Chapter 537 Songyang Small Theater

Blue Shark Band finished their national tour on December 9th and returned to Lianwan on the afternoon of the 10th.

Liang Liang arrived in Songyang on the 15th.

It's fair to say that he hasn't had a moment's rest since returning to Lianwan.

He might bring the Blue Shark band to the Spring Festival Gala next month, and now that something's come up, he naturally needs to resolve it quickly.

On December 16th, amidst heavy snowfall, the Songyang Rock Theater officially opened for business.

Liang Liang, Zheng Tuo, and key members of several bands hosted the opening ceremony.

Ten rock bands have moved to Songyang City.

They are 37.2 degrees, the cycle of life and death, the eyewitness, the boy who stirs up water, the void, the sun-facing tree, etc.

These ten bands will become the resident bands at the Songyang Small Theater.

After the opening ceremony, Liang Liang treated the band members to lunch at a small hotel near the theater to celebrate.

This small hotel is too small; it only has eight tables.

Liang Liang simply booked the entire small restaurant and prepared eight tables for what was considered the most upscale banquet in that small establishment.

Even the most luxurious table only costs 300 yuan, and with drinks, the total cost is still less than 350 yuan.

Since they were the only group of people in the hotel, there was no rush, so they ate and chatted at the same time.

Unexpectedly, the hotel owner was also a rock music fan. Upon hearing that the lead singer of the Blue Shark band was here, he brought all the Blue Shark albums he had bought in the past two years to Liang Liang and asked him to sign them.

When Liang Liang saw that these genuine albums had several versions, including overseas versions, he wondered how he had managed to buy them.

Looks like this is a true fan.

Liang Liang not only signed the albums, but also took a photo with the hotel owner.

The owner said he plans to enlarge the photo and hang it in the hotel as a souvenir.

After this incident, Liang Liang reiterated the threshold for small theater performances at the dinner table.

"This small theater is opening tonight. The newspapers and radio have been advertising for three days now, and it looks like things are going very well. However, I have requirements for the bands performing in this small theater. I have previously revealed the requirements for all my small theater performances, and I believe everyone is aware of them. Now I will reiterate them."

Liang Liang paused for a moment and took a sip of hot beer.

"The most basic requirement for the songs performed in my small theater is that the lyrics must be wholesome. Anything that describes the sordid affairs between men and women below the waistband, anything related to pornography, or anything connected to decadent, suicidal, or depraved emotions—get rid of it and go wherever you want. I definitely don't welcome it here. If you disagree and say I'm high-minded, pretentious, or that I listen to the government, I don't care. As long as you meet my requirements, even if you curse me to my face, I guarantee your band will be able to perform in my small theater. Otherwise, if you can't do these things, even if you call me 'Grandpa,' I won't let you through the door of this small theater. Brothers, understand?"

After returning from the Haiyun Music Festival, the 37 Degrees 2 band gave a detailed introduction to the rock scene in Lianwan City to their colleagues in Songyang. Although they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they still learned about the rules governing the operation of various bands within the shipping company.

“I have two small theaters and a dance hall in Lianwan. After the opening of the Songyang small theater, the Changchun small theater and the Harbin small theater will also open before the end of the year. The Beijing small theater will also open next May Day. Your future performances will be held in these venues. I can’t guarantee that you will make a fortune, but it will not be a problem to solve your basic needs. If your songs are of a high standard, I will compile them together and put them on a compilation album for you. You can earn a share of the profits. If you can produce many high-quality songs, I will sign you to my company and release an album for you.”

Liang Liang's words were incredibly tempting to these people, as they could solve their basic needs and even produce compilation albums.

This is something many rock musicians dream of.

"Zheng Tuo is the manager of Lianwan No. 2 Small Theater. From now on, he will be in charge of Songyang Small Theater. You must obey his management. No one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. If he makes any decisions that are not approved by everyone, you can communicate with me. I promise to handle it fairly. My final requirement is that the small theater is a place for performances, not a place for filthy things. If you want to do things like 'xi guo' (a type of brothel), take them home to do it. It is best not to do such things in the small theater. If I find out, I will deal with it seriously."

Zheng Tuo also greeted and introduced the musicians, and everyone got to know each other.

The drinking continued until 2 p.m. In order not to delay the evening's performance, the musicians controlled their alcohol intake, and none of them became drunk or staggered, which made Liang Liang somewhat gratified.

At 5 p.m., Liang Liang formally introduced Zheng Tuo to the staff of Songyang Small Theater.

These employees included those responsible for tending the boiler and cleaning, as well as those responsible for running errands and security. Together, they numbered more than a dozen people, all of whom were Zheng Tuo's subordinates and under his command.

Zheng Tuo explained some of the theater's rules and regulations to the employees and introduced his work experience. Finally, he assigned tasks and sang a few lines of platitudes about working together to make the small theater a success.

Then we split up to work.

The small theater has been renovated quite well. The exterior has been repainted and repainted, the indoor studio floor has been re-painted, and the radiators on all four walls have been replaced. The indoor temperature is maintained at around 18 degrees Celsius.

It's a temperature that's neither too hot nor too cold; it's neither too hot nor too cold.

The small theater can seat 580 people, and when it's full, it can sell tickets for 2,900 yuan.

We didn't know what the outcome would be on the first day of business.

Tickets go on sale at 6:30 in the winter. The first two people to enter the small theater were a couple, who were lucky enough to be the first two guests at the Songyang Small Theater.

But Liang Liang frowned when the next few people came in.

The six or seven people who came in afterward were clearly thugs from the stinky street.

The leader was a middle-aged man in his thirties dressed like a wealthy man, with two walnuts in his left hand, looking like a local tycoon.

Is this person here to nitpick?

Liang Liang's concerns were not unfounded; these people really were here looking for trouble.

By 7 o'clock, there were already four or five hundred people in the small theater.

Liang Liang was quite pleased to see so many people come to the Songyang Small Theater on the first day.

At 7:30, the first performance in the small theater officially began.

The first to appear was the Lianwan Band, the Azure Wind Band, who came to Songyang with Liang Liang.

Liang Liang really liked this band, so he took them out to explore the world.

The Azure Wind Band performed "Hometown" by the Blue Shark Band.

As long as it's a performance in a small theater, any band can sing all of Blue Shark's songs.

Because Blue Shark Band's songs have a wide audience, Azure Wind sang "Hometown" as their first song.