Chapter 69: The Audition Begins

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Monday, 7 October 1991.

The "Top Ten Singers of Shencheng Colleges and Universities" officially kicked off in 44 colleges and universities in the city (other than Dongda).

On the first day, the total number of people who signed up for the election exceeded 4,500. In addition to the University of Tokyo, which has increased to 2,500 students, among other universities, the number of applicants has exceeded 300 because of the effective publicity. It is interesting to note that the one with the smallest number of applicants is the only professional conservatory, and they currently have fewer than 10 applicants.

That night, the post-mixing project of the solo and chorus versions of "Sing If You Want to Sing" was finally completed after a whole day of cooperation between Ye Zi and Hu Zhengyuan. The two finished songs have been handed over to Zhou Fang.

After the organizing committee paid an advance payment of 10,000 yuan, the TV station has already begun to produce MTV for these two versions of the song. The airing time of these two editions of MTV has also been set for this Saturday night.

In order to meet the needs of publicity, Ye Zi specially produced 100 CDs for use by radio stations in major universities. For this reason, the organizing committee paid an additional 1,000 yuan to the TV station's recording studio. This is already the lowest price, which is only enough to buy a CD. The professional recorder used to record CDs is provided free of charge by Hu Zhengyuan.

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The next day passed, and the number of people who signed up for the audition was approaching the 10,000 mark.

Among them, the repeated broadcast of the two versions of "Sing If You Want to Sing" on the radio stations of major colleges and universities has played a great role. In less than a day, this song has been sung in major colleges and universities. In dormitories, classrooms, paths, lawns, playgrounds・・・・・・ everywhere there are students humming this new song.

They were deeply attracted by the fresh melody and confident lyrics. Zeng Chun's sweet solo singing like a girl next door, and the choral version with the Tokyo University Choir as the main body, and invited singers from various colleges and universities to perform together, and with passionate electronic style as the accompaniment, these two versions of the masterpiece made them never get tired of listening.

As soon as this song "Sing If You Want to Sing" was broadcast, it hit the hearts of the students in major colleges and universities in Shencheng at once!

Sing if you want to?

Sing if you want to sing it!

What could be a more powerful call for rebellious and passionate young people!

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Zhou Fang and Zhang Wenliang couldn't sit still.

In just two days, the number of applicants for the audition is about to exceed 10,000, which has never happened before. Even the "Shen Yuexiang" singer contest with top prize money and top specifications attracted more than 5,000 people to participate in the month-long registration period.

Of course, the situation of the two is different, and the registration fee for "Shen Yuexiang" is as high as 100 yuan, which is already remarkable to be able to attract more than 5,000 people. And this time there is no obstacle to the registration fee for the selection of campus singers, and it is understandable that there are more people. But 10,000 people signed up in two days, which is also a terrifying thing! The registration period is 10 days. 10,000 in two days, so how many students will participate in the audition after ten days?

As the main person in charge of the art department of the TV station, it would be incredible if Zhou Fang and Zhang Wenliang could still sit peacefully when they saw such a situation.

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Wednesday is the third day of audition registration.

After urgently asking the Taiwan leaders for instructions in the morning, Zhou Fang immediately called and made an appointment with Ye Ying for a consultation in the afternoon.

This day is also the time for Zhang Lei to enter the studio to record a song, Ye Zi couldn't walk away, he told Ye Ying the key points that the organizing committee needed to insist on, and let her act when she had the opportunity.

After an afternoon of repeated discussions, the TV station and the organizing committee basically reached an agreement. Two days later, on Friday, the audition and recording of the program will officially begin. At the same time, the registration period has been extended to 15 days, and the TV station will also advance the official broadcast time of the program to November 3. As for the charges for television broadcasting, the initial plan given by the television station was to broadcast it free of charge.

Such a broadcast plan and charging scheme are unconventional, therefore, the TV station requires all the revenue of the event, including naming fees, sponsorship fees, etc., to occupy 65% of the TV station to make up for the loss of free broadcasting. At the same time, however, the bulk of the program's broadcast -- the revenue from television advertising -- did not have any interest from the organizing committee.

Such a condition is definitely not something that Ye Ying can agree to, she can only reflect upwards.

As the higher-level authorities in charge of this event, it is of course impossible for the city/youth/federation and the city/school/federation to agree to such a lion opening up on the TV station. So that night, there was another round of emergency consultations.

At this time, no one doubted the possibility of a successful event. Just before the two sides negotiated that night, the latest data had been counted. The number of applicants jumped from nearly 10,000 yesterday to more than 20,000! Even if the number of applicants will decrease sharply after the most enthusiastic period of registration, even if some students will temporarily abandon the election after the official start of the audition, according to the increase in the past few days, the total number of more than 30,000 candidates will definitely not run.

30,000 people at one event?

Yes, thirty thousand!

This is a number that no one can ignore!

In the face of such a predictable figure, the always strong TV station could only compromise and accept the 30% ratio proposed by the organizing committee.

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Thursday, October 10.

Cui Zhengguang, in the name of the general manager of Unisplendour Culture Communication Co., Ltd., which was established by surprise, with two assistants, a lawyer, an accountant and a licensing agreement stamped and effective by the organizing committee, conducted the first formal negotiation with the winner Shencheng Co., Ltd.

In order to set up this company in the shortest possible time, Ye Zi and Cui Zhengguang mobilized all their connections together.

Sun Yun, as a legal person who Ye Zi pushed to the forefront, played a very good role, and the company registration materials were submitted smoothly, and the relevant parties were not difficult. But the one who was able to open all the joints in just a few days, and finally played a decisive role was the high school homeroom teacher of the two of them, Old Shen Shen Sihan.

Although Shen Sihan is extremely low-key and has been teaching Chinese in a middle school on the outskirts of the city, this does not mean that no one knows that he is the son of Commander Shen. On the contrary, his name has long been a secret in the eyes of those who have a heart.

Lao Shen came out, and of course the relevant parties were released with a green light all the way, and he went through all the registration procedures and got the business license in just three days. The price paid by Ye Zi and Cui Zhengguang for this, in addition to the 10% dry stock dividend of Ziguang Company, there is also a practice experience compiled by Ye Zi. For Shen Sihan, money is not particularly important to him. He is willing to join such a small company that has just been established, in addition to helping out in the relationship between teachers and students, what he values more is Ye Zi, a "good" student who has come up with such an experience.

Ye Zi's consideration is very realistic. With the joining of Shen Sihan and Shen Gongzi, their Ziguang company has a strong backer behind it. 10% dry stock dividend and a piece of experience, such a effort is still worth it.

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At the beginning of next year, Winner will open its doors, and since the summer, their advertisements have been flying all over the sky. For such an event as the "Top Ten Singers of Shencheng Colleges and Universities", of course, they are extremely interested. This is definitely an excellent platform to promote the winner's company, so this time the willingness of both parties to reach an agreement is very strong.

The negotiations are progressing smoothly, but there are big differences between the two sides on the specific amount of naming rights and the proportion of commissions. There is a difference of 6 million between the 10 million naming fee proposed by Cui Zhengguang and the 4 million naming fee that the winner company is willing to give.

The first negotiations were unsuccessful, and Cui Zhengguang was not in a hurry. The smoke screen action that he had originally discussed with Ye Zi had already begun to implement a few days ago.

The next day, Cui Zhengguang took the people to the Shencheng soap factory.

As early as a few days ago, there were rumors in the circles of Shencheng business circles that Shencheng Soap Factory was ready to spend a huge amount of money to name this campus singer selection event. This rumor has a nose and an eye, and to this day, even the content of the negotiation between the two sides has quietly spread.

The winner company is not stupid, and there is no way for a fool to survive in the mall. Of course, they know that these are just the other party's means. But the campaign was so much in line with their most pressing need right now that they were getting the word out and making them as visable as possible. Therefore, starting from their own needs, they took the initiative to contact Cui Zhengguang for the first time and made it clear that they were willing to make certain concessions on the ratio of naming fees and commissions.

Cui Zhengguang also gave his sincerity according to the plan discussed in advance. His offer has also been reduced from the initial 10 million naming fee and 20% commission to 9 million naming fee and 17.50% commission.

Although there is still a big gap, as long as there is sincerity in the negotiation, the price can still be negotiated after all.

The two sides agreed to continue negotiations next Monday.

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On Thursday evening, witnessed by Mr. Sun Yun and two lawyers, Ye Zi and Su Lai officially signed a three-year license agreement for the Chinese version of "Late Autumn" in Sun Yun's studio. At the same time, Ye Zi paid Su Lai 5,000 yuan for the authorization of the song.

This rare large-scale transaction in the pop music industry immediately caused a sensation in the entire Shencheng music scene.

Sun Yun greatly appreciated the Chinese version of the song composed by Su Lai, and finalized the production time of the song with Ye Zi that night. "Late Autumn" will be Ye Zi's second work, which will be grandly launched after "The Sound of the Waves".

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Friday, October 11.

Early in the morning, the film crew sent by the TV station drove into Donghua Normal University.

After receiving the announcement on the radio, the enthusiasm of the students was quickly ignited! This is a rare opportunity to be on TV, so why not hurry up?

Before nine o'clock, the students who had already signed up lined up at the door of the small dance hall of the Student Activity Center, the location of the audition, waiting for the staff to release them one by one according to the number, to fight for their own passes.

At 9:25, the first sophomore girl to pass the test proudly held up the certificate-like pass in her hand, and rushed out of the small dance hall screaming in front of the camera, the host Cao Kefan and thousands of students from Tokyo University.

The crowd is boiling!

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Saturday, October 12.

One version of "Sing If You Want to Sing" MTV with fresh and pure beauty as the main color and the other version with dynamic youth as its own characteristics was officially broadcast on Shencheng TV. At the same time, the TV station began to announce that a new type of program will appear on the screen in early November.

At the same time, auditions continued at the University of Tokyo. Many students from other colleges and universities came to visit the University of Tokyo after class, and the campus of the University was overcrowded for a while.

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Sunday, October 13th.

After the first two days of exploration, the process of the audition has entered the right track in an orderly manner, and the work efficiency has also improved a lot. At the current rate, the auditions will be completed within next week, taking a total of 10 days.

Next, the film crew will rotate one by one in the order of Fuda ~ Jiaotong University ~ the first word of the school. Teachers and students from other colleges and universities, after the students who went to Tokyo University to explore in the past few days, returned to the school to spread the word of mouth, and their interest in this event has greatly increased. They are all eagerly looking forward to the audition crew coming to their school as soon as possible.

By the end of the week, the number of applicants for this audition had already exceeded the 25,000 mark, and we are striding towards the goal of 30,000! Even the Shencheng Conservatory of Music, which was the most disdainful of participating in this event at the beginning, has snowballed in the past few days, and now it has broken the school history record of 1,000 people.

Everything is being implemented according to Ye Zi's plan.

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That night, Ye Zi's new work "The Sound of the Waves Remains" entered the "Pop Music Chart" of the week for the second time. The rankings also jumped from 18th when they first appeared on the chart last week (the top 20 are taken every week, the top 10 broadcast the whole song, and the bottom 10 broadcast half a song), jumping into the top 10 and ranking ninth.

This is the best ranking ever made by a local singer in Shencheng on this list.

According to the plan agreed by Ye Zi with Sun Yun, Chen Zimo and others, the CD sample of this song will be sent to well-known radio stations across the country from next week.

Chen Zimo personally drew up a list of the most influential lists, including the "Lingnan New Song List" in Guangdong Province, the "Chutian Fengyun List" in Hubei Province, and the "Chinese Pop Music List" in Yanjing. The person in charge of each of them will be asked by Chen Zimo to call one by one.

Of course, friendship with each other is friendship, and the cost of playing the list is inevitable. Chen Zimo personally arranged and gave the new song "The Sound of the Waves Remains" a title for the exchange work of Shencheng Radio. If you go to various places to play the list under this name, you can enjoy a great discount on the cost. But even so, Ye Zi still had to come up with a budget of 10,000 yuan.

As for whether the money is enough? Then it depends on the progress on the list in various places next, as well as Ye Zi's expectations.

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