Chapter 163: Decision
Minghu Culture Company, 9th Floor, Editing Room.
After finishing a long paragraph, Li Qian looked back and looked at it again, and nodded with satisfaction, "Great!" Then, subconsciously raised his hand to rub his eyes, looked at his watch, and said with a smile: "Da Liu, take a break, I've been working for two hours." ”
Liu Qing also nodded when he heard this, and said, "Okay, then I'll smoke a cigarette!" After speaking, he rubbed his eyes and stood up.
Da Liu, Liu Qing, is not yet thirty years old this year, and he entered the industry halfway, but Yu Bojun's several movies in the last two or three years are all cut by him, and the work is quite good. To put it simply, there is talent.
When he went out, Li Qian rubbed his eyes again, leaned back in the chair relaxedly, and after resting for a while, he sat up and wanted to repeat the work just now, but unconsciously remembered the incident of John Days and Michael Johnson coming over in the morning, and couldn't help but be a little distracted again.
Yes, he didn't agree on the spot, but he didn't refuse either, he just said that he needed to think about it and see if the time could be arranged.
In fact, who does things first and who does them later must depend on who is more important, so as long as the things on the American side are important enough, then, of course, if you don't have time, you can squeeze out time and postpone everything for two or three months.
So, does it matter?
Of course!
Whether it is the soundtrack of the big ship or not, it is not so important, but it is not able to get the global sales support of Rolling Stone Records, but it is extremely important - the cultural gap between the East and the West has always been there, and it is quite deep, there is no way, and it is not easy for an Oriental singer to go to the Western world to sell well!
And I have to admit that don't look at the albums of the four major beauty bands seem to have sold crazy in the Chinese-speaking cultural circle, it seems that the market of the Chinese-speaking cultural circle itself is big enough, but in fact, people who are a little more knowledgeable will understand that today's world is still a world in which Western culture occupies a strong position.
To put it simply, no matter how good you are at Chinese music, you can only sell it in the Chinese-speaking cultural circle, and in the United States, you can sell Chinatown at best, but as long as English music is done well, it can cover all cultural circles in the world - this is the difference.
Moreover, the market of the English-speaking cultural circle is also many times larger than that of the Chinese-speaking cultural circle.
Mainly in North America and Europe, and almost everywhere in the world is an English-speaking market...... Well, even outside of traditional Europe and North America, just English-speaking India, and South Africa, all of these add up, and the overall magnitude of the English-speaking cultural market is much higher than that of the Chinese-speaking cultural circles in East and Southeast Asia.
Therefore, making an album with a focus on English for Liao Liao or He Runqing has always been a planned thing, but this opportunity came a little suddenly.
Therefore, Li Qian really didn't want to miss this opportunity.
Li Qian or Liao Liao, go and talk to Rolling Stone Records by yourself, of course it's OK, after all, the two of them are not ordinary people anymore, and it is normal to want to enter the global market and make an English album, but the conditions and treatment have to be talked about slowly, and the loss is certain, but now, because of the addition of the big ship, considering the influence of the twentieth century Fox and Time Warner behind it, and considering that this album will be called "My-heart-will-go-on" For the title song, you can borrow a movie with an investment of hundreds of millions, which will definitely have the east wind of great investment in the publicity offensive, and for Rolling Stone Records, in terms of conditions, it will not be so pressed.
This matter is of great benefit to all three parties!
It's just that...... If you take it, then "The Legend of the New White Lady" will inevitably miss the summer vacation.
Li Qian rubbed the stubble on his chin that was slightly pricked, a little hesitant.
He really put too much effort into this play, and he really wanted to see it finally completed as soon as possible.
Moreover, a lot of money has been invested in this drama before and after, to be honest, even Li Qian, who is the most confident in it, feels that the pressure is like a mountain, and every day that passes, this pressure will be heavier.
After a moment, Li Qian sighed, stood up and walked out.
In the smoking room at the end of the corridor, Da Liu opened the window and was spitting smoke at the window.
The current ninth-floor imaging department, that is, Han Shunzhang, will come over every day now, and there are almost no office staff except him, so the smoking room is also empty.
Li Qian walked over, "Da Liu, do you still have a cigarette, give me one." ”
Liu Qing took out a cigarette happily, and Li Qian took out one and lit it with his fire.
Take a deep puff and spit it out.
Outside the window, the sun was setting in the sky, reflecting the whole street and the whole city as if wrapped in a layer of golden light.
Far and near, there are high-rise buildings.
Li Qian, like Liu Qing, was lying on the window, smoking a cigarette while looking at the world outside the window.
After a while, Liu Qing finished smoking, and when he saw Li Qian's thoughtful look, he didn't bother, and walked straight away, and Li Qian didn't notice it, just smoked without a mouthful, until the cigarette burned to the point that only the butt of the cigarette remained.
He extinguished the cigarette butt, closed the window, and walked back slowly.
Liu Qing is already continuing to work.
To tell the truth, don't look at the age, in the editor's industry, the qualifications are also very shallow, but he is very dedicated to doing things, the outline given by Li Qian, plus there is an extremely important storyboard script to refer to, basically, he has cut it, Li Qian only needs to take another look, roughly adjust the details OK, in some places, Li Qian doesn't even need to tune.
To tell the truth, if he wasn't Yu Bojun's person, Li Qian would have started to poach people a long time ago.
After going back and sitting down, Li Qian thought about it, stood up, patted Liu Qing's shoulder, and said, "I still have something to do, you cut it first, and I'll come back when I get back." ”
Liu Qing happily agreed, "Okay." ”
So Li Qian got up and left the ninth floor.
In his office on the eighth floor, Zhou Yan didn't know when he came. Li Qian pushed the door in, was stunned for a moment, and asked with a smile: "Why are you here?" ”
Zhou Yan was reading a magazine and listening to a song, and when she saw him come in, she didn't get up, but said, "Lao Zou said that you agreed? really let me go to the concert?" Li Qian nodded and walked over, went to the sofa and hugged her, kissed her on the cheek, and then said: "Lao Zou wants to do it, Sony also wants to do it, I guess it is because Liao Liao made too much money last year?" ”
After a pause, he said: "It just so happens that the contract you signed with Sony will expire in the second half of this year, and before and after the summer vacation, to do this tour is equivalent to not owing Sony anything." I think that's good...... Didn't Lao Zou say that you are also willing?"
Zhou Yan shrugged, flipped through the magazine in her hand, and said, "I haven't thought about it yet!"
Li Qian was about to speak, on the desk, his computer suddenly rang, Li Qian got up and looked over, it was an instant email- At present, in China, QQ has a very strong installed base and usage rate, almost monopolizing the domestic instant chat software, Li Qian is of course a staunch supporter of QQ, but, last year Xie Ming went to France, before leaving Li Qian left his contact email, Li Qian also installed a foreign instant chat software, in the past six months, with Xie Mingyuan and the two of them, almost every three or five will have some contact, but recently, because Li Qian is too busy, the number of chats between the two has gradually decreased.
The email was sent by Xie Mingyuan - "The album has been received, it's great!" The old man was full of praise when he heard it. ”
Li Qian smiled and replied at that time: "Thank you! The old man is still in good health? How do you feel about spending this Spring Festival in France?"
After a while, Xie Mingyuan replied: "It's okay! It's just that I've been making trouble going home recently!"
Li Qian hesitated for a moment, his fingers did not fall for a long time, and then, he raised his head to look at Zhou Yan, just as Zhou Yan also looked over, the two looked at each other, Zhou Yan closed the magazine and asked, "Do you have something on your heart?"
Li Qian pursed his lips, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: "At a critical time, in fact, I am not a very courageous person!" As he spoke, he patted the table and said with a smile: "Do it, don't think about your concert, it's just a matter of hard work, it will be done in a few months, as for me, I am going to go out recently, to the United States, to receive the soundtrack of an American movie, and at the same time, take advantage of this movie to push Liao Liao out first, and let her go to the world to give you a trip first." ”
Zhou Yan blinked and didn't speak.
Li Qian got up and walked over, hugged her in his arms, and said: "Actually, I haven't thought too clearly about whether to stick to this market, work hard to dig deeper, and completely lay a solid foundation, or take a step out now, while stabilizing the existing market in my hands, while opening up new markets and audiences for Chinese culture." It's just that I think it's a good opportunity, so I can't go wrong, so I decided to go this way. That's just half a year's work, just right, let me first see how Sony is going to play this game of chess, even if it is...... Let's strike backwards!"
Zhou Yan squinted at him, and when he finished his tirade, he withdrew his gaze, looking like he didn't listen at all, and said, "I don't understand, and I don't want to understand." …… Alright then, then I'll go and do a few months of hard work for you. ”
Li Qian smiled and said: "Actually, a few months later, when your contract with Sony completely expires, it's not impossible for us to do it ourselves, there is no reason to let Sony take away thirty percent at once, but, how to say it...... I don't want to do this kind of thing to take advantage of all the advantages, even if the other party is Sony, my main opponent, I don't want to take advantage of them, so Sony wants to squeeze a little profit from you at the end, then let him squeeze it! When they make money, I feel that I don't owe it in my heart. ”
Zhou Yan smiled, "Guess what?"
Li Qian raised her eyebrows, looked at her, she came over with a smile, kissed her, and said with a smile: "I like you this!"
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made an appointment with Zhou Yan to pick her up in the evening and go out for dinner together, and Li Qian sat back in front of the computer.
Now that the matter has been decided, my heart has been opened.
Li Qian made a few phone calls before typing on the keyboard and said to Xie Mingyuan: "There is something, you have to help me." ”
After a full two or three minutes, Xie Mingyuan replied, "Say." I'll help if I can. ”
Li Qian said: "I want to take on the soundtrack of a Hollywood movie, on the condition that the other party is willing to facilitate the cooperation of Minghu Culture and Rolling Stone Records to make an album for Liao Liao and release it worldwide." So, I may have to leave for the United States in a few days, Europe and the United States are your territory, think about it, come and help me!"
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Xie Mingyuan needs to think about it, but Li Qian will not wait for him, he has made up his mind, and he will inform Qi Jie when he turns around that he can talk to John Days about the treatment.
Then, a big mess at home naturally needs to take some effort to arrange them one by one.
Jin Han's new film "On the Road" has basically finalized the cast and crew, and it is only a few days before the final crew is established, and Han Shunzhang is going to be the big housekeeper for him, Li Qian is of course relieved. So...... Of course, Huang Wenjuan must still be sent out, with two treasurers with the group, responsible for grasping the money bag, so that Li Qian can be more assured.
He Runqing's concert has already begun to prepare after the New Year, at this point, Minghu Culture already has a very successful example ahead, with Qi Jie in charge, responsible for everything, Li Qian is also relieved.
As for the debut albums of several newcomers...... It is always not so easy for newcomers to come out, but fortunately, their albums, from Zhuang Meiyue to Ge Releng to Zhao Yuan, Li Qian has followed them from the beginning. Most of the songs in their albums are given by themselves, so he is also confident in the quality of the album itself, so the basic sales are definitely not bad, as for whether it can become popular, it often depends on the choice of the market, not his own decision.
It is...... Wang Jinglu was there, but he was a little uneasy.
So, it was obvious that he went out and left home, but before he went out, it was he who repeatedly told Wang Jinglu this and that-
"What is your mother saying over there, don't take it to heart, I'll deal with it when I come back. ”
"Got it!"
"The things about the house, anyway, are according to the drawings, if you feel unsure, just ask Mr. Qi to give you a reference. If you can't get it for sure, then how expensive it is, at most let the family slaughter it, it's better than regretting it after using poor materials. ”
"Got it!"
"After entering the group, Lao Jin is an acquaintance, he will definitely take care of you, in terms of performance, don't be reckless, just follow the director's instructions. In addition, Juanzi ...... Huang Wenjuan is with the group, if there is anything, you ask her to help you deal with it. ”
"Know--the-way!" (To be continued.) )