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When Gu Yuchen knocked on Yuan Xiao's office door, a photo from a group variety show on her computer screen was just halfway through being edited.
It was rare that Yuan Xiao had nothing to do this morning. There were no endless meetings and no recording or coordination needs. The trainees were still practicing, and Stary was not at home because she was out on a variety show flight. Everything was so empty and quiet, so she began to squat in the office, watching TV series and editing photos. This was one of Yuan Xiao's most comfortable states.
The art department of Yuanxin has its work taken away by the boss on a daily basis, and they have become accustomed to their boss occasionally sending them a few retouched high-definition photos in their mailbox for them to use in editing and promotion.
The pictures of Stary members are very easy to edit. You just need to adjust the light and dark relationship and the tone. Even for this group variety show trip, they didn't even have to worry about the color of the background. Xinjiang is really a natural place for making pictures. The picturesque scenery here is no longer an exaggeration.
Jin Zeyu, wearing a red coat, leaned against the front of the car, with broad shoulders and narrow waist. Behind him was an endless and desolate Gobi desert, like a burning fire between heaven and earth. Yan Fan sat on the roof of the car, with the brim of his hat pulled down low, and a pair of long legs hung down wantonly from the roof. Pei Zijin stood next to the half-lowered car window. At the bottom was Su Chen sitting on the side of the road with his arm around Yu Le's shoulders. The red, setting sun was still hovering above the five people. Yuan Xiao used a plug-in to frame the background and move the curve to turn the sunset, yellow sand and dead trees in the desert behind him into a rich ink painting.
This music festival now has a new background for performing "The Journey of Families".
Yuan Xiao also removed a few wrinkles from Pei Zijin's clothes in the photo. Just as she circled the area she was selecting, she heard someone knocking on the door. She looked up and said, "Come in."
Gu Yuchen appeared from the doorway, holding nothing in his hands. He didn't look like he was here to talk about business, let alone to feed someone. Yuan Xiao looked up at him and said, "I'm not busy... Is there something?"
Something happened.
If nothing happened, it would be difficult for Teacher Gu to refresh in her office at this time. You know, she just sent a message to Yuan Xiao at midnight yesterday that the final version of the girl group's arrangement had been confirmed.
According to the date arrangement, the third public performance will be broadcast close to the recording time of the fifth public performance.
He leaned against the door with his long legs lazily crossed. Teacher Gu always looks so casual in his life. It can be seen that his current living conditions make him very comfortable. In his words, there is nothing wrong with staying in the comfort zone.
Ever since several members of Stary gradually started to compose and arrange music, Gu Yuchen is not as busy as before. With Fu Daoyun helping him share the burden of the girl group's music, Gu can finally take a break and take a few days off from time to time.
The day before yesterday, Yuan Xiao heard him say that he had taken further courses as a Western-style chef, and had already made progress from being a home-cooking expert to a professional level.
I have to say that Teacher Gu’s cooking is delicious, and of course her own cooking is not bad either.
In short, the two of them meet most of the time in the afternoon, when Yuan Xiao has finished most of his work and Teacher Gu has just gotten up but his inspiration has not yet awakened.
"Something's up." Gu Yuchen didn't go in either. He just leaned against the door frame and looked at Yuan Xiao with a smile: "Do you want to watch the live show?"
live?
If this word was used in the past, Yuan Xiao would probably be very interested in preparing for the trip in advance, but now...
Yuan Xiao asked him, "Are you going to work overtime?"
"No." Gu Yuchen laughed. Yuan Xiao's eyes were too calm. It was obvious that he didn't want to go to this class. He walked in from the door and sat in front of Yuan Xiao's desk. "Just asking if you want to listen to music today."
"My friend sent me an invitation last night, but it was a bit late so I didn't bother you." Gu Yuchen explained, "He said he was going to have a tour at the venue we visited before. If you want to go, I'll ask him for two work permits."
Yuan Xiao looked up at him and asked, "Which friend of yours?"
Teacher Gu has been in the industry for many years and has friends all over the world. There are countless people who can hold a tour with him. However, the one who can send an invitation now and let Gu Yuchen invite her to go together should be a good relationship, rather than a polite partner.
"Meng Xingyan, do you know him?" Gu Yuchen knew from Yuan Xiao's expression that she didn't know him. He introduced him as "a friend I met many years ago. He debuted on a singing competition show and is now an R&B singer with his own singing style. If you have nothing to do in the evening, we can go over to see him around seven or eight o'clock."
Yuan Xiao looked at him and thought for a moment: "That's fine."
I don’t have any plans for the evening, and I haven’t listened to a live performance for quite a while, so I’ll just work overtime.
Yuan Xiao still needs to do market research. Listening to other artists' songs and watching other people's concerts and live designs can also help her draw inferences from other situations and help her grasp the market more accurately.
Of course, more importantly, she has not watched other people’s performances with Gu Yuchen yet.
"Then you have to clean up?" Yuan Xiao looked at Gu Yuchen's outfit a little critically. Teacher Gu always had a good-looking face, but it was a pity that he didn't dress up very often in his daily life. He always wore a set of loose all-black clothes. Comfort was more important than good looks.
Gu Yuchen raised his hand and grabbed a handful of hair, then pushed his glasses up, revealing his smooth forehead and gentle eyes: "Is this not okay?"
He was a bit helpless. Fu Daoyun replaced him as the mentor in the second season of "I Am Not Here". Yuan Xiao hadn't seen Gu Yuchen with full makeup for a long time. Recently, she had been secretly wanting to give herself some extra treats to feast her eyes.
Gu Yuchen had never felt embarrassed when dancing in a girl group on stage, but he always became shy in front of Yuan Xiao, and even he himself could not explain why.
"I'm just going to watch a performance. I'm not going on stage. No need, right?"
Before leaving in the afternoon, when Yuan Xiao pushed Gu Yuchen into the makeup group, Teacher Gu tried to persuade him one last time, but Xiaoxiao firmly shut his little mouth.
Don’t worry about whether it works or not, just do it first.
Yuan Xiao confiscated Gu Yuchen's sunglasses from his collar, and got himself a mask from the makeup team. It didn't take long for Gu Yuchen to change his clothes and come out. Yuan Xiao didn't ask anyone to give him a real stage makeup, but just combed his hair and picked out a set of trendy clothes with a little design.
Not bad. Yuan Xiao took a few steps back and looked Gu Yuchen up and down, and felt that this guy would be more pleasing to the eye if he looked more energetic.
The entrance badge for the tour was delivered to the front desk downstairs in Yuanxin Building in the afternoon. Gu Yuchen drove his car to pick up Yuan Xiao. The venue was a little far from the company, so they set off at seven o'clock and arrived just a little before the show started at eight o'clock.
Yuan Xiao felt a little emotional. If it were in the past, if she wanted to watch a live performance of a singer or idol with moderate popularity under normal ticket purchase conditions, she would have to set off for the venue at least at three in the afternoon, queue up to enter, and stand for at least four or five hours for the entire show. She also had to carry a camera at that time, so it was no different for a special forces soldier.
What's more, livehouse venues are usually not large, and there are no restrictions on seating. If you want to sit closer to the front, you have to do it like at a music festival. After entering, try to move forward, and then stand still throughout the entire live show so that your seat won't be squeezed out by others.
But now, she can wear her staff badge and walk through the backstage directly to the seats on the second floor near the stage prepared for her relatives and friends. Yuan Xiao looked at the densely packed fans waiting downstairs holding various devices, and suddenly felt a little emotional.
After Gu Yuchen sat down, he found Yuan Xiao staring blankly at the downstairs. After a little thought, he realized that Xiao Xiao probably sympathized with the hard-working fans, so he gently shook her hand:
"There is no other way. Lao Meng can only hold live shows now. The venue fees for theaters with seats are too expensive. With his current ticket sales ability, the theater is bound to lose money."
Gu Yuchen whispered to Yuan Xiao in the midst of the noise. Who wouldn't want to perform in front of 10,000 or even 100,000 people? But for singers and idols who only have a small fixed fan base, such a live show is the best choice after considering all factors. If the tickets cannot be sold out completely, many small singers and idols will even have to pay for the tour.
For a company like Yuanxin, the internal resources alone are enough to offset the costs of many concerts, but for individual artists, starting a tour really requires money everywhere.
The most expensive thing is of course the venue fee. One day of rehearsal and one day of performance will cost tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. The number of shows with seats for the same number of people is almost three to four times that of standing rooms. In addition, there are various staff and equipment for renting equipment, stage performances inside and outside the venue, security maintenance, and ticket checking. If the singer does not have the copyright in his own hands, the copyright fee will take up the bulk of the cost, not to mention the various materials recorded or produced in advance for organizing the tour. In this way, the cost of holding a live show will be hundreds of thousands, and the cost of a single show can hardly be recovered purely through ticket prices.
Compared with other indispensable costs, venue fees are the easiest to save.
Yuan Xiao was silent for a moment. She knew that no one understood the performance market better than she did now. Yuan Xiao also leaned close to Gu Yuchen's ear and answered him loudly, "I know. I'm just wondering if we should invest in building Yuan Xin's own new theaters in various cities, specifically for stage performances."
In the final analysis, most concerts nowadays are held in places like gymnasiums or stadiums, which can only meet the requirements in terms of number of people. But in the final analysis, the design of the stadium determines that it cannot fully display the requirements of the concert in terms of sound and stage design. Similarly, the same is true for some theaters or venues used for small concerts.
This is also the reason why many people prefer to watch live performances. It’s because the experience is good, the atmosphere is great, and they accept it even if it’s a little tiring.
But Yuan Xiao has always wondered, why can’t there be small or medium-sized indoor venues specifically for idol singers to perform?
The stage requirements for idol performances are inherently different from performance stages such as theaters and standard competitive venues such as stadiums.
It's like the stage design with all-round large screens built for some evening parties or music festivals. Such standard equipment is fixed indoors, and specially designed architectural space standards similar to those of musicals or dramas are used to ensure the sound effects. The seats are arranged with reasonable spacing and height differences without front and back obstructions like seats in a stadium, or as far apart as stands. You can even fix the central control light strip for support on the seats, and provide charging ports under the seats like those on airplanes and high-speed trains, which is the most urgently needed function for star chasers.
Such a venue is truly an ideal venue that meets all the needs of star chasers.
It is said that the idol industry in China's entertainment industry has made great progress after the emergence of Stary, but in Yuan Xiao's opinion, this is far from enough. Nowadays, the idol industry in China's entertainment industry can only be regarded as a false prosperity. Everything is supported by Stary, the only new group, and several old groups that became popular again in the program at the beginning of the year. Except for Yuan Xin's group, other company groups and talent show groups are almost extinct. Perhaps because they know it is difficult to compete with "Idol", several talent shows on major platforms have been cancelled this year.
But if there were such venues, fans from all over the world would develop the habit of watching offline shows, and it could also provide a stage for different groups and solo idols. Perhaps it would also allow the idol industry, a tree that only grows in height but not in width, to truly flourish and take root.
Yuan Xiao now has the confidence to make such an investment, even though it may not make money in the short term.
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