Chapter 294 New Song Debut Stage!

Times Square, New York.

Unlike the cold situation when the single "Call Me Maybe" was released before.

This time, the release of Liu Yifei and Timberlake's collaborative single "Good Time" was very formal.

RCA, the American Broadcasting Corporation (RCA) under which Liu Yifei's record contract is affiliated, has set up a cooperative stage with Universal.

Singers under RCA Records and Universal Music will hold an open-air label concert here in Times Square.

Of course, most of the main singers are second- and third-rate singers.

Taylor Swift from RCA Records and Lady Gaga from Universal Music are the biggest singers who can appear in this concert.

The participation of Liu Yifei and Timberlake has become the biggest big names this time, mainly thanks to Timberlake, who is currently one of the most popular male singers in North America.

Justin Bieber's whirlwind will not blow until next year.

When I rushed to Times Square in New York, the simple stage here had been set up.

As soon as Liu Yifei arrived at the scene, she rehearsed with Timberlake.

At first, Timberlake was worried that Liu Yifei, an actress who crossed over to become a singer, would not be able to sing well on the spot. Would she have to sing half-open or use backing vocals?

Fortunately, his worries did not come true.

Although Liu Yifei's singing skills are average, they are enough, and she sang quite steadily on the spot.

In addition, "Good Time" is a cool and sweet song with a summer breeze. As long as the atmosphere on the spot is set in place, it will definitely be no problem to liven up the scene.

The first release and first singing of the new song will definitely produce a good effect!

Speaking of which, Liu Yifei also learned a good news this morning.

LV plans to invite her to be the spokesperson for LV in Greater China.

However, it has not been completely confirmed yet, and it is still in a period of hesitation. The two sides are in contact.

If "Good Time" can achieve good results in North America again this time, it is estimated that it will be finalized and win the endorsement of LV in Greater China.

Liu Yifei is also full of fighting spirit for this.

You know, now is not like after 2014, when all kinds of international luxury brands have attached importance to the domestic entertainment market and signed some mainland celebrities as their spokespersons.

Today's luxury brands, whether LV, Chanel or Dior, have not signed any Chinese spokespersons, only some Chinese partners, that is, occasionally invited to participate in some brand activities, and cannot represent the brand.

These "noble" luxury goods are still unwilling to lower their proud heads to pay attention to the luxury market in the mainland.

It was not until after 2010 that the local tycoons in the mainland made efforts and immediately tore apart the "nobility" of various luxury brands, and everyone rushed to kneel and lick the mainland market.

It was also because they entered the market too hastily at that time. These European and American big brands did not understand domestic entertainment, so they signed some traffic giants, but they lowered their own style as soon as they entered the market.

It is different now. Now these luxury brands are still high-class.

If Liu Yifei can sign LV as the Greater China endorsement, she will really soar, and her commercial value in the domestic entertainment industry will be unique.

How can she not work hard for this?

Holding the microphone, she waited nervously for the stage to begin tonight.

Backstage, a group of RCA Records and Universal Records staff were busy preparing for the performance.

A staff member took out his newly bought iPhone and logged into iTunes, intending to play a few songs to relax.

"Wow, the cover is Crystal?"

As soon as he opened iTunes, the photo of the single poster specially taken by Liu Yifei for "Good Time" popped up.

In the photo, Timberlake was driving a convertible sports car on the road, while Liu Yifei stood up directly on the co-pilot, one hand covering the sun hat that was about to be blown up by the wind, and the other hand waving in the wind, with a smile on her face.

Just looking at this poster can give people a feeling of summer recklessness, chic and happy.

"RCA Records is willing to spend money to buy her a cover promotion?" The staff member named Tony was a little surprised.

It's not new for iTunes to sell cover recommendations. They make money from this.

But it's very rare for a Chinese singer to buy a cover promotion on iTunes. At least Tony has never seen a second Chinese singer's poster appear on the cover of iTunes.

James, who was also taking a break, leaned over to take a look, curled his lips and said nonchalantly: "You underestimate Crystal too much."

"Haven't you heard that she has the support of Daniel Wu behind her? How much does it cost to buy a cover promotion? Can Daniel afford it?"

"Not only that, did you see it in Times Square outside?"

"RCA Records bought several screens for Crystal's advertisements. Every ten minutes or so, you can see her new song promotion video and a 15-second new song broadcast."

"Everyone who comes to Times Square can look up and see Crystal's new song advertisement!"

"Wow." Tony exclaimed again. This treatment is the strength of new song promotion that only first-line singers in North America can have.

"James, do you think Crystal's new single will be a hit?"

"Who knows?" James shrugged, hesitated for a moment and added: "Didn't you see the rehearsal just now?"

"The song is pretty good, I think it may still be popular."

At Times Square, although there are still two or three hours before the performance officially starts, Liu Yifei's fans have already arrived.

There are groups of international students from North America, her European and American fans in North America, and mainland fans who came all the way from China to watch the first concert.

Especially mainland fans, these mainland fans are Liu Yifei's die-hard fans, usually pick her up and drop her off at the airport, and even set up an online fan forum for her.

Even Liu Xiaoli exchanged contact information with them, and there would be some interaction during the holidays.

In today's words, these fans are Liu Yifei's big fans and fan leaders, and they are also the ones with the strongest purchasing power and the most money.

At least those who can come from China to North America to support Liu Yifei are all rich second-generations who are rich and have free time.

Don't think that the second generation of rich people don't chase stars. On the contrary, the second generation of rich people are the craziest and most willing to spend money when chasing stars.

Because their daily life is too boring, chasing stars is much more interesting.

Refer to the local tyrant viewers of various live broadcast websites in later generations, they are all second generation of rich people who have too much money to spend.

So a group of people came to the United States with all kinds of things for support.

However, there is something special. Among the Chinese fans at the scene, the number of girls is much higher than that of men. About two-thirds of the fans are beautiful girls, and the momentum is also very huge, holding Liu Yifei's posters and supporting in various ways.

There are less than one-third of male fans in the middle, and their voices are almost drowned out by female fans.

"Sisters, listen to me!"

"This is the debut stage of Xixi's new song. It is her first official song in North America, so we must take it seriously and maintain our quality and image. Don't let foreign fans laugh at us."

A female fan who seems to be the leader is holding a loud speaker and giving a lecture to the mainland or Chinese fans.

"When other singers come on stage, we should also give applause and cheers, be more generous!"

"Also, don't litter everywhere, and make sure to take away the things you brought with you intact!"

"Got it?"

All the fans who could understand Chinese responded loudly: "Got it!"

The fan leader nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, I won't say more."

"Later, Xixi arranged a fan meeting. Everyone will be able to see Xixi at that time. You should also pay attention to your emotions and don't do anything exciting."

"If anyone scares Xixi and makes Xixi afraid to hold a fan meeting in the future, then I will not have a good attitude!"

Not to mention, this female fan who looks only in her twenties seems to have quite a reputation among Liu Yifei's fans. Some men in their thirties listened to her lectures very seriously without any dissatisfaction on their faces.

There is no way, this fan leader is really rich. His family runs a company in Beijing and has assets of several hundred million.

Some of the screens in Times Square were bought by her with her own money to advertise Liu Yifei's new song. The word "rich" can no longer describe her identity.

Don't look at the monk's face, look at the Buddha's face. Everyone has to listen to the lecture of this fan leader, the premise is that her opinions are correct.

Two hours later, today's performance in Times Square finally officially began.

With such a formal stage, it is definitely not just Liu Yifei and Timberlake who will perform on stage.

The first singers who came on stage to warm up the audience were all miscellaneous singers whose names had never been heard of. Even in North America, they were newcomers outside the 18th line.

For these newcomers, it is a rare opportunity to have such a stage, so they performed very seriously.

However, most of the people who came to the scene were passers-by who came here frequently, and a small number of fans who came for Liu Yifei, Timberlake, Taylor Swift and others.

Facing these unknown newcomers, fans of other singers had little reaction, and even did not listen to the performances on the stage, and were still talking about their idols.

Only Liu Yifei's fans were very considerate. They not only gave applause, but also cheered from time to time, cooperated with the stage interaction of these little singers, and gave on-site feedback.

This touched these little singers who were used to being ignored.

After a closer look, they were all fans of the Chinese female singer, right?

In their hearts, they immediately remembered this Chinese female singer and had a very high degree of favorability towards her.

Liu Yifei, who was waiting backstage, did not expect that her fans who came from far away from China actually gave her face and won a lot of favorability in the circle.

Who dares to say that these little singers who are now unknown will not become popular in the future?

For example, Imagine Dragons, which was still an unknown little band, saw Liu Yifei backstage when they were leaving the stage, and smiled and nodded at her with gratitude.

This made Liu Yifei confused.

Do I know them? (End of this chapter)