Perfect Life

When the time entered November, for Li Qian's studio, everything began to slowly get on the right track.

The management of the company began to become stricter and more formal. Although there were still those few people, the atmosphere of the entire studio was very different from not long ago. Everyone was busy, but everything started to be in order.

As the general manager of the studio, Qi Jie began to lead people to collect information one after another and push forward one thing after another. Films and TV dramas that have been produced or have been approved and the contact information and management of their production teams, the release negotiation strategy of the album produced by the future studio, the planning of Liao Liao's new album, the planning of He Runqing's new album, the signing plan of musicians and artists, and even Including the new talent discovery and training plan that only existed in Li Qian's mind before, and has not been mentioned by Qi Jie and the others, and so on.

Of course, the price of this is that Qi Jie is really starting to become the "President Qi" in everyone's mouth, and Duan Yuguo, the manager of the internal affairs department, quickly became the only few employees in the studio. "Duan Yan Wang".

After communicating with Huage Records and obtaining the understanding and consent of the other party, in early November, Li Jinlong officially took office in Li Qian's studio, temporarily serving as the studio's artist department manager, and then concurrently as the production department manager.

So, after his matchmaking, Li Qian took the time to meet a lot of people, including arrangers, musicians, musicians who specialize in writing lyrics and songs, and even some people from all over the world. Singers looking for opportunities, Li Qian finally signed two arrangers, a professional recording engineer, and an agent named Sun Meimei.

Of course, the two arrangers and the professional recording engineer can directly join the studio's upcoming production department. Especially those two composers. After chatting with them, Li Qian found that they not only have solid basic skills, but also are people with ideas. They have been in the circle all the way through private work over the years. It has also undergone a lot of tempering, and it belongs to the kind that can be used at any time.

And the agent named Sun Meimei, to be honest, the reason why she signed her was mainly because of her status as a generalist.

She graduated from Huaxia Conservatory of Music. She was born in opera and has a very solid foundation in music, but after graduation, she did not pursue this career, but chose to be an underground singer, but she wasted many years in the underground music circle and never got anything. Great opportunity. Forced by life, in addition to running underground performances, she usually takes on some arranging work. Of course, she also wrote songs, submitted articles, and was adopted. Later, she simply went to do harmonies for some singers. It was like this until she was twenty-seven or eighty-years-old. She felt that she needed to change herself, so she started to change careers as an agent. .

Of course, her managerial career is also not successful. She brought a newcomer and helped him to release an album, so it is not popular. But it was finally on the right track. As a result, before the second-step plan she carefully crafted for that person began to be implemented, they suddenly announced that they had terminated the contract with her and kicked her away directly. Invested under the command of a famous broker, she lost her job again.

When Li Jinlong introduced her to Li Qian, she was spending her days in depression, while taking on the arranging work to support herself, while hesitating and not knowing where to go. Li Jinlong confessed. There is a little friendship between the two, of course, not the kind of friendship between men and women, but when Li Jinlong was a producer at Huage Records, he was very optimistic about her and wanted to discover and sign her, so for a time, between the two The relationship was good, but later, his plan was not approved by Huage Records, so things were put on hold.

But even so, the two have been in frequent contacts since then. Li Jinlong seems to appreciate her musical talent. Therefore, in the first album released by Wuxingwusu, there are two songs arranged by Sun Meimei.

Later, when Li Jinlong recommended her, Li Qian deliberately found out the two songs and listened to them again, and thought that although Sun Meimei's arrangement was not very good, she was still very thoughtful.

In the end, after an interview, Li Qian decided to hire her as the deputy manager of the artist department.

Even, if nothing else, if she can indeed show a certain ability, then in the future, once Li Jinlong really transfers to the production manager, she will take over as the artist manager.

In Li Qian's opinion, at the beginning of the studio's creation, the specific division of labor must not be so detailed, and it is impossible to recruit all kinds of talents regardless of size. Therefore, in this period, the existence of some generalists is especially needed. As now, with the existence of Sun Meimei, the studio is equivalent to having one more arranger, one manager, one songwriter, and one who has a very high level of harmony.

With the addition of Sun Meimei and the two arrangers, plus Li Qian and Li Jinlong, and a professional recording engineer, even if the company's shelf in music is basically established, it can at least achieve preliminary self-sufficiency. The first task that Li Qian gave them was to prepare for Liao Liao's new album——

Collect good songs, try to arrange, try to record demos.

Moreover, the plan to expand the studio, proposed by Qi Jie and finally approved by Li Qian, will start at the end of November - Qi Jie will recruit two to five staff members and start to try to build her own channel.

The first is business channels, of course, mainly domestic TV stations, film and television companies, and entertainment companies, whose goal, of course, is to help studios receive music for film and television dramas.

The second is the distribution channel of the album. Of course, this is close to impossible in Li Qian's view. Moreover, in his plan, this is not the focus of the studio's development in the past two years. Therefore, his suggestion to Qi Jie is to still Give priority to business development, and strive to help the studio receive soundtracks for three or two film and television dramas next year to open up channels in this area.

Well, by the way, since we met in the bar that day, Zhou Ye started to run to the studio after a few days. He didn't say anything about inviting songs or anything. He wasn't in a hurry when Qian was not there, he just made friends with Li Jinlong and the others. Not to mention, after a few moments, the group of people he signed recently with the studio became hot.

In mid-November, Li Qian finally decided to give him a song called "Bending Moon".

Zhou Ye himself was very surprised and liked this song quite a bit. But after he took the work back, Times Records seemed to think that the song was really "earthy". Although it should be considered a good folk ballad, they were afraid that such a song would not be popular with the market. However, this is Li Qian's work after all, so in the end, they still agreed to use it, but only when they sent someone over to make an offer. Although the attitude is very polite, but the meaning inside and outside the words, still hope to get other works from Li Qian, and for this song "Bending Moon", their quotation is also quite stingy.

In the end, this song was sold by Li Qian at the second lowest price in history, only 300,000!

The price of Li Qian's works is naturally very famous in the circle, so Li Qian is willing to sell a song for 300,000 yuan. Zhou Ye, of course, subconsciously understood that it was Li Qian's appreciation for him, so he was willing to suffer from the price - and in fact, it was true, Li Qian really admired him, at least he didn't want to let him in. The road of urban love songs is too biased, so he is willing to come up with a ballad that was popular all over the world in another time and space to support him.

Then, um, whether Wang Jinglu calls back or comes back to live on Saturdays and weekends. It is said that she can afford to study. Basically, she can understand what the professors say, but according to her, she went to participate in this special training class together. Many people complained that they were sleepy because the teachers were always talking about how ancient women should eat, how to dress, what tone of voice should be used, and so on, and so on.

in this November. Li Qian was in class, interviewing, in a meeting, and helping Wuxing Wusu to adjust his singing style. He was so busy that he could barely touch the ground. Wang Jinglu was locked up in the Academy of Fine Arts to study. The two could only see each other on weekends. After Ye got "Bending Moon", he was satisfied and went back to practice singing happily. Li Jinlong and the others were working hard to collect songs and work hard for Liao Liao's new album. Duan Yuguo continued to be the annoying person with a straight face, but Qi Jie went to the newspaper to publish advertisements and began to prepare for a new round of recruitment and interviews in the studio.

All in all, busy and thriving.

At the end of this month, Li Qian suddenly received a call from Xie Mingyuan. After a few months, the two made an appointment for a restaurant and finally had their second official meeting with each other.

The place where the two met was a French restaurant with a very good environment and exceptionally good business.

Xie Mingyuan seemed to be a regular customer here. After the two met, Li Qian found out that he and the manager and waiter here seemed to know each other. The boss even ran over in person and gave Xie Mingyuan a big hug as soon as they met.

The two were chattering in French, but Li Qian couldn't understand them, so he turned his attention to the cat on the other's shoulder - it should be a different species, with dark and shiny black hair, but blue and blue eyes. Yes, it looks like a magical thing.

Well, Li Qian's first thought when he saw it was to take a picture of it, and it wasn't just a photo. He really wanted to take this cat into one of his movies.

Of course, he looked at the cat, and the cat looked at him uncompromisingly, licking his tongue and meowing at him.

Xie Mingyuan greeted the man and introduced them very solemnly. Only then did Li Qian know that his name was French, a painter, and a wandering poet. After coming to China, he hated that the French cuisine in Shuntianfu was too cooked. It was not authentic, so he opened a French restaurant by himself. Originally, he was a chef. Who would have thought that the business would become better and better, and soon he would be too busy as a chef, so he had to recruit other people and become the boss himself.

Of course, living in China for many years made him fluent in Mandarin. After hugging Li Qian affectionately, he called himself "Lao Kai" and introduced that his Chinese name was "Li Kai".

Everyone chatted for a while, just as the dishes ordered by Li Qian and Xie Mingyuan started to be served, he left, and soon sent the waiter a bottle of red wine, saying it was his collection.

Li Qian was really not used to foreign food, but he had to say that the French food in this restaurant was quite appetizing, especially the pan-fried foie gras and sirloin steak, which made him eat very deliciously.

After the meal, the two shook the red wine glasses and continued chatting.

Of course, while chatting, the topic gradually turned to the music circle.

Xie Mingyuan asked about the operation of the studio, and finally nodded and said: "Everything is difficult at the beginning. You have entered the music industry alone for more than a year. It is really amazing that you have achieved such a great achievement now. It's not easy anymore. It's definitely impossible to do it with me. I have to admire it!"

For his compliment, Li Qian thanked him, but then passed by in an understatement.

Then, Xie Mingyuan directly changed the topic to the expected topic, "As far as I know. Liao Liao's contract with Changsheng Records is about to expire. How about it?"

This is not a secret at first, and there is still a month left. In fact, when Liao Liao returns from the commercial performance this time, I am afraid that even Changsheng Records will think that their contract with Liao Liao has ended. At that time, Liao Liao, although the contract will not be signed for the time being, will officially go to Li Qian's studio to start preparing for her new album, which is one album a year, so. Li Qian naturally has no need to hide.

So he nodded and said, "It's settled, right? We're more compatible when it comes to music, so we're willing to continue working together. So, since I've opened a studio, she'll come over."

Xie Mingyuan nodded with a smile, and said, "How about it, your studio definitely doesn't have its own distribution channel, Liao Liao's new album. Leave it to us to release it?"

Li Qian smiled and said, "Of course you can, but you have to offer a higher price."

Xie Mingyuan smiled and paused when he heard the words. Cai said: "I don't hide it from you. To be honest, the price I gave you is really not that high!"

Although he had already guessed a little, Li Qian was a little surprised by Xie Mingyuan's straightforward admission. He couldn't help but smile and asked, "Why?"

Xie Mingyuan said with a smile: "You, plus Liao Liao, are of course the guarantee of a big sale. In principle, there are not thirty or twenty companies that want to rush to release Liao Liao's new album, but I can follow you. Guarantee, all companies will not give you too high a price, at least, not to the extent that you are satisfied!"

Li Qian heard the words, smiled without saying a word, just looked at him.

Seeing this, Xie Ming slowly continued: "In fact, although the price we can offer is not high, it is definitely not the lowest. And, you know, Sony's distribution channels, even Huage and Xinda are better than No, let alone those other companies, so, although our price is not high, but signing to me, in the end your studio can get the highest share, I can also guarantee this. !"

After a pause, he smiled and said: "As for the reason for your question, you know what I know, so I won't show it to shame. In a word, you are a newcomer, and you have no channels of your own, so I won't kill you. , who do we kill?"

Hearing this, Li Qian shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Although Xie Mingyuan's words are rude, they can be honest.

However, the new studio has no distribution channels at all, and is holding a big cake like Liao Liao's new album, which is enough for people to eat. Therefore, I have already guessed that the industry has tacitly united to lower the price, right?

This is the law of the world. You are a newcomer, and you have just entered a circle, so you must first suffer some losses, and learn the rules of survival in this circle by the way - recruits, newbies, newcomers in the industry, and new studios , a new record label, a new store, and so on, all the same.

It's just that Li Qian knew this in his heart, but Li Qian was just not used to Xie Mingyuan's aggressive aura of speaking and doing things. So, after a pause, he smiled and said, "Since Mr. Xie understands what he said so clearly, then I really have to think about it. Maybe, I should find a time to ask Mr. Watanabe out for a meal and chat with him. chat?"

When Xie Mingyuan heard the words, the expression on his face immediately froze.

After a while, a strange smile appeared on his face, and he said, "It's useless. Although Watanabe has always wanted to take back some power, on the ground in China, the Chinese still have to say it."

With just this sentence, Li Qian knew that the infighting between Watanabe and Yi and Xie Mingyuan, at least until now, is still in the hands of Xie Mingyuan.

So, after taking a slow sip of the red wine, he nodded and said, "You can send someone to talk about it later, but if the price you offer is too outrageous, I won't agree."

"Of course!" Xie Mingyuan heard the words, with a triumphant smile on his face, raised his cup, touched Li Qian with a "ding", and said with a smile, "Cooperation, of course, it must be a win-win situation! Come... …Wish we can co-operate well!"

Li Qian smiled, and after clinking glasses with him, while drinking, he couldn't help but remember what Qi Jie said a few days ago—

It was in her own office at that time~www.wuxiaspot.com~ She had just rejected her plan to recruit six people to run the distribution, so she said to herself seriously: "Although I have disappointed you, although in the distribution and In sales, I am still a newbie, but I am willing to try, I am not afraid of failure, so let me try! You are responsible for making good music, and I am responsible for being a good businessman! Because we really can't I don't have my own channel!"

So in the end, I approved her recruitment plan, but only reduced the number of places.

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The car stopped downstairs, Li Qian turned off the fire, pulled out the key, but sat in the car and didn't get off for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, he slowly let out a breath and murmured, "The channel, the channel... Then try it!"

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There are really few recommended tickets recently. It's a big Monday, can I ask for a few recommended tickets? (To be continued.)

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