Chapter 21: The Record Project
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Late at night, Liu Xiyuan didn't feel the slightest sleep, and Quan Xiyan's words still had a great impact on Liu Xiyuan at night. This afternoon's performance, the applause of the audience made Liu Xiyuan like it very much, and there was a trace of yearning in his heart, for music, Liu Xiyuan loved it very much, otherwise there would be no song score.
But because of the original surname, Liu Xiyuan didn't like to appear in the public's sight and became the focus of everyone, which made Liu Xiyuan very unaccustomed. However, during this time, Liu Xiyuan slowly overcame such a surname, and this afternoon's performance also let Liu Xiyuan know that he had completely overcome the problem of his surname.
However, Liu Xiyuan is a person who is extremely disgusted with bondage in his heart, and with his understanding of the Korean entertainment industry, the bondage of artists is very serious. Therefore, it is unwilling for Liu Xiyuan to enter South Korea's entertainment companies and become their artists, and become their money-making machines.
Liu Xiyuan, who was born in Fifth Avenue, also has his own arrogance in his bones, so he doesn't take Korean entertainment companies very seriously.
Liu Xiyuan has a lot of thoughts in his heart, but there is one thing Liu Xiyuan is sure of, that is, he likes music and likes to use music to get the applause of others. Liu Xiyuan is very eager for his music to be liked by everyone, and he also hopes to share the music in his heart with everyone. Another point is that Liu Xiyuan needs money, and the savings in his heart are less than 2 million won, and if this continues, he and his sister's lives will not be guaranteed.
But even if you join an entertainment company, you don't know when you will be able to debut, and even if you debut, you may not be able to make money. The exploitation of Korean entertainment companies is strong and the contract is cruel, which makes Liu Xiyuan, who knew a little before, very surprised and unacceptable.
Going to the United States? Although I have lived in the United States, I can adapt to the music environment in the United States, and I have certain connections, but what about my sister? So it's unrealistic.
What should I do? With the light of the table lamp, Liu Xiyuan looked at the song sheet in his hand, thinking about his future problems.
If only I could make my own records. Liu Xiyuan thought, wait, why can't he release a record? I wrote my own songs, and as long as I rented a recording studio, I had no problem recording by myself. After that, just find a record production factory and let them help with the production. Although I don't have a sales channel, I can go out and sell it myself, and although the sales won't be much, it's more money than joining an entertainment company. And it's freer. At the same time, I can also share my music with everyone. The more Liu Xiyuan thought about it, the more excited he became. (I don't know if I can do this.,Do you need any permission or something.,But because the plot needs it.,It's written like this.,Ignore the rest)
At the moment, Liu Xiyuan opened the song sheet and found the song, over the years, Liu Xiyuan has created a lot of songs.
Liu Xiyuan decided to include the "Song of Xiyan" composed this afternoon into his record, and then Liu Xiyuan found five songs in the song sheet, namely "My Music", "Dreamhigh" ("Dream High"), "Some Dreams", "Someday", "Myvalentine" [plot needs]. With the addition of "Song of Xiyan", there are six songs, and Liu Xiyuan decided to record these six songs to form a mini album. Because these five songs are all in English, Liu Xiyuan also needs to be translated into Korean, after all, this is South Korea, but this is not a problem for Liu Xiyuan. It was completed quickly, and after having the motivation, it was also full of enthusiasm and efficiency to do things.
After having an idea, Liu Xiyuan was also very excited, and now he can't wait until dawn to implement his plan, and it was at this moment that Liu Xiyuan knew that he had such a love for music in his heart.
The night passed in Liu Xiyuan's tossing and turning, and early the next morning, Liu Xiyuan got up, and after getting up, he picked up his mobile phone to check the time, only to find that the mobile phone was turned off without power. Plug your phone in and charge it, then head out for a morning workout and prepare breakfast afterwards. Liu Xiyuan didn't tell his sister about his plan, he wanted to surprise her. After sending Quan Xiyan to school, seeing that it was still early, Liu Xiyuan found an Internet café to learn about some things.
An hour later, Yoo Hee-won came to know that renting a recording studio would cost 10,000 won to 200,000 won per hour, depending on the size. The cost of producing a record in a factory is about 500 won, but it needs 5,000 copies for mass production, which means that a batch cost 2.5 million won. And the sales of an ordinary mini album on the market range from 10,000 won to 18,000 won, and the profit is still very considerable.
Every time a record is sold, it earns nearly 10,000 won or more, so it's no wonder that record companies make so much money. Of course, Liu Xiyuan also knows that this is theoretical data. There are still a lot of things about the design of a record, such as the distributor, copyright, publicity, etc., so if you calculate it carefully, the profit is not so big. But it's different, the song is written by yourself, there is no copyright problem, if you do it yourself, there is no distributor, and if you promote it, you will run on your own. Therefore, their profits are still very high, even if they can't sell much because of the relationship between publicity and sales channels, but they can also have a lot of profits.
Yoo Hee-won is going to price his record at 8,000 won, which means that for every record sold, Yoo Hee-won can earn 7,500 won, and if a batch of 5,000 copies can be sold, then Yoo Hee-won will get 37.5 million won. This is also a lot of money, and Liu Xiyuan is still very confident in his music. Even if you can't sell everything, as long as you sell 350 copies, you can get back to your capital, so you're not afraid of losing money.
The problem is that Yoo Hee-won has less than 2 million won in all the money now, which is not enough to produce a batch, as well as the cost of the recording studio. In this case, it will be more troublesome, after all, you don't even have enough costs, and you still need to leave the necessary living expenses. In other words, I need at least 3 million to do it, and I still need more than 1 million funds.
Although there was a gap in funds, Liu Xiyuan did not think about giving up, found a few recording studios with reasonable prices on the Internet, wrote down the address and contact information, and then left the Internet café.