musicians of old

Chapter 229 Stop Talking, Stop Talking (4K [-]-in-[-])

After the audience stepped forward, the lady gave up her seat and walked out slowly, looking down at the exquisite record box in a daze.

It can be called the perfect capture angle, the intimate interpretation and cooperation, the appropriate bokeh background, the extremely stretched intertwined signature, and the poster font with strong artistic flavor
Looking at the cover of this album, the exciting or sincere and tender sound effects heard at the scene began to replay in her heart again and again.

The folding fan was shaking slightly, the ribbons were fluttering, and I felt something sweet in my mouth for no reason, what was going on?

"Ma'am, I haven't given you your ticket stub yet." Fanning's voice sounded again.

"Ah! I'm really sorry, I was too absorbed." The lady was shocked immediately, and walked back to the table with small steps on high heels.

With a click, the staff used the ticket pliers to cut a hole, and the fan once again left the venue holding the cover and bowing his head.

"Do you think we need to keep a signed record?" Sheeran asked suddenly.

"Myself?" Fan Ning turned his head in doubt, and found that the girl was resting her chin on the hand holding the pen, looking at herself without blinking, so she wondered, "Why do you want to sign your own autograph? We don't want to write that we can write at any time." ?"

"Can I stay?"

"sure."

"Then you sign one with me later."

In the other line, the first listener who came up to the front spoke surprisingly: "If I pre-order ten albums, can I sign all ten copies?"

"How many to buy?" Kaprun, who was sitting behind the long table, suspected that he had heard it wrong.

"Ten, can I sign it?"

"Sorry, according to the regulations, one honor ticket stub can only sign one record." Kaprun smiled while refusing.

Buy ten as soon as they come up?The first surprise came too fast, but what are you kidding, if you can play like this, then don’t you all go to the person who bought the ticket on your behalf?

"Okay, then I'll buy eight copies, and the other two friends who entrusted me said that they don't want the non-signed version." The audience shrugged, ".These two guys are too demanding, and they will definitely regret it later. Forget it, let them make another trip by themselves."

"Thank you for your strong support." Kaprun tore off the registration form with a smile.

"I need one." "One, thanks." "Can I pre-order three?"

Once the audience is lined up, the staff sitting in front of the benches will immediately start repetitive work in a streamlined manner.

Fanning kept taking the covers that had been signed by Sheeran from Sheeran's side, wrote his name on them and pushed them in front of fans. Once the freshness of the first few copies wore off, his whole body entered into a mechanical state. action status.

"Dear Miss Hilan, it's an honor to have a close conversation with you." A shy young gentleman stepped forward.

"How are you?" Sheeran brushed her hair.

"I bought it in the second-class area at first, and I didn't know your music and Mr. Fanning's music, but now I really want to get your autograph. Is it okay to ask for it?" The young music fan was anxious while holding the record box said.

"Ah, this." Sheeran covered her mouth with one hand, her eyelashes fluttered, and the music fans who looked at her from afar felt that their hearts missed half a beat.

The girl secretly rolled her eyes, glanced at Fan Ning who was buried in the signature beside her, and wanted to poke him habitually, but she didn't know whether this occasion was suitable, so she was at a loss for a while.

"If it's inconvenient, just sign Miss Hilan's name." The gentleman saw her hesitating, so he tried to show his true purpose.

"As long as mine? Or, why don't you ask Mr. Fanning?" Sheeran curled her lips.

"It's okay, what I want more is your signature."

"Yes, can you ask him?"

"Uh..." The young man was stunned and couldn't figure out the reason for a while, so he had to move to the side, "Dear Commander Fanning"

"Just pass the playlist to Miss Sheeran." Fanning was still buried in his signature.

"Ah, thank you!" The young man agreed excitedly at first, but a slight disappointment flashed in his heart immediately.

Oh, it's not a record.
He looked down at the well-made hard track list. The poster font of the violin soloist is also in a prominent position. It should also have a certain collection or commemorative value?
"Thank you, dear Miss Xilan." So he politely handed over the playlist with both hands, and cheered in his heart at the thought of leaving the name written by the girl here.

"You're welcome." Sheeran, who was writing, bowed her head and replied.

The young man held the playlist firmly in his hand, thanked him and left.

Seeing the vivid "success strategy" experience in front of my eyes, seven or eight music fans behind me started to try it.

At this moment, Fan Ning finally raised his head and showed a helpless smile: "Thank you for your enthusiasm and love, but, look at it."

Following his gaze, everyone saw four queues that had already left the tour hall, and people were still gathering at the end, and the media carrying various equipment surrounded them on three floors. Symphony staff began the interview.

The eyes of the people behind are indeed a little anxious, because it is not early at this time, it is already past ten o'clock in the evening!
"Everyone is so enthusiastic, I think Miss Sheeran will not mind adding this extra link." Fanning said with a smile, "But we must also hope that all music fans and friends can go home early and go to bed with the pre-sale record box , right? Personally, I suggest that the number of signatures for the track list is limited to 200, and music fans and friends who need it, come over after buying the album, first come, first served."

Fan Ning's purpose is very clear. The co-signed money of this record must be limited to the number of circulation corresponding to the honored ticket stubs.

sorry?Did you know that?Next time I will issue tickets for my concert at Turner Hall of the Arts, do you know how to choose a seat?

Of course, these music fans are all patrons, and they must face up to their enthusiastic demands and respond with practical actions. 200 is a standard set by Fan Ning. While maintaining the order and rhythm of tonight’s autograph session, 280 autographs The value impact of records is also negligible.

Everyone nodded in agreement. Young musicians like Mr. Fanning and Ms. Sheeran were really friendly and approachable to the audience.

The people in the front naturally have no objection to the benefits of this extra arrangement, but the music fans at the back look around, the end of each line has disappeared from the corner of sight, at least there are more than a hundred people, if everyone goes to get the playlist to sign If not, then it might be late at night when it's their turn.

The concert hall immediately designated two staff members to count and respond.

Another time passed.

"Caroun, my arm is so sore here." Sheeran rested her forehead with one hand, and rubbed the lower part of the other shoulder with the other hand.

She's signing almost twice as often as Fanning.

"Famous side effects." Fan Ning took a pen to suck up the ink, then looked up into the distance, "...No, why can't this team see the end?"

He turned around and looked at the bearded man standing behind him, who was the project leader of Hoffman Records: "Mr. Mark, can you please walk a little inside and help me see?" After speaking, he directly Get up, "Forget it, I'll go and have a look with you."

More than [-] copies of the record have been signed out, and the fans who bought the premium tickets are mainly concentrated in the front section. After more than an hour, I have almost been free.

"Okay." Mark readily agreed, and explained to several other staff members, "You help the concert hall continue to maintain good order."

As soon as Fan Ning stepped out of his seat, a voice of "quick, quick, quick" appeared among the surrounding media reporters, and a group of people quickly followed behind him.

"Why are there so many people!?" Fan Ning didn't have time to think about the situation behind, his heartbeat accelerated for a while.

He turned a few corners, and every time he felt that the line was coming to the end, each time he opened up new horizons, and there were still groups of listeners looking for it along the end.

The amazing thing is that the four-line team has not been chaotic. Perhaps it is because most of these music fans are of high quality and pay attention to etiquette.

I'm really going to get money tonight! ! !

On the surface, Fan Ning wears the smile of an elegant gentleman of this era, but in his heart, he has been possessed by a groundhog in his previous life.

In such a large building, the aisles are almost full and crossed. The two people next to them seem to be standing in two long lines side by side. In fact, they are in the same line. The turning point is hidden in a corner that I don’t know. place.

What's the situation, are you playing Snake?Fan Ning couldn't help talking to himself: "I remember correctly that the Symphony Hall of the National Concert Hall has 2760 seats, right?"

With a 30-second round process, four teams in one hour can absorb nearly 500 people, but how can there be four or five times the amount left at a glance?Why does the queue appear to be larger than the audience?
Many music fans around him have already recognized Fan Ning and heard his doubts: "Mr. Conductor, many people came in from outside later."

"Ah! Is he Mr. Fanning?"

"Yes, I also came in from the outside."

"It's too hard to get a ticket. I can't get it at all. I can only buy the record and listen to it."

"Mr. Fanning, the line is a little long, may I ask what time you are open?"

There were chattering voices in the team.

Discovering this situation, especially hearing these words, Mark, a bearded gentleman next to Fanning, and a female secretary were also completely dumbfounded!
Mark, an executive at Hoffman Records, had two encounters with the Saint Lania Symphony Orchestra, both of which were initiated by Fanning.

Because Hoffman Records is a world-class brand, it has published countless master works and records of famous artists. They have a threshold. Generally, the works of young artists cooperate with second- and third-tier record companies, and they have no interest in releasing them— —The profitability of the company has been growing for nearly two consecutive years. The consideration of records has both strict artistic value dimensions and very realistic market value dimensions.

The first time was the recording of the trailer radio station, because Fanning found Roy’s relationship, and for the sake of the McAdam family, he sent someone there, and the second time was tonight’s recording, because the box office exploded that day The big news, of course, is also related to the fact that he agreed to release a record to test the waters.

But the cooperation method he chose is not a "signing" sharing method, but a "one-off" buyout method!
This can’t be blamed on him. Based on his rich experience in the industry and starting from the two important nodes of the company’s performance appraisal method, he made a market forecast that the maximum number of pre-sales in the first night is 400, and the maximum sales volume in a year is 1000.

It is already a very optimistic situation for Fan Ning, a young musician. He thinks the pricing strategy of 30 pounds is too expensive. In conversion, it is equivalent to acquiescing that all their preferential policies for VIP tickets have been converted, and the conversion rate of other listeners is also high. More than 5%.

It is equivalent to his prediction that the first night's revenue will be up to 12000 pounds, and the annual revenue will be up to 30000 pounds.

The condition he offered that day was 24000 pounds of commission to buy out, pay the initial and final payment, and the rest of the revenue belonged to the orchestra.

Mark talked about favors in agreeing to cooperate, but he absolutely didn't talk about the conditions, which were purely based on the interests of the company.

According to the average signing standard of record companies in the serious music industry, artists get 25% of the revenue share, and the rest belongs to record companies, distributors and other channel partners. After all, they have to bear the production and operation costs.

Hoffman Records is well-known and has a high market response, so it is stronger. The share of ordinary signed artists is only 20%. If the share is calculated, the company can only earn 24000 pounds at most. This has huge uncertainties, so he A direct 24000-pound buyout condition was put forward.

Fanning readily agreed on the spot.

So Mark knew in his heart: Saint Lenia University was spending money on publicity.

Although it may lose thousands of pounds, but with the endorsement of a well-known record company, the popularity will spread.

Almost, how many people want to do this kind of propaganda have no way yet.

It's easy to do things if you have a relationship.

As soon as the performance ended today and the hall gathered, from the atmosphere, Mark had a premonition that his decision-making might be a little bit off.

But now, seeing the people all over the mountains and plains, Mark's cognition has collapsed.

He began to have difficulty swallowing, and his heart was roaring fiercely.

As long as you are not blind, you can tell that there are at least 3000 people in line!

5% audience conversion rate?God damn 5%!

Not only did almost none of these listeners leave, but new ones kept coming in from outside!
Heck, I've seen ones with high conversion rates, but nothing over 100%!
It became like this that night, who knows how much the sales volume is in a year! ?

If I had chosen the signing share at the beginning, I would be able to lie down and not have to work for the next year! ! !

"Mr. Mark." The female secretary next to him stepped forward worriedly, "Are you a little sleepy, it's already 11 o'clock in the night, do you want to take a rest first?"

"It's okay, I'm okay." The bearded gentleman shook his head. The strong winds and waves he had seen in these years stabilized him. After taking a few deep breaths, his mood calmed down a little.

At this time, two journalist-like people stepped forward and said in a friendly tone with a smile, "Mr. Mark, can I interview you with a question?"

Seeing the media interview, Mark collected himself, adjusted his glasses, and stood up straighter.

The music fans next to him also focused their attention on him.

He returned to his elegant smile: "Yes."

In any case, today is always a big positive news.

The sales data results also belong to Hoffman Records, which is not a bad thing, hold on, hold on to your mentality.

Some things are in the past, just let it go, don't think about it, don't talk about it.

So the reporter set up the equipment, and the tone was still friendly:

"Excuse me, is Conductor Fanning a signed artist of your Hoffman Records?"

(End of this chapter)