China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 21 Top Weekly Champions, Agents and Commercial Shows

On August 8, a manga author named Eiichiro Oda began to serialize his new manga "One Piece" in "Shounen JUMP".

Since then, this comic has been drawn for more than 20 years, and it has not been serialized until the day "Cao Xuan" died...

On the same day, a new singer also appeared on the cover of the latest issue of "Contemporary Music", one of the most popular entertainment magazines nowadays.

Cao Xuan!

This is also the first time that a major media has given a systematic and detailed introduction to Cao Xuan, although more emphasis has been placed on "1 Reasons".

As early as the end of July, the influence of "7 Reasons" was gradually removed from the radio circle, and it entered the major music charts in several regions of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and its ranking climbed rapidly.

As of August 8st, the well-known list, "1 Reasons" has entered the top five, top three, and even reached the top.

At this time, "1 Reasons" was completely popular in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.

Only then did Cao Xuan appear on the cover of "Contemporary Music".

And it's not just "Contemporary Music World", many paper media in the capital have used a certain amount of space to report "1 Reasons", which added fuel to the already popular "1 Reasons".

Taking advantage of this shareholder wind, Beijing Publishing House.The first batch of albums that were recently produced were sold to all parts of the country except Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei.

As for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, it has already been occupied by piracy......

Although I don't want to admit it, "1 Reasons" can quickly become popular, and the radio station is undoubtedly the first contributor, but this group of pirates also contributed a lot.

A total of 65000+ copies of Lanqi's genuine tapes and CDs were sold in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and at least 50 copies were pirated.

This is still a conservative estimate. Many people suspect that there are at least 100 million pirated copies in the capital. Otherwise, why are "1 Reasons" all over the street.

The momentum was so strong that even "The Heart Is Too Soft" was suppressed.

In late August, a good news came from Beijing Publishing House.

The sales volume of "1 Reasons" is gratifying. Including Lan Qi's previous sales, the genuine sales of the entire single have reached 40 copies.

For a rookie single, the sales were horrific.

As a songwriter and singer, Cao Xuan suddenly became a favorite of major record companies.

Not only did the record companies in the capital send olive branches, but even the big record companies like Polygram and Sony sent people to negotiate.

Cao Xuan still has the same attitude. He does not sign a brokerage contract, but he can reach other cooperation.

Two months ago, Cao Xuan made those record companies scoff at this condition.

And now he has proved his worth, except for a few who left directly, the rest of the record companies said they could discuss.

A real batch!
Cao Xuan didn't forget Lan Qi's couple, but then again, Lan Qi's booth was too small. Except for the convenience of radio, the rest of the conditions were far behind other record companies.

More importantly, the boss Han Qi is not aggressive, and his business is almost like playing tickets.

Jiang Yue is a female streamer, has no funds and no connections, and is not very proficient in the recording profession. After all, it is difficult to support it alone.

Seeing this, Cao Xuan simply picked up his hoe and dug up Han Qi's wall...

Don't get me wrong, although Cao Xuan's surname is Cao, he doesn't have any legacy of Wei Wu, and he has no special thoughts about other people's daughters-in-law.

He dug Jiang Yue because he wanted her to be his agent.

"1 Reasons" is very popular. It can be predicted that Cao Xuan may receive many job offers in the future. He must not be able to handle it alone, so he wants to find an agent to help take care of it.

Through the previous period of time, Cao Xuan was deeply impressed by Jiang Yue's character and work ability.

Treating people with sincerity, being extremely faithful, and saying what is what, Lan Qi contributed a lot to the 210 million yuan of Jingcheng Publishing House, but Jiang Yue had no intention of taking credit, and paid dividends in strict accordance with the previous contract.

He is literate, works vigorously and resolutely, but is not lacking in delicacy, has strong leadership skills, and is good at negotiating and negotiating with people. He is a good seedling as a broker.

Of course, Jiang Yue has obvious advantages and a lot of disadvantages, such as lack of relevant brokerage work experience, no connections in the circle, and a slightly impatient temper.

However, compared to the advantages, Cao Xuan felt that these defects were acceptable.

Anyway, the mainland brokers are actually just starting out, they are just starting out.

Facing Cao Xuan's invitation, Jiang Yue was very tempted.

"1 Reasons" made Lan Qi a lot of money, but to put it bluntly, this time it was a blind cat meeting a dead mouse, pure luck.

The lack of hard power, coupled with Han Qi's unambitious boss, the profits made by "1 Reasons" can at most allow Lan Qi to last for a few more years.

Jiang Yue is an aspiring woman, otherwise she would not have quit her iron job at university and came to Lan Qi to help her husband Han Qi.

However, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. Jiang Yue summed it up. Rather than staying as the vice president, it would be more cost-effective for Cao Xuan, who has a bright future, to be an agent.

Anyway, Lan Qi is his own business. If he can't be a broker, he will still be the vice president when he comes back.

So, Boss Han liked to mention that "wife was kidnapped" was a success...

.........

After Jiang Yue was hired, Cao Xuan offered her a monthly salary of 2800 yuan, and related businesses would have bonus performance.

In 97, she was able to earn more than [-] yuan per month, which is barely considered a golden collar, and as Cao Xuan's fame increases, her income will also increase.

At that time, the influence of "1 Reasons" expanded from Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei to the whole country through the national channel of Jingcheng Publishing House.

On August 8th, "14 Reasons" surpassed popular songs such as "The Heart Is Too Soft", "The Chinese" and "Listening to the Sea", and topped the China Central Radio Pop Music Chart. champion.

At the same time, it ranked second in the weekly pop music chart of CCTV Music Channel, second only to "The Heart is Too Soft".

On August 8th, a new week began. After two days of fierce competition, "18 Reasons" topped multiple authoritative rankings including CNR and CCTV.

"Beijing Entertainment Letter" issued a front-page headline, calling Cao Xuan "a surprise gift to the Chinese music scene in the summer of 97".

This claim has been resisted by some, who feel it is too much of a prestige.

But some people also expressed their support. The sales of Cao Xuan's single has even surpassed that of many second- and third-tier singers. In this record era, nothing is more convincing than a good album.

But no matter whether it is for or against, everyone must admit that there is another rising star in the mainland music scene.

Jiang Yue was full of energy, and contacted everywhere, ready to take advantage of Cao Xuan's popularity, and take a few more commercial performances.

Thanks to the current popularity of "1 Reasons", Jiang Yue contacted Cao Xuan with three jobs without much effort.

A new company opened the ribbon-cutting, went up to sing two songs, and the appearance fee was 3.

A unit in a district of Tianjin City held a party, attended for two days, and the appearance fee was 5.

Community charity performance, this one has no money, but it is reported by Beijing TV station, brushing face + consolidating popularity.

In fact, with Cao Xuan's current popularity, business performance invitations are far more than that, but Cao Xuan is cautious, preferring to make less money, and choose a safe and steadfast one.

The law and order is not very good these days, especially in the local area where dragons and snakes are mixed, Liu Tianwang has been detained by social people, let alone a newcomer to the music scene.

Therefore, Cao Xuan asked Jiang Yue to push all commercial performances and activities in other provinces except the official ones, and only in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area for the time being.

But even so, tens of thousands of credits in just a few days made Cao Xuan understand why the artists desperately wanted to become famous.

Red is really making money!
(End of this chapter)