Three days later, Chen Tianliao and Su Wenhai met in the park. Not to mention Starbucks in this era, there are not even many American fast food restaurants like McDonald's and KFC, and the traditional Huaguo restaurant is noisy and inconvenient to talk, so the two can only find such a place.

"How is business doing lately?" asked Chen Tianliao.

"That's it, it's not good, it's not bad. After all, there are many people in this business. Su Wenhai said.

"Then come out with me on the record. Chen Tianliao said, "I'm going to open a record company, but there is still a shortage of manpower, you come over to do a management, and I will give you a dry share." ”

Su Wenhai was stunned for a moment, he couldn't imagine that Chen Tianliao called him over for this matter. He thought for a moment and said, "Is there a future in this business?"

Chen Tianliao said: "Remove the word '?'. Do you know how profitable domestic record companies are right now?"

Su Wenhai shook his head: "I don't know." Can you really make money?"

Chen Tianliao glanced at him angrily: "Do you know what the cassette sales of the most famous singer Zhang Wei are now?"

Su Wenhai shook his head.

Chen Tianliao said: "Last year, female singer Zhang Wei released a total of 12 cassette tapes, and the average cassette sold almost 1 million cartridges, and the annual sales exceeded 10 million. You can think about how much money she made for the record company alone. ”

Su Wenhai was taken aback: "So many?"

Chen Tianliao nodded: "That's it." ”

Su Wenhai said: "But aren't many companies rushing to have her?"

Chen Tianliao said: "So we have to train our own team of singers, so that we don't have to compete for singers." As for creation, you don't have to worry, this genius child sitting across from you can even conquer the Japanese national song scene. ”

Su Wenhai smiled and said, "I'm worried that Chinese and Japanese listeners have different tastes about songs. ”

Chen Tianliao said: "Don't worry. As far as I know, many singers in Baodao and Xiangjiang now mainly cover the songs of the Wa Kingdom. They all like the works of the Japanese Kingdom, and it makes no sense that people in our mainland don't like them. Besides, I have more works that are in touch with China's local atmosphere, but I lack singers. ”

Su Wenhai said: "Why don't you go to the conservatory to look for it? I heard that there is a young singer competition in Haidian in two weeks, why don't you go and listen to it too?"

Chen Tianliao said: "Okay, I have to go." What about you? Can you come and help me?"

Su Wenhai said: "Are you sure that the record company can really be successful?"

Chen Tianliao nodded and said, "I'm sure." You don't have to worry about the funds, I can turn around. You don't have to worry about qualifications, I can also find someone to help solve it. The point is that I need someone to manage it for me. ”

Su Wenhai hesitated for a while and said, "Okay, I'll do it with you." Anyway, your brother is still single now, so I don't have to worry so much. ”

Chen Tianliao smiled and said: "Don't worry, if you enter this industry, you don't have to worry about being single anymore, because there is never a shortage of beauties in literature and art." ”

After getting Su Wenhai done, Chen Tianliao found time to visit Huang Yi again.

After Huang Yi heard Chen Tianliao's intention, he smiled and said: "Our genius finally wants to develop in China, of course I want to support it vigorously." I have one condition, though. ”

Chen Tianliao immediately nodded and said, "Sister Yi, you say." ”

Huang Yi said: "I want you to sign an acquaintance of yours as a singer." ”

Chen Tianliao was stunned: "Acquaintance? Is it Song Shiqing? I was originally going to sign her." ”

Huang Yi shook his head and said, "No, it's another one." I don't know if you remember a person named Huang Gaozhi. ”

Chen Tianliao thought about it seriously, and then the image of a literary and artistic young man appeared in his mind: "I'm going, Huang Gaozhi?

Huang Yi smiled narrowly: "That's right, it's the literary young man who has fought with you." He was my cousin. ”

Chen Tianliao was speechless, no wonder people couldn't say that there were many officials in the capital. Such a wilted literary and artistic young man is actually a descendant of a high-ranking official, and there is no one. He thought about Huang Gaozhi's singing skills and said, "Yes, but help me tell him that the heart of being an original singer is temporarily dead." Sing the song I gave him first!"

Huang Yi said happily: "Okay, I'll tell him." He'd actually heard me talk about you a long time ago, but he didn't expect you to be so good. If you're not a kid, I think he'll have a lot to ask you for. Haha, it's rare to see him so convinced of a person. ”

Chen Tianliao said: "No matter what you say, I will not favor him." My company needs people who can eat on their own. By the way, Sister Yi, do you have any tickets for this Beijing Young Singer Competition?"

Huang Yi said: "Yes, there are just a lot more, you can listen to it with me then." You're not going to go there to dig up singers, are you?"

Chen Tianliao nodded and said, "No way, my current singers are currently only Song Shiqing and your cousin." I'll have to dig up a few more people. By the way, Sister Yi, you are also familiar with the literary and artistic elites of middle school students in the capital, can you help recommend two people to come over, I can make them into a combination, both men and women. ”

Huang Yi nodded and said, "Okay, I can recommend it, but what good do I have?"

Chen Tianliao said: "You can mention any conditions you have." ”

Huang Yi said: "Then you can write a song for my wedding." ”

Chen Tianliao knew that Huang Yi had been in love with a small section chief of the municipal party committee for about a year under the mediation of his parents, and it seemed that he was about to go to the last step. He immediately laughed and said, "Okay, I will definitely write you a very nice song, and I will play and sing it for you myself!"

Huang Yi said happily: "Okay, it's decided!"

At this time, the cultural and entertainment industry was not allowed to enter the cultural and entertainment industry, so Chen Tianliao did not plan to use a company registered in the Cayman Islands to invest in the new company. He registered the company as a private enterprise with a registered capital of 1 million, of which Su Wenhai was given 10% of the shares, and Su Wenhai resolutely refused, so this part of the shares was changed to options. Chen Tianliao also allocated 5% of the dry shares to Huang Yi and Xu Wenjing. Huang Yi and Xu Wenjing resolutely refused, Chen Tianliao said something bad, and the two finally agreed. The company's equity was thus determined.

While waiting for the company's approval, Chen Tianliao followed Huang Yi to watch the Beijing Young Singer Competition.

There are two music centers in this era, one is in Yangcheng, the capital of Lingdong Province, because of its proximity to the Xiangjiang River, coupled with the advantages of being similar to Xiangjiang in terms of language and culture, so they can absorb the various experiences of Xiangjiang in time to operate, plus it is the richest place in China at present, as well as the leading points in fashion and atmosphere, so it is logical to become the center of the music world.

Another center of the music scene is the capital. Compared with Yangcheng, Beijing Entertainment is far behind in terms of concept and model, but Jingcheng Sheng's profound cultural heritage, strong radiation ability, and the gathering of talents are very large, coupled with the unique strong communication platform of Central TV in the country, its advantages are also very obvious. At present, although its reputation is not as loud as Yangcheng, and it once lagged behind, it has always been strong and has never been overwhelmed by the Yangcheng music scene, and finally became the center of the Chinese music scene.

In this competition, the contestants not only include Beijing locals, students studying in Beijing and Beijing Piao, but also singers from all over the country who rushed to hear the news, so Chen Tianliao felt that the discipline of selecting talents was very great. As for how to attract talent? Needless to say, just throw money at it. Chen Tianliao remembered that Zhang Wei sold 2.7 million cassettes in the first time, but the contract income she signed was only 1,500 yuan! Even if her reputation went out, the money she got for each cassette was only 1,000~3,000 yuan. Although this is a huge amount of money in the era when the monthly salary of ordinary civil servants in China is less than 100 yuan, in Chen Tianliao's view, this amount of money is simply a joke. As for the singers who are less famous, they get less money. He decided to change that.

Of course, this is also related to the low level of operation in the current entertainment industry. The meaning of the singer's existence is to release records, and most of the records are directly from the songs of Xiangjiang, Baodao and foreign countries, and the Mandarin ones are directly copied and covered, while the other languages are re-written and covered. As for singers, it's good to have famous singers, but if you don't have a famous singer, find someone with better singing skills and a voice that is in line with the singer of the song, and the substitution is still quite strong.

As for concerts, commercials...... I'm sorry, but can singers still have anything to do with these things? Aren't concerts all about professional singers in folk songs, bel canto, and the like? Can singers also be used in commercials? As for going to the holes...... Well, that little money is too hard to earn and the price is dropped, and the record company can't look at it. In such a primitive state, it's no wonder that record companies are willing to spend money on singers.

In the later generations, a very important reason for the decline of the Yangcheng music scene was that it only signed an agreement with the singer to release the cassette tape, and no other agreements were attached. As a result, because of piracy and other problems, cassette tapes became more and more difficult to sell, and at this time, the atmosphere was open, the advertising industry also rose, and singers had more and more ways to make money. In the end, a strange circle was formed in which the record company launched a record and lost money, and the actors made a lot of money by singing fame, and then coupled with other factors, the Yangcheng music scene finally couldn't hold on and collapsed. Yang Yuying, Mao Ning, Chen Ming, Gan Ping and other famous singers who have been calling for wind and rain in the Chinese music scene have disappeared from the music scene, and singers such as Jin Xuefeng and Lin Yilun who have developed in the north have also disappeared from the crowd, which makes people sigh.

Chen Tianliao certainly wouldn't be so naïve. The entertainment industry in later generations is, to put it bluntly, a game of capital. And the game industry he was engaged in his previous life is inextricably linked with the entertainment industry, and he is also clear about the capital operation behind the entertainment industry, so he must discover the greatest value of his artists, and the funds for signing contracts will naturally not be a few thousand dollars, nor will he not sign a long-term contract. Let's start with today's singer competition!