() When night falls, thousands of lights are lit up.

"I really didn't expect that more than 30,000 yuan had been raised in one day today, and it seems that the 50,000 yuan should be raised soon. This...... I'm relieved. ”

After the guests left, Zhang Lei was so tired that he collapsed on the sofa in the living room, closing his eyes and muttering to himself.

Today, he was really tired.

It didn't take much effort to record, but the subsequent fundraising really made him painstaking, and he had to worry about it from time to time. At dinner, Zhang Lei was even more "besieged" by these singers, causing him to pour a stomach full of wine, but he still hasn't eaten a grain of rice.

Mentally tired and physically tired, he really couldn't hold it at this moment. If it's a little later, he's going to perform on the runway, so if you don't take a break now, you won't be able to sing anymore.

Cui Zhengguang is not tired.

There's nothing to do with him today, it's just to meet everyone and be familiar. However, he has always been in no shape, and he will never sit well if he can crook, and at this time, he is also like Zhang Lei, lying on a long sofa.

Hearing Zhang Lei's self-talk, Cui Zhengguang smiled and said: "Zhang Lei, you have said your bold words today, if the album will not sell 200,000 boxes by then, then you will be miserable." ”

"What Zhang Lei is miserable? What's wrong? ”

Ye Zi personally sent several teachers out of the gate, and he had just come back at this time. As soon as he entered the living room, he heard Cui Zhengguang making a big speech, Ye Zi didn't know why, and hurriedly asked.

"Big head, you're wrong this time." Knowing the reason, Ye Zi shook his head and smiled: "Zhang Lei's album said that it can sell 200,000 boxes, which is still very conservative." ”

"Won't it?" Cui Zhengguang's eyes widened: "Making albums so profitable? ”

"What do you think?" Ye Zi glanced at Cui Zhengguang funny: "Otherwise, why am I in such a hurry to make an album?" Now is the best time for records to sell! ”

Beginning in the mid-80s, the record industry in China began a period of rapid development. During this period, albums were almost unsellable, but the more this happened, the fewer the types and quantities of albums.

These albums from the 80s were limited by the overall salary level of the time. It is more difficult to sell more than 500,000 boxes, and it is even more rare to sell more than 1 million boxes.

By the beginning of the 90s, the average salary had gradually risen from a few dozen yuan in the 80s to 2 or 300 yuan, and the momentum of the record industry had gained economic momentum. That's even stronger.

Throughout the nineties, it was the golden age of the Chinese record industry.

At that time, it was not difficult for a good quality album to be promoted a little, and then one or two songs that could make the charts and sell hundreds of thousands of boxes. If it's a new album of a famous singer. Or there are one or two songs in the album that are very popular throughout the country, and it is very possible to sell a million boxes or even two or three million boxes.

This figure does not include piracy. If there is no piracy in the Huaxia record industry, the records of this period will be easier to sell, and it is trivial to multiply it several times.

This period was also an era of profiteering from the record.

Zhang Lei calculated in front of the singers above that a box of tapes can earn two yuan, which is less than 20% of the profit, which doesn't seem to be much. But don't forget, the albums of this era are too good to sell, unless the singer sings really badly. Or go on sale without any publicity at all, otherwise the sales of four or five hundred thousand boxes can be sold almost with their eyes closed.

The profit margin is indeed not very high, but with such a large base there, the money earned from an album will definitely not be less. And an album earns two dollars, which is the lowest profit line, and a better one is no problem earning about three dollars.

Even with a minimum profit of two dollars, the total value of the profit is very attractive on such a large base.

And what about investment?

It's only 100,000 yuan.

This investment is not very high, but the major record companies in Xiangjiang and Taiwan Strait are generally only two or three hundred thousand yuan per album. Count the differences in labor between the three places. This is almost the same as Zhang Lei's investment scale of 100,000 yuan. Of course, those superstars will certainly not be such a small investment, but their albums are not worried about not selling at all, and their album sales are calculated on the basis of millions of boxes. Invest more, and rightly so.

Based on the mainland's investment of 100,000 yuan and the sale of 500,000 boxes, this is the investment and sales figure of an album of many singers in the mainland, so the investment of 100,000 yuan will be exchanged for a return of 1 million yuan.

Ten times the return on investment, this is not a windfall profit, so what is called a windfall profit?

Even if it is a very conservative 200,000 boxes as Zhang Lei said, it has an ROI of about four times. Are there many industries with such ROI?

Definitely not much.

Throughout the nineties. Especially in the early nineties, the record industry was an out-and-out profiteering industry. At least four or five times the return on investment is enough for the bosses who invest in the record industry to make a lot of money.

Ye Zi is a reborn, and more importantly, Ye Zi is a singer himself, and he has personally experienced the golden age of the record industry. When he comes back from rebirth, if he doesn't seek development and opportunities in this industry, then he will really be reborn in vain.

This is the industry he is most familiar with and his favorite one, and of course he wants to get a piece of the pie before the twilight of the record industry comes, and take a big share of this big cake.

"I'm rubbing! Is it so profitable to make records and albums? Cui Zhengguang was taken aback by Ye Zi's description, and got up from the sofa: "That...... Then we're just helping these singers make zuò albums, isn't that too much of a loss? ”

At any time, Cui Zhengguang can think of the profit and loss of the business for the first time.

"That's not what I said." Ye Zi shook his head: "Help these singers finish their first album, if it's good, we can sign it." Have you forgotten what the purpose of this Lighthouse Project is? Don't just think about how much money you make. ”

"Big head, money can never be earned, don't just focus on the interests in front of you, look farther."

"We don't have enough funds now, we don't have enough manpower, and we don't have enough experience, so we can't sign other singers for the time being. At present, our main goal is to do a good job of my two albums and Zhang Lei's first, and then make plans for other things after the results of these two albums come out. ”

Ye Zi came to a conclusion.

"Well, that's the way it is for now."

Cui Zhengguang was a little depressed.

Although he knew that what Ye Zi said was correct, he saw that there was a lot of money in front of him waiting for him to pick it up, but he was tied up and couldn't move, which made Cui Zhengguang very disappointed.

……

The fundraising for Zhang Lei's album was unusually successful.

In just this afternoon, the eleven singers have already divided more than half of the investment quota, and now there are only more than 30 shares left that have not been subscribed.

This is still the result of restricting the teachers' subscription, and Ye Zi and Cui Zhengguang also did not subscribe. From the current point of view, the identity of investors is still simple, and it is best to focus on night singers. After the plan is running normally, it will slowly expand the scale when necessary to include other singers in the Shencheng music scene.

There are still twenty-nine days to raise funds, and there will certainly be no problems with the remaining shares. There are still so many singers in the night show, and in a few days, all the thirty or so copies will be subscribed.

In this regard, Zhang Lei is absolutely confident.

However, when I thought that after a while, I would have to rush to the Metropolitan and two other night clubs to run the stadium to perform, and Zhang Lei, who collapsed on the sofa, was a little "painful".

I can't live this day!

……

Ye Zi, Cui Zhengguang and Zhang Lei left the villa together.

Zhang Lei went to the show to make money, maintain his own life and the expenses of album production. Ye Zi and Cui Zhengguang rushed back to school separately.

Tomorrow is the day when classes will start in major colleges and universities in Shencheng. For Ye Zi, not only does he have to continue his studies when school starts, but the "Campus Top Ten Singer Selection", which was suspended during the New Year, is also about to start the competition in the second selection stage.

It's all a thing.

When she met Zhou Fang today, she repeatedly reminded Ye Zi that from Wednesday, the second selection will be continuously recorded in the student activity center of East China Normal University, and the stage has been built in the past two days. As the seed contestant of the show, Ye Zi must participate and must perform well.

This is a qualitative task!

Zhou Fang's attitude was very strict, and he directly dispelled his idea of trying to quit the show.

What else can Ye Zi say?

Returning to the school and walking into the familiar dark and low No. 1 student dormitory, Ye Zi quickened his pace slightly.

I haven't seen you for more than a month, how many brothers are okay?

After the Spring Festival, will Li Aoxiang get a little fat again? Be careful, the young are three high! Lao Long, this guy said that he was going to chase Wang Jun, but I don't know if he went to confess? I heard that Deng Jitian seems to be a little slimy with that person, could it be that this wood has also opened up? Is it true or not? Wang Ji and Gu Changquan, these two guys, won't they be accompanied by their parents again?

……

With this in mind, Ye Zi gently pushed open the hidden door of bedroom 324. (To be continued.) )