Chapter 156: Crowdfunding
This violinist is very beautiful, wearing a white background and blue floral cheongsam outlining a graceful figure, with ice muscles and snow skin and picturesque eyebrows, the whole person seems to be like a blue and white porcelain washed by a kiln fire, shining with a soft light that people can't ignore, elegant and warm without staining dirt.
Such an outstanding character, Lu Chen recognized it at a glance - Su Daiwan!
Su Daiwan is a native of Taipei, she was a smash hit on the island back then, and debuted at the age of 19 to win the championship of the island's performing arts awards, with her natural voice and outstanding appearance and temperament, she has become a rising star.
At the age of 21, Su Daiwan launched her first album "Little Snow and Early Sunshine", and at the same time pushed her singing career to the peak, and was regarded as a future singer.
However, to everyone's surprise, only two years after her debut, when the star journey was shining brightly, Su Daiwan suddenly retired from the pop music scene and disappeared from the public eye.
Except for a very few insiders, no one knows why Su Daiwan gave up her career, there were many rumors at that time, some said that Su Daiwan was given a golden house by a rich man, some said that she had an incurable disease, and some said that she was a monk.
But no matter how rumors are rumored by the outside world, Su Daiwan has not responded, five or six years have passed, and I am afraid that there are only a few die-hard fans who still remember her.
In the Inspur blog, there is also Su Daiwan's fan group V, with tens of thousands of followers.
Lu Chen never dreamed that Su Daiwan was actually Li Mubai's third sister-in-law!
The reason why Lu Chen knows Su Daiwan so well is entirely because his first girlfriend is a loyal fan of Su Daiwan, and there are promotional posters of Su Daiwan hanging in his boudoir, and the drawers are full of various record versions of the "Little Snow and Early Sunshine" album.
Lu Chen still remembers the scene when his first girlfriend leaned on his arms and sang the song "Love Snow" in his ear. The sour and astringent taste couldn't help but rise in my heart, and I was stupid for a while.
"Love Snow" is the title song of "Little Snow and Early Sunshine", the most touching love song in the whole album.
The sound of the piano is lingering, the end of the song is scattered, the old people are still there, and the past time cannot be traced!
"Mu Bai. Is this your friend? ”
A gentle voice made Lu Chen wake up instantly.
Lu Chen couldn't help but turn his head, and his gaze happened to meet Li Mubai's eldest brother.
Li Mubai's eldest brother should be in his first year, with sword eyebrows and deep facial features, and an indescribable elegant temperament with a smile on his face, and a set of antique-style white robes looks extremely harmonious on him, just like the characters in the book.
His gaze was calm, with a little curiosity, which made people feel good.
A gentleman is like jade!
Lu Chen's mind immediately came up with an adjective that was most suitable for the other party.
Such a character. It's really a match with Su Daiwan!
But
Lu Chen couldn't help but look at Li Mubai again, and wanted to ask him - is this really your eldest brother?
Li Mubai stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around Lu Chen's shoulder and said, "Yes, he is Lu Chen, my best friend!" ”
Best friend?
Lu Chen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, but he was still silent on the surface, bowed slightly and said, "Hello Brother Li, come to visit at night." Please forgive me for any presumptuousness. ”
Brother Li Mubai smiled and said, "You are Mubai's friend, and you are a guest at home." Don't be too formal, I'm Murong, Mubai's eldest brother, come and sit together. ”
Li Mubai pulled Lu Chen, and the two went over and sat down at the tea table.
At this time, Su Daiwan came over, lifted the teapot and made tea for Li Mubai first, and her movements were like flowing water. Elegant and skillful, it is pleasing to the eye.
Li Mubai picked up the teacup and smelled it, revealing an exaggerated expression: "Third sister-in-law, the tea you brew is fragrant, and the food you cook is more delicious, I want to live in your house every day." It's a pity that the eldest brother is unwilling! ”
Su Daiwan pursed her lips and smiled: "That's a nice thing, you really want to come and live, can your eldest brother still let you live?" ”
Li Mubai smiled and said, "He, I'm going to be kicked out by him if I live for a long time!" ”
He asked Li Murong again: "Big brother, did you say that?" ”
Li Murong shook his head speechlessly, he was obviously helpless against his rogue brother.
Su Daiwan brewed another cup for Lu Chen.
Lu Chen hurriedly said, "Thank you, Ms. Su Su." ”
Su Daiwan smiled and said, "You're welcome, just call me the third sister-in-law like Mu Bai." ”
Her smile was gentle and kind, which made Lu Chen's tense heartstrings relax, and said: "Third sister-in-law, my former girlfriend liked you the most, and she was sad for a long time after you retired. ”
Seeing Su Daiwan, Lu Chen remembered the past and couldn't help but say it.
Su Daiwan put down the teapot and sat next to Li Murong, and said with a smile: "If you see her again, then apologize for me." ”
Lu Chen smiled bitterly.
Su Daiwan turned to look at her husband and said, "Actually, you should blame him, it's all his fault!" ”
Although it was a strange tone, the tenderness in his eyes seemed to overflow.
In this way, it was Li Murong's turn to smile bitterly and raise his hand to surrender.
Li Mubai took the opportunity to say, "Big brother, can you help him ask about Brother Chen?" ”
Li Murong was noncommittal, he asked Lu Chen, "Can you talk about your project first?" ”
The smile on his face was still gentle, but there was a hint of sharpness in his eyes, which was a shrewdness to understand the world!
If a person with a ghost in his heart is stared at like this, he will inevitably feel empty-hearted.
But Lu Chen was very calm: "Okay! ”
He came prepared, and brought a copy of the project he made.
Lu Chen took out this copy and handed it to Li Murong.
Li Murong was a little surprised, he didn't expect Lu Chen to be so well prepared, so he took the printer paper and read it carefully.
The project that Lu Chen wants to do has been brewing for a long time, and it is simply a fundraising platform - crowdfunding network!
He is inspired by the world of dreams.
Dream World also has a huge Internet industry, which is not much different from the development of this world, and many things can be corresponded, such as QQ to Feixun, WeChat to Feixin, Alipay to Yifubao and so on.
In China, the seven Internet giants firmly control most of the network resources and wealth.
Lu Chen's major in college is computer application, he deeply knows that the difficulty of starting a business on the Internet today is far from being comparable to the previous period of rapid development, if there is no abundant funds and excellent ideas, rashly enter this fierce competition in the red sea, 99.99% of the results are dead and have no place to be buried.
Therefore, after gaining the memory of the dream world, he focused on making money through original compositions and singing, and did not think about tossing in the IT industry.
However, when Lu Chen decided to produce and release his first album, his inspiration was touched!
As an independent artist, the biggest difficulty Lu Chen faces is that without the support of an entertainment agency, it may be easy to produce and release albums, but if you want to not lose money or even make a profit, it is undoubtedly even more difficult.
Lu Chen didn't want to lose money, so he thought of the advantage he had - more than a million fans!
So how can you make the most of this advantage to help sell the album?
Crowdfunding platforms are undoubtedly the best solution!
The so-called crowdfunding refers to the mode of raising project funds from netizens in the form of group purchase + pre-purchase. It uses the characteristics of the Internet and SNS to allow small businesses, artists or individuals to showcase their ideas to the public, gain everyone's attention and support, and then get the financial assistance they need.
Compared with traditional financing methods, crowdfunding is more open, and the commercial value of the project is no longer the only criterion for obtaining funds. As long as it is a project that netizens like, they can get the first fund for the start of the project through crowdfunding, which provides unlimited possibilities for more people who operate or create with a small capital.
For example, independent artists like Lu Chen.
In this world, the original prototype of crowdfunding has long existed, but there is no real Internet crowdfunding platform yet.
It's like a small gold mine waiting to be tapped.
When the inspiration was touched, Lu Chen keenly felt that this was an excellent opportunity to make his career more developed, and he immediately began to prepare.
The Chinese and English domain names of "crowdfunding", "zhongchou" and "crowdfunding" have all been successfully registered by Lu Chen, and he has purchased high-bandwidth independent servers from a well-known network service provider, and worked with Chen Xiang to build the website.
The structure of the crowdfunding platform is actually very simple, after registration and filing, apply the ready-made website template, add the corresponding functions, and then access Epay and online banking, a complete crowdfunding network is completed.
With the memories of the dream as a reference, Lu Chen didn't spend too much time and energy in this regard.
As long as he wants, the crowdfunding network can be launched at any time.
But there's still a big problem.
From a technical point of view, there are no difficulties in crowdfunding platforms, just like an ordinary personal website, anyone who has learned how to make a website can easily do it.
It's all about creativity!
How can Lu Chen ensure that his idea is not plagiarized, imitated or even appropriated by others?
This has to mention a bill that is common at home and abroad, that is, the Commercial Creative Copyright Protection Act!
The Commercial Creativity Copyright Protection Act was first enacted in 2005.
It was a period of rapid development of the domestic Internet, and it was also a period of brutal and violent expansion of giants, and many potential emerging small companies were either closed down or embezzled under the attack of these predators, which can be described as chaos.
The most typical example is an interactive game called "Thumb Elf", which belongs to the shining elf company that quickly became popular and made a lot of money.
However, the shining elf company did not last long, and Feixun Games set its sights on this piece of fat, and soon launched the "finger play elf" with the same mode, and quickly defeated the "thumb elf" with better production and a huge user base.
Shiny Elf, a promising game company, has since collapsed and finally ended in disgrace.
And similar examples were innumerable during that period! ――
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