Chapter 533: Tokyo Dome Concert (3)
This time, a four-storey stage will be built, for which Shanghe has assembled a team of more than 200 people, led by Shen Wengang, the most experienced professional tour manager in Shanghe, and all the stage props produced in China will be delivered to Japan by air and sea.
In order to understand how a concert was born, Cheng Xiaoyu followed Shen Wengang throughout the whole process, this time the stage equipment was all the top, and twelve extended trailers were used to send them to Shanghai Pudong Airport, which were transported by two broadcasting 747, and other large equipment could only be transported by sea, fortunately, Shanghai was very close to Japan.
Cheng Xiaoyu arrived in Tokyo four days early for the concert on July 23, and they will have two days to set up the stage and one day for rehearsals.
When Cheng Xiaoyu arrived at the Tokyo Dome, he first needed to set up a command center at the Dome Hotel, and a team of more than 140 people who had come over in advance was about to start working with the Japanese side, and the rest of the band, harmony, pyrotechnic technicians, etc. will arrive tomorrow, and the idol is scheduled to arrive on the third day, the night before the rehearsal.
Cheng Xiaoyu and Shen Wengang went to the Dome to see the venue first, although the members of the "Idol Project" have not yet arrived, but the Tokyo Dome is ready to welcome them, countless "Idol Project" posters and flags are inserted around the gymnasium, and their Japanese MVs are often played on the bustling street electronic screens, and even the shops near the gymnasium have begun to sell dolls and other peripherals of the "Idol Project", because there is a Dome Entertainment City next to it, and the flow of people is still very large at the moment.
The two entered the gymnasium, at this time the construction of the stage actually began a few days ago, the stage scaffolding on the field has been built by the Japanese side, which has to admire the efficiency of the Japanese, the summer in Tokyo is also very hot, the arena venue is busy, fortunately there is a roof to block the sun, otherwise it is estimated that it will be easy to get heat stroke after working for half a day.
The person in charge of the venue is Koike Yota of Johnnie Things, his Chinese is not bad, he will dock with Shen Wengang, in fact, the scaffolding began to be erected two days ago, and all the staff working on the site are from Japan, about two hundred and twenty people.
Cheng Xiaoyu looked at the staff who were hanging spotlights on the towering scaffolding, and knew that all this was not easy. Behind a wonderful performance, there are countless hard work and wisdom.
It must be said that Cheng Xiaoyu was surprised by the dedication of the Japanese, not to mention the concentration of work, and the pace is quite fast, of course, this also stems from the high wages of Japanese manual laborers.
But the next task was very heavy, they had to transform the scaffolding into a concert stage in two days, and they needed to install more than 500 lights and hundreds of loudspeakers. At four o'clock last night, all the stage props and equipment had been shipped to Tokyo Dome.
A set team from the United States has also been put in place, this is a set specially created for the "Idol Project" concert, and the director Bruce Rodgers is asking the workers to find the boxes with the stage sets written on them and stack them by number.
It became a problem to find a few boxes with sets written on them in the 200-ton lighting equipment, audio equipment, film and television equipment, and stage props, but it was a minor problem.
Another more annoying problem is that the language barrier, three teams from three countries, using three languages, which greatly slowed down the progress, although Johnnie Firm prepared a few translators, but obviously not enough, even Cheng Xiaoyu had to personally go into battle as a translator.
Koike Yota and Shen Wengang were worried for a while, although there was still a day of rehearsal time to buffer, but it was bound to compress the debugging time of sound and lighting and the time of rehearsal.
In order to catch up with the schedule, dinner is a bento on the venue, and Cheng Xiaoyu is no exception, and he will have to work overtime tonight.
Cheng Xiaoyu held the fish bamboo wheel chicken leg bento in his hand, and exchanged experiences with Shen Wengang while eating, and Shen Wengang also knew everything and said everything.
And Koike Yota kept apologizing to Cheng Xiaoyu after eating: "I'm sorry, Cheng Xiaoyu-kun, I originally wanted to take you to Kabukicho Street to feel the gentleness of Japanese culture and Japanese girls, but unfortunately I definitely can't go today." If you're interested, I can ask a friend to take you there. ”
Cheng Xiaoyu smiled: "I'm not interested in this, and I will work on the site at night." ”
Seeing Cheng Xiaoyu's sanctimonious appearance, Xiao Chi Yangtai patted Cheng Xiaoyu again, and said that the Japanese are still very strong, especially the respectful look, which makes you feel respected, which makes Cheng Xiaoyu feel comfortable for a while.
At about 9 o'clock in the evening, Yoshito Kitagawa, vice chairman of Johnnie's office, arrived at the construction site of Tokyo Dome.
Yoshito Kitagawa is the eldest son of Keiichi Kitagawa founder and chairman of Johnnie Offices, Chinese New Year's Eve is now thirty or seven years old, but because he is in the entertainment industry, he is not fat or thin, and he dresses quite fashionably, looking no different from a young man in his twenties, with a white face and beard, but some excessive pale and weak wine.
Kitagawa Yoshito found Cheng Xiaoyu under the leadership of Yota Koike, and as soon as he came, he bowed to Cheng Xiaoyu and said: "Cheng Xiaoyu-kun, I really didn't know you would come today, I thought you would come with the members of the 'Idol Project', I called Yota just now to find out that you are also there, he doesn't know your identity, so the hospitality is not good, don't be surprised." ”
After learning Cheng Xiaoyu's true identity, Koike Yota also apologized to Cheng Xiaoyu again, he only knew that Cheng Xiaoyu was a music producer at first, and he didn't know that he was still the prince of Shanghe.
Cheng Xiaoyu has long experienced the courtesy of the Japanese, and also said to Kitagawa and Koike in Japanese: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm also an ordinary staff member now, and I don't need special treatment." ”
Kitagawa Yoshito was also quite surprised by Cheng Xiaoyu's six-language Japanese, and said in surprise: "Oh! Cheng Xiaoyujun, your Japanese is very good! Have you ever been in Japan? ”
Cheng Xiaoyu shook his head and said, "No, I can speak English and German in addition to Japanese." ”
Kitagawa Yoshito showed a look of great admiration and said, "What a genius! It's really admirable, so that the two of us have no problem communicating at all, and the rest of the time will be arranged by me, and I must take you to take a good taste of our Japanese hospitality. ”
Cheng Xiaoyu smiled and said, "I don't need to go to Kabukicho Street, I don't like to go to that kind of occasion very much." ”
Yoshito Kitagawa smiled mysteriously, and said mysteriously, "That can make you go to that kind of place without style, you must know that the most famous place in our Tokyo is the geisha club, and it is not a place that ordinary people can go." ”.
(To be continued.) )