Chapter 430 Qingyinfang Support Group

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, and 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. Tomson's staff has also been connected with them. I will give them a call soon."

"How are the ticket sales going?" 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 Yan nodded. In a hall with more than 2,000 people, there were still 600 tickets left, which meant that the attendance rate exceeded 70%.

This kind of attendance can already make money.

This time the Central Chinese Orchestra went on tour in the United States, and they received fixed remuneration. The box office performance does not matter, and it basically does not affect their income.

Whether you sell more or sell less is ICM's responsibility.

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 show, that will be enough.

Tickets are still on sale now, and a lot of tickets should be sold on the last day. The attendance rate will naturally increase. If it can reach more than 80%, that would be the best.

Zhou Yan had previously thought about investing in this tour with ICM, but was later challenged by Zhou Hong.

Of course Zhou Yan’s original intention was not to make money, he just wanted to get involved and do more publicity for 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 he wants to make money, he 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.

And 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.

Now it seems that I was right not to intervene at that time. The folk band can support 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 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 quite fast. I'm very familiar with the people in our office. No one else will use the new equipment in the office for a while. Recently, Tao Zhe is using it. He is very happy. Sign In other record companies, this condition is not available.”

"At least your purchases were not in vain."

"So, we have to thank him and Phantom Sound."

"Haha, cooperation is mutually beneficial, cooperation is mutually beneficial."

Zhang Youan smiled and said, "I think we should just merge Tomson's music department with Phantom Music, so that future cooperation will be more convenient."

"It's better to separate. Don't put your eggs in one basket."

"Okay, anyway, both sides are basically here to serve you."

"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, she still has 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 and said, "It seems that you still value her and have already started asking me for song invitations for her."

"They are all members of our family. As the actual music director of Tomson, it is not your job to write two songs for your singers."

"Okay, I won't tell you anymore. If I keep talking, I have to write two songs for Nakamori Akina on the spot."

"Haha, okay, go ahead and do your business. I won't disturb you anymore."

…

"Sister Yuru, I heard that the tickets for this show in Los Angeles are selling very well."

During lunch, Zhu Lanxi approached Wei Yuru with a smile and happily shared the news she had just received with her.

"Really? Who did you listen to?" Wei Yuru asked.

"Teacher He said it."

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 Teacher He say exactly how many tickets were sold?"

"I didn't say anything specific, but I know that the ticket sales rate has exceeded 80%. Calculated, at least 1,600 tickets should have been sold."

Wei Yuru nodded, this data is indeed pretty good.

The venue where the folk band came to Los Angeles to perform this time was the Emerson Theater. There were not many seats. If the arrangement was looser, there were only 1,600 seats. If the arrangement was tight, it could seat more than 2,000 people.

The Art Center also has a relatively large concert hall, which is the Chandler Hall where Zhou Yan and his team performed before. At that time, Wei Yuru also completed her first performance in the United States with the Piano Youth Orchestra.

The Chandler Hall has many more seats than Emerson, more than 3,200, and all the tickets were sold out at that time.

Compared with Zhou Yan's concert, the popularity of their folk music group concert is much lower, but now they are very satisfied with this data.

The fact that so many tickets can be sold is also related to Zhou Yan's previous concert in Los Angeles. The previous concert allowed many Los Angeles people to learn about Chinese folk music.

In particular, the scene of Wei Yuru playing the pipa left a deep impression on many people.

Seeing Zhu Lanxi's excited face, Wei Yuru smiled and said, "You have also experienced many big scenes, so you are excited?"

They are both members of Qingyinfang. They have been active in Neon for a long time before.

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 were touring in various schools, and later, as their popularity grew, they began to hold some medium-sized concerts.

The early concerts only had a few hundred people, but as their popularity grew, the small concert hall could no longer accommodate them, so they began to hold larger concerts.

During that period, 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 received some commercial invitations to perform with other groups, and they also appeared on many TV shows.

Zhu Lanxi smiled and said, "After all, it feels different. We were too smooth in Japan. I always felt that it was all thanks to Teacher Zhou's popularity. It would be the same if I changed to another orchestra, so I didn't feel any sense of accomplishment. Now I'm back to the folk music orchestra, especially in the United States, I always feel that I have fought for my reputation."

In fact, Wei Yuru can understand Zhu Lanxi's feelings.

Japan is Japan, and the United States is the United States. The feeling they give people is still different.

Although music in Japan is also very developed, in theory, being successful in Japan is no worse than being successful in the United States, but the feeling is different, especially when standing on the stage and looking at the rows of faces that look different from them, the feeling is particularly obvious.

When Wei Yuru came to Los Angeles with the Piano Youth Orchestra, she was very excited when she stood on the stage to accept the enthusiastic applause of the audience, even though she had seen big scenes.

"It's okay to be excited, but you can't let your excitement affect the performance tonight. Today is the first time that our Central Folk Orchestra will appear in the United States. Whether it can make a good debut depends on tonight. As long as today's performance is good, the popularity of the next few shows will only get higher and higher."

Zhu Lanxi laughed and said, "Don't worry, I have seen big scenes after all."

...

In the afternoon, the orchestra went to the Emerson Theater.

As the car passed the theater entrance and headed for the side door, Liu Xiaoyu, who was leaning against the window, suddenly called out, "Sister Yuru, Sister Lanxi, look over there, it seems to be the sign of your Qingyinfang."

Wei Yuru had originally closed her eyes to rest, but when she heard Liu Xiaoyu's words, she opened her eyes and looked in the direction she pointed.

At the theater entrance, there were several black-haired people holding three signs in their hands, one of which 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."

"He should be Chinese. Maybe he has lived in the United States since he was a child, so it's normal for his Chinese characters to be ugly."

"I don't think he is Chinese. If he is Chinese, he would probably write the name of our folk music group, not Qingyinfang alone. Maybe he is from Japan. Qingyinfang is so famous in Japan."

"Qingyinfang is famous in Japan, but can it still influence Japanese people overseas?"

"That's hard to say."

Everyone was very excited about the discussion, but the speed of the bus did not slow down at all, and soon the main entrance of the theater could not be seen.

Someone suggested, "Why don't we go and have a look later?"

"It must be Chinese, I bet ten dollars."

"I bet fifteen, it's Japanese."

"What's the ten and fifteen? We're already in the United States, so let's bet in US dollars, I bet fifteen US dollars."

"How much do you earn a month to dare to bet like that?"

...

Everyone was talking about it, and Chen Sanmei turned to look at Fan Yunling, "Yunling, after we move the instruments, let's go to the main entrance to have a look. After all, they are our fans, should we say hello? Maybe they came from China."

"Maybe they came from Japan."

"If they came from Japan, we can also say hello."

Mei Min smiled, "Let's go and have a look. Anyway, it's still early, and it can be regarded as a publicity for our band."

The few people talked about it and soon decided on it.

After the car arrived at the side door, Wei Yuru and the others were supposed to move their musical instruments inside before going to the front door, but Wang Ciheng and the others took the initiative to offer to help them move the instruments, and let them go directly.

Wang Ciheng played the bamboo flute, and he didn't bring many instruments with him, so he could put them in a small box, which was easy to carry with one hand, so he could help Wei Yuru and the others move them.

The girls didn't pretend to be so polite, and went to the front door after saying thank you.

After arriving at the front door, they wanted to approach the people to ask about the situation, but as soon as they appeared, they were discovered by them.

The boy in the lead excitedly shouted something in Japanese.

Although it was Japanese, the five girls understood that the boy was shouting "fairy".

Fairy is the nickname given to Fan Yunling by Japanese fans. As for why she was given such a nickname, they didn't know.

They discussed it privately and concluded that there might be a word "ling" in Fan Yunling's name, and the meaning of "ling" in Chinese is a bit similar to the fairy in Japanese.

The fairy in Japanese is not the fairy like the snake spirit and the white bone spirit in the impression of Chinese people, but a fairy or a little elf.

Other people in the group also have nicknames, but only Fan Yunling's nickname is the most popular, and it has basically become a nickname for her by Japanese people.

Fan Yunling is small and cute, especially loved by Japanese people. In the group, she is the most popular except Wei Yuru.

Because of her popularity, many local producers in Neon invited her to film TV series, but she refused them all.

Their band had already agreed to focus on music and not film TV series, and they would not get involved in the film and television industry for at least three years.

This matter was agreed upon privately by the band members themselves, and had nothing to do with Zhou Yan.

In fact, Zhou Yan didn't mind them participating in the filming of TV series, as long as it did not affect the normal activities of the band, and occasionally participating in the production of some TV series could also expand the influence of their band.

In addition to filming TV series, Zhou Yan also had the same attitude towards endorsements and advertisements. He couldn't let them not make money.

Chen Sanmei turned her head to look at Fan Yunling and smiled, "It seems that your fans in Neon have chased you here."

Fan Yunling smiled with her lips pursed. At first, she didn't really like the nickname of Fairy, but after hearing it many times, she gradually accepted it. After all, this nickname was also a compliment from fans.

The key point is that there is no way to accept it. The fans have already shouted, and she doesn't have to make a public statement for this matter.

The group of fans from Neon walked over here holding signs, and the five girls also came to meet them.

After the two sides met, the group of fans were very excited and shouted the names of the five people. Of course, the others shouted names, only Fan Yunling shouted "Fairy".

What surprised the five people even more was that the boy who led the group actually took out two live albums of Qingyinfang and asked them to sign them.

Seeing the two albums, Chen Sanmei said in surprise, "Did you really rush here from Neon?"

She spoke in Chinese, and several fans couldn't understand her. Wei Yuru next to her asked again in English.

The other party understood and nodded with a smile, "I just came to Los Angeles in the summer. I have been in China before."

"Oh, are you here to study?"

"Yes, all of us are international students who came to the United States this year."

Wei Yuru nodded suddenly, so that's the case.

If the other party really came from Neon to watch the concert, it would be too outrageous. After all, their Qingyinfang has many performances in Neon, and there is no need to come to the United States.

However, they were also very happy to see their fans in the United States. As long as there were fans, no matter where they were from, they would have more confidence in Los Angeles. (End of this chapter)