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

Chapter 372
"Li Kai, why are you crazy? I can understand that you personally sued Entertainment Kaleidoscope, killing chickens to make an example of monkeys, showing Tianwei, but Huacan blacklisted Entertainment's frontline, Entertainment Kaleidoscope, and Entertainment Express together. This is playing too much .”

After exercising, Li Kai took a shower, came out of the gym, was bumped into by Tan Guangyue, and dragged him directly into the lounge.

Huacan blacklisted three media outlets including the frontline of entertainment. The shock of this news far surpassed that of Li Kai's personal confrontation with the entertainment kaleidoscope.

From the perspective of many people in the company, Hua Can is crazy, that is, Li Kai is crazy, to the point where she has forgotten her last name.

"There are hundreds of domestic entertainment newspapers, big and small, or three newspapers. What's the big deal." Li Kai didn't take it seriously, walked to the front of the refrigerator, opened the door, and took out a can of soda.

Guan Ying on the side was speechless, and said: "The relationship between the record company and the media is like that of a singer and a songwriter. It is said that they are mutual achievements. In fact, everyone in the circle understands that songwriters are above singers, and entertainment is the most important thing." Frontline is the fifth-ranked major newspaper, um, compared to songwriters, it is considered a big name."

"I know what's in my mind." Li Kai responded vaguely, and then changed the subject: "By the way, I was going to come to you, and the director still didn't let go of the credits for the first and second album hits?"

Guan Ying showed a wry smile, Tan Guangyue showed helplessness, Li Kai looked in his eyes and nodded: "Let's go, let's go to the director's office together."

Before the two had time to agree, there was a knock on the door, and Tan Guangyue called in, and the door opened, and the director's secretary flashed in, glanced at Li Kai, and said, "Li Kai, you really Here, Mr. Ge is looking for you and asked you to go to the office."

Li opened his eyes and said, "Coincidentally, I also happened to have something to ask Mr. Ge."

As he said that, he looked at Tan Guangyue and the two of them, hesitated for a moment, did not pull them along, and said: "I'll go first, we'll talk about it later."

The two nodded silently.

This is the second time Li Kai has come to the director's office.

Ge Guangqi was still sitting behind the desk, watching him approaching silently, and then pressed his palms to signal him to sit down.

Ge Guangqi opened his mouth and said: "Li Kai, is it interesting to make a commotion all over the city?"

Li Kai pretended to be confused: "Mr. Ge, I don't understand what you mean."

"At yesterday's press conference, 18 singers were named, and there was a lot of grievances all at once. Why bother? It's very common for the entertainment circle to criticize and criticize. Which singer has never been criticized. Everything must be true. Is it tiring? what."

Ge Guangqi breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "Don't you know the virtues of the media? Listening to the wind is like raining, and praise and criticism are not too big a deal. You sued Entertainment Kaleidoscope with a letter from a lawyer. So what if you win the lawsuit? What about the compensation?" Do you care? Entertainment Kaleidoscope’s reputation will be greatly damaged, but you will also offend the media circle. The media will not be intimidated by you, and the next time there is news about you, it will still be overwhelming.”

After a pause, he continued: "If this ends, I won't talk to you anymore. It's a fait accompli and cannot be changed. But just half an hour ago, Hua Can held a press conference and blacklisted the three media. Ning Lan pointed at Su Yaqing again, obviously, you have no intention of stopping, I want to know now, what kind of trouble are you going to make?"

Li Kai was silent for a moment after he finished speaking, and then said: "Mr. Ge, please don't mind if I say something."

Without waiting for Ge Guangqi to express, he said bluntly: "You are the music director. The record performance of the singers under the company is good or bad, the number of commercial endorsements, and whether the overall rise or fall is what you should care about most. As for the media and the outside world Trends, that’s what the marketing department cares about.”

Ge Guangqi was choked, and his face darkened. The meaning of these words, at best, was to persuade him not to worry about what he shouldn't, and at worst, it was to scold him for meddling in his own business and eating farts!
"Li Kai, isn't it good for your wife to make money in a normal way? You must provoke this, provoke that"

Li Jian stopped his words: "Mr. Ge, it's not that I want to provoke trouble, it's that someone insists on provoking me. I'm not afraid to tell you clearly. You don't know the inside story of some things, and even I dare not say anything." It is clear, but there is one thing, whoever provokes me, I will retaliate with an eye at any cost, even if both sides suffer."

Ge Guangqi was stunned, looking at Li Kai's sharp eyes, he couldn't help but think of his cousin, songwriter Ge Guangyao
"You go first." After a long silence, Ge Guangqi smiled inexplicably. There were three parts of helplessness in his smile, three parts of bitterness, and four parts of noncommittal.

But Li Kai was not in a hurry to leave, and tentatively said: "Mr. Ge, Tan Guangyue's new album project has been approved for almost a month, and the recording has been seven to eighty-eight, and the remaining two title songs have not yet been finalized. He intends to ask me to make an appointment, but There is a little deviation in the price, you see, can the company bear more?"

Ge Guangqi glanced at him unexpectedly, and said calmly: "35 for one song, or 3 points for two songs, this is already the upper limit."

Ge Guangqi didn't show any sign of letting go, Li Kai was not discouraged, and said to himself: "Guangyue's album one or two hits is now 5 points, and tomorrow, it may become 6 points, and next week, Maybe it will become 7 points"

Ge Guangqi snorted, and said disdainfully, "What do you mean, I have to accept whatever price you offer?"

Li opened his head and shook his head: "You don't have to accept it, but the loss is the company. Guangyue's album sells well, and the company makes a lot of money. The price of commercial performances increases, and the company also earns more. Of course, the company earns more and less, you may I don't really care, after all, you are also a part-time worker, at most you can get some dry stocks, small stocks."

After a pause, the topic changed abruptly: "But as the music director, the sales volume of each singer in the department is not dead or alive. I think you are also very anxious."

"I don't know how much money Rolling Snow Records can make a year, but I'm sure, more than 3000 million in cash is definitely not a small amount. The injection into Time Records must have placed great expectations. If some singers release their films in a round If you don’t have a record with outstanding achievements, your position may not be stable, even if you are still sitting, your weight in the hearts of the superiors will inevitably decrease, and your position in the circle will definitely decline.”

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Ge Guangqi's deep face and smiled: "I'm just giving my own opinions and suggestions, Mr. Ge, I'll go first."

At the end of the sentence, I got up and left.

Ge Guangqi watched Li open out of the office, and his dark face softened a little. He pinched the center of his brows, looked a little headache, thought for a while, picked up the phone and made a call.

"Guangqi, have you talked to Li Kai? How's it going?" Ge Guangyao's angry voice came from the other end.

Ge Guangqi hummed: "He gently reminded me that it's better not to get involved in things that have nothing to do with me."

Ge Guangyao laughed angrily: "I tell you not to participate, are you his leader, or is he your leader?"

Ge Guangqi interrupted: "Brother, don't you still know about Li Kai's situation? This young man does his own thing, thinking that every release is one release, the company's biggest weapon in controlling singers is nothing more than resource allocation and snow storage. Resources Li Kai is not rare at all. Xue Zang That hurts others and hurts himself, he runs commercial performances, engages in endorsements, his personal monthly income is hundreds of thousands, and the company can also earn this amount.

"Don't say it's me in the company, even Vice President Song, even the chairman, even if he doesn't like him, he can only turn a blind eye."

There was silence on the other end, and after a long moment, Ge Guangyao said: "So, he will continue to torment?"

After waiting for a while, before Ge Guangqi could reply, Ge Guangyao had an answer, and hummed: "I'll hang up first."

On Monday, at ten o'clock in the morning, last week's sales report was released.

First, Tidal Combo, 210298.

Second, Sunny Band, 202834.

Third, Zhao Chuanxiong, 182736.

Fourth, Jiang Shanlan, 152834.

Fifth, Adelaide, 129281.

Sixth, Wang Kai, 125729.

Seventh, KMG combination, 121384.

Eighth, Ou Xiang, 119281.

Ninth, Nie Lanxin, 107029.

Tenth, Sunshine Boys, 82187.

Tidal Group, the third week of the album's release, finally took the top spot, and sales increased by about [-]% compared to the previous week.

The Sunshine Band, whose album was released for the fourth week, fell to the second place after holding the top spot for two consecutive weeks, but still maintained above the 20 mark.

Ranked third is the king of heaven, Zhao Chuanxiong, who recommended new songs on the two charts last week. The first album of the album cleared the seventh round of the wind and cloud chart, and the sixth round of the golden songs chart. In contrast, the performance of the second main hit is somewhat unsatisfactory. Stop the fourth round.

As a result, the increase in album sales failed to reach the 20 mark that is generally optimistic in the circle.

The sales volume of more than 18 is already a very good result for ordinary singers, but for Tian Wang and the total cost of the album of 250 million, it is not so ideal.

With the first hit of the album "Taste", Jiang Shanlan cleared the Golden Melody Chart for seven rounds, and stopped for six rounds of the Wind and Cloud Chart. It was evenly divided with Zhao Tianwang's first hit album, and its sales soared to more than 15, ranking fourth.

And Adeby dropped one place the previous week and came to fifth place. After the album was released for a full month, it still sold nearly 13 copies, showing the strong stamina of the new album.

From six to ten, a new face appeared. Ou Xiang is a pure newcomer who released a film for the first time. With the first and second albums as the main hits, although both of them stopped in the fifth round of new song recommendations last week, they occupied half of the fifth round. , the album sales leapt through the 10 mark, and it was only a hair's breadth away from 12. It became the biggest dark horse among the many singers who released their films three days before November, even surpassing Jiang Shanlan in the degree of blackening!
It is worth mentioning that Ou Xiang and the tenth-ranked Sunshine Boys are both second-tier record companies, under New Power Records, and their albums feature the same songwriter, You Xiaoguang.

Originally just a small songwriter, Sunshine Boys' album sales were outstanding, which raised the price of a song from 10 to [-] to more than [-]. But this time, with the appearance of Ou Xiang, a dark horse, the price of his works will inevitably increase. Will go up another level.

time record.

The atmosphere at the high-level meeting was not good.

Last week, SHF’s sales dropped to just over 7, and Bingtang Sweetheart’s dropped to over 6. In the second week of its release, the Youth Charm album will climb to 7 copies, and Ge Wenwei also has more than 7 copies.

As Li Kai said, neither dead nor alive.

If you want to say that the grades are so poor that you can’t see it, it’s not true. After the full moon, you should be able to reach the default gold, but even SHF, which has the best sales trend, may still have a certain gap from the default platinum.

More than gold, platinum is not enough. It was passable in the past, but it is not enough to look at the present when heavy gold is making stars.

The total cost of an album at the level of 200 million, the company will only make a small profit if it sells more than 80 copies, and it can even be said that the company will really make money if it is more than platinum.

More importantly, when the music world is changing, other companies are emerging one after another. If you don't have one, when the new era really comes, you will soon be left behind by a huge gap.

Song Sixian's tone was low: "In three months, according to the statistics of the record market, there are already eleven record companies under the banner of newcomers, bands, and combination releases that have achieved platinum by default, and our company has four groups of singers in three consecutive weeks. Release the film and look at the sales trend, I am afraid that it will not be achieved, and the gap is not small."

After all, he scanned his eyes with a questioning look in his eyes, obviously to let everyone express their opinions and find out the reason.

The director of the management department said: "The total cost of the album is 200 million. This figure is not low. Let me say that the biggest problem lies in the quality of the songs."

As soon as these words came out, all the senior executives looked at Feng Mo at the same time, and Feng Mo said calmly: "Personally, I am good at rock and roll, and I think it is necessary to consider establishing a cooperative relationship with some songwriters in the circle, such as You Xiaoguang , Sunshine Boys and Ou Xiang's records are outstanding, which has a lot to do with his works."

After a pause, he smiled inexplicably, and said, "Of course, it would be the best if we can make a date with Li Kai and Luo Yusheng. They are the two most popular in the current circle."

All the high-level officials looked at each other, with wry smiles and helplessness on their faces.

Making a song appointment with Luo Yusheng is easier said than done. They want to pick a singer, and there have been rumors in the circle that apart from Becca, singers under the first-tier record companies can't catch Luo Yusheng's eyes.

As for Li Kai, hehe, this uncle is under the company's banner, but he is the least likely to write songs for the company's singers.

You Xiaoguang can consider it, but there is probably a long queue of singers and record companies who want to make an appointment with You Xiaoguang.

Song Sixian pondered for a while, nodded, and glanced at the marketing director: "The company really needs to fill up with songwriters. Recently, anyone who has released a platinum record should contact them all. The conditions are easy to negotiate, and the price is not a problem."

The marketing director should be.

Song Sixian raised his eyes and looked at Ge Guangqi: "Guangqi, you are the music director. You are the biggest contributor to the good records of the singers under the company. If the records are poor, you are the first responsible person."

Ge Guangqi's heart skipped a few beats, and Song Sixian's tone was calm, without any criticism, dissatisfaction, or warning, but the meaning in his words obviously meant to sound the alarm for him.

The four singers released videos, and the results are not satisfactory. You are the first responsible person. Next, if the decline continues, then the first responsible person should be held accountable
"Mr. Song, I understand." Ge Guangqi nodded slowly, with a solemn expression on his face. At the same time, he couldn't help but think of what Li Kai said to him in the office yesterday.

"If some singers come out with a round of releases, and there is not a single record with outstanding achievements, your position may not be stable. Even if you are still sitting, your weight in the hearts of the superiors will definitely decrease. The status is bound to decline.”

At that time, Ge Guangqi was touched, but not very deeply, but at this moment, it was much more profound.

The high-level regular meeting was followed by the departmental regular meeting, and the atmosphere was also not very good.

Especially the two girl groups, eight girls, all of them have cold faces and serious expressions.

At present, the signs of the marginalization of girl groups in the circle have gradually emerged. In the past three months, among the singers who released videos every week, at least one girl group, at most three a week, but in the four days after last November, there were no It can be seen that there is no girl group hair piece.

And their debut album's performance was much worse than expected, and they had no idea how the company would position them next.

After the meeting, Li Kai followed Qiao Li to the office.

"Jiang Shanlan's album sold more than 15 copies last week, which is a little worse than I expected." Qiao Li didn't go back to the desk, and sat down on the sofa in the reception area, with three light lines appearing on her smooth forehead. forehead lines.

Picking up the copy of the sales list, Li Kai glanced at it casually, and said disapprovingly, "That's because your expectations are too high."

Qiao Li looked at him and said, "This album has been on the market for two weeks, and its year-on-year sales are comparable to the previous album. "Comprehension" is a single, and this one is an album."

Li Kai understood what he meant. There was a default common sense in the circle that the sales of the same song would be slightly lower by [-] to [-] percent when released as a single than as the first title of an album.

From this perspective, the results of Jiang Shanlan's new album are indeed not ideal.

But Li Kai didn't interpret it that way. He stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then slowly said: "First, the competition during the 18th Golden Week is too fierce. Even Zhao Tianwang's album only sold more than [-]. Jiang Shanlan My own popularity is far behind that of Zhao Tianwang, and the two have an equal share in the recommendation of new songs on the two charts, you still expect Jiang Shanlan's album performance to soar to the sky?"

"Secondly, the second title of Jiang Shanlan's album, including the third title, is not very good. The second title and two new songs recommend one stop for three rounds and one stop for four rounds. In my opinion, it will not only fail to promote sales. The effect is to drag the legs instead."

"Third, um, alas, it's nothing. It's useless to analyze it. If it can exceed 15, according to the sales trend, the default platinum is stable in a single month, and it can be a default of one and a half platinum, which is fine."

Qiao Li shook her head slightly: "For other songwriters, this result is not only acceptable, but also very good, but you are an exception. This result will not only prevent the circle from calling Nan Li Kai and Bei Yusheng again, but will even call you And said to separate, Luo Yusheng is above, you are below."

Li Kai only digested for a moment, and a flash of understanding flashed in his eyes. Sunshine Band and Tidal Group both broke the 20 mark, like two boulders, pressing on the heads of all other singers.

Among the top ten, together with Nie Lanxin, Beka's singers occupy three seats, and the album features a total of five songs, all of which are works by Luo Yusheng.

Whether it is the comparison of the highest scores or the number of works, it has completely overwhelmed all songwriters, including Li Kai.

This is not a week, but lasted for three weeks. The Bekaa storm is still continuing, but it is slightly slower than the peak of the previous week, and it is still at the fierce level.

Looking down at the sales list again, Li Kai was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled, and said, "Sister Li, to tell you the truth, my sales forecast for Jiang Shanlan's album last week was only 15 to 30, [-] is true. It’s already very good, don’t forget, the entire album is supported by one song, and nearly [-] singers competed in the same period, including the king of heaven.”

"I think it's time to increase the price of my works. Wait a minute, call He Jingyun's manager and say that the price of the three songs has risen from 6 points to 7 points. In addition, Guangyue's two songs, Also from 5 points to 6 points."

(End of this chapter)