Chapter 39: Preparing for the Album (Asking for Recommendation Votes)
"Can the first 'tick' be a little more explosive?"
In the recording studio, Chen Fei stayed alone in front of the microphone in the glass room, recording the second song "The First You" in his debut album.
Chen Fei put down the microphone, left the studio, and joined the discussion.
"It's like holding a breath and suddenly bursting out, especially the first 'tick', the explosive power must be sufficient, like a knife, piercing into the depths of people's hearts at once."
"I agree with Lao Zhang's opinion, although the version just now is already very perfect, why don't we record it again and try it?"
"Let's record it again, thank you, teachers."
Several recording teachers attach great importance to Chen Fei's first college and have a very rigorous attitude, as a party Chen Fei, naturally likes to cooperate as much as possible.
It's just that the progress is a little slow, and a week later, the first song "Angel Wings" was recorded.
However, as the run-in of several people is completed, they are all familiar with each other's styles, and the speed will slowly speed up.
The company is full of energy, and Mr. Chen has invited several teachers from other companies to help through his own relationship, and fully cooperate with the recording of Chen Fei's first college.
Who made him the company's current first signed singer.
The development of Xinghai Film and Television in recent years has been focusing on film and television series, and does not attach much importance to music.
This is related to the image of large companies, as well as the confidence and prospects of investors and shareholders in the future of the company.
This is the reason why Aunt Hong helped him sign a contract with Xinghai Film and Television.
Although it is not a professional music distribution company, the energy that comes out of it when it is all invested in a single singer is amazing.
Chen Fei's first album tentatively has twelve songs, in addition to the two songs he launched when he debuted as a Xidan boy, there are also several songs he participated in in The Voice, such as "In My Singing", "Sea and Sky", "Forget Worries and Grass", "Exaggeration", "Chengdu", "Nanshan Nan" and so on.
In addition, a song "Take Me Travel" was added, which is also the name of this album.
This song can only be ranked in the middle of the stream in terms of quality and professionalism, but it is full of popular elements, and the name is very suitable for the current craze of young people who like to travel by car.
There is no need to question the quality of the album, and several teachers have always concluded after discussion that this is a high-quality album with a lot of high-quality songs, and it is difficult to think about it without being popular.
But when it comes to the album's sales estimates, several teachers seem to be a bit conservative and have a big disagreement.
Without him, the album sales of singers in the mainland music scene have not been good in recent years, and the sudden rise of digital music has changed people's habits of listening to songs.
Today's post-80s and post-90s young people are accustomed to listening to songs on the computer and downloading songs in MP3, which is the main reason for the sharp decline in album sales.
The total album sales of 3 million albums of the king of bending are the total sales of the whole of Asia and even the world, and are known as the last wave of explosion and madness in the music industry.
In such an environment, although the quality of the album is unanimously optimistic, in terms of sales, several people continue to lower their expectations.
In the end, it was estimated that 50,000 platinum copies were sold.
You must know that the boss of the mainland music scene in recent years, the sales of an album are only more than 300,000 copies, let alone a newcomer like Chen Fei.
At present, the platinum record standard here adopts the established standard on Hong Kong Island, that is, 25,000 records sold are gold records, 50,000 are platinum records, and 100,000 are double platinum records.
After the company's Mr. Chen knew the estimated results, he couldn't close his mouth with a smile.
Artists like Chen Fei took the initiative to send them to the door, and they didn't spend too much energy and resources after signing the contract, and they had such a big harvest in less than half a year.
How to say it, it greatly broke his previous expectations for Chen Fei.
It seems that after Chen Fei's first sales volume comes out, he will have to adjust the grade of the contract signed with him, and at least upgrade it by one or two grades.
You must know that other peer companies are not vegetarians, and once they are poached, they will be happy to be white.
"That's all for today, a few teachers have worked hard." At the door of the recording studio, Chen Fei greeted several teachers one by one.
The recording of the album in the past few days has been generally smooth, and I am not in a hurry, leaving work on time at 6 pm every day.
Chen Fei sat on the sofa outside the recording room to rest, and just made himself a cup of instant coffee, Aunt Hong appeared behind him silently.
"Xiaobai, come with me to a dinner later, I made an appointment with Director Ning."
Chen Fei put down the coffee, got up to say hello to Aunt Hong, who waved his hand and said, "I told you, don't be so polite as a family." ”
Chen Feisan finished drinking coffee in two sips, wiped his mouth and followed Aunt Hong off the elevator, and the company's driver had already started the car in advance and was waiting in the garage.
"Just the three of us, Director Ning wants to see you in person, and he may have to audition, so you'd better be mentally prepared."
Chen Fei hurriedly took out the script from his backpack, and temporarily figured out the character of the character, in his heart, the role of Xie Xiaomeng is the first choice, if it doesn't work, he is considering the role of the Hong Kong Island killer.
Ten minutes later, the car stopped at the door of a grilled fish restaurant, and Chen Fei followed Aunt Hong out of the car.
At this time, it is the meal, the door is very lively, the decoration of the grilled fish restaurant is antique, all the mahogany tables and chairs, and there is a hot pot table in the middle.
As soon as they stretched out their legs and stepped in, a noisy atmosphere mixed with the smell of fish and shouting surrounded the two of them.
Choosing such an occasion to audition greatly surprised Chen Fei.
Aunt Hong seemed to see through his concerns, and encouraged as she walked: "Director Ning is a post-70s rookie director, he doesn't have any frame and temper, you can be casual and don't be restrained." ”
"We are one of the investors, as long as there is no big problem, we will get you a role that will be nine out of ten, and we will let go of the play in a while."
Chen Fei nodded silently, and the two of them were led by the waiter to a private room, the door was wide open, and a middle-aged man with a peaked cap was quietly drinking tea inside.
"This is the Mo Xiaobai I mentioned to you, I just won the championship of The Voice, Xiaobai, this is Director Ning." Aunt Hong smiled and introduced the two.
"Hello Director Ning, I'm Mo Xiaobai."
Chen Fei respectfully reached out and shook hands with the other party, who smiled at him kindly.
Then several people pulled out the table and chairs and sat down around the table.
"Sister Hong, this is the artist Mo Xiaobai you recommended? This image ...... Isn't it too outstanding. "Director Ning is a post-70s generation, a native of Shanxi, about 1.7 meters tall, with a kind face, always with a faint smile when talking to people, and is a director who is relatively easy to communicate.
He smiled self-deprecatingly, took off his hat and rested it on the table, touched the top of his sparse head, and kept his eyes on Chen Fei, satisfied with the latter's upright attitude.
Among the traffic stars he has come into contact with, they all have an arrogant attitude, and four or five assistants hug each other at every turn, they have no acting skills and no masterpieces, and a salary of millions is a mouth, and ordinary directors really can't afford it.