Chapter 30: The Biggest Obstacle
"Senior brother, I heard that in addition to some artists from our company, Mr. Lin also wants to invite many big-name stars to come over to support the scene. There is still a month to go until October, and we also have to carry out publicity and ticket pre-sales, but Mr. Lin has not come up with the charter for a long time, and he doesn't know who to invite over. ”
Zhang Ziqi secretly called Mr. Liang Senior Brother?
What's going on?
I heard Liang Xiaoyue say: "Mr. Lin has his own ideas, and now the company has a surplus of finances, and there is a lot of money that can make us do a lot of money, but I still don't support him to take such a risk." After all, in the past, music festivals invited some small underground bands or famous bands, such as the Tang Dynasty Black Panthers, which were popular all over China, we didn't invite them here, just because there was no money before. But even so, I did a good job before, every music festival made hundreds of thousands of dollars, and now that I have money, I invite big stars to come over and engage in these big scenes, I am afraid that I will spend too much, and if I don't return to my capital, it will be a completely loss-making business. After all, just selling tickets, how much money can you get back? ”
"That's just as well." Zhang Ziqi nodded and said: "The ticket fee is seventy or eighty yuan a year, but Lin always invites a top star, which is a million performance fees, invite a few more, this year's performance expenditure is afraid that it will exceed four or five million, according to the flow of people in previous years multiplied by 2, it will not be able to return half of the capital." ”
In later generations, the annual ticket fee rose to 188-388 yuan a piece, and the flow of people exceeded 200,000 in three days at most, plus the surrounding area, as well as various incomes, the total income of a performance exceeded 20 million.
But in this day and age, prices are not high and tickets are not expensive. And the flow of people is even more pitiful, less than 30,000 people in three days, deducting the cost, deducting the cost, it is too much to have hundreds of thousands of buckles left. Although Momoki was most famous for organizing music festivals in his early years, Momoki did not pay much attention to this in the early days, until the later record era passed and the MP3 era arrived, and people no longer enjoyed the music enjoyed by records, but began to care about the live perception and the emotions brought by live music. Yuncheng people have always loved to go to nightclubs, and the bar street on Xizhong Road is open all night, which reflects the love of Yuncheng people from the side. So after the record era passed, Momoki paid attention to the music festival.
It was at that time that Momoki made a desperate gamble and threw himself into the festival, surviving the wave of mass record label closures caused by the fading of the record era. Although the income of a music festival is not high, the income of millions of dollars per year, coupled with the cultivation of fame for the company's artists, is still a lot of income.
So Lin Ming doesn't think this direction is a mistake, because abroad, a grand music festival is the focus of national attention. Many stars will be born from it, and if the Peachwood Music Festival is fully built, it is comparable to the prosperity of international music festivals, then it will be a trump card for Peachwood.
"You can't count it like that, you only see the superficial income gains and losses, but you don't see the many invisible benefits that the festival brings us." Lin Ming pushed the door in and said with a smile: "For example, the company's fame, such as the cultivation of stars, such as the signing of talented bands." ”
He said: "If a company wants to have a steady stream of blood coming in, it can't be manipulated by too single means. My musical talent is still there, but one day it will enter a period of decline, so if Momoki wants to prosper, it still needs to be supported by a group of singers who rely on their own talents. The festival makes up for that very well, and I bring in some big stars, which is bound to attract a lot of traffic. This is a great opportunity for talented little bands to make a name for themselves. We welcome these bands to bring their own work to this music festival, and if there are good talents and bands, we can sign them and attract talent for the company. ”
"So you're trying to use the festival to attract talent?" Liang Xiaoyue was thoughtful, Lin Ming's proposal was very insightful. He didn't expect this one, after all, in the past, talented people either went to participate in the trainee activities of major record companies, or went to find a way to perform on their own.
Lin Ming shook his head and said: "This is just one of them, I want to make the Taomu Music Festival the grandest music festival in Asia, 1998 is the first edition, if it is 2018, it will be 20, 20 years seems to be a long time, but it is actually very short." If it continues to be tepid like this, the Peachwood Music Festival will always be just an embroidered pillow, which will not be useful. So we have to make it a world-renowned program, we have to make it an authority on music festivals, such as United Shonan TV, we can hold our own music charts and music awards. Like the music festivals and music awards in Hong Kong City and Treasure Island, there should be music festivals in the mainland! ”
Port City and Treasure Island have always had their own authoritative music awards, and even in Asia, they founded the MTV Asian Music Awards this year, which has been recognized as the most authoritative music award in Asia. But unfortunately, it was a foreign organizer, and Huaxia was only a participant, not a host.
Lin Ming's ambition is not just to participate in music awards held by foreigners. He wants to hold the most authoritative international awards in China, just like the Grammy Music Awards in the United States.
Liang Xiaoyue looked at him in surprise, he didn't expect Lin Ming to think so far.
However, the situation in China is not as good as that in foreign countries, if you want to establish a recognized authoritative award, first of all, those domestic record company giants will definitely treat it as a joke. Since ancient times, the Chinese people have been inferior to literati, in fact, this does not only exist among literati, but in all walks of life.
As the non-famous cross talk artist said, they are all set off well by their peers. This is also why more than 20 years have passed, and there has not been a reliable music award in Huaxia. Even the MTV Music Awards produced by CCTV were discontinued in 2012.
So Liang Xiaoyue shook his head unoptimistically and said: "It's good that you have this idea, but the domestic environment is not as good as that abroad, and doing awards is actually a very offensive thing." It's hard to reconcile, you award it to this star, and the fans of another star will flood you with spittle. If you give an award to an artist under this label, the other labels will feel upset, or stand up and criticize you, or hire unscrupulous news media behind your backs to report you negatively. Dao, all kinds of messy scandals, shady scenes, anything can be fabricated for you out of thin air. No matter how good the original intention is, it will be buried in the helpless real world. ”
This is the domestic music environment, an environment that cannot be changed or reshaped. Because music is for people to listen to, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and no one dares to say that they are the number one one.
But Lin Ming smiled and said, "Then I'll smash their heads first and convince them before I talk about it." ”
Liang Xiaoyue and Zhang Ziqi looked at each other.
Knocking their heads to pieces, this kind of thing can really be said without even thinking about it. But no one refuted it, and some people will never be able to turn back without hitting the south wall. They also understand Lin Ming's character, synonymous with youth and frivolity, it is also a good thing for him to hit his head and know the helplessness of reality.
Growing up, and sometimes it does require such painful experiences.
Liang Xiaoyue smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Whatever you want." However, I still reserve my objection to the ideas you have put forward, and I will not consider supporting your decision at the meeting unless you come up with a credible proposal, as you said last time. ”
"I just had an idea, so I wanted to come to the company to have a meeting with you to discuss." Lin Ming turned his head to Zhang Ziqi and said, "Sister Ziqi is a big star, let's sit down together and talk about your thoughts?" ”
"Me?" Zhang Ziqi looked at Liang Xiaoyue with surprise and joy: "Can I?" ”
Although she has a high position in the company, she is not a decision-maker, but only a participant. If she can participate in this kind of high-level meeting and learn about the development of many companies, it will definitely help her a lot. At least she will know what the company will do next, how it will run, and what she should do.
"Let's go together." Liang Xiaoyue stood up and said, "You go to the conference room first, and I'll call Mr. Hou." ”
Liang Xiaoyue went out first, followed by Zhang Ziqi and Lin Ming.
Waiting for Liang Xiaoyue to walk towards Hou Wenhui's office, Lin Ming pretended to be casual and said, "Sister Ziqi, when I came in just now, I seemed to hear you call Teacher Liang a senior brother?" ”
Zhang Ziqi's face was slightly flustered, but he quickly calmed down and said calmly: "I graduated from the High School Attached to Chief Normal University, and I am the senior brother of the seventh year." ”
"Oh."
Lin Ming glanced at her with a smile and didn't ask any more questions.
In fact, he could see that when Zhang Ziqi did not make an announcement, he often ran to the company, and most of them were with Liang Xiaoyue. Although it seems that they are both for official business, anyone with a discerning eye can see that these two people are afraid that they have some little secrets.
But he didn't say anything, because it is a very fatal thing for celebrities to have scandals, and even those second-rate little stars are full of scandals, not to mention the popular front-line like Zhang Ziqi. Once the information is found by those gossip media, it will come up like a mad dog, and all kinds of negative reports will come up. Dao will definitely destroy the career of a star.
came to the conference room, and after a while, Liang Xiaoyue and Hou Wenhui walked in.
The four of them sat down.
didn't speak, looked at Lin Ming, and waited for him to speak first. After all, strictly speaking, they are only a small company with four shareholders, and there is no such thing as a board of directors. There are a lot of casual words and actions, not as strict as those big companies, and the relationship between investors is more rigorous.
"Ahem." Lin Ming coughed and said a little unnaturally: "I convened today's meeting, so I'll talk about the reason." It's about this festival, and I have some ideas and proposals that I want to bring to the conference and talk about it. ”
"First of all, I found that the audience of previous festivals was relatively small. I think we should increase the intensity of popular music, not only to hold a music festival casually and make a small profit, but also to promote the company's artists as the main development direction. ”
In the past, the Taomu Music Festival was just something created by Liang Xiaoyue, as a veteran of the company, after returning to Yuncheng from abroad at the beginning, he watched some foreign music festivals and liked the concept of art. Later, after partnering with Zhao Bin and Hou Wenhui to open this company, the music festival became a fixed program of the company.
In the early days of this show, it was not to make money, but Liang Xiaoyue's literary and artistic cells were making trouble and entertaining themselves. Even the early equipment was bought by Liang Xiaoyue out of his own pocket, and the company didn't spend any money at all, so Zhao Bin and Hou Wenhui just let him do it without much intervention.
But now Lin Ming wants to rectify, not only to make it a brand of the company, but also to make it a nationally recognized major music festival. This road is not something that can be completed in a day or two. And he still has to deal with the biggest obstacle, that is, Liang Xiaoyue.
Because he made this show, and he has been in charge of it. Every October, it is the most serious and responsible time for Liang Xiaoyue, if Lin Ming messes up, Liang Xiaoyue will definitely be unhappy, and the last two shareholders fall out, which is a major loss to Taomu.
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