Old-time musicians

When the following audience members came forward, the lady gave up her seat and slowly walked out, looking down at the exquisite record box in trance.

The perfect capture angle, the intimate interpretation and cooperation, the appropriate blurred background, the extremely stretched intertwined signatures, and the artistic poster fonts

Looking at this album cover, the exciting or sincere and tender sound effects she heard at the scene began to replay in her heart again and again.

The folding fan is swaying gently, the silk ribbon is floating, and I feel some sweetness in my mouth. Why?

"Madam, you haven't given me your ticket stub yet." Fan Ning's voice sounded again.

"Ah! I'm so sorry, I was so absorbed." The lady suddenly became excited and returned to the table with small steps on high heels.

With a kacha sound, the staff used ticket-checking pliers to cut a hole, and the fan once again left the venue holding the cover with his head bowed.

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

"Myself?" Fan Ning turned his head in confusion and found that the girl was holding her chin with the hand holding the pen, looking at him without blinking, so she wondered, "Why do you want to sign your own name? We can't write whenever we want. ”

"Can I stay?"

"Yes."

"Then you sign one with me later."

In another line, the first listener who stepped forward said something astonishing: "If I pre-order ten records, can I sign all ten copies?"

"How many do you want to buy?" Kaplan, who was sitting behind the long table, suspected that he had heard wrongly.

"Ten sheets, can you sign them?"

"Sorry, according to regulations, each distinguished ticket stub can only be signed for one record." Kaplan smiled happily while refusing.

Buy ten of them as soon as they come up? The first surprise comes too quickly, but who are you kidding me? If you can play like this, then don’t you all go to the people who support you to buy tickets?

"Okay, then I'll buy eight copies. The other two friends who entrusted me with the request said they don't want the non-signed copies." The audience shrugged, "These two guys are asking too much, and they will definitely regret it later. Forget it. Okay, let them make one more trip on their own.”

"Thank you for your strong support." Kaplan smiled and tore off the registration form.

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

Once the audience had lined up, the staff sitting in front of the benches immediately started working repetitively in a streamlined manner.

Fan Ning kept taking the signed cover from Sheeran, writing her own name and pushing it in front of the fans. As soon as the first few freshness wore off, her whole body went into a mechanical state. action state.

"Dear Miss Sheeran, it's an honor to talk to you up close." A shy young gentleman stepped forward.

"Hello?" Xilan pulled back her hair.

"I originally bought from the second-class area and have never been acquainted with your and Mr. Fan Ning's music, but now I really want to get your autographs. Is it okay to ask for it?" The young music fan held the record box uneasily. said.

The girl secretly rolled her eyes and glanced at Fan Ning, who was immersed in signing autographs next to her. She wanted to reach out and poke him out of habit, but she didn't know if this occasion was appropriate, so she was at a loss for a moment.

"If it's not convenient, just sign Miss Sheeran's name." The gentleman saw that she was hesitating, so he tried to show his true purpose.

"You only want mine? If not, can you ask Mr. Fan Ning?" Sheeran curled her lips.

"It doesn't matter. What I want more is your signature."

"Yeah, can you ask him?"

"Uh." The young man was confused. He couldn't figure out the reason for a while, so he had to move to the side and said, "Dear Commander Fan Ning."

"Just hand the track list to Miss Sheeran." Fan Ning was still immersed in signing.

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

Alas, it’s not a record

He lowered his head and glanced at the well-made hard repertoire. The poster font of the violin soloist was also in a prominent position. It should also have certain collection or commemorative value?

"Thank you, dear Miss Sheeran." So he politely handed over the track list with both hands. When he thought that he could leave the name written by the girl here, he still cheered in his heart.

"You're welcome." Xilan bowed his head while writing.

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

Seeing the vivid "Success Strategies" experience in front of me, the seven or eight music fans behind me became eager to give it a try.

At this time, Fan Ning finally raised his head and showed a helpless smile: "Thank you everyone for your enthusiasm and love, but, you see"

Everyone followed his gaze and saw four queues that had already lined up the navigation hall, and people were still gathering at the end. Media carrying various equipment were also surrounding the three floors inside and outside. There were already people talking about the concert hall, record companies or Orchestra staff began the interview.

The eyes of the people behind were indeed a little anxious, because it was getting late at this time, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening!

"Everyone is so enthusiastic, I think Ms. Sheeran won't mind adding this extra link." Fan Ning said with a smile, "But we also hope that all music fans can go home and sleep early holding the pre-sale record packaging box. , right? Personally, I suggest that the number of signatures for the track list is limited to 200. Music fans who are in need should come over after purchasing the record, first come first served.”

Fanning’s purpose is very clear. The co-signed version of this album must be controlled within the circulation quantity corresponding to the VIP ticket stub. No matter how pitiful the fans are, this loophole cannot be opened.

Regret, right? If I had known this earlier, right? Next time when I open tickets for my Turner Hall concert, I know how to choose seats, right?

Of course, these fans are all sponsors. Their enthusiastic demands must be taken seriously and responded to with practical actions. 200 is a scale that Fanning has determined. While maintaining the order and rhythm of the autograph session tonight, the impact on the value of 280 autographed records is minimal.

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

The people in the front naturally have no objection to this extra arrangement. The fans at the back looked around and saw that the end of each line had disappeared from the corner of the field of vision. There were at least more than a hundred people. If everyone went to get the song list to sign, it might be late at night before it was their turn.

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

A long time passed.

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

Her signing frequency is almost twice that of Fanning.

"The side effect of being famous." Fanning sucked the ink with a pen, then looked up and looked into the distance, "No, why can't I see the end of this line?"

He turned and looked at a bearded man standing behind him. He was the project manager of Hoffman Records: "Mr. Mark, please go a little further inside to help me see?" After saying that, he stood up again, "Forget it, I'll go with you to see."

More than 200 copies of the record have been signed, and the fans who bought the VIP tickets are mainly concentrated in the front section. After more than an hour, he is almost free.

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

As soon as Fanning left his seat, the surrounding media reporters immediately heard a "hurry up, hurry up" voice, and a group of people quickly followed him.

"Why are there so many people!?" Fanning didn't have time to pay attention to the situation behind him. His heartbeat accelerated for a while.

He turned several corners, and each time he felt that the line was about to end. Each time he opened up a new perspective, and there were groups of listeners looking for it along the end.

The magical thing is that these four lines of people were not in chaos. Perhaps it was because most of these music fans were of high quality and paid attention to etiquette. They were in a good mood tonight and were already talking to each other.

Tonight, I really have to make money!

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Fanning wore an elegant gentleman's smile of this era on the surface, but in fact, he was possessed by a groundhog in his previous life.

Such a big building, the aisles were almost full and crossed. The two people next to him seemed to be standing in two long lines side by side, but in fact they were in the same line, and the turning point was hidden in a corner that they didn't even know.

What's going on, playing snake? Fanning couldn't help but mutter to himself: "I remember correctly that the National Concert Hall Symphony Hall has 2,760 seats, right?"

A 30-second process, four lines in an hour can absorb nearly 500 people, but how come there are still four or five times the number left at a glance? Why do the number of people in line seem to be more than the number of listeners?

Many fans around him have recognized Fanning and heard his doubts: "Mr. Conductor, many people came in from outside later."

"Ah! Is he Mr. Fanning?"

"Yes, I also came in from outside."

"This ticket is too hard to get. I can't get it at all. I can only buy records to listen to at home."

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

There began to be a lot of chatter in the line.

Seeing this situation, especially hearing these words, the bearded gentleman Mark next to Fanning and a female secretary were completely dumbfounded!

Mark is an executive of Hoffman Records. He dealt with the Santa Lenia Symphony Orchestra twice, and both times Fanning took the initiative to find connections and ask for help.

Because Hoffman Records is a world-class brand, it has published countless master works and records of famous performers. They have a threshold. Generally, works of young artists are cooperated with second- and third-tier record companies, and they are not interested in publishing them at all - the company's profitability has been growing for nearly 20 consecutive years, and the consideration of records has both strict artistic value dimensions and very realistic market value dimensions.

The first time was the trailer radio recording. Because Fanning found Luo Yin's relationship, he sent someone there for the sake of the McAdam family. The second time was the recording tonight. Due to the big news of the box office explosion that day, of course, there were also factors of connections, so he agreed to release the record to test the waters.

But the cooperation method he chose was not the "signing" profit-sharing method, but the "one-time" buyout method!

This is not his fault. Based on his rich experience in the industry and two important nodes of the company's performance evaluation method, he made a market forecast that the maximum pre-sale volume on the first night is 400, and the maximum annual sales volume is 1,000.

He is very optimistic about Fanning, a young musician. He thinks the 30-pound pricing strategy is too expensive. In terms of conversion, it is equivalent to acquiescing that all of their VIP ticket discount policies are converted, and the conversion rate of the rest of the audience is also over 5%.

This is equivalent to his prediction of a maximum revenue of 12,000 pounds on the first night and a maximum revenue of 30,000 pounds a year.

That day, he offered a 24,000-pound buyout commission, which would be paid in installments, and the rest of the revenue would belong to the band.

Mark talked about personal relationships when agreeing to cooperate, but he definitely didn't mention the conditions. It was purely based on the company's interests.

If the average signing standard of record companies in the serious music industry is followed, the artist will get 25% of the revenue share, and the rest will belong to the record company, distributors and other channel partners. After all, they still have to bear the production and operation costs.

Hoffman Records is well-known and has a high market response, so it is more powerful. The share of ordinary signed artists is only 20%. If it is based on the share, the company can only earn 24,000 pounds "at most", which has huge uncertainty, so he proposed a direct buyout of 24,000 pounds.

Fanning agreed on the spot.

So Mark understood in his heart: St. Elijah University is spending money on publicity.

Although it may lose thousands of pounds in one go, with the endorsement of a well-known record company, the popularity will be promoted.

It's about the same. How many people want to do this publicity but don't have a way.

It's easier to get things done if you have connections.

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

But now, seeing all these people, Mark's cognition has collapsed.

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

Anyone who is not blind can see that there are at least 3,000 people in line!

Audience conversion rate 5%? God damn 5%!

Not only did almost none of these audiences leave, but new ones kept coming in from outside!

Damn it, I've seen high conversion rates, but I've never seen more than 100%!

It was like this that night, who knows how much the annual sales volume is! ?

If I had chosen to sign a contract to share the profits, I could have just lied down and not worked for the next year!

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The female secretary next to "Mr. Mark" stepped forward worriedly, "Are you a little sleepy? It's already 11 o'clock in the evening. Do you want to rest for a while?"

"No, I'm fine." The bearded gentleman shook his head. The storms he had seen over the years stabilized him. After taking a few deep breaths, his emotions calmed down a little.

At this time, two people who looked like reporters stepped forward and said in a friendly tone with a smile: "Mr. Mark, can I ask you a question?"

Seeing that there was a media interview, Mark calmed down, adjusted his glasses, and stood up a little straighter.

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

He returned to an elegant smile: "Okay."

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

The sales data results belong to Hoffman Records, which is not a bad thing. Stay calm, keep your mind steady.

Some things have passed, just let it go, don't think about it anymore, don't talk about it anymore.

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

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