Chapter 29: Anything can be played
"Gu Cheng is going to have a concert!!"
"What?"
"You heard it right, it's Gu Cheng who played "Meteor Garden", "The Family of Gold Powder", and sang "Meteor Shower" and "Chrysanthemum Terrace"!"
"I'm going to take a look...... Hmm, isn't that portal you gave the advertised 'Eslite Music Concert'? Isn't it Gu Cheng's special show!"
"I have gossip, he will play, the first one will definitely be all on, 6 songs, I won't know in the future, go grab it, it's going to be sold out! Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Hold the grass! Sister, don't you say it earlier, I just wondered if I wanted to buy a set of SK-II fairy water yesterday! Forget it, don't buy it!"
"Emma, I don't have an Alipay account and can't buy tickets online, sister, can you borrow it from me? No, forget it, my mother registered one by herself, alas, I have to go to the bank to open online banking first, it's really annoying......"
Groups of fan girls from female students to female white-collar workers are surging in places such as QQ and Tianya Community, and Amway is virally spreading the ticket information of the concert.
After all, Gu Cheng is too low-key, he has only made two films, and he never participates in commercial activities and concerts, which makes those fans who like him feel suffocated, and they have nowhere to watch advertisements if they want to.
I heard that at the beginning of the year, several pirated disc dealers seized this business opportunity and made the video of Gu Cheng's press conference last year to correct Dingdang.com's name into pirated discs for five yuan a piece, and actually sold 200,000 copies.
Those female fans were stunned to buy it back and stare at such a news talk clip, and watched it dozens of times, without being poisoned. While watching, I complained in my heart: "You shameless female reporters, don't surround my husband!"
On the other hand, just ten days before the opening, more than 50,000 tickets for the first Eslite Music concert were not sold.
Dealers of traditional ticket distribution channels are waiting to see Gu Cheng's joke that dares to bypass offline channels. No one thought that online ticketing in the last half month would save the big picture.
Some strange stories inevitably circulate among offline ticket sellers.
"Selling concert tickets online? Concert tickets are the least suitable to test the waters as an e-commerce pioneer. Not only is the logistics of sending tickets troublesome, but the cross-space convenience of the Internet cannot be brought into play - even if the tickets can be sent to fans living in other cities, don't fans have to rush to the venue to watch them?"
"The business of locals buying local tickets can be put on the Internet, and I see that the people of Dingdang.com are dizzy on the Internet. ”
These complaints are not unreasonable.
It is said that first-line singers generally have tens of millions of die-hard fans, but concerts often can't even get together 30,000 or 50,000 spectators, and the biggest problem is that the physical spatial distribution of fans cannot be coordinated - these millions of fans are scattered in major cities across the country, and it is impossible to take a plane or train to travel to a different place to watch a concert.
The population movement and agglomeration effect in 02 is far less obvious than that of a decade later, and the scale of rural college students looking for jobs on the spot after studying in the city is about one-third of that of ten years later. Except in a city like Xiangjiang, where tourism and entertainment are both prosperous, concerts elsewhere are basically not crowded.
It's a pity that the prophecy of these people was forced back in the last two days before the concert.
Because when everyone opened Dingdang again, they found that the purchase control in the ticketing channel had turned gray and could not be clicked.
Underneath it reads "sold out".
"Liar, isn't it? How is this possible? No, when the time comes, you must watch the version of the gun filmed at the scene, or broadcast it afterwards, to see if it is full!" Many people are still unwilling to believe this fact until this moment.
And true fans who really want to buy it, but are slow or ill-informed and don't buy it, can only beat their chests.
……
Gu Cheng came back from meeting Boss Li in the capital, and after only resting for a day and rehearsing 6 songs, he had to play.
At the same time, on the last day, he also asked the female secretary to revise his speech and let him re-read and straighten it out -- he added some words to the speech that could be taken out to the public and boost market confidence after being negotiated with Boss Li.
In his eyes, this concert is more of a press conference to prevent harmony and editing.
Zhou Jielun, Jolin Tsai, Quan Baoya, and Dongyi Shenqi are all here. Anyway, except for Zhou Jielun, the others are all directly subordinate and working for Gu Cheng.
Children's Day in 02 happens to be another Saturday, which should be regarded as a rare day for large-scale performing arts activities. In addition to the 80,000-person stadium in Hujiang, major first-tier cities and several top-ranked second-tier cities across the country have arranged large-scale concerts or concerts and other activities on this day.
At more than 6 o'clock in the evening, dozens of long queues had formed at the entrance of the 80,000-person arena in Hujiang, which really opened the eyes of the citizens who had not seen the performing arts activities of top superstars at that time.
Moreover, the composition and grade of the audience are also very different from usual.
The fans who came to see the group from other places alone rented nearly 1,000 buses, and almost completely filled up all the parking garages on the five streets near the 80,000-person stadium.
From Gu Cheng's hometown Qiantang, there were seven or eight thousand fans, as well as places like Gusu and Jinling, adding up to one or two thousand people. Rao is Hujiang citizen is proud of himself, and he was also frightened by this formation.
The most terrifying thing is that there are hundreds of tourist vehicles painted in Fuso and Yi languages, which deserve to occupy the best positions.
In the queue, a variety of languages can be heard.
A handful of local female fans in Hujiang were dumbfounded, and discussed with each other in a low voice: "Good girl, there are at least three or five thousand foreigners tonight." How do you say these people get the tickets? They can't use Alipay. ”
There are also girls who are relatively illegitimate fans and have a thorough understanding of Gu Cheng and his business, and they can't help but play tricks on their peers at this moment: "You don't understand this, I heard that Dongyi's S-M company and Fusang's Ai Hui company have cooperated with Brother Cheng to help sell tickets through a channel." ”
The girls who were popularized by science next to them suddenly sighed: "Brother Cheng is awesome, this is called popular all over Asia." If you want me to say that CCTV should operate the overseas screening rights of "The Family of Gold Powder" well and sell it, it is too conservative now. Maybe after it is sold, it can become like "Meteor Garden". ”
"It's impossible for a foreigner to watch our period dramas. ”
"Ordinary period dramas are definitely not good, but it is possible to have Brother Cheng in anything. ”
Concert tickets in 02 are still quite cheap, and the cheapest outfield location in first-tier cities is only 188 people. There are 388 in the infield, all the way to 888 in the front row, and 1280 in the VIP area.
The total ticket revenue of this 80,000-person stadium is more than 30 million. Cut out millions of hard expenses such as channels, ticketing, venues, and sets. The net profit and actor appearance fee can also fall by more than 20 million.
Who would dare to say that holding a concert is not a way to make a lot of money - as long as it can guarantee ticket prices and sales.
……
At 7 o'clock, the infield lights dimmed on time.
There is no program list for the concert, so fans don't know the order of play, but in the darkness, tens of thousands of girls have begun to fish in troubled waters and shout:
"Brother Cheng, I love you!"
"Sarah, hey~"
"Vatasidaiski~"
"We want to listen to Brother Cheng!"
Of course, there are also many boys and girls shouting: "Zhou Jielun, Zhou Jielun!
Or the "BOA~BOA~BOA~" of Fusang cavity/Dongyi cavity
After all, Gu Cheng does not have many fans in the pure music circle, and the popularity bonus structure of idol drama stars alone leads to the fact that the number of his fans among male fans is still far inferior to Zhou Jielun.
There was a "pop", and on the big screen in the middle of the stage, a few lines of progress bars that teased people's enthusiasm suddenly lit up. Each progress bar has the name of an artist or group written on it, followed by a value that says "XXdB". There is also a line of subtitles written at the bottom: "Who do you want to play first?"
"Eh, what's this for?" some of the novice girls in science and engineering were stunned all of a sudden.
"Ah! I see, this is the decibel number of different artists' names, it should be to see whose fans shout the total volume. But how do you count them?"
Thankfully, three seconds later, the first line of prompts appeared on the big screen: "Quiet!"
The curiosity of 80,000 fans was completely aroused, but it was quiet.
"First of all, Gu Cheng, I hope Gu Cheng will be the first to play, please shout out. The singer with the highest average value collected from the 20 decibel test points in the venue will be the first to perform. ”
Some fans who understand science are a little relieved, it seems that Eslite Music at least has not come up with any black technology that can distinguish voice content at the same time as measuring decibels, otherwise it would be incredible.
They didn't know that Gu Cheng would use this trick for several years. Until the future, the black technology is powerful enough to make the fans of all the singers at the family concert shout at the same time, and the volume gradient of cheering can be distinguished.
Five seconds for each person, and the results are available after half a minute.
"Gu Cheng, an average of 129 decibels. ”
Zhou Jielun, comment 124 decibels. ”
Jolin Tsai, an average of 118 decibels. ”
"BOA, 115 dB on average. ”
Everyone was so excited that they found themselves able to join in the concert interactions. It's an amazing experience like never before. Even people who have listened to many concerts before have always felt that singers are high, even if they keep saying "I love you", they are also unintentional.
And this time, a small game made everyone feel the respect of "democracy" and "communication", and it seemed that their vote and shouting voice could also have an impact on the decision of the order of the program.
Moreover, the sound is loud and soft, and normal people's hearing can be clearly distinguished, and there is no possibility of cheating.
The concert can still be held like this!
"It's such a flat interactive world. Among the fans, a very small number of them are knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and the VIP audience who came to cheer because of Gu Cheng's business identity inevitably put away the ordinary heart of watching the excitement and became solemn.
The prelude sounded, and Gu Cheng really appeared in the spotlight as expected, kicking off tonight with a song "Love Must Be Done".
"I can't forget the first time I saw you, a pair of charming eyes. In my mind's eye, you can't get around. Hold your hands and feel your tenderness, it's really a little breathless......"