Chapter 176 - The Trainwreck Came All Too Sudden (1/2)

Chapter 176: The Trainwreck Came All Too Sudden

The backstage of the concert was in full swing, and Meng Fan was done with makeup and was properly dressed. He had nothing to do and was sitting in the break room chatting with Tao Tao.

Tao Tao’s voice was nice, and her words had meaning. Although her temperament was a bit cold and bleak, she was still happy to chat with Meng Fan, and Meng Fan was also happy to talk with her.

She wasn’t a top figure in the music industry, barely even a middle-level one. She had legitimately come from nothing and built herself up, and the scope of her activities was catered towards a small audience, so she was very down to earth. Talking with her, Meng Fan was able to gain a lot of insight and learn plenty of interesting things. These interesting events were things Bai Zhi nor Su Qing Cen had ever encountered before.

As for Su Qing Cen, she had not arrived yet, since she was the finale of the concert. She would probably arrive an hour before the rehearsal site.

After talking over two topics, the two didn’t continue to force more conversation. Tao Tao began to browse her phone, and Meng Fan also sent a message to Wu Tong asking if she arrived. He then sent another message to their roommate’s chat room.

“You guys didn’t come?”

“Hehe. Zhang Zhou Wei arrogantly flashed his ticket and it got confiscated by Wang Ya Nan. Then Wei Zhi Xue found out too. Then, I gave my ticket to my girlfriend as well,” Xing Ta Ge replied.

Meng Fan smiled and responded, “That’s fine, you guys can obediently watch the stream.”

There were only 2000 seats. It wasn’t possible to ask for more tickets.

Zhang Zhou Wei and the other two were already awaiting the stream in an internet cafe. Since their girlfriends were at the concert, they had at least two or three hours to relax, how could they not play a few rounds?

Wu Tong responded that she was at the door and that she was with Qin Jiao and the other girls. She told Meng Fan to prepare with peace of mind and not to worry about them.

Meng Fan responded with a smiley face, then went to browse the Tiger Cat stream platform. As soon as he opened the APP, he could see the content regarding Bai Zhi’s concert stream. The channel was open as well but was blacked out for now. There were already plenty of people in the channel already though, about 300,000 online viewers.

They waited until seven in the evening, the viewer count remaining at three hundred thousand or so. By 7:20 when the concert began, the viewer count began to rise. There were two million viewers by the time the concert started.

The Tiger Cat platform had a strong attraction. In addition, Bai Zhi had a large fanbase as well, and they’d been promoting it for a long time. At this time, the number of online viewers was just a start. The forecasted viewer count by Tiger Cat was at a peak number of five million.

The concert began on time at 7:30. It was likely that the stage effects and venue set up were super gimmicky, except maybe for the lighting that had been carefully considered. The large projection screen in the back was also very high tech.

The live accompaniment began. Bai Zhi didn’t have any excessive entrances but appeared quietly as she began to sing. This signaled the start of the concert.

Bai Zhi’s singing skills were considerably good. There was such a saying that she was the best singer that could act, and the best actress that could sing. She could hold her own at a concert, kill it in the cinema, and hold down the TV industry too. By dominating all three industries of film, television, and singing, she was well recognized by the industry and her audience.

A person’s energy is limited. There weren’t many people in the industry who could dominate all three categories. There were plenty who claimed this though, relying on this to hold onto their namesake. The most frightening thing was that these people were able to deceive others by flaunting their success in all three industries. It was already good enough they could admit they were crossing a large border. For example, Hang Jiao Zhu. Everyone doubted his singing abilities, and he was sincere in stating that he was only an actor and that he couldn’t even act, so why judge his singing skills?

Of course, there were a select few who have received top honors in all three industries, but they were all children of natural selection only appearing once in a blue moon.

This was also based on the times. There were a few of these spectacles in the 90s, but there weren’t many artists who debuted in the 21st century that could be found.