Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 122: Concert for People

On March 1994, 3, spring arrived and the temperature rose, becoming much warmer than in previous days.

Around four o'clock in the afternoon, a large crowd gradually gathered near Tianhe Gymnasium.

Some people set up stalls to sell snacks.

There are all kinds of southern snacks.

Melon seeds, peanuts, small drinks, rice noodles, fried noodles, and fried rice.

Ever since the mainland allowed singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan to hold concerts in the mainland, Tianhe Stadium has been favored by singers as the most suitable venue for concerts in Guangzhou.

Jacky Cheung, Little Tigers, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok and many other big names have held concerts here in recent years.

A large number of fans gather at every concert.

Thousands of people, they don’t have to eat, drink, defecate or urinate.

Therefore, whenever a concert is held in Tianhe, Tianhe Snack Street comes into being, and a large number of vendors gather here.

And today, in addition to a large number of vendors.

The majority of people would probably be the fans.

Most of these fans are students, and they come in groups.

Everyone held up Zhou Ziheng's posters and gathered together, excitedly discussing the concert that was about to begin.

"Brother, there are too many people! There must be thousands of them!"

On the street, He Xin licked the candied haws in his hand, while holding his brother He Jin's clothes tightly with one hand.

"A few thousand people? You're underestimating that. Today's concert tickets have sold over 13,000 tickets. With these vendors, there must be at least 20,000 people."

He Jin was dressed very formally today, wearing a suit and tie, with a pager hanging from his waist.

He has recently become obsessed with Chow Yun-fat and has even combed his hair back into a slicked-back style.

He looks like a human at first glance.

"My cousin said that he would release an album for me this year. In the future, I will be able to hold such a big concert and make a lot of money."

Thinking that he might hold a concert in the future, He Jin's face was filled with indescribable joy.

"Just you, just don't cause trouble for your cousin."

Zhou Xiaolian was also next to the two of them, dressed beautifully and looking around constantly.

"What do you know? My cousin personally came to my rescue, and two of the most powerful songwriters in Guangdong also wrote songs for me. I am now the number one singer at my cousin's Hengdong Records."

He Jin adjusted his tie in a showy manner and said, "After I send you in, I still have to go backstage.

My cousin has arranged for me to perform on stage later. You guys should take a good look at my performance on stage. I guarantee you will be astonished."

As the only singer currently in Hengdong Records, He Jin's debut arrangements have been made.

He will appear as a guest at Zhou Ziheng's concert today, which will also be his debut performance.

The song he was going to sing was "Little Flower" written for him by Zhou Ziheng.

A song similar to "Xiao Fang", about first love.

In this era, it may not be as popular as "Xiao Fang" all over the country, but it can easily become popular.

He Jin took his sister and mother for a walk, and then went to a place selling concert-related products and bought two glow sticks.

Speaking of concert peripherals, this is actually an important point for singers to make money.

Before the concert begins, the organizer and the singer will jointly order a batch of glow sticks, posters and the like from the manufacturer and sell them at the venue.

These peripheral products are not expensive, only two or three yuan, and are basically affordable for fans who can afford tickets.

The profits from these things are actually very considerable.

The cost is a few cents to a dollar, and the net profit after selling is only one or two dollars.

At 5:30, the concert began to check tickets and fans lined up to enter.

After He Jin sent his sister and mother to their seats through the staff passage, he quickly went backstage.

Backstage, Zhou Ziheng was still busy.

If you want to make a concert stand out, you have to be creative.

After discussing with the staff, he decided not to perform the first song "Fairy Tale" after the concert as usual. Instead, he would appear from above the stage hanging on a wire and play the piano in the air.

This way of appearance is not common in this era and can easily shock fans.

However, this way of exiting is also very dangerous.

Later, Dicky Cheung fell down while playing the piano on a wire.

Of course, compared to Zhang Weijian's method of rotating both the person and the piano, Zhou Ziheng's method is not that difficult.

His piano stand does not move, but is lowered slowly in the manner of a hanging platform. Both he and the piano are stable and it is not easy to make mistakes.

He had tried it several times during rehearsals and had no problems.

Now it's just the final preparations.

"call……"

After taking care of his upcoming appearance, Zhou Ziheng let out a sigh of relief.

There is no record company to help with concerts in mainland China, so I have to do everything myself.

Even with the help of people like Florence Hui, he still had too many things to do.

Although he earned more money, he was also very tired. He hadn't slept well for several days in a row.

Every time I close my eyes, all the things about the concert come to my mind.

really tired.

"Have my cousin and aunt made arrangements?"

After finding a seat to sit down, Wang Ziqi came over and gave him a massage to relax him.

While enjoying this short period of comfort, he asked He Jin.

From Zhou Ziheng's personal point of view, apart from his good voice, He Jin's other abilities are actually very average.

After all, he only graduated from junior high school.

Unlike the original self, at least he went to college.

But after all, he is a relative and trustworthy, and He Jin is not an ungrateful person.

So he is willing to let him do a lot of things.

In this way, even if he fails as a singer, he can still work behind the scenes in the future.

"I've already arranged it, don't worry, cousin!" He Jin nodded.

He likes to show off in public, but he really can't do it in front of this cousin.

There is really no way to pretend. No matter what you pretend, you will be attacked.

In addition, after Zhou Ziheng came out to make a living, his personality was obviously different from before. If he did something wrong, Zhou Ziheng would scold him mercilessly.

This made him a little afraid of his cousin.

"Call and ask Chunbo when he's going to arrive. He's going to be on stage very early, so don't delay him."

Zhou Ziheng looked at the time. There were only a few minutes left before the concert started, but his other guest Li Chunbo had not arrived yet.

He has two concerts in Tianhe, one today and one tomorrow.

In the first show, apart from He Jin, he only invited Li Chunbo as a guest.

The guests of the second show are Gan Ping and the Mountain Eagle Band, a minority group newly signed by Pacific.

This is an Yi group from Liangshan, Sichuan. It is one of the few ethnic minority rock groups currently, and its songs have a strong ethnic minority style.

They released their second album "Daliangshan Rock" in Sichuan this year, which spread throughout the Liangshan Mountains and the southwestern Yi areas. Their unique Yi rock music successfully attracted Chen Xiaoqi.

Signed by Chen Xiaoqi to Pacific Company.

Because they are not well-known in the south, Chen Xiaoqi asked Zhou Ziheng to give them a guest seat at the concert so that southern fans can get in touch with them in advance.

"I just asked, and Chunbo said he was on his way, but Tianhe was very congested today, so it might take a while."

Hearing this, Zhou Ziheng nodded.

It's really congested today.

Even though there were only more than 10,000 people at his concert, it is comparable to performances in Europe, America, Hong Kong and Taiwan that often attract more than 10,000 people.

In the mainland, this number is actually a record.

At present, in the whole mainland, excluding compilation concerts, it is the first time that a single singer holds a concert with so many people.

With so many people attending the concert, it is inevitable that there will be some congestion.

……

Inside the Tianhe Stadium, fans have already entered and taken their seats.

Tens of thousands of glow sticks sparkled in the dimly lit gymnasium, forming a sea of ​​light.

With tens of thousands of people gathering together, noise is inevitable.

"Whose feet are so stinky? Did he step in shit?" "Fuck, who the hell is eating melon seeds and spitting them out? He spit on my head."

"When does the concert start?"

"Why hasn't Hengzai come out yet?"

In the noisy venue, Zhao Hua kept standing up to take pictures. While taking pictures, he loudly discussed with his colleague Li Na next to him.

"This should be the largest solo concert in China right now! Needless to say, Zhou Ziheng is really amazing. A mainland singer, he outshines singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan."

Li Na was writing something with a pen in her hand. She frowned when she heard this, put down her pen, and said righteously:

"Comrade Zhao Hua, I don't like what you said. What do you mean by a mainland singer?

Are you saying that our mainland singers are not as good as Hong Kong and Taiwan singers? "

"No, that's not what I meant. I just wanted to say that Zhou Ziheng is pretty amazing."

When Zhao Hua heard this, his face suddenly looked a little embarrassed.

Although in everyone's perception, mainland singers are generally not as good as Hong Kong and Taiwan singers.

People don't pay too much attention to these when they talk about them.

But he forgot that the person next to him hated those who worshipped foreign things the most.

“I know that you all think Hong Kong and Taiwan are great and you all yearn for them.

But the fact is, Hong Kong and Taiwan are just like that.

Look at Zhou Ziheng, he has successfully proved that as long as you have the ability, Hong Kong and Taiwan singers can also be stepped on."

As she spoke, stars suddenly appeared in Li Na's eyes.

"A singer like Zhou Ziheng is definitely a rare talent that only appears once in a century."

Seeing this, Zhao Hua smiled bitterly.

He has met many people like Li Na.

Since Zhou Ziheng's rise last year, he has defeated other singers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

A large number of Zhou Ziheng fans like Li Na have appeared in the mainland.

But they are not ordinary fans.

They are all elites in their respective fields.

Take Li Na for example, she is an editor at China Television News.

An editor became a die-hard fan of Zhou Ziheng, so one can imagine what the articles in the Chinese TV newspapers were like.

Anyway, any article written by Li Na will praise Zhou Ziheng.

In her writing, Zhou Ziheng is almost a god.

And there are more people like Li Na.

There are more in Guangzhou.

All major newspapers have more or less Zhou fans.

Anyone who dares to question Zhou Ziheng.

Within three days, there will be a large number of newspaper articles speaking up for Zhou Ziheng and criticizing him harshly.

"The concert is about to start. How are your photos going? These are photos needed by the Olympic bid team. We can't be careless."

Glancing at Zhao Hua, Li Na asked.

"Almost done! The Olympic bid team will definitely be satisfied with these photos." Zhao Hua said confidently.

Since the establishment of the Beijing Olympic Bid Group, China has been committed to applying for the right to host the Olympic Games.

In 1990, China first applied to host the Olympic Games.

On December 1991, 12, China formally submitted its application to host the 4 Olympic Games to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne.

As a result, on September 1993, 9, in Monte Carlo, Monaco, Beijing lost to Sydney, Australia by 23 votes, and Beijing missed the right to host the 2 Olympic Games. The slogan of this Olympic bid was "Open China looks forward to the Olympics."

This failure did not undermine the country's determination to bid for the Olympic Games, and the Olympic bid team is still working hard for it.

Among them, because the Olympics is a large-scale event.

The host country needs to have the corresponding ability to host large-scale events.

Therefore, events like Zhou Ziheng's concerts with tens of thousands of people can also be submitted as supporting material.

Therefore, as soon as Zhou Ziheng's concerts started, the Olympic bid group commissioned China Television News to follow up on it.

Zhao Hua and Li Na are the persons in charge.

They mainly recorded the scale of the concert and took some live photos of the concert.

Although I don’t know whether this will have any effect on the Olympic bid.

But even a little bit is good.

……

The time came to eight o'clock sharp.

Boom boom...

As several dazzling fireworks were launched into the sky, Zhou Ziheng's 1994 Shining Star Concert officially began.

All the lights in the venue went out and a searchlight began to rotate at a distance.

Suddenly, it stopped above the stage.

A piano appeared to be floating there at some point.

There was a figure sitting in front of the piano.

"Ah ah ah ah..."

Wait until you can see the figure's face clearly.

The whole audience was suddenly boiling with excitement.

Screams came and went.

Zhou Ziheng waved with a smile.

Put your hands on the piano, move your fingers, and a pleasant melody will come out immediately.

The audience present were all fans of Zhou Ziheng.

They have all heard Zhou Ziheng's songs, even more than once.

The sound of the piano just came out.

Everyone has heard it.

This is the "Fairy Tale" that Zhou Ziheng has just become popular all over the country and even widely circulated in other Southeast Asian countries.

Listening to the piano music with a hint of sadness.

The audience slowly stopped cheering and looked quietly at Zhou Ziheng above the stage.

"I forgot how long it has been since I last heard from you"

"Tell me your favorite story"

“I thought about it for a long time and I started to panic.”

There is a certain difference between the live singing and the sound on the tape.

After all, the record has been edited.

If someone says that the singer's voice he heard live is the same as on the record.

There is no doubt about it, it was definitely lip-syncing.

However, Zhou Ziheng's voice is different from that in the record.

But his presence on the scene added a sense of reality.

It makes people feel more like listening in person.

This actually makes people feel more real and comfortable.

That's the case with Li Na.

She stared at Zhou Ziheng on the stage infatuatedly and immersed herself in the singing.

Not only her, other fans were also listening quietly at this time.

At this moment, there was no noise in the whole venue except the music melody and Zhou Ziheng's singing.

You know, this is a concert with tens of thousands of people!
"I want to be in a fairy tale"

"The Angel You Love"

The singing continued, and the piano slowly descended from the air and landed on the stage.

Backstage, a group of female dancers in white angel costumes emerged and began dancing on the stage.

(End of this chapter)