After failing the college entrance examination, he became a big star

Chapter 153 Conquest
When Li Kai and others returned to the hotel, the celebration banquet was still going on.

Li Kai took the initiative to punish him with three glasses of wine, and then made a toast to several company executives. When the others toasted him, he was also unequivocal, and they were all bored.

After more than half an hour, he drank about four bottles of red wine, which was still fast wine. Even if he could drink enough, he still felt a little dizzy. As soon as it was over, he went back to his room to rest.

But Xue Bing and Xiaopang left the hotel.

Xue Bing has already mentioned to Li Kai that Xiaopang will go to Shenzhen City to develop together, Li Kai has no objection, the two of them will go back to the dormitory to tidy up tonight, resign from the hotel tomorrow morning, and then go directly to the airport to meet Li Kai at noon .

In the 90s, flying by plane was extremely extravagant. Even during the peak of the Spring Festival travel season, it is impossible for the warehouse to be full. Just make up two tickets temporarily!

It was the evening of the second day when we returned to Shenzhen City.

Dinner is at a small restaurant near the dormitory, just Li Kai, Xue Bing, and Xiaopang.

During the meeting, Li Kai proposed his idea: "My new album will be released a week before the Spring Festival, on February 2th, and the promotion period will start in a week later. During the promotion period, I will travel all over the country. This is what I think , your work issues, let me also think about it, and wait until next year to talk about it, during this time, help me with some private matters."

Xue Bing chewed a large piece of beef, and hummed indifferently.

Li Kai took out a key: "I bought a flat in Shenzhen, please help me decorate it during this time."

"Okay, I bought a house in Shenzhen, okay, let me do the decoration." Xue Bing tossed it in his hand, glanced at Xiaopang, and Xiaopang smiled innocently.

Xue Bing understands the meaning, but has no objection. Xiaopang and Li Kai are not familiar with each other, so they are somewhat reserved.

After eating for a while, he took Xiaopang to the bathroom. Li Kai took out a bank card, which was the share of the single that Ning Lan gave him last time: "There is a total of 16 here, with six digits behind the password. The decoration does not need to be very good, but Don't be too bad, [-] square meters, I think the standard of [-] to [-] will be enough."

"I'm thinking about letting girl Ran transfer to Shenzhen City, so that I can reduce the pressure of going to school. This apartment is for her. I have to go back to discuss this matter with my parents after a year."

"For a couple of months, you and Xiaopang can just stay in a hotel, and Xiaopang's salary is up to you, but let me remind you, you and Xiaopang haven't spent much time together, so don't act like you don't know each other. "

Xue Bing understood the meaning: "Don't worry, I have this measure. I am friends with him in private. In business, I pay his salary and I am his boss."

Li Kai nodded, and thought of something: "By the way, you can buy a copy machine, so that we can contact you conveniently."

"Success." Xue Bing took the bank card, looked at the front and back, and said, "16, my dad has worked all his life, and it's not enough for this amount."

Li Kai picked up a chopstick of spinach: "I still have a suite in my hand. If your parents are willing to come and live with you, then I will give you the suite."

Xue Bing blinked: "How many houses did you buy?"

Li Kai stretched out two fingers: "This is the number for the time being, but I still plan to buy one or two houses. The houses in the first-tier cities will only go up and not down."

Tan Guangyue's album sold 72 copies in the first month, with an average price of 13.54, 29%, and Li Kai shared more than [-] copies.

Xu Qiaoling's album sold 91 copies in the first month, with an average price of 6, or 13.87%, and Li Kai shared more than 25 copies.

In this way, there are more than 50 more in the bank card.

Including the original ones, there are about one million more, and it is easy to buy another suite or two.

"I don't know about the housing prices in Shenzhen, but they should not be much different from those in the capital. You can buy a house for hundreds of thousands casually. You're just printing money!"

Xue Bing shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed, "No wonder so many people want to get involved in the entertainment circle in their dreams."

"Don't be so sour." Li Kai took another piece of vinegar fish fillet and put it in his mouth.

The next day.

In the morning, Ning Lan finished recording the fifth song of the new album, and after lunch, she started recording the sixth song.

After singing five or six times repeatedly, Ni Houdao walked in with a bunch of entertainment newspapers in his arms during a short break.

An agent has a very important job, which is to collect entertainment newspapers, read entertainment news, keep abreast of external trends, and then communicate the important parts with artists after cuts.

Although Ni Houdao was temporary, Li Kai didn't ask him specifically, but this guy is strict in his work and very dedicated.

"These are yesterday's entertainment newspapers. The front page is similar to the Billboard awards ceremony. They are all praising you and Xu Qiaoling, especially you. You are almost blown to the sky."

Ni Houdao smiled ambiguously: "There are also two newspapers that compare you and Xu Qiaoling to the twin rising stars of the music industry. The articles are relatively cryptic, but as long as you think about it, you can appreciate the meaning of that layer."

Li Kai is an old bird, how could he not understand the meaning of that level, it is nothing more than the relationship between men and women.

He wrote songs for Xu Qiaoling, made Xu Qiaoling popular in one hand, and he himself became popular. If you want to say that the two most dazzling new stars in the domestic music scene are the two of them.

It is said that the two are not from the same record company, and they have not been photographed meeting privately, otherwise, scandals would have been flying everywhere.
Li spread his hands open, with an innocent expression on his face.

Ni Houdao also mentioned it casually, just as a joke, and then turned over two newspaper sub-pages for Li Jian to read: "That night at the Golden Melody Awards ceremony, you sang while hanging on the horizontal bar for more than a minute, and the last one was about 20 seconds The extended tone of the song received a very good response, and almost every entertainment newspaper mentioned it, and these two were even featured in your live photos."

Li opened his eyes and couldn't help curling his lips. Ning Lan also saw it, covering his mouth with a smile in his eyes.

There are two photos, one is an emoji of Li opening and closing his eyes, and the other is Li opening his head and opening his mouth wide, which is a bit of a friendly ugliness.

"When you released your first single, you were criticized by many people in the circle. Now the songs you write are no longer criticized, but your singing skills have not been proven, and comments that question you will appear from time to time."

Ni Houdao paused, and then continued: "But now, you are completely clean, hanging on the horizontal bar and singing the foot for a minute and a half, with a steady breath and a steady voice, and all the newspapers are all positive."

Li Kai was not surprised. Singing while hanging from the horizontal bar was not his original creation, but the performance of the God of Songs in a variety show in the 80s of his previous life on Earth.

At that time, the song god was less than 30 years old. He was hanging on the horizontal bar. He forgot what song he sang. It is the direct difference between the two.

In the future, whenever the media mentions that God of Songs has great singing skills, they will use the video of God of Songs singing while hanging from the horizontal bar as one of the proofs.

"Li Kai, from now on, you are a talented singer recognized by the industry." Ning Lan nodded slightly, giving full affirmation.

Li Kai touched his face and corrected: "It should be a powerful idol school!"

Ni Houdao slapped his head, a little bit overwhelmed by his narcissism.

Ning Lan also had a sour face.

"There are a few more pieces of news that have little to do with you, but are related to Ning Lan."

Ni Houdao picked out a few more newspapers and quickly turned to the third page: "Murphy's release date was known yesterday, and it's still the same. It's the first week of March, March 3th. The filming date is the same week as Ning Lan, one day later than you. Also, the two first-line female singers were originally in late March, but this time, they were all brought forward. In the third week of the month, Shu Zhen will be in the next week, which is the fourth week, not only the two of them, but also a top-notch, Prince of Love Songs, Zhou Ziming, and Liu Huiying released videos at the same time."

After the awards ceremony was over, manager Li Xiafei went to Shanghai to carry out the business performance for Ning Lan. Ning Lan didn't receive the news immediately. At this time, she received the newspaper from Ni Houdao, her eyes fluttered, and her face was slightly dignified .

Films released at the same time, that is the most direct collision, two weeks up and down, belongs to the second direct collision, more than two weeks up and down, and less than four weeks, it is a small collision.

In the past, the super-first-line included the top-tier, and even small collisions would be avoided.

But this time, he directly collided with a first-line top player, a super-first-line player who directly collided with him for the second time, and three first-line top players.

That is to say, the release schedule she chose was to compete with one top-notch and four top-tier ones at the same time.

Tremendous stress!

"Since the second half of last year, there have been more and more first-line singers releasing films at the same time. Sister Li and I have discussed that the main reason is that the scale of the record market is constantly expanding. In the past period, there was at most one record with a single-week sales of more than 20. Now, one schedule is enough for two."

Ning Lan let out a sigh of relief, her tone was quite calm: "Also, last month, there were even three albums that sold 20 a week in one schedule, which made many singers' minds come alive."

Ni Houdao nodded in agreement, then pointed to Li Kai: "This is all caused by you."

Li Kai pointed to his nose: "Me? I myself was forced to delay posting the video."

Ni Houdao snorted: "You know in your heart that without you as the driving force behind the scenes, the three dark horses of newcomers would have turned out together. Li Kaiyue, you thought it was for nothing."

"Three newcomers can do it, surpassing the first-tier, and the top-tier will feel that they can't do it? No matter how good your work is, do you think those big names in songwriting and music in the circle will be convinced? This March, it will be like this, counting Ning Lan, one queen, two quasi-kings and queens, three first-tier top-notch, six people together, you are the instigator."

Hearing what Ni Houdao said, Li Kai was irrefutable and could only spread his hands helplessly.

"In March, it's not only the competition of singers, but also the competition of songwriters behind each other. Everyone's albums will be the first and second hits, at least they are the top-notch works in the circle."

Ni Houdao said again: "Li Kai, this is the first time your work has collided with big names in the circle, except for the films you and Liu Mingliang released at the same time. Moreover, it is not the work of one or two big names in the circle."

His words made the atmosphere inexplicably heavy.

Ning Lan looked sideways, her eyes seemed to be asking Li Kai to give her a word, Li Kai smiled: "I have confidence in my work."

Ning Lan said: "I also have confidence in myself."

Li shrugged: "Then what else is there to worry about?"

Ning Lan nodded: "There is nothing to worry about."

Then, the two looked at Ni Houdao together.

Being stared at by four eyes, Ni Houdao felt a little hairy in his heart, he was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Actually, I also think that there is nothing to worry about."

1 month 29 day.

There are still 10 days until Li Kai's album is released, and in three days, he will set off to various places and enter the promotion period.

And what he had hesitated for a long time, the first title of Ning Lan's new album was finally finalized.

"conquer"!
Earth in the previous life, the first representative work of Queen Naying.

Needless to say, the classic degree of this song,

The popularity of singing is so high that it can be described as street knowledge and alley hearing.

Even when folks quarreled, they brought this song—how awesome you are, believe it or not, I will let you get down and sing Conquer?

In several advertisements, the lyrics of this song are also quoted: I am conquered by you like this
It can be said that this song was released in 98. Until today, more than 20 years later, you randomly pick up ten men and women aged between 15 and 60 on the road and ask them if they have heard "Conquer", at least There are more than eight tell you heard.

Compared with the tender and sweet love song "At Least There Are You", "Conquest" has a high pitch and sharpness. It is also a love song, but its style is completely different!

Using these two songs as the first and second titles of the same album, in the case of the Hulu style, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are one black and one white, or one positive and one negative.

What we want is this effect, to give the public a sense of the impact of the contrast between the two poles. In the previous life of the earth, after the New Year, many records have cited this contrast and achieved impressive results.

But for the current domestic music scene, it is a breakthrough beyond the style of music!

Of course, the key point in such an attempt is the quality of the song itself, and "Conquer" and "At Least There Are You" undoubtedly do not have this problem, and they are both classics among classics.

Also on this afternoon, Qiao Li, who hadn't talked to Li Kai for a long time, called Li Kai to the office and put a copy in front of Li Kai.

Li opened his eyes and swept, a slightly surprised look flashed in his eyes, and finally, he looked at Qiao Li.

"Liu Mingliang's publicity period started one day after the award ceremony. In two and a half weeks, there were 6 fan meetings in 6 cities. The total number of fans on site exceeded 10. These fans are the most die-hard fans. That is to say, The film has not been released yet, and there are already [-] pre-orders, actually more than that, the fans outside the fan club are more than the fans in the venue, they are also die-hard fans, the actual number of pre-orders is more than [-]."

What Qiao Li got was the information sent by the marketing department, and she used her personal relationship to inquire about it. It took a whole morning to make this form.

From the table, Li Kai can intuitively see all kinds of data, and finally there is a sales estimate, 40 copies in the first week.

This number is astonishing!

You know, Xu Qiaoling and Tan Guangyue, the two of them worked together to sweep through the week, and the record sales of other singers generally fell by [-] to [-]%.

And the combined sales of the two of them is 40 copies.

This data will not be estimated casually and with a slap in the head.

After listening to Qiao Li's rational explanation, she rubbed her temples and said, "Now you should know why there are some first-line singers who release films at the same time as other super-first-line singers, but they have to avoid Liu Mingliang. It's not about avoiding the same period, but for three weeks above."

Li Kai was not shocked, but he became serious, touched his chin and said, "Based on this, Liu Tianwang's promotional period will reach more than a month, which is a week and a half or even two weeks longer than other singers."

Qiao Li nodded: "That's right. The promotion period of other super-lines will also be longer, but Liu Mingliang is the longest. It's not that his promotion fee is much higher. On the contrary, he can make some money by holding fan clubs. Of course , the fan meeting is not for the purpose of making money, but to return the money that could have been earned to the fans. At the fan meeting, there will be two or three new songs from the album, and the rest are old songs. You know, his fans will have a ticket How much is it?"

"How many?"

"The front row is 180, the middle row is [-], and the rear row is [-]. It is completely cost price."

Qiao Li saw that Li Kai seemed a little moved, and then said: "Fan clubs are members in nature. Nowadays, many singers also have fan clubs in various places, but there are not many real members. Selling tickets to the outside world, the real fan club is only selling tickets to members, and it is of a welfare nature."

"In today's music scene, only Liu Mingliang, Guo Yifu, and Murphy are the only ones who can really hold a fan meeting and reach more than five places."

Hearing this, Li Kai's emotions were dispelled, and he said helplessly: "Mr. Qiao, I will enter the promotion period in three days. You are telling me this now, and you don't want me to temporarily change the release of the film. Wait, I will become a joke in the circle, I can't afford to lose this face."

At the end, Li opened his mouth and laughed. Qiao Li looked at him for a while, then laughed too, and waved her hands: "That's not the case. You are definitely not as popular as the top-tier one now, but it's not bad. If you retreat, the company Will not agree."

After finishing speaking, the smile faded away, and his face became serious: "I came to you because of the arrangement of the promotion period. Now I have an opportunity to let you go to the Spring Festival Gala. It's just a two-person chorus, but the other party is willing to use your new album. I need you to rearrange a song, as long as it can pass the review of the director team, do you want this opportunity?"

Li Kai was shocked, because of his knowledge and experience, his heart jumped a few beats. The Spring Festival Gala is the highest stage for artists in the country.

The two chorus, although not the highest level, but it is a great honor to be on the board.

Putting aside the glory, let’s talk about the most practical thing. Once the Spring Festival Gala is unveiled, the songs in his album will still be used. This exposure is compared to being called a first-line singer to promote a luxurious three-piece suit in the first week, or even a first-line first-week promotion. The four Grand Slams are all much bigger.

Liu Mingliang's new album is estimated to sell 40 copies in the first week, of which 12 copies are due to the solo performance on the Spring Festival Gala.

This is estimated based on the effect of Liu Mingliang's Spring Festival Gala solo performance in the past two years. Li Kai feels that it may even be underestimated.

"Mr. Qiao, do you have any conditions?" An important word almost blurted out, and at the last moment, there was a strange meal that stuck deeply in his throat. Li Kai took a deep breath to calm himself down, and asked.

(End of this chapter)