NovelsAlex Chapter 752 The concert begins
Chapter 752 The concert begins
Chapter 752 The concert begins
Inside the stadium, there was less than a day left until the OST concert began.
The stage lights in the venue are turned on, and the seats in the venue are filled with glow sticks, completing the layout.
On the stage, Shang Yaner was rehearsing the piece to be performed the next day, while Jiang Yuan was standing with Lu Qing watching.
As a senior who has signed a cooperation agreement with Jiang Yuan, Lu Qing now has a very familiar relationship with Jiang Yuan.
While Jiang Yuan was touring the world, Lu Qing was also in a relatively leisurely state, running around for his own performances.
"Have you ever thought about falling in love again?" Lu Qing said curiously, touching Jiang Yuan's shoulder.
"I feel like you are now quite like the singers of our generation. You don't have to be so tense."
"Enjoy life more while you are young, and wait until you are older." While waiting for the time for personal rehearsal, Lu Qing also shared his experiences and insights with Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan listened carefully for a while and nodded. He was not opposed to this kind of well-intentioned advice.
"I think it depends on fate." Jiang Yuan said after thinking for a while.
"Do you still rely on fate?" Lu Qing looked at Shang Yaner on the stage and couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Yuan asked curiously.
"It's okay. I'm a little confused about the definition of fate after you asked me this question." Lu Qing smiled and shook his head, then continued, "But the most important thing in life is to be happy."
"I understand." Jiang Yuan nodded.
After confirming that he was relatively confident of completing the main task, Jiang Yuan's mentality did undergo some adjustments.
However, it still takes a relatively long transition period to adapt to the work schedule.
"I heard that you have the idea of releasing an album recently?" Jiang Yuan asked, changing the subject.
"Yes, I just happened to write a few new songs while I was busy with the performance. If you are free later, please help me listen to them." When talking about his own album, Lu Qing was also quite concerned and immediately shared it with Jiang Yuan.
"Okay, I just happen to have a few demos that are suitable for you to sing. When you have time, let's go to the company to take a look at them together." Jiang Yuan is quite concerned about releasing an album for Lu Qing.
After all, this had already been tested in a previous album, and the songs released by Lu Qing could also generate achievement points to add to his task progress.
If Jiang Yuan were to customize an album for Lu Qing directly, the workload would be quite huge.
However, based on the fact that Lu Qing already has some works in reserve, it is still feasible for Jiang Yuan to put together a few more songs and release an album together.
"When are you free? It just so happens that I'm on vacation for the next week." Lu Qing immediately started to confirm the itinerary with Jiang Yuan.
Very efficiently, while Shang Yaner was still rehearsing, Lu Qing found Jiang Yuan to confirm a date to go to the company together to discuss the album.
"The styles of the songs I wrote this time are quite diverse. I feel the concept of the album can be moved towards."
Soon, Lu Qing started chatting with Jiang Yuan about the theme design of his new album on the spot.
After chatting for a while, Jiang Yuan was called onto the stage by Shang Yaner.
The reason why Jiang Yuan showed up during Shang Yaner's rehearsal was not only to keep her company, but also because the two of them had a song to perform together in the second half of the performance.
After being cueed, Jiang Yuan temporarily put aside the matter of Lu Qing's album and went to the stage to start rehearsing with Shang Yaner.
Although they performed a popular duet of theirs, it had been quite some time since they last performed on the same stage.
Plus, both of them have performed solo versions of the song many times in their respective shows.
So the rehearsal for this collaboration took a little time to polish.
The rehearsal started near dusk and ended at night.
"Brother, we are going to have a dinner together, do you want to join us?" Jiang Yuan asked Lu Qing after the rehearsal.
"No, it's getting late. I'm going to go home and sleep." Lu Qing looked at Jiang Yuan and Shang Yan'er, yawned decisively and said.
After walking away, he winked at Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan paused for two seconds. He actually wanted to call Lu Qing to join him.
But now, it has become a dinner party for Jiang Yuan and Shang Yaner.
"Let's go. Didn't you say you would treat me to a movie?" Shang Yan'er waved to Jiang Yuan and said.
After hearing this, Jiang Yuan recalled it for a while before finding this part in his memory.
When I was busy with my schedule, I received a message from Shang Yaner to congratulate her on booking the theater, but she said she had no time to watch it because of her busy work.
So Jiang Yuan just replied that he would take a look when he was free.
"Okay, I'll look at the movie tickets later." After recalling, Jiang Yuan nodded decisively.
I guess by the time the dinner is over, it won’t be too early, and the probability of being discovered at a late-night party shouldn’t be too high.
The two walked out of the stadium together, and as soon as they went out, they saw a lot of cheering lights outside the venue.
Everyone knew the rehearsal schedule for this concert, so many fans came directly to the outside of the venue to wait for the two to get off work.
Now that they have finally squatted down, they are all excited.
The air is already hot on a summer night, and it becomes even hotter with the crowds of people around.
Fortunately, everyone kept a certain distance and just greeted the two from a distance, then watched them get into their respective nanny cars.
When the vehicle started to leave, Jiang Yuan and the others were also greeting the fans, and their words were very consistent, asking the fans to go home early.
Although they took different nanny cars, the routes they took were ultimately the same.
The venue for the dinner was also chosen to be a seafood restaurant that Jiang Yuan had tried and thought was pretty good.
By the way, the cost of the staff's dinner was also covered, so the restaurant became lively in an instant.
However, Jiang Yuan and his friend still booked a private room to dine.
"Are you going on tour in the second half of the year?" After ordering the food, Shang Yaner asked Jiang Yuan.
Obviously he is more familiar with Jiang Yuan's performance arrangements.
Jiang Yuan nodded upon hearing this, and then continued, "But actually, these are just the last few shows of this tour, and we won't be visiting too many cities."
Based on the scale of one stop and two shows, the studio has currently only preliminarily decided on five cities.
At the frequency of two performances a week, it will take about a month to complete the performance.
With the experience of the World Tour, Jiang Yuan is fully capable of handling such schedule arrangements.
Shang Yaner's eyes lit up when she heard this, and then she went straight to the point, "Then do you have any plans to film a movie before the concert starts?"
Jiang Yuan was a little surprised to hear Shang Yaner's direct question.
The main reason is that Shang Yaner's questions were quite accurate. Before Jiang Yuan went abroad, she had already asked He Jing to do the preparatory projects, and now they are almost ready.
If Jiang Yuan hadn't only talked to He Jing online, he would have thought that the two were photographed when they met, which led to the spread of this news. "It is true." Jiang Yuan nodded without hiding anything.
After hearing Jiang Yuan's answer, Shang Yan'er was silent for a while and did not continue speaking.
Jiang Yuan was somewhat caught off guard by this sudden silence and fell into silence as well.
But it didn't last long, Shang Yaner took the initiative to speak, "Did you forget something?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan began to think hard.
"Or you can remind me?" Jiang Yuan said decisively when his recollection yielded no results.
Shang Yaner did not speak directly, but placed the phone screen in front of Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan glanced at the phone screen in confusion, and then showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.
Some fragments of memories that had been temporarily forgotten began to emerge, and Jiang Yuan slapped his head hard.
As early as a year ago, the last journey of "World Songs" was about to end.
Worried that there might not be many opportunities for collaboration or meeting in the future, Jiang Yuan extended an olive branch to Shang Yaner, asking her if she wanted to try acting.
After all, Shang Yaner was previously considered a half-musical actor, so it is normal for her to try her hand at being an actor.
Combined with the season of separation, Jiang Yuan thought of a very suitable work.
So I sent the electronic version of this book to Shang Yaner at that time.
After Shang Yan'er took the time to read it, she liked the story very much and even enrolled in an acting class to practice her acting skills and lines.
As a result, there was no response from Jiang Yuan, so Shang Yaner took the initiative to cue him.
Jiang Yuan felt a little embarrassed for having forgotten such a thing.
He immediately calculated the time and immediately made up for it, "Let's shoot it this year!"
Shang Yan'er was also stunned for a moment when she heard this. She didn't expect the response to be so quick.
"But don't you have a movie to shoot soon?" Shang Yan'er asked after taking back her phone.
"That shoot won't take too long."
"He Jing and the others have already made sufficient preparations beforehand. We can concentrate on filming for a while and it should be finished relatively quickly." Jiang Yuan said after thinking for a while.
Although he responded so quickly, Jiang Yuan actually calculated the time in his mind.
For this new movie, He Jing plans to adopt a more intensive shooting method.
The shooting time was much faster than previous movies, so Jiang Yuan said this.
"I'll go back and study the schedule and see if I can free up some time." Jiang Yuan continued.
As he spoke, he also wrote this matter down on his memo, and planned to make some careful plans in the near future.
"Okay." After Shang Yan'er reacted, there was some joy in her tone.
Because we bought movie tickets, the dinner didn’t last too long.
After finishing dinner, Jiang Yuan and others went to a nearby movie theater that was not so popular.
In order to avoid being recognized easily, Jiang Yuan and his friend bought movie tickets for the staff as well.
Members of the two teams booked half of the show.
However, given Jiang Yuan’s current condition, it wouldn’t be too much of a problem even if he was photographed.
The main concern is that it would be embarrassing if I was recognized by passers-by in the theater, and it is not easy to move around in my seat.
I watched "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" with Shang Yan'er again. After the movie, Shang Yan'er also posted her own thoughts on the social networking site.
While promoting the movie, I also reposted the concert poster for the second day of the movie.
After making an appointment to meet again the next day, Jiang Yuan and Shang Yan'er went back to their respective homes.
On the day of the performance, Jiang Yuan met Ye Xuanqi first.
The two of them had staggered rehearsal times, and Ye Xuanqi only flew back to Shanghai for rehearsal on the day of the performance.
After not seeing each other for a while, when Jiang Yuan saw Ye Xuanqi again, he was somewhat amazed by her new look and good condition.
After watching the other person's performance for a while in the audience, I finally got used to the new hairstyle and hair color that looked a little unfamiliar.
It was a semi-public rehearsal occasion, and the two did not talk much about the past.
With the focus on work rehearsals, the tacit understanding was restored and the sense of unfamiliarity disappeared very quickly.
The performance was on Sunday. Before the audience entered the venue, Jiang Yuan and others received another piece of good news.
After being released for more than 20 days, "The Return of the Great Sage" has successfully broken a new milestone.
Another weekend, the film withstood the box office impact brought by the new movie and achieved a new goal, with the total box office reaching a height of 1.5 billion.
Jiang Yuan also reposted the celebration poster released by the official Weibo account as soon as possible.
Such box office data also successfully broke many box office records related to animated films.
This is also inseparable from the activities of screening movies and concerts on the same day, which to a certain extent promoted the growth of the box office on that day.
Although the concert venue was not large, the publicity on that day was sufficient.
Promotional banners designed based on movie posters were also placed around the venue.
When the time was almost up, the audience began to enter the venue one after another.
Although the concert is different from Jiang Yuan’s concert, it is impossible to prepare too many peripheral gifts for fans.
However, limited edition collectible posters and limited ticket stubs have also been produced and placed on the seats.
At the same time, while many singers have to collect cheering sticks at their concerts, the concert hall still specially customized a batch of glow sticks for the audience, which can be taken away directly.
Unlike the cheering lights at Jiang Yuan’s concert, ordinary central control glow sticks cost much less and are still affordable.
This configuration still surprised the audience, as everyone had originally come with the standard of an ordinary commercial performance.
As a result, the souvenirs are much better than those from many singers’ concerts.
Behind the scenes of the performance, Jiang Yuan and several other groups of artists were also getting ready by putting on makeup in their respective areas.
To a certain extent, this prevented Shang Yan'er and Ye Xuanqi from interacting directly before the performance, which made Jiang Yuan breathe a sigh of relief.
Before the performance officially began, a high-energy opening clip from a movie was played on the scene to warm up the audience and attract the audience's attention.
When the time came, the stage screen immediately started switching.
(End of this chapter)