China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 92

"Yes, yes, I am from the School of Foreign Languages, Sichuan University."

Zhang Liangying liked listening to English songs since she was a child, so her major in college was learning foreign languages.

This is a serious foreign language learning, not the kind of foreign language that Dean Chen later learned.

In the future, Zhang Liangying successfully made her debut in the music industry, and for a while she wanted to develop internationally and sang many English songs.

Therefore, there is no need to worry about Zhang Liangying's English proficiency. In the entertainment industry, where cultural standards are generally low, she is already considered an honor student.

Moreover, there is no need to doubt her professional ability as a singer who was selected through various singing competitions during the recording era.

Before the rise of the Internet, it was impossible for singers with substandard professional skills to succeed.

After signing the contract with Hualiu Company, Zhang Liangying finally got the music scores of two popular songs, "My Destiny" and "Goodbye".

"Director Li, can you give me a few days? Can you let me practice singing?"

After Zhang Liangying read the score and lyrics, she wanted to be extremely serious.

She is not a singer-songwriter, but occasionally she can write some simple songs when inspiration strikes.

She has a strong aesthetic sense in music and can distinguish what kind of works are truly good works.

Take the song "Goodbye" as an example. She followed Li Yu's instructions and hummed each note of the intro in the form of a whistle. Then she could feel the catchy melody and the charm of the combination of simple notes. .

Director Li's TV series OST is of high quality and it truly lives up to its reputation!

Anyway, Zhang Liangying felt a very big surprise!
  She had a hunch that as long as she sang well, it would definitely be of great help to her singing career after "Star You" is broadcast.

She even made a request to Li Yu: "Director Li, how about I refund you 10,000 yuan? I don't want the money. I will sing these two songs for you for free. You just want to let me use these two songs freely." That’s good.”

"That 10,000 yuan is the reward you deserve. If you help me record songs, there is no reason why I shouldn't give you money.

I can license these two songs to you, and you can sing them as you like in non-profit events such as participating in competitions.

If you want to sing in a commercial venue, you will have to pay extra. "

Li Yu said seriously.

Hu Yanbin and Li Yu did the same thing.

Hu Yanbin has permission for personal use, which does not mean that he can use those songs to carry out commercial activities.

He has to pay extra to sing those songs in commercial venues such as concerts and performances.

Unless he organizes a charity show for fans and does not charge ticket fees, then he does not need to pay additional copyright fees.

Zhang Liangying was overjoyed, it was great, this was the answer she wanted.

As long as Li Yu agrees to let her use the song, it's normal to pay extra.

The copyright belongs to Hualiu Company. If she uses other people's songs to make money, shouldn't she pay them extra?

For Zhang Liangying, obtaining the rights to use two high-quality songs has greatly helped her career.

If only these two songs could become as popular as Full House and Ghost's OST.

Maybe a record company will sign her, and she can officially debut as a singer, then release her own album and realize her music dream.

Zhang Liangying spent more than a week recording the song here in Beijing.

Mainly because both Li Yu and Zhang Liangying were very demanding, to the point of being picky, so it took a lot of time.

The total recording cost of the two songs exceeded 100,000 yuan.

The previous 10,000 yuan was just personal remuneration for Zhang Liangying, and the remaining 90,000 yuan was for various expenses such as renting a recording studio and finding musicians to be accompanists.

These days, the average cost of recording a song is 50,000 yuan, which is quite high.

Generally, the market price of a high-quality song recording is around 20,000 to 30,000 yuan.

This is only the cost of the planned recording and does not include the cost of the singer. That is to say, Full House and Ghosts kept paying Hualiu Company back, so Li Yu dared to spend money on these details.

Time entered June, and Li Yu used Beijing Film Studio's domestic top editing team to edit the first six episodes of the film.

Some classic pure music vignettes in the film are all available.

Li Yu has done a good job of finding professional people in the circle.

After cutting out the first six episodes, Li Yu invited people from Xiangnan Taiwan to come to Hualiu Company to watch the film and discuss the price.

Xiang Nantai attaches great importance to the play "Xing Ni".

They are also invested.

They were responsible for the crew's accommodation and meals during the nearly three months of filming in Star City.

Xiangnan Station sent nearly ten elites from the film purchasing department to the capital to watch Xingni's finished product.

After watching the first six episodes of Star Ni, these experienced backbones came to the conclusion that Star Ni is the pinnacle of current Asian commercial idol dramas.

And report this conclusion to the senior leaders of Xiangnan Station.

Needless to say, at the beginning, the senior executives of Xiangnan Channel were also influenced by the rhythm of the media. They thought that this work of "Xing Ni" would really take a big step forward, and then they were screwed up.

After listening to the report from its professional team, Xiangnan TV spent a lot of money to buy the first-round exclusive broadcast rights of Star Ni for one million episodes.

This price is actually not outrageous!
  The results of Full House and Goblin are there.

At the time of Ghost, the sales price of a single episode in the first round had already exceeded 700,000.

Moreover, the average ratings of "Goblin" during its first domestic broadcast was 5.7, ranking among the top ratings among TV dramas in the new year.

The price of Li Yu's new drama star You will naturally go up a notch.

In addition, the total investment of Xing Ni is 16.5 million, which is evenly divided into the total number of 28 episodes. The production cost of a single episode is about 590,000.

Xiangnan Channel has won the first round of exclusive broadcast rights, which makes sense for One Million Episodes.

After Hualiu Company and Xiangnantai discussed it, both parties sent people to sign the contract.

Li Yu handed over the edited highlights to Xiangnan Channel so that they can warm up Xingyou in advance in the form of a trailer.

On June 10, while Xiangnan Channel was pre-heating Star You, Li Yu deliberately leaked the audio of the two songs "My Destiny" and "Goodbye".

Piracy is rampant these days, so there is no need to make it into a soundtrack like last time with Ghosts.

The original soundtrack of "Ghost" last time took advantage of some of Hu Yanbin's glory and the sales channels of Hu Yanbin's company.

Due to a serious shortage of early stock, less than 100,000 tapes and CDs were sold in the first week. After a week, all the copies circulating on the market were pirated copies.

After splitting accounts with Hu Yanbin's company, Li Yu's Hualiu Company actually didn't receive much money.

In that case, why bother?

It’s better to just let the audio spread, the wider the better.

When the song became popular, naturally some people downloaded the ringtones, and some pirates mixed those two songs with other songs into tapes, and then circulated them in the market.

As a director and the owner of a film and television production company, Li Yu does not make money by selling albums, nor does he make money by selling songs.

For him, songs are just a tool to increase the popularity and attention of TV series.

Under Li Yu's guidance, "My Destiny" and "Goodbye", two songs tagged with the OST label, became popular on the domestic Internet in just one week.

Although the current domestic Internet is not as developed as that of later generations, the domestic Internet is developing rapidly.

As of the end of last year, the number of computers in China exceeded 30 million, and the number of Internet users was close to 80 million.

Although the mainstream communication channels still rely on conventional channels such as television, newspapers, and magazines, the gradually emerging Internet has become a propaganda front that cannot be ignored.

(End of this chapter)