Chapter 538: Getting Dry
Lin Fan's mentality is very stable and his attitude is very cooperative. Originally, Xia Shaozhang was very worried that Lin Fan would not be able to adapt to the working environment in Europe and the United States, because popular artists in China are often spoiled by fans, the media, and even by investors and partners.
If a small request is not met, the artist will simply quit the job, no matter how much preparation other staff have done or how much time they have wasted. They only care about themselves and think that this is very normal and in line with their popularity and status.
It is commonly known as playing big shot.
This phenomenon is particularly common among those traffic stars who quickly become famous by relying on their popularity and fans. It seems that they cannot show their superiority unless they act like a big shot or make some trouble at work.
Xia Shaozhang didn't want to serve such a person at all.
This mentality also affected Xia Shaozhang's subordinates. In addition, Lin Fan's status overseas was not high enough, so when everyone worked together, they were full of rationality and businesslikeness. This was completely different from the situation in China where Lin Fan was enthusiastically sought after wherever he went.
This kind of difference in environment can easily show a person's nature.
However, Xia Shaozhang really didn't see any bad habits in Lin Fan, not even the slightest sign of being spoiled by fans: he had a good attitude, was humble and polite, cooperated well at work, communicated smoothly, didn't deliberately make things difficult or take advantage of the situation, and didn't try to show off his uniqueness.
This made Xia Shaozhang feel relieved that Lin Fan was a good partner, but at the same time he was distressed that he couldn't "expose" Lin Fan's true face. As a result, now the three of them, except for himself, the other two heavyweights have completely turned to Lin Fan.
My position at home has become precarious!
This can't go on!
So, Xia Shaozhang, who had always kept public and private affairs separate, abused his power for the first time in order to maintain his family status - well, it wasn't that exaggerated, he just used his authority to privately arrange two announcements for Lin Fanduo so that this guy wouldn't have to show off in front of his wife and daughter every day.
So, Lin Fan started running various activities very hard.
According to the original plan, Lin Fan had two to three schedules a day, mostly interviews with music radio stations, attending other singers' activities as a guest performer, and participating in special music chart shows.
These are all very official activities, and the results can only be described as rather mediocre.
"This week is Sports Week here. Basically, all the big and small stadiums in the city have competitions, and they are very popular. I have already informed the person in charge. As long as you can make it here, after performing in a few major venues, we can arrange for you to perform in smaller venues!"
Xia Shaozhang patted Lin Fan on the shoulder and said, "Also, don't underestimate those competitions in small venues. If you can gain their recognition, there will be surprises waiting for you later!"
Xia Shaozhang didn't say what the surprise was, but Lin Fan could guess a little.
Competitions in large venues have audiences from all over the country and a wider audience. Lin Fan's halftime performance can promote the popularity of the song to a wider range.
As for competitions in small venues, most of the participants are students from local universities, or teams formed by locals themselves. In short, they are all local players. This audience group is more targeted and is also connected to another channel.
bar.
Of course, Xia Shaozhang can also arrange for Lin Fan to perform in bars, but the number is relatively small, and the top ones may not be arranged. However, there is no need for this. After all, even if President Xia wants to exploit his "future son-in-law", he will not let Lin Fan run around in small bars to perform. Even if President Xia is willing, Xia Yan's mother will do it directly.
Suppression.
You who dare to bully my good "son-in-law" must be tired of living!
That being said, if Lin Fan gains enough fame and support among the locals, these bars, music festivals, etc. will take the initiative to invite him.
Therefore, Lin Fan became more "diligent" in performing at sports events.
Before the first performance, Yang Hongxia was very worried: "What if everyone doesn't support me? Especially when I invite the whole audience to clap together, wouldn't it be embarrassing if no one responds? How about I arrange it first?"
What to arrange? Of course, they arranged a group of people to sit in the crowd and wait for Lin Fan to perform, and then they would actively stir up the atmosphere. When other audiences saw someone cooperating, most of them would follow suit.
As long as the atmosphere is set, with the good quality of this song and its simple and clear rhythm, it will definitely achieve relatively good results.
By the way, professional audiences abroad are more professional than professional fans at home. They roar, cry, and stand up to applaud. With that level of professionalism, 200 per show is considered low!
In response, Lin Fan said, "No need! Sister Xia, you have to have confidence in me! Besides, if everyone is really unmoved, it will be useless even if you arrange more things."
Yang Hongxia also understood this principle, but she was still nervous, or a little worried.
Because overseas audiences are different from domestic audiences, when they encounter a performance or singer they don’t like, they can really jump out to diss them, or even kick the artist out!
Heckling and booing were minor matters. Throwing hats, coats, and even smelly shoes was also the norm. When encountering more radical ones, they would actually jump down from the audience and run straight to the performing guest! Lin Fan still insisted: "It's okay!"
Sports events and the like are the home of this song!
Even if someone really didn't like it, it wasn't to the extent that Yang Hongxia was worried about, so Lin Fan wasn't worried at all.
Yang Hongxia was helpless: "Okay, since you said so."
Then, Lin Fan came on stage.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Yang Hongxia was so focused on Lin Fan that she didn't notice that the person who was originally responsible for playing the drums in the band arranged by Xinghe had been replaced at some point.
It was not until everyone was ready on the field that Yang Hongxia noticed the man with a baseball cap and a mask on his face who looked very familiar. "Huh? The drummer has changed?"
Xiao Wan looked confused: "I don't know, I feel like these foreigners all look the same..."
Yang Hongxia was speechless: "Take a closer look! He turned out to be a muscular man, almost 1.9 meters tall. Do you think I'm blind? Besides, are you sure you don't know?!"
Xiao Wan smiled awkwardly.
In fact, Xiao Wan really knew. When changing people, Xiao Wan went to help secretly to avoid being seen by a certain old father and getting so angry that his blood pressure soared.
He hid it from Yang Hongxia because he was worried that Yang Hongxia would tell Xia Shaozhang about this. After all, Yang Hongxia was still quite afraid of Xia Shaozhang, the old leader.
"Oh! Sister Xia, this is not important. Look, Brother Fan's performance is about to begin!"
Yang Hongxia stretched out her finger and tapped Xiao Wan's forehead, helplessly saying, "Next time, remember to tell me in advance if you have anything to say!"
Xiao Wan stuck out his tongue and said nothing.
On the court, Lin Fan had already stood in front of Xia Yan. Xia Yan took off his baseball cap and threw it upwards. His long hair slid down like a waterfall, instantly attracting whistles from the audience!
Then, the wild drums and electric guitars, with short and concise rhythms, swept the entire venue like a storm as Xia Yan raised his hammer and struck hard! "Bang, bang!"
"Bang, bang!"
"Bang, bang!"
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(End of this chapter)