These bands, whose songs were selected, haven't been idle lately either.

Of course, it's all about practice.

The other members of the Blue Shark band would hang out with these bands when they had nothing to do, helping them with composing, rewriting lyrics, and rehearsing.

By the time we started recording the songs, most of this work was already done.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Blue Shark Band can record an album in just over a week; these bands record songs at a snail's pace.

Almost none of these bands had ever been to a recording studio before, and had no experience with recording at all. Everything was new and unfamiliar to them. Just getting used to the environment and operation of the recording studio was enough to keep them busy for a while, which made the two recording engineers so angry that they almost hanged themselves.

Moreover, this was a two-part audio cassette album, and the VCD had two sides, containing a total of twenty-four songs. The recording process was extremely arduous.

It took a full twenty days to complete the recording.

The post-production compositing after recording is another tedious process.

The Hanchuang Band was included in the Liaonan Rock album because of the 1,000 yuan they earned and one song, so the idea of ​​disbanding the band and going to work was dropped.

Although they weren't well-liked in the industry because of their singing style, they were welcomed by the resident and practice bands at the Ocean Terminal Ballroom.

The bands that practiced and performed at the Ocean Shipping Ballroom, influenced by Liang Liang, had developed a singing style that was completely different from the popular singing styles of other rock bands on the market.

The songs performed by the bands in the Maritime Ballroom all had wholesome and uplifting lyrics and were mainly hard-hitting melodies, which matched the style of the Hanchuang Band very well.

The Hanchuang Band blended in seamlessly here and quickly became one of the locals.

The bands at the Maritime Ballroom weren't fools either. It was obvious that these were bands favored by Boss Liang, and they knew exactly what to do.

Thus, the Hanchuang Band was included in the performance schedule of the Haiyun Dance Hall.

Having entered the stage performance lineup after years of hard work, they naturally take up the performance time of other bands. Even if no one says anything, it doesn't mean that this conflict doesn't exist.

There are now more bands in the Maritime Ballroom. In just one month, three more bands have reached the level to perform on stage, bringing the total number of bands that can perform on stage to more than ten.

A performance lasts about six hours in one night, and conflicts are bound to arise during the performance.

Liang Liang felt it was necessary to create another opportunity for them to perform.

Guo Degang's small theater concept came into his mind.

He plans to rent another venue in Lianwan City for these small bands to perform at, relying on ticket sales to maintain their income.

Of course, the ticket price could be set more affordable.

Once the idea was made up, Liang Liang asked Han Chui to carry it out.

By the end of September, Han Chui told Liang Liang that he had taken care of the matter and had rented an 1980s-style club for an annual rent of 35,000 yuan.

This club can accommodate up to 700 people at a time.

Liang Liang inspected the club, accompanied by Han Chui and Xing Chenghu.

This club is clearly a building from the 1960s or 70s, with bluestone as the base and red bricks to the top. The exterior walls are somewhat dilapidated, with pieces of cement protective layer peeling off here and there.

There was a wooden stage inside the club that creaked underfoot, which was unacceptable.

Liang Liang suspected that if the band got too excited while performing on this stage, they might break the wooden planks and fall onto the stage.

The club's chairs were all made of wood and were dilapidated, covered in dust from years of neglect.

"Should we remove all these seats? This place will be used for rock bands in the future, so these seats are superfluous. Removing them will make the space feel more spacious. This stage also needs to be completely dismantled; it's already a bit unsafe. We should find a small construction team to build a stage out of reinforced concrete."

The walls need to be repainted, the floor needs to be re-hardened, and the heating system needs to be installed. Then, we need to hire professionals to set up the sound system.

This small theater probably cost three or four hundred thousand yuan to build, and I don't know when it will break even.

"I want to see this little theater officially operational before it freezes."

If this small theater is successful, Liang Liang plans to open a second and a third, expanding from Lianwan City to the surrounding counties and cities, to other regions, and from Liaoning Province to the entire Northeast and even the whole of China…

Excuse me, this drink contains alcohol. I think I've had too much and am starting to get a little tipsy, so I'm talking nonsense and having wild thoughts.

Now that this matter is settled, Liang Liang can start getting busy with more serious things.

Although it's only the end of September, it's time to start preparing for the Hong Kong Coliseum concert in mid-December.

After all, this concert wasn't Blue Shark Band's own concert.

If it were a concert by the Blue Shark band themselves, it would be easier.

They just pick their own songs, take them, and sing them one after another.

However, there are three other participants in this concert, which makes things a bit tricky.

Coordinating the music repertoire alone is no easy task.

Xu Wei and the Han Chuang Band are conveniently located here, but the Black Panther Band is far away; they seem to be performing in Guangdong and Hainan provinces.

The previous Hong Kong Coliseum concert in 1994 only featured 14 songs, which is far too few.

In this life, Liang Liang plans to increase the number of songs to twenty.

Can you even call it a concert if you don't have at least twenty songs?

Each performing unit sang five songs.

Xu Wei can barely come up with five songs, and it's still unknown whether the Han Chuang Band can come up with even one.

The Black Panther band definitely has five songs.

They have more songs of their own, but it's also a headache to decide which songs to choose for their performance.

The four members of the band, including Han Chui, stared at each other, debating for a while but still unable to decide which song to choose. In the end, their eyes were focused on Liang Liang.

"How about this, we choose three old songs and two songs from the new album? I estimate the new album won't be released by then, so let's consider it a warm-up for it."

Although the master tapes of their new album have been sent to the Pacific Ocean, the procedures in between are still quite troublesome, and the review process takes a lot of time.

Although their songs are guaranteed to pass the review, it is unknown when the process will be completed.

Liang Liang anticipates that the album's release date will be no earlier than the end of December, so the Hong Kong Coliseum concert in mid-December will serve as an advance advertisement for the album.

"If you're going to advertise your new album, go all the way. Why not just sing all the songs from the new album? That would be a better way to advertise."

Han Chui isn't really qualified to comment on singing, but he can offer some suggestions on this.

"I agree with Hammer's suggestion!" Xiao Yu, who had never gotten along well with Han Chui, was the first to agree with Han Chui's suggestion.