Perfect Life

After the Spring Festival, Wang Jinglu continued to stay in Jinan Mansion to accompany her mother while mulling over the script, while Li Qian drove back to Shuntian Mansion alone on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the ordinary staff of the studio were still on annual leave, but these musicians, including Li Qian, Li Jinlong and others, had already started to resume their normal work.

The soundtrack of "Love in Troubled Times" is already coming to an end, but the recording of Liao Liao and He Runqing's new album is at the most critical time - the feeling of cooperation with each other so smooth as silk, not only for Li Qian, but also for He Runqing For Liao Liao, it is also very cherished, so everyone wants to strike while the iron is hot and make the album as soon as possible.

At this Spring Festival Gala, Liao Liao, Zhen Zhen, Wuxing Wusu, Zhao Xinfu, Li Junru, Huang Dazhong and others all appeared on stage. nice.

Of course, unlike others who sang the popular works that were released in the past year, Wuxing Wusu, who was on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala for the first time, and Zhou Feng, a singer from Changsheng Records, were different from each other. sang his new work.

Wuxing Wusu's work is of course "The Boy Opposite Look Over", and Zhou Feng's "I Think I'm the Sea".

So, if you want to say that the most powerful Spring Festival Gala, in addition to really touching the hearts of countless Chinese people, and thus more and more popular and purple "Wandering Song", it is the two of them. On the contrary, singers like Liao Liao, Zhen Zhen, and Xinfu Zhao are really popular enough themselves, so the blessing that the Spring Festival Gala can bring to them is very small.

Then, just when the musicians in Li Qian's studio returned to the studio to start work, on the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, the album "The Boy Opposite" was officially released with the enthusiasm of the Spring Festival Gala.

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"Although this album of Wuxingwusu was released in mid-February, the period after the year is very special. The potential of this album will not burst out all at once, so it is estimated that the strength of this album will be relatively stable. , that is to say. Until the end of March, it should be their sales season, and then, in April, Zhou Ai's new album will be released, under the banner of Zhou Ai's comeback. The fans themselves have high expectations for this album. Gao, and it is said that Xie Mingyuan personally made this album for her, so it is estimated that the quality can't be wrong, so in this way, it must be Zhou Ai in April."

Having said that, Qi Jie paused before continuing: "Because Concubine Zhou chose April, it is said that Sony adjusted Feng Feifei to May, but it is said that Xinfu Zhao also chose May. At the same time. The news that they have Diao Yixiong's album, which is the album of "Friends" that Li Qian helped him write as the title song, has also been selected in May, so the music world is getting more and more crowded. It's so empty..."

In the conference room at this time, Li Qian was sitting in the middle, with Qi Jie, Liao Liao, He Runqing, Li Jinlong and Sun Meimei sitting on both sides. And a distribution manager named Lu Fan who Qi Jie had just hired a few years ago.

It can be said that the big team of Li Qian's studio is basically here.

And today. What everyone discussed at the meeting was the release date of Liao Liao and He Runqing's new albums.

As a result, when Qi Jie mentioned the information collected so far about the release of new albums by various record companies in the first half of this year, everyone couldn't help but think about it - if it wasn't for the commercial suppression between the companies, just like last year Huage wanted to borrow money. With the new album of Wuxingwusu to step on Sony's He Runqing, among the major record companies. Even if it is just for commercial profit considerations, we will try our best to reach some tacit understandings and give each other a certain release time to avoid conflict and influence.

But the status quo of the music scene in the past two years is that the market is hot and hot again, causing major companies to widen their horizons and want to squeeze every bit of value in the market, and singers are the most active and can't wait to be one. Three albums released in a year! In addition, with the active music scene, many newcomers have become popular, and many singers with ordinary achievements in the past have suddenly become popular. As a result, the competition in the record market has almost entered a state of intense heat.

Even a year or two ago, if He Runqing's singer released an album, the major record companies would tacitly set aside a month to a month and a half, or even two months for her, during her sales season. In, Dingtian is to let newcomers release albums, and there will be no collision between singers with a little strength and status.

But up to now, if you count the number of singers who are qualified to release an album, there are already about ten singers who can sell two or three million copies! In this way, it is naturally impossible to imagine the situation in the past where a big-name singer would occupy for a month and a half or even two months.

However, Liao Liao's strength and status are obviously a person who does not need to avoid anyone!

So, the question remains - whose time is it to steal? Who should be offended?

In the end, everyone discussed and discussed, and the opinions gradually reached an agreement - it is still the end of May and the beginning of June!

Sony's Feng Feifei will release an album at the beginning of May, but she, the queen, is now on the decline, and her status is not as good as before. It can be said that Liao Liao doesn't have to worry about meeting her, and she also chooses to release the album in May. Xinfu Zhao, after all, is a male singer, and he still follows the folk music style, so the market conflict between them is relatively small. As for Diao Yixiong... Please, he is not qualified to compete with singers like Liao Liao and Xinfu Zhao. Even if he can suddenly become popular with that song "Friends", he will be able to steal it from Xinfu Zhao. market!

As for He Runqing, obviously, when Liao Liao chose the end of May, she would have to postpone it for another two months. At least there would be absolutely no fight between her and Liao Liao. As a result, He Runqing's new album is roughly scheduled for the period from the end of July to the beginning of August - of course, by that time, she will have her opponents, such as Huang Yuqing, such as Liu Mingliang, such as Li Junru.

After everyone basically finished the discussion, Li Qian finally said: "That's it, I don't have any other opinions, you will talk to Sony, Cinda and Huage next. By the way, Times and Asia are not bad, talk to them. Let’s get in touch, it’s best to only sign two at a time, one from Liao Liao and one from Sister Runqing, but if they insist that they must sign more, it’s not that they can’t let go, but they must not exceed five!”

Qi Jie and Lu Fan heard the words. Qi Qi nodded.

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Restarting work after the new year, it took everyone a little more time to gradually regain the incomparable feeling of being in tune with the previous year. Even He Runqing, who was so incapable of going against the sky a few years ago, recovered for several days. gradually enter the state.

It's just that the recording of the album is no problem, but the release negotiation on Qi Jie's side is a step by step.

After the release meeting was held after the year, Qi Jie took Lu Fan, and several young people who came back to work after their annual leave, to start negotiations with six or seven record companies in China.

But the result was unsatisfactory.

Sony Records is the best in domestic distribution, and Xie Mingyuan has expressed to Li Qian many times before that he is willing to help Li Qian's studio with distribution, so Qi Jie naturally talks to Sony first.

result. Everyone tried their best to talk for several days, but the other party was determined to kill the 5 million cards and only gave 19 points, and refused to add any more. As for the number of albums signed, the other party insisted on at least four one-signatures. As for the two one-signatures that Li Qian wanted, the other party made it clear at the beginning: If you only sign two, then don't talk about it!

As a result, the negotiation was temporarily put on hold, and Qi Jie turned to Huage Records.

As a result, Huage Records' offer was even more aggressive. Within 6 million, only 18 points are given, and even if it is more than 6 million, it is only based on one million. For every one million more copies sold, only one point will be added! As for the number of contracts signed, the other party was a little reluctant, agreeing to sign only three chapters of the agency distribution agreement at a time. However, it is required that two of the three albums must be Liao Liao's albums - that is to say, He Runqing has only one album.

at last. Another few days passed, and Qi Jie had to lead someone to negotiate with the last Cinda record among the three giants. Then, Cinda really gave slightly better conditions than Sony and Huage.

But even so, 22 points seems to be the bottom line they can accept!

Of course, in the face of Qi Jie's proposal that even Xinfu Zhao's studio can get 25%, the other party said that we will sign five first, and after the five, if everyone cooperates happily, we can also earn Money, then of course it’s easy to talk about, as long as your sales figures are not worse than Xin Zhao’s, then of course I can give you 25 points!

In this regard, Qi Jie could only be speechless.

Yes, everyone understands in their hearts that when Liao Liao adds Li Qian, it is almost a guarantee of good works, good albums and big sales, but even so, people only need to say "After all, I have never cooperated before", and they will give it to you directly. Block back!

In fact, Li Qian, Qi Jie, Liao Liao and others had anticipated some of this situation before the studio opened--the suppression or something was a bit overdone, but these companies are family members. The shrewdness of Li Qian's studio, regardless of the resources that Li Qian's studio has in hand, will make a lot of money as long as they sign it, but everyone understands that once any of the three companies shows some kind of enthusiasm that must be won, then Undoubtedly, what will be ahead will be a torn battle between the three of them. At that time, Li Qian, who is sitting firmly on Diaoyutai, can only be bought in vain.

In a nutshell: Do you think you are awesome with the combination of Li Qian and Liao Liao? impossible!

Therefore, the three of them tacitly gave contracts with similar conditions, but very harsh contracts.

Then, Qi Jie talked to Times Records and Asian Records... They all offered relatively high conditions. Among them, Asian Records directly quoted 30 points, but one of the common requirements of these record companies is, The distribution fee must be borne by Li Qian's studio!

Well, even excluding the situation that the other party will play tricks on the distribution fee and cause the distribution fee to be inflated, if the distribution fee is deducted, the conditions they give can be better than Sony, Huage, and Xinda. where to go? And if you consider that the distribution strength of their companies is already a little inferior, if you really sign them and wait for the record to be released, even if it is only 10% to 15% lower, here, again How much to lose?

Therefore, after more than half a month, Qi Jie turned around the record companies in Shuntianfu, found Li Qian, and said, "They made it clear that they want to pressure us, otherwise, let's do the distribution ourselves, okay? it is good?"

Do the distribution yourself, okay?

To say yes, of course.

When to go public and how to promote it, it's all up to you. And the income is all in his own pocket, which is naturally better than letting others exploit it.

But what if you do the distribution yourself and sell it?

Don't say that you can still pounce by relying on Liao Liao's signboard?

The fame of the singer is of course a huge help and improvement to the album sales. But the sales of albums involving millions or even tens of millions are definitely not sold simply by virtue of the singer's own reputation.

The so-called distribution has never been the kind that can be sold by finding a large distributor in each province.

The first is publicity.

An album, a singer, how to promote it? What should be the starting point for the promotion of this album? Target her target and potential demographics. How to impress them step by step? Let them walk into the video store to buy?

Then, even if you have prepared a number of propaganda plans and are absolutely sure, then well, how do you get in touch with newspapers, magazines, and TV stations? How can we ensure that the show will definitely make it available to others?

Think you can get on with your money?

That's impossible!

Thought you were Liao Liao and you could get in?

That's not possible either!

Even if no one will directly refuse, they can give you a soft nail casually with a little excuse!

The publicity period, of course, is the listing period, then, after a little thought, you will know that the first channel and distributor. Definitely look for Dongguan Bookstore!

Yes, this is the common choice of almost all record companies!

But the problem is, do you think you are Liao Liao's new album, and people will immediately put it on the shelves for you?

This is to be discussed.

If nothing else, the discount price of Dongguan Bookstore's albums from Changsheng Records and the discounted price of their albums from Sony Records will definitely not be the same price.

Then, what about the Dongguan Bookstore?

You can of course talk from house to house, although it is likely to be a price per family, but in theory. At least you can do it all over the country when you release the album.

But that's only in theory.

First of all, let's not say anything else, what is it on the most conspicuous shelf, what is it that will take the initiative to put up the poster of your new album, let's not say that. It's just a simple point. There are more than 30 provinces in the whole country. You have to go to each province at least once, right? You have to talk to each family seriously, right?

Moreover, there are many so-called dealers in each province and prefecture, and they all have their own specialties. It is even very likely that each person is responsible for a certain film, so how much time do you have to spend as a person outside the distribution circle to find out the bottom line? How long will it take you to contact, choose, and negotiate to make your album really spread all over the world?

One word: it's hard!

And even so, if you can't play a game of chess across the country, it's very likely that some dealers will go against the grain and secretly suppress your goods-you know, about half a month to twenty days, piracy will come up. ! Domestically speaking, the bigger the dealer, the closer the connection with the pirate. This is an indisputable fact!

Of course, what Qi Jie said is not without reason—

Give it to others to distribute, what if we sell 10 million copies?

If we do the distribution ourselves, what if we don’t sell as many copies as others, even if it only sells 3 million copies?

However, Li Qian hesitated.

Until he suddenly received a call from Xie Mingyuan.

On the phone, he said with an old-fashioned smile: "Brother, your general manager Qi, should have run pretty well, right? You should know the conditions of each family. How about it, let us be the agent of Sony, I Can't lose you!"

Li Qian smiled, and suddenly threw Qi Jie's question to him and asked, "You said, I will give it to you, let you represent it, and sell it to 10 million copies. How much should I earn? Or should I sell it myself? , how much does it cost to sell three million copies?"

On the other end of the phone, Xie Mingyuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Give it to me, Liao Liao's album, I'm sure I can sell you 10 million copies! But if you sell it yourself, I can't guarantee you. Three million copies can be sold."

Li Qian was surprised when he heard the words, and asked, "Liao Liao's album is not good either? That's Liao Liao!"

Xie Mingyuan smiled, "Of course! Of course I know it's Liao Liao! But, brother, publishing is like doing business, doing business and making music, but they are never the same thing!"

Li Qian also laughed, "But, it's not like you can't sell 3 million copies, right?"

Xie Mingyuan paused when he heard the words, sighed, and said with a helpless tone, "Okay, let's stop bickering, to be honest, you may not be able to sell three million copies by yourself, but even if you sell What about three million copies? Are we really just eating records when we make records? Can Liao Liao, who sold 3 million copies, and Liao Liao, who sold 10 million copies, be the same thing? The studio is not going to give her a business performance? You do the math, which side is the big one?"

Speaking of this, he seemed to think that he was already "painful" enough. Seeing that Li Qian didn't speak, he thought he had been moved by him, so he sighed again and said, "Little brother, your talent is something I've always been very fond of. I admire it! In this way, you can help Sony to write a few songs. How should we calculate the price? As for this time, I will call the shots and give you 20 points. Moreover, this time we will only sign three songs. The head office right?"

This smashing is of course a commonly used routine in business, but it is obvious that although Li Qian sees it clearly, he is not ready to eat this set - on the contrary, Xie Mingyuan plays this set, and suddenly makes him extremely heartbroken. uncomfortable!

Yep, the studio is just a few months old and it's a complete blank on release!

Yes, if several companies were to compare horizontally, the final conditions given by Xie Mingyuan were quite good. If this is replaced by someone else, just starting out, and admitting that it is a disadvantage, it is very likely that I will be eager to nod and agree!

But Li Qian is not!

After a few perfunctory words, he said that he needed to think about it again, and then hung up the phone. Li Qian slumped on his boss chair and fell into a long exam—since he came to Shuntianfu, to be precise, since he established his studio I want all kinds of unhappiness after my album, as well as many considerations, fears, and worries in my heart, at this moment, all come to my mind!

"Since coming to this time and space, this half year is probably the most embarrassing half year of my life?" He thought to himself.

A minute later, he took out his mobile phone, dialed Qi Jie's number, and asked directly: "I don't know anything about distribution and sales, I'm very unprofessional, I'll ask you now, three million copies, can guarantee Do not?"

On the other end of the phone, Qi Jie hesitated for a moment, and then said decisively: "As long as you nod your head, I will run the country all over the country, and I will definitely win 3 million copies!"

Li Qian nodded ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and said, "Okay, that's it!"

Putting away his phone, he strode out of his office, pushed the door open when he reached the rehearsal room, and ignored the doubts and perplexities in the eyes of He Runqing and Liao Liao, he just walked up to the two of them and said calmly, "I I'm a little reluctant to admit defeat, so I decided to let us do the distribution ourselves. So, play with me, okay?"

Liao Liao was stunned for a moment, and then said, "No problem!"

He Runqing smiled when he heard the words, and said slowly: "I'm about to get out of breath, and I've come to join you. Of course, it's up to you... I'm fine!"

Li Qian smiled and said, "Actually, I just don't want them to be too proud!"

After a pause, he let out a long sigh of relief and said: "Then let's play!"

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Out of anger, it took me 40 minutes to log in at a starting point backstage before I got up! (To be continued.)

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