Chapter 354: What is the Matter of Eating
In short, every work must reach a perfect and mature state, and this is defined by Du Xinghe as the heaviest female vocal album in the Chinese music scene before it can be published. There was one job that wasn't perfect, and they had to push back the release time.
A super producer like Xiao Tianlang has already learned from some sources that Fang Yajun's comeback this time will be extremely powerful! Fang Yajun's new album will be a blockbuster in the Chinese music scene!
Even if the Big Four are bullish, they don't dare to underestimate a super diva of Fang Yajun's level, when Fang Yajun releases a new album, some companies want to steal the limelight from Fang Yajun, and they also release blockbuster albums and fight in the ring with Fang Yajun, such as BV, era, these two companies have paid close attention to Fang Yajun's new album, and they are ready to make a killer move against Fang Yajun;
And large companies like Arrow Target and Guoyu have chosen to avoid the war. Fang Yajun alone is strong enough, BV and the era are mixed in again, and the three blockbuster albums are tragically strangled, this situation Arrow Target and National Entertainment don't want to join in the fun, they don't even want to release any albums that month, so as not to accidentally hurt their singers in the big war of the three families. This is like three tigers fighting to eat a cow, who dares to secretly kill a piece of beef at this time to eat, it is estimated that the end will be worse than that cow.
Arrow target and Guoyu have already decided to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but they want to see which of the three parties is more powerful.
Xiao Tianlang is very concerned about Fang Yajun's new album.
Looking down from the commanding heights, Xiao Tianlang can see very clearly that today's Chinese music scene is too dull, and it is in great need of fresh blood injection.
Now Fang Yajun is back. People like Du Xinghe also appeared, Xiao Tianlang was very interested in this, he really wanted to see what kind of waves a peerless singer who had been dormant for a long time, coupled with a young talent who was born out of nowhere, could make waves in the Chinese music scene.
However, at this time, I heard Du Xinghe say that Fang Yajun was going to launch a new album in June, and Xiao Tianlang was not so calm, because in June, his little king Su Shenghua was going to release a new album "Graduation Season"!
Xiao Tianlang has told Du Xinghe several times about the release time of Su Shenghua's new album, and the release date of Su Shenghua's new album has been scheduled. It's June 6th this year. He also invited Du Xinghe to attend the press conference of Su Shenghua's new album.
Although they didn't say much on the surface, Xiao Tianlang and Du Xinghe emphasized several times that Su Shenghua's new album was released, just to remind Du Xinghe that Yun Shijie's singer would release an album. Don't crash with Su Shenghua.
Xiao Tianlang is also well-intentioned. Because Su Shenghua's album is centered on "You at the Same Table". Graduation season is bound to sweep! And as far as he knows, Zheng Long, the little king of BV in June this year, will also release a new album, which is Su Shenghua's direct competitor.
Meantime. In June, there is also a big king, Bartley of the Arrow Target, who will also release a mix of old songs and new songs after two years.
There are also several first-line female singers in the Big Four, who will also release albums in June, the hottest summer vacation, to grab the market.
As far as Xiao Tianlang currently knows, June is already a situation where a big king leads the charge, two small kings fight viciously, and a group of four female singers gather, and singers from other companies have to weigh the situation this month if they want to enter.
Xiao Tianlang asked Du Xinghe before who would release an album in June, just to talk to Du Xinghe that it was best not to release an album in June, so as not to worry about sales.
But when he heard Du Xinghe say that Fang Yajun was going to release an album in June, Xiao Tianlang was not worried about Yun Shijie's sales, but worried about Su Shenghua's sales!
This little king's album is already an opportunity for zuihou, if it can't sell 10 million again, Su Shenghua's road in national entertainment will be very difficult in the future, it turns out that June is challenging enough for Su Shenghua, but with "You at the Same Table", Xiao Tianlang is still very confident in Su Shenghua's album, and it should be able to break through 10 million.
But Du Xinghe now says that Fang Yajun is going to release an album in June, so this month's limelight will definitely be taken away by Fang Yajun!
The market share is so big, if Fang Yajun comes in, the sales of other singers will definitely be affected! And it's going to be very affected!
The bottom line of Su Shenghua's album is to sell 10 million copies a year, and Su Shenghua will sell no more than 1.5 million copies in the first month, and it will be difficult to break 1,000 copies in the first month!
Normally, the first week of sales of an album will delineate a general range for the future trend of an album, and the first month sales of an album can determine the life and death of an album.
The first month sales of Su Shenghua's "Graduation Season" are no longer as simple as judging the life and death of this album, but also directly judging Su Shenghua's future!
Xiao Tianlang has never missed someone, he doesn't want to look away at Su Shenghua, so he must give Su Shenghua a boost, but now, how could Du Xinghe do this kind of thing to do with him? actually asked Fang Yajun to release an album in June!
You must know that in Su Shenghua's album, although Du Xinghe only has a royalty commission for one song, this high commission is scary! Killing Su Shenghua's sales, isn't he killing his own income! What the hell is Du Xinghe doing!
Just when Xiao Tianlang was depressed, Xu Nuo on the other side was also a little confused, she had only been away for two weeks, how could she feel that a lot of Jihua had changed? Fang Yajun's new album is going to be released in the form of a double-disc album, which Xu Nuo knows, and it is precisely because she knows this situation that she doesn't understand Du Xinghe's release of Fang Yajun's album in June.
Could it be that Fang Yajun's new album Jihua has changed again? Don't need a dual-disc album anymore?
Otherwise, you won't be able to catch up in June!
Originally, her album was scheduled to be released in May, and the time was already in a hurry. Now she hasn't recorded a single song yet, the company is still moving, her album is likely to not be produced in May, and Du Xinghe has to give Fang Yajun an album in advance in this case, which is too exaggerated!
Du Xinghe suddenly smiled while drinking Tieguanyin, and said to Xiao Tianlang: "Just kidding, how can Fang Yajun's album be done so quickly, it won't collide with your Su Shenghua, you can rest assured." ”
Xiao Tianlang was very helpless by Du Xinghe's true and false attitude, but since Du Xinghe made it clear that he would not let Fang Yajun's album collide with Su Shenghua. He was relieved, drinking tea and saying: "Many singers will release albums in June, and the market competition will be very fierce that month." If you guys have Jihua releasing an album that month, it's best to push it back. ”
Du Xinghe thought for a while and said: "Xu Nuo's album was originally scheduled to be released in May, but maybe it will be postponed and released in June, but depending on what you mean, it doesn't seem to be a very wise choice to release an album in June." ”
Xiao Tianlang glanced at Xu Nuo and said to Du Xinghe: "With all due respect, Mr. Du." If it was me who made an album for Xu Nuo. I wouldn't choose to post in June. Although Xu Nuo's "Little Bird" is endless, Xu Nuo's fame is still a little small, and she is not qualified to grab the market in June, the most brutal month of competition in the record industry. ”
Being looked down upon by Xiao Tianlang so "low", Xu Nuo did not feel any grievances. Because what Xiao Tianlang said is true.
As a person who has released two albums in the circle (one in the era). Xu Nuo still has some understanding of the market rules of the record industry.
June, July, August. These three months are the summer months with the highest record sales of the year, and major record companies will focus on promoting records to the market during these three months to seize the summer hot market. Singers with strength, popularity and a fixed fan base can basically get good results when they release records in these three months, while singers with average strength will avoid these three most lively and competitive months to release albums.
Xu Nuo knew that his strength was not up to the level of grabbing the market in June, July and August, so he wanted to grab time and release the album in May.
Hongyan and Yun Shijie were also the first to release an album in May, but after such a big incident happened at home, she was in a very poor state and couldn't record an album.
In this regard, Xu Nuo felt quite guilty about the company. This time she came back from the United States, and she wanted to return to work with a new look, and she must seize all the time to record songs and try to make up for the time she missed before.
Now that he heard Xiao Tianlang say this, Xu Nuo reminded himself in his heart to work hard.
Xiao Tianlang saw that Xu Nuo accepted his evaluation very modestly, without any refutation or displeasure, and had a more good impression of this girl in his heart, and then said to Du Xinghedao: "Your company's plan for Xu Nuo should be long-term, there is no need to launch a second album for her too hastily, although it will take advantage of the momentum of "Little Bird" to make another profit, but for Xu Nuo's long-term development, this is not necessarily a good thing." There are many economic companies and many producers in the circle who love to make this kind of mistake, a newcomer is popular, and they release albums to them one after another, not seeking quality at all, only quantity, and making money with a gust of wind, so it seems that they have made a lot of money, but in fact, they have lost a lot of money. ”
Seeing that the two of them listened very modestly, Xiao Tianlang patiently gave them an example: "When Andy Cheung first debuted, he was also born out of thin air, and he became a small hit, if the arrow target was not for quality but only quantity for Andy Cheung to release albums one after another, he would definitely be able to make a lot of money in a short period of time, with the strength of the arrow target, they could give Andy Cheung the height of Fang Yajun in two or three years." But the arrow target didn't do that, because they knew that they would do it, and squeezed out Andy Zhang's talent in a short period of time, and they took a long-term development of Andy Zhang, and made every album with excellence, which is why there is now Andy Cheung. ”
After explaining the truth clearly, taking a sip of tea and taking a breath, Xiao Tianlang Zuihou took a moment to say: "Mr. Xiao Du, your vision is as unique as your talent, I don't know how you like singers like Yiyan and Xu Nuo." But after these two singers were created by you, they are really very distinctive. For Xu Nuo's new album, you don't need to be in a hurry, you must do it well, I think you must at least achieve the level of Yiyan's new album, and then take it out to be weighty. ”
After all, he is a very advanced senior, Xiao Tianlang's words have a lot of pointing tones, Du Xinghe nodded secretly, he knew that Xiao Tianlang said this with good intentions. Xu Nuo's new album is to give her a foundation in the music world, and if this foundation is not smashed, the good reputation of "Little Bird" will be in vain.
Xiao Tianlang has listened to the recorded versions of most of the songs in Yiyan's new album, and he is quite praised for Yiyan's new album, and now Xiao Tianlang says that Xu Nuo's new album is best to achieve the level of Yiyan's album to smash the foundation, Du Xinghe measured it in his heart, he felt that in terms of album level alone, the two albums were comparable, but Yiyan's voice was too good, much stronger than Xu Nuo's infectiousness.
In comparison, Yiyan's album should be of a higher comprehensive level than Xu Nuo. But the sales are not necessarily higher, after all, Yiyan is the first album to come out, and Xu Nuo already has a good reputation established by "Little Bird", so on the whole, the two albums should not be much different.
After Xiao Tianlang said so much to Du Xinghe, he said to Xu Nuo: "It seems that you have been on vacation well during your time in the United States, and your face has become round, if you release an album in May, you have to lose weight quickly." I remember you used to have a melon seed face. ”
Xu Nuo was almost not folded off the chair by Xiao Tianlang. Is she fat enough now? Although she hadn't been asleep for long, the edema had almost disappeared! Why is it still being said that! It's embarrassing to die.
Du Xinghe knew that Xiao Tianlang was joking, and took revenge on the joke he had just made, and said with a smile: "Xu Nuo is also a melon seed face now!" Don't make fun of her. You asked me over tonight. Do you want to talk about the promotion of Ihiko's new album? ”
Yun Shijie has already made a deposit of 1 million for Guoyu. It is determined that Xiao Tianlang's publicity team will be used to promote Yiyan's new album. Yiyan's master tape will be recorded immediately, and then it's time to promote, Xiao Tianlang's side should have formulated a promotion for Yiyan's new album, right? Du Xinghe is quite concerned about this.
"The promotion of Ihiko's new album. I have already asked my right-hand man to organize a meeting to study it, you can rest assured that my Xiao Tianlang's team is still trustworthy, as long as it is signed, we will definitely try our best to do it. And after listening to Yiyan's new album, I think it's a little interesting, and I really want to see what a newcomer of his age can stir up in the market when he releases an album. ”
"Don't talk about his age, he's only twenty-eight in April this year, and he's still very young! He looks younger, no different from a twenty-five or sixteen-year-old singer. ”
Xiao Tianlang said with a smile: "The singer who is twenty-five or sixteen years old has only released his first album, which is already very big!" He's not the type of singer who acts and sings. ”
Xiao Tianlang always said with Yi Yan's age, Du Xinghe was really unable to lift the bar, and said: "Anyway, you don't care how old he is, try your best to push it." ”
"This is natural, in business, since you have signed a publicity contract of 8 million with us, the effect of our promotion will definitely not be less than 8 million, you don't have to worry about this."
Xiao Tianlang changed the topic and said: "I'm going to ask you to have dinner tonight, not mainly to talk about Yiyan's new album, we're almost talking about this album, there's no need to talk about it anymore......"
Xiao Tianlang was talking, and there was a light knock on the door from outside the door: "Knock knock, knock knock." ”
Xiao Tianlang immediately stopped the topic, and a beautiful woman in a red cheongsam pushed the door in and asked Xiao Tianlang if he could serve food to everyone.
Xiao Tianlang agreed, and after the beauty received the order, she went out to call the chef, and closed the door tightly.
"Don't talk about Ihiko's album, what are you looking for me?" Du Xinghe took the opportunity to ask Xiao Tianlang.
"Chen Huilun, you all know each other, right?" Xiao Tianlang suddenly mentioned Chen Huilun.
Du Xinghe and Xu Nuo naturally know Chen Huilun, this is their senior sister in Huayi, and before last year's Huayi show, this senior sister also taught them a very vivid lesson, teaching them how to bully their juniors!
As soon as he heard this name, Du Xinghe's brows immediately furrowed, thinking to himself What did Xiao Tianlang tell him about Chen Huilun? There's no connection between them, huh?
To say that Du Xinghe also paid attention to the progress of this fashion leader before, and wanted to see how her new album was selling, this leader had been arrogant in front of him, including Fang Yajun.
However, the fashion master's new album was difficult to deliver, as early as before the Spring Festival, he said that it would be published, but he still didn't believe it after the Spring Festival, and now he said that it would be released in March, just in time for Zhai Xiaofeng's "Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream", as if he was deliberately waiting to be swept away, I really don't understand what the team on the master's side is doing.
Xiao Tianlang asked Du Xinghe and Xu Nuo if they knew Chen Huilun, in fact, it didn't make sense, they were all people in the circle, who didn't know Chen Huilun, a powerful candidate for the diva, so without waiting for Du Xinghe and Xu Nuo to answer, Xiao Tianlang continued: "There is something wrong with her new album, and she may have to start over." ”
"Tear it down?"
Du Xinghe was shocked when he heard it, how could there be such a thing!
When it comes to actresses of Chen Huilun's status, Chinese entertainment should be very careful about their development, after the Huayi show last year, the media began to promote Chen Huilun's song "The Price of Wrong Love", and later it was on the list, which means to open the publicity front of the new album. But I didn't know Weishenme, Guoyu suddenly pulled down Chen Huilun's new album, the publicity was all gone, and the new song was withdrawn from the list, and then there was news that Chen Huilun's new album was difficult to deliver.
Now that I hear Xiao Tianlang say that Chen Huilun's new album is going to be reversed and restarted, Du Xinghe is even more incomprehensible.
Xiao Tianlang couldn't explain more to Du Xinghe, because this was the ugliness of their national entertainment and should not be publicized.
In the production circle of national entertainment, there is an unwritten custom, that is, producers can take a part of the royalties of songwriters who record songs on the album, which can be regarded as extra money to enrich their own pockets.
However, with this kind of money, producers generally do not draw the title song and those particularly classic songs, but those songs that are weaker in the album's positioning.
The positioning of this kind of song, since it is relatively weak, has a large range of choices, and songs with a passable level can generally be selected into the circled range. As for whether Zuihou will be selected for the album, it all depends on the producer's preference. So most songwriters will negotiate a share with the producer, as long as their songs are selected into the album and make money, then they will share the producer's money proportionally.
Cao Yufei, the producer of Chen Huilun's "The Price of Wrong Love" album, is a new gold medal producer of Chinese entertainment, very talented and greedy, this guy will not only scrape the royalty share of ordinary songwriters, but also put forward some excessive requirements for new female songwriters with good looks, that is, the legendary unspoken rule, if you want songs to be selected into the albums he produced, female authors have to sacrifice hue.
Chen Huilun's "The Price of Wrong Love" was also produced in this way, and there are five more ordinary songs, all of which were selected by Cao Yufei for the songs to be included in the album after taking black money.
Not only that, but he also promised a rookie female songwriter to select other people's songs into the album, but asked others to accompany them for a drink.
The rookie female author didn't know much about the unspoken rules of the production circle, so she went to drink with Cao Yufei in a daze, but after drinking too much, she was ruined by Cao Yufei.
Afterwards, the female songwriter didn't know what happened to her, Cao Yufei saw that the female author was stupid and didn't know anything, so she didn't select the female author's songs into the album, and took pleasure in playing for nothing.
Later, it was calm, but this matter was not over, although the female author was drunk and didn't know anything, but she left Cao Yufei's seed in her stomach! This kind of child is slowly growing up!
If this female author is an ordinary girl, Cao Yufei will definitely be able to handle it, but this female author's father is a big brother on the road! Now Cao Yufei's basket is bigger! (To be continued......)