Chapter 97

This group can be said to have accompanied the comeback of Guangying Entertainment. Su Ning also poured his heart and soul into these seven members. The group released its third album before the Chinese New Year, and its performance was even better than the previous one. There were also two songs written by the members themselves.

Glory has matured a lot in the past year and a half. It no longer requires Su Ning to worry about it as much as in the beginning. Everyone has achieved impressive results and gradually developed their own firm goals and ideas in the process.

Therefore, according to the agreed time in the contract, it is now time for us to go our separate ways.

Of course the fans were very reluctant to part with the group. They had been very reluctant to part with the group for a month and cried on social media. This group had a lot of fans and was very famous for its variety shows. When it was time to say goodbye, Glory was on the hot searches for the month.

There were endless tours, shows, fan meet-and-greets, and interviews in all forms, but the feeling of reluctance to leave was still strong, and the last tour was packed with people.

Moreover, at this point in time, the new "Audience Choice Award" award ceremony is taking place.

Unlike when they first debuted, Glory members now don’t care that much about this award.

They have won many prestigious awards in the past and no longer care about this one. Moreover, the time of this award ceremony happened to coincide with one of their tour performances, so the group could not go.

Although they had invited him a long time ago, it wasn't that Su Ning was holding a grudge and deliberately not giving face to Yuedong. Glory's schedule has been so busy recently that he has already turned down many invitations. Under the current circumstances, of course, he will focus on touring.

So he refused, but he didn't give up.

Not long after, Zhu Lan came to convey Yuedong's intention, hoping to have the opportunity to cooperate with Su Ning again.

Moreover, she specifically mentioned to Su Ning that the previous President Sheng’s performance last year was not very good. In Yuedong, where a slight lag was about to be overtaken by newcomers, he was replaced last month and would not appear in front of Su Ning from now on.

There was no emotion when she said this. Even though she seemed to have a good relationship with Mr. Sheng last year, there was no need to talk about personal connections when it came to business.

Since he was replaced, this person is no longer useful. The one who came up now is more perceptive and has a different style of doing things. He even went to visit Shen Mingzheng a few days ago.

Su Ning nodded and said, "Ming Zheng told me about this."

He also knew the content of Shen Mingzheng's reply on this matter. When it comes to business cooperation, one thing should be treated separately. Since a new person has been appointed, people of their level will not always be in a bad mood.

But Shen Mingzheng couldn't make a decision on what Su Ning thought. But the other party didn't dare to come directly, so he asked Zhu Lan to act as a peacemaker.

Zhu Lan looked at his expression and asked tentatively, "What they mean is that as long as President Su agrees, we can ask any conditions. So I want to ask, what do you mean?"

Su Ning waved his hand at her and said, "The organizers of the Audience Choice Awards also contacted me before, and I explained to them that the group is not going not because they still hold a grudge, but simply because they can't leave."

"If I have any request, I only have one request for this award. I hope they will select the winners carefully according to the selection rules announced before. That's all."

Not only did Glory not win the New Artist Award, but there were also quite a few controversies in the Audience Choice Award in the past two years, but they were suppressed.

But if it continues like this, it will collapse sooner or later. It is not impossible that it will collapse from a grand ceremony to a water award or pork award that no one cares about. It is not easy to be an award recognized by the public. Su Ning does not want this award to gradually decline.

Zhu Lan said: "I understand what you mean. I have told them before. Don't worry about this."

She had said everything she needed to say and also understood what Su Ning meant. She did not stay here for long and went out soon.

Su Ning looked at her back and felt that Zhu Lan seemed to have changed a lot during the time she came to Haicheng.

When people encounter different things, they will naturally change.

Glory still didn't go to the audience selection award ceremony that day. That night was a farewell concert for 30,000 people, and Su Ning couldn't just skip the concert. But after some communication during this period, Yuedong successfully spent money to buy the online broadcast rights for the concert.

They bid the highest, much higher than any of their peers. Even if this was indeed a hot commodity, it was beyond Su Ning's expectations, and according to the bidding rules it should have been theirs.

When Su Ning saw the price, he doubted whether he could make back the money if he paid it. If he paid too high a price, he would easily lose money. But the contract was in front of him, so there was no reason for Su Ning not to make money.

So he sold the broadcasting rights this time to Yuedong.

For Yuedong Video, even if it means losing money, this is the key to repairing the relationship with Su Ning, so they simply gave such a price to show their sincerity.

But on that night, it was clear that they had underestimated the power of Glory. Not only did they not lose money, they even made a lot of extra money.

Glory, who did not win the Best New Artist Award last year, directly competed with the Audience Choice Award live broadcast for their concert. The popularity of their concert on Joy Video even overshadowed the award ceremony, and it truly attracted the attention of everyone.

The concert looked really lively. Fans were excited even before the show started. I could even hear someone secretly crying in Su Ning.

Glory has a lot of songs. They have released four albums since their debut. Including the songs they sang during the competition, there are more than 20 songs in total. In addition, there were some individual stages designed by some members and covers and dances of classic songs. The concert lasted more than three hours without stopping, and each song triggered cheers from the audience.

Not only were there fans in the audience, but there were also seats reserved for many celebrities in the circle.

For example, Xue Ji was invited to the Audience Choice Awards, but she was filming all year last year and didn't have any solid leading work. She wasn't nominated for any awards. She just showed up in the past, which was meaningless, so she chose to come to the concert. The Blue Hat Band was sitting next to her. The people sitting in that row were all acquaintances in the entertainment industry who had known each other from the previous group.

These people didn't go to the ceremony, but they came here. But I have to say, the atmosphere here is really good. The concert is much more relaxing than the ceremony. If there is no award to be won, it is better to come here to have fun.

Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng were naturally here too.

The two of them brought the group together, and seeing these people go their separate ways, they naturally felt a lot of emotion in their hearts.

Because they don't like being stared at and photographed, they didn't sit with the stars, but chose to sit in the corner of the front row. They haven't been to such a lively occasion for a long time, and they thought it was a bit noisy at first, but they were soon infected by the fans.

The swaying fluorescent sticks of various colors and the tacit understanding that fans can sing along with the singers create a particularly relaxing atmosphere. Even though Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng are not the types who like to be lively and active, and even though they have seen the seven people on the stage many times before, the feeling at this moment is still much stronger than expected.

A year and a half always seems so short, as if it passed in a flash, but when I think back carefully, I feel like I have experienced a lot.

When the concert was at its most exciting, Su Ning still received text messages on his mobile phone.

Although Glory was not present tonight, they were still successfully shortlisted for the best group, so the team still sent someone there, who was reporting to Su Ning that the award for the best idol group would be coming soon.

At this time, the award presenter had already come on stage, so a message was sent to Su Ning.

At this moment, at the concert, Glory is singing "Kiss Under the Lights!"

This is a new song from the group's third album. As the title suggests, it's a lively and upbeat little sweet song. It's a BGM that's almost worn out by young couples on short video platforms, and it's also a widely sung hit.

When the song was sung on stage, the audience reacted most strongly, with screams coming one after another. Su Ning responded with an "I know". He felt the atmosphere was too heated, so he looked around.

He saw that there were couples and people who came here with friends. When the lyrics were sung, the couples not only sang along, but also kissed each other as was popular on short video platforms. Even many girls who came together would kiss their friends on the cheek at this time, and then hug each other and laugh together.

Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng don't usually check short video platforms. They were too busy and didn't get the joke right away, so they were stunned for a moment when they saw people kissing near their seats. But considering the lyrics of the song "Please Kiss", it's not difficult to understand.

But this line of lyrics appears more than once in the whole song, the killing part appears twice.

Before singing this line of lyrics for the next time, Su Ning was distracted again.

Because the executive agent at the awards ceremony sent him a lot of messages.

"Boss Su, Glory won the award! Best combination!"

"Our people have already gone up to receive the award! We deserve it!"

There are a lot of super happy emoticons following.

Everyone in the team had a bit of a knot in their hearts about the Audience Choice Award. Although they had already proven their abilities with solid results, they were still very excited when they actually got it, so they couldn't help but give Su Ning a lot of them.

Winning this award is perhaps part of the culmination of the Glory group's journey through so many hardships, and it is a kind of fulfillment for everyone.

Su Ning saw it, and he felt relieved.

Then, at this moment, the words "please kiss" rang out again. He was about to tell Shen Mingzheng who was sitting next to him about this happy thing, but he didn't expect that Shen Mingzheng suddenly put his arm around his waist, and then kissed him when Su Ning turned around to look at him unconsciously.

They kissed in this atmosphere like other couples who came here. But the difference was that it was not a short kiss like the ones next to them, but a long kiss of more than ten seconds.

Su Ning even heard a girl sitting diagonally opposite him screaming after seeing them. They just chose a front row seat that was a little off, but that didn't mean the people next to them couldn't see them.

When Shen Mingzheng stepped back after the kiss, he was still a little confused.

Although they have been married for quite some time and have slept together countless times, they rarely do this in front of others. At most they just hug each other. Many intimate actions only happen at home, not outside.

Even those who came to watch the concert had just rushed here from the meeting today. Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng were both wearing formal suits and hadn't changed yet.

After the kiss, Su Ning still sat upright and glanced at Shen Mingzheng, as if nothing had happened, and said what he had just said: "The group, the group won the award."

He added after a while: "It's the best combination."

His ears turned red, and Su Ning, who was always very sensitive, did not notice that the live camera was shooting towards him at that moment, and the scene just now had already been captured.

Although they were a little off, they were still close to the front row of the stage. Glory was dancing in the front, and Li Chu was standing in this direction at the moment, so he could see everything clearly.

As the main dancer, Li Chu's expression changed a little at that time, but his stage manners allowed him to suppress it. Then he turned his head slightly to complete his performance. Only when the performance was over did he glare at Shen Mingzheng fiercely.

Shen Mingzheng, who was sitting in the audience, didn't see it, because he was secretly holding Su Ning's hand under his seat.

Oh, concerts are so interesting.