Los Angeles, the central city of western North America, is also one of the biggest beneficiaries of this World Championship.
This entertainment capital of the world has become even more worthy of its reputation after The Voice of China World Competition. It is no longer limited to being a movie mecca, but has become the world's pop music center in just a month or two!
Wang Qian and world championship contestants such as Sophie, Adam, Elizabeth, Miyuki Nakamori, as well as Kristen, Green, Ellie and others all created the craziest sales myth in the history of pop music in Los Angeles.
More than half of the world's musicians gather here, and more than 70% of the big-name singers and musicians have come to Los Angeles.
Even though many of them had taken on very important work at the moment, they still took a day off and rushed to Los Angeles, and got tickets for the farewell performance of the World Championship through various channels.
On North American second-hand trading websites, the price of ordinary tickets for the farewell performance of the World Championship has been hyped up to US$200,000 per ticket, and there are very few people selling them. The few tickets that are occasionally put on the shelves are sold out immediately.
However, the front row tickets are not that easy to sell, because the price of the first row seats is as high as five million US dollars. Unfortunately, they have not been sold after being put on the market for several days. No one thinks it is not worth it. Now that the show is about to begin, the price has started to fall wildly, and the second-hand scalpers can no longer hold on.
However, front row tickets are still hard to sell.
This is because there will be a capacity of 100,000 people this time, so there are a lot of tickets available, and there are many more front-row seats than at the Staples Center performance venue.
Almost everyone who has the ability and the urgent need to sit in the front row has already bought their tickets.
Many other people with sufficient wealth are not so eager for the front row. It is enough for them to have a seat in the middle or back row to watch the live performance and feel the atmosphere.
After all, in the eyes of many people, Wang Qian only has one performance.
It is not worth spending such a high price just to watch Wang Qian's performance. It is not Wang Qian's personal concert.
As for the others
In the eyes of many people, no one else is worth spending millions of dollars to sit in the front row to watch.
Spending tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars is not a big deal for many wealthy people from all over the world, but they are still reluctant to spend millions of dollars...
And at this time.
All the audience members who had bought tickets had already crowded into the show and began to enter the venue one after another.
However, the number of people flocking to the performance venue from all over Los Angeles did not decrease at all, and the dense crowd was still endless, so many audience members who had tickets to enter had to go through a lot of difficulties and dangers to get all the way from the outside to enter the venue.
On major social media platforms in Europe and the United States, you can see screens full of complaints about there being too many people at the scene.
"My God, this is the most crowded scene I've ever seen in my life. It's crazy."
"It took me nearly an hour to walk to the entrance. My whole body was sore from the crowds. It was like a war. It seemed like everyone in Los Angeles was here."
"I can't afford a $100,000 ticket, so I can only stand outside and watch. Now there is a crowd of people in front of me that is so dense that I can't see the end of it. This is a photo..."
“This is the craziest, most crowded, most electric show I’ve ever been to, which is just so cool.”
"Ten more ambulances are on standby outside the scene, and there are more police cars..."
"Can anyone tell me why so many people came to the scene? Don't you have anything else to do?"
"Wow, I came all the way from France to support Sophie, but I didn't buy a ticket. I only have $150,000. If anyone can sell me a ticket at the end, I'll give you all my money..."
"Huh, I finally got in and sat down. There were too many people. The process of coming in from the outside and sitting down was as tiring as if I had worked on the farm for a week! However, I was very excited to see Wang Qian and Sophie's performance soon..."
…
Yu Jingruo and Li Qingyao arrived outside the venue early, so they did not experience any difficulties. When admission began, the two of them quickly entered the venue with the crowd and found their own seats in the middle front row and sat down. Both of them spent $200,000 for these seats.
Yu Jingruo sat down, his eyes full of expectation, and said calmly: "This time when I return to China, I will start looking for a job."
Li Qingyao looked at Yu Jingruo curiously and asked, "No money?"
In Li Qingyao's opinion, would Yu Jingruo have no money to spend
Although Li Qingyao didn't know the situation of Yu Jingruo's family, anyone with a discerning eye would know that Yu Jingruo's family background was definitely not ordinary. Ordinary families could not raise a daughter with such extraordinary temperament and cultivation.
Yu Jingruo nodded and said in a relaxed tone: "Well, I spent all my savings on this trip to North America. If I don't make some money when I return, I'll be left with nothing."
Since graduation, Yu Jingruo has only played a small number of major supporting roles and has saved only a few million yuan. This time, he spent it all in one go to come to North America to watch Wang Qian's performance.
Given Yu Jingruo's conditions, it would be easy for her to get a role in a film. Basically, any producer or director would not reject an actress with such outstanding temperament.
If Yu Jingruo hadn't deliberately kept a low profile, he would have become famous long ago.
Of course, perhaps it is also because Yu Jingruo’s family does not want her to become famous.
Li Qingyao glanced at Yu Jingruo and didn't say anything about taking her along.
Yu Jingruo also looked at Li Qingyao: "You must have suffered a lot this time, right?"
Li Qingyao smiled self-deprecatingly and looked at the empty stage, which only had lights and a few cameras. Even the host Jennifer hadn't come on stage yet. She whispered, "It's okay. I can't spend all the money I've earned over the years. It doesn't matter if I lose anything. I'll talk about it when I get back."
Yu Jingruo hummed and stopped talking.
The phone in Li Qingyao's down jacket pocket vibrated. She looked at the name and picked it up, "Sister Liu..."
It was my agent Liu Lihua calling.
Liu Lihua, who was in China, said anxiously, "Yaoyao, can you come back tomorrow? Wang Qian's last performance in North America is over today, you should come back, right? The music producer and composer I booked for you will be available tomorrow at noon. He said he can meet with you and create two pieces tailored for you."
"It's very difficult to make an appointment with them now. They have a lot of work to do. The company has spent a lot of money to make an appointment with them. You can't let them down."
"The Chinese music market has also seen a big boom. Many singers and actors have released great works, and the sales are very scary. There are many with weekly sales of over 100 million, and monthly sales of over 100 million. Yaoyao, you've been in North America for so long this time, you really missed a big opportunity."
"However, I know that I am primarily responsible for what happened between you and Wang Qian, so I persuaded the company to give you a long vacation."
"I hope you can let go of the past and look to the future. You still have to keep going. The Chinese entertainment industry is facing its biggest development opportunity in decades. You can't miss it."
Liu Lihua spoke from the bottom of her heart in a serious and earnest tone, with regret, as well as motivation and encouragement.
I hope Li Qingyao can step out of Wang Qian’s shadow and concentrate on developing her own career.
What happened in the past cannot be undone.
The key is to seize the current opportunities and develop well.
If Li Qingyao had not come to North America and focused on developing her career in China, she would have released a song every week for more than a month, and her total sales would have reached hundreds of millions. Her status in the music industry would have been further improved, and she would have also earned a lot of money...
pity.
Li Qingyao missed this golden period.
She took some time to go back, but she didn't have the time or energy to record songs. She just discussed with Liu Lihua about releasing songs, started to invite songs for high prices, and then returned to Los Angeles and never went back.
If it were half a year ago, Li Qingyao would definitely be upset about missing such a great opportunity. At that time, she was wholeheartedly focused on her career and wanted to seize her golden age to get as much development and progress as possible.
And now…
After many things happened in the past six months.
Li Qingyao seemed to have seen through the worldliness of fame and fortune, and looked upon them indifferently.
Anyway, she already has more savings than she can spend, so what’s the point of further development
Can Wang Qian come back
Can Wang Qian look at her for a moment longer
Can I go back to the past, back to eight years ago when Wang Qian and I first got together
Can't...
Li Qingyao was still holding the phone, but her eyes were a little dazed. She was thinking about a lot of things. Her mind was full of Wang Qian, the scenes of herself and Wang Qian together in the past, and the highlights of Wang Qian's wonderful performances in the past six months.
Keep overlapping!
Li Qingyao's eyes began to moisten again.
She thought she was calm.
But in reality.
She just chose not to think about it.
Now when I think about the past...
Li Qingyao was still so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe.
"Yaoyao?"
Liu Lihua on the other end of the phone didn't hear Li Qingyao's voice and called out twice.
Li Qingyao quickly came to her senses, casually reached out to wipe away the tears that were about to fall from the corners of her eyes, and said with a smile: "Okay, I understand. When I get back, I will concentrate on making a few songs. To be honest, I have a lot of ideas about music now. I will be there on time tomorrow and have a good chat with the producer and the creator."
Liu Lihua breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "That's good, I've booked the plane ticket for you, don't forget the time. You suffered a lot of losses some time ago, but I think, with your popularity and strength, Yaoyao, as long as you want to do it, you will definitely do well and will not lose to others!"
Li Qingyao: "It's okay, Sister Liu. I'm not the only one who suffered losses! Let those people in China enjoy some of the dividends first. When we all go back, they won't have anything to do with it anymore."
Liu Lihua listened to the confidence in Li Qingyao's tone and said with relief: "Okay, I believe you!"
Li Qingyao: "Goodbye!"
Liu Lihua: "Goodbye!"
Put down the phone.
Li Qingyao didn't explain too much to Liu Lihua.
She was not talking about her loss alone, but also about Liu Shengnan, Chen Xiaowen, Ru Ke and others who were not far away. These three were the most popular in the Chinese music scene after Wang Qian. Didn’t they also gather in Los Angeles during this period and did not return to China, and did not release any works? Didn’t they also miss the golden period of the recent explosion of the Chinese pop music market
She knew that with the strength and popularity of these people, once a work was released, the sales would definitely be higher than those of the current popular singers in the country, such as the kings and queens. The weekly sales would definitely be over 100 million, and monthly sales of over 200 million would not be uncommon. After more than a month, if calculated as one work per week, that means five or six works were released less, and if each work was calculated with sales of 150 million, the total sales would be nearly 1 billion less.
Even though the prices of domestic music works are much lower than those internationally, the download price of a song is still more than 50 or 60 cents, and it is not uncommon to cost two or three yuan.
That is to say, even if calculated at 0.6 cents per song, these people lost at least 100 or 200 million yuan in sales share each in order to stay in Los Angeles to watch all of Wang Qian's performances!
Li Qingyao did some calculations in her mind and realized that with the current market explosion and the strength and popularity of these people, the numbers she calculated were very conservative, and the actual data would only be higher.
Looking at the people sitting together not far away, there was something strange in her eyes.
The loss was so huge, but he still looked so expectant and happy.
I guess they also have some feelings for Wang Qian
Li Qingyao felt emotional.
People who radiate light will naturally attract more people.
It seemed that he felt the radiance of Li Qingyao.
Liu Shengnan, who was not far away, looked at Li Qingyao, then recognized Li Qingyao and Yu Jingruo. She smiled and nodded slightly to them, very free and easy, as if she had met an old friend.
Then, Ru Ke, Chen Xiaowen, Xiao Dongmei and others also looked at Li Qingyao and Yu Jingruo, and nodded to them at the same time, indicating that they had met them before.
After all, when you are in a foreign country, it feels familiar to meet fellow countrymen or people in the same circle.
A smile also appeared on Yu Jingruo's cold face, as touching as a thawing iceberg, making Liu Shengnan and others' eyes light up.
After the two sides greeted each other, they turned their gazes back to the stage.
Yu Jingruo whispered, "They come every time."
Li Qingyao nodded: "Yes, I can see them almost every time."
Yu Jingruo smiled again and said, "I knew back then that Wang Qian had the ability to illuminate the world. He just didn't want to. I don't want him to be like this either, because once the whole world knows about it, it will be even harder for me to have a chance."
After hearing what Yu Jingruo said, Li Qingyao sighed again, her eyes full of guilt.
Why didn't she see this back then
She doesn't know.
This is because Yu Jingruo loves more deeply than she does.
…
Liu Shengnan whispered to the people around her, "There are quite a few familiar faces from China here. I saw Sister Jingyu when she came in just now, and now I see Li Qingyao and Yu Jingruo."
Xiao Dongmei said calmly: "I can see them every time."
Chen Xiaowen and Ru Ke just looked at Li Qingyao and Yu Jingruo curiously, then stopped paying attention and started looking at the stage.
because.
A figure has appeared on the stage.
and!
It was a figure that no one expected.
It’s not the host Jennifer who interacts and chats with everyone for a while at the beginning of each show.
Nor are Sophie, Adam, Elizabeth, Miyuki Nakamori, etc.
But...
No one expected it.
Wang Qian!
At this time, the 100,000 people in the audience had just entered and taken their seats, and the entrance door had just been closed.
Everyone sits down and chats, looking around, either chatting with people around them, or chatting and bragging with people on the Internet, or directly posting on social platforms to complain and show off.
There is now nearly an hour left before the performance officially begins.
No one would have thought of it.
Wang Qian would appear on the stage at this time.
because…
Even when the show starts.
Wang Qian will not be the first to appear, the host has not appeared yet.
But life is so strange and surprising.
The moment Wang Qian appeared on the stage.
The noisy scene suddenly became quiet.
Everyone stared with eyes wide open, staring at the stage and the big screen above the stage in disbelief, trying to see clearly whether the person who suddenly appeared was Wang Qian.
Yu Jingruo and Li Qingyao asked at the same time: "Is it Wang Qian?"
After asking, the two of them were sure that the figure on the big screen was Wang Qian.
Liu Shengnan, Chen Xiaowen, Ru Ke, and Xiao Dongmei also looked at each other, and confirmed that they didn't see anything, and then their eyes were filled with surprise.
The whole audience was silent for a few seconds.
Then came the cheers that seemed to reach the sky.