I became a poor little sophora japonica in the courtyard

In order to avoid any complications, a vice president of Polydor Records came directly to Hong Kong with the performance contract to discuss the concert matters with Jingyi.

The two sides met and talked at the office of Lou Jingyi's fan club. Jingyi looked at the performance contract and handed it to a junior who was a lawyer, asking her to check if there were any traps in it. She had to be on guard against the little tricks.

In the performance contract, Party A stipulated that Party B must sing 15 songs in each concert. She had no problem with this! Singing one more song would make it easier. But when performing in North America and Australia, she had to sing only English songs, which puzzled her!

During this time, she also learned from Sister Lijun about her concert tour in North America. The venues for Sister Lijun's North American tours are generally theaters, which can accommodate up to three to four thousand spectators.

Basically, they are near Chinatown or Japanese-populated areas. Most of the audiences are Chinese and Japanese. There are very few Westerners watching! What does it mean to ask her to sing only English songs?

"This farewell concert of Miss Lijun will definitely be different from the previous ones. Take the two concerts in New York for example. This time it will be held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York, which can accommodate 8,000 spectators. Just based on Miss Lou's fame, I think a large number of audiences will come to support her." The vice president of Xiao Rizi made no secret of his idea of ​​making a lot of money from Jingyi's ticket sales.

It doesn't matter! I can sing anything.

Jingyi was about to nod her head to show her agreement, but she saw Sister Lijun secretly shaking her head at her. She thought again, no matter where the concert is held, there will definitely be a large number of overseas Chinese. We can't just cater to Westerners and ignore our own compatriots, right? In the future, we will definitely be criticized by others for worshipping foreigners!

She immediately said that she would sing half in English and half in Chinese at the concert in North America. The vice president was a little angry! How could this work! Would those Western audiences understand what you two were singing?

He bargained quickly! In the end, it was decided that Jingyi would perform in North America and Australia, and sing no less than two Chinese songs. Polydor would also raise the commission for the two of them!

After Jingyi signed the performance contract, Xiao Rizi asked her for the list of songs to be sung so that he could go back and have the band rehearse.

"The band is responsible for accompanying Sister Lijun. I don't need a band! I have all the accompaniment here. I don't have a fixed repertoire. I will release some new songs when the time comes."

Jingyi waved her hand to reject his proposal. Her accompaniment music was decades ahead of the others, and some digital synthesizers had not yet been invented.

Electronic music is very popular in Europe and America now! Her song "Faded" was released nine years ago, and it has been rated as the top electronic music by musicians from all over the world.

After the vice president of Xiao Ri Zi Jia left with the performance contract, Jing Yi began to practice singing in the recording studio every day to familiarize herself with these English songs again. Meanwhile, Sister Li Jun was still recuperating and resting her voice.

After the New Year holiday, Jingyi found time to type out the third volume, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. She gave it to her agent, Tingting, to go to Warner Books.

Now, under her aura, this work is more dazzling than in the past. It has been translated into 27 different languages ​​and spread all over the world. The publishing share from Warner alone can increase her wealth by a small amount.

In March, Jingyi followed Lijun to Xiaorizi's home to prepare for the upcoming concert. While she still had some free time, Lijun also released the last two new songs of her singing career.

As soon as these two new songs were released, they immediately topped the charts of Tokyo Cable and Osaka Cable. Her popularity in the daily life circle has further soared. When it was learned that she would retire from the music scene this year due to health reasons, her fans all prayed for her good health.

In May, Jingyi brought her team and followed the organizer to the first stop of the concert, New York. Her team included Tingting and Moli, as well as the costume and makeup staff, all of whom were her junior schoolmates.

At the beginning of the year, the small-time Polydor company had already started its promotional activities in North America. Lou Jingyi's promotional posters appeared from time to time on the streets of New York. Tickets for her two concerts at Radio City Music Hall in New York were sold out.

The majority of people who came to buy tickets were Westerners. They didn't care whose farewell concert it was, they came to listen to Lou Jingyi sing.

This talented writer, musician, singer and actor is having her first concert in North America. They are looking forward to seeing and hearing her in person, and it will be a feast for both the eyes and ears.

In the morning, they went to get familiar with the venue where they would perform tonight. The stage of Radio City Music Hall in New York was like a protruding horseshoe, surrounded by audience seats on three sides. The entire concert hall was divided into three floors and could accommodate 8,000 audience seats.

Many famous singers and bands have held their concerts here. Among indoor venues, it is the second largest venue after the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

The two who were about to perform rehearsed the entire concert. In the afternoon, they returned to the Sheraton Hotel where they were staying. Unexpectedly, Bill the Bearded and Eddie, a reporter from Time magazine, came to visit with a director from Warner Pictures.

Hollywood commercial films have now entered the mainland market. In the past two years, Hollywood blockbusters such as "Rambo: First Blood 3", "RoboCop" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" have achieved impressive box office results in the mainland.

In order to cater to the mainland market, Warner Bros. was preparing to shoot an oriental-themed film, "Mulan." This time they came to visit Lou Jingyi because they wanted her to play the leading role in the film.

This made Lou Jingyi a little confused! In her memory, Hollywood only filmed an animated film "Mulan", but never produced a live-action movie, right?

It seems that she did! It was around 2020, right? But she was in a daze at that time and had no interest in watching movies.

Who cares? As an Oriental, I can be on the Hollywood stage and promote Chinese culture.

She agreed immediately and signed a filming agreement. The film will be shot on location in the mainland, and the filming time is scheduled for September in the second half of the year.

At 6pm, the group arrived at the backstage of Radio City Music Hall in New York early to prepare for the upcoming concert. Sister Lijun wore a blue and white cheongsam, and Jingyi wore a silver backless dress.

The concert started at 7:30. The bald emcee introduced Deng Lijun's achievements. She decided to retire from the music industry due to health reasons and is now holding a farewell concert for her fans. Also due to health reasons, her good friend Lou Jingyi sang with her for most of the concert.

The first song was of course opened by Lijun! She sang "I Only Care About You" in both Chinese and Japanese. After the song was over, the atmosphere was very touching. The Chinese and Japanese in the audience shouted her name, and the emotional fans were already in tears.

Then it was Lou Jingyi's turn! She warmed up the audience with a hit electronic music song "Faded". Her ethereal voice touched the hearts of the audience!

The two of them have already discussed that in the concerts in North America and Australia, Lou Jingyi will be the main performer. Sister Lijun will only perform three times from the opening to the end. The organizers of this concert fully agree!

Classic English songs echoed in the music hall, including "My Heart Will Go On", "The Power of Love", "Love Story", "Falling into the Abyss", "I Have Nothing" and so on.

When the passionate battle song "Victory" sounded, Lou Jingyi finished singing it with her clear and ethereal voice. The audience stood up and applauded for two minutes.

She sang two Chinese songs in Cantonese, "Thousands of Songs" and "Moonlight Serenade", and sang "Later" in Mandarin! During the concert, she released two new songs, "I'm Alive" and "Dream It Possible".

A big-name company in mainland China spent 80 million US dollars to buy the copyright of the song "My Dream". Now, the song belongs to Lou Jingyi.