Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 146, Beginning

2 month 28 number.

Rehearsals for the much-anticipated 2002 Asia Tour "Wave of the Times" Shen Lang concert in Yanjing are proceeding intensely and orderly.

At the rehearsal, Shen Lang was full of energy and passion.

He practiced every note and every movement with all his heart.

Through repeated adjustments, the level of understanding between us and the live band has become increasingly higher.

"It's hard to imagine, the first concert in a singer's career, a four-sided stage, 7 seats full. Even some superstars may not be able to come like this." Below the stage, Chen Yaochuan folded his arms across his chest, looking at the stage and Shen Lang, who had just debuted for two years in a few months, and sighed repeatedly.

"Based on the market research I did here in Yanjing, 7 seats is not Shen Lang's limit, it is the limit of the venue. If there is a venue with 10 seats, I think it will also be full." Du Ting is the person who knows Shen Lang's current influence, popularity and appeal best. She witnessed with her own eyes the scene of long queues at the ticket office and scalpers unable to get tickets a while ago.

"If he succeeds in entering the European and American markets, I can't imagine how popular the concert will be." Chen Yaochuan didn't really believe that Shen Lang could accomplish this, but that didn't stop him from fantasizing about it.

"China's own Michael Jackson!" Du Ting, on the contrary, is very bold in her thinking.

"OK, thank you all the band teachers and all the staff, that's all for today."

At this time, Shen Lang's afternoon-long rehearsal finally ended.

I was very satisfied with the stage design, sound quality, and band strength.

The stage design this time is unique. The entire stage is simple and grand, cleverly combining lighting, sound, visual effects and music to create an atmosphere full of youthful vitality, and combined with various high-tech means to bring an ultimate audio-visual experience.

The band is a string orchestra from Taiwan Province. The transportation of a 40-person team and musical instruments will cost more. Moving such a performance team to the mainland for a tour is a huge investment. It will also be a brand new and interesting concert for fans in the three cities of Yanjing, Shanghai and Chengdu.

"Mr. Chen, Ms. Du, is everything okay?" Shen Lang asked Chen Yaochuan and Du Ting about their feelings. When he was on the stage, he often had no idea what the audience saw or heard.

"The audio-visual experience is perfect." Chen Yaochuan has been in charge of quite a few concerts. It is no exaggeration to say that the 9 concerts of Shen Lang's tour, from the investment of manpower, material resources and energy to the final live effects, are definitely among the top ten concerts in the Chinese music scene.

"I can't see any problem." Du Ting gave a thumbs up and was already looking forward to the shock of tomorrow night.

"That's good." Shen Lang was very serious about this tour, striving to perfectly present the best of himself.

To be honest, he was feeling excited and thrilled at this moment.

In the past, I went to other people’s concerts as a guest and sang one or two songs, which was not very satisfying.

Now it’s my turn to have a concert, and I can finally sing to my heart’s content.

"Well, Alang, I heard from Du Ting that you still have tickets. Can you give me some?" At this time, Chen Yaochuan actually asked Shen Lang for tickets.

"Mr. Chen, you are serious, right? Do you still need to ask me for tickets?" Shen Lang was quite surprised. With just one word from him, how could the organizer not reserve tickets for him?

"It's because you're so famous. I originally thought that leaving a dozen tickets for my friends would be enough. But some bosses came to me and said that their daughters and sons liked you very much and didn't get tickets. They all have cooperation, so I had to give them some, and then there were not enough to go around." Chen Yaochuan misjudged the popularity of Shen Lang's first concert. If he had known earlier, he would have definitely gotten dozens of tickets.

"I only have three left. I'll give them all to you later." Shen Lang's situation was similar to his. He gave away all the tickets he had.

Gao Yuanyuan took 5 tickets, for her parents and friends.

Zhou Xun got 9 tickets. Some of her friends in the circle knew that she had a good relationship with Shen Lang, so they asked her to get the tickets. Qian Guosheng got 11 tickets. He was a family of three, and his brothers and sisters.

The rest was given to Ning Hao, Huang Bo, Zhang Songwen, Chen Zihan, several artists under Julang Film and Television, as well as friends such as Tian Zhen, Jin Haixin, and Li Wen.

There are a total of 7 tickets, and as of today, it is already difficult to get a ticket outside.

The ticket price for the worst seat is 188, but scalpers are driving it up to 500.

It can be seen how great the influence of Shen Lang’s first concert is.

Moreover, the influence is not only reflected in ticket sales, but also in live broadcast rights and audio-visual distribution rights.

Both the Yanjing Television Entertainment Channel and Yanjing Music Radio were interested in purchasing the live broadcast rights, but unfortunately Shen Lang had no say in the matter. Xinsuo Records had already negotiated with Phoenix TV at the beginning of the tour preparations and sold them the exclusive package of live broadcast rights for the nine concerts.

As for the audio-visual distribution rights, several publishing companies also made offers, but New Solo Records took it all on its own. As it already had this business, it naturally would not let others make the money. It will release the tapes and CDs after the concert.

Although Shen Lang cannot make the decision, he can get dividends, including tickets, broadcasting rights, audio-visual products, etc.

This time, he did not choose to take a fixed price for the concert. As long as he believed in his own appeal, then the dividends would definitely be the most profitable.

And all the income from the entire tour will eventually go to him, so 70 or 80 million is no problem.

With this money-making ability, you can understand why Hong Kong singers love to hold concerts so much.

Time flies and it is the next evening.

As the show was about to start, there was still a long queue at the ticket gate.

The entrance of Yanjing Workers' Stadium was only a few hundred meters away and was blocked by vehicles. In order not to miss the opening of the concert, some audience members chose to get out of the car and run forward.

There are many familiar figures in the long line.

Shen Lang’s colleagues at Yenching Music Broadcasting, Wu Zhoutong, Zhao Xue, Zhang Zhong, etc.;

Wang Cheng and Yu Xinyue, whose marriage was sealed by a song;

Qin Jiajia, a girl who was saved by a song;
Good friends Qian Guosheng, Fang Wanhua, and Qian Yufei, a family of three, made friends through a song;
Little fangirls Liu Shishi and Xu Weiwei;

I have worked with men and women from the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy.

In short, today is a carnival day for Shen Lang’s fans.

Behind this musical feast, there are countless staff members who have made silent contributions.

Traffic police stick to their posts, constantly weaving in and out of the flow of people and vehicles;
Security personnel are stationed every 10 steps to maintain order on site;

The venue staff in uniform became a beautiful landscape at the scene. They checked tickets, gave instructions, answered questions... They did every job diligently and conscientiously and never got tired of it.

The time came to seven o'clock in the evening.

(End of this chapter)