Zhang Youan felt that he was a little unsure about Zhou Yan. Sometimes he felt that Zhou Yan was a bit indifferent and didn't care about fame and fortune, but sometimes he felt that Zhou Yan was quite concerned about these things.
The two chatted for a while, and Zhou Yan asked, "The Central Chinese Orchestra should have arrived in Los Angeles, right?"
At the invitation of ICM Company, the Central Chinese Orchestra is going to the United States for a tour , Los Angeles is the first stop.
"Well, they arrived the day before yesterday and will perform today. If they don't arrive, there will be problems. The staff at Tomson have also connected with them. I will give them a call soon. Phone."
"How are the tickets sold?" Zhou Yan asked again.
"Of course the sales are not as good as your concert. When I asked yesterday, there were still close to 600 tickets that had not been sold, but there is still some time, and a lot of them should be sold. In a hall with more than 2,000 people, the tickets It’s already very good to sell to this point.”
Zhou Yandai nodded. There were still 600 tickets left in the hall with more than 2,000 people, which meant that the attendance rate exceeded 70%.
With this kind of attendance, we can already make money.
This time the Central Chinese Orchestra is touring the United States, they will receive a fixed remuneration. It does not matter whether the box office is good or bad, and it will basically not affect their income.
Selling more and selling less is all the responsibility of ICM.
But of course Zhou Yan and the others still hope that the box office will be good, otherwise there will be no companies like ICM to invite domestic bands to perform abroad in the future.
If this folk band’s tour in the United States can maintain a stable attendance rate of 70% at every performance, that would be enough.
Tickets are still on sale now. A lot of tickets should be sold on the last day, and the attendance rate will naturally increase. If it can reach more than 80%, that would be the best.
Previously, Zhou Yan thought about investing in this tour with ICM Company, but Zhou Hong later stopped him.
Of course Zhou Yan’s original intention was not to make money. He wanted to get involved and promote the folk band’s tour.
However, Zhou Hong said that his intervention would not be a good thing for the folk orchestra.
The folk band’s tour was initiated by ICM. Of course, their company wanted to make more money.
Since you want to make money, you will definitely not save money on publicity. Zhou Yan does not need to worry about this.
If ICM Company finds out that it can make money after handling it independently this time, it will greatly arouse their interest.
If Zhou Yan gets involved, even if he can make money later, ICM and other similar companies will have doubts.
Zhou Yan felt that what Zhou Hong said made sense, and he should indeed have some confidence in the folk orchestra.
Looking back now, I was right not to intervene at that time. The Chinese orchestra can handle this tour on its own.
"Are there any tickets left in the front row?" Zhou Yan asked again.
"Front row tickets? I really don't know this. Why do you ask?"
"It suddenly occurred to me that Tao Zhe is also in Los Angeles."
"Oh, you don't need to worry about this. Tao Zhe has already been in contact with our office in Los Angeles. I heard that he has been working there recently, and the ticket has been reserved for him."
"He moves pretty fast."
"It's pretty fast. He's very familiar with the people in our office. No one else will use the new equipment in the office for a while. , Tao Zhe has been using it recently, and he is very happy. He is signed to other record companies, but there is no such condition."
"At least the purchases you made were not in vain."
" That said, we have to thank him and Phantom Sound.”
"Haha, cooperation is mutually beneficial, cooperation is mutually beneficial."
Zhang Youan smiled, "I think we should simply merge Tomson's music department with Phantom Music, so that future cooperation will be more convenient."< br>
"It's better to separate. Don't put your eggs in one basket."
"Okay, anyway, both sides are basically serving you."
"That's okay. You can’t say that. Didn’t Tomson just sign Akina Nakamori? You should also be more considerate of him.”
"Although I signed Nakamori Akina, I still have to revolve around you. I have to rely on you to write more songs for Nakamori Akina so that she can develop better."
Zhou Yan laughed, "It seems You still value her and have already started to ask me for song invitations for her.”
“They are all members of the family. As the actual music director of Tomson, it is not your job to write two songs for its singers. It's an internal matter."
"Okay, I won't tell you anymore. If I continue, I have to write two songs for Nakamori Akina on the spot."
"Haha, okay. Just be busy, I won’t bother you anymore.”
...
"Sister Yuru, I heard that the tickets for this show in Los Angeles are very good."
During lunch, Zhu Lanxi smiled and walked towards Wei Yuru, happily talking to her Share the news you just got.
"Really? Who did you listen to?" Wei Yuru asked.
"Teacher He said that."
The teacher Zhu Lanxi mentioned was He Jianguo, the conductor of their orchestra and the leader of their trip to the United States. Since the news came from him, it should be correct.
"Did Mr. He say specifically how many votes were sold?"
"I didn't say specifically, but I knew that the ticket sales rate had exceeded 80%. Calculated, it should have been At least 1,600 tickets have been sold.”
Wei Yuru nodded, this data is indeed pretty good.
The venue where the Chinese band performed in Los Angeles this time is the Emerson Theater. There are not many seats. If the arrangement is looser, there are only 1,600 seats. If the arrangement is tight, it can seat more than 2,000. personal.
The Art Center also has a relatively large concert hall, which is the Chandler Hall where Zhou Yan and the others performed here before. At that time, Wei Yuru also made her debut in the United States with the Piano Youth Orchestra.
Chandler Hall has many more seats than Emerson, more than 3,200, and all the tickets were sold out at that time.
Compared to Zhou Yan’s concert, the popularity of their folk band’s concert is much lower, but with this data, they are already very satisfied.
The fact that so many tickets have been sold is also related to Zhou Yan’s previous concerts in Los Angeles. The previous concerts introduced many Los Angeles people to Chinese folk music.
Especially the scene of Wei Yuru playing the pipa left a deep impression on many people.
Seeing the excitement on Zhu Lanxi's face, Wei Yuru smiled and said, "You have experienced many big scenes, are you excited now?"
Both of them are members of Qingyinfang. For a long time, They are all in neon activities.
With the unique form of the group and Zhou Yan’s strong appeal in Neon, Qingyinfang has been smooth sailing in Neon.
At first they toured in various schools. Later, as their popularity grew, they began to hold some medium-sized concerts.
The early concerts had only a few hundred people, but as their popularity grew, the small concert hall could no longer accommodate them, so larger concerts began to be held.
During that time, Qingyinfang held more than 20 large-scale concerts, and in the later period, there were basically two or three concerts a week.
In addition to their own special performances, they occasionally receive some commercial invitations to perform with other groups, and they have also appeared on many TV programs.
Zhu Lanxi smiled and said, "The feeling is still different after all. We are so smooth in Neon. I always feel that it is all based on Teacher Zhou's popularity. It would be the same if I changed to another band, so there is no sense of achievement at all. . Now that I have returned to the folk band, especially when I came to the United States, I feel relieved. "In fact, Wei Yuru can understand Zhu Lanxi's mood.
Neon is neon, America is America, but the feeling is still different.
Although neon music is also very developed. In theory, if neon can be successful, it will be no worse than in the United States. But the feeling is different, especially standing on the stage and looking at the rows of faces that look different from them. , that feeling is particularly obvious.
When Wei Yuru came to Los Angeles with the Piano Youth Orchestra, when she stood on the stage and received enthusiastic applause from the audience, she was still very excited even though she had seen a big scene.
“It’s okay to be excited, but you can’t let your excitement affect the evening performance. Today is the first time that our Central Chinese Orchestra will make its debut in the United States. Whether we can get the first shot depends on tonight. As long as the performance today is good , the popularity of the next few games will only get higher and higher."
Zhu Lanxi laughed and said, "Don't worry, I have seen big scenes after all."
...< br>
In the afternoon, the orchestra headed to the Emerson Theater.
As the car passed the entrance of the theater and went to the side door, Liu Xiaoyu, who was sitting by the window, suddenly shouted, "Sister Yuru, sister Lanxi, look over there, it seems to be your Qingyinfang brand. "
Wei Yuru was closing her eyes to rest. After hearing Liu Xiaoyu's words, she opened her eyes and looked in the direction she pointed.
At the entrance of the theater, there were a few black-haired people holding three signs. One of them was facing the direction of their bus, with three large Chinese characters written on it: Qingyinfang.
Other people in the car also looked over.
"Really, the characters are so big, you can see them from such a distance."
"But the characters are a bit ugly."
"They should be Chinese. They may have lived in the United States since childhood. It’s normal for the Chinese characters to be ugly.”
“I don’t think so. If they were Chinese, they would probably write the name of our folk band instead of Qingyinfang. Maybe it would be Neon People, Qingyinfang. It’s so famous in Neon.”
“Qingyinfang is famous in Neon, but can it still influence Neon people overseas?”
"It's impossible to tell."
Everyone was discussing very enthusiastically, but the speed of the bus did not slow down at all, and soon the main entrance of the theater was out of sight.
Someone suggested, "Why don't we go and have a look later."
"It must be Chinese. I'll bet ten dollars."
"I'll bet fifteen. It’s the Neon Man.”
"What's ten and fifteen dollars? We've already arrived in the United States. Let's bet with US dollars. I'll bet fifteen dollars."
"How much is your monthly salary? You dare to bet like this."
...
Everyone was talking about it, and Chen Sanmei turned to look at Fan Yunling, "Yunling, let's finish moving the instruments in a while. Let's go to the front door and have a look. After all, you are our music fans. Do you want to say hello?" Hello, maybe he came from China.”
“Maybe he came from Neon.”
"If Neon comes here, you can go and say hello."
Mei Min said with a smile, "Let's go and have a look. It's still early anyway, and it can be considered as a promotion for our band."
A few people talked to each other, and the matter was settled quickly.
After the car arrived at the side entrance, Wei Yuru and the others originally wanted to move the instruments in before arriving at the front door, but Wang Ciheng and the others took the initiative to ask for help and expressed their willingness to help them move the instruments and let them go directly.
Wang Ciheng is a bamboo flute player. He didn’t bring many instruments, so he could fit them in a small box. He could carry them with one hand without any difficulty, and he could help Wei Yuru and the others move them.
The girls stopped being pretentious, thanked them and went to the front door.
After arriving at the front door, they originally wanted to approach the few people just now and ask about the situation, but when they appeared, they were discovered by those few people.
A boy at the head shouted a neon slogan excitedly.
Although it was in neon language, the five girls understood it, and the boy shouted "goblin".
The Goblin is the nickname given to Fan Yunling by fans of Neon. As for why they gave her such a nickname, they don’t know.
They discussed it privately and concluded that there might be a word for spirit in Fan Yunling's name, and the meaning of spirit in Chinese is a bit similar to the word "goblin" in neon language.
The fairies in neon language are not the fairies like snake spirits and white-bone spirits in the Chinese impression, but the meaning of little fairies and little elves.
Others in the group also have nicknames, but only Fan Yunling's nickname is the most widely circulated, and it has basically become a nickname for her by Neon people.
Fan Yunling is small and cute, and is especially loved by the Neon people. Apart from Wei Yuru, she is the most popular in the group.
Due to her high popularity, many local producers in Neon invited her to film and television dramas, but she rejected them all.
Their group has already agreed to make music and not make movies and TV series. They will not get involved in the film and television industry for at least three years.
This matter was agreed upon privately by the group members themselves and has nothing to do with Zhou Yan.
Actually, Zhou Yan doesn't mind them participating in the filming of film and television dramas. As long as it does not affect the band's normal activities, occasionally participating in the production of some film and television dramas can also expand the influence of their group.
In addition to filming film and television dramas, Zhou Yan also has the same attitude when accepting endorsements and advertisements. They can't let them not make money.
Chen Sanmei turned to look at Fan Yunling and said with a smile, "It seems that your fans from Neon followed you here."
Fan Yunling pursed her lips and smiled. She didn't really like the nickname Goblin at first, but after hearing it more often, she gradually accepted it. After all, this nickname was also a compliment given to her by music fans.
The key is that there is nothing she can do if she doesn't accept it. The fans have already shouted out, so she won't go out of her way to make a public statement on this matter.
The group of neon music fans walked this way holding signs, and five girls also walked up to them.
After the two parties met, the group of music fans were very excited and shouted the names of the five people. Of course, everyone else shouted their names, but Fan Yunling was the one who called the fairy.
What surprised the five people even more was that the boy at the head actually took out two live albums of Qingyinfang for them to sign.
Seeing these two albums, Chen Sanmei asked unexpectedly, "You really came here from Neon?"
She spoke in Chinese, which several music fans could not understand. Next to her, Wei Yuru asked again in English Again.
The other party then understood, smiled and nodded, "I just came to Los Angeles in the summer, and I have been in China before."
"Oh, are you here to study?"
< br>“Well, we are all international students coming to the United States this year.”
Wei Yuru nodded suddenly, so that was it.
If the other party really came all the way from Neon to watch the concert, that would be outrageous. After all, their Qingyin Studio performs a lot in Neon, so there is absolutely no need to come to the United States.
However, they are very happy to see their fans in the United States. As long as there are fans, no matter where they are, they will have more confidence in Los Angeles. (End of this chapter)