Chapter Seventy-Two: Re-becoming the Overlord of the Record Label
It's another Sunday. Chen Tianliao took Song Shiqing to the record company. In addition to the staff on duty in the company, all the managers, singers and agents are here, including several young artists who are still in training. Seeing Chen Tianliao, everyone came up and shouted hello to the boss.
Chen Tianliao said with a spring breeze: "Hello everyone, you can also call the boss lady by the way." After speaking, he pointed at Song Shiqing, "Come, I've seen your former little boss and your current boss lady." ”
Song Shiqing never expected Chen Tianliao to introduce himself like this, and his face instantly turned into a red egg when he got married. Huang Gaozhi was the first to shout: "Hello boss!" and everyone followed and called the boss. Song Shiqing mustered up the courage to respond, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with her actions except for blushing, but her hand holding Chen Tianliao's arm pinched Chen Tianliao's arm at an angle that everyone was not paying attention to. Chen Tianliao almost cried out in pain.
Although Su Wenhai knew that the relationship between Chen Tianliao and Song Shiqing was ambiguous, he was also a little jealous when he looked at the intimacy between the two. Seeing that although Song Shiqing was shy, she still advanced and retreated in front of everyone, and her demeanor covered all the singers around her, Su Wenhai wanted to go back and fly the singer who was next to her at this time.
Chen Tianliao didn't care about Su Wenhai's psychological activities, and after laughing with everyone for a while, he said: "Take your time, after all, it is still early from the legal age of marriage in the country, and it is even earlier than the age when we graduate from university and graduate school." I'm here to announce a few changes to the company. ”
When everyone heard this, they all immediately calmed down and looked at Chen Tianliao intently.
Chen Tianliao said: "Everyone, everyone's work every year is to release albums, participate in various performances to earn money, and occasionally receive one or two advertisements. Then go to some company-arranged events, and that's all there is to it. Although all the agents have worked abroad, the situation at home and abroad is different, the number of TVs is not enough, there are few TV stations, cable TV is not popular at all, and the people are not very rich, and companies do not buy celebrities' accounts very much, so in the past few years, you just want to show your strengths, and you can't start. ”
"But now the situation is different. First of all, television sets have become massively popular. And the number of cable TV is also growing year by year. The demand for entertainment among the common people has increased greatly. Therefore, our company must also make adjustments, strive to appear on more TV programs, and win the position of domestic record company hegemon. ”
"That's right, it's to take the position of hegemon. I see people muttering that we are already overlords. No, we're not yet. Our overlord is just the hegemon of the era of music tapes. And now, it's the era of television, which is different from the previous era. Therefore, we must adjust our thinking and seize a favorable position in the TV era as soon as possible. ”
"So I decided that the company's outreach and PR department had to make the station's PR a top priority. I will meet with the heads of the relevant departments in a few days to study this. At the same time, in terms of advertising, the advertisements of non-well-known companies are not accepted, and all of them are pushed. Our company wants to shape its own image and create its own taste. Like last week, Liu Xia helped a friend buy a VCD, and I don't allow it to happen again. All advertisements must be reviewed and approved by the company. Liu Xia listened and lowered her head in shame. Zhang Wenhui looked at Liu Xia's friend and smiled.
Chen Tianliao looked at everyone and said: "Finally, I hope that when all singers go out, they must bring their agents and assistants." The driver also brings it with you if necessary. The environment is different now. In the past, you may not be recognized when you go out on the street. After being recognized, it is a matter of saying hello. But now it's different. You used to be singers, but now you're idols. The biggest difference between idols and singers is that idols will have a group of fans who are very loyal and worship him - that is, fans and movie fans, I call them fans. These fans are much more fanatical than the previous fans, and they are influenced by Xiangjiang, Baodao and other places, and when they see idols, they can't wait to pester idols, ask for autographs, take group photos, make all kinds of requests, and even have physical conflicts. Therefore, I hope that in addition to the characteristic environment, everyone and the fans should keep a certain distance and do a good job of protecting themselves. Agents and assistants also pay attention to reminding the singers. ”
"Okay, that's all I have to say. First, the company should adapt to the TV era as soon as possible and make adjustments as soon as possible. Second, the company must check all advertising endorsements. Third, try to take protective measures when the singer goes out. Do you understand?"
"Yes, we all understand!" Su Wenhai took the lead and said. The crowd shouted, "We all understand!"
Chen Tianliao looked at everyone and smiled: "Very good." In two days, people from Xiangjiang Company will come over to train everyone on how to be a good idol. In addition, I would like to announce a great event. That is, after discussion, my VCD company decided to hire six singers from our company as the spokespersons of VCD. The six singers are Wang Yuming, Huang Gaozhi, Liu Xia, Zhu Hong, Shuhai and Song Shiqing. ”
These six singers Chen Tianliao were also carefully formulated. Wang Yuming is a diva-level singer, and she is the king of the scene of Chinese female singers, none of the live performances can cover her, and her singing strength is also one of the strongest in the music world. Huang Gaozhi's strength is not very good, but his songs are good, basically every time an album comes out, the songs in it can be heard all over the street, and it can be said that the song is the most widely sung singer, regardless of men, women and children can hum two sentences. Liu Xia is a party-type singer, often participates in various parties, and is familiar with her face on TV, in the eyes of people who often watch TV, her status may not be lower than Wang Yuming. And Zhu Hong, the singer Su Wenhai brought back from Lingdong Province, has become one of the most popular sweet song queens in the mainland with three sweet song albums, although men can't sing her songs, they all like to listen to them. Jukai is a popular singer of ethnic minorities, and many of his songs have also been widely welcomed, especially in the hearts of ethnic minorities. And Song Shiqing can focus on the market of the elderly and young children who are weak in the above singers.
As for singers such as Zhang Wenchao and Yan Li, they are not very suitable. Although Zhang Wenchao and Zhu Hong are both singers recruited by Su Wenhai from Lingdong Province at the same time, their development process is not the same. Zhu Hong is very in line with Chen Tianliao's requirements, she can control all the sweet songs freely, and she can sing so that all men feel pity when they listen to it, even gay men can't stand it. And Zhang Wenchao has always been difficult to grasp a suitable degree in the emotional grasp of the song, either he uses too much force, or he is not in place. Chen Tianliao didn't dare to take a good song and spoil it for him. Yan Li is a niche singer, very famous in the literary and artistic circles and petty bourgeois circles, but she is not famous in the hearts of the public, so she is not suitable for endorsing VCD. As for the other singers, they are not qualified enough.
Chen Tianliao said: "The endorsement fee for this endorsement is 1.5 million yuan for three years for each spokesperson, and the company and the agent will take a cut in accordance with the regulations, so the endorsement fee for each singer is actually not that much." If you want to endorse or not, you can consider it yourself and report it to me in three days. ”
Huang Gaozhi jumped up first: "Don't think about it. One million! Even if we pay company fees and taxes, we still have an income of 700,000 yuan! An endorsement, 700,000 yuan in three years, is worth it!" In this era, the annual income of the middle and upper leaders (Chinese nationals) of foreign companies is more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, and an advertisement has equaled the income of the middle and upper leaders of foreign companies - it is still after tax.
Wang Yuming also raised his hand and said, "I don't have to think about it." My future is given by the company. I accept. The scene of Chen Tianliao personally visiting him in the basement has always been deeply imprinted in her mind, Wang Yuming is full of gratitude to him, and he also has a sense of home for the company. In particular, Chen Tianliao is not thin on her in the company, and she sent her to the Japanese country for training, and created songs herself, and she earned a lot of income. Compared with other singers who came out of the singing competition, the three people of Tianliao Records are much more than others in terms of fame and money. Wang Yuming is more grateful to the company. In the past two years, there have been many other record companies that want to poach her at a high price, but she has rejected them one by one. She recognized Chen Tianliao.
Liu Xia also raised her hand and said, "I don't have to think about it!" Chen Tianliao fulfilled her dream of being a singer, and the treatment was also very good, so she trusted the company unconditionally. And she doesn't have that sense of trust in other companies and even art troupes that come to poach her. To some extent, she, like Wang Yuming, is the owner of the company.
Shuhai raised his hand fourth: "I don't have to think about it." "He's a relatively simple musician, not very sensitive to money, and everything is decided by the company. He thinks Chen Tianliao's music is very good, it really belongs to the grassland, and he likes it very much. As long as there is a supply of songs, he doesn't care about those treatments. The company wouldn't starve him anyway.
Zhu Hong raised his hand fifth: "I don't have to think about it." Her fate and Chen Tianliao's works are closely linked, and without Chen Tianliao, she really doesn't know where to find so many good songs.
Chen Tianliao saw it and turned his head to look at Song Shiqing. Song Shiqing said: "If you give me the money first, I'll accept it!"
The crowd burst into laughter.
Chen Tianliao said: "Do you want so much money for?"
Song Shiqing shook her head and said, "Secret." ”
Chen Tianliao shrugged his shoulders and stopped asking her. Everyone has their own secrets, and no matter how close they are, they are no exception. Of course, Chen Tianliao would not ask any more questions. He smiled and said to the singers: "Everyone has seen that we will have one more way to generate income in the future, that is, endorsement products." In the past, foreign products were endorsed by celebrities from their own countries, and we were not ranked first, and we did not have the habit of looking for endorsements for our own products. It doesn't matter, now that your boss and I have run my own company, I have found an endorsement by myself, and I will first give other domestic buns to see the effect. In the future, everyone will have one more way to make money. But there is one thing, you have to have the ability to get endorsements. I hope everyone can work harder, improve themselves, and use their own strength to win the next endorsement!"
After talking about some miscellaneous things, Chen Tianliao announced the dismissal of the meeting, and called all the managers together for another small meeting. And Song Shiqing, all the singers and agents came to the entertainment room of the singer building to entertain.
Because of the expansion of the company, the company re-rented a three-story office building for singers and bands, so it was called the singer building. There are three recreation rooms, one is a video game room, one is a board game room, and one is a snooker room. In this era, snooker billiards is a proper aristocratic sport in China, and it is also very popular with singers. It's as if they learn to play billiards, and their status will improve accordingly. This is similar to the local tyrants of later generations vying to learn to play golf.
Song Shiqing sat in the billiard room and quietly watched Wang Yuming and Liu Xia fight.