Chapter 554: Preparations for the Concert
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Time flies, Cui Zhengyuan turned a blind eye to foreign affairs in Jamaica, buried his head for four months, and finally finished filming the part about himself in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Shijie's End".
After a brief goodbye to everyone, he returned to Los Angeles and began to prepare for his first shijie tour.
Since the beginning of 2004, the news that Choi Jung-won will hold a shijie concert tour has been released.
Sony Corporation, A.P Corporation, and LiveNation, the world's largest concert promoter company, launched a comprehensive publicity campaign that ignited the enthusiasm of the indigenous people all over Shijie.
In fact, the decision to hold a Shijie tour this year was due to the appeal of fans.
Since last year, the natives have been asking Choi Jung-won to hold a concert on A.P's official website.
It's just that the voice was still small at that time, and Choi Jung-won didn't have many works, so A.P Company was not ready to hold a concert.
But later, the natives of the whole Shijie carried out a big tandem and started a powerful petition activity.
The petition has accumulated more than 3 million signatures, which directly shocked the management of A.P. Company.
It was only then that they realized that Cui Zhengyuan's influence had been completely consolidated. In addition, the release of the second album is already on the agenda, so it is logical to hold a tour.
Through Sony's relationship, A.P handed over the promotion of the tour to LiveNation, the most professional company in the world.
Originally, A.P was supposed to hold a small number of concerts, but the region was limited to the United States and Asia, and other places will be involved in it later.
However, after a thorough investigation, LiveNation strongly asked Choi Jung-won to go on a shijie tour.
There's no way, compared to the professionalism of holding concerts, A.P company is only beyond the reach of others. So after tripartite research, it was decided that Choi Jung-won's first tour was shijie-level.
The final schedule is as follows:
The United States is eight. These are Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Chicago and Cleveland.
Canada is in Montreal, because of the original performance of the Ice and Snow Festival, the city's enthusiasm for Choi Jung-won is very good. So instead of Ottawa and Vancouver, which have more populous populations, they chose the Latin capital of North America.
Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil, have one each, because the passionate samba country is a great place to spread music.
The main part of Europe is the UK, but the originally scheduled performance in London did not take place.
Because the most Haode venue had already signed up with Coldplay in advance, and the rest of the venue was not satisfactory, LiveNation arranged the venue for the show in Manchester, the second largest city in the UK.
In addition to this, there is one more in Paris.
As for the rest, according to the opinion of the company LiveNation. Not for now.
Speaking of which, the pop music scene in Europe is actually very conservative and very slow to accept foreign cultures.
If it weren't for the fact that the British and American cultures are in the same vein, I am afraid it would not have worked so well.
Europe is over, and South Africa is next.
The richest country on the African continent is the ideal place to host concerts.
LiveNation chose Johannesburg, South Africa's cultural capital.
Oceania is also a place that cannot be ignored, although it is not in the mainstream economic circle of Shijie, but the Australian market cannot be ignored at all.
Sydney is Australia's largest city. It is also an economic and cultural capital, so there is no choice, and the concert will definitely settle here.
Leaving from Oceania is where Choi Jeong-won's foundation lies -- Asia.
It is also the area where his concerts are held most intensively. Three of them were in Japan, namely Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.
Originally, Sony had to add more concerts in Japan, increasing the number of concerts to five, making it the second largest publicity market after the United States. But take into account the time factor. Neither LiveNation nor A.P agreed with the jihua.
The two partners opposed it together, and Sony couldn't force it.
China after Japan also made Cui Zhengyuan take it seriously, the capital, the magic capital, Xiangjiang and Wanbei. Basically, the major developed regions of the Greater China region are included.
Originally, LiveNation planned to add more shows in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and other places, but it had to be canceled due to time constraints.
After these places were over, he finally returned to Choi Jung-won's native South Korea.
Here, the number of games did not increase because it was the motherland, only two.
One is Busan, which mainly radiates to the southern region. It includes Gyeongbuk-do, Gyeongnam-do, Ulsan Metropolitan City, Jeonnam-do, Jeonbuk-do, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Daegu Metropolitan City, Daejeon Metropolitan City and other areas.
Zuihou is Seoul, which takes care of the northern region. Including Seoul Special City, Incheon Metropolitan City, Gyeonggi-do, Gangwon-do and other places.
It is worth mentioning that the estimated performance time of a concert in Seoul in Zuihou is actually February 8, 2005.
In other words, basically in the second half of 2004 and the beginning of the next year, Choi Jung-won will spend time in flights around Shijie.
Also, haode is that the concert is not a continuous rotation, otherwise it will be unbearable even for the iron man.
Since he was going to hold a concert, he didn't say anything, and all the teams around him began to prepare.
The choir and the accompanying vocal group need to be contacted by A.P and Sony, and the performers need Choi Jung-won to mobilize his connections.
In addition, the "Purity Alliance" also ended its leisurely time under Margaret's order and assembled all.
No way, the concert is a grand event for the singer himself, and it is his personal stage.
After two or three hours of a concert, in addition to the limited number of guests, the singer needs to go all out.
In such a situation, the backup dance company could not have imagined ease.
Every performance, every stage of a song, requires them to rehearse and rehearse carefully according to the situation. In particular, the dance of many songs needs to be redesigned.
It's a very complicated project. It is impossible to do without time and patience.
As early as March of this year, the "Purity Alliance" had already begun complex deployment work.
Taking advantage of the interval between shooting, Cui Zhengyuan also practiced with the backup dance troupe many times. Now that he's finally out of the movies, the rehearsal work is even more intense.
Because the first performance was two weeks later on August 15th. The location is the Rose Bowl Stadium.
No way, the original ticket for the first show was 15,000. Who knew that the enthusiasm of the fans could not be stopped, and 43,000 copies were sold after many ticket increases.
Don't think it's just a change in numbers, it's not a big deal. In fact, the number of people will increase exponentially, and the pressure on the singer will be very great.
Concerts of 10,000 people and concerts of tens of thousands of people. That's a completely different concept. If nothing else, the wheezing of tens of thousands of people alone can easily suppress the sound of music.
This is also a great test for LiveNation, the company in charge of the show.
The audience reached 40,000 people, and the originally booked venue was not good, and it could not accommodate so many people at all. Therefore, LiveNation temporarily contacted the Rose Bowl Stadium and implemented the concert on the venue of the final of the Shijie Cup in '94.
It just so happened that Cui Zhengyuan set sail in Europe and the United States from here and began a legendary journey that soared into the sky.
Now the concert also starts here. It undoubtedly has a profound meaning.
Even the Rose Bowl Stadium gave the green light to his concert. Including the cost of venue rental and remodeling, great discounts are given.
The only condition is that Cui Zhengyuan is invited to be the spokesperson of the court. It didn't take long. It's only three months.
It's not an official advertising endorsement, it's just a friendship. So Cui Zhengyuan didn't accept the money at all, and happily agreed.
As the first concert of his concert, he not only had to work on the songs and stage design. Even the invited guests are worth the brainstorm.
has been in the European and American entertainment circles for more than three years, and Cui Zhengyuan knows a lot of contacts, and he can remember the people he invited.
But since it's the first one, it's the first one. It needs to be considered by Haode.
In the end, Choi Jung-won chose Maria. Kelly.
First, the pop diva owes him a favor.
She wrote songs for Maria, and generously lent Leessang to her to promote the songs without charging a penny.
I believe that if you invite her at this time, you will definitely not refuse.
And Maria was invited. Kelly, by the way, you can also call Leessang to beat the soy sauce.
After the last feat, Gary has made a lot of fame in Europe and the United States.
Now that there is such a haode publicity opportunity, Cui Zhengyuan naturally has to think about his artists.
If Leessang also became a shijie-level singer, he would wake up laughing in his dreams.
Maria, of course. Kelly alone is not enough to show Choi Jung-won's connections, so he successfully invited the Los Angeles Lakers' star Kobe Bryant through his relationship. Bryant.
In terms of global popularity, Kobe Bryant is no worse than Cui Zhengyuan. Even in the minds of basketball fans, Choi Jung-won is far from being the strongest player in the post-Jordan era.
Of course, Kobe Bryant attended the concert as a guest, and he definitely didn't come to perform, sing, and dance.
Cui Zhengyuan invited him to come, but he actually played a game.
Playing and playing, dozens of minutes will pass.
At a concert, it is a very boring thing to perform one song after another. Not only the singers, but also the audience sometimes can't stand it.
So at this time, the appropriate game session can not only eliminate fatigue, but also have an intimate interaction with the fans on the spot. (To be continued......)