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

Chapter 166 Music Circle Frying Pot

From the capital to Shenzhen, even if Li Kai and his party took the fastest train, it would take more than ten hours.

In the afternoon, the snowy sky cleared up.

The sunlight coming in through the windows didn't actually increase the temperature in the compartment much, but it gave people a warm feeling.

Qiao Li, Ni Houdao, and Su Ting haven't slept well these days.

Qiao Li tilted her head against the back of the chair and slowly closed her eyes.

Ni Houdao was lying on the table, and after a while, there was the sound of snoring.

After all, Su Ting was young, so she didn't feel sleepy.

Li Kai turned his head to look at the two security guards who were having nothing to do, and gestured to Su Ting to play cards. Su Ting smiled and nodded.

So, the four of them joined forces and played eighty points.

Since it was a business car, there were not many passengers in the car, and the car was very quiet. Li Kai and his group slept and played cards, but the outside world was extremely lively!
"Seven Miles Fragrance, Fragrance Floats Seven Thousand Miles"

"Qilixiang, one of the two recommended new song clearances"

"Qilixiang VS Love Fire in Winter, a tie! "

"Shenzhen is uncrowned, the devil is crowned, and the capital is crowned"

"The seventh day of the Beijing TV station, the most popular program, the newcomer king + Qilixiang"

"Qilixiang, Fragrance Fills the Capital"

Reports about the recommendation of new songs on the two charts of "Qilixiang", and Li Kai's winning of the Beijing TV station's cultural evening, and the final welcome program, were published prominently on the front pages of entertainment newspapers.

Many of the contributors to these articles were the deputy editor-in-chief or even the editor-in-chief of the newspaper.

"A Chinese style, blowing the Chinese music scene green"

"A Music World Is Incomplete Without Rock"

"Chinese style, depicting the love story in the hearts of Chinese people"

"Chinese Style, Simple, Pure, Delicate and Touching"

"Rock and Roll Can Touch People"

"The Charm of Rock"

The songwriters in the circle showed up one by one, talking about the Chinese style and the rock style, as if they had agreed, the Chinese style took "Qilixiang" as an example, and it was very popular, and the rock style took "Norwegian Forest" as an example, and the big book was special. Book.

These songwriters, there are mid-level coffee, some small coffee, some senior, add up to more than a dozen, have a few common characteristics, all entered the circle before [-], more or less outdated, ten masterpieces under the name , at least seven of them are genres other than lyrical slow songs, and the few lyrical slow songs are also works in recent years.

There are also some songwriters, including medium coffee, small coffee, and senior. The difference is that they are just now popular, and [-]% of their masterpieces are lyrical slow songs.

They also showed up to be interviewed by reporters, and they all praised Liu Mingliang's album title "Love in Winter".

In addition, at Zhou Ziming's album release conference, three first-line singers, including Diva Su Yaqing and Tao Liang, made an appearance and sponsored his new album.

At Michelle's album press conference, three first-line singers showed up to help.

The public watched the excitement, but people in the circle understood that a game of lyrical slow songs and other genres was in full swing.

There is no fierce confrontation, no mutual attack, just advocating each other, and this just shows the escalation of the game.

Only when the level is relatively low, or when it is absolutely superior, the suppression will be straightforward, brutal, and direct, and the higher the level of fighting, the surface is often peaceful, but under the peaceful wind, there are swords, lights and swords.

Of course, no matter how the fighting method is, it is canvassing in the final analysis, and the final victory or defeat is not judged by words, but by hard data and hard facts.

That's record sales!
When the sales report is released tomorrow, it will be the moment to see the outcome.

Monday, October 2.

After the busiest Spring Festival, today is full of people.

Li Kai still habitually came to the company according to the working time. As soon as he entered the office area, he immediately attracted a lot of attention.

"Li Kai, you're so awesome. It's not a disadvantage to fight against Liu Tianwang. One of the two charts will pass the customs. Even if you estimate it conservatively, your album sales last week will definitely start at 15."

Tan Guangyue got up and greeted him, grinning.

Li Kai punched him on the chest: "You boy, I heard that during the Spring Festival, you go to three or four venues a day and earn a lot of money. Don't forget, treat me!"

Tan Guangyue’s commercial performances offer 8 to 12 yuan, with an average of around 10 yuan. They disappeared a week before the Spring Festival. In the last two weeks, I have said less than 50 performances, and the share is [-]%, deducting travel expenses, brokerage share, assistant bonuses, etc., personal income No matter what, it is also a base of [-].

50 is enough to buy a three-bedroom apartment in the city center of more than [-] square meters in Shenzhen.

"It's okay to treat guests, the key is that you have the nerve to say so."

Tan Guangyue rolled her eyes. In terms of income, among the singers in the company, only Ning Lan could compete with Li Kai.

Just for the share of a few songs, you can earn hundreds of thousands a month just by lying down.
"Starting at 15, hehe, you are extremely conservative. According to my estimation, there is a 20% chance of breaking 25. Maybe you can touch the ceiling of [-]."

Ning Lan and Li Xia also got up and walked over. Li Xia made a loud voice, and her prediction surprised everyone.

Before Li Kai came, everyone was talking about it, and the highest estimate was more than 20. As for 25, it was a bit outrageous.

However, no one disagreed with Li Xia. Lin Yue and other singers all laughed and agreed.

Even Lu Bin congratulated Li with a slightly blunt expression.

Now his value has plummeted, and he is still a second-tier performer in name, but the actual performance price is only [-] to [-], which is equivalent to the standard of a third-tier top streamer. Moreover, although the company has not stated it clearly, he knows in his heart that this year There may not be another chance for the album project to be approved. As time goes by, the decline in popularity is inevitable.

He no longer had the arrogance he had in the past, and his hostility towards Li Kai could no longer fade away, the two were no longer on the same level!
Only Chen Guang kept his head down and read the newspaper without saying a word. Chen Qian looked at him with a look of hatred in his eyes, and then looked at Li Kai who was surrounded by stars like the moon, and there was another touch in his eyes. Unspeakably complicated.

She wanted to go up to say hello, but she didn't.

The regular department meeting was postponed again.

But everyone was not surprised at all. They were notified at 11:30, and at a quarter past eleven, they all arrived in the meeting room.

Waiting and waiting, after 11:30, Qiao Li hadn't come yet, and another quarter of an hour later, it was long overdue.

Everyone looked over in unison, but found that Qiao Li's face was a little dark, and her eyes flickered involuntarily.

Could it be that something unexpected happened?
Is it just applause, but did not turn into the expected sales?
This kind of situation is not uncommon in the film and television industry, and it is very rare in the music industry, but it is not unheard of. Li Kai must have won the lottery.

While everyone was suspicious, Qiao Li took the main seat, her eyes rolled around, and she pushed the folder away, and a calm voice came: "Last week's sales, the first, Liu Mingliang's new album "Love Fire", 331298."

As soon as this data came out, there was a sound of sucking cold air.

Everyone looked surprised!

It's not surprising that Liu Mingliang won the first place. The popularity of the king of heaven, the follow-up effect of the Spring Festival Gala, the promotional resources of no less than 60 a week, plus the seventh round of the "Fire of Love in Winter" wind and cloud list, the sixth round of the golden song list, The second main hit is also the fifth round of the two rankings.

Adding all these factors together, it is difficult for Liu Mingliang's album to sell well.

But the sales volume of more than 33 is still higher than everyone's expectations.

Counting the three days last week, the album was released for ten days, and the sales volume broke gold.

This kind of achievement is no longer something that can be described as brilliant, it should be amazing and frightening!
Qiao Li looked around again, then continued: "Second, Li Kai's new album "New Era"."

Speaking of this, he paused, took a deep breath, and said, "305319."

A dead silence!
Looking around, there were dumbfounded faces, and even Qiao Li herself was a little dazed. Even though she learned the result more than an hour ago, she still couldn't believe it when she reported it herself.

But immediately, she thought of something again, her face sank unconsciously, and an angry look flashed in her eyes.

The silence didn't last long, and the meeting room exploded!
Tan Guangyue grabbed Li Kai and shook him from side to side like a puppet.

Rao Ni Houdao was so experienced that he clenched his fists and blushed with excitement.

Su Ting covered her small mouth with her hands, and the joy in her eyes was about to overflow.

Ning Lan's heart was pounding, excited and emotional, she was the first to clap her hands.

Afterwards, everyone followed suit, and in a short while, the meeting room became a sea of ​​applause.

Li Kai was also very excited. Even though he had full confidence in his album, he didn't have the extravagant hope that the sales volume could surpass Liu Mingliang's last week. He just hoped to get as close to the latter as possible.

For now, that expectation is clearly being fulfilled.

And the sales volume of breaking 30 in a single week also declared his success in the gold test!
The meeting room was blown up, the company was blown up and down, and the circle was blown up too.

Liu Mingliang sold more than 33 copies in the next week, and the album broke 50 copies within ten days of its release. This news is already astonishing enough, but compared to Li Kai's album, which broke 30 copies in the next week, the shock it brings is nothing.

Snow Records.

In a lounge.

Songwriter Ge Guangyao looked at the sales list, was silent for 5 minutes, and then smashed a beloved orchid porcelain water cup.

In another lounge.

Luo Yusheng learned about last week's sales from Su Yaqing, and he was silent for a long time. Finally, he crumpled the two music scores into paper balls. These two music scores are two new songs he composed.

In a lounge of Wager Records and an office of Nisso Records, there was also the sound of shattering cups falling to the ground.

In an office and a lounge of Becca Records, there was a voice of scolding.

Such a situation, not only in the giant record companies, but also in many first-tier record companies, including Time Records, the company's chief songwriter, an insider, scolded one of his favorite students for no reason meal!
Suteng Records.

In the conference room, Cao Meng glanced at the silent crowd, and sighed: "Maybe the sky is really going to change!"

Quite the opposite of these scenes.

For many second- and third-tier record companies, wanton laughter came from the office, and excited applause came from the lounge.

In the entire capital, there are not a thousand nightclubs large and small, but there are hundreds of them. The most famous sub-center area and the two bar streets near the sixth ring road.

There are nearly a hundred bars in these two streets.

One-third of them announced that tonight would be a carnival night, and the audience would either get a [-]% discount or give away a bottle of beer for free!
In Shanghai, Huaining Road is the most famous bar street. On this street, there are eight largest bars, four of which announced that there will be ten groups of singers performing in residence tonight, starting at eight o'clock until the early morning [-] o'clock, [-]% off sitewide!
Such a situation does not only appear in first-tier cities, but also in provincial capitals and relatively large prefecture-level cities.

In Shenzhen City, the bar street that Li Kai often goes to is known as the gathering place for underground singers. Tonight, the entire street, 23 bars of all sizes are [-]% off, and the carnival night slogans are posted on the billboards outside.

Yemeng Bar is no exception.

Li Kai rested for a day and a half, and will set off again tomorrow afternoon to start the last week of publicity.

At noon, he invited the whole department to have a big meal at the seafood restaurant across from the company. In the evening, some people with better relationships got together again. After dinner, they went to Ye Yimeng bar together.

It was just past eight o'clock. Usually, at this time, there were few customers in the bar, but tonight, it was overcrowded.

Of course, Li Kai and his party don't have to worry about not having a seat, they called Xu Qianqiu in advance and reserved a super-large booth.

"My hometown is far away, my tomorrow is beautiful." On the stage, a band is performing. The song they sing is a folk song.

And the reaction of the guests was also very enthusiastic, with cheers, applause, and the sound of clinking wine glasses, one after another.

"Congratulations, the sales volume in a single week has exceeded 30." Many people came with Li Kai tonight. Xu Qianqiu did not reveal that it was Ning Lan's cousin, but came to offer Li Kai a glass of wine as the owner of the shop.

After Li Kai clinked glasses with him, he drank it in one gulp, and asked casually, "Where's Old Mo, isn't he here?"

Xu Qianqiu smiled: "Yes, I will prepare later. He said that it has been so many years. Today is the most exciting day for him. I feel ten years younger. I specially found a band to come and sing a few songs later."

Li opened his eyes and said, "Then you can feast your ears tonight."

Xu Qianqiu shook his head and said, "Do you want to come up and play a song?"

Seeing the playful look in Xu Qianqiu's eyes, Li smiled wryly. He is not the same as before. You don't have to worry too much about wearing a mask on the road, but if you are on stage at a bar, you will be recognized by many people. trouble.
"The leader is here, I'd better be quiet." Li Jian glanced at Qiao Li, who usually doesn't participate in gatherings, and it's not surprising that she would appreciate her when he invited her to dinner, but the proposal of coming to the bar together, Qiao Li Li also nodded, somewhat surprised.

"Have fun, I'm going to be busy in advance." Xu Qianqiu smiled and waved away.

(End of this chapter)