Chapter 204 Shen Sisi's News

It sounds difficult to hold a concert, and it is indeed not easy, but after so many years of holding concerts, it has indeed become easier and easier.

Preparing for a concert used to take a month, which would take away half their lives. But now, with less than half a month left before the concert, the preparations for the show have become easier.

"There are twenty-four stages. Five group songs were performed last time, six were performed the day before, and four were performed before the New Year... If you remove everyone's solo, there are only three collaborative stages that need to be relearned this time." Zhu Xiangming counted the program list and found that there was more than enough time.

There are also benefits to holding more concerts.

The group has released five albums and dozens of songs in four years since its debut. After many concerts, they have performed them so well that they know them by heart.

The dancing and singing are things that you can’t make mistakes with your eyes closed.

When holding a concert now, we need to prepare surprises.

More new songs, more designs, and updated makeup looks.

After everyone briefly discussed the upcoming schedule, today's practice officially began.

Pull out all the group dances and dance them over again, bringing back the memories from your mind and applying them to your body until your body can move on its own when the music starts. Then the dance is considered complete.

We were busy until after midnight, and then we took a car back to the villa where we had lived for four years. That was the end of the day.

Wait until the next morning, those who need to go to school will go to school, those who need to practice will practice, and in the evening when everyone is free, they will gather together to practice the group stage.

Although it is busy, we have been living like this for three years since we entered university through self-study exams, and we have long been accustomed to it.

On the Internet, the official ticket sales for this anniversary concert were announced so early that fans were a little slow to react.

"So early this time? Don't you usually not sell tickets until the last week? I thought you were selling tickets directly outside the concert venue, but this time you're willing to sell tickets more than half a month in advance? The sun is rising from the west?"

A fan who doesn’t play with memes replied below:

"Don't anniversary concerts always sell tickets early?"

However, although the tickets have been on sale for some time, you can still see a lot of tickets if you click on the ticket purchase link now.

The anniversary concert venue is large and there are more tickets, so in the eyes of many fans, the cost-effectiveness is not high.

After all, apart from the anniversary title, most of the songs and dances are not much different from previous concerts, and even the seats are farther away from the stage.

Therefore, for many fans who live far away, they would rather wait for the Fifth Band’s tour to come to cities near them and then go to see it in person.

But there are still many fans who, because of the anniversary, bought tickets and planned to go to the concert even though the city where the concert was held was far away.

So although not all the tickets were sold out this time, quite a lot were sold, and even some ticket slots were sold out.

After buying the tickets, I booked flights and hotels. If I feel more ceremonial, I would also buy new clothes.

The pink color is not only the group’s cheering color, but also reflects one’s own fresh mood.

Song Rui had already returned several sets of clothes. After trying them on many times, she finally found one that she liked.

When she changed her clothes and took out her cell phone, she found that she had received an unexpected message.

From deep thought.

It's hard to pinpoint a specific time when the two of them lost contact.

It might be because Shen Sisi found out that she had unfollowed her, or it might be because Shen Sisi stopped going to the concert, or it might be because the two of them started chatting with each other like throwing a message in a bottle... In short, their private chat boxes became cleaner and cleaner. When Song Rui changed her phone, their private chat boxes were completely blank. Only occasionally could she see Shen Sisi's likes on the updates she posted after attending the concert, letting her know that they were still friends.

[Shen Sisi: Are you going to the concert?]

[Song Rui: Go.]

Chen Sisi replied immediately.

【Shen Sisi: Can I come with you? 】

Song Rui: Yes.

Putting down her phone, Song Rui sat on the sofa for a long time before getting up and continuing to pack.

Anyway, she was looking for a partner for the concert, and she was more familiar with Shen Sisi than with some random strangers she picked up online.

Time passed quickly, and soon it was the day before the concert. Song Rui got off the plane and went straight to the hotel. She didn't wait long in the hotel room before she met Shen Sisi, who came a little later.

After opening the door, Song Rui was still a little dazed.

After four years, time seemed to have stopped for Shen Sisi. The Shen Sisi standing in front of her now was exactly the same as the one in her memory.

"Long time no see, you haven't changed at all." Shen Sisi pulled the suitcase and looked at Song Rui with a big smile.

Song Rui came back to her senses and moved aside to make room at the door for Shen Sisi to come in. "You too, haven't changed at all."

"This is what being a star is like. It makes you young."

The moment they met, the distance of the past three years seemed to be cleared in an instant, and they seemed to have returned to the moment four years ago when they first made an appointment to go to the concert together.

So skilled, so at ease.

After putting their luggage away and taking a few simple rests, they were able to go out shopping together hand in hand.

When she returned to the hotel and lay in bed at night, Song Rui still felt it was magical.

But when she thought about it carefully, there was no conflict between her and Shen Sisi. The gap between them started with the Internet and the distance.

But when they actually saw each other, the first thing that came to their minds was the purest and most passionate happy time during those four years in college, the bits and pieces of their late-night chats, and the four years when they talked about everything under the halo of the fifth generation.

And now, she has reached the point where she misses her youth.

She couldn't bear to give up the passion of her youth, nor could she let go of those beautiful memories.

Seeing Chen Sisi, what she may miss is not only the other person, but also the four years of youth that remain in her.

It was not until the next day when the two of them were putting on makeup in the hotel that Song Rui remembered a question.

"Why do you want to come to the concert this time? Didn't you come before?"

Ever since she said she wanted to focus on Lu Yao, Song Rui hasn't seen Shen Sisi spend money on the group.

Song Rui deeply admires this kind of perseverance.

Shen Sisi stopped drawing eyeliner and didn't speak for a long time.

Then a question was asked.

"Don't you read the comments in the fan circle now?"

When asked this question, Song Rui suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.

After so many years, is the fan circle still full of weird things?

"Yes." She nodded.

"Do you want to listen?" Shen Sisi didn't say it directly.

Song Rui hesitated for a moment, but she had already asked...

"Go ahead."

Shen Sisi put down her eyeliner and looked at Song Rui, who sat up straight with a serious expression: "Now everyone is saying that the Fifth Quadrant is going to go solo."

? ?

Song Rui never expected to hear such an answer.

"Going solo? How is that possible? They've only been in the industry for four years."

Four years is the golden development period for a group. What's the difference between going solo at this time and giving up the group?

And now the fifth group is not obscure, it’s just that it’s not that popular.

Even though they were as obscure as the previous four generations, they didn't seem to want to go solo, and now the fourth generation is also on the rise.

No matter how you think about it, the Fifth Regiment can't fly alone, right?

"Of course there's a reason." Shen Sisi knew at a glance that Song Rui didn't believe her, so she began to list the reasons: "Compared to when they debuted, their current development is definitely not as good as expected."

Song Rui nodded, she agreed.

Except for the new fans in the past two years, any fans who have followed the Fifth Group for a long time will have regrets when talking about the past.

Thinking back to the night when the group was formed, Song Rui was sitting at the scene and also dreamed of watching the fifth group reach the summit.

All I can say is that it's fate and destiny. No one expected that the Fifth Regiment would develop into what it is now. Maybe they just lacked a bit of luck.

But I have never heard of any member going solo if the development is not as expected.

Song Rui shook her head. "But they're not bad, and I don't think they're following the path of a traditional idol group, much less a traditional development system. You can't judge them by their popularity. Aren't they a creative boy group? Their songs are pretty good, and you can always see them online."

Although people and songs are different in their own ways.

Shen Sisi continued, "But they will graduate from university next year, and they will definitely develop their own careers after graduation."

Song Rui retorted: "There's no conflict between my personal career and my group career. I can pursue both at the same time."

"That's true, but human energy is limited." Shen Sisi then raised the second point: "And haven't you noticed that they haven't had any new endorsements in a long time?"

"Isn't it normal that they don't have new endorsements? They're not popular, and there are so many groups in the entertainment industry, why should we choose them?"

"But even Daifen hasn't been renewed!" Shen Sisi emphasized her tone, trying to make Song Rui realize the importance.

Song Rui was stunned: "Aren't they the spokespersons for Daifen now?"

Shen Sisi shook her head repeatedly: “It wasn’t like that half a year ago.”

Song Rui opened her mouth in surprise.

As the first spokesperson for the Fifth Group, Song Rui was deeply impressed by Daifen and has bought a lot of Daifen's perfumes over the years.

Dai fans are probably also very satisfied with the Fifth Group. The Fifth Group has been their spokesperson in recent years. Song Rui even vaguely remembers that one year ago, Dai fans upgraded the title of the Fifth Group.

Later, the Fifth Group also served as the spokesperson for Baolai's line cleaning and care products for a period of time. It is hard not to say that it was not for the sake of Dai fans.

"Daifen's sales are pretty good, and Daifen have always been very fond of the Fifth Group. I can always see the space they have laid out." On the street, Song Rui had few opportunities to see the Fifth Group. Apart from the fans' support, there was also the space laid out by Daifen.

"Yes." Shen Sisi nodded, "But they didn't renew it."

"Right now, the Fifth Group doesn't have a single endorsement."

"Ah, this..." Song Rui felt that something was indeed strange. "But this doesn't mean they are going to go solo. The group is still making money. With so many songs, so much copyright fees, and even concerts, it's not like they're going to go solo directly."

After going solo, the members' work focus will shift to their own personal careers. Although the group will not disband, its activities will decline sharply and become almost the same as if it had disbanded.

The group is not unprofitable now, will the company really give up like this?

"Each of them has excellent qualifications." Although she is a fan of only one member, Shen Sisi has to admit this after asking herself, "otherwise, the fans wouldn't be so happy when they were announced as a group."

No matter who these six people are, they are all very eye-catching, and everyone feels that if they combine together, the result will be greater than 1+1.

“Although they are not unknown now, they can obviously become more popular compared to their own qualifications. If we let them go in time and let them develop on their own, wouldn’t the possibilities be greater?” After saying that, Shen Sisi began to list examples from other generations.

The first generation's popularity was more due to luck, so we won't discuss that.

The second generation has brought the group to glory by relying on the company's operations and the concerted efforts of the members. Compared with individual members, their advantages together are obviously greater.

Not to mention the third generation, the most important thing for the groups formed under the voting mechanism is competition, both for themselves and for the fans, so they must wear the shell of the group and always maintain this competitive state. Otherwise, once they leave the group and enter the huge entertainment industry, in this state of greater competition or no competition, the hearts of fans will quickly disperse.

As for the fourth generation, although it also has a voting ranking system, the qualifications of the members are not even a little bit worse than those of the third generation, so the group has not been popular for many years, and if the members go out alone, it will only be worse.

"Compared like this, the Fifth Group's individual talents are not bad, but the group is not popular. If it were you, what would you do?"

Shen Sisi asked a fatal question, leaving Song Rui unable to answer.

"Besides, there's no smoke without fire." Shen Sisi lowered her voice, "Every piece of gossip can't appear without reason."

Whether he is true or false, there are reasons behind it.