Chapter 20: The Golden Age of the Recording Industry

Later, as soon as Qi Jie said it, Li Qian understood what Liao Liao had said when he bit her ear with her just now. And Liao Liao then explained a few words, and Li Qian was also relieved.

Liao Liao said that she obviously can't sing and sing for a lifetime, so when she is popular, when she can earn a lot of money, she must learn to accumulate some family funds, but she is not a person who can manage money, except for Li Qian, who she can trust and is extremely optimistic about the future, otherwise she doesn't even dare to buy shares, so what should I do? Some time ago, Qi Jie, on behalf of Li Qian, inquired about the price of the building, so that she began to gradually notice that in recent years, the price of real estate has been soaring.

Therefore, I have to live there anyway, and the house will not collapse for decades or hundreds of years if I stand there anyway, so I will buy a house - the scientific name is real estate investment.

Moreover, with the money she has in her hands now, she earns millions from selling albums, and millions from advertising endorsements, although it is a little difficult to buy three villas at the same time, it is not necessarily impossible to get it, if you take out a loan, it will be easier. It's really not good, she can still ask Chen Changsheng to borrow a little, it's hard to say more, there are still two or three million friendships, and it is estimated that no one will think that she Liao Liao can't repay the debt.

From Li Qian's point of view, Liao Liao's decision is extremely correct.

Although time and space have changed, the trend of social development has not changed, the commodity era, the rapid development of the economy, a large number of people into the city, and want to stay in the city, enjoy a more modern and better life, it will inevitably push up housing prices. It can be said that even without the administrative intervention of the state, housing prices have risen rapidly with the development of the economy, which is also the general trend.

And to tell the truth, in that time and space, whether it was Hong Kong, Taiwan or the mainland, artists speculating in real estate and hoarding houses were very common investment methods, and it was not impossible to lose money, but the situation was good. Or more people earn.

Especially in Shuntianfu investment in real estate, it is absolutely sure to make a profit.

Therefore, although I think it is a bit too exaggerated for Liao Liao to buy three large villas in one go, he has this money. Even if she also invests in real estate and real estate, it seems that she can make more money by investing in shops, but since she has bought everything, Li Qian feels that there is no need to say anything more.

And then again, what is Liao Liao's main business?

Singer!

Next, she made records and released records in her studio. With her voice and singing skills, as well as her market position and appeal that are almost unmatched in China, coupled with the classic songs she gave, Li Qian is absolutely sure that she will continue to be popular in the future, so just a few villas are really not a big deal for her.

She can make more money in the future!

Like the explosion of the domestic film market in the second decade of the 21st century, economic development has risen to a certain extent. The prosperity of the cultural and artistic market is inevitable.

And unlike the movie, which is similar to one-time cultural consumption, fans can listen to the album countless times when they buy it and go home, so it will subconsciously make people feel that buying an album is more realistic. Therefore, in the cultural and art market, the prosperity of the record industry is destined to come earlier than the prosperity of the film industry.

Three or five years ago, the album sold two million copies and got the double platinum certification, which was almost the highest dream of most singers, and for the vast majority of singers. This goal is also almost unattainable. When the sales volume reaches four million or five million, that is the level of the god who has reached the top. The cure was sold for six million, and there were only a few people.

But what about now?

It's hard to say anything else, but "Sister and Sister Stand Up" has only been sold for more than half a year now. But five million is definitely over, six million is estimated at hand, and by the end of the year, even if it can't be over seven million, it's not too much, in the long run. Eight million is almost a given. And Liao Liao's two albums before and after, "Liao Liao" should not be a problem in the long run, six million copies of "The Sound of the Waves Remain" is not a problem, and there is even hope to hit the sales of 10 million copies!

And they're not the only ones who are thriving.

Ordinary people may not notice the changes in the market, but the executives of the major record companies must be paying attention to every subtle data change in the market with their eyes wide open. According to Chen Changsheng's data, he once analyzed it to Li Qian, in the past 1995, the domestic record market sales have increased by 39% compared with 1994.

You know, in 1995, Li Qian only helped Liao Liao write a few songs and helped make her popular, for the entire domestic record market, the millions of copies that Liao Liao can bring may have a slight increase in the statistics of the entire market, but its influence is definitely not that great.

So, it's the market itself growing!

At best, Li Qian helped Liao Liao make records and Wuxing Wusu made records, just adding another fire under the pot to make the whole market hotter, but it was definitely not the main power.

In other words, while Liao Liao is selling well, in fact, the album sales of other singers are also rising unconsciously, but their data explosion is not as explosive and eye-catching as Liao Liao and Wuxing Wusu's sudden popularity.

It's hard to say anything else, just a female singer.

It is said that by the end of 1995, there were as many as 9 female singers who released a new album in '95 and sold more than 1 million copies...... Even two years ago, it was unimaginable!

And the male singer, who released records in the entire 95 years and sold more than 1 million copies, is as many as 23 people!

Female singers are rising, sales are increasing significantly, and male singers are not being suppressed, but growing at the same time, and even more powerfully!

Is the era of female singers coming?

Wrong!

It's the golden age of the entire record industry here!

And not only in China, but also in this time and space, in the time and space that Li Qian has experienced, several of the biggest names with the highest album sales in American history, including Mariah Carey, including Shania Donn, and Mike Jackson, their album sales exploded in the past ten years around 2000!

It can be said that at present, both at home and abroad, it can block and destroy the continued prosperity of the record industry. There is only piracy! especially the future of online piracy!

In the time and space that Li Qian once experienced, the era of the national Internet was initially opened in 2005, and by about 2008, every urban household was basically equipped with a computer.

In fact, by that time. Online piracy is already largely uncontrollable.

In the current time and space, the development progress of computer technology and mobile phone technology seems to be much earlier and faster than that time and space, so it is conceivable that the full attack of online piracy is far away. Days are numbered.

Therefore, Li Qian judged that the entire world's record industry is booming, and there is still a golden period of about ten years or so, perhaps...... It's only been about eight years.

But eight years, that's enough.

In eight years, Li Qian plans to help Liao Liao make another eight to ten albums, and then when the framework of the studio is initially set up, he will start to sign a few of his own singers and help them make albums with them. Make them popular.

Well, in eight years, thirty to forty albums, the best resources in my hands are basically exhausted.

And just at that time, the record industry will basically not make any money, and singers can only make money by taking commercial performances, appearing on programs and endorsements. It can be said that whether it is a record company or a studio, the ability to control singers will drop to the lowest level in history! Although his music career will definitely continue. Because even if you don't make money, making music is really a pleasant thing to do. It's just that at that point, music will definitely not be the focus of his entire career.

Because...... The big era of movies is about to begin!

It can be said that you should only think about making money. Li Qian really doesn't need to do anything else, just take advantage of the current golden decade of the record industry, it is enough to sign singers and make records hard, it is no exaggeration to say that with the resources in his hand that come from the crystallization of the wisdom of countless cattle in another time and space. He can completely hold a few heavenly kings and a few heavenly queens in his own hands.

He doesn't even have to wait for the arrival of the golden age of the film industry, he can already complete the original accumulation of capital, and at that time, he will be more leisurely, with a large amount of money in his hands, a large amount of artist resources, write scripts, pick directors to shoot, and praise his own artists, or simply make a few variety shows that are bound to be popular, and make money at the same time......

Moreover, this is just a mess in the art circle, if Li Qian's heart is a little more ambitious and his goal is a little bigger, in fact, there are many industries in which he can make money and participate in it. For example, at present, although the concept of computers and the Internet has been favored by many investors, and there has been a lot of capital involved, even if they are as clear as they are, the foresight of the future Internet era is definitely not as good as Li Qian, who has gone through that time period.

It's hard to say anything else, a little money in hand, choose several projects to invest money in, it's hard to say that one million profits, one or two successful investments in ten are enough to eat comfortably for a lifetime in the future.

It can be said that for a reborn, especially a reborn like Li Qian, who came with a huge advantage, if he just wanted to make money, the advantage was too much stronger than that of ordinary people.

But Li Qian is obviously not the kind of person who only thinks about making money and making a fortune, and he is also very self-aware - people's energy is always limited, and if you do this, you will definitely not have time to do that.

Money has to be earned, but he only earns what he is interested in and willing to do.

For example, when he makes a record, he also wants to make his singers and artists popular, but what he wants most is not the final harvest, but the process in the middle of doing things - when she and Liao Liao are together and learn from each other, and the two of them work together to help Liao Liao find the most suitable emotion, and then create a song into a touching and heartfelt power, it is when he is the happiest.

Making money is just a by-product of piggybacking.

His main business is to make good things!

Of course, these things, these thoughts, and these choices, so far, can only be buried deep in his own heart, not only Liao Liao, Wang Jinglu, but even his parents, he will not reveal even a word.

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On the car back, Li Qian had already talked about the situation when he saw Li Jinlong.

Regarding Li Jinlong, he said: "His ability is limited, and he is not a genius-type person, but the good thing is that he knows that he is not a genius." So he can do things on the ground. And he wanted to come over very sincerely, considering that after the studio was built, Sister Qi didn't know how to do it, and Sister Liao and I didn't have that much time. So, there must be someone who knows how to help with some musical things. When he called, I could tell what he meant, and I was already moved. ”

In this regard, Liao Liao and Qi Jie naturally have no objections.

The studio is going to be set up. Even if the grass platform team is also a team, it must find someone to help with it. Li Jinlong had cooperated with Li Qian before, and he was one of the few people in the circle who had cooperated with Li Qian, and now the other party took the initiative to resign from Huage's job and wanted to come over, and Li Qian matched his strength and personality, so of course there was nothing to say.

Liao Liao even said, "In the future, Xiaojie will be in charge of administration and leading artists, and that Li Jinlong will be responsible for giving you a start in making music, running errands and contacting contacts or something." He's an expert, he's good!"

Li Qian nodded, and continued: "But when he came, I thought of a lot of questions at once. We have been excited to build a studio, buy a building, decorate, and buy equipment, and we don't seem to have thought of the next management work? How do you manage how many people you want to sign in to make arrangements, including how many musicians, singers, and so on that you might sign in the future?

When Liao Liao heard this, he smiled very stupidly and sweetly. affirmatively: "This has nothing to do with me, anyway, I don't understand this, that...... Xiaojie, your boss is asking you!"

Qi Jie rolled her eyes when she heard this, and asked Li Qian cautiously, "What do you think?"

Li Qian shrugged his shoulders and said, "I just graduated from high school." You taught me, do you know? You let me write songs, let me sing, let me make up songs, it's all right, I can be a couple of people by myself. But...... You let me be a manager, let me keep an eye on the attendance of the people under me every day, make a salary and bonus system for them? This is really not my specialty! So...... I'm asking you, Teacher Qi!"

So even Liao Liao turned his head to look at Qi Jie.

Obviously, they can all hear that Li Qian is ready to be a shopkeeper completely.

Needless to say, the music thing, it must be Li Qian who is in charge of Bao Yuan'er, and he must be able to play no matter how he plays, but managing a studio, even if this studio may only have a few people working for a long time, there may only be a signed singer like Liao Liao, but the studio is a studio, and it has to recruit and manage.

To put it mildly, you have to at least find a cleaner, find an accountant, and find someone who is responsible for answering the phone, right?

What's more, Li Qian has already released a message to let Li Jinlong be responsible for finding a few musicians, and if the two sides negotiate in the future, when others join the studio, it means that the studio will expand.

As the number of musicians increases, the number of ordinary staff serving them will definitely increase, and at that time, even if there are only a dozen or so people, it will not be easy to manage all these people.

And among the three people, it is indeed only Qi Jie, who seems to barely have the basic qualities of being a manager, musicians like Li Qian and Liao Liao are too casual to do that job.

But at this time, in the face of the eyes of the two people, Qi Jie was not panicked at all, and people knew at a glance that she should have considered the question that Li Qian had just thought of and raised, and she already had a little idea of her own.

Facing the scrutinizing eyes of the two people, she had no stage fright, and said directly: "The salary system is the simplest, Liao Liao is so familiar with Changsheng Records, let's directly take their salary system over and revise it, and it will become, from ordinary staff to musicians, although Changsheng Records is not big, but there must be a full set, which they have summarized for many years, and it is very easy to use!"

Li Qian and Liao Liao were a little dumbfounded when they heard this-it turned out that it was that simple?

At this time, Qi Jie ignored their surprise at all, and continued: "I don't care about how to recruit people in music, and I don't understand, but the ordinary staff is actually very simple, I have asked the building management, and our internal cleaning can be directly contracted to them, which is not expensive." The security work is even more included in the property fee, and of course they are responsible. ”

"Therefore, let's put up the most important accounting and financial shelves, and recruit a front desk to answer the phone, a service responsible for procurement and other errand work, the studio can operate normally, and other personnel, who you need, can go to the talent market at any time to recruit!

Speaking of this, she finally stopped, looked at Li Qian, and then at Liao Liao, and asked, "What's wrong? What I said is not right?"

Li Qian and Liao Liao glanced at each other and nodded in unison.

Li Qian made a decision at that time, "Since you have already considered the whole situation, then these things will be handed over to you!"

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PS1: Regarding the villa discount, some readers have raised questions, explain - since the mid-to-late nineties, many communities in Beijing will take the initiative to contact a few stars before the opening, and directly give away a house, or even a villa, of course, it has to be a big name at Zhang Guoli's level, and Zhang Dada doesn't have to, because if you want it, people will add a sentence when selling to buyers, Zhang Guoli also bought a house in our community, which is a hidden endorsement.

PS2: Push each other with Baibai, the overlap of readers of the two books is quite high, readers who like to read "Perfect Life", there must be many people who are also interested in Baibai's "Literary Era", go and take a look, it is a word-of-mouth work.

Well, to add a sentence at the end, I suddenly feel that PS2 is actually selling itself and boasting. (To be continued.) )