Chapter 97
This group can be said to have accompanied Guangying Entertainment in its comeback. Su Ning also devoted his heart and soul to these seven people. The group released its third album before the Chinese New Year, and the 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 as much as it did in the beginning. Everyone has achieved remarkable results and gradually developed their own firm goals and ideas in the process.
Therefore, according to the agreed contract time, it is time for us to part ways.
Of course the fans were very reluctant to let them go. They had been very reluctant to let them go for a month and cried on social networks. This group had a lot of fans and their group variety show was also very famous. When it came time to say goodbye, Glory was on the hot searches for this month.
There were endless tours, shows, fan meetings and interviews in various forms, but the feeling of reluctance was still very strong, and the last tour was sold out.
Moreover, at this point in time, the new "Audience Choice Awards" ceremony is taking place.
Unlike when they first debuted, nowadays the members of Glory don’t care so much about this award.
They have won many prestigious awards in the past and no longer cared about this one. Moreover, the time of this award ceremony happened to coincide with one of their tours, so the group couldn't go.
Although they had sent the invitation 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. In the current situation, of course, he will focus on touring.
So he refused, but the other side did not give up.
Not long after, Zhu Lan came over to convey Yuedong's intention, hoping to have the opportunity to cooperate with Su Ning again.
She also specifically mentioned to Su Ning that the previous President Sheng's performance last year was not very good. In the field of Yuedong, where any slight lag would be overtaken by newcomers, he was replaced last month and would not appear in front of Su Ning anymore.
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 person who came up now is more perceptive and has a different style of doing things. He even visited 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 response on this matter. When it comes to business cooperation, one thing should be treated separately. Since new people have been brought in, people at their level will not always be in a bad mood.
But Shen Mingzheng couldn't make a decision about 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 Mr. 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. I explained to them that the group is not going because they still hold a grudge, but simply cannot leave."
"If I have any request, I only have one request for this award. I hope they will carefully select according to the previously announced selection rules. That's all."
Not only did Glory not win the Best New Artist Award, but the Audience Choice Awards have also been controversial in the past two years, but they were just 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 that no one looks down upon. It is not easy to create 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 she also knew what Su Ning meant, so she didn't stay here for long and left after a while.
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, changes will naturally occur.
I still didn't go to the audience choice award Glory 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, Yuedong successfully paid for the online broadcast rights of the concert.
They offered the highest bid, which was much higher than that 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 indeed belong to them.
When Su Ning saw the price, he doubted whether Yuedong could make back the money by offering this price. If the price was too high, it would easily lead to a loss. However, the contract was in front of him, and there was no reason for Su Ning not to make money.
So this time he sold the broadcasting rights 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 that night, it was obvious that they had underestimated the power of Glory. Not only did they not lose money, they even made a lot of extra money.
The concert of Glory, which did not win the Best New Artist Award last year, directly competed with the live broadcast of the Audience Choice Award. The popularity on Yuedong Video even surpassed the award ceremony, and it was truly the focus of everyone's attention.
The concert looked really lively. The fans were very excited before the show even started. Su Ning could even hear someone secretly crying.
Glory has a lot of songs. They have released four albums after their debut. Including the songs they sang during the competition, there are more than twenty songs in total. In addition, there are personal stages designed by some members and covers of classic songs. The concert lasted more than three hours and did not stop. Every song caused cheers offline.
Not only were there fans in the audience, but there were also seats reserved for many celebrities in the circle.
For example, Ji Xue was also invited to the Audience Choice Awards, but she was filming all year last year and didn't have any solid leading roles, nor was she 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, and that row was full of entertainment industry acquaintances she had met in the previous group.
These people didn't go to the ceremony, but 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 watching these people go their separate ways, they naturally felt a lot of emotion in their hearts.
Because the two 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. The two 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 waving colorful glow sticks and the tacit understanding that fans can sing along with the performers create a particularly relaxing atmosphere. Even though Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng are not the types who like to join in the fun, and even though they have seen the seven people on the stage many times, the feeling at this moment is still much stronger than expected.
A year and a half always feels very short, as if it passed in a flash, but when I think back carefully, I feel that I have experienced a lot.
When the concert was at its most lively, Su Ning even 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 ceremony for the best idol group was about to begin.
At this time, the award presenter had already gone on stage, so a message was sent to Su Ning to report.
At this moment, Glory is singing "Please Kiss Under the Lights!" at the concert.
This is a new song released from the group's third album. As the title suggests, it is a sweet little song with a lively and passionate style. It is a BGM that is almost overused by young couples on short video platforms, and it is also a widely sung hit.
When the lyrics were sung on stage, the audience's reaction was the strongest, with screams coming one after another. Su Ning replied, "Got it." He felt the overly enthusiastic atmosphere at the scene, so he looked around.
He saw that there were couples and those who came here with friends. When they heard that line of lyrics, 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 watch short video platforms. They were too busy and didn’t get the joke right away, so they were stunned when they saw people kissing near their seats. However, it’s not difficult to understand when combined with the lyrics of “Please Kiss”.
But this line of lyrics appears more than once in the whole song, the killing part appears twice.
Before singing this line of lyrics 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 group!"
"Our people have already gone up to receive the award! We really deserve it!"
There are a lot of super happy emojis following.
Everyone in the team had a special grudge against the Audience Choice Award. Although they had already proven their abilities with real results, they were still very excited when they really got it, so they couldn't help but send a lot of them to Su Ning.
Winning this award may be part of the end of the Glory group's journey of overcoming difficulties, and it is a kind of perfection for everyone.
When Su Ning saw this, he also 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. Unexpectedly, Shen Mingzheng suddenly put his arm around his waist, and then kissed him when Su Ning subconsciously turned his head to look at him.
They kissed in this atmosphere just 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 across from him who saw them and was screaming softly. 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 the two 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 rushed here today after a meeting. Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng were both wearing formal suits and hadn't changed yet.
After the kiss, Su Ning still sat upright, 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 perceptive, 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 front, and Li Chu was standing in this direction at the time, 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. 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, but he was secretly holding Su Ning's hand under his seat.
Oh, concerts are so interesting.
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