Chapter 425: Media in the Rain
Zhang Manjing and Shadow Cube terminated the process smoothly, after signing a waiver of all rights to his first record released by Shadow Cube, and agreeing to pay a termination fee of 180,000 yuan, she turned into a freelance singer.
Even Zhang Manjing's original agent didn't ask her about her next plans, Zhang Manjing was originally just one of the dozens of singers under her agent who had not yet made a name, and the impact of her withdrawal on her agent's income was almost negligible.
And the situation where the singer takes the initiative to terminate the contract, although it is not common, there is no lack of precedent. There are also many reasons for this, such as being favored by other companies and being fooled.
or was taken a fancy to Jinwu Zangjiao by a big money, you must know that a singer like Zhang Manjing, who is beautiful and a little famous, still has great suction power for many big bosses.
However, Zhang Manjing's free body only lasted for one night, and after Lu Chong returned to the company the next day, he notified Tang Bin and asked him to arrange for someone to prepare a contract for Zhang Manjing.
But now, Lu Chong did not designate a broker for Zhang Manjing, if possible, after Lin Cuimei switched to his brokerage company, Lu Chong was ready to let Lin Cuimei also bring Zhang Manjing.
In this way, Zhang Manjing became the first signed artist of "Rain Record Brokerage Media Co., Ltd.", a subsidiary of Genesis. However, this time the signature was very low-key, and no media was even notified.
Zhang Manjing didn't have any opinions because of this, after all, with her current reputation, switching to a company is really not even news for the entertainment industry. And the little girl is now like glue with Lu Chong, and she will accept any arrangement made by Lu Chong unconditionally.
The name "In the Rain" was taken by Lu Shuang, taking half of her and Lu Chong's names, and it has only been a few days since it was registered. Even the side office is temporarily placed in the headquarters office of the Genesis Company, and the company's employees are less than ten people in total.
However, it can be seen from the name that Lu Shuang is very concerned about this company, after all, the main profit point of the creation company so far is still on the program "The Voice of China".
And "Records in the Rain Brokerage Media Co., Ltd." is an important part of converting the high-quality singer resources brought by the "The Voice of China" program into income.
And Lu Chong's future record release will also be operated through "Media in the Rain", so for Lu Chong to leave a bunch of complicated affairs of "The Voice of China" and run to record the album, Lu Shuang raised his hands in favor this time.
Because all the arrangements have been done, although the time is very short, the talent of the "Mr. Bodybuilder" band, coupled with the performance experience accumulated over the years, with their best efforts, they can barely keep up with the progress of the recording.
On the first album, Lu Chong prepared a total of eleven songs, including "Winning the Flag" and "I'mYours" that he has released and is about to release, and "Midsummer Light Year", which is the theme song of "The Voice of China", is also included.
In addition, there is a song that Lu Chong is going to sing with Zhang Manjing, which will also be included in the album, which can be regarded as a promotion for Zhang Manjing in advance. The other seven songs are all new songs "created" by Lu Chong.
And another single "Father" that had been sung on TV before, Lu Chong did not include it in this album, but chose to release it as an independent single after the re-recording of the soundtrack.
All the proceeds from the song "Father", Lu Chong has said before, will be given to Wang Weibing as his funds to heal his father and improve his daughter's life.
For the single "Father", Lu Chong borrowed Joanna's treatment of "I'mYours", and also used MTV in the form of animation, but the story prototype of MTV was adapted with his real deeds after obtaining the consent of Wang Weibing.
In this way, Lu Chong can be regarded as fulfilling his promise and turning this song into a single exclusive to Wang Weibing's family, which can also be regarded as Lu Chong's return to himself, the first believer.
Although "Rain Media" does not have many people now, since the company's business has not yet officially started, all the resources have been used for this single, and the preliminary work of recording and pouring the record was quickly completed.
But although the record has been produced, the next sales work is quite a headache for Lu Shuang, so he even handed over most of the preparations for the Nandu competition area to Ding Yue, and rushed back to Tiandu to operate.
For a brand new company like "Media in the Rain", the sales channel is the biggest weakness. After all, teams such as music producers and agents, including songwriters and publicity teams, can attract talent through generous salary packages.
But the sales channel, this is not possible overnight, every successful record company, their sales channels are after years of accumulation, gradually expanded.
Of course, "Rainy Media" can ask for help from its partner "Zhiyuan Media", and Zhao Guangyou even took the initiative to express his willingness to share his sales channels with "Rainy Media".
Although the two companies are now in the honeymoon period, in the long run, it is absolutely unwise to hand over their sales channels to "Zhiyuan Media" to control.
Very simply, during the period of "The Voice of China", the two companies will definitely sign a number of popular contestants in the show, and from the perspective of time, the time for the two companies to launch these contestants' works should be about the same.
At that time, no matter how good Zhao Guangyou's personal relationship with them is, as long as he still wants to keep that job, he will inevitably give priority to the sales channels to the players signed by Zhiyuan Media itself.
After all, the singers of both sides are mainly draft singers, and the audience is almost the same group of people, which is an absolute competitive relationship, no matter who is in Zhao Guangyou's position, the way to deal with it will not be the same.
Therefore, from the first day, Lu Shuang did not think about relying on the help of "Zhiyuan Media", but actively contacted large audio-visual chain stores and distributors in various places, and strived to establish its own distribution network of "Yuzhong Media".
However, the effect is not ideal, for a new record company that is not well known, most of the replies are that the opportunity to cooperate will be determined later depending on the situation. There are only a few small and medium-sized independent video stores
So the first batch of records of the single "Father", Lu Shuang decided to only make 30,000 copies, after all, although Lu Chong is now famous, there is no good sales channel, and second, after the song is uploaded to the Internet, the number of on-demand downloads has exceeded one million times, which should have a great impact on the sales of physical records.
In this regard, Lu Shuang has no better way for the time being, so he can only invest higher costs in publicity and strive to achieve the highest possible sales results in limited sales channels.
Lu Chong, who was busy recording the album, did not say much after learning about Lu Shuang's distress, but after asking Lu Shuang for a detailed information about the video store where the first batch of singles were sold, he made a phone call to Zhong Dajun, who was organizing a publicity team.
Let the release of the single "Father" this time be the first tough battle for Zhong Dajun after entering the company, I hope he can hand over a beautiful report card!