Chapter 2327： Joint pressure

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"Arthur! Twenty minutes left!" Billy-Smith looked at Usher who was singing and dancing on the stage and noticed something was wrong. Tonight Usher had a lot of communication with fans, almost occupying nearly a moment. The clock's time, of course, this is his zìyóu, but Usher's repertoire is also a bit different from the rehearsal stage. If Billy Smith remembers correctly, Usher is at least four songs longer than the rehearsal stage— -Up to now.レm♠思♥Road♣客レ

If this situation continues, Usher's performance will inevitably exceed the scheduled time, which means that all subsequent performances must be postponed. So Billy Smith quickly picked up the walkie-talkie in his hand and reminded the other party through Usher's headset that the performance time was running out.

In fact, in order to avoid this situation, the Heart Radio Music Festival has a huge countdown clock embedded in the stand opposite the stage. When each singer takes the stage, the countdown starts from "sixty minutes", reminding the singer to control the performance time. . If the time is up and the singer's performance is still not over, the organizer will end the performance by cutting off the sound of the microphone. Of course, this is the most extreme method. Under normal circumstances, the organizer will go to the side stage to remind the singer directly before the end of the countdown time. The deviation time is acceptable within three minutes.

But Usher could clearly see that there were only twenty minutes left on the countdown clock, but he still didn't seem to notice it. As a last resort, Billy Smith could only remind him like this. However, Billy Smith is not in a hurry at the moment. He speculates whether Usher changed his performance before going on stage, so this happened.

As time went on, Billy Smith found that something was not right. After singing five more songs that were not planned, Usher actually performed according to the original song list. Billy Smith looked at the time. If you continue to perform like Usher, it will be delayed for at least twenty minutes, which is absolutely not allowed to happen.

But the problem is, the atmosphere is so lively, it's almost the hottest scene since the two-day music festival, it's even more out of control than when Linkin Park debuted, and the sponsor is Sony, if the Heart Radio Music Festival is really cut off Usher's microphone. Then the problem is serious.

Thinking of this, Billy Smith picked up the walkie-talkie again, "Arthur, the countdown to ten minutes, ten minutes..." But before Billy Smith finished speaking, he saw on the monitor screen that Arthur put the The headset is taken down. Two headsets, what does that mean? It means that Usher heard what Billy Smith said, but he chose to ignore it!

In an instant, there was silence in the studio, and the staff looked at Billy Smith in amazement, and then they saw Billy Smith's livid face, he hardly paused, turned around and left. studio. However, Billy Smith did not walk ten yards toward the stage when he saw two people walking towards him. This made his footsteps have to stop. Because the two are George Walker and Ollie Gomez!

George Walker is Usher's agent, and Ollie Gomertz is the liaison for the sponsor Sony's Radio Heart Music Festival. Billy Smith can ignore anyone, but he can't ignore Ollie Gomertz. Opinion, no matter how tough he is, otherwise he will have to find sponsors again, which is not an easy task.

"Billy, Arthur's performance tonight was brilliant." Ollie Gomez said with a big smile, obviously very satisfied with the situation.

"Of course. Arthur's live performances can always arouse the enthusiasm of the audience." Billy Smith responded with a smile. No matter what your usual personal temper is, in front of sponsors. All spikes must be receded, this is a social norm. However, Billy Smith has done a better job. He didn't flatter or please, and the whole answer, neither humble nor arrogant, seemed to advance and retreat.

"I see Arthur's performance has won such an enthusiastic response, so let's extend the performance time a little more. It's not a problem to perform for another half an hour. The audience likes it so much, we must meet their requirements." Ollie - Ge Maici still said with a kind smile, although the words were inquiring, but the eyes clearly meant that a decision had been made, which made Billy Smith completely at a loss.

"However, everyone's performance time is fixed." Billy Smith's behavior still made him unable to accept such a proposal easily. His first reaction was to express his thoughts, but when he saw Ollie - The eyes of Gamaci and George Walker, his words stopped abruptly, and then changed his mouth to say, "Arthur had arranged an hour of content before the rehearsal, which obviously suddenly increased his performance time. , then I'm really sorry."

George Walker, who was standing next to him, knew that it was time for him to appear. "Arthur's live performances are very rich, and temporary singing performance time is not difficult for him." This is the excuse that Billy Smith came up with temporarily. Blocked back.

Ollie Gomez then added that he stopped Billy Smith who was about to speak. If the other party was someone else, Billy Smith would definitely speak directly, but facing Ollie Gomez, even if he couldn't bear it We must also endure, "Yesterday's performance was very successful, but we still received a lot of feedback, saying that yesterday's performance in Linkin Park was unsatisfactory, and I wanted to see more, but there was no chance. Since there are shortcomings, we will naturally do it today. Need to improve, listen to the cheers of the live audience."

As if catering to Ollie Gomez's words, the voice of "Encore! Encore!" came like cháo water. In fact, arranging the countdown clock at the scene is also a way to mobilize the audience's emotions. When the performance time is nearing the end, the audience who are immersed in the performance cháo is bound to be reluctant to give up. With just a little incitement, their emotions can easily reach a new peak.

"I'm sure you'll get it sorted, and that's it." Ollie Gomertz made his final conclusion, shook hands with Billy Smith, and then started walking again, "Rihanna's waiting room Is it there?"

George Walker looked at Billy Smith, who had no expression on his face, and showed a warm smile, then followed the pace of Ollie Gomez and left together. Leaving Billy Smith to stand alone, looking embarrassed.

Indeed, this time the incident was planned by George Walker and Usher. They didn't want to do anything unreasonable, just like suppressing Evan Bell's prestige, which is almost rare.

Nine months without any music-related activities, the waves are getting more and more turbulent, and Evan Bell was added to the performance list at the last minute of the Heart Radio Music Festival, the sponsor is Sony, and Billy Smith is this year's Taking over the management of a music festival for the first time... It all seems to be the right place and the right place to give Usher the upper hand in the contest with Evan Bell.

This is Usher again sharing the stage with Evan Bell after three years. Usher only released a new album in June this year. Although the market response was not enthusiastic, it is still a new album promotion period. Compared with Evan - For Bell, the exposure rate is much higher - it only refers to the field of music, so Usher has always wanted to press Evan Bell's head and show his anger in his heart.

Usher's idea has been strongly supported by his agent George Walker. When George Walker came to the door to ask Evan Bell to invite a song last time, he didn't leave a good impression. I can't approve of Usher's idea. . As a result, there was a battle of wits and courage when arranging the order of appearances. There are two reasons why Usher chose to attend a position before Evan Bell.

On the one hand, I want to overwhelm Evan Bell in momentum and come on stage behind Evan Bell. It is not so easy to surpass Evan Bell, but there is still hope to compete in the front; on the other hand On the one hand, today's extended performance is brewing. Usher and George Walker are thinking that as long as the audience's response is enthusiastic enough, it is not impossible to extend the performance.

The audience of the Heart Radio Music Festival was really strong, and the cheers of cháo reached the highest point in two days, so Usher changed the performance according to the plan, and then George Walker found the sponsor's contact person Ollie Gomertz, successfully persuaded Ollie Gomertz. So this happened just now. Ollie Gomez and George Walker joined forces with Billy Smith to put pressure on him and then walked away.

Once Usher extended his show time, and then Rihanna and Aerosmith, then Evan Bell's show time was bound to be compressed. If it is an experienced organizer, there must be a backup plan, but Billy Smith obviously lacks preparation, and the means he can come up with are naturally limited.

Sure enough, Billy Smith stood on the spot with a gloomy expression on his face. For such a thorny issue, an improper handling of it may lead to a chain of negative reactions. However, Billy Smith thought about the head-to-head confrontation with Evan Bell in the past few days, and recalled Evan Bell's attitude towards the music festival, and then carefully thought about the upcoming Rihanna, Aerosmith... ...There is not much time left for Billy Smith, Usher is still standing on the stage and singing, and there is not much time left until Evan Bell comes on stage.

After thinking about it, Billy Smith stopped his steps towards the stage and walked towards the backstage.

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