502: Chapter 502 Backstage Group Photo

Although the concert had ended, the fans' emotions had yet to settle.

Especially the final "boundless oceans, vast skies"...

Whether it was Lin Chuyan, shirtless and sweating, playing the Guitar and Singing, or the "Wall of Ideals" behind him, or even the massive sing-along from everyone inside and outside the venue...

This was undoubtedly a very precious life experience.

Someone posted online, and one sentence in it was frantically reposted by everyone:

[People live just for moments like this.]

That's right; where would ordinary people find so much excitement in their lives? Most of the time is boring. The moments we can recall and relish in our later lives are, in fact, these brilliant moments.

The moments that prove we are alive.

Lin Chuyan's Birds Nest concert hit countless hot searches.

The team's relevant statistics were being sent to Xia Zhi one after another.

Counting from when he officially announced the concert, as of now, there were 8 "Explosive" hot searches, 289 main list hot searches, and 402 entertainment hot searches.

The big ones, like "Lin Chuyan and Ruan Xingyu Love Song Duet," had very high discussion volume, followed by "The stage design for lonely patient is too attentive," and the final "Lin Chuyan shirtless Singing boundless oceans, vast skies," as well as the extremely rare "100,000 fans Singing along outside Birds Nest," and so on and so forth.

As for the small ones, truly any trivial matter could make it to the hot searches...

And this was just on Weibo alone.

His concert photos and videos were spread everywhere online, with countless people hailing them as legendary images and iconic scenes; they were too numerous to count.

This made all the fans who managed to get tickets even more expectant.

[Will Big Brother take it off again tomorrow? He won't stop, will he? No, don't, I really want to see this!]

[Is this a fan cam? No vocal tuning? Such great Singing Ability? Lin Chuyan?]

[Is the setlist for tomorrow out yet? I still want to hear "boundless oceans, vast skies"!]

Besides netizens expressing their anticipation, many music critics joined the discussion about this concert.

[What is most shocking about this concert is Lin Chuyan's deconstruction and adaptation of every song. Taking "boundless oceans, vast skies" as an example, the electric Guitar outro can be said to have pushed an already complete original song to an epic level. Let's put it this way: if you haven't heard the live version, you aren't qualified to discuss "boundless oceans, vast skies"!]

[Stage technology and visual design—the violent aesthetics of an immersive space. The stage design of this concert is a sensory violence, especially the lighting team's use of "darkness" elements, which constructs many philosophical metaphors. The stage design team is too strong; they truly deserve the credit.]

[This is a reconstruction of cultural symbols; this is the rebel poetics belonging to Lin Chuyan! When the Wall of Ideals appears, when it becomes a mirror reflecting all living beings, I want to say, what the lyrics of "boundless oceans, vast skies" are is no longer important... This kind of "raw sense of presence" is exactly where its cultural value lies.]

[Is no one going to praise "lonely patient"? The audience participation mechanism in this song's stage design is nothing short of genius. When the whale appeared, I never expected that the glow stick in my hand could actually become part of the stage design!]

[I still want to praise Lin Chuyan's Singing Ability. It's so solid, so stable. I tried to catch small flaws in his performance, but his pitch is just too good. Wawa was right, Lin Chuyan's Singing Ability is severely underestimated. This is the best concert I've seen this year, bar none!]

Wawa was so anxious he was scratching his head: Wait, did that many music critics go tonight?

And he, Wawa, could only stay home playing on his phone and scrolling through concert videos!

The sky has fallen.

Lin Chuyan returned to the backstage, put his undershirt back on, threw on a jacket, and was currently lying on the sofa, completely unwilling to move.

Question: What does it feel like to hold a concert?

Lin Chuyan wanted to say: Very tired, but mentally, I'm extremely pumped.

The audience couldn't forget the scene just now, and neither could he; it was truly a bit too high-energy.

Looking at his phone, there was actually a message from Wawa. It mainly expressed regret—when Lin Chuyan asked him which show he wanted, he shouldn't have asked for the Shanghai show tickets! He missed out, really missed out.

Lin Chuyan replied: "It's okay, Teacher Wawa. The show on the 22nd is suitable for you. There's a new song called 'bullfighting' on the 22nd, give it a listen. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't understand 'williams castle' in the new album on the 23rd."

Hmm, the time to test Teacher Wawa has arrived: Why exactly are the lyrics of "bullfighting" included in "williams castle"... I hope Teacher Wawa can answer this "one of the ten great unsolved mysteries."

Please!

After waiting a little while longer, friends and family came over to congratulate him.

However, everyone knew he had to sing for 5 consecutive days and needed to rest well, so they didn't disturb him and dispersed after saying a few words.

Only Ruan Xingyu remained.

"Do you know what I want to do most right now?"

Ruan Xingyu answered in a second: "Sleep?"

"I want to hug you, but I'm covered in sweat, and I smell a bit, hahaha!"

Ruan Xingyu glanced at Xia Zhi and Wen Qi: "We'll talk about it when we get back!"

She added: "Go take a shower when you get back, and then you have to go to sleep immediately. You must take care of your throat and body during this period."

"Mm-hmm." Lin Chuyan couldn't help but ask, "How was it? Teacher Ruan. Any comments on tonight's Acting?"

"You just want to hear me praise you, right?"

Lin Chuyan nodded: "Yes, yes."

Ruan Xingyu glanced at Xia Zhi and Wen Qi again, and said the same thing: "We'll talk about it when we get back!"

However, Lin Chuyan figured he wouldn't be going back for a while.

Wu Yue walked in, followed by two police officers.

Lin Chuyan was stunned for a moment and gave an inquiring look.

Wu Yue had a strange smile on his face: "It is said that a fugitive was caught at your concert."

Lin Chuyan: "???"

You want me to do the work of the God of Songs, right?

Wu Yue didn't say anything more and stood to the side.

The police officer was already showing Lin Chuyan his police badge, his face very serious: "Sorry to disturb you. We used real-time facial recognition technology and successfully captured a fugitive suspect as the concert was ending. He is now in custody. We mainly came over to confirm with you: did you see any other abnormal situations at the scene?"

Lin Chuyan was still dazed: "...I really didn't notice. Other than being backstage or on stage, I basically never left the stage."

The police officer naturally knew this. They should have been looking for the venue manager; finding Lin Chuyan was just routine procedure: "Thanks for your cooperation."

But before leaving, he couldn't help but ask: "Um, I wanted to ask if it's possible to... take a group photo?"

Lin Chuyan had to agree: "Of course!"

But when it was time to take the photo, with the two police officers flanking him on the left and right, he really didn't know where to put his hands.

Xia Zhi didn't think too much about it; she took the phone and snapped the picture.

Click, click.

A photo that fans would tease him about for a very, very long time was thus born.