I started to become more self-disciplined at the age of 30

Chapter 262 261. The second live performance, with musical instruments playing at the beginning again?
Jiang Chen recorded two songs and uploaded them on the spot without even looking at the real-time sales data.

Then, Jiang Chen took Han Qing, Yan Ruyu, Pu Yuexi, Chen Xiaojia, Li Wen, and Wang Jing for a tour around the provincial capital of southern Hunan.

As the landlord, Han Qing acted as a tour guide and took a few people on a tour through a live broadcast.

At noon, I went back to the hotel to eat and rest as usual. In the afternoon, I waited for Jiang Chen to wake up from his nap, then went out to play and continued the outdoor live broadcast.

However, Jiang Chen did not perform live at night.

In the following days, Jiang Chen did not have any live performances. He only did outdoor live broadcasts when he went out to play, or when he was resting and exercising in the hotel.

In a blink of an eye!
Another weekend is coming.

The singing competition is about to be aired again.

With the promotional efforts of the program team and the TV station, the popularity has exploded and is even higher than before.

Several contestants and several veteran top musicians made appearances, with the show recording and interviewing them while they were working.

"Zhou Ming, this time you invited several top musicians to collaborate with you. Are you trying to make another breakthrough?"

"Yes, I want to make a breakthrough in music. Jiang Chen's performance last week gave me some inspiration and passion."

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"Yuan Caiyi, you said you are a fan of Jiang Chen, so you are going to perform a rock song this time. Are you influenced by Jiang Chen?"

"Without a doubt, yes. The rock songs sung by Jiang Chen really had a great influence on me. I have always been very interested in rock music. This time, we invited a top music teacher to come and work with us."

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"Chen Xun, I heard that you invited a rock band from Hong Kong Island to come over and play accompaniment for you. Is that true?"

"Yes, Blue Ocean Band has worked with me before in Hong Kong Island. They have accompanied me in several of my concerts. I have great trust in them and their abilities!"

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"Axel, you lost the first place in the last episode and were taken by the new challenge singer Jiang Chen. Do you want to regain the first place this time?"

"Ofukos, I believe in my ability and I will definitely be able to take back the first place. This time, I also invited my friends in North America to come and help me!"

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Several contestants appeared on the show and said that they had made a lot of preparations for this episode and they all wanted to compete for first place.

Music Director Luo Sheng said in an interview: "This episode can be said to be the highest-quality episode in the Chinese music scene in the past decade. It will definitely not disappoint everyone. Please wait and see."

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The program team originally wanted to interview Jiang Chen.

It’s a pity that Jiang Chen only appeared in the program crew for a short time. He only went there for rehearsal. He left after the rehearsal and went straight back to the hotel to rest, or went out to eat, drink and have fun.

It is difficult for the program crew to interview Jiang Chen unless an appointment is made in advance. However, Guo Haitao gave up on this, thinking it would be good to let Jiang Chen maintain a sense of mystery so that the audience would have higher expectations of Jiang Chen.

The outside world's public opinion is indeed like this. Jiang Chen is still the most popular and has been at the top of the list of the most popular topics on several major social platforms for a week.

Even though Jiang Chen himself has never said a word on these social platforms and has never interacted with his many fans, his popularity still exceeds that of all other celebrities, artists, and internet celebrities.

In the afternoon, half past seven.

The live broadcast is about to begin.

Chen Xun, Yuan Caiyi, Zhou Ming, Li Youjun, Zheng Shuang, and another musician Yu Dong were sitting in the contestants' lounge.

"Jiang Chen hasn't arrived yet!"

Zheng Shuang looked at the time and saw that there was only half an hour left.

The live broadcast of the show’s stage can be seen on the TV screen. At this time, many people from the program team are still making final preparations.

Chen Xun and three other contestants arrived an hour ago.

Axel had also arrived ten minutes ago.

Only Jiang Chen hasn't arrived yet, just like in the previous episode.

Zhou Ming said calmly: "He won't be late, but he won't be early either."

Yu Dong said curiously, "Jiang Chen will have an opening performance later. I wonder if he will bring any surprises. The last opening performance gave me a surprise. The Sichuan Rhapsody was really wonderful and nice to listen to. This piano piece has been downloaded 50 million times on the Penguin platform in one week, setting a weekly download record for piano pieces and is about to set a record for the highest number of downloads."

"Previously, a world-famous song took ten years to create a download record of more than 50 million. Jiang Chen's piano piece did it in just one week, and it is only a few million away from the highest record. If other piano pieces want to accumulate millions of downloads, it will probably take several years. However, for Jiang Chen, it can be done in ten days or half a month at most."

Li Youjun nodded: "Yes, I paid to download that piano piece and listened to it many times. It is really very nice and excellent. It has the potential to become a world-famous piece."

Chen Xun: "The two piano pieces Jiang Chen released earlier have become popular in all domestic music colleges, and I heard that some foreign music colleges have also begun to teach them."

When several people talked about the news about Jiang Chen, their tone was full of envy.

Although they are all superstars and top musicians in the Chinese music scene, they are only limited to the pop music scene. Although they make a lot of money, their status in the field of classical music is very low.

However, several of Jiang Chen's piano pieces were recognized by the entire classical music community, and even several domestic music colleges such as the Central Conservatory of Music had publicly invited Jiang Chen.

If they received an invitation from the Central Conservatory of Music, they would definitely run there without hesitation. For them, this is definitely one of the best opportunities to enhance their fame and status in the industry.

but……

Jiang Chen refused directly and refused to go.

However, they were not thinking about those things at this moment. What they were more concerned about was their preparations for this week, what results they could achieve on the stage, whether they could shake Jiang Chen's number one position, and whether they could achieve good sales results!
The song "Shame" sung by Jiang Chen last week has sold over 100 million copies in a week. Jiang Chen can get at least 40 to 50 million!
One song can earn 40 to 50 million in a week, which makes everyone jealous and eager.

They don't expect to be as popular as Jiang Chen's Shame, they just hope to achieve one-fourth or one-fifth of the results. They would be absolutely satisfied with sales of 20 to 30 million in a week.

"Jiang Chen is here!"

Yuan Caiyi was looking at the live broadcast on the other side of the stage, and her eyes lit up when she saw Jiang Chen, Yan Ruyu, Han Qing and their group appear.

Several people looked at the TV screen, and then saw that Jiang Chen was blocked by a group of people as soon as he appeared.

"who are they?"

Chen Xun asked curiously.

Li Youjun said: "Chen Xun, you are from Hong Kong Island, so you are not very familiar with them. They are people from several major domestic entertainment companies and representatives of several major music platforms! I know several of them. The one with the big back hair is the deputy general manager of Penguin Music... In addition, there is the manager of Mido Music and the director of Fox Music..."

"They are all looking for Jiang Chen. They probably want to sign Jiang Chen. Now Jiang Chen alone can support the sales of an entire music platform. If the agency can sign Jiang Chen, it will become rich and take off on the spot." After hearing this, several people nodded to show that they understood.

Everyone in the entire Chinese entertainment industry knows that Jiang Chen is a gold mine. As long as they can mine a little bit of it, they will be able to eat their fill.

Jiang Chen had been traveling before, and it was difficult for them to find him.

And now, Jiang Chen is at the Shonan TV Station, and it is very easy to find him, so they all came over and waited at the TV station, waiting to see him when he went on stage to perform. They will definitely be able to find Jiang Chen!
At this time, even the program director Guo Haitao and even the leaders of Xiangnan TV were unable to stop these people.

Because these people represent almost half of the entertainment industry.

Several major music platforms and entertainment giants are among them, and many other small and medium-sized brokerage companies also dream of getting a piece of the pie.

Unfortunately.

Jiang Chen didn't talk to them at all.

"Jiang Chen, I'm from Penguin Music. I want to renegotiate the contract with you and give you a more favorable contract..."

"Jiang Chen, hello, I'm from Lunhai Entertainment Group, we want to discuss cooperation with you..."

"Jiang Chen, hello, I am......"

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Under the protection of Han Qing, Yan Ruyu, Pu Yuexi and others, Jiang Chen broke through the blockade of more than a dozen people and walked directly in from the back door next to the stage.

Guo Haitao was waiting here, and stepped forward and said apologetically: "Sorry, I didn't expect them to be so crazy."

Jiang Chen ignored him and walked straight to the lounge.

It's easy to guess that these people must have been allowed by Guo Haitao to come in and surround Jiang Chen, so Jiang Chen didn't want to pay any attention to Guo Haitao at this time.

Guo Haitao smiled along and watched Jiang Chen walk towards the lounge. Then he restrained his smile, shook his head helplessly, and once again felt the helplessness that he had not felt in several years.

After he became famous on Shonan TV, with the support of Shonan TV, he became one of the major variety show directors in the entertainment industry. He was an absolute powerhouse with a lot of resources at his disposal, so no one in the circle dared to provoke him easily. Everyone was polite to him and would consider his opinions when they needed his help.

However, this time, he didn't dare to offend Jiang Chen or the other major entertainment giants and platform giants. He could only play the ostrich and pretend he didn't know. He once again experienced the feeling of not being famous before.

Many people in the audience were staring at Jiang Chen.

Li Wenjun, Wang Fei, Sophia, Qin Xuerong and others were among them.

Several people came from all over the world to the audience seats of Xiangnan TV just to watch Jiang Chen's live performance.

Sophia whispered, "Last time I went back, I played two of Jiang Chen's pieces for my teachers and friends. They were all very impressed, so I gave them the scores directly. Unexpectedly, Jiang Chen played another piano piece during his performance last week, and it was so beautiful."

"He is truly a genius, and he shouldn't waste his musical talent on pop music. He should focus on piano and classical music, and he will definitely achieve greater success."

Sophia stands on the standpoint of classical music and naturally believes that the success of classical music is more successful than the success of pop music.

Wang Fei shook her head and said, "Jiang Chen can only make good music if he wants to. No one can force him to make any kind of music, because that won't work."

Sophia listened and nodded in agreement: "Of course..."

Afterwards, Sophia stopped talking, knowing that her thoughts were a little naive, but there was still some regret on her pretty face. She regretted that Jiang Chen failed to focus on classical music and missed the opportunity to become a classical music master.

You know, in the history of classical music, there are only three masters in the world, each of whom has made groundbreaking achievements and has left their names in history.

But what about pop music?

No matter how great a pop music star is, he can only be popular for a few years. Once he is out of fashion or dies, no one will remember him. This is because there will be a steady stream of pop music singers and stars to fill the gap left by you and quickly fill up people's memory space.

Li Wenjun and Qin Xuerong didn't say anything, they just looked at Jiang Chen's back, watched him disappear on the stage, and then sat quietly, waiting for Jiang Chen's performance.

Jiang Chen came to the backstage lounge, nodded and greeted Chen Xun, Yuan Caiyi, and Zhou Ming who were chatting on the sofa, then sat down to rest for a while.

Chen Xun, Yuan Caiyi and others didn't want to disturb Jiang Chen because there were many people around him, and all of them were top beauties.

Until there were ten minutes left before the actual performance.

Guo Haitao's voice came from the lounge: "Jiang Chen, get ready to go on stage and make final preparations. The performance is about to begin."

Jiang Chen then stood up. Han Qing and Yan Ruyu quickly helped Jiang Chen tidy up his clothes and hairstyle. Pu Yuexi, Chen Xiaojia, Li Wen, and Wang Jing also tidied up their own clothes. This time, the four of them wore Tang suits full of classical beauty, and everyone looked charming and elegant.

After finishing the preparation, Jiang Chen brought a few people to the stage.

On the stage, several musical instruments have been placed.

Jiang Chen was still standing in the middle. Pu Yuexi, Chen Xiaojia, Li Wen, and Wang Jing formed a semi-circle around Jiang Chen, facing the entire audience together.

When the audience in the two auditoriums saw the musical instruments on the stage, everyone's eyes sparkled.

"Will Jiang Chen's opening performance be another instrumental performance?"

"Of course, the instruments are all set out."

"Amazing! Your piano performance last time amazed me. I hope you won't disappoint me this time either."

"To be honest, it's really rare to see Jiang Chen perform such a high-level instrument on this variety show stage. It's no exaggeration to say that this stage is now the stage with the highest level of musical art in the entire entertainment industry."

"That's right. Jiang Chen alone has raised the level of the entire stage by more than one level."

"Don't talk, it's about to start..."

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In the lounge.

Li Youjun, Zheng Shuang and Yu Dong all watched the live broadcast seriously, with some anticipation and pressure in their hearts.

Jiang Chen’s last piano performance put enormous pressure on musicians in the entire Chinese music scene.

If Jiang Chen comes again...

Then Li Youjun, Zheng Shuang, Yu Dong, Luo Sheng and other pop musicians will be a head shorter than Jiang Chen when they see him in the future.

at this time.

The live broadcast officially begins.

The stage lights dimmed.

(End of this chapter)