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Chapter 20 The Album Comes Out
After drinking and eating, everyone returned to the company to continue working. Now that the song is available, the only thing left is the cover. Everyone gathers together and talks to each other, and finally comes to a result that everyone can accept. With the rainy day as the background, A huge half-length figure occupies two-thirds of the cover, and just below is a sports car racing in the rain. The album is also named "Rain".

After confirming these, there are still a lot of things to do, but this has nothing to do with Chen Yun. After confirming the cover, he returned to the town.

A few days later, William sent some sample CDs to Chen Yun. The CDs did not sound as shocking as live performances, but they were still acceptable. Overall, the production was quite good. Unexpectedly, the efficiency of these two second-generation ancestors was quite good. Quick, "How many copies did the first companies make?"

William smiled and said: "Only 20 copies were made, distributed all over the United States, and the price is [-] yuan." Afraid of causing misunderstanding by Chen Yun because of the small number of productions, he quickly explained: "That's because you are a newcomer, and there are no such copies on the market. Popularity, so we are prepared to attract a group of listeners with the quality of the album, as long as it can sell, we can always invest more money to make more CDs."

Chen Yun nodded to express his understanding. It is impossible for him to ask to make millions of copies at once.

William replied: "We have calculated that 25% of the sales terminal needs to be allocated, because the two of us have come forward, and the sales terminal share has dropped to a low level. Others generally need 30-35% of the ratio." Seeing Chen Yun nodded Expressed his understanding and continued: "10% of the production cost, including the production cost of the master tape, the album cover, the cost of the record itself and the packaging are all included in this production cost, because we have almost no publicity, and the cost of this aspect can be Save a lot, you own 6% of the copyright of the song, and the remaining 59% is divided in half by the company, and you own 24.5%, so you can get a total of 30.5% of the share, that is, sell a record , you can get 6.1 yuan, of course, this is after the company sells 24.5 albums before you will share [-]%, even if the company doesn't make you money, you can't make the company lose money, right?"

An Ruisi next to her was a little curious: "Why don't you have any promotional fees? Isn't it necessary for albums to be more popular in order to sell more?"

"Because Chen Yun is a newcomer, he can only slowly accumulate word of mouth. After he has become famous for the second album, he will increase the promotion fee by 10-15%. If this album is a big hit now, then the promotion of the second album The investment will be bigger, maybe 20%. At that time, we can adjust the price to 30-40 yuan a piece, and Chen Yun will always get more, not less.” William explained to the two in detail .

Both nodded in understanding.

A month passed in the blink of an eye. Chen Yun didn't pay attention to the mundane affairs of the outside world, and devoted himself to being with An Ruisi. The regular daily life made him feel calm and real in his heart.

How did the outside world react to Chen Yun's album?There was no response, and even the results were extremely poor. The album only sold two or three copies, and there was no business in online song sales. It can be said to be a complete failure. There is no promotion for an album, and no one who has heard it released it. A pure piano album, very few people can notice this album, let alone spend 20 yuan to buy it.Chen Yun is not in a hurry because his attention is not here, and the V&J company is not in a hurry, because the two bosses are not short of money. They opened this company to better pick up girls, meet beautiful girls, and go up to strike up a conversation , and then took out a business card with V&J Records printed on it, coupled with his youth and wealth, it would attract a large number of beauties.

The famous American classical music critic Tim Page came to the music sales counter of Wal-Mart this day. He makes a living by writing classical music reviews. From time to time, he needs to find some new music in the market to update his information. He also listens to paid downloaded songs on the Internet from time to time. The quality of songs on the Internet is difficult to define, because the threshold is low, and many low-quality works are full of them. In comparison, he prefers to go to physical stores to touch music albums. Listen to it before deciding whether to buy it home and enjoy it carefully.

He went straight to the column of pure music, moved his finger lightly, and swept over the albums one by one. Suddenly he was attracted by an album in the corner. The car was driving wildly in the rainy night, and there was a big white album name "Rain" on the top, which looked very abrupt in this group of pure music columns that were either pianos or music symbols on the cover. ?A newcomer who has never heard of it.

He put the CD into the Walkman next to him, picked up the earbuds and listened.A few minutes later, he took off his earplugs, with a look of disbelief, bought a CD quickly, rushed home, locked himself in the music room, ignored his wife and son, and immediately played it on his top stereo stand up.

After a long time, he came out with a dazed look on his face, muttering to himself incessantly: "Impossible, impossible, impossible..."

The wife yelled a few times worriedly, but Tim still had the same reaction, so he couldn't help being anxious, patted him on the back hard, and said eagerly: "Tim, Tim, wake up, wake up, don't scare me. "

"Oh? Oh! Wife, what happened?" Tim felt the pain and recovered.

"You scared me to death just now, what should we do if something happens to you?" the wife sobbed.

Tim hugged his fat wife, and comforted him: "Wife, I'm fine. I just listened to the music just now. Looking back, it's like a lifetime ago. Wife, I will treat you well in the future." , Didn’t you say you want to buy an LV bag? Then go and buy it.”

"Really? Thank you husband." My wife exclaimed. She has been begging for this LV bag for almost a month. He has never let go. Unexpectedly, he changed his attitude immediately after listening to the music. We should thank the music author.

"Go, take your son and let him have fun." Tim handed over a card and waved.

When the family left the room, Tim turned on his usual working laptop. There were countless impulses in his heart, such a good album should be shared by the whole world.

At the beginning of the article, he used the supreme musical term "peerless sounds of nature, comparable to Beethoven and Mozart" as the title.

In the article, he analyzed all sixteen songs in detail.

The song "F1" makes people fall into a feeling of being in an extremely fierce racing field. The rhythm of the whole song is very tight, but it still makes people feel easy to do. It requires extremely high playing skills and hand speed. made.

The two songs "Carnival" and "Lost" are obviously descriptions of the aftermath of "F1". After playing, the final picture of "Sea Pianist" may appear, which can easily light cooked cigarettes, while "Lost" describes the desperation and loneliness of the loser. The skill speed is not high, but the rhythm and emotion are. It makes the song more difficult to grasp, so I think "Lost" is slightly better than "Carnival".

The song "Heavy Rain" seduces most of people's emotions, magnifies them infinitely in the heart, and washes away the soul like a rainstorm. The huge mood swings may cause sudden death in heart disease patients, so it is recommended that heart disease patients do not Listening to this song, this song also requires extremely high skills and explosive power, which is one point higher than "F1", while "Breeze", "Thin Waves" and "Eye Sky" are extensions of "Heavy Rain", focusing on mobilizing It shows the beautiful side of human emotions and does not require high operating skills. It is the most suitable piece for ordinary people to play in the whole album.

The song "Martyrdom for Love" made me, an old man, burst into tears on the spot. The rhythm is not fast, and it does not require high skills, but this song has a soul, and it is more difficult to play than the previous songs without soul. , this song is not inferior to Beethoven's "Fate". The two songs "Sentiment" and "Ruthless" are also obviously an extension of the previous one. They are all relatively gentle and joyful, and the playing skills required are not high. As long as you grasp a certain degree and the emotion of the piece, it is the fourth-to-last piece that is easy to play. "Relentless" can make the listener feel Desperate, I can't see a shred of hope. When I listen to this song, I have thought several times that I might as well commit suicide. This is definitely a song of the "Black Friday" level. Lost people must be careful before listening to this song Consider, it is best not to listen alone.

The five songs "Tears", "Smile", "Father", "Mother" and "Friends" are very warm works, people unconsciously think of the kindness of the people around them, and it is like experiencing life again, just right Healing the negative emotions brought about earlier is one point better than "Heavy Rain", and one point worse than "Martyrdom".

The last song "Brothers" has to be introduced emphatically. In terms of technique alone, it is definitely the highest in the whole album, and its soul is also the most elusive. When listening to this song, I feel that my soul seems to have left the body and entered a In the fantasy world, seeing all kinds of life, experiencing the vicissitudes of the world, my heart is full of anger, venting crazily, but I feel a little confused, I don't know what attitude I should take to face this world, that kind of soul I have never felt the shock of the Internet, not even "Destiny".Such a peerless music album, I want to share it with everyone.

(End of this chapter)