Lin Chudong smiled. "Definitely, definitely. I'm still counting on President Meng to look out for me!"
"No problem, no problem!"
After a few more pleasantries, Lin Chudong returned backstage. The director immediately ran over.
"Da Fei, President Meng called. You're the second to last act. You can go to the rest area now."
Liang Yin and the others were overjoyed and quickly went backstage.
"Da Fei, how did you do that?"
Lin Chudong said, "It's a long story. We'll talk about it later."
Entering the backstage area, they saw many singers. Most of them weren't very famous, just having a song or two that had gained some traction online, allowing them to make an appearance at the music festival.
The audience didn't know who it was, but as soon as the song started, they knew they'd heard it before.
But Da Fei Band was different; many in the audience were there specifically for them.
They'd arranged for Lin Chudong and his band to perform second to last. So, Da Fei Band was going to follow Lin Chudong? Now, that was interesting!
Backstage, Jia Lu was heading to the makeup room when a woman stopped her.
"What do you think you're doing? Is this your space?"
Jia Lu was taken aback. "Isn't this a public makeup room?"
These open makeup rooms were for all performers. The big names, like the former Lin Chudong, had their own private, enclosed dressing rooms.
The woman sneered. "Public? Are you saying any old construction worker can just walk in here?"
"Just go squat over there and slap some makeup on with your phones. Is this even the place for you? Look at yourselves."
Jia Lu clenched her fists, her face flushed. Her upbringing kept her from arguing, and it was her first time on stage; she didn't want to cause trouble.
Lin Chudong stepped forward and pulled Jia Lu aside.
"Let's go, we can just go over there."
After saying that, Lin Chudong glanced at the woman.
"Wang Xiaoyan's agent, right? Long time no see."
The woman said indifferently, "I didn't expect Da Fei would still remember me. Truly, thirty years east of the river, thirty years west. You've brought this little shop here to the music festival? Ruining your own reputation, aren't you?"
Lin Chudong said, "Yeah, I've fallen. I'm even on the same stage as you all. You can see I don't even care about my face for the sake of making a living, right?"
Lin Chudong shouted, "Wang Xiaoyan, control your dog, don't let it run around biting people!"
"You..."
"Xiaoxue, come back!"
A woman sitting in front of a mirror spoke. The makeup artist beside her, who was applying her makeup, didn't react much to the scene; it was all too familiar.
The entertainment industry was like that. Back when Da Fei was popular, Wang Xiaoyan would greet him respectfully as "Brother Fei," practically wanting to jump into his bed.
But now that Da Fei was going downhill, even her agent could come out and take a dig at him.
Wang Xiaoyan sneered, "He's just a fool. Shen Jianbin managed to get him out with nothing, he won't let him turn things around."
"We'll see."
Sitting on the small stool in the hallway, Liang Yin gritted her teeth, "It's so frustrating! Why does he talk like that?"
Lin Chudong said, "Get used to it. The entertainment industry is all about stepping on others to lift yourself up. Old Chen, you haven't experienced this, have you?"
Old Chen, with a cigarette in his mouth, laughed, "What haven't I experienced? Back then, I performed for a rural wedding for two hundred yuan a day, and didn't even get a meal. It was much harder than this."
Lin Chudong glanced at Jing Feifei, "Miss, are you adjusting? How about we get your dad to organize a music festival, and we'll do a special performance!"
Jing Feifei's expression was blank, "If my dad knew I was into rock and roll, he'd break my legs."
"..."
He pretended he didn't say anything!
Soon, the music festival opened.
Wang Xiaoyan opened the show with a dynamic song and dance, getting the atmosphere hyped up.
Wang Xiaoyan's status was average, she was a bit of an internet singer, wanting to go professional, but she didn't have any good works, and was neither here nor there.
He had tried to find Lin Chudong several times, but was always rejected, so he had been harboring resentment.
At the same time, in the audience seats of the music festival, a small, chubby man held a phone stand, the camera facing himself, and said loudly.
"I'm Ma Jinlong, here to challenge a live broadcast of the entire summer music festival! I'm letting everyone watch for free today; I'm all about keeping it real!"
Ma Jinlong's live stream immediately became lively.
"Old Ma is awesome, providing benefits for the family. Remember to point the camera at yourself when the security guards kick you out!"
"Are you kidding? Old Ma has over ten million fans. Can a major streamer really get kicked out?"
"Old Ma, you can't just broadcast; you have to put on a show! I won't watch without you!"
"Old Ma, don't shake your phone. Have you been rewarding yourself too much?"
Ma Jinlong said, "Brothers, today's music festival tickets are one hundred and thirty-five yuan. I bought scalped tickets and I'm sitting in the front row. It cost me nine hundred and ninety, all so I could give you guys a free music festival experience. Later, I'll be livestreaming my participation in The Voice! Brothers, hit those likes!"
Ma Jinlong is a Douyin internet celebrity streamer. He's funny and entertaining, and his shows are pretty good. He's a big internet star with tens of millions of fans. Naturally, his livestreaming at the music festival was officially approved. As for being chased away by security, well, that's just part of the script.
After Wang Xiaoyan finished a song, Ma Jinlong immediately gave his commentary.
"This singing... brothers, it's hard to describe! If she can get on stage like that, then so can I!"
Instantly, the comments section erupted with "hahaha..."
It's all thanks to the million-dollar sound engineers. Internet celebrities like Wang Xiaoyan show their true colors as soon as they're on the scene.
"I have to say, it's definitely live singing!"
"Haha, I wish she'd lip-sync."
One song after another quickly ended, and Lin Chudong and the others were already ready backstage.
Liang Yin took a deep breath and said,
"I feel like my heart is about to jump out of my chest, are you guys nervous?"
"Boss Lady, you're not even going on stage."
"I'm nervous for you! Da Fei, you absolutely have to play stably!"
Lin Chudong laughed, "This is nothing. You should look at Wang Zhi."
Wang Zhi's lips were pale with nerves. Da Fei and Chen Jianguo had seen big stages before; they wouldn't be nervous at a music festival like this.
Lin Chudong didn't bother comforting him at this point. Once they got on stage it would be fine. They'd rehearsed the material countless times; even without thinking, their fingers' muscle memory would get them through it.
Ma Jinlong even slapped his thigh excitedly, "Holy shit, Da Fei's here! And they're the second to last act! I'm not just here for the music, I want to see Da Fei and his old band tear each other apart!"
"Everyone, stick around in my live stream, you definitely don't want to miss this!"
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