The birthday party lasted until around 6 p.m.
Xu Mei had a birthday she would never forget.
Liang Liang asked Xing Chenghu to take them back to the disco.
A week after Xu Mei's birthday, the Lianwan Rock Band concert will be held.
Starting October 31st, the concert advertisements began to bombard the public.
The first thing to appear was still flyers, with flyers printed with the lineup of the bands and the program schedule flying all over the streets and alleys of Lianwan City.
Standing in the center position was naturally the Blue Shark Band, led by Liang Liang, followed by the temporary combination of Xu Wei and the Black Island Band, and then the Han Chuang Band, the Night Walk Band, and others.
Apart from Blue Shark, all the members of the other bands have long, flowing hair.
However, the printing technology at that time was not very good, and their majestic images were printed in a somewhat sleazy way.
Following the flyers were newspaper advertisements.
Several newspapers in Lianwan City prominently featured advertisements for the concert.
There were no TV commercials for this concert. In Han Chui's words, the stingy Liang Liang only spent 5,000 yuan on advertising, so why bother with TV?
The money was barely enough to print flyers and advertise in newspapers. Luckily, Li Zhizhou mediated and got a 30% discount on the newspaper ads; otherwise, the money would have been enough to print flyers.
Regardless, in just one week, the concert became a household name, with the largest audience being those aged 15 to 35.
The emergence of the Blue Shark band caused the rock music scene in Lianwan City to grow at an astonishing rate.
Although people over forty years old might feel a pang of sympathy looking at these young people with hair longer than a woman's, rock and roll has taken deep root in the hearts of young people.
Those who had the means naturally tried their hand at swords and spears, so there were many people playing guitars and banging on washbasins on the streets.
People without the necessary conditions or talent can't participate, but they'll still get a couple of rock cassette tapes and belt out a few songs while shaking their heads.
Taiwanese people's hobbies have expanded from their original single favorite, watching football, to include watching rock music.
According to a rumor reported by Lubiangouli News Agency, there are now more than 100 formal rock bands of all sizes in Lianwan City; there are even more informal bands, conservatively estimated to be several hundred. As for the number of enthusiasts, it is hard to say, but there are tens of thousands, and the number is growing rapidly at a very high rate.
It is expected to break the 100,000 mark next year.
However, despite having a large audience, there are few opportunities to see live performances; to see and listen to rock music, one has to go to various nightclubs.
But if you want to see performances by some of the most famous bands in Lianwan City, you have to go to Haiyun Dance Hall.
Tickets for the Ocean Jet Ballroom are extremely difficult to buy unless you queue up half an hour or an hour in advance.
What's regrettable is that the most famous band in Lianwan City, Blue Shark, rarely performs at the Haiyun Dance Hall anymore.
Many people are furious that Blue Shark no longer performs, but there's nothing they can do but listen to their tapes or CDs to satisfy their cravings.
In this context, upon hearing that Blue Shark Band, along with several other well-known bands from Lianwan, was going to hold a genuine rock concert, Blue Shark Band promised that they would perform no fewer than five songs.
The group of people instantly became excited and passionate.
It's not difficult for tens of thousands of rock fans to fill a stadium with only 5,600 tickets.
Tickets went on sale at 2 p.m. on November 6th, and all 5,600 tickets were sold out within an hour.
Despite the cold weather, it couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of the people of Lianwan for rock and roll.
The Lianwan City Gymnasium was too small, and a large number of rock music fans had not been able to buy tickets. When people started entering the stadium at six o'clock, a large number of people were waiting outside anxiously for refunds.
It's a pity that the seats in the stadium can't be removed. If the seats were removed, selling another two thousand tickets wouldn't be a big problem.
There were quite a few people who couldn't buy tickets. Seeing no hope of getting a refund, they joined together to propose that the concert could be held one more time.
It's unclear how they found out Han Chui was in charge, but the suggestion ended up in his hands.
During the afternoon audition, Liang Liang connected a separate microphone cable to the backstage area, and nobody knew what he was up to!
While he was testing his voice with a small microphone, Han Chui relayed the fans' requests to Liang Liang.
"Is it possible to schedule another match tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow won't work! There's a badminton exhibition match at the stadium tomorrow, it seems to be between the provincial team and our city team. If we want to add salt, we can only do it the day after tomorrow."
The day after tomorrow is Monday, is this okay?
Han Chui means yes, the people who watch rock concerts are mostly 18- or 23-year-old young people, who are at the peak of their energy.
Young people of this age can play mahjong all night and go to work as usual the next morning without any problems, so what's a concert?
Besides, the concert will end at 11 pm at most, which is not a problem for young people.
"Then you decide what to do!"
The performance officially began at seven o'clock.
A cheerful and melodious electronic music started playing.
When the stage lights came on, the audience was surprised to find that there were only two people on stage, two pretty young women.
A beautiful woman stood behind a device that seemed rather strange to the audience, while another pretty young woman stood behind a microphone in the center of the stage.
"Aren't these your two beautiful DJs from Haiyun Disco? What are they doing here?"
"What's so strange about that? Haiyun Disco and Haiyun Dance Hall have similar names, they're practically the same company."
There are discerning people here. A significant portion of the audience has been to Haiyun Disco and, of course, recognizes the two beautiful DJs there.
That's right! Standing on the stage are Xu Mei and Lin Hanrui.
This concert is of great importance. Blue Shark will definitely be the headliner and won't be able to come out at the beginning. Almost all the other bands are participating in such a large-scale performance for the first time, and they are probably as nervous as if they have a rabbit in their chest. It's unrealistic to expect them to liven up the atmosphere.
Liang Liang then brought Xu Mei and Lin Hanrui over.
Xu Mei and Lin Hanrui were at the age where they were fearless and naive, and they had no idea what nervousness was.
There was no introduction or introduction. After the two pretty girls appeared, Lin Hanrui manipulated the equipment and changed the tone, and the song "Help Help Help" started playing.
Liang Liang secretly groaned. He had asked them to play "Shala La," a relatively gentle tune, but how did these two little girls end up playing "Bang Bang Bang"?
If you put on this piece, will the people in the audience still be able to sit still?
Isn't this chaos?
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