1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 245 Hundred Stars Concert

"Oh, it's Guo Feng!" Xia Tian shook hands with Guo Feng, the composer of "Let the World Be Full of Love".

He has medium-long hair, wears black-framed glasses, and is three years older than Xia Tian. He was transferred from Sichuan Province to the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe last year.

I saw him in the group in the summer, but we never talked. When he arrived in the group in the summer, he was surrounded by sisters and aunts, or Aunt Wang was looking for something, and ordinary men could not get close to him.
When I was playing the piano, a lot of people gathered at the door of the piano room!

Guo Feng: Finally we can talk!

For this song "Let the World Be Filled with Love", Guo Feng will be the composer, arranger, producer, conductor and keyboard player!

We are rehearsing now.

The other brother, who was much older, also wearing glasses, held Xia Tian's hand with excitement and shook it vigorously!

My brother’s name is Chen Zhe. He is one of the lyricists of “Let the World Be Full of Love”, a music lover, and previously worked as an electrician at Shougang.

Xia Tian is quite prestigious in Shougang, especially among those comrades in the factory who have some literary and artistic spirit.

Brother Chen has been influenced by this and wishes he could meet him in person!
Xia Tian also happily shook hands with Brother Chen. This brother later wrote works such as "Blood-stained Style", "Loess Plateau", "Walking West", and "The Same Song". He is an old lyricist~
Several people also asked Xia Tian what he thought about the song and whether it needed to be changed.
Xia Tian: No need! This is what I sang when I was a kid~
There's nothing wrong with the song, now I'll deal with the other things.

After discussion on the venue, everyone felt that Gongti Stadium was the best.

This is not a big problem. After all, it is still semi-official and easy to apply for.

But there are still two problems, one is the participating singers, and the other is the equipment.

Xia Tian has finally seen the audio and recording equipment of this day and age - but she has to endure it!

The effect is okay when listening live, but it’s hard to say about the sound recording at the party.

Our electronics industry has only been around for a few years and is mainly focused on home appliances. We are not very good at audio equipment in professional stores.

It’s the same this time. The Workers’ Stadium is so big, how can we achieve a good effect?

In the end, we did measurements, calculations, experiments, and even begged for help from everyone we could think of - we had never held such a large performance before, and even the China Record Corporation, the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, and the Workers' Stadium combined could not get all the necessary equipment and speakers.

Finally, they found the No. 1 Radio Equipment Factory in Yanjing, and they urgently produced more than a dozen large-scale speakers for this performance. By the time the speakers were transported to the Workers' Stadium, it was already the day before the concert!

Xia Tian reached out and touched the dozen or so huge speakers surrounding the stage and the stands, and the paint was still wet!
Xia Tian: You are not environmentally friendly.
By this day, almost all the singers had been "recruited".

There were more than 130 people on the list in Xia Tian's hand - it seemed like there were more people than in the original time and space? !

……

Early in the morning of May 5, Xia Tian arrived at the Workers' Stadium. Many staff members were doing the final adjustments and preparations. The scene was a bit chaotic.

All the work was divided up in the summer, and he was no longer in charge of the performance. He was only responsible for the singers. It was not easy to get more than 130 singers from different units and even different addresses to gather at the Workers' Stadium on time!

It’s easy to talk to the members of the song and dance troupe, as they have a special car to pick you up and take you directly to the Workers’ Stadium.

But the other actors basically ride bicycles or take buses, so if they make a mistake, they might be late or absent!

In summer, I check the number of people every hour - are there any new arrivals? Come to my place to get a box lunch and water~
In the summer, I pay out of my own pocket to add extra dishes for everyone, three dishes and one soup, a high-end treatment!

Gradually, people gathered in the afternoon, including many male and female actors.

Some of them were called in by Xia Tian, ​​others were called in by various units, and some singers were called by singers they knew...

For example, Cheng Lin from the Song and Dance Troupe!
Every summer when I go there, the little girls would squeeze in and say a few words, as if that would make them feel better both physically and mentally.

Xia Tian: If Aunt Wang hadn't protected you, and my mother hadn't allowed me to, I would have captured you and refined you in an instant~
There is also Li Lingyu from the Song and Dance Troupe. She was previously a male singer in the Yanjing Yue Opera Troupe and joined the Song and Dance Troupe two years ago. Just last month, she and Xia Tian met in the recording studio - she played the Jade Rabbit Fairy in "Journey to the West" (filmed in Xishuangbanna) and sang the interlude "Indian Girl".

At that time, Xia Tian was helping with recording songs, and we had met in the dance troupe, so we chatted for several days.

When I was putting together the list in the summer, I included her on it.

There is also Zheng Xulan in the group, the one who sang "Shepherd's Song"... Anyway, just catch whoever is free in the group!

There are a few familiar names on the list who later became big winners.

For example, Hang Tianqi (Loess Plateau, Singing Masks), Wei Wei (Asian Pride), Wang Hong (Bloodstained Style), Hu Xiaoqing (Going West, The Mansion Gate), Tian Zhen, Mao Amin...

For example, there is Cai Guoqing, Ma Xiaoyi, the lead singer of "Wanli Horse King" (this is also an acquaintance found by Xia Tian), Chang Kuan, the first mainland male singer to win a major award in an international competition, Fu Disheng, who later sang "Dear Lover", and Ding Wu, who is still an art teacher and later formed the Tang Dynasty band and became the lead singer... and Cui Jian (Xia Tian arranged him to be one of the lead singers)!
At this time, the reporters and editors of the print media invited by Xia Tian, ​​some radio and TV station staff, and the audience members who received additional tickets from some units, began to enter one after another...

Normally, this concert is completely "voluntary", with no income and no tickets required.

But how could Xia Tian be willing to do a "losing business"? !

Although it is difficult to buy tickets, as the nature and procedures do not allow it, but without financial income, one must have some income from reputation, right?
Xia Tian has always been the one who is most "able to hype", plus he is very familiar with the print media in Yanjing, and he also has acquaintances on the radio station - nowadays pop music and popular songs are really "not up to standard", otherwise Xia Tian would have thought of playing them on TV!

However, he still talked it over with Yanjing Television, and they sent a film crew - at least some video footage could be left for future generations.

As one of the organizers, Zhonglu Company, which has a full set of audio and video equipment, did not send anyone to film the event. The reason was that the senior leaders were worried about the political risks. This is understandable.

More than one hundred people came to sing, and except for the singers from other places who had their train tickets and accommodation fees of 20 yuan per person per day reimbursed, no participant received a penny.

Why don't you make me famous?

Isn't that bullying an honest person?!
Therefore, in addition to gathering manpower in the summer, we also work hard to "recruit people"!
"There's big news, are you coming?"

"Come to record a song? There's never been a hundred-star concert!"

"Brother Liu, do you want to record a tape? The album of "Hundred Stars Peace Year Concert"! It's full of gimmicks~"

"Send some tickets to our sister companies! Don't we have seats left? Fifty tickets per company, so they can listen to the concert for free!"

So much so that it’s only six o’clock in the evening and the Workers’ Stadium is already full of people!
Although I didn’t get any ticket money, at least it was lively.

When the singers saw this scene, they were also a little surprised, and even a little nervous - wasn't it just a charity concert? Why did so many people come?
Recording songs and doing interviews at the same time, it's scary!

……

Time soon came to eight o'clock in the evening and the concert officially began.

The first song is the chorus "Let the World Be Filled with Love".

With more than a hundred people, naturally only a few can lead the singing, which means they have the opportunity to sing one or two lines of lyrics alone.

Most of the singers just clapped and sang in the back, acting as human background.

The first line was sung by a girl with a round baby face named Zhao Li.

She has a very sweet voice and is No. 1 in the trend of covering Teresa Teng's songs. She is called Little Teresa Teng.

The tapes of her covers were sold out as soon as they were released on the market.

Xia Tian: Remember to pay the copyright fee. I will collect it for you.
(End of this chapter)