187. Ready
On the eve of the concert, most of the people in Rolling Stone Records were busy at the Hong Kong Stadium, as the big boss of the record company, Chen Yihua didn't have to do it himself, but today he also went to the scene to motivate the morale of his subordinates, and by the way, he investigated the specific situation of the concert site.
Hong Kong Stadium belongs to the government assets, at first Chen Yihua thought that the record company wanted to lease the stadium and need to negotiate with Hong Kong's Cultural Affairs Department and other departments, but I didn't expect to understand it later, only to find out that the current stadium is a company called Wembley management, this company is a typical heroic enterprise, these British-funded enterprises as long as they have money to do things, plus the stadium has been in a state of loss, during this period, the stadium has no events, Wembley company would like someone to lease it, there is John, the old man face, Liang Botao, the local snake on the side, assisted, and things went smoothly and didn't cost too much money.
"Bo Tao, John, you two did a good job" After a rough walk, Chen Yihua nodded with satisfaction to Liang Botao and John who accompanied him, the reason why this concert can be held is that Liang Botao and the two of them have contributed a lot, the setting of the stage, and the matching of the sound are basically these two people running again.
"Boss, you can't just talk and not practice, if the concert is successful this time, don't forget to give us both bonuses" Liang Botao is really busy during this time, the big stage is the first time to appear in Hong Kong, not to mention that a new company like Rolling Stone has little experience, even in Hong Kong, I can't find a few knowledgeable people, for the stage to set up these chores, Liang Botao did not use brain cells, seeing that the success of the concert is imminent, Liang Botao also rarely has a good mood.
smiled, Chen Yihua didn't mind his generals making a little joke with him, but instead said in the other party's tone, "Okay, if this concert can be successful, not only you." People all over the company have bonuses this month'
'Boss, is it true?'
'Brothers, the boss said that as long as the concert is successful, we will have a bonus'
'Long live the boss、、、'
Chen Yihua and others stood not far from the stage, and there were employees of Rolling Stone busy everywhere around them. Chen Yihua deliberately spoke loudly again, and as expected, after listening to his words, the anger of the people around him immediately became high.
In fact, Rolling Stone didn't make much money at this concert. On the contrary, according to the current data calculation, Chen Yihua still has to paste some money into it, although the concert has not yet started, but now it is basically possible to see how some profit data is, the tickets were sold as early as half a month ago, and the financial department of Rolling Stone also made a simple accounting for the expenditure and inclusion of this concert.
Now there are not many sponsors willing to sponsor a concert in Hong Kong, especially a concert as big as Rolling Stone, people will not sponsor it at all, so the cost of this concert is paid by Chen Yihua alone.
The stadium can seat about 20,000 people. In addition, Chen Yihua also used the football field in the middle, a concert can basically accommodate more than 30,000 people, and a ticket is about sixty or seventy, so a concert can be about 2 million Hong Kong dollars.
If it's just rent. Stage, publicity, artificial, costumes these. The rolling stone will not lose money, and the most expensive is the audio equipment.
In order to create a perfect concert, there are two key factors that must be in place, one is to have good audio equipment, and use it well. The second is to build a reasonable sound in combination with the concert venue.
The Hong Kong Stadium had never held a concert before, so there was no sound equipment needed by the Rolling Stones. This requires the Rolling Stones to purchase it themselves, plus because the stadium is open, the general audio equipment is not good at all, a set of large-scale outdoor audio equipment, even in the future generations are calculated by millions of dollars, not to mention now, now the top audio equipment can only be imported from the United States, the price is outrageous, for this concert, the equipment imported by the Rolling Stone from the United States alone costs more than one million dollars, if you don't think that these equipment can be used in the future, Even Chen Yihua, who has always been wealthy, couldn't help but feel distressed.
Fortunately, this concert does not need those lighting equipment, because of the problem of technology, the concert in the stadium is not good to be held at night, which also makes Chen Yihua give up an extra expense.
Rolling Stone held two concerts in a row on Saturday and Sunday, plus the peripheral products prepared on the day of the concert, these calculations, the finance department probably estimated that the record company had a loss, but it was not too serious, and it was basically able to achieve the same profit and loss.
In fact, the stage is set up, the equipment is also bought, as long as Chen Yihua rents the stadium for a few more days, it is not impossible to make money even if he holds a concert for a few days, a concert is only three and a half hours, and there is no shortage of rolling stones in terms of singers, it is not difficult to hold five or six concerts in a row.
It's a pity that there are no holidays in Hong Kong in May, and it is the first time for a large-scale concert in Hong Kong, even if there are big-name singers, fans will not buy it during working hours, and the record company is still very worried.
Looking ahead, the reason why Chen Yihua held the concert so quickly was not to make money, in his opinion, expanding the influence of Rolling Stone is the first thing now, and if he does something to damage Rolling Stone's reputation in order to earn one or two million, it will be more than worth the loss.
It's too much, as long as this two-day concert on Saturdays and Sundays can be a smooth success and word of mouth, then the audience will buy it next time, so that the singer can leave a little leeway, and it can also attract the audience to participate in their concert next time.
"Boss, this is the list of programs for the concert, you can take a look" Liang Baitao said, took out a document and handed it to Chen Yihua.
After a rough flip through it, Chen Yihua said, "Is the order of the stage in accordance with the arrangement on the document?"
'Yes, it's all according to the document, the Wenner band was the first to appear, and the first song was "How Much Love Can Come Again""
Nodding his head, Chen Yihua pondered for a while and then asked, "Bai Tao, Su Rui, they will be fine on stage tomorrow?"
"Don't worry, boss, they performed well, we started to arrange for them to rehearse on stage half a month ago, and now they are basically proficient, there should be no problem tomorrow."
"Well, that's good, by the way, how about Luo Dayou and Chen Shuhua, they didn't join us for a long time in Rolling Stone, and they want to let them sing new songs on stage so soon, time is so tight, are they familiar with the stage?"
"Fortunately, we rehearsed yesterday, there is no problem, Luo Dayou and they are basically very proficient in each song, if the concert day is according to their performance during rehearsal, there will be no problem."
"The big stage of 10,000 people is different from the rehearsal, if you can't do it, don't force it, it's urgent to change it now" Although Chen Yihua arranged for Luo Dayou and them to go on stage, he couldn't help but remind him when it came to the end.
'Boss, their mentality is good, and even if it is a big singer like Xu Guanjie, the stage of 10,000 people is also the first time, Luo Dayou is just a song, even if there is a small mistake, it will not affect the stage, although Chen Shuhua has two, but this girl is very involved as soon as she sings, and the probability of interference from the outside world is very small, and although Zhen Ni has many songs, but for her, you don't have to worry, on the stage, she is an old-timer, she has sung on stage so many times, I believe she can grasp it herself'
"Well, you should take care of these things more, you can encourage them on my behalf, tell them, let them not be too nervous, relax, nervous is easy to make mistakes" tomorrow is the concert, Chen Yihua doesn't want to say anything to those singers now, he knows that if he comes forward to say anything now, it will be a pressure on them.
Things have come to this point, no matter how much you think about anything, it is a bit risky to arrange Luo Dayou's people who later joined Rolling Stone to record new songs and go on stage at such a tight time, but Chen Yihua believes in his choice, and in the future, these singers will not be troubled by the stage if they can stand out from hundreds of millions of people.
Originally, the original plan for this concert was only to arrange Xu Guanjie, Wenna Band and Su Rui to take the stage, and the record company's promotional poster in the early stage was also promoted like this, but the plan was not as good as changing.
In fact, to be on the safe side, Luo Dayou and Chen Shuhua can also make their debut step by step under the arrangement of Rolling Stone, but because Wen Na and Su Rui are shocked, and now there is only one wireless listening channel for Rolling Stone's effective publicity channel, even if there are good songs, the few new singers who joined Rolling Stone must not rise so fast and so popular like Su Rui.
The 10,000-person concert is the first time in the whole of Asia, as long as there are good songs and good strength, then under word of mouth, Luo Dayou's fame must spread quickly, and Chen Yihua feels that it is completely worth taking a small risk.
Rolling Stone's current singers include Wen Na Wuhu, Su Rui, Luo Dayou, Li Zongsheng, Leslie Cheung, Chen Shuhua, Long Piaopiao and Zhen Ni, the number is not much, but the quality is absolutely top-notch.
In addition to Wen Na and Su Rui, several other people have only joined Rolling Stone for two months, and this Rolling Stone's concert includes Su Rui, Wen Na, Luo Dayou, Chen Shuhua and Zhen Ni.
As for Leslie Cheung, Li Zongsheng and Long Piaopiao, Chen Yihua did not arrange for these three people to go on stage, Li Zongsheng and Leslie Cheung did not have any experience before joining Rolling Stone, and it is really reluctant to let them go on stage now, and Long Piaopiao, because the contract was signed too late, and now arrange for her to record songs and go to concerts, not only is it too late to make time, but even some of the original plans for the concert have to be disrupted by her alone, so Chen Yihua can only give up Long Piaopiao to make his debut at this concert. (To be continued......)