The program arrangements are quite different when performing in Beijing.

Some songs that were not included in the setlist for the following performances were reactivated.

For example, "Harvest", "Harvest", and "Blue Lotus".

The performance in Beijing will definitely have some important figures in attendance, because at Liang Liang's behest, Han Chui has already sent invitation tickets to several departments of CCTV that they have dealings with, and entrusted them to pass some tickets to the leaders of the relevant departments, on the grounds that they are invited to come to the scene to give criticism and guidance.

With these people present, the repertoire must be exceptionally refined, leaving no room for carelessness.

The bands that were there to fill in the crowd were naturally Huang Jie's Night Sky Band, and another band that was chosen was Haojie.

Since they're here to check out the venue, they naturally have to perform their own pieces.

Liang Liang was somewhat dissatisfied with their performance: "Although your music has improved a lot since I saw it last year, it's not good enough for the stage. There might be some special guests in the audience at this concert. If there weren't any special guests, your two pieces would be acceptable, but not now."

Huang Jie understood immediately when Liang Liang mentioned the special guest.

"Then what should we do? If this doesn't work, the others will be even more useless. We don't have any other decent pieces to offer."

Liang Liang calculated the time: "Three days, can you learn to sing a new song well? I'll arrange the music for you!"

"This should work, right?"

"That works! But let's be clear from the start: you have the right to perform the songs, but not the right to perform them or any other related benefits... To put it another way, your band only has the right to perform these two songs on stage; all other benefits are not yours, understand?"

The song couldn't be given away for free, of course, but these guys were dirt poor, and they didn't have any money to give them.

That's all we can do. Actually, they're getting a good deal this way.

"Did you understand?"

Liang Liang wrote two songs and gave them to Huang Jie and Haojie Band respectively, and personally arranged the music for them.

Han Chui may seem carefree and irresponsible at times, but when it comes to serious matters, his eyes are sharp and discerning; otherwise, Liang Liang wouldn't have used him.

He handled the courtyard house matter very smoothly. After meeting with the owner of the courtyard house, Han Chui first looked at the owner's documents.

Han Chui, who was not very familiar with land procedures in Beijing, even hired two lawyers to check on the two courtyard houses only after confirming the validity of the procedures.

These are two adjacent binary courtyard houses, with green tiles, eaves, and brackets, exuding an antique charm. There are also two large trees in front of the doors, seemingly recording the past history.

The only regret is that both courtyards are somewhat damaged, as if they had been ravaged by war.

The owner of the courtyard looked to be in his thirties. He said that if the west courtyard hadn't been somewhat dilapidated, he would never have made a move for less than four million.

Because of these damages, Han Chui didn't dare to make a decision to buy it, and instead dragged Liang Liang along instead.

Of these two courtyards, the one on the east side where people lived was in slightly better condition, while the one on the west side where no one lived was in much worse condition. Although the courtyard was cleaned regularly, it always gave people a sense of decay because no one lived there.

These dilapidated conditions were just right for Liang Liang. If these two courtyard houses were perfectly intact and without any damage, he would have had a real headache buying them.

If things go wrong, the relevant departments might not let him change the courtyard so easily, saying it has some historical value.

But he felt no qualms about renovating these dilapidated courtyards, since no one would think they had much historical value.

What's there to study about a dilapidated building that's less than a century old? Aren't there enough courtyard houses in Dongcheng and Xicheng districts to study?

In his eyes, the owner of the courtyard clearly had "idiot" written all over his face.

If these two people immigrate to the United States, the "beacon of light," and don't have any antiques or anything like that at home, they won't be able to find good jobs there. They'll be begging for food in a few years, and they'll regret it terribly in a decade or so.

Liang Liang didn't speak to the owner of the courtyard. He felt there was nothing to say to someone who was soon a "banana" – someone with a yellow skin and a white heart.

He simply nodded in agreement.

After Liang Liang made the decision, Han Chui used the excuse that the two courtyards were dilapidated to bargain. With his silver tongue, he wasted an hour and more than two tons of saliva, and managed to haggle down the price to 70,000.

Han Chui's goal was to negotiate down 100,000, but unfortunately he failed.

The 70,000 is his.

This time, he brought a team of twenty people with him. Although their food, drink, and other necessities were provided by the government, he was the one who paid their salaries. The monthly salary for so many people was nearly ten thousand yuan. He would break out in a sweat every time he received his paycheck.

This is great! This money is enough for him to pay his salary for half a year.

The tour only lasts three or four months, and there's still a surplus. We can use the remaining money during the Chinese New Year to give our staff some bonuses.

In just two days, Han Chui resolved the matter swiftly and decisively, a feat that surprised even himself.

When Liang Liang saw the property certificate with her name on it, she felt like she was dreaming.

He never imagined in his life that he would own a house in Beijing.

Now he has two courtyards, and they are even double-courtyard houses.

A single courtyard typically has a floor area of ​​around 400 square meters, while a double courtyard has a floor area of ​​over 600 square meters, making a total of 1,200 square meters for two courtyards.

Owning a 1,200-square-meter apartment in Beijing—that's a frightening reality!

People are in high spirits when they have good news; tomorrow is the day of the official performance.

On the evening of the 15th, they held a rehearsal at Fengtai Stadium.

I don't know if this counts as extreme joy turning into sorrow.

The rehearsal was only halfway through when several police officers arrived and told them to stop singing.

Then they conducted an inspection of them, saying that someone had reported them for performing illegally, and they were just nitpicking.

Of course, they didn't say the last sentence, but that's the gist of it.

Han Chui produced all the proper performance permits, but the other party said this was not acceptable and that did not comply with regulations.

Han Chui argued with the other party for a long time, and had no choice but to call a person in charge at CCTV.

When Han Chui came to Beijing to plan his concert in advance, Liang Liang gave him a sufficient budget to cast a wide net in the capital.

He understood the principle that having connections in high places makes things easier.

When Blue Shark performed on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala last year, Han Chui, as the band's manager, naturally knew many heads of certain departments at CCTV.

Now that he has a budget in hand, he certainly knows what to do.

I didn't expect these connections to take effect so quickly.

Han Chui made a phone call, and within ten minutes, the police had left.

These police officers are just here to annoy people.

"Are these police officers here looking for a bargain?" Wang Fan asked Liang Liang.

Liang Liang shook her head: "Didn't the police already say that they received a report that we were performing illegally? They're just trying to annoy us through the police. We don't need to pay attention to them."