Chapter 134 Album Release

Helde was working with Yannick at the end of '38. He has been working as an assistant to Yannick and has assisted Yannick in a number of investments and business management. He has a wealth of experience in general management.

What Zhou Nan lacks now is such a comprehensive management talent, even if he is doing a good job now, Renian, he is just a professional with some experience in the fashion industry, and he cannot be regarded as a comprehensive talent.

When Helder first arrived in London, he thought that Zhou Nan wanted to replace him with Helder. But Held's open and honest communication with him dispelled his concerns.

Held's future work was mainly by Zhou Nan's side, responsible for the management of all commercial aspects, rather than just participating in the management of fashion companies, and not encroaching on Renian's sphere of influence.

Of course, his appearance will also put a limit on Renian's power. But this point, Renian also easily accepted.

In any company, there is no unrestricted power, but Zhou Nan didn't care about this aspect before, and there was no talent in this area, so he let it go for a while.

After two days of work, Renian also admitted that Helder was indeed very skilled in overall management, and a promotion meeting that made him anxious was carried out in an orderly manner and ended very smoothly under the overall arrangement of Holder.

Helde met Zhou Nan when he was sixteen years old, and he didn't pay much attention to this somewhat introverted and shy Oriental boy.

However, from the age of '43, at his suggestion, Yannick sold the military supply business and invested in Bayer.

Even if Helde didn't find out at first, in retrospect, behind that series of business operations, there was the shadow of Zhou Nan.

Helde realized that Yannick valued his adopted son more than he had imagined.

But at this time, Held's impression of Zhou Nan was still very vague, and at most he only thought that he was a relatively smart young man.

However, since this year, the frenzy of public opinion set off by Zhou Nan in Europe has become more and more influential in Europe. Helde realized that he hadn't seen Zhou Nan clearly before.

Zhou Nan's fame, Held, because he has been in a relatively closed Germany, does not have a very intuitive impression.

But after arriving in the UK this time, I saw that Zhou Nan was in contact with celebrities, high-ranking political officials, and even British princesses came to promote one of their fashion shows, all of which completely made Helde realize the difference between Zhou Nan today.

The people who enter and leave the villa, any person, may affect the British policy towards Germany, and a word from Zhou Nan may change the trajectory of history.

At this time, he also really understood why Yannick was able to directly control a large enterprise of more than 10,000 people with a small and large scale, which was entirely because of Zhou Nan behind him.

Otherwise, those millions of Swiss francs would not be worth even a fraction of the value of the factory. Not to mention that you can get a bank loan of 10 million US dollars later.

Clearly aware of Zhou Nan's energy, the whole family was able to move from chaotic Germany to Switzerland, and Helde really surrendered to Zhou Nan and was willing to sacrifice everything for him.

He positions himself as Zhou Nan's business steward, monitoring and managing all business investments for him. This is a position that is not very laborious, but it can reap countless fame and benefits.

Unlike Held, who has experienced different changes in thinking, Zhou Nan has always been more satisfied with Halder. He is down-to-earth, loyal, and not bad, he used to be a good deputy to Yannick, and now it is easy for him to help him manage a small number of business projects.

Although he has a lot of assets now, most of them are in the form of shares, which account for half of Yannick's investment. The two main assets are Bayer's 22 percent stake, and Volkswagen's 40 percent stake.

Zhou Nan is equivalent to half of the equity in these two shares. Although the official investment document has not yet been signed, Switzerland and Germany, including the British government, will not be an obstacle.

As for Yannick, it was his decision.

In addition to these shares, Zhou Nan has now established a Hepburn fashion company, which has three clothing brands: Hepburn, Dior, and Balmain.

The investment is nothing compared to the shares of Bayer and Volkswagen, but the success of the trade fair in London means that the company is on the fast track to growth.

Now, the only thing that restricts the development of this company is the problem of funding.

However, Zhou Nan is not worried about financial problems, because the royalties from the publication of his book have now arrived. When he returns to Switzerland and goes through the formalities, the money will be in his account.

Helder had taken care of the wrapping up of the trade fair and was about to return to Germany. He can't go directly to Switzerland from England, he has to go back to Germany to go through the formalities, and he has to bring his family to Switzerland.

Zhou Nan and they still have to stay in England for half a month, and maybe Helder will be able to go to Switzerland before him.

The proofreading of "General History of the World" became easier and easier, and Zhou Nan put his experience on his music record.

Although the sound of the simple bamboo flute is beautiful, it is still a little too monotonous. Therefore, after consulting with the producer of EMI Records, Zhou Nan also decided to record the record in the form of a solo concerto.

The solo is a bamboo flute, and the concerto is the orchestra, and only in this way can the atmosphere of the music be more strongly set off.

Before coming to the UK, Zhou Nan had already decided on his own repertoire. This set of records is mainly based on bamboo flute concertos, including European minor tunes such as "Scarborough Market" and "Edelweiss", as well as oriental famous songs such as "Jasmine" and "Spring River Flower Moonlit Night".

EMI Records attaches great importance to this set of recordings of Zhou Nan, because Zhou Nan has used his speech to arouse everyone's curiosity in Europe.

When Zhou Nan arrived in London, he sent someone to take the score from Zhou Nan, and then asked the producer to break it down into scores for other instruments and arrange for the band to rehearse.

However, it was not until this time that Zhou Nan's arm was almost recovered, and the entertainment was almost underway, so that Zhou Nan had the opportunity to practice with the band.

Zhou Nan didn't have any experience in arrangement, but he had heard different versions of music. Therefore, although he can't give too much professional advice on the arrangement, he can quickly analyze whether the arrangement is reasonable or not.

However, there were more problems than he thought.

In addition to the fit in terms of joint training, the biggest problem is the limitation of record time.

It wasn't until '48 that there were thirty-three and one-third turns of records that could sing for nearly half an hour. Nowadays, the playing time of one side of the record is generally no more than three minutes and thirty seconds.

Therefore, a piece of music should be played in strict control of the playing time, and try to finish it in three minutes and thirty seconds.

There are a total of five records that Momoyo is going to release this time, which they have determined after careful market research.

They are going to fight this time, and they will release a million sets at once, that is, five million records. The price of five records will not be set too high, and the market will be more acceptable.

Seven minutes per sheet for a maximum of thirty-five minutes. Coupled with the interval time, it means that the performance time of the repertoire chosen by Zhou Nan should be controlled within 34 minutes.

It took them almost a week to settle on seven pieces of music just to reformat them.

In addition to those four songs, there is also "The Original Scenery of Hometown", which has the greatest influence in Europe, plus two piano pieces, "Castle in the Sky" and "The Sound of Silence".

Tracks such as "Autumn Moon on the Peaceful Lake", which were also very popular with record companies, can only be added when the next record is released. Of course, this mainly depends on whether the sales are good or not.

The preliminary work was very difficult, but when all the work was ready, the recording went very smoothly.

This is mainly due to the fact that this set of records has no vocals, and the range control of the instruments is much easier than the vocals. Therefore, the five bamboo flute concertos led by Zhou Nan were recorded in only two days.

On the contrary, Audrey played two piano pieces that were recorded for three days.

In Europe, bamboo flute is a new thing, and no one can accurately judge the level of Zhou Nan's playing skills, and only listen to Zhou Nan's performance with insufficient feelings.

However, most people in Europe have the ability to appreciate music, and whether a piano piece is played well or not can be heard at once.

The musical style of "The Sound of Silence" and "Castle in the Sky" is similar, and the performance is not complicated. But the simpler the piece, the more it tests one's ability to play.

Audrey's piano skills are actually not very high, but Zhou Nan insisted on letting her play only. The company could only obey his wishes and let Audrey play these two piano pieces.

It took five days to make the master disk, and then Momoyo shipped the master disk to three factories, and all three companies started working at the same time to burn the set.

Heitinga also came from Switzerland, and as Zhou Nan's personal lawyer, he will appoint personnel to participate in the process of burning and selling the records, supervise the number of burns of Momodai, and protect Zhou Nan's interests.

The music album was being burned intensely, and at the same time, the "General History of the World" had completed its final proofreading.

The current "General History of the World" can almost be said to belong entirely to Zhou Nan's own work, and all the data in it can withstand the verification of history.

Whether it is the value of academic research or the interest of the world, it far surpasses the various versions of the general history of the world or the general history of the world.

Since it is mainly a description of modern history, everyone believes that the publication of the next volume will cause an even greater sensation around the world.

At this time, Zhou Nan's purpose of going to the UK had almost been achieved.

Only the last step left in the promotion of the record was the television promotion.