Chapter 81: The Song
May 18, fine.
It is advisable to collect, break ground, make a bed, trade, seek medical treatment, marry, and open the light, and avoid making stoves, beams, and shipbuilding.
The suburbs of Shuntianfu, Huairou Film and Television City.
The scene of the opening ceremony of "Love of Green Onions".
The crew of the crew was nervously preparing, preparing the offerings, incense and candles needed for the opening ceremony, and a camera was symbolically covered with red silk.
Many of the invited reporters have already arrived, chatting and eating in the interview area.
At present, Yu Bojun is not only a third-rate film director, but also the rhythm guitarist of the most popular rock band in China. His new movie is launched, and the friends of the band will also come over to cheer, of course, the reporters came over after receiving the invitation, there is no doubt about this, the movie may not be on the headlines of the entertainment section, but the news of the four beauty bands and Liao Liao's appearance at the opening ceremony can be on.
Some of the main actors are arriving one after another, and director and first producer Yu Bojun, and his assistant director and second producer Jin Han are all busy walking around, talking, directing, and greeting.
Li Qian, Liao Liao, Cao Zhan, Wang Huaiyu and others stood on the periphery, watching them busy back and forth.
Taking a puff of his cigar and puffing out a long smoke, Cao Zhan turned his head to look at Li Qian in wonder, "American movies, propaganda songs, what's so strange about this? In recent years, there have been more than a dozen Hollywood films in China every year, and at least five or six of them will use this kind of propaganda method, including me, and I have also taken over this kind of work!"
After a pause, he explained: "The Hollywood guys are very smart. We are domestic. No. In fact, not only in our country, but also in China, the influence of the Chinese music scene, as you know, radiates to Southeast Asia, no problem. How big is this market? Last year's domestic box office was 8.3 billion! If you add Southeast Asia, it's no problem to break 10 billion, that's $5 billion!"
"In such a big box office market, people spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy a song for publicity. Even if you are more expensive, and you are offered 2 million, it will not be taken seriously to others! You must know that Hollywood movies often spend no less than the cost of filming to promote and distribute how much money is invested in making movies. Two million, buy a song of yours for distribution, and when the time comes, it is estimated that you and Liao Liao will have to help stand on the platform, how much more can they raise the box office?"
He patted Li Qian on the shoulder. "This kind of business, for them. There is no profit or loss. For singers and record companies, just the right to use can get as little as hundreds of thousands...... It's also a good deal! Everyone is mutually beneficial!"
Speaking of this, he looked at Li Qian and asked, "The other party's offer is very low?"
Li Qian shook his head.
Cao Zhan took another puff of his cigar, thought about it, and showed a look of sudden realization, "I know, James Cameron...... This director, I know, is one of the few good directors in Hollywood who can always make new things, and his characteristic is that he is never overly literary, but never overly commercialized, and his films are always clever!"
"But...... Titanic, Titanic, Titanic, ......Titanic, Titanic, Titanic Isn't it just a propaganda song? If you want to take it, if you don't want to take it, you can pull it down!"
Li Qian smiled when he heard this, "I have made a preliminary promise, and he will call the next day, saying that the United States will send an assistant producer to talk to me in the near future." I just don't want to think about it...... Hehe, I don't know how to describe it, I should say it is...... "He frowned and said, "It's a little awkward anyway!"
"Aiding the abuse?" Cao Zhan looked at him in surprise, and then laughed, "Brother, you think too much!"
After a pause, he took a cigar in his mouth and said disapprehantly: "Whether a movie can sell well or not, the key depends on the quality of the movie itself, asking you to write a song as a promotional song, it will definitely be of great help to them, but as long as the movie is not good-looking, it is still useless, and as long as the movie is good-looking, if they don't make this set, it will be a big hit! Like this green onion, even if Bo Jun's skill suddenly increases for 80 years, and he shoots this drama to death, he can't sell it!"
Li Qian smiled when he heard this, and nodded, which was regarded as agreeing with his statement.
Yes, James Cameron, Ofuna...... Whether there is a promotional song of its own, everyone will sweep the world in the same way.
Merely...... Do you want to take out "my-heart-will-go-on"?
Although I have searched all the information I can find in the past two days, there doesn't seem to be a soundtrack master named James Horner in Hollywood, but God knows if there is already another musician he doesn't know who has written or is writing this song!
It's hard to say whether the big ship that has been photographed for 98 years is the same thing as another big ship.
And...... Liao Liao wants to go to the world, this is no problem, but does he really want to sing English songs?
Li Qian was a little uncertain.
It seems that the time for the start-up ceremony is almost up, and everything is already in order.
Li Qian suddenly asked Cao Zhan, "You say, I want to propose to the producer of the other party, hoping to make the soundtrack for this movie, will the other party at least consider it?" After a pause, he smiled, slightly self-deprecating, "After all, I am now one of the most famous musicians in the Chinese music circle, right?"
Cao Zhan turned his head to look at Li Qian when he heard this, a little surprised, but immediately, he shrugged his shoulders and seemed to be a little gloomy, "Don't think about it, at least so far, English music, European and American culture, are the mainstream of the whole world, and Chinese culture can only be regarded as a nest." Hollywood ......" Speaking of this, he patted Li Qian on the shoulder again, "I can't look down on us Chinese musicians." ”
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Cheng Su bottle is here.
She first went over to say hello to Yu Bojun and Jin Han, and then when she saw Li Qian, she rushed over here.
Li Qian greeted Liao Liao, and the two walked over, took the initiative to say hello, called "sister", and then said, "This is Liao Liao, Liao Liao." This is my teacher's daughter. Cheng Su bottle. ”
Thereupon. The two shook hands, and Liao Liao politely called her "Sister Su Bottle", although in fact, the two of them should be about the same age.
After a few pleasantries, she quickly walked away, after all, she was the absolute protagonist of the film, and this was the first role she received as a film actress, so although she looked calm. But Li Qian felt that she should still be a little nervous.
When she walked away, Liao Liao whispered: "At first glance, he is a calm person." ”
Li Qian nodded, and also whispered: "It's still very atmospheric to behave in the world, usually you can try to get in touch with it more." There are some very special things about her, especially in this era, which are rare. ”
It was rare to hear Li Qian give such a high evaluation to a person, and Liao Liao couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Li Qian in surprise when he heard this. Then, she turned her head to look at Cheng Suhua's back. Thoughtfully.
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At nine o'clock in the morning, the opening ceremony of "Love of Green Onions" officially began.
Incense. Bow down, pray.
Although Li Qian and Cao Zhan are the screenwriters of this play, they are not members of the crew, and the crew has their own screenwriters, who are responsible for temporarily adjusting the script and the like, so the crew members are incense under the leadership of Yu Bojun and Jin Han, and Li Qian and Cao Zhan are watching from the sidelines, which can be regarded as the meaning of watching the ceremony.
When the ceremony ended, a group of reporters surrounded them, Li Qian and Liao Liao shrank back as much as possible, even if the reporters chased and asked, they really couldn't avoid it, and they tried their best to pull the topic to this movie.
But even so, even though he and Liao Liao repeatedly retreated, the reporters still chased after the two of them, making this film conference gradually become a press conference for the two of them, and the main creators of the crew could only stand aside and watch the excitement.
"Prediction? sales are such a thing, I can never predict accurately, I hope both of them can be a big hit! Oh, by the way, I also wish Brother Yu's movie a big hit!"
"Uh...... Screenplay...... Yes, I am one of the signed screenwriters of this play. …… No, as you all know, I'm still studying, at least in the near future, I don't have a film contract, and I don't have any plans to make my own movies or change careers to film. Of course, perhaps, if there is a particularly good script and crew, I may occasionally run to play a small role or something. ”
"Well, yes. Belch...... Not at the moment. There are a few people in our band, everyone has their own things in their hands, and the next album ...... I don't know when it's going to come out, but the song is still being written. Wait, when everyone is idle and in the mood, maybe there will be the next one. I said at the beginning that our band was just because everyone thought it was fun, so it was formed, but ...... That's not our main job. ”
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On Monday, May 15, "Woman Flower" and "Witch's Tears" were released at the same time.
On the same day, the two of them embarked on their own journey to promote their new album. Among them, Liao Liao was a guest on a talk show launched by Huaxia TV last year, called "Art Dialogue", and Zhou Yan was rarely invited to participate in a talk show on Dragon TV, called "Date on Monday".
On the same day, the latest issue of the Dongguan Bookstore sales list was released.
The album "Fake Monk" sold 23,690 copies in a single week in the ninth week of its release (5.8-5.14), and continued to top the sales chart without suffering a strong impact. Counting this week, the album has been at the top of the charts for nine weeks! And this week's sales are down 11.3% from last week's 26,715 copies, which is definitely a surprising drop.
In the first nine weeks so far, this album has already achieved a total sales of up to 239817 copies in the hands of a distributor in Dongguan Bookstore, and the estimated total sales in the country have steadily crossed the 4 million mark!
And based on the record's gentle downward curve, this almost predicts that the album's final sales will be at least eight million copies or more.
In the past five years, only a handful of albums have sold more than 8 million copies.
Liao Liao, Wuxing Wusu, He Runqing. The sky is topped, plus a Zhao Xinfu who is about to break through eight million.
These are the only four.
And the four major beauty bands have become the most likely fifth!
Of course, everyone knows that with the launch of the two blockbuster albums "Woman Flower" and "Witch's Tears", "Fake Monk" will be seriously impacted, although looking at the performance of "Fake Monk" before, even if it is impacted, it should be able to keep the basic plate of its own sales, and there will be no sudden drop in sales, plus this is a rock album after all, and the pop style of the two divas does not overlap too much...... In short, although it is not easy to say, at least it does not have to be too pessimistic.
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Night, May 18th.
Xie Bing's home.
A faint glow of antique yellow light gently sprinkled on the two of them.
Xie Bing was lying on Li Qian's body with half of his body, talking about the dinner party between the few of them tonight, while Li Qian's eyes were staring at her snow-white arm exposed outside the quilt.
Under the dim yellow light, the white and smooth arms faintly glow with a different kind of luster, which is so beautiful that it makes people's hearts pound.
However, Li Qian was obviously distracted.
Xie Bing didn't seem to notice, and still said to himself: "...... Duoduo means that she wants us to help ventilate with us, and it's best to ask you, her new album is finished, she wants to release it in mid-June, and she wants to hear your opinion. ”
"Oh!" Li Qian came back to his senses suddenly, "It's done?" Seeing Xie Bing nodded, he pondered for a moment and said, "June...... Hehe, she's not very ambitious! It seems that she is quite confident in this album. In May, it was Liao Liao and Zhou Yan, at the beginning of July it was He Runqing, and at the end of the month, there was Liu Mingming...... She's going to get stuck in the middle of these people?"
Xie Bing smiled, with a faint worry on his face.
Li Qian knows her, she is such a person: although everyone has been separated and belongs to different companies, although in fact, when they were in the same group, the relationship between everyone was not very harmonious, but she still couldn't help but worry about the future of each little sister.
Especially...... Everyone can see Sima Duoduo's adventure.
Li Qian smiled, couldn't help but hold her face, lowered his head and kissed her between his eyebrows.
Xie Bing wanted to speak and stopped, and finally sighed slowly, and said: "Several of us have been persuaded, even Pingping has been persuaded, and she also said that the company doesn't seem to support her idea too much, and it is she herself who has been insisting on doing so, and the company reluctantly agreed." So...... We don't know what to do either. ”
Li Qian nodded, "This is her album, and it is also her own idea, so it proves that she is very confident, since this is the case, we will just wait to listen to her album." It's you, you must practice singing hard lately, but don't let her fly alone, the three of you will lie down, we will be too embarrassed......"
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It's confusing, I don't know what time it is.
Li Qian suddenly opened his eyes.
Outside the window, the night was still dark.
He leaned sideways, touched his phone from the bedside table, thought about it, and dialed it out anyway.
The phone rang four or five times before the other end suddenly connected.
"Hey...... What's wrong? Why are you calling so late?"
"Let Wei Lan adjust your recent itinerary and squeeze me out four to five days. You'd better come back tomorrow. ”
The other head was silent for a moment, and then asked, "What's wrong?"
Li Qian said calmly: "Let's make a song." ”
"In a hurry, do you have to do it recently?"
"Yes. I want to try. ”
"Good. (To be continued.) )