Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 190 The Tavern Concert
Yu Dongqing explained to him the points to pay attention to when singing this song, and then asked him to practice hard.

Today is December 12st, and tomorrow is New Year's Day, Shili Peach Blossom Tavern is holding a New Year's Eve concert.

The protagonist is naturally the Qingmanshoe Band.

In fact, it's not a concert, it's Yu Dongqing and the others who suddenly wanted to play together and sing with two voices on a whim.

After participating in the Xi'an College Student Music Festival in mid-September, the few of them haven't sung together. It will be New Year's Day soon, and everyone is happy together.

After hearing the news, Luo Yun immediately suggested that the studio should carry out the planning and conduct it in the mode of commercial performance.

In her words, since many TV stations invited you to attend the New Year's Day party and you refused, let's hold one by ourselves.

But Yu Dongqing disagreed.

Just a few buddies want to hang out together, and by the way, increase the popularity of Liu Yimin's tavern, why are they so formal?

Do you still need tickets?
Besides, it's such a small place that it can't hold a hundred people, so how much can you earn from tickets?
The last ones to earn are probably those scalpers, right?

When you spread the word out, what if too many people come and can’t sit down?You can't let the fans stand on the street and listen to the music with the northwest wind blowing, right?

There is no need for publicity or planning, just ask Liu Yimin to simply write a sentence on the sign at the entrance of the tavern one day in advance.

"Tomorrow night, the Qingmanshoe Band will celebrate the New Year with everyone."

But despite this, when Yu Dongqing was having dinner at her husband’s house at night, she received a call from Liu Yimin saying that the fans asked if our concert could be brought forward?

"Eight o'clock, isn't it too late?" Yu Dongqing said.

"At four o'clock in the afternoon, the tavern is full." Liu Yimin replied on the phone.

Ah?
so much?
"I don't care. Just ask Zhang Yang and Du Hui, especially Du Hui. My wife has a big belly and needs someone to take care of her." Yu Dongqing replied.

"Okay, I'll call and ask them."

Yu Dongqing hung up the phone, and Mingmei, who was sitting beside her eating, put down her chopsticks and asked, "Brother-in-law, don't you want to watch Zhang Bao's game tonight?"

Mingmei also knew that there was Zhang Bao, a student of her brother-in-law's classmate, who was temporarily working as a waiter in Liu Yimin's tavern.

Singing is very good, especially singing their Qinbei folk songs. I came to Yanjing to participate in the "Starlight Singing" variety show. I passed all the way and will participate in the annual championship finals tonight.

For this reason, Yu Dongqing also wrote a song full of northwest flavor called "Xintianyou" specially for him, which shows that he attaches great importance to this competition.

Unexpectedly, tonight he went to the tavern to sing with some buddies.

Yu Dongqing laughed after hearing this: "I won't go, I'm not a judge, it doesn't matter whether I watch it or not, the key lies in his performance on the spot, but I think he should play well."

After finishing speaking, Yu Dongqing added: "This is not just my opinion, Zhang Yang and the others all think so."

Yu Dongqing was full of confidence at this time, but Feng Pei, who was thousands of miles away, was not so calm.

Today, when he returned to his home in the county seat, he never watched variety shows, so he turned on the TV early and switched to CCTV variety shows.

He wants to see the performance of his students on the spot.

He will never be able to realize his musical dream in this life, so he pins his hopes on himself as a student.

Zhang Bao will sing three songs in the final, "Shandandan Blooming Red and Brilliant", "Going to the West Gate" and the song "Xintianyou".

Not only him, but his wife Meng Jiayan and daughter Xiaoxuan also watched the show together.

"This is your student Zhang Bao?" Meng Jiayan looked at a young man on TV wearing a traditional Qinbei costume—a white sheep belly handkerchief on his head and a bare old sheepskin jacket.

Feng Pei nodded, and said excitedly: "How is it? Wearing this suit looks very energetic, right?"

Meng Jiayan curled her lips: "Old-fashioned."

Feng Pei smiled and did not refute.

Daughter Xiaoxuan defended her father: "Mom, I think our national traditional costumes are very beautiful. The book says that the national is the world's. Moreover, girls in our school are now wearing Hanfu."

Ah?
Seeing her daughter's serious look, Meng Jiayan laughed: "I don't know what's wrong with the children now? They are very interested in the costumes of their ancestors."

"This is called national self-confidence." Feng Pei replied: "Okay, stop talking, the competition has begun."

The performance at Shili Peach Blossom Tavern was also carried out in a warm atmosphere.

There were not too many prologues, and there was nothing sensational. The four men sat on the karaoke stage and sang casually.

"To You", "Baqiao", "Rukawa Feng and Kurai Sora", and "Old Boy" and "Story of Time" sung earlier.
Reminisce the lost youth in the singing.

In addition to Yu Dongqing and the others performing, some fans volunteered to come up to sing in the middle of the performance. Yu Dongqing also smiled and left the microphone to them, and rested by herself.

Luo Yun also came to the tavern and sat on a high stool by the bar drinking a cocktail. She said that she was alone at home anyway, so she might as well come here to join in the fun.

Seeing Yu Dongqing come to the bar to drink water and rest, Luo Yun said to him: "It's a pity, it's a pity."

"What a pity?"

Luo Yun looked at the crowded tavern and said, "If this is a commercial show, put it in live houses such as Starlight Live, MAO LIVE HOUSE, and Mahjong House, do you know how much profit this night will make?"

"Let's take the average price of mainstream bands as an example. If a ticket costs 200 yuan, if you go to the Starlight Live to accommodate 1200 people, that means you can sell 24 tickets! Leaving aside all kinds of costs, you can earn [-] yuan a night." Eighty thousand should be no problem, right? Look at Zhao Yawen, there will be a commercial performance tonight."

It turned out that since Zhao Yawen started the live broadcast, she sang the theme song of "Chi Ling" for Lu Yongru's TV series "The Past of the Republic of China", and her popularity has greatly increased. Under Luo Yun's operation, she was invited to participate in the New Year's Day held by Gan Province TV Station this year At the welcome party, she sang the song "Chi Ling". She had already flown to Lanzhou yesterday.

Although the influence of TV stations in Gansu Province is far less than that of Zhejiang and Hunan TV stations, they are still provincial TV stations.

Zhao Yawen took the first step successfully, so she hired an assistant to accompany her.

After listening to Luo Yun's words, Yu Dongqing said with a smile: "I think it's good as it is now, free and easy. Since you want to perform commercially, you have to rehearse seriously to be worthy of the audience who paid for the tickets. It's too troublesome."

"Like now, if I want to sing, I can sing and rest if I don't want to, that's good." Yu Dongqing laughed.

"You really don't want to open the concert?" Luo Yun asked again.

"Let's talk about it later." Yu Dongqing couldn't deny it.

"Okay, let's not talk about this problem, Zhang Bao, how do you plan to deal with it?" Luo Yun asked again.

"How to deal with what?"

(End of this chapter)