Chapter 106: One Hundred and Six, It's My Pleasure
In late October, the sales of the first month of Le Mingxiao's first solo album came out, and he came to the company specially after being notified that day.
When he received the sales analysis report from his agent Lin Chen, Le Mingxiao couldn't help but take a deep breath. Anyway, this is his first report card as a singer, just like a college entrance examination student checking his scores, he will inevitably be nervous when he really sees the results.
Skipping a lot of miscellaneous items, I went straight to the total sales column, and counted and counted before I confirmed that I was not mistaken, and the number shown on it was 157415.
Le Mingxiao's breath was finally relieved, but after a few seconds, his brows furrowed slightly, looking at his appearance, Lin Chen said, "What, it looks like I'm not satisfied with my grades?"
Le Mingxiao nodded and said: "This album has been in preparation since the beginning of last year, and it has been almost two years now, and I know that the investment before and after is very huge. Sister Lin, tell me the truth, this album still loses money, right? β
"Who expects you to make money from albums?" Lin Chen said bluntly, "In the current environment of the Chinese music scene, even if Qiao Zhongjia makes a comeback and releases another album, it will be a loss, but everyone is still rushing to release an album." For what, isn't it just to have your own works? Only when a singer has a work can he win awards, be liked by everyone, receive endorsements from commercial performances, and make money, so a virtuous circle will be formed. Lin Chen took the report from Le Mingxiao's hand and continued, "Your results are already quite good, Li Xin next door didn't sell as much as you when he debuted on the album, and you look at this report, according to market research, the age group of people who buy your album is concentrated between twenty and twenty-nine and thirty to thirty-nine, and the proportion of male buyers is not small, and your audience has high purchasing power, so this is just the beginning, Sister Lin has confidence in you, and your results will only get better and better in the future." β
Le Mingxiao knew that Sister Lin would definitely compare him with Li Xin, what he wanted to say was that he had been making movies and participating in reality shows for more than a year, and the bonus to popularity was still not small, so compared with Li Xin, who released an album half a year after the game, it was a little unfair to Li Xin, but he could only take this to heart, he just smiled at Lin Chen and said, "Sister Lin, don't worry, I will work hard."
The album sold well, so the concert was on the agenda. On the first day of November, the company announced the time of Le Mingxiao's first solo concert, which will be set on December 1, and the venue will be at the Capital Gymnasium.
For singers, holding a concert is the happiest moment of their acting career, and Le Mingxiao is no exception. This is the first solo concert in his life, so he and the company attach great importance to it. In order to achieve the best effect of the concert, in addition to ensuring the hardware facilities, the company also specially invited a well-known director in the industry, as for the choreography, choreography, etc., are also the best, but also specially for Le Mingxiao to form a band, and the members of the band are also carefully selected.
Because of the sponsorship of the endorsement brand, the company does not need to spend too much money, and in order to make up for the debt to the fans of the last signing, the ticket price is deliberately set at a lower price than the market price, but because the ticket sells well, it is still profitable.
December 1, 2015 at 7 p.m., Capital Gymnasium, Beijing.
On this night, Le Mingxiao is destined to become the center of the world. The reason why the first concert was set at this time is because at this time three years ago, his career as an artist began here, but at that time, there were nine other brothers who shared the stage with him, and only a tenth of his time. Three years later, tonight is completely different, that huge stage is his, and all the time belongs to him.
Tonight's show is definitely an audio-visual feast. In order to share this important moment with fans, Le Mingxiao did not invite any guests, only him and his band on stage.
This night, Le Mingxiao changed eight sets of clothes, each of which was specially designed for him by an internationally renowned designer, matching the theme of each link. On this night, he sang thirteen songs in the first album, reinterpreted several Chinese classics, and even challenged two dance songs, and at the last moment, under his leadership, the audience sang the first title song in his first album "Dawn Breaks".
The concert ended successfully, and Le Mingxiao returned to the backstage under the escort of the staff. There were a lot of flower baskets in the lounge, as well as gifts from sponsors, and the first thing Le Mingxiao saw was a large bouquet of red roses on the sofa.
Le Mingxiao picked up the handful of roses, and immediately turned out a delicate card from it, he opened the card, and when he saw the familiar "Y" character inside, the small regret that he still had in his heart completely disappeared.
When he got home, in addition to a bunch of letters from fans and handmade gifts, Le Mingxiao also brought back the bouquet of roses, and Yan Duo, who saw this scene, quietly raised the corners of his mouth.
Le Mingxiao put the flowers on the coffee table and said to Yan Duo: "Originally, I was quite unhappy that you didn't go to see my concert, but when I saw these flowers, I reluctantly forgave you."
Yan Duo was originally reading an original English book, and when he heard Le Mingxiao's words, he raised his head from the book and said, "Today is the time for you and your fans, you don't even invite a guest singer, if I go, won't it ruin your date with your fans?"
"You can also be my fan, I won't dislike you!" Le Mingxiao raised his chin at Yan Duo, and his expression was smug.
"Okay, you can think about it next time." Yan Duo said with a smile, and after speaking, he lowered his head and continued to read.
Therefore, Le Mingxiao felt that Yan Duo's words were really insincere, so he no longer paid attention to the person, sat on the sofa and began to dismantle the fans' gifts.
Tonight's concert was almost full, and fans from all over the world rushed over, so I received a lot of letters and gifts tonight, of course, these gifts were all handmade by fans, such as the album he had on hand, which was very collectible.
This album has a thick stack, which is heavy in his hand, Le Mingxiao will laugh out loud from time to time while flipping through it, and when he laughs too loudly, Yan Duo's attention is also attracted to it.
"What's so funny?"
Le Mingxiao finally laughed enough, he pointed to the album in his hand to Yan Duo, and said: "This is a gift from the fans, they actually sorted out some of my photos from the time of the game to the present, and also added explanations next to each photo, I don't remember that I have so many troubles, they really love me too much."
"Huh!"
Le Mingxiao's words actually caused Yan Duo to react like this, and he was puzzled: "Brother, what are you laughing at?"
"Laugh at you for being naΓ―ve." Yan Duo said, "The love of fans is the most selfish and the most unreliable. β
"Why do you say that?" Le Mingxiao didn't seem to agree with Yan Duo's opinion, "They have always been very supportive of me, even when I left, they never left me, they love me, and I naturally love them, is there anything wrong with this?" β
"Don't have too many illusions about the love of fans, otherwise you will be hurt sooner or later."
Yan Duo said bitterly, and Le Mingxiao felt that something was not quite right, his dark eyes rolled twice, looked at Yan Duo and said, "Why do you sound so sour?"
"Is there one?"
"Yes!" Le Mingxiao nodded heavily, and then said to Yan Duo with a smile, "Brother, are you jealous?" β
"Thinking too much." Yan Duo denied it, but looked away.
Seeing him like this, Le Mingxiao was even more sure of his guess, he stepped on the carpet, ran to Yan Duo's side with a "kick", pounced directly on him, and said loudly: "You will be duplicitous!"
"......" Yan Duo smiled, he wrapped one hand around Le Mingxiao's body, and moved the other hand to the back of his neck, kneading it gently, and didn't speak, just took a pair of eyes and looked at Le Mingxiao quietly.
And Le Mingxiao seemed to be bewitched, under the gaze of those eyes, he couldn't help but get closer, and then closer, and finally kissed Yan Duo's lips.
Since the beginning of 14, Le Mingxiao returned to Beijing, and the time the two have been together for almost two years, but they don't actually spend much time together, especially in that file. The two of them are busy people, especially this year, Le Mingxiao's career is rising, it is common not to eat and sleep together for ten days and half a month, and neither of them is a person of heavy desire, Yan Duo is even more considerate of Le Mingxiao's body, so most of the time the two of them do not do a full set, so it is not an exaggeration to say that Le Mingxiao is a novice in this regard.
And tonight, probably because he was in such a good mood, under Yan Duo's persuasion, Le Mingxiao took the initiative for the first time, and both of them were extremely devoted.
At the end, Le Mingxiao sat on Yan Duo's body, suddenly hugged him tightly, and buried his face in his neck.
Yan Duo patted his back, and suddenly felt some wet liquid flowing into his neck, he was stunned, reached out to Le Mingxiao's face and touched it, and sure enough, he touched the tears in his hand.
"Why are you crying, I hurt you?"
Yan Duo asked gently, Le Mingxiao shook his head, buried his face deeper, and said sullenly for a long time: "Yes, it's too comfortable."
"......" Yan Duo was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud, he turned his head, and a feather-like kiss landed on Le Mingxiao's chin, and his voice was extremely soft, "It's my honor......"