But the industry does understand the numbers. His recent tour sold out in twelve minutes. Fans cry at his shows. Not the screaming, jumping kind of crying, but the silent, hand-over-the-mouth kind. During "Sisa Waktu" , a seven-minute opus about his father’s retirement, the audience stands perfectly still.

He worked tirelessly alongside his subjects, digging and hauling stones, and building the canal. As the days turned into weeks, the canal began to take shape, and the villagers' hopes began to rise.