of ​​these ‘vagrants’ obviously does not include Hollywood Boulevard, so it is not common to see ‘vagrants’ here. Many people will subconsciously look for patrol officers on the street back and forth when passing by this ‘vag’. In order to prevent the ‘rogue’ from ‘chaos’ incidents, the police. Chap's patrols are always more intensive, especially now that the aftermath of the Rodney-King incident has not completely disappeared, it becomes more obvious. But these passers-by are going to be disappointed, because there are two patrolmen standing less than a hundred yards away from the "wanderer", but obviously they have no plan to drive the 520 novelist.

Locals in Los Angeles will soon react. This homeless man must have obtained the permit for street performances through the city hall, and the patrols will naturally not expel him after confirmation. In big cities like New York and Los Angeles, there are always countless street performers. In order to regulate management, it is impossible for a person to perform on the street with a guitar. This is a ‘sexual’ nature of setting up a stall everywhere. Therefore, street performers who want to obtain legal performance qualifications can apply to the city hall to ‘submit’ applications to gain a place for themselves on the street. Obviously, this ‘wanderer’ should be one of the licensed ones.

But for out-of-towners and tourists, they can't understand the curving roads. After all, few people associate a down-and-out ‘traveler’ with a gorgeous street performance. As a result, almost everyone who passed by frowned and detoured, full of doubts and incomprehension about the security of the Avenue of Stars, and continued on.

At this time, a tall boy with a guitar on his back walked steadily, but he lowered his head as if he was thinking about something. Such passers-by can be seen everywhere in the streets of Los Angeles, although the most famous music academies in the United States seem to be Concentrated in New York, and Broadway has become one of the landmarks of New York City, but Los Angeles is the world’s most famous theater concentration, from drama to'symphony' to the art community, Los Angeles has the slightest musical blood. Not inferior to the popularity of Hollywood movies, a variety of West Coast music was nurtured and developed in the city of Los Angeles, not to mention that the world's most authoritative and top Grammy Awards originated in Los Angeles.

Therefore, music flows slowly in this city, and there are countless independent musicians in various forms.

The boy seemed to be too serious, that he didn't notice the homeless man on his left. His left foot was directly hooked by the left hand extended by the homeless man, and his center of gravity became unstable. He rushed forward and almost hit a'woman' in front of him. The boy seemed to have noticed that he had made a mistake, and he hurriedly helped the ‘female’ with apologies. The ‘female’ was fine at first. After being apologized by the boy, he immediately waved his hand and said that he was OK.

But before the boys and the'women' had time to say something, the wailing beside them rang out, "My hand, **** Christ, my hand!" The sharp shout seemed a little impetuous and a bit ferocious," My hand must be broken, my hand!"

Looking back, it was the homeless man who screamed.

The voice of the ‘wanderer’ caused a dozen people around the road to stop. Then some people walked away without wanting to be nosy, others stayed to watch the excitement, and others started discussing what happened. For a while, it has attracted a lot of attention from the neighborhood.

"Sir,'female', I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." The boy's panic all over his face, and his immature expression clearly conveyed his bewilderment. Because the voice of the "vag" was slightly rough and difficult to distinguish between male and female, the boy apologized incoherently. He even squatted down directly to check the situation of the "vag".

But before the boy's hand touched it, the tramp screamed again, "You want to break my hand, you **** fellow! Do you want to kill me?" This sharp one The sound is like the sound of glass rubbing against a blackboard, which is very uncomfortable to listen to.

The pedestrian next to him immediately fryed the pan, because anyone with a discerning eye could see that the boys did nothing at all, and the homeless guys started screaming. This is obviously the homeless guys who see the boys young and want to blackmail him. The pen is too obvious. However, no one of the onlookers took the initiative to clear the siege. Someone called a patrol officer not far away, but still no one reminded the boys.

The boy seemed to be unaware of all this, he looked at the wandering man in front of him in a panic, "Ambulance, do I need to call an ambulance?" The boy's green face is already innocent, with clear eyes. Looking so helpless and innocent, it makes people feel sympathy, and a thin layer of sweat leaks from the bright eyebrows, which makes people suspect that he may cry at any time, "Sorry, I was just Thinking about things, I really didn't notice, I really didn't mean it." The boy explained in a panic, "Let me help you up, don't lie down."

While talking, the boy stretched out his hand and grabbed the shoulder of the tramp, but when he didn't want to touch his shoulders, the tramp jumped up from the ground immediately, not as weak as he was just now. It looks like, "What! Indecent! Indecent! This person wants to indecent me!"

What kind of rhythm is this? The audience was stunned. Could it be that this tramp is a ‘female’ and ‘sex’?

The wandering man sat up against the lamp post grabbed his neckline and stared at the boy fiercely. His fierce appearance made people shudder, "Don’t want to touch my skin! Today, if you If you don’t give me an account, don’t want to leave!"

"Wh...what?" The boy was so scared that his innocent eyes were almost filled with clear tears.

The vagrant man gritted his teeth viciously, and moved closer step by step, scaring the boys back and forth, "I kicked my hand off and tried to indecent assault. If you don’t compensate me, I’ll go. The court sue you!"

"Money? What money? I don't have money." The boy is completely ignorant, and some of the onlookers finally see it. They stand up and want to say a word for the boy, but the words come out, "Hey, man..." I was stared fiercely by the "wandering" man, and then yelled, "Do you want to unite and ups and downs me as a homeless person? Or someone wants to pay for him?"

The fierce tone didn't seem like a ‘female’ or ‘sex’ at all, but it reminded people of such sturdy creatures as mastiffs. Although everyone thought that the "vagant" was planning to cheat money, no one was sure whether the "vagant" was really injured, so it was shocked by the "vagant" for a while. But fortunately, the patrolman is here!