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"A pair of lake-coated eggs!"

The door curtain was lifted, and the deaf old lady walked in tremblingly with a cane. He is now in his nineties, and he looks healthier and full of energy than ten years ago, which seems to be a growth reversal.

"Oh, old lady, luckily there is no snow on this road, so what if you fall!" The aunt was startled, and hurried forward to help her.

"What? You said it would be better if I fell?" asked the deaf old lady.

"Old lady, she is afraid that you will fall!" The uncle said loudly quickly.

"I can't fall, I just want to move around." The deaf old lady waved her hand and sat down at the table.

"You two are just too worried."

The deaf old lady said slowly: "I won't say what kind of person Silly Zhuzi is. Lou Xiao'e was able to stay for him back then, and now she will not choose to leave. Even if these two couples want to leave, they will give us three It’s well arranged, isn’t it tiring to think so much?”

The old man and his wife looked at each other, somewhat ashamed.

……

"Ah!"

He Yuzhu, who was in charge of cooking in the kitchen, sneezed, "It must be the uncle who is talking bad about me."

Lou Xiaoe on the side smiled: "How do you know it's the old man? And why do they speak ill of you?"

"In previous years, I was the one who cooked the New Year's Eve dinner. This year, they have to make arrangements for themselves, and everyone has to talk about it." He Yuzhu is quite determined in this regard.

"I see, they are worried that we will not go back." Lou Xiaoe guessed.

"It's really possible."

He Yuzhu thought for a while: "Let's go back after listening to Haozi's concert."

"It's Sister Jenny's concert, and my brother is just a special guest." Liu Yang interrupted when he came in to serve the food.

"It's the same." In He Yuzhu's view, there was no difference.

Logically speaking, they came to Hong Kong together and should go back together.However, with extrajudicial favors, with the means of the Lou family, it is extremely easy to find a way to prolong a person's stay in Xiangjiang.

The Lou family’s New Year’s Eve dinner must be rich, but this year, He Yuzhu and Lou Xiao’e will be serving the dinner—not for show off, but for the husband and wife to make up for the debts owed to their parents and thanks to their brother-in-law and sister-in-law for so many years.

Of course, the children were really happy. Everyone got a big red envelope, especially Liu Yang and He Xiao, who had paid their tuition fees for studying in Hong Kong this year.

Liu Hao also got a big red envelope, but this was an auspicious celebration for him. From the two investments from 73 to 74, he made countless profits. His wealth was even more than Lou's, but Now everyone only knows Taoli Entertainment, and only Lou Xiaowei knows to some extent that he made a fortune during the Xiangjiang stock market crash, but how much is not clear.

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When it comes to holding concerts in Hong Kong, the most famous place is the Hung Hom Stadium, referred to as the 'Red Hall'.

However, the Hung Hom Stadium was opened in 1983. Liu Hao once wanted to build Hung Hom in advance, but this is a landmark building in Xiangjiang, and it cannot be built if you have money. A junior who can't make much waves even if thrown into the water, if he comes forward at this time, it is purely self-defeating.

Then before Hung Hom, where did Hong Kong singers perform?

The answer is: nightclubs.

Don't think too much, it's different from the nightclubs in Xiangjiang Film and Television works.

From the 80s to the [-]s, it was the peak of the development of Xiangjiang Chinese-style restaurant nightclubs. It evolved from Western-style nightclubs, and both adults and children can enter.

Nightclubs will provide customers with Chinese dinners or banquets, and some have dance floors for customers to dance on. The performances mainly include singers singing Chinese and Western pop songs, or Cantonese opera performances. The performances are relatively healthy and suitable for adults and children.

Large-scale events of some groups or commercial organizations, such as annual dinners, were often held in Chinese-style nightclubs in the early years.Before the completion of performance venues such as the Red Hall, Chinese-style nightclubs became the venues for concerts of popular singers.

In 1973, there was a stock market crash in Xiangjiang. I don’t know how many companies and restaurants went bankrupt, but Taoli Entertainment continued to develop. In addition to Taoli Building, it also entered a lot of industries—well, it was Taoli Entertainment, not Liu Hao or Lou Xiaowei.

One of the buildings located in the business district of Central, only three streets away from Taoli Building, was converted into a Chinese-style nightclub—Taoli Restaurant Nightclub, which was built 5 years earlier than the original "Haicheng Restaurant Nightclub".

The top floor of Taoli Restaurant Nightclub is a multi-functional hall, which can not only perform singing, music, dancing or Cantonese opera, but also show movies, and there is also a double-level auditorium, which can accommodate more than 4000 people.

Although the venue is small, the advantage lies in the short distance and stronger interaction.And from the lighting and dance beauty to the sound band, all aspects have been done well, which is not inferior to the later Red Pavilion!

The Taoli Restaurant Nightclub was first built in December 1973 and opened in June 12. The singers who sang there and held concerts were not only from Taoli Entertainment, but singers from other companies were also very welcome. In the hands of Taoli Entertainment.And for singers, being able to appear on stage at Taoli Nightclub is also a status symbol.

On the white vaulted ceiling, spotlights of different sizes are hung, the maroon wooden floor extends a little bit behind the field of vision, and the rows of wooden chairs are very comfortable to sit on. feel sick.

Today is the last rehearsal. Although it is said to be during the Spring Festival, neither the workers nor the actors have the concept of a vacation... Well, there is money to be made, and the boss is very angry about this.

Liu Hao casually sat down on a chair in the auditorium and wiped off the light makeup on his face with a towel... The rehearsal included lighting, singing and dancing, band coordination, standing positions and so on.Some people say that without makeup, it is impossible to perform without makeup on stage.

"Ah Hao,"

Lou Xiaowei took a few CDs from his assistant and handed them to Liu Hao: "This is your single, congratulations!"

There was no sensational press conference, no album launch conference with many guests, and no lively interviews with reporters. Liu Hao's first single just appeared in his hands without a sound.

Of course, with the strength of Tao Li Entertainment, it is not a problem to have a huge publicity, but it is not necessary. At the upcoming Jenny concert, there will be many Hong Kong media participating. Liu Hao will appear as a special guest to promote It's a matter of course.

In fact, the publicity for him has already started - he is not a newcomer in Xiangjiang entertainment circle.

For a long time, Taoli Company has had a mysterious songwriter. Over the years, many popular songs have been published, but many people are skeptical about the existence of this author, because he has never appeared in the public eye. Many people think that those The songs are produced by the studio, but they all have a unified name.And they pointed out a very obvious evidence-that is, the styles of these songs are very different, and they don't seem to be the works of the same person.

However, in the previous concert posters, it was clearly pointed out that one of the guest singers was the mysterious author of Taoli Entertainment——Liu Hao.

In fact, before that, some newspapers from Bule Entertainment approached Taoli Entertainment and offered to interview Liu Hao, but they were all declined by the company.Even now, there are quite a few paparazzi outside the nightclub, wanting to get first-hand information, and some even wanted to sneak in, but they failed.

Liu Hao took over his single and started to look at it carefully, while Liu Yang leaned over directly, hoping to see Liu Hao's first single as soon as possible.

This small envelope, which is no more than five inches long and wide, is made of unknown material, and it has a fine grainy feel to the touch.

Above is the endless blue sky, and the three traditional Chinese characters with rendering effect like white clouds-Dream Chaser.There is also a line of handwriting in a slightly smaller font size below - 'Liu Hao'.

A straight avenue passes through the tall buildings and stretches to infinity, and a figure with a bag on his back walks into the distance.In the lower right corner of the cover, there is a line of words 'produced by Taoli'.

On the entire cover, whether it is the color or the graphic text, it is concise and elegant, and also has a strong personal style.

"It's so pretty!" Liu Yang's eyes turned into crescents when he smiled, feeling like he couldn't put it down.

"I thought you could say 'it sounds good'." Lou Xiaowei said with a smile.

"It's not that I haven't heard of it. My mother has no doubts about it." Liu Yang shook his head triumphantly.

Why do you say it has a personal style?

Because this cover was designed and drawn by Liu Hao himself—yes, it was drawn by hand!

At the beginning, it was said that the cover and inner pages should be photographed. In fact, the company has professionals in this field, but Liu Hao said that it would be time-consuming and expensive, and it would be more convenient than painting by himself.Within a few days, he finished the jacket he had drawn. Only then did the people in the company remember that the characters in the comics were all designed and drawn by him.

However, Tao Li Entertainment has quite a lot of experience in packaging singers, but it's really rare to see someone as flamboyant and unrestrained as Liu Hao.Even when it comes to things like singles and albums, Liu Hao just thinks about it.

"Brother, why didn't I know that you can also draw besides singing?" Liu Yang asked in surprise.

Liu Hao smiled slightly: "I learned it now to draw manga."

In his previous life, under the expectation of his parents, he learned painting and piano since he was a child. He started learning at the age of four, and he learned the guitar for ten years from the time he reached the third grade of junior high school.After that, I was worried that too many extracurricular activities would affect my studies. Except for the occasional use of the guitar for entertainment, the other two specialties were stranded, and they were buried far away in my heart.

Although Liu Yang and Liu Hao have lived together these years, they have never seen him learn painting.But in Liu Yang's mind, it's not surprising that his elder brother is an omnipotent genius.So there is no doubt about Liu Hao's piano and painting talents.

"In fact, this kind of hand-painted cover is also very distinctive. It can not only match the style of the song, but also a kind of personality."

Although Lou Xiaowei is a manager, he has also put in a lot of research into music and art over the years, so his focus is not only on its commercial value, but he is also very keen on highlighting the singer's personal characteristics. "The cover you drew fits so well with 'Dream Chaser', and it also makes many people think of buying it."

"The cover is the cover. If you want to sell the single, you still need the song." Liu Hao said after watching the CD.

This time Lou Xiaowei brought a total of ten CDs, probably for Liu Hao to give away to others.Because the packaging is very simple, it is only a thin sheet, and the accumulation of ten sheets is not too thick.Liu Yang took the CD from Liu Hao and put it in his backpack.

"Tomorrow's concert must perform well, I believe it will be of great help to the release of the single." Liu Hao said with a smile.

In today's society, the smell of wine is also afraid of Xiang Mushen. Without a good publicity platform, even the best music will hit the street.But a newcomer like him has to choose an economical and suitable publicity platform.

Just then, there was a loud noise from the right side of the stage.Just now when Liu Hao and others were taking a break to talk, there was a group of people discussing something together on the stage. It seemed that the singers who had rehearsed once were discussing the precautions for the stage before going to the second rehearsal.

Lou Xiaowei's attention was also attracted by the stage, and he smiled, "Wenna Band is rehearsing on the stage."

Wenna Band was formed in 1973. Its members are mainly composed of five members including Tam Yonglin and Zhong Zhentao. They were signed by Taoli Entertainment not long after they formed, and their development momentum is quite good. They already have a considerable reputation in the music circle.

Although it is only a rehearsal now, the Wenna Band is still very rigorous, and is meticulously adjusting the instruments.

At the beginning of this year, Wenna Band officially released their first album of the year "Face and Heart" by Taoli Entertainment. Once the album was released, it was very popular and sold amazingly. On the top five of the record sales charts, and has been in the top five positions to this day.

At present, the record of the single chart of the record sales chart belongs to Xu Xiaofeng and Deng Lijun respectively; the record of the album chart of the record sales chart belongs to Jenny. She released last year. The second place belongs to Xi Xiulan's movie soundtrack, and the third place is Deng Lijun's album.

The performance of the Wenna band is not the only one in the history of sales charts, but for the band itself, it is a very obvious improvement.You must know that although Taoli Entertainment has played an important role in the promotion of the band and the company's increasingly perfect sales channels, the super high quality of Wenna's New Year's album is the decisive factor. Every song in the album, There are constant praises among professional music critics.