How popular is "Singer" at the moment?

This can be seen from the appearance fees of the singers who appeared in the first two episodes.

Shi Zhongyu, the champion of the first issue, has tripled the appearance fee since the show was broadcast, and he was talking about a men's clothing brand endorsement recently, and his agent gritted his teeth and quoted a high price of 20 million, but the other party did not make a counteroffer!

The highest increase is still Shi Tanhui, whose strong singing skills left a deep impression on the audience.

Before the show was not broadcast, her appearance fee was 20,000 yuan, and there was no market, and she couldn't receive a few commercial performances all year round.

However, after the show was broadcast, her appearance fee was mentioned as 200,000, and there was still no market, but that was because her time was completely insufficient, so it was priceless.

A tenfold increase, in less than a month, this is second to none in the entire industry.

These days, the topic of "The Singer" has climbed to a terrible level.

Almost all social media and online platforms are filled with relevant topics and dominate the topic rankings.

It's as if everyone is watching the show, and everyone is eagerly discussing the performance of each singer and guessing who will be the next fill-in singer.

For a while, the number of famous singers in the circle was being asked by fans whether they were fill-in singers, and there were similar questions below the Black Hole Band.

It's just that everyone denied it, which made the audience's curiosity even stronger.

The Black Hole Band did not go back to Xiangcheng directly, but came to the capital, and they were invited by Feng Jian.

Feng Jian invited guests to dinner at home, and his wife made fried noodles herself.

Not only the Black Hole Band came, but also Qiao Liang and several rock circle veterans.

Most of those forty or fifty-year-old guys are rock people of the same era as Feng Jian, and many of them are more popular than the Thumb Band and Feng Jian.

The biggest of them is named Cui Kang.

Cui Kang was one of the first people to play rock in the capital that year, and he was known as a man who woke up the music circle with a roar.

Although he did not start his own music company, the three bosses of the top ten red stars in China, Dongfang and the Great Wall are all his iron buddies, and he has been running for the development of Chinese rock for many years. Whether it is personal strength or personality charm, he is a well-deserved big brother in the circle.

More than half of the people, including Cui Kang, are from the capital, although Feng Jian is a TJ person, he has been mixing in the capital since he was a teenager, and Beijing and Tianjin are not separated, so they are also half indigenous.

This dinner is Feng Jian's east, but the initiator is still Cui Kang.

He mainly wanted to invite the Black Hole Band, but because he had no contact information, he could only contact through Feng Jian.

Through Feng Jian, he naturally couldn't help but invite him, so he simply had a meal at Feng Jian's house, and the two sides got to know each other.

Qiao Liang happened to come to Feng Jian to talk about cooperation, so they got together.

Full of wine and food, they sat in the courtyard around the charcoal stove to roast the fire, drink tea, and chat.

"I watched you perform at the Grammys, the arrangement is really good, you won't come to this song next singer, right?" Feng Jian asked with a smile.

"We thought, the rules don't allow it!" Cao Wu smiled.

Cui Kang suddenly interjected and asked, "How do you feel?"

"Grammy?" Cao Wu knew that the main topic was coming, thought about it, and said: "It's very formal, very professional, and has the style and demeanor of a world-class award." ”

Cui Kang nodded, and asked again: "Do you think we can also make an award of the same level?"

"The same level?" Cao Wu was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Cui Kang meant.

At present, most of the domestic music awards are oriented to the domestic music market, but the largest one includes the Southeast Asian market, and there has never been a world award with global influence.

Cui Kang wants to hold a world music award like the Grammys?

He should not have that strength, this kind of award is not held by private individuals or private organizations, it must be led by national industry associations.

But Cui Kang doesn't seem to be from the Music Association? What news did he get?

Cao Wu thought for a while and said: "The world award is not based on the scale, but on its authority, fairness and influence. The Grammys have the influence they have today because of the rise of television, which turned the original stereotypical awards ceremony into a colorful music program, and greatly increased the international visibility of the Grammys by broadcasting them live to the world. ”

Cui Kang nodded and agreed: "On the other hand, it is the dividends brought by the improvement of the national strength of the United States, the period of the rise of the Grammys happened to be the years when the United States engaged in a large-scale arms race, and the eyes of the whole world were focused there, and the United States took advantage of this to engage in cultural export and enhance its international influence." ”

When it came to sensitive topics, Cao Wu didn't say much, but asked, "Brother Cui, did you get any news?"

Cui Kang was noncommittal: "Some time ago, Lao Yang of the Red Star chatted with me, and he is a member of the Music Association. Over the years, China has been bent on economic development, and the support of the cultural industry is insufficient, which has led to the intensification of foreign cultural invasion and serious erosion of Chinese people's thoughts. Therefore, in recent years, the state has been increasing its support for cultural industries such as film and music, and wants to cultivate several international awards to enhance its international influence. Regarding the establishment of the awards, the Music Association hopes that it will be led by excellent domestic music companies and given corresponding support by the Music Association. ”

Cao Wu was a little puzzled and asked, "Why doesn't the Music Association set up an award on its own, wouldn't that be more convenient?"

Cui Kang explained: "The music association has its own considerations, and over the years, due to the improvement of China's comprehensive strength in all aspects, it has affected the hegemony of the United States. The Music Association is a national organization, and international art awards are an important tool for cultural promotion. If the music association takes the lead in setting it up, it will easily arouse the vigilance of the United States, and it may be subject to certain restrictions. In that case, the international award will become a domestic award again, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Cao Wu understood what he meant, and then said: "So the Music Association wants the top ten to take the lead and put on a layer of commercial skin?"

"That's right. ”

Cao Wu was a little puzzled, the Music Association had already said that he would let the top ten take the lead, why did Cui Kang still come to them.

Is it because of the Black Hole's current influence overseas?

Unlikely, although the songs of the Black Hole Band have sold well in Southeast Asia and even in the United States, they have not yet had much influence.

The only thing that can be regarded as influential must be the partnership between Xinghai and Sony Music.

But Cui Kang is an artist under Sony China, and Sony China is also one of the top ten......

He suddenly remembered the rumors in the company, it seemed that Guo Tian, the CEO of Sony China, and Niu Li were quite close, as if they were chasing her.

At present, Niu Li is in Malaysia and has not returned.

This is Guo Tian's overture, trying to pull Xinghai into the field?