This star is a bit wild

Chapter 103 Cherry Summer Music Festival

The heaven and earth rotate, and day and night alternate.

Early in the morning, Chu Hang, Jiang Shu, Tong Fei and Jin Yuzhe sat around a wooden table at a street stall, which was filled with breakfast items such as steamed buns, tofu pudding, soy milk, and fried dough sticks.

"garrulous……"

"Don't eat the coriander, this is your sweet tofu pudding."

Chu Hang handed the tofu pudding that had just been served to Tong Fei, with a look of disgust on his face.

"What's that expression on your face?"

“Sweet tofu pudding is the authentic way!”

"Salty tofu pudding is heresy!"

Tong Fei grumbled somewhat dissatisfiedly.

"Ha ha……"

"Do you think I care about you?"

Chu Hang rolled his eyes and ate his salty tofu pudding slowly, not caring about Tong Fei, the heretic, at all.

Next to her, Jiang Shu was holding a bowl of soy milk and drinking it in small sips. Her pink lips were stained with some pure white soy milk stains, which matched her rosy, healthy and fair face, making her look so cute.

"I just talked to Director Gu, and she said she has no objections if we can secure a performance opportunity at the Cherry Summer Music Festival."

"As for the performance fee, we will negotiate with the organizers ourselves. It's up to us to decide how much we can get. However, during the survival challenge, we can only use 1% of the appearance fee. The remaining 99% will be returned to us in full after the survival challenge is over."

After Chu Hang finished most of the tofu pudding in front of him, he looked up at Jiang Shu and the other two and briefly told them the results of his communication with Gu Yu.

"what?"

“You can only use 1%?”

Jiang Shu raised his head, his expression a little confused.

Tong Fei couldn't help but smile when she saw this: "Jiang Jiang, don't think 1% is a small amount. Do you know how high Chu Hang's net worth is now?"

"If we can really secure a chance to perform at the Cherry Summer Music Festival, even if it's just 1%, it will definitely exceed yuan."

Jin Yuzhe sat next to her without saying anything, but nodded silently, proving that what Tong Fei said was true.

They are all insiders, and a lot of information is not a secret to them.

The news that Chu Hang's appearance fee in "Singer Global Season" has increased from the initial 20 to the current 120 million, and is very likely to increase further in the future, has long been spread in the circle.

Who is behind "Singer Global Season"?
Nanhu TV Station!
For decades, Nanhu TV Station’s authority in domestic entertainment is self-evident, so the prices it offers serve as a benchmark for the entire industry.

In other words, Nanhu TV, as a super traffic reservoir, is of great help to the career development and traffic exposure of celebrity artists. However, it still offered Chu Hang 120 million, not to mention other platforms that are not as good as Nanhu TV. If they want to invite Chu Hang, the price they offer will only be high, not low.

"Chu Hang, you're so valuable..."

Jiang Shu turned her head and looked at Chu Hang with a silly expression.

Chu Hang looked at Jiang Shu's innocent look, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips slightly: "In fact, it's not just me who is valuable, Tong Fei, Zhe Ge and you are also very valuable~"

After saying that, Chu Hang looked at Tong Fei and Jin Yuzhe again, his expression slightly more serious: "Although we are recording a variety show, if we want to participate in the music festival, it can also be considered a commercial performance."

"I think it would be better for you two to communicate with your agents, and then we can negotiate the split in advance. We don't want to end up in a disagreement over the split. That would be a bit too much of a loss."

Tong Fei and Jin Yuzhe looked at each other after hearing what Chu Hang said. They felt that what Chu Hang said made sense, and then they took out their mobile phones and started contacting their respective agents. Chu Hang also called Zhao Qiongying and briefly explained the matter to her.

In this regard, Zhao Qiongying said she had no opinion, but reminded Chu Hang that when it comes to contract signing, the company will send professional legal personnel to handle it, and not to let him sign the contract without authorization.

"There's nothing wrong with my side."

"There's no problem on my side either."

Soon, Tong Fei and Jin Yuzhe finished their calls.

"Then let's talk about the profit sharing."

Chu Hang had nothing to hide; brothers would settle accounts openly.

"Don't count me in for the profit. I'm just joining in the fun. I can't sing or play any instruments, so the appearance fee will be divided among the three of you."

Jin Yuzhe spoke first.

"Brother Zhe, after all, you're a popular young actor with a huge fan base. Even if you don't know anything, as long as you're on our team, our overall value will definitely rise, so you have to take something no matter what."

Chu Hang shook his head and responded seriously.

"Um……"

"Then I'll take 1%. Is that okay?"

Jin Yuzhe thought for a moment and gave a new answer.

"Okay, then Brother Zhe will take 1%."

Chu Hang nodded and turned to look at Tong Fei.

"You are the main force, you take 50%."

Tong Fei was also quite straightforward: "The remaining 40% will be split equally between Jiang Jiang and me, how about that?"

"Jiang Jiang, do you agree with this split?"

Chu Hang looked at Jiang Shu and asked.

"I'm fine with anything, just decide."

Jiang Shu was originally resting her chin on her hands, secretly glancing at Chu Hang beside her. Now Chu Hang suddenly looked at her, making her look a little flustered.

"OK."

"Then it's settled."

Chu Hang didn't bother to be polite with Tong Fei, because with his current traffic and popularity, he had already left Tong Fei behind. Moreover, Tong Fei was from a girl group. Although she had comprehensive abilities, she alone was not capable of holding down the large-scale music festivals that often attracted tens of thousands of people.

However, Tong Fei is a female idol after all. She is quite well-known in China and also has quite high popularity and traffic. She can be regarded as a gold medal assistant. Even if she wants to take 30%, it will be no problem.

"Then let's head to the Cherry Summer Music Festival now. There must be staff from the organizer there. As long as we can find them, we can contact the organizer and then we can discuss things."

Chu Hang was the first to stand up from his chair as he spoke. Jiang Shu and the other two had no objection to Chu Hang's arrangement and followed him to stand up. They then checked the route, looked for the nearest subway station, and chose to take the subway to the scene.

……

Shenzhen, the window to the world.

At the foot of the Eiffel Tower, many staff members dressed in Cherry Summer Music Festival uniforms were busy setting up the stage, and the chief music director Guo Qingze was personally in charge of the scene.

As a new music festival brand that has only been established for three years, Cherry Summer Music Festival has accumulated a lot of fans in the past two years with its sincere service attitude and excellent on-site atmosphere.

This year marks the third year of the Cherry Summer Music Festival. With the experience accumulated in the previous two years, they plan to make a big splash this year and have carefully prepared the 2021 Cherry Summer Music Festival national tour, officially entering the country's first-tier cities that were previously dominated by old-fashioned music festivals.

Shenzhen is the first stop of their national tour this year.

Whether the performance can be well-received and whether the national tour can have a successful start, the first stop in Shenzhen is crucial, so Guo Qingze, as the chief director, did not hesitate to be present on the scene in person.

Just as Guo Qingze was busy adjusting the sound effects, a staff member suddenly trotted over to Guo Qingze and said, "Director Guo, there are four people outside who want to see you."

"who?"

"Why are you meeting me?"

Guo Qingze frowned slightly and asked back.

“It seems like all four of them are stars.”

"They asked me to ask you if we're still short of performers for the festival."

The staff member was a bit old, and he quickly responded to Guo Qingze.

"Are you kidding me?"

"The performance is tomorrow, and you're here now to apply for a guest position?"

"Besides, I've never seen any celebrity personally come to recommend themselves. It's always the organizers and the agency that work directly with each other. Are these people scammers?"

After hearing what the other party said, Guo Qingze frowned even more tightly.

The staff member sensed the low pressure emanating from Guo Qingze and suddenly became a little reserved: "Director Guo, they seem like real stars. I don't know the other three, but I saw the young man in the lead on TV a few days ago."

"what is his name?"

Guo Qingze had already turned around and was re-adjusting the sound effects.

In his opinion, even if the four people outside were really stars, they were probably not of the mainstream kind. Even if their Cherry Summer Music Festival was a new music festival brand, they would not invite every guest.

What's more, the performance lineup of their Cherry Summer Music Festival in Pengcheng has been publicized long ago, and even the tickets have been sold out. If a group of performing guests are added in at the last minute, the original performance order will inevitably be disrupted.

"My name seems to be Chu Hang..."

The staff member saw Guo Qingze's face turn cold, and he felt as if he had done something wrong. He immediately added: "Director Guo, you are busy, I will send them away!"

"Wait a minute!"

Guo Qingze suddenly turned around, his eyes widening slightly, and his voice became much louder: "Who are you talking about? Chu Hang? Are you sure?"

The staff member was a little confused by Guo Qingze's reaction. He nodded subconsciously: "The guy who appears every Friday night in 'Singer Global Season', if I remember correctly, should be called Chu Hang?"

"quick!"

"Please invite them in!"

After Guo Qingze finished speaking, he immediately added: "Forget it, I'll go with you."

As he spoke, Guo Qingze strode out of the Window of the World.

About five minutes later, when Guo Qingze saw Chu Hang, Jiang Shu, Tong Fei and Jin Yuzhe standing side by side, he suddenly took a deep breath and inexplicably felt like he was hit by a pie in the sky.

It’s really Chu Hang!

The popular singer in the music industry who couldn't be invited to any major music festivals now actually appeared in front of him in such a charming way!

In fact, more than half a month ago, after Chu Hang defeated Australia's national treasure singer Hayley with the song "If Love Has Providence", major music festivals have extended olive branches to Chu Hang.

However, because Chu Hang was recording two popular variety shows at the same time and did not have enough time, and because Zhao Qiongying did not want too many trivial matters to disturb Chu Hang's competitive state, Zhao Qiongying temporarily rejected all the invitations to these music festivals.

Nowadays, Chu Hang is extremely popular. Every song he sang on "Singer Global Season" has become a big hit, and has dominated the new song charts of major music software for as long as a month.

Originally, when Guo Qingze was on his way here, he thought that the fact that God had sent him Chu Hang was enough of a surprise for him, but he never expected that there was an even bigger surprise waiting for him.

Guo Qingze looked at the girl next to Chu Hang who was as delicate as a porcelain doll. As a veteran 5G surfer, he recognized who this girl was at a glance.

Jiang Shu, when he and Chu Hang stand together, they are the ceiling of CP in the entire online dating variety show. As for the popularity of Hang Shu CP on the Internet and the number of CP fans they have, even many second-tier stars can't catch up. The topic has remained high since the broadcast of "Falling in Love 4".

If Chu Hang and Jiang Shu could appear at the Cherry Summer Music Festival at the same time tomorrow, he couldn't imagine how excited the audience would be, let alone how much network traffic and popularity they would bring to the Cherry Summer Music Festival.

As for Tong Fei and Jin Yuzhe, one is a new generation female idol, and the other is a new generation popular handsome boy. Both of them are guests in the hit dating variety show "Fall in Love 4", and have very high popularity and traffic.

Guo Qingze feels that if these four members appear on the stage together tomorrow night, the main guests of their music festival tomorrow night may not be able to suppress them.

"Hello, Director Guo."

"I'm Chu Hang, and this is Jiang Shu, Tong Fei, and Jin Yuzhe."

"We are currently filming the variety show 'Falling in Love 4' and are currently doing a five-day survival challenge date, so we came uninvited to see if we can seek an opportunity from Director Guo."

Chu Hang had done his homework in advance. When he saw Guo Qingze, he took the initiative to walk over to him and concisely stated their purpose.

"So that's it."

"I was wondering why you guys suddenly came to my house."

Guo Qingze showed a hint of realization on his face, shook his head and said with a smile, "If our staff hadn't told me your names, I would have thought I had run into a scammer."

"It is indeed a bit abrupt and disturbing you."

Seeing Chu Hang being extremely humble, polite and without any arrogance, Guo Qingze couldn't help but feel more favorable towards him. After all, Chu Hang had become so popular during this period that he was simply extremely famous. Even if the other party was a little arrogant, he thought it was normal.

"Don't disturb, don't disturb!"

"It's hot outside, come on, let's go inside and talk!"

Guo Qingze was very enthusiastic and invited Chu Hang and the other three to go inside.

……

The control room of the organizer of the Cherry Summer Music Festival is located about 500 meters to the left of the stage. Although it is a temporary structure, it is equipped with air conditioning. After Chu Hang and others entered the room, they immediately felt the cool air blowing on their faces.

"Come, come, have tea, have tea."

As soon as everyone walked into the house, staff immediately served them tea.

"Thank you, Director Guo."

Chu Hang and the others thanked him, but did not talk about business right away. Instead, they started to greet and chat with Guo Qingze. Since they were all in the same circle, they could always talk about familiar things and people.

After exchanging pleasantries for more than twenty minutes, Chu Hang and the others finally got down to business.

"Director Guo, you already know why we're here."

Chu Hang put down his teacup and asked Guo Qingze, "I wonder what you mean by this?"

"welcome!"

“A warm welcome!”

"I just wonder how many songs you plan to sing tomorrow night?"

Guo Qingze must be a fool to choose to reject Chu Hang and the other three. Even though they have sold out all the tickets for tomorrow night, tomorrow night's music festival is the first stop of their national tour and is of great significance to them.

In comparison, the extra cost is nothing.

“Three.”

Chu Hang also knew the rules of the music festival.

Three songs is the minimum.

“Three…”

Guo Qingze nodded. This answer was within his expectations. After all, Chu Hang came to participate in their music festival just to make some money and complete the survival challenge of "Heartbeat 4".

"Teacher Chu, let's be frank."

Guo Qingze pondered for a moment, then said sincerely, "Taking into account the four of you, your fame, status, influence, and popularity, among other factors, if you only plan to sing three songs tomorrow night, I can offer you 150 million."

As Guo Qingze finished speaking, Tong Fei couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise in her eyes. You know, the performance quote for her three songs at major music festival brands was basically between 50 and 70, but now the other party offered a price of 150 million.

Tong Fei knew very well that the other party's ability to offer such a price might have something to do with herself, Jin Yuzhe and Jiang Shu, but the person who could play the decisive role must be Chu Hang.

On the other side, Jiang Shu, who had always been sitting there well-behaved and upright, subconsciously opened her pink lips wider when she heard the price offered by Guo Qingze.

Just when Tong Fei, Jiang Shu and the others were somewhat shocked that Guo Qingze offered such a high price, Chu Hang shook his head slightly and said, "Director Guo, this price is too low."

"Teacher Chu, this price is really not low."

Guo Qingze looked at Chu Hang seriously and said, "50 for a single song. Looking at all the performing guests tomorrow, only the main guest is slightly higher than yours. The other performing guests are not as expensive as you."

Chu Hang knew who the main guest Guo Qingze mentioned was.

Shi Lei is a true first-line singer in the music industry. Since his debut in 2008, he not only has many excellent works, but also has a very large number of loyal fans in China. He holds national tour concerts every year, and every show is always sold out.

As an emerging music festival brand, Cherry Summer Music Festival has made a huge investment to invite Shi Lei as the main guest. And the fact that Guo Qingze can give Chu Hang and others a single price second only to Shi Lei is enough to reflect his importance to Chu Hang and others.

"Director Guo, maybe I didn't express myself clearly."

"The three songs I just mentioned are all original songs that I have never released before. I can assure you that these three songs are very suitable for the environment and atmosphere of the music festival. If we can't make the scene burn up tomorrow, I am willing to not take a penny."

Chu Hang looked at Guo Qingze with a smile, his eyes filled with strong confidence.

"Are all three original songs?"

Upon hearing this, Guo Qingze stood up from his chair. Unable to suppress his excitement, he asked Chu Hang, "Teacher Chu, are you serious?"

"It's true."

Chu Hang nodded affirmatively.

"If that's the case..."

Guo Qingze is very clear about how big the gap is between "Chu Hang sings three songs" and "Chu Hang sings three original songs". Since Chu Hang stepped onto the stage of "Singer Global Season", every original single he sang has been a hit on the entire network.

If the three original songs Chu Hang brings tomorrow are also of above-average quality, then the traffic and popularity that they can bring to their music festival brand will be enormous.

Thinking of this, Guo Qingze pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Teacher Chu, I'll give you a flat price of 240 million. The price of your single is the same as Teacher Shi Lei's. This is my greatest sincerity. Is this okay with you?"

"make a deal."

When Chu Hang heard that the price Guo Qingze offered him for his single was the same as Shi Lei's, he knew that this was indeed Guo Qingze's limit. After all, Shi Lei was tomorrow's main guest. If the price of a non-main guest's single was higher than that of the main guest, wouldn't that be counterproductive to Tian Gang?

"Director Guo, please trust us."

Chu Hang stood up and extended his right hand towards Guo Qingze, saying with a smile, "I promise to make sure you get great value for money tomorrow."

"Teacher Chu, I'm looking forward to it!"

Guo Qingze was indeed looking forward to it, because Chu Hang's performance in "Singer · Global Season" was witnessed by everyone. You know, "Singer · Global Season" was broadcast live throughout the whole process, without any audio editing, and without any adulteration.

After the price is agreed upon, the next step is to sign the business contract.

In response to this, Chu Hang directly dispatched the professional legal department of Xinghai Media to connect with the professional legal department of Cherry Summer Music Festival.

……

An hour later, Chu Hang and others left Century Window.

"Director Guo has arranged for us to perform at 7 o'clock. This time is right at the beginning of the day and the beginning of the night, which is considered the golden hour of the entire music festival. So we have less than 30 hours until 7 o'clock tomorrow night. Now let's divide the work."

Just after noon, Chu Hang and his three companions found a fast food restaurant nearby. They would have a "huge sum" of 2.4 yuan deposited into their account tomorrow, so they no longer had to be stingy with food and drink. It was no problem for them to achieve fast food freedom.

"I can play guitar, bass, piano, sing and dance."

Tong Fei was the first to reveal her skill list.

"Except for not being able to sing, I can play a few traditional and modern instruments."

Jiang Shu answered immediately, and she raised her right hand in a silly way, just like a primary school student answering the teacher's question.

"I don't know anything..."

Jin Yuzhe felt a little hurt in his self-esteem, but as an actor, his professional skills were indeed useless on stage.

"It's okay, Brother Zhe."

"You'll be in charge of the keyboard tomorrow. I'll record the keyboard part into the accompaniment in advance. You can just press the keys and pretend."

Chu Hang comforted Jin Yuzhe, then looked at Jiang Shu: "Jiang Jiang, we are short of a drummer now. Can you play the drums?"

"Yes!"

Jiang Shu nodded affirmatively.

"Wow!"

"Jiang Jiang, you can actually play the drums!"

"That's super cool!"

Tong Fei couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, and Chu Hang didn't expect that Jiang Shu, a girl who looked so well-behaved and sweet, could actually play the drums. He didn't have much hope at first, he just asked casually.

"Then the important task of drummer is handed over to you!"

Chu Hang patted Jiang Shu's shoulders and then looked at Tong Fei: "Then the female vocals and bass are up to you. Can you finish them?"

"It should be fine. At worst I won't sleep tonight!"

Tong Fei was indeed a little unsure, but she was still quite confident.

"OK!"

“I’m on vocals and guitar.”

Chu Hang took a sip of his fat otaku happy water and then said, "Let's go find a music room after dinner. It would be best if we could find one that offers both instrument rentals and rehearsal space."

"I actually know a place like this. I heard about it from a friend before. We can go and take a look later." Tong Fei responded.

"Ok, Ok."

"Then it's settled."

Chu Hang knew that rehearsals meant time was of the essence, so he reminded Jiang Shu and the others, "Eat more! Once rehearsals start, we don't know when we'll be able to have dinner."

……

Just as Chu Hang and others were having lunch, the organizers of the Cherry Summer Music Festival acted extremely quickly and announced that Chu Hang, Jiang Shu, Tong Fei and Jin Yuzhe would be attending the music festival as special guests tomorrow. They also emphasized that the three songs Chu Hang would perform were all original singles that had not yet been released.

As soon as this news was released, the popularity of the Cherry Summer Music Festival instantly increased.

"What? Chu Hang will also be attending the Cherry Summer Music Festival tomorrow? I'm so fucking mad at you, organizer! Why didn't you announce this news earlier? There are no tickets left now!"

"Chu Hang and Jiang Shu are going to be together again? We, the Hang-Shu couple fans, are ecstatic!"

"The news is accurate. The official website of 'Fall in Love 4' just released a statement. They will start the live broadcast tomorrow at o'clock, which coincides with the time announced for Chu Hang and others to appear at the Cherry Summer Music Festival!"

"Yao Niu: Oh, isn't this overwhelming wealth coming?"

"Help! I was originally worried about the high price of scalped V-zone tickets for 788, but when I asked again, they've doubled!"

"Cherry Summer Music Festival, I declare from now on that I am your loyal fan. This is truly amazing! I didn't expect that even though all the tickets were sold out, you would still throw in such a surprise. You are definitely a conscientious business!"

"I have an extra ticket, which I can give to a beautiful woman with long legs and fair skin for free. If you are interested, please send me a private message and send me a photo!"

"Shi Lei is obviously the main character, so why am I so excited for Chu Hang? He was so excited on 'Singer Global Season', so he must be super excited at the music festival too?"

"I look forward to Chu Hang and Jiang Jiang singing "The Flower Guardian" again tomorrow!"

……

Countless netizens flocked to the official account of Cherry Summer Music Festival after hearing the news. These people were either fans of Chu Hang, or fans of the dating variety show of Hang Shu CP, and a small number were fans of Tong Fei and Jin Yuzhe.

In addition, the official account of "Fall in Love 4" also followed suit, which further increased the popularity of this news. Two hours after the official announcement, it successfully made it into the hot search list of major social media platforms.

Faced with the extremely enthusiastic netizens, the Cherry Summer Music Festival was under pressure and finally had to temporarily add 2500 tickets. The tickets were sold out in an instant after they were released. The popularity of the event was comparable to the speed at which tickets were snapped up for concerts held by top singers.

Amidst much anticipation, the 2021 Cherry Summer Music Festival National Tour officially arrived in Shenzhen...

(End of this chapter)