Chapter Seventy-Two: The Dawn Is Near

1996 is coming to an end, and although Li Qian's studio has been established for less than a year, it is inevitable that there will be some year-end inventory. Of course, because the current business volume is not much, for the studio, the so-called inventory is mainly a financial inventory.

For Li Qian's studio, it has been more than three months since it was registered and established, and it has been more than three months, with one general manager, one music director and one deputy director, three department managers, nine ordinary staff, plus two contracted artists, two contracted musicians, and one professional recording engineer, a total of 20 people.

And in mid-December, when Liu Mei and Huang Wenjuan also entered the artist department and officially succeeded as studio employees, the ordinary staff of the studio became eleven people, and the total became twenty-two.

This is already the size of a small record company, not the so-called studio that relies solely on a single musician or artist.

Among these twenty-two people, the real high-level ones, of course, are only Qi Jie, Li Qian, and Liao Liao, the nominal deputy director of music without salary, and specific to each department, it is mainly Sun Meimei, Liu Mei, Huang Wenjuan from the artist department, Li Jinlong and other four people from the production department, as well as finance, internal staff and others, and finally, everyone works together to serve the current two signed artists.

As of now, Li Qian's agent is still Qi Jie, and Liao Liao's brokerage affairs are temporarily in charge of Sun Meimei and Huang Wenjuan, among which Sun Meimei is closer to the agent, Huang Wenjuan is more like a personal assistant, and He Runqing's agent is still Liu Mei.

In the next year, Qi Jie's plan is: When Liao Liao and He Runqing's new album came out. Each of them must be provided with at least one personal assistant. A chauffeur, and a chauffeur.

Moreover, with the faster and faster information transmission, the more and more developed media, and the entertainment industry becoming more and more prosperous, the travel of celebrities has begun to be concerned and harassed by more and more media and fans. At least five to eight professional security guards need to be hired. is usually responsible for providing the security of the studio, and when Liao Liao and He Runqing travel, they must each have at least two security guards with them as bodyguards.

Because many fans now, they don't compare well with before, and everyone seems to be getting more and more crazy. Once you see your favorite movie star or singer, that kind of hysterical posture is really a bit scary - the travel of celebrities, especially transactional and work travel, has reached the point where it must be protected by professionals.

The studio's current assets mainly include a five-year lease contract with Li Qian for office space. A large number of office equipment, as well as a lot of professional-grade music production and playback equipment that has been installed and put into operation and has been ordered.

Of course. The most valuable ones must be the two contracts signed with Liao Liao and He Runqing.

Li Qian is definitely the sole owner of the studio, but as the general manager of the studio, Qi Jie owns three percent of the dry shares, while Liao Liao and He Runqing, Li Qian treats them equally, and they all give two percent of the dry shares.

Of course, at present, these so-called dry stocks still do not see the slightest benefit.

In the three months that the studio officially started working in 1996, the studio only had one payment, that is, the studio's next production fee for the new album of Wuxing Wusu, a total of 2 million.

This time, Hua Songs was very happy, and the day after Qi Jie signed a contract with Hua Songs on behalf of the studio, the money had already been credited to the account - in fact, the studio has been running until now, relying on the two million working capital.

Of course, this is only the studio, in terms of Li Qian's personal aspect, he still gained a lot in the year of 1996.

The share of "Sister and Sister Stand Up" and the share of "The Sound of the Waves Remain" made him make a lot of money, in addition, he also sold four songs to Changsheng Records, a song "The Crooked Moon" to Zhou Ye of Times Records, and ten songs to Hua Records. Although it is said that the price is limited no matter how high the price is, when all these sums are added together, if there is such a list in the industry, it is estimated that Li Qian's income is still enough to enter the top three of all musicians, including singers!

The album "Sister Sister Stand Up" has sold nearly 10 million so far - there is no doubt about this sales, in fact, its sales in China are only just over 8 million, but in September, the album was successfully sold to Southeast Asia, and in October it began to enter the market in Japan and South Korea, and it is even said that it has been listed in places such as polar bears and Europe, of course, like Europe, polar bears, Japan, South Korea, etc., the listing in those places is just a gimmick that can make Chinese Songs have an extra "global sales" when they are promoted, but in fact, there are very few sales.

But in Southeast Asia, where there are a large number of Chinese, and even many places are simply Chinese villages and towns, and some countries are even directly Chinese countries, Chinese songs still have a considerable market - although at present, except for Sony, the sales of other companies in China have not yet been paved, and they can only make more money by selling distribution rights, but to a certain extent, at least to improve the influence of Chinese singers, Chinese record companies and Chinese musicians.

Moreover, even if only the domestic sales of eight million copies are calculated, even if Li Qian does not share the foreign sales part, this is also a lot of money, for Li Qian, this means a total of 14.4 million Chinese yuan - I have to mention here that the domestic music, film and television consumer market is really a new change in January, this market seems to be expanding and exploding at any time, and the market data is growing almost every month.

In the original projection, even if the album "Sister Sister Stand Up" is really popular and sells well, everyone estimates that it will take about a year and a half to two years to get 8 million sales, but now, in less than a year, it has sold this number. Therefore, according to Li Jinlong's estimate, by the end of next year, it will exceed 10 million, and there will probably be no big problem.

At that time, for Li Qian, there will be an extra 3.6 million in the account.

Of course. The real power is "The Sound of the Waves Remains".

This is recognized as a "heavenly disc" by the entire Chinese music scene. It's really since the day it went public. has always been the leader of the major charts in the entire Chinese music scene, and has repeatedly refreshed various records, even after the first few months of the hottest, it inevitably began to show decline, but it still always ranks in the top ten of the major lists.

Therefore, it has only been on the market for more than half a year, and its sales have successfully exceeded 7 million copies - this is an achievement that the entire Chinese music scene must look up to!

And this data is for Li Qian. It means 8.4 million in revenue!

Four songs such as "Big Scalp Shoes" and "Wandering Song", a total of two million, "The Crooked Moon" is 300,000, and the ten songs of Wuxing Wusu's new album are 4 million, which together is 6.3 million!

Therefore, even after deducting the commission that needs to be given to Qi Jie, the agent, Li Qian's income in 1996 still exceeded 27 million!

Moreover, because of the particularity and creativity of the work. His income does not need to pay personal income tax! Every penny of income is his own!

Of course. Don't look at his high income, but in fact, as of now, except for a real estate, a car, and this studio, he is really poor - because his money, while repaying the bank loan, he has to continue to invest in the studio to buy all kinds of high-end equipment.

And until now, he still owes Cao Zhan a sum of money!

It can only be said that for him, no matter how much money he has, it is not enough to spend!

In fact, in the future of 1997, Li Qian's studio, and Li Qian's biggest source of income, will undoubtedly be Liao Liao and He Runqing's new albums. However, it is very likely that the two of their albums will have to be licensed to other record companies for release, so the profit margins will be greatly compressed, so it is estimated that this tight time will continue in the next year.

Of course, if Liao Liao's new album continues to be successful, including He Runqing's new album, she can complete a gorgeous turn as she wishes, then the majority of Li Qian's studio's income will be smoothly transferred to commercial performances.

Li Qian's requirements are not high, Liao Liao is lazy, but it should still be okay to receive fifteen to twenty shows a year, and although He Runqing is diligent, Li Qian will definitely not call her hard, and will try his best to control the number of commercial performances within 25.

If it really comes to that time, the forty commercial performances of the two queens will mean an income of 30 million to 40 million, and the income and financial situation of Li Qian's studio will be greatly improved, so as to reach the point where it can make profits smoothly and even continue to grow and develop.

In addition, judging from the current situation of the continuous development and prosperity of the domestic entertainment, literature and performance markets, Li Qian is very eager to sign a few concerts for Liao Liao next year. At that time, with the gimmick of Liao Liao's first national concert, which has been popular in the past three years, it is estimated that countless performers will come to grab the offer!

Of course, only if everything goes well!

In fact, when the time was close to New Year's Day, Li Qian's studio seemed to suddenly see a glimmer of light because of the collective suppression and blockade of the industry since its establishment, because of the collective suppression and blockade of the industry.

There are three things in total.

The first thing, less than two months before the Lunar New Year, Liao Liao once again received an invitation to perform at the Spring Festival Gala of Huaxia TV - of course, this will not give money, but this is a symbol of status in the industry!

Of course, in fact, with the popularity of "The Sound of the Waves", and Liao Liao's absolute top reputation and influence in the domestic music scene, she deserved to receive this invitation, and it has nothing to do with whether Liao Liao is signed in Changsheng Records or Li Qian's studio. If Huaxia TV doesn't invite her to the Spring Festival Gala, it will be a loss for the Spring Festival Gala!

But at least, Liao Liao will participate in the New Year's Day party and the Spring Festival party one after another after signing in to Li Qian's studio, which gives Li Qian's studio the opportunity to extend his connections to these two TV stations.

The second thing, following the sudden popularity of "Big Scalp Shoes", just before New Year's Day, "Wandering Song" suddenly became popular again.

In Li Qian's impression, this song was a work that was so red that it turned purple in the nineties of another time and space.

With the development of the economy and the progress of society, the flow of talents in the whole society has accelerated, which has led to the fact that for thousands of years, Chinese people who have a strong local thinking have to start leaving their hometowns in large quantities to work and make money in other places.

What's more, you must know that the timing of the release of this song is still before New Year's Day, and at the same time, it is also before the Spring Festival - this time period is the time when the thoughts and emotions of the Chinese people are the strongest!

Therefore, as soon as this work was released, it immediately became unexpectedly popular!

Although Zhen Zhen's new album has just been released, it is so strong that no one can match it, but the work "Wandering Song" quickly rose to the second place on the Voice of China Golden Melody On-Demand List, and suppressed the previously hot "Big Scalp Shoes" in one fell swoop!

Even with it, Lin Xiufeng, who was originally a second-tier and third-tier male singer, also became an instant hit!

The power of "Big Scalp Shoes" has not diminished, and "Wandering Song" has risen in the wind!

And because of these two title songs, the two albums of Huang Mai and Lin Xiufeng have also entered the top five of the best-selling album list of Dongguan Bookstore!

For a while, Changsheng Records was in the limelight!

Originally, among the many record companies in China, Changsheng Records could only be regarded as a medium-sized record company, but this year, first "The Sound of the Waves" became popular, and Liao Liao almost indisputably became the number one person in the domestic music scene with this album, and then there was the sudden outbreak of "Big Scalp Shoes" and "Wandering Song", and for a while, Changsheng Records vaguely had the momentum of some large record companies!

Not to mention, by this time, Chen Changsheng was still holding Li Qian's other two songs in his hand and hadn't released!

Don't even think about it, he must have staggered the time period to release the song, in order to try his best to avoid excessive competition with the company. And it is conceivable that by next spring, the two works "I Think I Am the Sea" and "Friends" will bring another wave of album sales to Changsheng Records!

In fact, among such a best-selling album, only one of Li Qian's works is the title song!

So it is conceivable that he not only did not mind Liao Liao's job-hopping and left, but even took the initiative to come to Li Qian's studio, Li Qian was not there, so he told Qi Jie: If there is anything to help, Changsheng Records will definitely help!

Of course, his subtext is that if Li Qian wants to release a work, please take care of our Changsheng Records first! After all, we are already old friends, aren't we?

It was at this time that it was good to visit Li Qian's studio, or to take the initiative to call and contact, in short, several companies in the industry suddenly began to take the initiative to extend an olive branch!

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There are three things to say.

First, my father's body is recovering and he is expected to be discharged from the hospital soon, so we will probably be able to go back at the beginning of December, and thank you again for your care and blessings.

Second, there are still about 20 hours left in November, and it will be a waste if you don't vote for the monthly pass, so finally ask for the November monthly pass;

Third, it's about to start a new week, so ask for a referral ticket!

Finally, thank you for your understanding of the knife, and when I get home and take a break, I will take the opportunity to break out and thank you......!