On June 10, Lu Chen returned to the capital.

Swept away the melancholy of graduation and parting, he lifted his spirits and got back on the road.

From now on, his identity is no longer an ivory tower college student, but a real fresh social person.

The road is long, I will go up and down and seek!

At this moment, Lu Chen didn't know what awaited him in the future, and he didn't know whether he was about to embark on a bright road paved with flowers, or a dangerous path full of thorns.

But he was fearless and full of anticipation!

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Thursday, June 11th, cloudy.

Lu Chen came to the Delong Building located in the Fourth Ring Road of Beijing.

Delong Building is a 58-storey office building located in the most prosperous financial and commercial district of the Fourth Ring Road, Lu Chen came to the scene twice some time ago and participated in the production of two singles by the Wandering Band in the 35th-floor Tian Lai Music Workshop.

Founded ten years ago, Tian Lai Music Workshop is mainly engaged in music production and promotion business, with complete advanced equipment and a group of excellent professionals.

Many big names in the industry have produced their own works through the Ethereal Music Workshop, and Qingyu Media put the first album in the Ethereal Music Workshop in order to start the first shot into pop music.

Quality first!

Although Lu Chen's participation is not deep, he has a deep understanding of the strength of the Tian Lai Music Workshop.

So he wanted to hand over his album to Tian Lai to finish.

The idea of making a solo album began to emerge when Lu Chen signed a contract with [Whale TV], and it wasn't until after the PK theme show that the editor of Yunjing Music Network discussed with him and really made up his mind.

Lu Chen wants to use this album as a stepping stone for himself to enter the pan-entertainment industry!

Therefore, he attached great importance to it and took it as the first major event after returning to Beijing.

In the customer reception room of the Ethereal Music Workshop, Lu Chen first met the other party's business representative.

The business representative's surname is Ni, who is in his 30s, a typical white bone spirit in the workplace, with exquisite makeup and decent dressing, although the smile on his face is slightly professional, but it will not make people feel neglected.

This Miss Ni also spoke softly: "Mr. Lu Chen, this is our company's external music production quotation form, which includes ABCDE's five package combinations, of course, if you have special needs, our company can also tailor it for you." ”

Lu Chen nodded, took the other party's price list and looked at it carefully.

The first two times he came to the Ethereal Music Workshop was to help, and he didn't ask for a price, but now he has opened his eyes.

This quotation list is specifically for the production of the album, including the arrangement, recording and all the costs of post-production, the lowest E package among the five is quoted at 100,000, and the highest A package is 1 million, a difference of 10 times!

Before coming to the Ethereal Music Workshop, Lu Chen knew a little about singles and album production.

The city is the center of the country's cultural industry, with an abundance of entertainment and media companies, millions of people working in entertainment-related industries, music studios, recording studios and professional production companies.

If you are simply playing tickets and do not pay attention to quality, you can directly place an order on the Internet to commission the production of a personal album.

And if you want to experience the feeling of entering the studio to record, you can meet the demand for one or two thousand yuan.

Of course, these are purely amateur, if you really want to produce a high-quality single or album, the cost is very high, one or two thousand a song is basic, hundreds of thousands are not too expensive, you get what you pay for.

So don't look at the singers in Jingpiao, many people have never released a real album in their lives, in addition to the song itself, the cost of production is the key, and there will be publicity and distribution later, if you can't sell it, you will lose money!

As for the songs made for thousands of dollars, there is no way to find a way to release them, and it is too cheap to give them away.

As a veteran company in the industry, Ethereal Music Workshop is very professional, and the price list lists the various fees included in the five packages in detail, so that people can see clearly.

After Lu Chen watched it, he was most satisfied with the C package, which has a well-known arranger, producer and band accompaniment in the industry, high-standard recording and post-production, and the quotation is 500,000 yuan, which is equivalent to 50,000 yuan for a song.

It's not that the AB package is inferior to the C package, but the price of the AB package is not affordable by Lu Chen at all.

Even if it's package C, he can't come up with the money now.

As for the 250,000 D package and the 100,000 package, compared to the C package, it is not very sincere.

I don't know how expensive firewood and rice are if I don't care about it!

Lu Chen sighed secretly, he pinched the price list and asked tentatively, "Miss Ni, if I choose package C, how much discount can your company give?"

The last time he heard Qin Hanyang mention that he could bargain with the production company.

Miss Ni said very sincerely: "Mr. Lu, my authority can give you a maximum of 95% off, and if you can ask our manager or director to sign, the minimum is 9% off." ”

Lu Chen was dead hearted when he heard this, not to mention that he didn't know the manager and director of the Tian Lai Music Workshop at all, and even if he could get the other party's signature, it would cost 450,000 yuan for 9 discounts.

Lu Chen knew that if he didn't come forward personally, but by an industry company like Qingyu Media, it was estimated that the price would be lower, who would let him do it alone?

As the saying goes, it is good to enjoy the shade, and although signing a contract with an entertainment media company has to lose a lot of freedom and rights, it also has a lot of conveniences, such as production and distribution, and there is no need to worry about it, so it takes effort to publicize.

But Lu Chen didn't regret his choice!

He thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll think about it, Miss Ni, can I take this price list with me?"

Miss Ni smiled: "It's total, if you have any questions, you can also ask me directly." ”

Her business card was given to Lu Chen when they met.

"Thank you!"

Lu Chen took the price list and left the Tian Lai Music Workshop.

In fact, for Lu Chen now, 450,000 is really not too big a number, and it can be earned after a while, or it is enough to find a way to sell two songs.

However, this involves another question, that is, with such a large investment, does it recoup the cost?

Lu Chen didn't know the bottom in his heart.

He is a small achievement in online live broadcasting, and he has a large number of fans, but he can't even talk about newcomers in the entertainment industry, he is still an outsider, and he has no influence at all.

And the release of online albums also involves the problem of piracy, the price of online albums is very low, but there are not many people who are willing to pay, because after the album is released, you can find free pirated resources quickly.

The same principle applies to [Whale TV], don't look at the fact that he has hundreds of thousands of fishmeal, just like a reward, it is always a small number of people who are really willing to pay money.

The album is 100% going to be released, but Lu Chen doesn't want to lose money and make money, and he refuses to compromise on quality, so it's very problematic - the idea is very beautiful, but the reality is too cruel!

With a tangled mentality, he took the elevator down to the ground floor of the Delong Building.

Just a few steps out of the elevator, suddenly a middle-aged man strode over and stopped Lu Chen.

"Sir, are you going to make a song at the Ethereal Workshop?"

The middle-aged man looked like he was about fifty years old, with a thin build, and he was wearing a set of clothes that didn't fit very well, so he looked baggy.

He looked visibly nervous as he spoke, and his eyes were more focused on the hall security guards who were not far away.

"Ugh"

Lu Chen was stunned and asked curiously, "Is there something wrong with you?"

The middle-aged man immediately breathed a sigh of relief, he immediately took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Lu Chen with both hands.

"The contemptible person is Wang Changsheng, the manager of Nirvana Music Production Studio, can we talk?"

He spoke quite quickly, with a hint of uneasiness and anticipation.

Nirvana Music Production Studio?

Lu Chen thought about it, didn't have the slightest impression, hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay." ”

Mostly curiosity.

There is a tea house on the first floor of the Delong Building, and the two found a place to sit down, and then ordered a pot of tea.

After taking his seat, Lu Chen's first question was: "Manager Wang, how do you know that I am going to make a song in the Tian Lai Workshop?"

The studio manager named Wang Changsheng pointed to the price list that Lu Chen was resting on the table, and said embarrassedly: "I saw you holding this thing in your hand, so I came here to try my luck." ”

Lu Chen smiled dumbly.

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