Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

Chapter 253 "While we are still young, we have a little money and some time."

"You also know that my parents were both employees of state-owned enterprises. My father is optimistic by nature and likes literature and art. Although he is only a fitter, he likes to play, play and sing since he was a child. He is proficient in everything, especially playing the tombola - it is said that he learned it from an Oroqen hunter. , he never misses the cultural and artistic activities in the factory."

"In the mid-1990s, the factory's performance was poor and both of us were laid off. I was still in high school at that time."

"To make a living, my dad rides a tricycle, and my mom sews clothes for others. In order to save money, she sneaks to the vegetable market to pick up rotten vegetable leaves after dark when no one is paying attention."

"Although life is very difficult, my dad is still very optimistic. He goes home after he is tired every day, smokes cigarettes and plays some drums - I like playing bass, which is influenced by my dad."

Zhang Yang said slowly.

Yu Dongqing and the others listened quietly.

"Later, life gradually improved, and my dad got older, but his hobby of literature and art has not changed. I heard from my mother that ten years ago he wanted to organize a literature and art team, and even travel to various places, but because of this That reason did not come to fruition, which became a lifelong regret for him.”

“My mother said that my father is an active thinker who not only likes literature and art but also likes to run around.

I want to go to Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Xiangjiang to see it. Unfortunately, when I was young, I was restricted by conditions and could only think about it. Later, life got better, but there were always things that made me unable to move forward. "

"Think about it. Anyway, I'm not too old and my body is still strong. If I can't go this year, I'll go next year. If I just put it off year after year, I won't make it."

"A person's life can be both long and short. Human life is also very fragile. No one can predict tomorrow or when an accident will come. Just like my dad."

"So what I mean is that we should do what we want to do while we are not too old and still have a little money and time, so as not to have eternal regrets like my dad."

Everyone fell into silence after hearing this.

Finally Liu Yimin broke the silence.

“I said what I wanted to do — I wanted to do a tour.”

After Liu Yimin finished speaking, he looked at everyone and continued: "Actually, you all know that I have had this idea since the first time we organized a band to perform in class in college. I hope that our Qingmanglu Band can be like those big singers. I will still go on tour and let more people hear my songs - I still think so."

"Of course it was just a dream in college. After graduating from college, the band broke up, which made me feel desperate and felt that this dream would never come true. So I opened Shili Peach Blossom Bistro - this way I feel closer to the music I like. "

"But the regrouping of the Qingmanglu Band in the past two years has given me hope. As Zhang Yang said just now: While we are not too old, have a little money and some time, I think we can realize this dream!"

Liu Yimin usually doesn't talk much, but today he spoke such a long paragraph at once, and he really said what was in his heart.

"Just sing. My dad couldn't finish it, so I thought I would do it." Zhang Yang said, his eyes a little red.

"Okay, sing!" Du Hui spoke crisply.

The three of them looked at Yu Dongqing.

"Then let's sing, go to the city we want to go to, and sing the songs we like to sing!" Yu Dongqing made the final decision.

The four old men stopped fishing and discussed it in the room. It was not until dusk that everyone drove back to the city and went home.

The next morning, Yu Dongqing was uncharacteristically not going for a run by Rending Lake or playing chess with a bunch of old men. Instead, he drove to Jingyuan early and came to his studio.

"Ouch. How strange that you came here so early today." Luo Yun looked surprised, and the studio employees were also secretly surprised when they saw Yu Dongqing.

The boss has always been a charlatan, and sometimes Sister Luo refuses to come after calling her several times to urge her. Why are you so positive today?

Yu Dongqing didn't say much, entered Luo Yun's office and handed her a few pieces of paper.

"What's this?"

Luo Yun was a little curious, so she took it and took a look, and saw the title written clearly: "One City, One Song - Qingmanglu Band Tour Concert Plan"!

"Dongqing, are you really going to start a tour?" Luo Yun was surprised and happy.

"Well, this was what we discussed yesterday when we went fishing in Yaya Lake." Yu Dongqing sat on the sofa and said with a smile: "While we are not too old, we still have a little money and some time, we can go to the city we want to go to and sing our songs. Love the song!”

"Okay. You decide which city you want to go to and what songs to sing. Leave the rest to me." Luo Yun spoke crisply.

"We have decided on the city, you can see if it works."

Luo Yun turned to the second page and glanced at it, and suddenly the last one on the list was Chengdu!

Chengdu? !

Luo Yun suddenly thought of the beautiful girl named Chen Guoguo.

Yu Dongqing wouldn't go to Chengdu specifically for that girl, right?

uncertain.

After all, Chengdu is a city full of literature and art.

But, who knows.

Some people say that a woman’s heart is like a needle.

In fact, it is difficult to guess the heart of a man, especially the heart of a middle-aged man.

But this is not what Luo Yun is thinking about, how to do this well as an agent now.

"Why not choose a large venue like a stadium but a medium-sized venue like Live House? Are you still worried that no one will buy your tickets?"

"Looking at the sales of your first album, you know that this situation does not exist at all."

Luo Yun said.

In early April, Qingmanglu Band released its first album "Wild Lily Also Has Spring". As of last week, physical sales had reached a terrifying 1.1 million copies, making it the album with the highest physical sales in the past ten years!

The number of digital albums online has also reached a terrifying 81 million, which is of course still far behind the 140 million of popular traffic niche Cai Qingxin.

The fans of Qingmanglu Band are older, and there are fewer fans who buy hundreds of digital albums in order to promote their idols.

In fact, Yu Dongqing was not thinking about this. After hearing this, he said: "Luo Yun, to be honest, the tour we do is not to make money, but to fulfill a wish when we were young. A medium-sized Live House is enough. If we want to hold a large-scale concert , as an agent you have more things to do and are under a lot of pressure.”

After all, with tens of thousands of people in a stadium and one to two thousand people in a live house, the work becomes exponentially more difficult.

"You don't have to worry about me." Luo Yun quickly replied: "If you don't want to choose a stadium that can accommodate 40,000 or 50,000 people like the Workers' Stadium, I suggest that it would be good to choose a venue like Wukesong Stadium that can accommodate 10,000 people."

Luo Yun put forward her own suggestions.

Yu Dongqing thought for a moment: "Okay, then I'll do it according to your wishes."

"As for the guest singer, who should I invite? Wu Jingqi? I think she will definitely come."

Yu Dongqing glared at her before saying, "I don't plan to invite many guest singers, including Guo Xin, Zhang Bao, and Yawen from our studio. But in Yanjing I will invite Lu Ping's Huabangzi Band."

"Okay. You are keeping your wealth away from outsiders and increasing their popularity. That's it!" Luo Yunjiao said with a smile.

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