Chapter 133: A Front-line Celebrity
KTV came out at the earliest, not in the form of a private room, nor for guests to sing, but in the hall, mainly for singers to sing, guests to order songs.
Because the entertainment of the song and dance halls in the earliest mainland was mainly dance, and singing mainly played the role of vocal accompaniment.
It wasn't until about 92 years that the businessmen on the treasure island came up with the idea of combining the KTV jukebox with the traditional hotel private room to make it a KTV box.
Originally, it was still for the purpose of eating, and KTV was still for fun.
This kind of KTV small private room is popular in Baodao, and later generations can often see all kinds of bigwigs and gangsters on Baodao eating in the restaurant, and there will inevitably be a KTV in the box, and the bigwigs hug left and right, shouting and singing in Hokkien.
The shrewd businessmen soon discovered that sometimes the guests' demand for singing was far greater than for eating, so a separate KTV room appeared on the treasure island and soon became popular.
In China, it is still the world of hall-style dance halls.
The layout of the Grand Universe Song and Dance Hall is a large dance floor, a large stage above, and two floors with high ceilings, the first floor of the hall is very large and surrounded by booths, and the second floor is a first-class semi-enclosed box along the railing, which can be seen downstairs.
However, in the capital, Shanghai, and special zones, several national political and economic centers, there have been KTV private rooms, but because dance halls are still popular, and the investment in KTV private rooms is relatively large, often hundreds of thousands, so it has not become popular for the time being.
Liu Wangzhu's previous 'small hall' model is already very close to the KTV private room, but at present, people are used to entertaining in open occasions, and their thinking mode is relatively fixed, so they didn't expect to simply use such an extreme closed mode as a private room.
The benefits of the private room model are easy to understand, Liang Yifei dialed it so little, Liu Wangzhu immediately understood, and suddenly realized: "Yes, yes, yes, this is more thorough, more private, and the private room is more profitable, not only can you collect money for drinks and singing, but also charge for a private room, a private room, according to the size of the scale, once, or an hour." ”
The three words 'privacy' show that Liu Wangzhu does have a deep understanding of the entertainment industry, and Liang Yifei said with satisfaction: "Yes, this is the way, I think so too." There are a few points that you should pay attention to, though. ”
Liu Wangzhu immediately took out a small notebook and prepared to record it.
"One is the decoration, which does not need to be as high as the grade of the hall, but it must be characteristic, fashionable and international. Liang Yifei said.
In the past, the style of the great universe was full of revolutionary fighting spirit, and this had to be changed, why did you come to play, why did you make such bitter hatred and deep sabre-rattling? People are here to pretend to enjoy it, not to receive revolutionary re-education and reminisce about bittersweet things!
Liang Yifei in the restaurant has asked Bao Xiaoyun to change the name of the box, and the same is true for the design of the private room in the ballroom, doing something Roman style, Parisian style, Aegean style and the like.
To be honest, Liang Yifei doesn't like these fake high-mindedness, but the current nouveau riche likes it, and that's enough.
"Also, each box is air-conditioned. Liang Yifei said.
"Boss, this investment is huge!" Liu Wangzhu said in surprise.
Jukebox, box decoration, ancillary equipment, etc., all cost a lot of money.
"You don't have to worry about money, but it's ......" Liang Yifei smiled: "I said, there must be characteristics, not connotation, what decoration materials, supporting equipment, buy the cheapest, you go and talk to the construction department, how to be the cheapest, they know." As for the jukebox...... The last time I went to Shanghai, I seemed to see a small one, which has fewer functions than the jukebox in our hall, and it is not so sound effect supporting settings, which are specifically used in the box, which is a lot cheaper, and it is estimated that half of it can be won. Liang Yifei said.
"Oh oh oh, okay, I'll go find it right away. Liu Wangzhu really didn't expect that Liang Yifei even understood this kind of high-tech.
In addition, each private room is labeled with a sign of prohibition, gambling and pornography, and must be in a conspicuous position, especially drugs, and leave a transparent window at the door of the box, and the waiter will report it immediately if he finds it. Liang Yifei said.
Liu Wangzhu knew the seriousness of this, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he made a heavy note.
"The private room is like this first, and we communicate at any time. Liang Yifei began to talk about Liu Wangzhu's second suggestion.
Add singers and performances.
There is a big stage in the dance hall, Liang Yifei stood on it to speak to all the staff, and before it was open, there would be singers and bands singing or performing, but the highlight was the customers dancing on the dance floor.
Now that the escort is gone, add some performance items, so as not to make the scene too 'dry'.
Liu Wangzhu wants to invite some famous artists and singers in the province and city to help, and he also knows people in the provincial and municipal art troupes, so he can invite various performance teams under the art troupes to come to 'go to the caves'.
A decent proposal, Liang Yifei asked curiously: "In the province, what are the well-known singers in our province?"
Liu Wangzhu reported seven or eight names in a row: a bel canto teacher at a certain music school, a soprano from the provincial art troupe, an artist in the city, the lead singer of a certain program on a TV station, and a certain band with a certain reputation among the people...... Wait a minute.
Liang Yifei heard the clouds and mountains covered in fog.
He had never heard of any of these names.
"Lao Liu, you are an expert, of course you know these people, but where have you heard of these artists like me?
"Then ......" Liu Wangzhu said embarrassedly, "Or, I'll delay the relationship again and see if they can help find a more famous one?"
Liang Yifei thought for a while and said, "Your idea of this performance is right, but when it first opened, if you want to find it, you have to find a real big name......"
After thinking about it, he asked, "What do you think, how is Cui Jian?"
"Cui Jian?!" Liu Wangzhu didn't react at first, who is this? Do we have this artist in our province? But after being stunned for two or three seconds, his voice suddenly rose an octave: "What? Cui Jian!"
Rock music, after 20 years, has gone into decline, except for a teacher Wang who 'supports half of the Chinese music scene' is still concentrating on making entertainment programs and fake models to engage in rock and roll, almost no one cares, and the first-line celebrities of the year have generally been reduced to third- and fourth-line marginal personnel.
But at present, rock music is the hottest music in China, which is enough to compete with Hong Kong and Taiwan music!
As the king of rock and roll, Cui Jian's popularity in China is not weaker than the four kings selected by Xiangjiang this year, and in terms of grounding, he is even better!
"Lao Liu, what are you excited about, Cui Jian is not qualified?" Liang Yifei asked knowingly, and said with a smile.
"Of course that's qualified, even if he goes to the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, he is also like this!" Liu Wangzhu gave a thumbs up, and then said: "Boss, I'm afraid of this person, it's not good to invite, right?"
In May this year, Cui Jiancai held a 'Rock on the New Long March Road' concert at the Wutaishan Gymnasium to raise funds for the Hope Project, which was full, and then it was announced, and it was about to be reported in several major cities across the country, reporting the tour, ending with the Capital Workers' Stadium at the end of the year.
With such a big wrist, just with a local private dance hall, can you invite people?
There is no shortage of commercial performance opportunities, and no matter how much money is given, people may not be willing to come to a small dance hall to lose their identity.
Unless the money is really given to a certain amount, so much that he can't refuse, but if he really gives one or two million, the gain outweighs the loss.
It's not just a matter of money, people may not have this time, just the announced itinerary, a year is still full, not only to perform, but also to rehearse.
Besides, Liu Wangzhu knows that these rock and roll people are full of personality and are not short of money, so it is difficult to get it.
"I'll try. Liang Yifei smiled and said, "You prepare as usual here, and you really can't talk about it." ”
"That's good. Liu Wangzhu nodded, "Boss, you don't have anything else to say, I'll go do things first." ”
"Okay, you go, communicate at any time. Liang Yifei said.
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Cui Jian is indeed not so easy to invite, and Liang Yifei didn't expect to invite Cui Jian before.
The last time I went to Shanghai, the night before I got the money and left, he and Wang Ziwei went to the song and dance hall in Shanghai, and found that the escorts there were not as many as in other cities, but the dance hall made only a lot more money, and in many ways, imitated the model of Hong Kong and Taiwan, especially the Xiangjiang nightclub.
So at the beginning, his plan for the dance hall was to copy this model and make money from the big money that likes to show off his wealth.
Liu Wangzhu's suggestion gave him a wake-up call, if he could really invite a wrist like Cui Jian, the positive impact would definitely be more than just a fire in Lanyun Lake overnight.
Just because Cui Jiandu has sung a song here, there is no song and dance hall in Binhai City and the whole province that can compare!
By the way, there are several small problems that can be solved: the acceptance of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Bureau, the bad reputation of Lanyun Lake caused by the involvement of the big universe incident, and the difficulty of recruiting more professional employees, all of which can be covered up by the influence of Cui Jian's acupuncture.
In this matter, he himself came forward to specify that it would not work.
I have to find Feng Gang.
As I said before, don't look at such a big place and so many people in the capital, but the circles are so big, they are all people in the literary and artistic circles, and if you look down and don't look up, Feng Gang may have a way.
Coincidentally, Feng Gang still 'owes' himself a small favor.
At the beginning of this year, he became a screenwriter of Dasaku: not the kind of screenwriter he made up the numbers, but the core screenwriter of the Eight Classics.
During the Chinese New Year, I called and said that I thought of coming to Binhai City New Era to collect information on cram schools, but then I was busy, Feng Gang was also busy, and others didn't come, but asked Gu Wenming to provide him with a lot of information.
I also provided him with a few paragraphs and some more classic lines.
After Liu Wangzhu left, he paged Feng Gang and called back after a while.
"Hey, who's calling me?" the voice on the other end of the line was noisy.
"Gangzi, I, Liang Yifei. ”
The other end of the phone was stunned for a second or two, and his voice suddenly became enthusiastic, and he said, "Yo, who else should I be?
Liang Yifei smiled and asked, "Someone sent it, by the way, how is your play?"
"Very good, I have to thank you, your jokes are so classic. Hey, I listened to Principal Gu, some of them really happened to the students of your school?" Feng Gang asked.
"That's right, there are so many people who go abroad in the new era, there are more stories behind them, if you shoot a national drama, you can't finish filming a serial, what feelings, study and life, interpersonal relationships, there are so many jokes. Liang Yifei smiled casually and said, "By the way, I have something to ask you for help." ”
Feng Gang said without hesitation: "You say." ”
"I opened a new dance hall by myself, the scale is okay, I want to find someone to warm up the scene, can you help me invite Cui Jian?"
I thought that Feng Gang was going to ask someone, or think about it for a while, but I didn't expect him to answer without hesitation: "Cui Jian, yes, acquaintance! He just came back from a concert in Jinling, and he was still eating together in the same bureau last week." ”