Chapter 381: The Great Role of the Opening Song
The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway.
Just when the audience of the TV series was talking about "Return to Daqin", there was also a heated discussion in the headquarters of Guangming Film and Television.
"Lao Chu, look at this new drama, it has only been on the sixth day of broadcasting and has rushed to a rating of 2.5%, which is really amazing!"
A middle-aged man with long hair turned the monitor on the table half a circle, so that a neat middle-aged man next to him could see the numbers clearly.
"Yes, Mr. Lin, I've been paying attention to this drama recently, and it is true that its ratings have risen very quickly, and it is a little abnormal."
The middle-aged man, whom he called Lao Chu, glanced at the numbers on the screen and said in his heart.
"After all, our "Dragon Beings" is a historical drama, and it uses a large number of local actors from Lingnan and some Hong Kong actors, so some colleagues think that it will be compared vertically by the audience."
He said with a serious face.
"So I've been staring at it, and at the beginning of the period, our prediction was that their ratings would be at most 2.2%, which is the average of our Cantonese costume dramas in Lingnan over the years, after all, they haven't invited any particularly big-name actors, and the publicity and distribution costs don't seem to be particularly high."
"But they're up 2.5 percent, which is pretty unexpected."
The boss known as Mr. Lin also frowned and expressed his doubts.
In recent years, the competition between Guangming Film and Television and Thundering Film and Television has also been the norm in the industry.
In the past twenty or thirty years, because the TV series filmed by the two companies are similar in type and subject matter, there has always been a lot of competition, and they have won and lost each other, and both sides regard each other as their biggest competitors.
So now, when the audience is still discussing "Return to Daqin", Guangming Film and Television is also paying more and more attention to it.
"Have you analyzed the reason? Why are they getting such high ratings this time?"
Mr. Lin asked Lao Chu, the other party is the vice president of the company, and he has always trusted the second-in-command, and he has always been very sensitive to the smell of the market, thinking that he should be able to provide himself with a satisfactory answer.
"Well, my analysis, one is that although the theme of this film is not very novel, the content is very cleverly arranged, and the time-traveling dramas that can change history have always been very marketable, and they are clever."
"The other...... It's just my personal guess......
Lao Chu paused, pondered the words for a moment, and then continued:
"I guess it's probably the reason for this opening song."
"What? Opening song?"
Mr. Lin frowned when he heard this.
"What's wrong with the opening song, can the opening song still pull user ratings this year?"
Because Mr. Lin has been paying attention to the TV series itself before, he basically only focused on the feature film, and the opening song was only skipped, so he didn't think about it in this direction at all.
"Yes, you can actually listen to this opening song called "Destiny is the Highest" again, it is quite well written, and it is sung very well."
Lao Chu handed over his mobile phone, and the screen displayed the playback page of "The Highest Mandate of Heaven" on Feixing Music's website.
"Hey, it's only been a few days, and this song has already ranked in the top 50?"
Mr. Lin took the phone and looked at the screen, and was shocked by the ranking of this song!
"How much effort it took for those serious singles to fight and fight to get into the top 50, who knew that such a one-minute opening song would have so much energy, and it would take more than five days to get in?"
Mr. Lin suspiciously clicked the play button.
Then the prelude to the song of the chariot and Ma Xiaoxiao brought him into that era of war and strife, and he felt the twists and turns of the grand history in the song.
"Well, this song is good!"
Mr. Lin put down his phone after listening, his eyes were full of surprise!
"And you can tell you don't, this
The voice of the singer of the song is very familiar."
Lao Chu pointed to the other party's mobile phone on the desktop again.
"Well, it's kind of familiar...... But because it's sung in Cantonese, it's still a little hard to hear, can you prompt?"
"The overall champion of this year's "Good Singer of the Summer Country", Mr. Lin, you have chased every issue before."
"You mean...... Jiang Kan?"
"Yes, it's Jiang Kan, this "The Highest Destiny" is the opening song he created for Thunder Film and Television, not only sung by him, but also composed by him."
Lao Chu is well-informed, as the vice president, he always tries his best to ensure that all relevant information inside and outside the company can be mastered as much as possible.
"No wonder! It turned out to be this guy! Gee...... This is a talented musician!"
Mr. Lin rubbed his temples and sighed suddenly.
"Since it is a song written and sung by him himself, it is naturally of high quality, and his fans will definitely come to cheer for him, now I know why this show has such high ratings......
Because he would watch every previous issue of "Good Singer", he was quite a stranger to Jiang Kan.
And not only is he not a stranger, but he has become a loyal fan because of a song "Blue and White Porcelain".
He mentioned Jiang Kan when chatting with Lao Chu and other company colleagues before, and said that when his company filmed a TV series, he would also ask him to create a theme song for us or something, and the traffic and popularity would definitely rise!
"Hey, this old Wang, he really will seize the opportunity, it just so happened that not long after the end of "The Good Singer of Xia Guo" at this time, he seized this opportunity to ask Jiang Kan to help him write songs, and rubbed a wave of traffic from Jiang Kan's fans......
Mr. Lin rubbed his head, and his eyes were obviously full of envy.
"Mr. Lin, Mr. Lin?"
When Lao Chu saw him like that, he naturally knew what he was thinking, so he reminded him.
"What?"
"You're envious of them, aren't you?"
"Of course, how can you not be envious, that's Jiang Kan! The devil knows how they got on Jiang Kan's line, it's a good fate!"
"Mr. Lin, you are really a noble person who forgets things, have you forgotten that we also sent someone to communicate with Feiyang Entertainment some time ago?"
"Oh? Don't you say that I really forgot about it, it's a remake of the martial arts drama of Old Man Jing's "Dragon Sentient Beings", right? I was so busy preparing for the expansion of the branch that I had forgotten about it...... What, are you making progress?"
When Mr. Lin heard this, he immediately cheered up and looked at Lao Chu with bright eyes.
"Of course there's progress, haha! This morning, our salesman went to Feiyang Entertainment again to inquire about the progress, and the people over there told us that Jiang Kan had agreed to take the order, and as long as our deposit was paid, they could start creating!"
Lao Chu stayed so late tonight to chat with the boss, not only to discuss the affairs of competitors with him, but also to report on the affairs of his own company.
After all, it is a list of two million payments, and even as the vice president of the company, he still needs to report to the boss, which is not a small amount of money.
"Oh? Is that true?"
Mr. Lin stood up from the chair with a "brush", propped his hands on the table, and looked at Lao Chu with blazing eyes.
"Of course it's true, I'm here to report this matter to you tonight, if you're okay over there, we'll send an advance payment of 500,000 tomorrow, and they'll be able to start work!"
"Hit! Be sure to fight!"
Mr. Lin was stimulated by the good results of his competitors, and it just so happened that his family had contacted that key person at this time, how could he not feel happy and excited?
And when I thought that this big killer could also be used by my own side, the comfort in my heart was not to mention.
"Okay Mr. Lin, we'll deal with this early tomorrow morning! Oh yes, there's another thing here, and one more thing to do with you
Let's discuss."
"Say, don't mother-in-law, mother-in-law, Lao Chu, haha, is there anything else to say together, is it also about Jiang Kan?"
Mr. Lin has cooperated with the other party for many years, so he naturally guessed that what the other party said next was related to this matter, so he asked boldly.
"Well, it's about the singer of our opening song."
"Singer? Oh, you mean that you also want to let Jiang Kan sing it in person like "Return to Daqin", right? Okay, I think so! Didn't our old rival do that, and it worked well, didn't it?"
Mr. Lin, who was happy and in good spirits, was a little floating, and he walked out of the range of his desk in a very good mood, came to Lao Chu's side, and put his hand on his shoulder affectionately.
"Then there's a problem involved...... The issue of breach of contract ......"
Lao Chu was a little hesitant, and after pondering for a while, he still expressed his concerns.
"That's right, these two million are just the cost of the creation of our invited songs, because we didn't agree with a singer from Xinghai Entertainment a long time ago that the opening song of "Dragon Sentient Beings" was sung by him, but now it's ......."
"Oh, yes, indeed, it seems that I have made an appointment with Xinghai before, and the original singer is Liu Yiliang, right?"
The happy expression on Mr. Lin's face gradually converged, and his brows gradually became furrowed.
"Yes, Liu Yiliang, a first-line singer, the fee we negotiated is 1 million, and it also includes the cost of asking him to help us use his popularity to help us publicize, and the deposit is 200,000 We have ...... It's over."
Lao Chu's next words made Mr. Lin's brows furrow a little tighter, he no longer spoke, but walked back to his desk, picked up his thermos cup, and slowly took a sip of the boiling water.
"Liu Yiliang, Liu Yiliang ......"
As he muttered to himself, he habitually closed his eyes and raised his head, thinking about the problems he would have to face if he was replaced.
Lao Chu didn't urge him, but also picked up his own cup on the table, unscrewed the lid of the cup and took a small sip, waiting for the boss's decision.
This is something that no one could have imagined in advance, when the TV series "Dragon Sentient Beings" was established, it was more than half a year ago.
At that time, who would have thought that there would be such a person as Jiang Kan who descended from the sky and descended from heaven to earth, and made a great reputation in just half a year, and came to Yangcheng by mistake and became a commissioner of a music company here?
The company has always had a good cooperative relationship with Xinghai Entertainment, and Liu Yiliang is also a popular first-line singer, so it is actually very logical to choose to cooperate with him.
I would have thought that after more than half a year, the company would face the choice of "happiness" like this.
So, in this general manager's office of about 20 square meters, a very dull atmosphere is presented.
For five minutes, there was only the sound of two people "sucking" and "sucking" boiling water.
Lao Chu also knows that this is not the boss who is distressed about the 200,000 deposit, Bright Film and Television has developed well in recent years, and has made a lot of money, and even began to prepare to open another branch in the northern region of China, and the cash flow on the account is very abundant.
It's mainly a matter of the identity of the person I made an appointment with.
That's a veteran domestic first-line singer, in the music industry, and even in the entertainment industry, they are all people with heads and faces!
That's not a second- or third-tier star, saying that you can stop cooperating if you stop cooperating, and you don't have to worry about other people's strength and influence!
If you suddenly go to tell him that this song is not sung for you and we have to sing it by someone else now, when people obviously don't make any mistakes, it will be a naked slap in the face!
Celebrities, isn't the most important thing to be face in front of the public!
If you lose your face, you will lose your popularity and traffic, and people will really fight with you!
If you really make people unhappy all at once......
Since then
The question of cooperation or non-cooperation is still filmed, and at present, people are using their influence to say some bad things about the annual main drama that you have finally filmed, smear some blackmail, or something, but you will really make yourself unable to eat and walk around!
With millions of fans, once a public opinion offensive is launched, it is really not a joke!
"This...... Hold it off for the time being, let them write the lyrics and the song first, and let's think about it first......
is worthy of being a veteran film and television person, Mr. Lin has been in this circle since he was in his twenties, and now he is in his forties and has finally created such a large foundation, but he is not a person with no brains in his head.
Although there will definitely be a lot of benefits to inviting Jiang Kan to perform the opening song, I have to think about the adverse consequences of offending Liu Yiliang by temporarily replacing people.
"Okay, Mr. Lin, then let's think about it first, anyway, the songwriting must be Jiang Kan, let's rub this popularity first, as for whether to continue to let Liu Yiliang sing or replace it with Jiang Kan...... Actually, it's okay, Liu Yiliang hasn't always had good results in "Good Singer", and the recent popularity is not low, so we won't lose if we invite him."
"Okay, then let's do it first, you focus on the creation of some songs first, and if you invite someone to sing it, I'll think about it later."
After the discussion between the two was decided, they no longer talked about it, but continued to watch the two episodes of "Return to Daqin" that will be broadcast in a row tonight.