Chapter 8 Newcomers' Experiences
September 1997 was a month of grand exhibition for Li Qian's studio.
The release of Ho Yunqing's new album "Dream Chaser" not only set a number of amazing sales records, selling well for a whole month, but also directly helped Ho Yunqing rise to become a convincing top diva again.
Since the beginning of the month, first Liao Liao, and then He Runqing, the MV of the new album of the two began to shoot one after another, and completed one after another, although the later stage still has to be edited, to be dimmed and colored, and after various complex processing, the production can be finally completed, but at the end of October and the beginning of November, these two MV albums can be listed one after another.
At the end of the month, after going through the relevant approval procedures, Li Qian's studio was officially merged into Minghu Cultural Communication Company. After the merger of the two companies, Li Qian Studio ceased to exist after only a little more than a year of establishment, and was replaced by Minghu Culture, a comprehensive record company that integrates audio-visual production and distribution qualifications.
The first business signed by Minghu Culture Communication Company after the official completion of the merger was an agreement with Shengshi Entertainment Company on He Runqing's concert.
He Runqing's concert will start from mid-November to the end of December, a total of five cities across the country, the required venue, stage, lighting, sound, artificial, etc., all by Shengshi Entertainment Company, but at the same time, Shengshi Entertainment Company also contracted all the ticket sales power.
What Minghu Culture needs to provide is He Runqing's singing and all the accompaniment musicians. What was gained was the agreed income of 33 million for five concerts - in the music industry, this is called the package ticket system.
It was also this Shengshi Entertainment Company that offered Liao Liao's concert a price of 40 million for five performances, but Liao Liao still chose to refuse, because she said she was moving.
Also at the end of the month, Minghu Culture Communication Company went through two rounds of selection. In the end, Li Qian made the decision and signed three newcomers for the company, including two men and one woman. The two male singers are Ge Releng from Mongolia and Zhao Yuan from Shuntianfu. And the only female singer is a girl who has drifted north for two years, named Zhuang Meiyue.
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Minghu Culture, Conference Room No. 2.
The three newcomers who had just signed a contract followed Sun Meimei to the conference room to prepare to attend the company's monthly regular meeting.
A few days after they signed the contract, this was the first time they participated in the company's regular meeting, and they were more or less nervous and entered the conference room. They all sat down at the end of the long conference table, not even daring to communicate with each other, just sitting there straight one by one, waiting for the meeting to begin.
Within a few minutes, the heads of various departments of the company arrived one after another, and some said while walking, and after coming in, they each found a nearby place to sit down.
After Li Jinlong came in. also deliberately walked over and said hello to Ge Rilen, Zhao Yuan and Zhuang Meiyue. I also talked to them a little more.
At nine twenty o'clock, Li Qian walked in with a document in his hand, many people deliberately stood up to greet him, he responded with a smile one by one, and then walked to the top of the conference table in silence, but did not sit down in the middle. Instead, he chose a seat on the left-hand side, sat down casually, and then put on his headphones again, listening to the song while opening the file in his hand. A pen in his hand, not in the upper circle.
From the moment he came in, the eyes of the three newcomers had been following him - during the second round of interviews, they had all seen him and knew that he was Li Qian - when the others stood up to say hello, they all stood up with him, but there were a lot of people, and before they could speak, Li Qian had already walked over and sat down, and the three of them had to turn around and sit down a little sneeringly.
But then, they continued to look at Li Qian curiously.
As a well-known big man in the industry, and the actual big boss of this company, they originally thought that Li Qian in his own company must be a big man of his word, not to mention the tyrant level, at least it must be the extremely majestic type. But in fact, the discussions of some of the staff below they heard in the few days after entering the company, as well as the facts they saw with their own eyes at this moment, made them unconsciously have a strange feeling - Li Qian seems to have no sense of existence in the company!
He didn't act like the boss of this company at all, the ultimate boss, but more like an ordinary little clerk - his popularity seemed good, but after he walked over, the people who were waiting for the meeting immediately talked about how to talk, and they didn't have the slightest scruples because of his arrival and sitting.
The three newcomers look at it, look at it...... Li Qian seemed to notice their gaze, looked at the middle of the document, subconsciously raised his head to look over, saw that it was the three of them, smiled and nodded at them, and then lowered his head again, and continued to listen to the song and read the document - like a little withdrawn big boy.
The three of them were a little embarrassed, but more of a surprise.
If it is a boss who is usually very dignified, smiling and nodding at them like this will probably make people think that he is very approachable, but if he is so approachable to everyone, or even has no sense of existence, it will make the three newcomers muttered in their hearts - this is really inconsistent with Li Qian's status in the pop music industry today.
It's not the same thing as the painting style they imagined in their minds.
However, these senior managers in the company seem to have long been accustomed to it.
During this period, they saw Li Jinlong, the company's production manager, walk over, Li Qian took off his headphones and chatted with him briefly, and then Li Jinlong walked away, and he put on the headphones again and continued to read the documents.
At half past nine, Qi Jie walked in with Liao Liao and He Runqing, discussing something while walking, the long hair of the goddess Liao Liao was draped casually on her shoulders, looking disapproving, and the general manager Qi Jie couldn't help but shake her head helplessly. Before walking to the seat, He Runqing, who was traveling with him, seemed to say something with a smile, which made Qi Jie couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Everyone greeted Qi Jie, Liao Liao, and He Runqing one after another, and then each found a seat and sat down one after another.
Then, Qi Jie sat down on the main seat.
In an instant, the conference room suddenly fell silent, even so quiet that you could hear a pin dropping.
The three newcomers subconsciously straightened their waists.
It was only at this time that Li Qian looked up at the conference room in hindsight. Seeing Qi Jie, he seemed to know that the meeting was about to start, so he put away the documents in his hand and took off his headphones.
Qi Jie smiled and turned sideways slightly, and asked him, "You really don't want to sit in the middle?" Then I'll sit here in the future!"
The three newcomers were reluctant to blink their eyes and stared straight at the big boss.
However. Their big boss just smiled and said disapprehantly: "I don't come much, most of the things are arranged by you, and you sit just right." ”
Qi Jie smiled and stopped talking.
Liao Liao, who was sitting on Qi Jie's right hand, couldn't help but complain, "Isn't he just trying to save trouble? Let you sit here, he will be more comfortable as the shopkeeper in the future." ”
Qi Jie smiled and turned her head to look at Li Qian, as if she was very interested in his next answer.
Of course. She was not the only one who was interested, everyone looked at Li Qian.
Li Qian smiled a little embarrassedly, but said: "Sister Runqing is so tired and busy this year, but you see, as soon as she heard that she was going to hold a concert, she immediately nodded and agreed. But if you look at yourself, it's worth two months to move?"
Liao Liao pursed his lips and stopped talking.
The three newcomers didn't expect the two bigwigs of the company to be in front of so many people. They openly attacked each other, and suddenly glanced left and right in surprise. only to find that many people were secretly laughing.
They realized that, perhaps, this was a normal situation for these attendees.
At this time, Qi Jie also smiled, knocked on the table, and said, "Okay." You two don't make fun of each other, let's have a meeting!"
Because they have just signed a contract and are definitely pure newcomers, they can't get involved in many things and decisions in the company at all. There are even some things that they don't understand well before they don't understand the past and the future, so this meeting made them listen to it a little foggy. However, the general meaning is still clear: the main thing is that the general manager Qi Jie is arranging the company's main work in October.
Ho's concert will take place in November, and the whole of October will be her rehearsal period, which is undoubtedly the top priority of all the company's work in October.
Then, it involves the release of the MV disc of Liao Liao and He Runqing's new album.
In the last one, the three newcomers can also understand about it, but when it comes to distribution, they just see that they always communicate with many people and discuss very lively, but they don't understand what they are discussing at all.
Of course, after talking about the first two major events, the third one is the turn of the three of them.
The company had already informed before signing the contract that after the three of them signed in, they would not release an album directly, but must receive a half-year professional training arranged by the company - the three of them, although they were all selected and decided, obviously have good basic conditions, but among them, except for Zhao Yuan, who is from Shuntianfu, can barely be regarded as a professional background, Ge Releng and Zhuang Meiyue have not experienced any professional music education, and they can come to this point, it is purely a wild road. It's not that they can't take the wild road, but if they want to go long-term and stable in the future, it is necessary to carry out professional education and training before they become famous and lay a solid foundation for them.
The company has connected a total of four teachers for the three of them, and the other party will come to the company on the afternoon of the four days from Monday to Thursday to teach them for three months.
After three months, each of them will be contacted with a teacher for one-on-one teaching, professional music theory knowledge, and professional adjustments to their voices, singing methods, and techniques.
The three of them are all newcomers, the eldest Ge Releng is twenty-four years old, and the youngest Zhao Yuan is just twenty years old.
When Qi Jie finished arranging these things, it seemed that the meeting should be over, but she turned her head to look at Li Qian on the left and asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"
Li Qian thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, then I'll say a few words." ”
The three newcomers were already paying attention to Li Qian, but when they saw him nodding, their curiosity suddenly hung up again, and they were about to look at him intently, but they suddenly felt that the situation around them seemed to be a little wrong.
This meeting. They came in from the beginning, and they already had a preliminary understanding of the power structure within the company through this meeting - obviously, the legendary President Qi, who never seemed to meddle in the company's music affairs, was the real boss of the company, because it was obvious. When she came, when she spoke, everyone looked like they were cheering up. And Mr. Qi himself, in front of these management of the company, is also very majestic.
On the contrary, they originally thought that the big boss Li Qian had no sense of existence from the beginning to the present, but before the meeting began, he and Liao Liao's mutual jokes made the three newcomers feel it. He was more like he had come to make up the numbers - because the managers sitting at the conference table looked like they were laughing at when he spoke.
However, at this time, when Li Qian nodded and said, "Then I'll say a few words", the three newcomers were immediately keenly aware of it, and the atmosphere in the entire conference room was suddenly different from just now.
All of them. They all subconsciously straightened up their waists and looked at Li Qian intently.
Frightened, the three newcomers also straightened their waists.
However, Li Qian touched his chin. After a while, he said slowly: "Sister Runqing's concert, in fact, the timing is not too mature, so, in addition to the normal rehearsal...... Jin Long, you can contact us, and it is good to invite someone from the United States. Please team, professional choreography, lighting, please the best. ”
Some were stunned, but no one refuted.
Li Jinlong nodded solemnly, "Okay." I'll get in touch. ”
Qi Jie hesitated for a moment and asked, "But according to the agreement, these are what the other party should do." ”
Li Qian nodded, but said: "But I just looked at their plan, no, it's not good enough! At least it's not dazzling enough! Specifically, you go to contact and talk with each other again, it's really not good, we will pay the money ourselves, but the effect must be the best." This is the first time, we can not make money, we can even lose money, but we must not smash the signboard. ”
After a pause, he added: "In the next few years, the performance market, especially the concerts of singers of Liao Liao and Sister Runqing, will be quite active. ”
Qi Jie thought about it, nodded, and said affirmatively: "Okay, since you don't think it's good enough, I'll talk about it over there." ”
The three newcomers listened with a slight shock.
They didn't expect that Li Qian would negate the previous company's plan with a few simple words, but he was as majestic as President Qi, but he nodded and agreed so simply without any consideration.
Li Qian nodded, and turned to look at Liao Liao, "Start preparing for your new album two months in advance, and free up next year's time, if Sister Runqing's national tour can be successful, next spring, it will be your turn!"
The eyes of the three newcomers turned to Liao Liao.
As soon as they entered the company, just in time for the company to negotiate with the performance for the concert of two days later, the company naturally has a lot of discussions in this regard - Liao Liao has always been lazy, and refused the offer of the performer without hesitation, it is said that even President Qi has nothing to do with her, although the offer of 40 million for five concerts is really high enough, although the other party repeatedly said after Liao Liao refused that if it is a matter of money, then it can also be discussed, let Liao Liao give a price!
But she's that kind of person -- she makes music, and she works hard. But to make money, run commercial performances, and hold concerts, she is very lazy. However, no one can take her, this is the style of her Liao Datian.
But at this time, under the gaze of so many people, Liao Liao seemed to frown, and then looked at Li Qian helplessly, and asked with a resentful face: "Do you really want to open it?"
Li Qian nodded and said unceremoniously: "Holding a concert has never been just a simple way to make money, but in a larger sense, it is actually to unite your own fans, the truth here, still use me to tell you?"
Liao Liao nodded helplessly when he heard this, "Okay then." ”
The three newcomers were so shocked that they almost popped out their eyes.
If they only extrapolated from the previous impression, they couldn't imagine that Liao Liao, who was such a lawless goddess in the discussion of the company's employees, actually gave in so simply.
However, at this time, before the three of them could be surprised in their hearts, Li Qian suddenly turned his head and looked at them-the three of them subconsciously stirred up their spirits for a moment, and they all quickly puffed up their chests again.
Li Qian looked at them and said slowly: "The teachers arranged for you are all contacted by my friends, and then I personally came to invite them, and you are all signed by me in the end, and I will arrange the meaning of these classes for you, I will not say more, only one sentence, study hard, don't embarrass me." ”
At this time, the three newcomers actually had a feeling of flattery, and hurriedly nodded their heads in agreement, looking at the meaning, they almost patted their chests to promise.
Li Qian smiled at them, nodded, and said, "That's it, I'm done." ”
Then he lowered his head again, and in the blink of an eye, he reverted to his image as an unknown little clerk - if you only look at him now, if you don't know his name, almost no one will associate him with the identity of the newly rising Minghu cultural boss in the industry.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that a few simple paragraphs just now directly finalized so many major events, the three of them could hardly imagine what kind of authority Li Qian, a seemingly low-key guy, actually had in the company.
At this time, Qi Jie nodded, and was about to announce the end of the meeting.
Li Qian suddenly raised his head again, patted his head, and said embarrassedly: "By the way, Ge Rilen, you are Mongolian, right? I remember that your horse-head qin is good, you have time to go back, teach me?"
Ge Rilen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he forcibly held back the excitement in his heart, and hurriedly said: "No problem, be on call." ”
"Good. Li Qian smiled and nodded at him, then lowered his head.
After a pause, Qi Jie said, "The meeting was dismissed." ”
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In the last two days, my health has not been very good.
Cholecystitis, the right rib has been dull pain, is slowly adjusting, and some palpitation and shortness of breath, I have to gasp a few times at every turn, I feel better, I don't know why. However, during the double period, I was able to be lazy for two days, and I felt very uncomfortable.
I'm trying to get 10,000 words or something tomorrow, and I also ask you to vote for a few more monthly tickets, and strive to get over 3,000 votes today.
You know, you're the same fierce people who once smashed 2,000 votes in one day!
Give me another hand, give me some motivation!(To be continued.) )