The next day, the morning of Christmas Eve, there was a souvenir autograph sale event for the movie "Love in the Rain".
There are no holidays in Japan on Christmas Eve, including companies and schools.
Therefore, normally speaking, there will not be too many people attending the autograph signing event for souvenirs from the movie "Love in the Rain" starting on this day.
However, the result is that starting from 5 o'clock in the morning today, the venue where the autograph sales event is held, which is the Kinokuniya Bookstore in Shinjuku, there is already a long queue before the bookstore opens.
After Kino Kuni Bookstore officially opened its doors, a long queue of people went directly to the autograph sales booth of "Love in the Rain" and waited with peace of mind for the arrival of the protagonist.
As time goes by, more and more people line up, so that it is very rare to see a street full of people queuing up.
Those who knew it were lining up, but those who didn’t know it thought it was a parade.
It was precisely because there were so many people queuing that the Metropolitan Police Department temporarily dispatched many police officers to maintain order. Even police officers from nearby police stations came to help.
Fortunately, most of the people in line were young people, and most of them were of good quality, so although there were many people, they all lined up obediently, and there were no serious incidents such as jumping in line and fighting.
It was not until nine o'clock in the morning that the two male and female protagonists, Cao Zhiqiang and Zhu Lin, quietly arrived at the scene in a white Toyota TownAce nanny car, commonly known as the Toyota Overlord.
It was nothing at first, but when Cao Zhiqiang and Zhu Lin got off the car, cheers erupted from the scene.
Faced with this situation, Zhu Lin was obviously frightened and at a loss for a moment.
But soon, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly held Zhu Lin's hand, and Zhu Lin quickly recovered.
Ever since, Cao Zhiqiang, who was dressed in a high-end Chinese tunic suit, held Zhu Lin, who was dressed in a cheongsam. They held hands, waving and smiling at the fans queuing up, and slowly followed the passage arranged by the staff and police in advance, and entered smoothly. Signature sales point inside the bookstore.
Cao Zhiqiang and Zhu Lin held hands and came to the small round stage temporarily set up at the signing site. They just sat behind the table under the guidance of the staff and were picking up their respective pens together, preparing to officially start the signature sale.
Suddenly a girl in the queue in front shouted with tears in her eyes: "Brother Morizaka, I love you!"
At this time, the scene was completely out of control. Many girls who were still wearing school uniforms and looked like students no longer queued up obediently. Instead, they rushed out crazily and rushed directly towards Cao Zhiqiang.
Fortunately, the police and on-site staff stopped in front of the excited and enthusiastic fans.
But it is obvious that as more and more young people rush out without permission, the thin police wall may not be able to support it for long.
Seeing this scene, Xu Chun quickly came to Cao Zhiqiang, stood in front of him and frowned: "Boss, something is wrong, why don't you leave through the back door first."
Zhu Lin, who was slightly flustered, didn't say anything and just looked at Cao Zhiqiang, obviously letting Cao Zhiqiang make his decision.
Cao Zhiqiang frowned, quickly took a wireless microphone from the side, then stood up, crossed the signing table, and came to the center of the small round stage.
Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang took the microphone, smiled at the crazy crowd below, and then said with a relaxed face: "Quiet, quiet, please be quiet! Otherwise, I have to leave first, and you won't be able to get it. It’s a signed souvenir from Ms. Zhu Lin and I!”
Needless to say, after Cao Zhiqiang acted like this, the scene gradually calmed down, and no one broke into the police wall anymore.
In other words, Cao Zhiqiang's few words were more effective than a large number of uniformed police officers and the staff in the bookstore.
Seeing that the situation was temporarily stable, Cao Zhiqiang continued: "First of all, I am very grateful for everyone's enthusiasm, but no matter how enthusiastic you are, you must follow the rules.
I know that many people come here early in the morning and queue up, and they are inevitably a little angry.
This is also a lack of consideration on our part.
If we had known we were so popular, we should have asked the bookstore to open early and provide a batch of matza and drinks in advance, so that you wouldn't have to stand outside and wait for so long.
It's such a cold day that everyone would be angry if you waited outside for so long.
So here, I would like to apologize to everyone! "
Having said this, Cao Zhiqiang took the initiative to bow to the fans in the audience.
Seeing Cao Zhiqiang taking the initiative to bow and apologize, Zhu Lin quickly ran over, stood side by side with Cao Zhiqiang, and also bowed and apologized to the fans in the audience.
It's a pity that she didn't have a microphone in her hand, and she didn't know Japanese. She couldn't understand what Cao Zhiqiang was saying. She could only keep her grace with a smile, and then left everything to Cao Zhiqiang.
After Cao Zhiqiang and Zhu Lin straightened up, Cao Zhiqiang continued to face everyone: "Well, in order to express my apology, before the official autograph sale event, I will sing a song for everyone, okay?"
As soon as Cao Zhiqiang said this, the fans at the scene shouted loudly: "Okay!"
This sound was like a roar and a tsunami. Even the people in the queue behind understood the whole story and followed suit.
So this "good" sound continued, like an endless wave, one wave after another, gradually spreading from the library hall to the streets outside.
After the cheers finally died down, Cao Zhiqiang asked someone to get a guitar, a high stool, and a microphone stand.
These things are all necessary because this autograph sale event originally had a singing component.
It's just that this singing session was supposed to happen after the autograph selling event was over, not at the beginning.
In addition, this signature sale event will not last forever.
According to the original plan, the autograph selling event lasted for two hours and ended after two hours.
But looking at the current scene, two hours is obviously not enough.
Not to mention two hours, let alone eight hours, I probably wouldn't be able to sign in all the fans who were queuing up.
However, it is impossible for Cao Zhiqiang to really sign here for eight consecutive hours, and even if he could do it, he would not be happy.
Just kidding, signing autographs for two hours in a row is already exhausting. If it lasts eight hours, your wrists will be ruined.
But with so many people waiting in line, if I signed the contract and then left after two hours, it would obviously offend people.
Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly had an idea and decided to simply change the autograph selling event into a small personal concert.
As long as everyone listens to enough songs, gets addicted to it, and then secretly leaves on the grounds that he feels uncomfortable in his throat, it probably won't be a big problem.
To put it simply, the goal is to make the fans who come here feel that queuing is worth their money, so that they won’t have much resistance if I leave two hours later on the excuse of feeling unwell.
Soon, guitars, barstools, and microphone stands were all brought to the stage by the staff.
At the same time, multiple sets of speakers that had been prepared indoors and outside the door were also plugged in.
In this way, Cao Zhiqiang’s personal singing inside the bookstore can be heard whether it is inside or outside the bookstore.
Originally, singing in advance was not in line with the plan and procedures, but judging from the situation at the scene, no one came out to object to Cao Zhiqiang's proposal.
Just like that, when everything was ready, Cao Zhiqiang wrapped up his electric guitar, then sat on a high stool and said to the microphone: "Everyone, since you are here this time for the movie "Love in the Rain", first of all, I will give The song everyone contributed is the theme song of this movie, "Rain", I hope everyone likes it."
After saying this, Cao Zhiqiang stopped talking nonsense, lowered his head directly, plucked the guitar lightly, and soon played the intro to "Rain".
Unable to speak, I remained frozen.
Live meekly in front of everyone.
The result was so reckless.
Hug you tightly on a rainy night.
…
As the singing started, the scene fell silent, leaving only Cao Zhiqiang's sexy and magnetic voice and his superb guitar accompaniment.
Not only was it quiet inside the bookstore, but even on the street outside the bookstore, people gathered around and listened quietly to the singing from the speakers.
So much so that the crowd gathered and even blocked a section of the street.
For this reason, many drivers who were blocked on the road kept honking their horns, and the police had to detach a group of people to maintain order. Many police even started to call the main station using walkie-talkies, asking for more police forces to be mobilized, especially It is a request to mobilize more traffic police.
Obviously, under the current situation, police officers like them are not enough to maintain order, and more police officers must be mobilized.
However, Cao Zhiqiang in the bookstore did not know the excitement outside. He only knew that the area around the autograph selling table was densely packed with people, but they were numerous but not chaotic, and there was no pushing or crowding.
Everyone quietly gathered around the stage and listened quietly to Cao Zhiqiang's singing.
When Cao Zhiqiang was halfway through singing, at least half of the audience shed tears.
Even some young police officers, both male and female, had red eyes, obviously moved by Cao Zhiqiang's singing.
Well, this situation obviously exceeded Cao Zhiqiang's expectations, or in other words, he ignored the power of his live singing.
Here, we have to talk about the difference between on-site and off-site, as well as Cao Zhiqiang’s voice talent and performance skills.
Originally, listening to a concert live has a different feeling than watching TV or listening to records. Especially concerts with large crowds can easily cause emotional contagion and make the audience emotional.
Then, Cao Zhiqiang's guitar playing skills have reached the pinnacle, and his vocal talent is the best in the world, the kind that comes only once in a thousand years.
Therefore, the top-notch guitar performance, coupled with the once-in-a-millennium golden voice, coupled with the melodious style of "Rain" and touching lyrics, all these factors combined produced a subtle chemical reaction, causing all the audience to be fascinated by Cao Zhiqiang. Affected by the singing, he naturally fell into a strange atmosphere.
As the saying goes, singing expresses one's ambitions. Singing is a form of expressing emotions.
If the song is upbeat, the audience will be upbeat too.
If the song is sad, the listener will naturally become sad too.
But the specific expression varies from person to person.
A great singer can do his best to convey the emotions and thoughts he wants to express to the audience, so that the audience can listen to the song and become emotional, unconsciously infected by the song, and stimulate their own related memories and feelings.
Obviously, "Rain" is a song with a touch of sadness.
If another person sings, the effect may not be obvious, but if Cao Zhiqiang sings live, the power will be great.
As a result, at least one-half of the people in the audience were infected and burst into tears.
Moreover, the number of tears will increase as time goes by and emotions are contagious, unless you are born with no musical cells and are naturally insensitive to songs and music.
But then again, people who are born with no musical ability and are naturally insensitive to singing and music will not come to line up.
After all, so many people came and queued up. It was obvious that they were not just there for the male and female protagonists of the movie "Love in the Rain", but most of them were there for Cao Zhiqiang, the popular singer "Qingquan in the Forest" who has suddenly risen recently.
When Cao Zhiqiang used "Green Spring in the Forest" as his vest and composed one song after another in Japan, he quickly became popular in Japan.
Under normal circumstances, a suddenly popular singer like Cao Zhiqiang should continue his efforts, take advantage of this hot momentum to hold concerts, and make a lot of money.
In fact, many organizations, including Warner Pioneer itself, really hope to take advantage of the explosive momentum to arrange concerts for Cao Zhiqiang.
It can be said that as long as Cao Zhiqiang agrees to hold a concert, Warner Pioneer will immediately arrange for the Nippon Budokan to be the venue for the concert.
You know, Nippon Budokan is a sacred place for Japanese singers to sing. Being able to hold a solo concert here is a symbol of strength.
The first solo concert was held at the Nippon Budokan. At least in the entire Japanese music scene, it was still very rare.
In other words, given Cao Zhiqiang's current popularity in Japan, as long as he is willing to hold a concert, he can choose any venue, and he does not have to worry about it. All expenses and procedures will be covered by Warner Pioneer.
Even the Red and White Song Club asked whether to give Cao Zhiqiang a special quota, but later it was not granted due to various factors.
No matter what, Cao Zhiqiang is now the most popular singer in the Japanese music scene, bar none.
Many people are looking forward to Cao Zhiqiang's concert, but unfortunately Cao Zhiqiang just won't do it.
Not only does he not hold concerts, Cao Zhiqiang does not even attend TV programs or even radio programs. He basically does not show up, appearing very low-key and mysterious.
In fact, before the movie "Love in the Rain" was released, many people only heard his voice and did not recognize him as "Green Spring in the Forest", because when Cao Zhiqiang sang, he never officially appeared as a singer. .
Even though Cao Zhiqiang himself appeared in many MTVs during his period, there was no clear explanation in those MTVs that the leading actor in them was Morinaka Qingquan.
In fact, in the MTV scenes that Tsao shot before, the actor's real name was always used in the male lead column, just like in the movie "Love in the Rain", the actor also used the real name of Tsao Zhiqiang.
In this way, many people will not associate Cao Zhiqiang with Qingquan in the forest at all.
It was when the movie "Love in the Rain" was officially released in Japan. In order to promote the movie, Cao Zhiqiang agreed to the theater to use Morinaka Qingquan as Cao Zhiqiang as a publicity stunt.
After such publicity, everyone suddenly knew that the handsome boy Cao Zhiqiang who had played the male lead in MTV was actually the mysterious talented singer Morinaka Qingquan, and "Love in the Rain" also had the male lead being Morinaka Qingquan. , the popularity will be so high.
Now, Cao Zhiqiang, who has never held a concert, actually sang live during an autograph selling event. Isn't this exciting enough?
It’s also due to the fact that the publicity time was too short and the publicity intensity was not enough.
Otherwise, instead of blocking a section of the street, I'm afraid the entire street will be blocked by fans.
Cao Sang's charm is so terrifying!
It's just that he himself has never been self-aware.
But after today, I'm afraid Cao Zhiqiang will have to re-examine his personal influence.
Being too unaware of your own charm is also a kind of ignorance and fearlessness.
(End of chapter)
