On July 20th, the computer technician that Liang Liang had hired at a high salary in Xianggang arrived in Lianwan.

There are five people in total, some are skilled in computer technology, and some are involved in computer animation.

Liang Liang gathered together some young people in his company who knew computers and sent them all to become apprentices.

He bought so many computers for these bastards to play Red Alert; if they can't learn it, he'll just throw them into Red Alert as lowly soldiers.

Liang Liang's order to them was to empty the bellies of these Hong Kong farmers within six months.

He hired these people with an annual salary of one million Hong Kong dollars each. If they don't learn some real skills, wouldn't he be wasting his money?

Once these people learn this skill, they won't need to look for others to work on movies, animations, or build websites in the future.

There are game arcades in cities now, and the internet will appear soon.

Although he didn't intend to become an internet trendsetter, surely the company should at least build a website.

Although in the early days, dial-up internet only allowed you to read news and chat with girls in chat rooms...

This function is basically useless to Liang Liang.

Does he need a chat room to pick up girls?

If he just gives in, there will be plenty of women crawling all over him, both on and off the bed.

Although the internet didn't have much of an impact before 2005, it began to have a huge impact on companies like theirs that deal in audio-visual products after 2005.

The emergence of MP3 and certain playback software was devastating to albums.

It would be great if these software programs didn't exist.

This is clearly wishful thinking. Even if you are a reborn person, these things are still beyond your control.

What are some good ways to deal with the impact of computers?

Liang Liang systematically recalled the audio-visual market after 2005.

Back then, bands and singers could still make a living through performances, while record companies could only survive on the meager earnings from ringtones that peeked through their fingers.

Back then, selling albums only resulted in losses.

With free songs available online, who would spend money to buy albums?

Ugh! It's a real headache. Even making movies back then was tough.

The movie is released here, and the next day pirated versions are already out. How are we supposed to live like this?

Instead of letting others profit from you, why not build your own website and put your company's songs, movies, and other content online? At least you can get some clicks and increase your company's visibility.

Well, let's take it one step at a time. There are still seven or eight years left in that period. We'll talk about it then.

After nearly a month of rehearsals, on August 8th, the band set off from Lianwan to Chifeng City.

The people of Hanchui have already set everything up here, just waiting for them to come and perform.

The most populous city in Inner Mongolia is not Hohhot, but this city.

In the 1990s, due to the presence of coal mines, people flocked here from all directions, and the standard of living was quite good.

Although the cost of living here is reasonable, Liang Liang has no plans to raise ticket prices.

Tickets for the Blue Shark Band concert still start at ten yuan, with four tiers, and also fifteen, twenty, and twenty-five yuan.

However, this price will have to be changed next year. Blue Shark is, after all, a leading figure in domestic rock music, and it would be unfair to the audience to keep offering such low ticket prices.

The concert was held at the Chifeng Stadium.

To put it in Liang Liang's words, the stadium in 1997 was a complicated situation.

There was only one layer of seats around it, which could only seat a few rows of people. Although there was a platform, it was low and dilapidated, and could not be used at all.

In Liang Liang's eyes, the entire stadium looked like an oval-shaped old bathtub.

Han Chui's men hired people to temporarily build a stage nearly three meters high on one side of the stadium.

Sunday evening, August 10th.

Blue Shark Band's 1997 tour officially kicked off in Chifeng City.

This show sold 30,000 tickets, generating around 450,000 in box office revenue.

The performance was both a success and a frenzy. For four hours, the people in the Chifeng Stadium were shouting and cheering the entire time. Some were parched, some saw stars, and some even fainted on the spot…

Fortunately, the security measures were implemented promptly, and no serious consequences occurred.

After the performance, the audience lingered inside and outside the stadium for a long time, and it wasn't until midnight that they all dispersed.

After their performance, the Blue Shark band left the stage to rest. The next morning, they headed to Huhehot. After their performance in Huhehot, they traveled south into Shanxi Province, where they performed three shows before continuing westward…

They performed two shows each in Yinchuan, Lanzhou, and Xining, and by the time they arrived in Urumqi, it was already November.

After two more performances here, they'll head home to prepare for the Spring Festival Gala.

Luo Lin greeted Liang Liang and his group at Urumqi Airport.

Liang Liang felt that Urumqi was much colder than Lianwan in November, so it seemed that concerts here could only be held in stadiums.

"Brother Luo! You still look as dashing as ever after all these months." Liang Liang said insincerely.

"Haha! Brother! Let's skip the formalities and come to my place for a visit."

"I'm not going. Your house is like a chicken coop. There's not enough room for all of us, Hammer Bro! Tomorrow, I'll take Luo Ge's wife to Urumqi to see if there's a good place to buy a property. It doesn't have to be too big, just 150 or 160 square meters will do."

In 1995, the central government delegated power, and local governments quickly realized that real estate was a viable path. By 1997, real estate development had begun all over the country, and commercial housing was available for sale.

The first batch of commercial housing in Urumqi has also been sold, at 1,000 yuan per square meter.

A 150-square-meter apartment costs only 150,000 yuan, and with taxes and renovations, 200,000 yuan should be enough.

Although Luo Lin now receives more than 30,000 yuan a year from Liang Liang, he still lives in a dilapidated house. How can this be acceptable?

"Brother! How could I possibly accept this?"

"What's there to be embarrassed about? You can just pay me back tenfold when you become famous and rich!"

Luo Lin laughed heartily, knowing that Liang Liang was joking.

"Hey bro! How are my album sales?"

Luo Lin's album was released on October 1st. The album is called "Under the Northern Sky".

Liang Liang was unaware of this; Haiyun Company releases twenty to thirty albums a year now, and it's impossible for him to inquire about every single one.

When Luo Lin's album was released, he and his band were already on tour, so they had no idea how many copies had been released.

"We were already on our way when your album was released, and we didn't know how well it was selling. Why didn't you just call and ask? You're so useless! I'll ask you myself."

Making calls with your mobile phone is too expensive; you should use a phone card instead.

Liang Liang used up a magnetic card worth several tens of yuan in just a few minutes.

"Mr. Liu said your album sold over 70,000 copies this month, and there's a possibility it will eventually reach 200,000."

Upon hearing that the album had sold 70,000 copies in a month, Luo Lin showed a satisfied expression.

Although they have signed a buyout contract, An Yue earns a fixed salary, and the number of albums sold has little to do with them.

But the album sales exceeding 10,000 copies was also an encouragement for them.