Universal Music Hong Kong.

Music director Wan Feng warmly received the arrival of Zheng Qian's team, and this time Wan Feng was responsible for all the processes of Zheng Qian's new album "I Am the Champion".

Because of the busy schedule, Zheng Qian did not delay for long on other trivial matters, and after greeting for a while, he immediately entered the work state.

The first is the recording of the songs of the album, which is different from the competition version, in which all the songs will be remastered, and the entire album will have fifteen songs, covering everything from "I Believe" to "Ordinary Road".

The professional recording studio was already preparing to continue, and for three consecutive days, Zheng Qian soaked in the recording studio to record.

Because there are mature versions to compare, they are recorded very quickly, fifteen songs, and the average recording time is less than an hour.

During this period, there were also signed singers from Universal Music Company who came to visit, and although the recording of the songs was delayed, they also got to know many well-known Hong Kong singers.

Zheng Qian knows the intentions of these singers.

Today, Zheng Qian's creative ability has stood out in the market battles again and again and proved himself.

In Hong Kong, Zheng Qian's songs such as "I Really Love You", "Seventeen Years Old", "The Long Road of Life", and "Troubled Song" are still active on the Hong Kong Music Radio song list even after half a year, which is enough to prove Zheng Qian's strength.

On weekdays, countless singers continue to make phone calls, but they are all declined by Ren Xin.

Zheng Qian's work is not a cabbage, how can it be taken out and sold at will?

Money is only secondary, the value of the song should not be bound by money, Zheng Qian cares about the value of the singer itself, such as Liu Yihua or Wei Yehong, as long as they open their mouths, Zheng Qian is willing to help even if it is free.

Because the friendship between each other has exceeded the value of money itself.

But if you haven't seen your family and your friendship is not deep, you want me to help?

Can I help?

Therefore, in the face of the invitations of many well-known singers in Hong Kong, Zheng Qian also declined on the pretext of work, which means that nowadays, even if you have money, it is unlikely that you can buy Zheng Qian's works.

At this moment, not only did Zheng Qian's reputation not fall, but it rose extraordinarily.

Sometimes, people are like this, the easier it is to get something, the less it is to cherish it.

On the contrary, the harder it is to obtain, the more valuable it is.

After the recording, the next step is to shoot the MV.

This time, Universal Music also invested a lot of money, and approved 2.5 million yuan in the new album, although it will not be possible to record MV for every song, but there are at least about eight or nine songs, and the average MV for each song is 300,000 yuan.

However, because he had to rush to CCTV to rehearse, after the recording, Zheng Qian took a plane and temporarily flew back to the mainland.

Backstage in the studio of the CCTV building, because it is the last rehearsal, the corridor is full of singers, dancers, and many ethnic minority actors wearing costumes and preparing to rehearse.

When Zheng Qian, Ren Xin and others came here, they attracted the attention of many people present.

Regardless of whether they knew each other or not, many people greeted Zheng Qian warmly: "Teacher Zheng is here!"

"I saw you on the program list earlier, but I haven't seen you, but this time I can be regarded as looking forward to you!"

"Come on, Mr. Zheng!"

"Mr. Zheng, can you help me sign a name, I've always been a big fan of yours......"

Yingying Yanyan, chirping, many dancers with graceful figures, wearing performance costumes, walked forward in clusters, looked at Zheng Qian, giggled and laughed, and said all kinds of signature requests with a bright smile.

The bodyguards who arranged stayed outside and did not follow, but fortunately, filming was strictly forbidden in the backstage of the studio, so if it was just a signature, Zheng Qian's speed was still very fast.

After a while, under the leadership of the staff, Zheng Qian and others finally came to the lounge.

"Our Director Zhu said hello and specially set aside a private room for Mr. Zheng to make it easier for you to rest, and when the rehearsal begins, I will call you again." The staff said with a smile.

"Okay. Zheng Qian nodded.

Director Zhu is Zhu Hong, director of CCTV's comprehensive channel, although Zheng Qian doesn't know him, but when he came, Zheng Qian still heard Wang Chuanjun say that Zhu Hong had a good relationship with the General Political Song and Dance Troupe, and the deputy head of the troupe, Shen Mingyi, specially greeted Zheng Qian.

Otherwise, let alone the lounge, Zheng Qian was absent from the previous rehearsal, I am afraid that he would have been removed from the performance list a long time ago, how could Zheng Qian be so comfortable.

Of course, this is also because Zheng Qian is the author of "The Soul of the Chinese Army" and "My Motherland", these two performance tracks can be said to be the highlight of this National Day Gala, not to mention that Zheng Qian himself has an original song "I Love You China".

Three songs praising the party and the country at once, and the first one is a high-quality product, even if there is no relationship with Director Zhu, the director will never arbitrarily refuse Zheng Qian's appearance.

In the lounge, makeup artist Hao Youfan immediately opened the makeup box he carried with him as soon as he entered the door, and quickly helped Zheng Qian put on makeup.

Stylist Meng You also quickly took out the performance clothes that had been prepared from the suitcase and changed them for Zheng Qian.

The costume is a black slim-fitting suit, with some glittering chips on the surface of the costume, which exudes a misty luster under the refraction of the light, which is extremely eye-catching, and the soles of the feet are stepping on a pair of black shiny leather shoes.

This set of costumes was tailor-made by the Blue Ke Family for Zheng Qian's performance, and the cuffs and waistbands were cut very close-fitting, which was obviously different from the current bloated suit and coat, which suddenly revealed Zheng Qian's well-trained figure.

Ren Xin and the others, who were watching, kept nodding: "Perfect!"

Meng You said with a smile: "It's too different from ordinary suits, but the visual impact is very strong, Brother Qian, your vision is really unique, if you come to our designer's line, I'm afraid we won't have anything to eat, even if such a work participates in the catwalk, you can win awards." ”

Meng You looks polite and has a fair face, but he has a deep foundation in shaving and patting horses, and when he started to speak at this time, he immediately praised Zheng Qian to the sky.

Zheng Qian smiled, although he knew the trend of pop culture in the next twenty years, Zheng Qian was not very interested in the fashion designer industry, but Zheng Qian was still very satisfied with being able to wear a performance costume that matched his aesthetics.

At this time, the staff who had just left knocked on the door and walked in, "Mr. Zheng, the director is looking for you, do you have time now? I'll take you there." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help but glance at Zheng Qian's performance costume, this figure, long legs, hey......

"You can rest in your room, and I'll go by myself. ”

Zheng Qian said to Ren Xin and the others, then got up and nodded to the staff: "Please lead the way." ”

The staff immediately took Zheng Qian to the studio.

Director Xiong Hui was holding a walkie-talkie to direct the rhythm of the live rehearsal, and when he saw Zheng Qian coming, he put down the work at hand, looked Zheng Qian up and down, and said with a smile: "Xiao Zheng, how are you preparing?"

Zheng Qian immediately said: "Director Xiong, I am ready to listen to your arrangement at any time." ”

Xiong Hui nodded: "That's okay, you sit on the side now, I'll arrange for you to rehearse, by the way, Director Yang Lei Yang of the variety show channel will come and look for you." ”

Yang Lei?

Zheng Qian's heart moved.

He has never seen the leader of the variety channel, and when he participated in the "Singer" program, he has always been with this big man who has never been masked, the so-called nothing is not on the Three Treasures Palace, combined with rumors from the outside world, as well as Wang Chuanjun's background, Zheng Qian vaguely knows Director Yang's intentions.

Having said that, a channel director came to talk to him in person, which was too face-saving.

Not long after, when Zheng Qian sat and watched the rehearsal for a few minutes, he saw director Xiong Hui get up and shake hands with a slightly chubby middle-aged man, and then the two walked over to him.

"This is Director Yang, Xiao Zheng, you talk, I'll call you when the rehearsal is over. Xiong Hui smiled.

Yang Lei saw Zheng Qian and smiled: "Comrade Xiao Zheng is young and promising!"

Zheng Qian immediately shook hands with Director Yang: "You have won the prize!"

The two sat nearby, Yang Lei said with a smile while watching the rehearsal: "You are also a contestant who has gone out of our central three, when "Singer", your performance has always been very good, and I have been paying attention, I felt at that time that your future is absolutely limitless, and now it seems that my hunch is still very accurate." ”

Zheng Qian smiled: "You're right, I have always regarded our variety show channel as my mother's home." ”

When Yang Lei heard this, his heart suddenly became happy, so he directly explained his intention: "This time I specially asked you not to chat, but to have an invitation, there is already news from the outside world, presumably you are also mentally prepared." ”

Zheng Qian bowed his head and said, "You said to listen to it?"

Yang Lei nodded: "After the end of "Singer", our channel has been planning to open a national talent show, of course, our program, unlike other entertainment programs based on star performances, but in line with the purpose of "people entertain themselves", highlighting public participation and entertainment, and striving to provide a stage for ordinary workers from all walks of life across the country to sing loudly and show themselves, the name of this program is called "Avenue of Stars". ”

He glanced at Zheng Qian, and saw Zheng Qian smiling with a smile on his face, so he continued: "It stands to reason that it should be launched in August and September this year, but the first is because the show "Chinese Idol" was popular all over the country at that time, and it was in full swing, and the timing was not right, and the second reason was that we have been waiting for you and want to invite you to be the "Avenue of Stars" At that time, many people felt that although you were very strong, but you were young and young, inviting you to be a judge might attract some criticism, but now it seems that this is what we are worried about, so today I am here, and I officially sent an invitation to Xiao Zheng to sit on the judge seat of our "Avenue of Stars", this show will be launched after the National Day, and it will not make you wait too long. ”

"Why does it have to be me?"

Zheng Qian asked curiously: "To be able to come to "Avenue of Stars" as a judge, I think it is probably the wish of many senior singers. ”

Yang Lei said with a smile: "I said, you are a player who has gone out of our central three, no matter what kind of results you have achieved outside, you are still a child of the central three, we don't praise you, who else do we support?

Zheng Qian groaned, but he smiled secretly in his heart.

He felt that in addition to these truths, this Director Yang Lei was most likely a picker, and after saying so much, he never mentioned the treatment, what is this, I am not Yang Bailao......

seemed to see Zheng Qian's thoughts, Yang Lei coughed: "As for the salary, that, our program budget is limited, and it may be slightly lower than your expectations......"

"How much?" Zheng Qian asked bluntly.

Now is not the time to be tactful, it is about vital interests, of course Zheng Qian has to press step by step.

Yang Lei coughed: "The salary of our show, calculated according to the number of episodes, can give Xiao Zheng your salary, about 100,000 episodes......"

Compared with Zheng Qian's current value, this figure is indeed ridiculously low, but he doesn't have to perform, just sit on the judges' bench and drink tea, comment a few sentences, and have a strong exposure rate, this price is definitely very tempting for most singers.

But now the price of Zheng Qian's commercial performance has reached one million, and in comparison, CCTV is a little shabby.

And compared with the price of the mentors of "The Voice of China" in later generations, the gap is even more obvious.

Seeing that Zheng Qian was silent after listening to the salary, Yang Lei sighed, hey, this little Zheng is playing cards after he is popular, and one hundred thousand episodes is actually not low......

However, he also knows how high Zheng Qian's current appearance fee is, so although he has some complaints and awkwardness in his heart, he can also understand Zheng Qian's deep thoughts at this time.

People's time is a lot of money.

Finally, after Zheng Qian finished thinking, he spoke: "Mr. Yang, this price is actually not high for me, but I can also understand the difficulties of our channel, so let's do it, in addition to the salary of these 100,000 episodes, I also have two requirements......"

"You say!" Yang Lei nodded.

Zheng Qian said bluntly: "The first requirement: I want to participate in the sharing of the income from the CRBT download, concert, endorsement and other income of the students singing the songs." ”

Yang Lei's eyes widened suddenly.

What Zheng Qian said, not to mention that he is the number one, even if it is the entire program group, in fact, he doesn't think so far, and the goal of everyone's hard work is to increase the ratings of the channel.

Hearing these business opportunities at this time, Yang Lei suddenly felt like an initiation, and instantly became excited.

"Why didn't I think of that?"

He stood up, put his hands behind his back, and paced back and forth: "There is still such a business model, Xiao Zheng, you gave me a big idea!"

Zheng Qian looked at Yang Lei with a smile, waiting for him to calm down.

After a while, Yang Lei finished thinking about it and said: "I can promise this matter, but I can't think about the specific revenue sharing alone, and I'll let people calculate it when I get back, and then I'll talk to you in detail, no problem, right?"

"No problem. Zheng Qian said with a smile.

Yang Lei is in a much happier mood at the moment, looking at Zheng Qian, the more he looks, the more satisfied he becomes, this TM is simply a business wizard!

He thought that Zheng Qian had a second request, and immediately asked with great interest, "What about your second request?"

"Our company is currently in a period of rapid development, and we urgently need artists to join. ”

Zheng Qian said: "This second requirement is about the future of the contestants, there is always an end to the show, after the show, I don't know how the program team thinks about the whereabouts of the contestants? Is it like Shonan Satellite TV, set up a brokerage company, or is there another way?"

When Yang Lei heard this, he smiled and said: "We don't have the same ambition as Xiangnan Satellite TV, we just select the grassroots of civilians and send them to the national audience, as for the final destination of the contestants, we have also considered, as long as they get a ranking in the program group, we will give them a letter of intent from formal units such as major art troupes, opera and dance theaters, as long as the background is innocent, there is a high probability that they will be ......specially recruited."

When Zheng Qian heard this, he was stunned.

Isn't this the same as the final treatment of the "Singer" contestants?

I was also recommended by the program team to major art troupes, and finally chose to join the Air Politics Art Troupe.

"As for the final direction of the contestants, I believe that through the cultivation of our show, their popularity will show an absolute explosion, you know, popular contestants have the opportunity to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, we have opened a delivery channel with the Spring Festival Gala program team, so I am not worried about their future lives, presumably there are many companies willing to sign their ......"

When he said this, Yang Lei suddenly came to his senses, looked at Zheng Qian, and said in surprise: "You want to cut off your beard in advance?"

Zheng Qian smiled: "Our company is also very strong, so my second requirement is to have the right to sign players in advance......

Yang Lei couldn't cry or laugh, dare to love "Avenue of Stars" is used by you as a talent extraction machine?

But in the end, after weighing it again and again, Yang Lei still agreed.

However, there is a requirement that the contestant himself is willing to do so.