Chapter 750: Concert Begins, Debut of Song and Dance

The 【Global Concert Ticket Sales Ranking】 is a highly authoritative chart.

Those who can rank on the front page of the chart are often world-class Superstars.

These days, many traffic-driven Singers love to manipulate data; this is not only the case domestically, but also abroad.

For things like selling albums or singles online, this data is still relatively easy to manipulate.

Some wealthy fans are also willing to open their wallets, with one person buying hundreds or even thousands of copies.

The data looks impressive, and it is not difficult to achieve.

It is just like on Earth, in 2021, the global album sales champion was a female idol from Huaxia...

Fans: "Winning glory for the country!"

Passersby: "Who is this person? How come I've never heard of this album?"

Haters in the eyes of fans: "Truly embarrassing ourselves abroad."

However, for concert tickets, it is much harder to manipulate the data.

A single ticket costs quite a bit of money, enough to buy many Digital Albums.

Moreover, once tickets are sold, there still needs to be someone at the venue to watch the concert, right?

If you are a wealthy female fan and buy a thousand albums, that is fine.

But even if you could buy a thousand tickets, it is very difficult to quietly find 1,000 people to fill the seats without any word leaking out, conducting it in secret.

To date, among the Huaxia Singers who could break into the top three in ticket sales in the year-end statistics of the 【Global Concert Ticket Sales Ranking】, there is only one—Chen Luo.

Three years ago, he held concerts very frequently, ranking third globally and first in Asia that year.

Xu Chujing's highest record was ranking sixth on the chart, regrettably failing to break into the top five by a narrow margin.

Logically speaking, Huaxia is a populous nation, and with a population base of over a billion, even if it were just a domestic tour, it should not be inferior to foreign Singers.

But as mentioned before, here on Blue Star, foreign countries hold some open-air concerts, which are a bit like domestic music festivals or Electronic Music festivals.

With tens of thousands of audience members at every turn, standing there going wild, with people packed against people.

Even more extreme, they directly hold those open-air concerts with over one hundred thousand people.

These tickets are also counted toward the ranking.

Of course, tickets for such concerts are also cheaper, and the barrier to entry is lower.

Blue Star Huaxia has relatively strict control over this aspect, mainly for fear of accidents.

Such as stampede incidents and the like.

It is still early in the year, and for Luo Mo to have surged to third place globally based on just the 【Jingcheng Station】 is indeed terrifying.

But this chart still depends on the end of the year.

Everyone will exert their efforts throughout the year.

So, it is actually a war of attrition.

……..

……..

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the day of Luo Mo's concert arrived.

Outside the Olympic Stadium, it was already very lively in the afternoon.

Even though it was still several hours until the concert's ticket check-in time, a large number of people were already wandering outside.

Over the past few days, who knows how many celebrities and influencers on the internet have been showing off on major platforms the tickets they managed to snatch or find ways to get their hands on.

Yes, coming to see Luo Mo's solo concert has already become a trend of the moment.

Showing off new mobile phones or new sneakers cannot compare to showing off a ticket to Luo Mo's concert.

If your ticket happens to be an 【Internal Ticket】, then it is even more of a matter of Face.

Therefore, the ordinary audience members who managed to get tickets were all very excited.

"Will we be able to run into many celebrities today?"

"Definitely! More than half of the entertainment industry is scrambling for them!"

"Hey, look over there, is that an influencer doing a Live Broadcast?"

"Laughing to death, look at them riding the hype!"

Today, the security outside the Olympic Stadium is exceptionally strict.

There are a lot of security personnel, and several police cars are parked there as well.

In the past, when the crackdown on scalpers was not so severe, if you went to a concert, you could meet a large number of ticket scalpers outside asking if you wanted to buy tickets.

Among them, there would be a large number of fake tickets, all scams.

These days, due to strict management, ticket scalpers do not dare to go too deep and only dare to linger around the periphery of the venue.

For example, on a road leading to the venue that might be congested, ticket scalpers would wander there.

The sky gradually darkened.

Outside the Olympic Stadium, it instantly became even more lively.

A concert for one hundred thousand people is considered a major event in Beijing.

When it was time for ticket verification and entry, long queues immediately formed at every entrance.

Outside the Olympic Stadium, there were many people who did not have tickets at all.

They planned to listen from the outside.

Calling up a few good friends, buying some drinks and snacks, it was quite atmospheric too.

Of course, there were also many people who just came to join in the fun, to take some photos, and to see if there was a chance to run into any big stars.

At this moment, five very special audience members were looking for the VIP entrance.

Luo Ba and Luo Ma came together with Xu Chong'an and the others.

Luo Mo and Xu Chujing have talked for so long, and they have eaten together several times, so they are quite familiar with each other.

Xu Jinzhu is responsible for keeping the five tickets, looking around with a curious expression.

Luo Mo had specifically asked him before: "Are you dating anyone? Do you want a few more tickets?"

Xu Jinzhu used "not knowing who to bring" as an excuse to jokingly decline his brother-in-law's kindness.

Since starting university, he has indeed dated two girlfriends, but his last relationship ended just a month ago.

Because of the concert, his ex-girlfriend even specifically came to find him.

Men actually know full well that if they went to watch it together, having dated before, there would likely be a little interlude in the evening.

Yet Xu Jinzhu thinks this person must be out of their mind.

"If my brother-in-law finds out I came with my ex-girlfriend, wouldn't I lose all face?" He cares very much about his image in Luo Mo's heart.

While checking tickets to enter, Xu Jinzhu heard a significant commotion coming from the right.

"What's going on?" Zhao Tong is a bit curious.

"Probably some celebrity who came to watch the concert got recognized," Xu Jinzhu explained.

He also knows a thing or two about how the entertainment industry works.

Some celebrities choose to enter low-key, trying their best not to be recognized, to avoid adding unnecessary trouble to Luo Mo's first concert.

But some celebrities go to great lengths to get tickets just to be recognized outside today, then post it online to ride the wave of popularity.

"No choice, who told my brother-in-law to be so incredibly popular?" Xu Jinzhu thought to himself.

Luo Ba and Luo Ma looked around, feeling very proud in their hearts.

"The one they are here to see is my son's concert."

"My son's concert!"

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………

Tonight, outside the Olympic Stadium, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the stars are gathered.

There is still quite a while before the concert officially starts, and at least dozens of celebrities have already been recognized.

As for the internet celebrities, big and small, they are too numerous to count.

Outside the venue, there are also many media personnel.

There are even quite a few people doing interviews!

A special audience member, Partridge, is mingling in the crowd, appearing exceptionally inconspicuous.

He had specifically come to the Olympic Stadium two days ago, which counts as scouting the location in advance.

He is already extremely familiar with this area.

As a master thief who has achieved the supreme honor of being under National Wanted, he is still very cautious and careful.

Along the way, he has already spotted 6 plainclothes police officers.

"But they definitely haven't discovered me," Partridge is incomparably confident.

Because the Olympic Stadium is very large, he has to walk quite a distance from the entrance to the ticket gate.

In the process, Partridge actually encountered a few peers.

He discovered that there really are people stealing tickets outside!

If it were in the past, Partridge would definitely have turned a blind eye, only silently mocking in his heart how trashy these people's methods and techniques are.

Every circle has a chain of contempt, after all!

But today, Partridge finds these thieves exceptionally unpleasant.

The reason is simple—his ticket was paid for.

As a senior, as a famous big shot in the circle, I, damn it, went through so much effort to spend money on a ticket, yet you guys want to freeload!?

He felt unbalanced in his heart in an instant!

"I am very annoyed!" he said in his heart.

Partridge feels he must do something.

"However, there are rules in the trade..." Partridge is a bit conflicted.

But he quickly convinced himself.

"Today I am not Partridge, I am a fan of Luo Mo!"

"And, a fan who spent money, spent money, spent money!"

So, just as a thief was preparing to sneak his hand toward the jeans of a young girl, Partridge walked over quickly and bumped into that person's shoulder.

This thief was startled into a jolt!

"Damn! Who bumped into me!"

Feeling a bit panicked, he immediately moved away from there.

But when he touched his own pocket, he suddenly discovered: "Damn! Where is my phone!?"

Partridge, who had already vanished, said secretly in his heart: "A small punishment."

Just like that, he disrupted 4 acts of theft in one go, and obtained two mobile phones, one wallet, and a box of unopened... 003s.

For a moment, he didn't know if this thing was something the thief had prepared himself, or if it was stolen from some man?

After doing all this, Partridge felt mentally balanced and comfortable.

He took his ticket and began to check in to enter the venue.

Just the moment Partridge entered, he felt a gaze converge on him, but when he turned his head, he didn't detect any abnormality.

"An illusion?"

"But this is Beijing, where experts are gathered; being cautious is never wrong."

Partridge began looking around, scouting the interior of the Olympic Stadium.

But soon, something distracted a portion of his attention.

"Damn, so many beauties!"

Anyone who has been to a concert by a popular Singer should know that there are indeed a large number of beauties at concerts.

Many people come to concerts having dressed up meticulously; after all, they need to take selfies and post to their social media circles.

Partridge found it very easy to lose focus at this moment.

"Hey! She's so fair, so pleasant to look at!"

"Oh my, this figure! I really want to kill that guy next to her!"

"Wow! Is this person some internet celebrity? They look so familiar!"

"Best friends here together? This row of legs, slurp—"

Partridge took a deep breath.

—Demoness, you ruin my thief's heart!

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………

There were ten minutes left until the official start of Luo Mo's first solo concert.

At this moment, almost everyone had already had their tickets checked and entered.

With one hundred thousand people gathered in the Olympic Stadium, it was no exaggeration to call it a sea of people.

So many people sitting together, chattering away, made the entire interior of the stadium incredibly noisy.

Everyone was busy with their own things; some were chatting, some were taking selfies, and some were recording videos.

Those internet celebrities who had originally wanted to do a Live Broadcast were simply unable to start one.

The security personnel were watching very closely, and at the same time, with so many people gathered, mobile phone signals were becoming poor.

At this moment, many people were thinking: "Does Luo Mo's solo concert have an opening act?"

Many popular Singers' concerts have someone to warm up the stage.

Many Singers will bring along junior brothers and sisters from the same company to go on stage and do some Singing or Dancing before the concert officially begins, to warm up the stage and get the atmosphere going.

Just as everyone was making various guesses, the lights in the entire venue suddenly dimmed.

On the stage, the door to the stage passage suddenly opened!

White gas formed by dry ice surged out at this moment.

Although many people didn't even know who the warm-up guest was, this didn't stop them from letting out screams!

"Ah!!!"

With so many people shouting in unison, it could be said that the entire atmosphere was instantly ignited!

Luo Mo had used the top-tier equipment for the venue's sound and other systems.

The moment all the equipment was fully activated and the intro of the song suddenly rang out, there was another wave after wave of screams from the scene!

The intro to this song was somewhat impassioned.

At the same time, the style of the music felt somewhat cheerful.

During this period, this song could be said to be extremely, extremely popular.

With the hit screening of Hello Mr. Billionaire, this song could be said to have rushed into the top of the Hot Song Chart, and it was playing in every street and alley!

Many of the audience members at the scene knew which song it was as soon as they heard the intro.

"Calories! It's Calories!"

"Wow! So Aurora Girls are responsible for the warm-up!"

"Huaxia's number one girl group warming up the stage, Ox!"

"Ah! I can see my Xiao Shen!"

Sure enough, when the lights hit the stage, the six members of Aurora Girls appeared brilliantly!

In an instant, the male audience members were completely hyped.

Too beautiful!

The six girl group members each had their own beauty! Each had their own way of being beautiful!

Once the first line of singing spread out, the red glow sticks at the scene began to wave frantically.

"【The first thing I say every morning when I wake up, is to cheer myself on!】" The singing spread throughout the venue, and the brainwashing song began just like that.

The most fatal thing was that this song actually had accompanying choreography.

However, in Hello Mr. Billionaire, the dancing hadn't been showcased too much.

And Aurora Girls hadn't specifically gone to other variety shows to promote the song or perform the Singing and Dancing, because there was no need.

With the explosive popularity of Hello Mr. Billionaire, this song with its unique style was even playing in kindergartens, and many children liked it very much.

Therefore, this was not just a warm-up stage.

This was also the debut performance of the Singing and Dancing for Calories!

The six girl group members were dancing on stage, which was extremely pleasing to the eye.

This song focused on a high-energy, vibrant route, so the dancing wouldn't be like the various suggestive dances of many girl groups from Kimchi Country.

However, people just couldn't look away; they just felt that each one of them was very cute!

"【Work hard, I must work hard, I want to become a heartthrob!】"

When this line was sung, many audience members in the venue cooperated by letting out screams.

They were heartthrobs right now.

So many audience members were conquered by their beauty and by their radiant brilliance.

"Sister, you're killing me!"

"Jiang Jiang's aura is just too good!"

"Xiao Shen is incredible!"

"I'm going crazy, I already feel like the ticket price was worth it just from watching the warm-up!"

Yes, Luo Mo's first solo concert—it had only reached this point, and many in the audience already felt it was well worth it!

It's very meaningful, and we even get to see the debut dance performance of a new song.

Who knows, there might be a ton of Surprises coming up next!

And when they sang the buildup part before the chorus climax, the women began to move across the stage, then stood in a row.

They opened their arms to both sides, placing them on each other's waists and backs.

Immediately after, the six women stepped out with their long, fair legs, walking like they were on a runway, standing in a row and striding forward.

"【Woo—Calories, Calories, Calo...】"

Honestly, the members of Aurora Girls were all feeling both excited and a little nervous right now.

A concert of one hundred thousand people! How many Singers in all of Huaxia have ever sung in a venue of this level?

But let me tell you, this feeling is just too good!

A full one hundred thousand people, waving glow sticks to your song at the scene, Shouting for you, and singing along with you!

Like Dong Dong of Aurora Girls, she had goosebumps all over her body right now, and she was getting hyped up along with it.

This feeling is hard to describe; she was truly so grateful to Director Luo for giving her the chance to experience a live performance of this level.

To have one hundred thousand live audience members for the debut dance performance of "Calories"—honestly, that is extremely prestigious!

If nothing goes wrong, it will definitely make it onto the Weibo Hot Search again.

When the six women walked to the very front of the stage, they were already quite close to the audience in the front rows of the floor section.

The women began to sing in a loud chorus: "【Calories, my natural enemy!】"

The formation had already been changed beforehand; before Shen Yinuo sang this line, she had already arrived at the C-Position in the group.

When the live audience saw her standing in the C-Position, many couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Everyone was actually waiting for her to stand in the C-Position, waiting for her to... inject soul into this song!

At this very moment, she was meant to be standing here.

Just then, Shen Yinuo held her microphone high, standing in the center of the stage, and let out a fierce, milky-voiced shout!

Her voice was on the edge of cracking and not cracking!

It was a bit like rap-shouting, yet it pushed the atmosphere of the scene to its current peak all at once!

Nearly one hundred thousand people were shouting along at this moment.

Even the crowds outside the Olympic Stadium, though they couldn't see the visuals inside the venue, couldn't help but shout along as they listened to the singing.

"【Burning my Calories!!!】" Xiao Shen shouted with all her might, the fierce, milky-voiced sound recreated live.

A terrifying wave of sound swept across the sky over Beijing.

What was even more terrifying was that in this all-member chorus, the male voices completely drowned out the voices of the girls.

It was impossible not to; even if their girlfriends were sitting right next to them, they absolutely could not stop themselves from Shouting for them!

The sound was incredibly uniform at this moment, bringing the first live stage of this song directly to its peak.

In the future, it will be almost impossible to have one hundred thousand people shouting together on-site: "【Burning my Calories】!"

This warm-up was a huge success.

It was as if it wasn't just calories that were Burning.

But the entire night of Beijing!

(PS: It's a good thing there's no Chapter Discussion feature lately, otherwise, I think I would have heard a lot of rough guys dubbing over in the Chapter Discussion.)

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