Unboxing, Director!

Chapter 118 This song has the potential to be on the billboard!
Zhou Jianhui has left and will go to the Warner Music headquarters in the United States in a few days.

After seeing him off, Lu Jiang also looked towards the other side of the sea.

This time when Zhou Jianhui came over, in addition to talking about the new special matter, he also brought the settlement statement.

The revenue from all of Lu Jiang’s previous albums last quarter totaled about 4000 million.

The biggest part of this came from "Meteor Shower".

"Meteor Garden" was broadcast the latest in Japan, and the album was also released the latest. Its sales volume was not as good as that in other regions, but the price of albums in this place was extremely high, so the revenue naturally rose as well. Therefore, Japan is actually the main market for the next stage.

Having said that, after the new share comes out, Lu Jiang plans to use the money to buy stocks.

Before traveling through time, he didn't trade stocks, but he knew a few of the better stocks, including Moutai, Penguin, and NetEase.

Penguin has already invested, and Moutai can be purchased slowly. Now is a good time to buy NetEase.

As I recall, NetEase will suffer a big drop this year.

I can’t remember the exact month, how low it fell, or when it would surge back up.

But it is definitely a good idea to buy this year.

Lu Jiang planned to buy him outright for 50 million, and then split the purchase over several months to see if he could get a lower price.

The cash on hand is limited, and it needs to be used for other things, such as preventing the dilution of financing for Penguin and Guangxian, and participating in investments in other projects.

After explaining the situation, Lu Jiang continued filming.

It’s February 5th.

"Full House" has entered the final stage of filming.

In the original version's ending, the male and female protagonists and the second male and female protagonists finally sorted out their feelings. The female protagonist and the second male protagonist said that they loved the male protagonist and hoped that the second male protagonist would give up on them.

The male protagonist confirmed that he loved the female protagonist, so he prepared to pursue her and finally propose to her.

Finally, after the illness, the male protagonist successfully proposed in the tent, they kissed, and then the scene switched to the male protagonist's movie being released some time later.

The last few minutes are clip replays, showing the sweetness of the male and female protagonists.

These episodes are concluded in one episode.

It’s not that this ending is bad, but in Lu Jiang’s opinion, it was actually quite hasty. The whole ending did not have a perfect ending and did not create the feeling of a family climax.

In addition, the original version has 16 episodes, and this time it has 24 episodes, but in fact, after counting all the plots, it is still a little short of 24 minutes to fill up the 23 episodes, which is half an episode. To solve this problem, the easiest way is to add some water in the first episodes to drag out the length.

As a qualified screenwriter, of course, things like padding should be avoided if possible (dog head).

So based on the above two issues, Lu Jiang finally decided to add a wedding scene in the last episode, and give a clear explanation of the relationship between the original male and female protagonists.

So the finale plot is that after the male and female protagonists and the second and fourth male and female protagonists have sorted out their feelings for each other, the male protagonist is ready to pursue the female protagonist. After various stupid courtship behaviors, he finally succeeds in proposing to her in the tent.

Then the male and female protagonists and the second male and female protagonists did Barbie Q together. The second male and female protagonists were very envious of the interaction between the male and female protagonists. They looked at each other and discussed whether they should give it a try.

Just try it.

The scene changes, and after a while, the male and female protagonists and the second male and female protagonist hold a wedding together.

The four of them attended the wedding together.

At this point all the actors are in place.

The guests in the audience were dozens of reporters who came to cover the wrap-up press conference.

Since they had to give red envelopes anyway, Lu Jiang simply asked them to make a guest appearance together.

This was agreed upon in advance, and Lu Jiang also reminded everyone to wear formal attire.

The reporters were very excited about this. After all, they had interviewed so many times but had never been so deeply involved.

The emcee is Xiaozhuang, the host of "Happy 100".

He had worked as a wedding host before, so he was very familiar with the performance.

Then the filming started, and in order to collect the shots, I went through the entrance process four times.

But when it came to the "I do" swearing-in ceremony, he passed it straight away.

Lu Jiang borrowed the plot from the TV series "Let's Get Married" that he had watched, and just like Huang Haibo in the series, he answered questions one after another, each one louder than the last.

The emcee asked: "Jiang Chen, are you willing?"

Lu Jiang answered directly: "I do!"

"Will you marry this woman?"

"I am willing!"

"Love her forever."

"I do!!"

“For rich or poor”

"I do!!!"

The male protagonist Jiang Chen made a passionate oath.

The heroine Xia Mo was so happy that her eyes were sparkling.

The guests on the scene applauded, and the atmosphere reached a climax.
Starting from the oath ceremony, the entire open-air wedding was almost shot live.

There are no NGs, everything is in its most real state.

Among them, Dong Xuan and Qiao Zhenyu also need to get into the right state to perform.

Lu Jiang and Fan Binbin's state is not much different from when they were actually married. If there were no reporters around, Fan Binbin would be even more relaxed.

But even now, the reporters on the scene have already exclaimed that the two are in great shape and have good acting skills.

Only Li Mingqi and others knew that this was not an act, it was clearly for real.
The wedding scene ends. The actors quickly change their costumes.

Lu Jiang is going to shoot the last scene: the press conference scene.

This is another year later in the plot.

The male lead starred in a movie adapted from the female lead's novel and attended the press conference.

The reporters present this time will play themselves.

First play the role of a reporter in the play and ask the male lead questions.

After answering, it is officially finished.

Then the reporters returned to their original roles, and the rest of the cast came on stage to conduct the official wrap-up interview for "Full House."

Killing two birds with one stone, this red envelope is really worth it!
While changing clothes, a green treasure chest suddenly popped up in Lu Jiang's head.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the green treasure chest that Zhou Jianhui had written, "Let's see if Lu Jiang's achievements in Europe and the United States can surpass his predecessors" had fallen!
Before I could think about it, Zhou Jianhui called.

And a new blue treasure box popped up on the phone:
"You Are Beautiful" received high praise from Warner Music headquarters, and Zhou Jianhui wanted to see if the song could actually make it onto the North American Billboard Hot 100.

No wonder it dropped directly.

This is so cool!
When the call was connected, Zhou Jianhui's tone was filled with unconcealed excitement: "Hey, Lu Jiang, I want to tell you..."

The situation is similar to what the entry suggests, but with a few more twists and turns.

At the beginning, Zhou Jianhui said that a Chinese superstar had written an English song, and asked if it would work.

Warner headquarters does not take this seriously.

This is normal, there are cultural barriers.

Moreover, there are very few Asian singers who can achieve good results in the European and American pop music scene, and there is no Chinese singer at all.

It's like a Chinese music company suddenly hears from a foreigner who was born and raised in the United States that he has written a Chinese song and wants to release it in China. Naturally, they won't take it seriously before they hear the song.

Zhou Jianhui tried his best to persuade and use some connections, and finally invited a gold medal producer and two senior musicians to appreciate the music together.

However, after hearing the song, the three were dumbfounded and kept confirming whether it was really written by a Chinese.

Through Zhou Jianhui's description, Lu Jiang felt that the feeling of the three people at that time was exactly the same as that of a Chinese person who suddenly knew the true identity of the singer of "Falling" or "A Million Possibilities".

There is no need to say much about the final result.

The song "You" is melancholic, with a touch of freshness and romance, as well as a kind of unattainable sadness and cold love song, which directly earned high praise from the three.

Among them, the gold medal producer named Chris even said: This song has the potential to be on the Billboard Hot 100!

That's why Warner headquarters decided to invest resources in it.

Zhou Jianhui was afraid that Lu Jiang didn't know the meaning of the billboard, so he explained it to him.

Simply put, Billboard is the most authoritative pop music chart in the American music scene and also the most valuable chart in the international music scene.

It has an unparalleled influence in English-speaking countries and also has a wide-ranging impact on countries with other language systems.

Among the Billboard charts, there are two most authoritative ones: Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200.

The former is to count the song rankings, which is calculated based on a combination of radio requests and sales statistics, with the ratio being about 50-50.

The latter is to calculate album sales, whoever sells more will rank higher.

The two charts are released once a week, and the one topping the list is the Billboard chart-topper single/album.

Of the two charts, the Billboard 200 only calculates pure sales, so it is relatively easier to falsify data.

Therefore, the most authoritative Billboard Hot 100 is still the "Billboard Hot 100", which is most recognized by the industry and the outside world.

Although the "Top 100" list seems a bit broad, you should know that given Billboard's status in the American industry, as long as you are on the list, you will have a steady stream of exposure.

The higher the ranking, the more recommended resources you will receive. At that time, Warner will not even need to make any effort. Some American music media will start to report on their own, and radio stations from all over the country will also begin to recommend it.

Many media or radio programs that make a living from this have similar sections or processes that introduce and recommend new songs on the Billboard charts.

The copyright management in the United States is very strict, piracy is very rare, the unit price is high, and it is not just the album revenue. Any unit that uses your song has to pay.

For this reason, all pop singers in Europe and the United States are proud of having their works listed on the Billboard Hot 100. Top singers even use the number of number one songs and the number of weeks they have stayed at the top as important statistics.

"There's a saying in the music industry here: as long as your song makes it into the Billboard Top 40, you can retire!"

Zhou Jianhui explained.

But his tone wasn't super excited.

Obviously, he didn't quite believe that Lu Jiang's song could make it into the top 40.

He felt that as long as he could make the list, even if it was just at the 100th place, he would be very lucky.

No wonder his treasure chest is only blue, he is still rational enough.

But Lu Jiang knew that the original version of the song "You" had not only achieved the top 40 results.

The song was released in May 2005. It was initially tepid in the UK, but after promotion, it began to dominate the major music charts in the UK and even Europe, and topped the US Billboard Hot 5 on March 2006, 3, and remained at the top for six consecutive weeks.

James Blunt also won many important awards in 2007 including the Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocalist, Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Album for this song.

Although it did not win the award, it shows the influence of this song.

"Warner has given me a lot of resources, but for now I still want to test the waters on a small scale first to see the specific results. If the results are good, I will roll it out. That way I will feel at ease."

"About when?"

"It should be after September. The procedures here still need to be followed. It won't be that fast."

"Okay, call me anytime if you have any questions."

(End of this chapter)