Chapter 3373: The Performance Begins!

Tawana was very polite to Xiao Churan, and the two took many photos together and added each other as WeChat friends.

Ye Chen noticed that Tawana was overly enthusiastic toward Xiao Churan, but he didn't think much of it.

After Tawana finished her performance makeup, her styling team began confirming with her the order of her performance outfits and the details of costume changes for tonight.

Ye Chen felt bored, so he went out by himself.

At this time, all the staff were busy preparing for the performance, and backstage there was a large electronic clock, but it did not show the current time; instead, it displayed the countdown to the start of the show.

When the countdown had two hours left, the audience waiting outside to enter began to come in.

A large number of staff members conducted preliminary ticket checks outside the passage; they were not responsible for verifying whether person, ID, and ticket matched, but mainly allowed ticket-holding audience members to pass through, isolating those without tickets outside the safe area.

This greatly reduced the pressure on the ticket-checking passages.

More than ten ticket-checking passages had already been divided by region at this time; different seat numbers had to use designated passages for ticket checking, which effectively distributed the crowd and avoided large numbers of people gathering at a single entrance, preventing localized pressure.

At this time, the facial recognition system also played a very crucial role: domestic audience members used their ID cards to swipe, verify tickets, and undergo facial recognition, while foreign audience members used their passports for facial recognition.

Most audience members passed through smoothly and entered the performance venue in an orderly manner with their tickets.

A small number of audience members who had obtained tickets through private transactions, because they did not meet the requirement of person-ID consistency, were denied entry; some even wanted to cause a scene at the venue to gain entry, but they did not expect that the Jin Ling police had also provided strong support for this performance, and anyone disturbing order was immediately taken away by the police.

By 6:30 PM, most audience members had already entered and were seated in their respective seats.

The venue began playing Tawana's music as a warm-up.

Those fervent fans, from this moment on, began singing along loudly throughout the venue, with extremely high enthusiasm.

At 7:00 sharp, there were still half an hour left before the performance began.

Tawana had already completed her appearance makeup and styling, and began continuously taking deep breaths and doing vocal exercises; reportedly, this is a necessary "vocal warm-up" before a performance, which can quickly bring the voice to its optimal state.

At this time, the LED screen, several tens of meters high, began to light up.

On the screen, the promotional video for Tawana's global tour this time was playing, including edited clips of performances, daily life, rehearsals, and footage of her rushing between performances in various locations.

For her fans, these contents were extremely precious, so many people took out their phones to watch and record, and some fans even watched while crying.

7:20.

All band members and backup dancers had already made their preparations backstage; Tawana wore a dazzling, sparkling performance outfit and was similarly ready to go on stage backstage.

Interestingly, the band members had to enter from the tail end of the T-stage, while Tawana needed to go to the very front of the T-stage and appear from a hidden lift elevator there.

The entire interior of the T-stage is a huge hollow; Ye Chen stood inside it, feeling like a miner who had entered a mine shaft, with steel frames all around for support, and in the center a passage had been left open that required bending over to walk through.

At the end of the passage, there was a circular lift; under the escort of staff, Tawana quickly ran to the area beneath the lift.

Xiao Churan was both nervous and expectant, with a hint of curiosity, so she also pulled Ye Chen along behind her to go see the excitement.

The circular lift platform had a diameter of just over one meter; Tawana knelt on one knee on the lift platform, with the very front of the T-stage above her head; to prevent fans from noticing anything abnormal, the top was sealed with opaque paper, so that from outside, the T-stage surface appeared completely consistent, thus allowing her entrance to have an unexpected effect.

Tawana, kneeling on one knee on the lift platform, had already made all preparations; the stylist finally checked her makeup and hairstyle, and after confirming everything was fine, she gave Tawana an OK hand gesture, then immediately withdrew from the safe zone of the lift platform.

Tawana's assistant handed her a silver wireless microphone studded with crystals; the microphone was already turned on at this moment, but the sound engineer, before her appearance, had not sent the microphone's audio to the stage, so even if he now held the microphone toward that direction, no sound could be heard outside.

After Tawana took the microphone, her assistant reminded her: "Two-minute countdown to the opening."

Tawana saw Ye Chen and Xiao Churan in the crowd behind her, waved at them, and said with a smile: "I'm about to go up; you can wait for me behind the T-stage, and I'll walk back to you after singing the second half of my first song."

Xiao Churan clenched her fists and said to her: "Come on!"

At this moment, Ye Chen felt somewhat embarrassed, because Tawana's performance outfit was truly unappealing to him—it was a long-sleeved tight sequined top, yet it resembled Superman's outfit, with a pair of briefs attached, made into a one-piece design.

Moreover, Tawana was not wearing stockings; her lower body was essentially just a bikini-style outfit, and she was kneeling on one knee there, so Ye Chen also felt awkward looking at her, after all, Chinese people still emphasize not looking at what is improper.

Seeing Ye Chen's gaze constantly drifting above her head, Tawana waved at him and said: "Mr. Ye, see you later!"

Ye Chen embarrassedly nodded and said: "Alright, see you later!"

Speaking, he lowered his voice and asked Xiao Churan: "Honey, what exactly is this kind of clothing? A long-sleeved T-shirt with briefs—how come it looks so awkward?"

Xiao Churan also felt a bit embarrassed, lowering her voice: "This should just be her personal preference, I don't even know what this kind of clothing is called."

Ye Chen asked again: "But how should this kind of clothing be worn? Should you put your feet through the collar and pull it up?"

"Definitely yes." Xiao Churan said: "It's the same logic as wearing a one-piece swimsuit."

Saying this, Xiao Churan suddenly remembered something and quickly added: "This should be the inspiration taken from swimsuits, right?"

Ye Chen asked: "So should it be called a long-sleeved bikini?"

"What the heck..." Xiao Churan lightly tapped him and said: "Don't talk nonsense like that in the future, in case someone hears it."

At this moment, the outdoor sound system had already begun playing the thunderous opening music.

The fans' cheers and shouts were even more deafening.

With twenty seconds left before the opening, the venue suddenly began playing the prelude to one of Tawana's main hit songs.

At this time, staff members loudly shouted: "Fifteen-second countdown!"

Tawana lowered her head, one hand holding the microphone, the other touching the ground.

The music grew louder and louder, and the staff's voices could no longer be heard; they could only shout while extending five fingers.

"Five, four, three, two, one!"

The lift suddenly activated, quickly pushing Tawana directly onto the T-stage; Tawana used her back to directly push open the paper sealing the exit.

At the moment the sealing paper was torn open, Ye Chen saw the dazzling fireworks instantly blooming outside.

At this moment, the audience's screams shot straight up to the clouds!