HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 127 [127] Job Titles
Qi Yuan obtained dozens of concert tickets from Zhou Jianhui, intending to give them to Taiwanese friends such as Zhou Jielun, Fang Wenshan, Liu Genghong, and Lin Zhiling.

It's a very basic practice for singers to give away concert tickets to their friends.

Chou Chieh-lun replied on the phone, "No need, we bought the tickets on the first day of pre-sales, and they're in the area closest to the stage."

By selling the songs "Dong Feng Po" and "Ni Bi Cong Qian Kuai Le", Jay Chou earned some money, enough to afford a ticket.

Since Zhou Jielun and the others already had tickets, Qi Yuan decided to give them to other friends.

By the way, the Taoyuan Arena was Chi Yuan's first concert, which is very memorable.

Gao Yuanyuan and Zhang Tong flew from Beijing to Taiwan specifically to see Qi Yuan's first concert.

Qi Yuan had a slight headache.

Li Wen arrived here a day early for rehearsals.

Last time she held a concert in Taiwan, Qi Yuan was a guest.

She also came as a guest to Qi Yuan's solo concert this time.

The song Li Wen and Qi Yuan sang at the concert was "Right Now," a song Qi Yuan wrote for a Pepsi commercial.

The two of them will then perform a song and dance together on stage.

Li Wen loved dancing since she was a child, and at the age of 17, she won the singing competition in California, USA, with her singing and dancing skills.

She returned to Hong Kong in 93 to develop her career, and her music videos feature many dance elements.

When Li Wen noticed that Qi Yuan looked thoughtful after returning from the phone call, she pointed at him and said half-jokingly, "You didn't do something wrong, did you?"

Qi replied firmly, "What wrong thing could I possibly do? I'm not even afraid of ghosts knocking on my door in the middle of the night."

As Qiong Yao said in his lines, he wasn't the only man in the world who was attracted to two women.

He simply transformed his personal love into a greater love; he was sincere towards everyone.

Fortunately, Gao Yuanyuan and Zhang Tong did not arrive in Taiwan on the same flight.

He is now worth tens of millions and doesn't need to worry about housing for the two of them.

He booked two rooms in two hotels that were far apart and arranged for them to stay there.

They both asked the same question: Why don't you take us to your place?

Qi Yuan still blamed Warner Music, citing the company's prohibition on artists dating as an excuse, and said that the concert was about to start, and it would be bad to make a big news story at this time.

Neither woman was the type to argue unreasonably, and they both accepted this explanation.

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November 3rd was the start of the Taoyuan Arena concert.

Qi Yuanyuan was asked to have Zhou Jielun, Wen Lan, and Liu Genghong accompany her into the venue.

Gao Yuanyuan knows the trio of Zhou Jielun.

Previously, when filming the music video for "Love Me or Him", Gao Yuanyuan played Bai Meigui, and the three of them played Qi Yuan's friends and colleagues.

Zhou Jielun became even more convinced that Gao Yuanyuan and Qi Yuan had an unusual relationship.

Gao Yuanyuan personally flew from Beijing to Taiwan to help Qi Yuan shoot a music video.

If Warner doesn't reimburse travel expenses, Gao Yuanyuan won't even be able to earn back the cost of her plane ticket.

This time, Gao Yuanyuan flew from Beijing to Taiwan to support Qi Yuan's concert. This is extraordinary, absolutely extraordinary!
Qi Yuan and Gao Yuanyuan are not having an affair. When the concert starts, he dares to rush onto the stage, grab Qi Yuan's microphone, and eat it on the spot.

Zhou Jielun was truly envious; he noticed that the girls surrounding Qi Yuan were all incredibly beautiful.

Gao Yuanyuan's face is prettier than that female model named Lin Zhiling, but their figures are the opposite. Wait, Lin Zhiling isn't a model anymore.

A few days ago, he and Liu Genghong were watching TV at home when they discovered that Lin Zhiling was hosting a variety show and had become a host.

With the music video for "Love Me or Him", Lin Chih-ling successfully entered the entertainment industry.

A TV host may not earn as much as a model, but they are much more respectable.

"Wow, so many people!" When Liu Genghong and his group arrived outside the Taoyuan Arena, they found the queue for ticket verification to enter to be incredibly long.

They gained a new understanding of Qi Yuan's popularity.

No wonder Qi Yuan dared to hold a solo concert after only one year in the industry. His speed of rise to fame and the speed at which he gained fans are rarely matched in the history of the Chinese music scene.

In contrast, their boss, Wu Zhongxian, released his first album in 1987, and even after 11 years, he still hasn't dared to hold a solo concert.

Popularity can be faked, and record sales can also be faked if you're willing to spend money, but concerts cannot be faked.

Or perhaps the cost of faking a concert is too high.

For a stadium like the Taoyuan Arena, which can accommodate 15,000 people, the fixed expenses, including venue rental fees, stage construction fees, lighting and sound fees, performer fees, security fees, and other miscellaneous costs, amount to at least several hundred thousand RMB.

No record company is that rich, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars and then spending a huge sum to hire tens of thousands of extras.

Gao Yuanyuan felt quite proud as she listened to Zhou Jielun and the others' discussion.

Qi Yuan is his man, and his man is amazing; he had so many people at his first concert.

Maybe in a few years her man will be able to hold a super-large concert with tens of thousands of people.

Behind Gao Yuanyuan and others, Ren Quan and Li Bingbing were also queuing up to wait for staff to check their tickets.

"Damn! There are so many people! Are all ten thousand seats really going to be full?" Ren Quan exclaimed, speechless.

Qi Yuan is a singer from mainland China. Among mainland singers, Qi Yuan is probably the only one with this level of influence and appeal in Taiwan.

Don't be fooled by EMI Records' push for Na-Ying to piggyback on Qi Yuan's fame, claiming they are the face of mainland Chinese pop singers.

Try letting EMI pay for a concert for Nayoung that will attract 10,000 people in Taiwan and see what happens. They'll die if they try.

They don't have the guts to hold large-scale concerts in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but they certainly have the guts to try and gain attention by associating themselves with Qi Yuan.

Previously, Ren Quan and Li Bingbing only knew that Qi Yuan was very popular in mainland China.

After the Lafang shampoo advertisement was launched, Lafang's monthly sales surged by 300%, and Li Bingbing gained significant exposure.

They witnessed and experienced firsthand how Qi Yuan became popular in mainland China.

They had only seen Qi Yuan's popularity in Hong Kong and Taiwan in newspapers before, and had never really experienced it firsthand.

This time, they witnessed it firsthand.

"Your sister came all the way from Zhejiang Province to Taiwan to be Qi Yuan's assistant. Looks like she's doing pretty well, managing to send you two of the best seats," Ren Quan added.

When Li Bingbing first received the tickets, their first thought was that the concert tickets weren't selling well, which was why Li Xue, a junior assistant, was able to get two of the best tickets to give away.

Now it seems that's not the case. Qi Yuan's concert is so popular that she doesn't need to attract people by giving away free tickets.

The fact that Li Xue was able to get two internal tickets only shows that she is doing very well in Qi Yuan's team.

"I'll ask her again after the concert." Li Bingbing found it a bit suspicious. Could her sister have really become a manager?

She even suspected that she was about to meet Li Xue, and if she asked Li Xue's assistant, Li Xue would reply, "When we're working, we use titles. Please call me Manager Li."

(End of this chapter)