Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 407 Going to the Concert Together
Pasadena's municipal auditorium has two floors of seats, and the performance stage is also very large. The steps can be used for backup dancers and harmony performances.The semi-circular stage in front is very close to the audience in the front row, and you can reach out and touch it.

The two tickets given by Michael Jackson are located at the back, in more than a dozen rows near the aisle. For watching the performance, it is indeed the best seat.

Gentleman Ronald asked Diane to sit in the back seat, and he sat beside the aisle. After sitting down, he smiled at Diane. There were more than 1000 spectators at the scene, and the atmosphere was already very lively before the show started.

The seat arrangement is very interesting. On Ronald and Diane's side, most of them are white audiences in elegant dresses, while next to them are black audiences. There are also some black children wearing gaudy red bow ties, which may be actors. relatives.

After a while, the curtain opened, and Lionel Richie came out first.After he sang a solo song, he played with the band before his solo flight.The black audience has begun to applaud and cheer enthusiastically.Ronald and Diane were not familiar with their history, so they clapped their hands twice.

Black artists were more casual, and Marvin Gaye, who came on stage next, simply introduced the history of black music for a few minutes, and then sang his classic song "What's Going On" on Motown Records, and the applause of the audience was overwhelming.

"Marvin should stay in Motown instead of going to Columbia, where the whites are in power." A black young man across the aisle explained Ronald's confusion.

But returning to their old club to perform, these black people are quite loyal.

After a few singers that neither Ronald nor Diane knew, it was finally Michael Jackson's turn.He too, like Marvin Gaye, has moved on to other labels.But this time it was not only himself who came up, but also his four brothers.

"Jackson 5!" The audience set off another frenzy. This is the chorus formed by the Jackson family. Michael was wearing a diamond-encrusted top, tight cropped pants, white socks, black leather shoes, and only one left hand with a white diamond-encrusted glove.

The Jackson 5 sang their most famous single, "I Want You Back."This hit ignited the common memory of all black people, standing up and swaying to the rhythm.

The white audience on Ronald's side did not stand up, but politely applauded along with the rhythm.

"Thank you, the Jackson 5 is already a piece of history, and I'm going to sing...my own single."

The band played the intro to MJ's latest single, "Billie Jean."Michael Jackson took the black top hat and buckled it on his head, then turned to the audience and took a ready pose.

"Ahh...ahh..." The enthusiasm of the white audience was also detonated, and countless white girls at the front desk and behind screamed and stood up.

Diane also took Ronald's hand, stood up and cheered because of the atmosphere.

"Billie Jean" is not a Motown song, and to date is the only single not produced by Motown.But now Michael Jackson is the No. [-] singer in the charts. He can give Motown enough face if he can participate in the performance. A single is not a big problem.

MJ covered his crotch with white gloves, twisted up quickly, danced at a fast pace, combed his hair, and made the shape of an empty guitar. The emotions of the audience have been instigated by MJ's performance.

"Crack...crack...crack..." MJ used the moonwalk that he had practiced for several months, and watched as he stepped forward, but he retreated.

"Ahhh..." This dance step seemed to detonate explosives, and all the women in the audience, no matter their skin color, age, single or married, shouted that the roof would be knocked off.A few female audience members in the front row couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to climb up the stage to touch MJ's feet.

Ronald was so disturbed by Diane's screams that he dug his ears. This choreography is so familiar. Could it be that he learned breakdancing from Michael Jackson in his previous life?

Ronald noticed that this wave was more of white girls screaming, and blacks were relatively calm.

After MJ exited, another wave of black stars that Ronald didn't know followed.The program is very exciting, but the arrangement is not very good. Sometimes when the singer is interested, he will sing an extra song, or introduce his old partner.

Except for the blind singer Stevie Wonder, they don't know anyone else.

Ronald looked at his watch, more than an hour had passed, just when he felt a little tired, a soft music sounded, and the spotlight shone back, lighting up the entrance of the city hall.Everyone looked back, and a figure flashed out of the empty entrance.

"There is no mountain high enough, no river wide enough,
If you need me, call me, no matter where you are, no matter how far you are,

Baby, call my name, I'll rush over..."

A good-looking black singer, with explosive black hair, a white diamond-encrusted high-shoulder pad shirt on the upper body, a black tight-fitting hip skirt on the lower body, and diamond-encrusted high-heeled shoes under black stockings, walking sexy steps from the imported to the stage.

Her arrival drew a standing ovation from the audience as Diana Ross, the most famous singer since the founding of Motown, entered.

Holding a wireless microphone in one hand and a white fur cape in the other, Diana Ross' superstar aura is unstoppable, like a vortex, drawing the attention of all audiences and stars to her.

"Oh, this is the style of a superstar. I really like the aura of this kind of singer. I will wear it like this when I have the opportunity." Anna Rose, the feeling was something like jealousy, something like envy, and more likely a wish that I would shine like that.

Just like a movie can only have one heroine, a concert can only have one female singer.

Diana Ross sang the hit single "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," leading to the climax of the all-singing concert.

After singing this song, two female singers came to the stage from both sides, one in a white dress and the other in a red dress. They were the two partners of Diana Ross in the Supremes band.The three singers reunited and became the Supremes band to sing for everyone.

As Diana Ross called out the names of old colleagues and old friends one by one, all the singers of Motown in the past 25 years came to the stage, and the audience began to sing in chorus.

The ending scene was stinky and long, a lot of Motown Records employees, managers, vocals, and young singers who hadn't made their debut all jumped on stage to take a photo with the superstars.

Seeing that there was nothing to return to, Ronald hurriedly dragged Diane to leave first, otherwise there would be a traffic jam.

The two left together in a crowd of mostly white spectators, hopped into their rented car, and asked the driver to drive to Los Angeles.

Diane was holding Ronald's arm in the back seat, and she was very happy today, as if she had become the protagonist of her life.

Ronald also smiled at her, "You put on makeup like a jazz singer today, but you're going to play a rock singer."

"Hmm...why, is the makeup too heavy? I can't always paint myself well."

Diane's lipstick and eye shadow were indeed a bit darker. Girls of this age don't actually need that kind of heavy stage makeup.

"Not bad, 'Streets of Rage' always gives you a good makeup artist."

Soon the car returned to the hotel, and Ronald took Diane back to the door of the room where Bert and her lived.

"Here we go, Diane."

"Good night, Ronnie." Diane took out the room card and shook it. "Then I'll go in."

"Okay, we'll see you at the premiere of 'Urchin'." Ronald turned and wanted to leave.

"Huh?" Seeing that Ronald wanted to leave, Diane Lane hurriedly opened the door, "Aren't you going to come in and sit down?"

"I have to go home and write the script. I had a great day, Diane." Ronald hugged Diane and kissed her on the cheek. "Hi, Bert." Ronald greeted Bert behind Diane.

"Bert", Diane looked back and saw that it was his father, then turned to Ronald and said, "My 'Streets of Rage' started with a concert scene, you will also come to the set and guide me? "

"Bert is here, I can't say anything." Ronald shook his hand to the father and daughter, seeing Diane bit his lower lip in disappointment, "But I will go to the set to cheer you up, remember to call and tell I time."

"Bye!" Diane waved to him, then walked into the room.

(End of this chapter)