Chapter 330: Forming a Women's Orchestra
As far as Lin Wanqing is concerned, she tasted the sweetness of cooperating with Ye Zheng, and experienced the dilemma of losing Ye Zheng's works. Then I saw Ye Zheng making one singer after another popular. So she wanted to have the opportunity to contact Ye Zheng more and seek new cooperation opportunities.
Baina has objections to this, but Lin Wanqing doesn't care, her contract doesn't stipulate that she must follow Baina's arrangement. Even, Lin Wanqing recently came up with an idea to abandon Baina's contract and switch to space-time music. However, this approach still needs to be carefully considered, first of all, the issue of liquidated damages, although Baina will not forcefully limit Lin Wanqing's behavior, but whether it is revenue sharing or business operation, it must comply with the provisions of the contract and share with Baina.
The signing fee for her new contract is 40 million, but the liquidated damages specified in the contract are also higher. The signing fee given by the music company to the artist is not all available to the artist himself, but also to the agent and the team, especially the signing fee is often paid in installments. But the liquidated damages are often paid by the artists themselves, and they will fall into the situation of lawsuits and reputations. If she gritted her teeth, Lin Wanqing could also take it, but the current situation is not worth it.
Moreover, her participation in "I Am a Singer" was objected to, but it was approved by Zhang Deqiang. Zhang Deqiang has a deep understanding of Ye Zheng's ability and ability, and his ideas are similar to those of wheat field music. They have business competition, but why not use the resources provided by their competitors to improve their strength?
With the signing of one artist after another, the entire program team also relaxed, and finally Li Jian also signed a contract, and he was one of the 7 singers who started together with Xu Meitang.
The whole show is about to start filming the first episode, before that, Ye Zheng was invited by Chen Hua to record a top interview program of Huaxia TV Variety Channel, variety interview. Variety Interview is the most high-end variety show in the whole of China, and the people interviewed in each episode are all celebrities at home and abroad. And the difference between this variety show and many variety shows is that it has insisted on broadcasting in the form of live broadcast since its inception.
This kind of courage is not available to everyone. You must know that in the process of variety shows, there are often some big and small situations, or some words and behaviors of the guests and hosts are not suitable for broadcasting, etc., so after the interview show is recorded, it will go through some editing, delete some meaningless and bad impact shots, and the broadcast length can also be standardized.
But variety show interviews won't, it insists on live broadcasting, even if there are some episodes, whether it's good or bad, it doesn't matter. It is to insist on presenting the audience with the most authentic and intuitive interview. And because of this, this is also one of the reasons why it attracts audiences, coupled with the top beautiful hosts and first-class guests, so it has created its supreme status as a talk show.
In the weekly variety interview, which guest or guests will be invited to come, it is also a topic that the audience is talking about. The guest candidates for the next episode will be announced at the end of the previous episode. Of course, if the guest is in a hurry, there is no way. The audience will be informed through official channels.
After the end of the last variety show interview, the host leisurely announced the guests who will appear in the next episode...... Chairman of Time and Space Music, all-round ghost talent, Ye Zheng. Hot rock and roll sexy queen, boy killer, Xiao Qi. The new generation of gentle female voices, the goddess of purity, Su Momo.
At present, the most prestigious male and female duo group, Phoenix Legend. There are five people in total. When the news was announced, it attracted a heated discussion, these five people, except for Ye Zheng himself, everyone else has participated in some variety shows, of course, it is not a big platform like variety interviews, but it is also a program of a provincial TV station. Phoenix Legend has just finished a variety show to promote their new album "Auspicious Ruyi".
If you talk about Xiao Qi, Su Momo, and Phoenix Legend, the most qualified of them to appear in variety shows is Xiao Qi, after the second Cantonese album, the names of Xiao Qi and the Black Butterfly Band have swept all over Asia and gone international. Now that she is approaching a first-line singer like Lin Wanqing, her appearance fee is approaching. As for Su Momo and Phoenix Legend, they are much worse than Xiao Qi. The price of the appearance fee of the Black Butterfly Band is second only to Xu Meitang in time and space music, while Su Momo's appearance fee is only about one-fifth of Xiao Qi's.
The reason is that the Black Butterfly Band is a rock band, and the popularity is the same style as ever, and the female lead singer of the rock band is the only one who is famous, which is a rare variety. And Xiao Qi is beautiful, and her stage style is hot and sexy, which attracts attention, especially the eyeballs of young male students and male friends. In addition, the Black Butterfly Band often goes to some TV variety shows and so on when they have time, she is lively, straightforward and active, actively promotes herself, and with the promotion of two albums, she is naturally famous.
As for Su Momo, it's different. Although being a singer has always been Su Momo's wish, now she has fulfilled this wish. But she has always kept a low profile and maintained the image of a pure goddess. And she herself does not like all kinds of noisy occasions. In variety shows and commercial performances, she always listens to the company's arrangements, and she will go if she is asked, otherwise she will not go, and she will never take the initiative. Therefore, her fame is lower than Xiao Qi, and the appearance fee is naturally lower. Of course, even Su Momo is treated like a second-tier singer. It's something that newcomers from other music companies can't hope for.
As for the Phoenix Legend, the fame is even lower, and the song "Over the Moon" has not become a popular divine comedy in this world, but it is just eye-catching and good. The reason is Ye Zheng. In the face of the continuous release of high-quality albums by Time and Space Music, the public has enjoyed so many high-quality songs in a short period of time, including many amazing songs. So the light of "Over the Moon" was overshadowed.
Zhong Wei and Siqin Linghua were a little impatient in their hearts, after all, they saw that Black Butterfly, Tang Dynasty, and Su Momo, who entered the company at the same time, were all on fire, but there was a gap in their results. It wasn't until Ye Zheng talked to them in person after he took out the second album for them that the two of them settled down again and continued to make music in a down-to-earth manner. "Do you think your results are not good? The "On the Moon" album sold 1.15 million copies, which is a good result that many singers envy and can't envy, even if they are first-line singers, how many can buy albums more than this number? You are just a little less than Xiao Qi and them. So you are impatient, upset, why are you so breathless? You are the only male and female group in our company, and you are also one of the few male and female groups in China. In that respect, your results are good enough. The most important thing is to put your mind at ease, make music steadily, play steadily, and improve your strength. As long as you work your own, the company will build you into a first-class combination in no more than two years. ”
With Ye Zheng's promise and the quality of the songs of the second album, Phoenix Legend also calmed down. Yes, what is there not to be satisfied with? Even first-line singers who have sold less than a million albums abound. But their albums sold 1.15 million! They have a low appearance fee and a small reputation, and that's because they debuted for a short time. And they themselves chose the wrong object of comparison. Now a newcomer within a year of their debut, who dares to compete with the Black Butterfly Band? The first album sold 3.3 million, and the second album has exceeded 4 million, and is charging towards 5 million copies.