Chapter 165: Star-making assembly line
The whole concert lasted for two hours, and the applause never stopped. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn particular, the fans were given free light sticks at the halfway concert, and the scene became a sea of fluorescents, which pushed the atmosphere to a climax.
"Thank you all, thank you very much, as a newcomer to the concert for the first time, it is a pleasure to receive everyone's applause and applause. Weng Meiling, as the captain of the Happy Girl Group, "Although we have a lot of immaturity, we will grow, we will work hard, and we will ...... in the future. We hope you will continue to enjoy our shows and programs. ”
"I like it!"
"Love it forever!"
The first concert of the Happy Girls group was undoubtedly a great success. In fact, the audience who bought tickets for this concert will definitely not lose, because the CD records presented are all limited editions, which are different from the versions that will be released later. Later, as the Happy Girl Group became more and more popular, 3,000 copies of the limited edition record were even hyped to thousands of yuan.
Of course, after the concert, the "Happy Girl" record was also released later. The records are available in three versions: cassette, CD, and vinyl.
The tape version is a cheap version, and the price is 28 yuan a box. The CD version and vinyl record are both priced at 68 yuan a box. This price is not too expensive, on the contrary, it is a small profit but quick turnover, and the sales of music albums are expanded through low prices.
With the popularity of "Happy Ghost" and the concert, the "Happy Girl" album sold 50,000 copies in three days on the market and won a platinum record. Among them, the most profitable CD records, accounted for half of the sales.
The cost of CD records is mainly only a few cents of plastic, even if some rare metals are added, the cost is more than 1 yuan. The low cost determines the gross profit of CD records, which far exceeds that of tapes and vinyl records.
Therefore, for the share of the Happy Girl Group, it is 5 yuan for each sale of the tape. Vinyl records are worth 8 yuan per copy sold, and CD records are worth up to 15 yuan. In the internal sharing model of the Happy Girl Group, half of the income is evenly divided. The other half of the income is according to the proportion of contributions in the record, so Du Lisha gets the most share in the record.
In other words, Du Lisha was originally popular, and when she first debuted in 77, she released several platinum records.
But then it was short-lived, and there has never been a new platinum record since then, for the industry, Du Lisha belongs to the popular singer who was once popular, but the popularity did not last.
It is precisely because its value continues to depreciate and it is not favored, so it was signed by a newly entrepreneurial film and television entertainment company almost for nothing, with only a paper contract.
The other little girls, of course, are the same, except for a contract, there is no additional price, and after signing the contract, they are popular. Because of the wholesale stars, these little girls are not proud and feel that they have lost money. On the contrary, I think that a giant like a new start-up company is too child's play and too easy to make a group of people popular as stars, right?
A movie, a record and a concert quickly create a group of stars, what is the difference between this and the production of products on the assembly line of a factory?
"You have to treat it with a normal heart, the so-called star is just an ordinary profession, not much more than ordinary people. Chen Jiaying, the chief agent of the newly started film and television entertainment company, who is also the agent in charge of Happy Girl, said, "If it swells up so quickly, it will soon be lost." Only by calmly treating yourself as an ordinary person can you go long-term. ”
"Sister Chen, isn't it okay for people to be proud?" Weng Meiling said a little coquettishly.
"Shouldn't ordinary people be proud?" the other members of the girl group also coaxed.
"Okay...... Big star. Chen Jiaying said helplessly, "The next period of time will be arranged, and those who should go to school will go to school, but they need to report to the company on weekends." For the rest of the period, please keep a low profile, receive training in the company, commercial performances, and the company's overall arrangement, basically, in the next few years, your development route will revolve around the "Happy Ghost" series and the activities of the Happy Girl Group. ”
Although Chen Jiaying is not a well-known person, but later people summarized the agents in the 80s of the Hong Kong entertainment industry, Chen Jiaying and Chen Shufen were known as the strongest agents in the golden age of the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
Historically, Chen Jiaying only brought one artist, and successively became Chen Baiqiang, Faye Wong, and Eason Chan's agent, but now the new start-up film and television company asked Chen Jiaying to join, and let her take care of the happy girl group. Of course, she is not the only team in charge of the Happy Girls group, but also a series of professionals. is only an agent in name, but there is a team of more than 10 people under him, and all kinds of arrangements for food, clothing, housing and transportation during the performance period are included. Even when you are away from home, when you are not in the company, there will be at least one bodyguard quietly following behind, and once the protected object is in danger, someone will come out to rescue you as soon as possible.
Even if Chen Jiaying is well-informed, she can't help but feel the cost of the new start-up company to a few little girls.
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In September 1982, "Happy Ghost" landed in Singapore, and Singapore in this era was basically swept by Hong Kong culture, whether it was movies or TV series, they all followed the trend of Hong Kong films. There is no doubt that this film has also created a box office miracle similar to Hong Kong in Singapore. On the premiere day, he earned 110,000 Singapore dollars, which is equivalent to 500,000 Hong Kong dollars at the exchange rate of this era.
In the subsequent markets such as Japan and the United States, local start-up branches are looking for distributors to cooperate, and if there is no box office performance in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia as a reference, it is most likely difficult to sell out, but with a large number of box office data feedback, Japan and the United States and other countries have also found distribution partners.
Of course, the share ratio in the Japanese and American markets is relatively low, and after deducting the fire of channel costs, in fact, only a low share of 15% can be taken. In this regard, Lin Qi is not very opposed, after all, as long as the film is distributed to the United States and Japan, the two most important box offices in the world, it is not important how much profit is exploited by local distributors, the key is to distribute the film and have a presence in the local market!
For example, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and other international movie superstars, first of all, because their movies are released in commercial theaters in various countries, and more people watch them, so they can form an influence. In addition, the publishers you work with will continue to work with you when they can make money!
The market share of Chinese films in most of the international market is not high, mainly because only a very small number of films can be accepted by the audience, and most of the films are not wanted, but can only be symbolically screened in theaters in the Chinese community, and naturally there are not many overseas distributors interested in Chinese films.
As for Hollywood films, it can't be said that distribution is a sure win, but there are more films that can make money for distributors around the world, and with a large number of successful cases, all of them, their global distribution is invincible.