Become famous another day.

Lu Yanhe recorded "City Travel Notes", but only recorded one episode.

Although he still wants to continue recording later, he wants to release his album now while he finally has the time.

Yes, it is the electronic album that was launched on the music platform last September.

According to Chen Ziyan's arrangement, the physical album will be released at the end of April.

A special press conference was held for this purpose.

Li Zhibai and Liu Zhiyin attended as singers and sang "Bewitched" and "Girl with Wings" on the spot.

Only 50,000 copies of this physical album were released.

Limited.

Whether there will be further issuance depends on market conditions.

Lu Yanhe also promised again at the press conference: "This album will not be operated commercially. Like the electronic album, all the income after deducting the cost will be donated to the Hope Project. It is both a gift from me to everyone and a gift from everyone to me."

Some fans are curious whether Lu Yanhe will release another album in the future.

"I will never set limits for myself. I will never say that I will never do something. Who knows?" Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "Maybe I will release similar albums in the future. By the way, I have also thought about holding a concert, and I am also preparing for it now."

As soon as they heard that Lu Yanhe was going to hold a concert, there was a burst of intense screams at the scene.

Lu Yanhe said: "Don't expect it yet, it's still uncertain when it will happen."

One fan shouted: "No matter when, we will wait!"

Lu Yanhe smiled at the fan and said, "You said so. I hope to see you then."

Lu Yanhe rarely, or in other words, very rarely holds this kind of fan meeting.

Because this is an album launch conference, hundreds of spots are available for fans to attend.

Therefore, fans have the opportunity to see Lu Yanhe up close.

The tickets were snapped up like crazy.

After the press conference, Lu Yanhe said to Liu Zhiyin, "Sister Zhiyin, when I hold a concert, I will invite you to be a guest."

Liu Zhiyin smiled and nodded.

She said: "You gave me the song 'Girl with Wings', but it allowed me to perform on this year's Spring Festival Gala, singing solo, something I never dared to imagine."

Lu Yanhe: "That's because you're very famous. Nowadays, when inviting artists to the Spring Festival Gala, they prefer popular artists."

“But there are only three people singing solo,” Liu Zhiyin said, “and I am one of them.”

Singing solo at the Spring Festival Gala is of great value.

There are some "pork-sharing" programs in the Spring Festival Gala every year. They would like to cram five or six artists into one song at a time, all of whom are popular stars.

Everyone knows what happened.

Only solo or duet singers, truly recognized singers or top-tier actors can receive this treatment.

The song "Girl with Wings" is very popular and is positive and active, so it really meets the standards of the Spring Festival Gala.

Lu Yanhe said: "Sister Zhiyin, are you going to continue to hold concerts this year?"

"There are plans for a tour in the second half of the year." Liu Zhiyin asked with a smile, "How about it, do you want to be a guest?"

"Of course it would be great if I have time, but I'll probably be with the group for the second half of the year." Lu Yanhe said, "We'll see how much time we have then, and try to come along. Are all your performances in China?"

Liu Zhiyin said: "There will be two overseas events, one in Singapore and one in South Korea."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

Liu Zhiyin debuted in a Korean girl group and she already has a certain number of fans in Asia.

In addition to her accumulation of Chinese music in recent years, she has many Chinese fans.

All I can say is that those who can go on tour overseas have real strength.

Europe and the United States are now in favor of "political correctness", which has made their own literary and artistic circles chaotic. However, for Asians, no matter which field of art they are in, it is a good opportunity to open up overseas markets.

Lu Yanhe feels that compared to movies and TV dramas, music is actually easier to cross cultural barriers.

Especially pop singers like Liu Zhiyin who have a K-POP foundation and have accumulated several years of Chinese pop music after returning to China.

She can actually try to take into account both the domestic and international markets, especially the Asian market.

The biggest difference between singers and actors is that most singers, especially pop singers, are associated with a cultural symbol.

Compared to actors who enter the hearts of the audience through their roles, singers are often cultural symbols that are a combination of their personal musical personality and life experiences.

Liu Zhiyin's voice conditions are not actually top-notch and outstanding, but as a pop singer, she must have solid basic skills, so there is no problem.

Lu Yanhe suddenly felt that if Liu Zhiyin could have a company with global operating capabilities to manage her, her influence would be greater than it is now.

Of course, this is somewhat taken for granted.

In the field of art, there are too many talented and hardworking people who have no chance to succeed.

All of those who have been able to succeed have achieved their success as a result of luck, hard work, and the efforts of the people behind them.

The so-called talent is only valuable when it is seen. When it is not seen, the more self-admiring and self-pitying it becomes, the more worthless it becomes.

Lu Yanhe had an idea in mind, thinking that if there was a good opportunity in the future, he could help Liu Zhiyin make some connections.

etc--

Talk about it.

He has so many Hollywood film projects, including some overseas companies that want to remake them. Isn't that an opportunity?
Lu Yanhe hesitated for a moment and asked, "Sister Zhiyin, how did you sign the contract with Xingyu?"

"Huh?" Liu Zhiyin was stunned, "You want to poach me?"

Lu Yanhe said: "We are not trying to poach you, but to see if there is room for cooperation, such as overseas agent, or singing agent for overseas film and television drama promotional songs."

Liu Zhiyin was stunned.

Lu Yanhe said: "I see that you want to go international. If you are willing, I think we can cooperate deeply in this regard."

Liu Zhiyin immediately said, "Give me some time, I'll go talk to the boss of Xingyu."

Lu Yanhe nodded and said yes.
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Liu Zhiyin's musical style is not suitable for singing OST (although she has actually sung several songs).

However, there is no problem in singing promotional songs.

Many big productions will have special promotional songs.

Then why not give this opportunity, and leave one or two songs to domestic singers like Liu Zhiyin?

Many times, they really just need a stepping stone.

As soon as "Buried" became a hit, Li Zhibai received many Hollywood acting offers.

After Home Alone, Huang Feng, Liu Teli and Luo Weida have become the first choice for Asian roles in many overseas films, especially roles similar to those they played in Home Alone.

Lu Yanhe held this idea and talked about it with Chen Ziyan.

Apart from anything else, until now, Tu Song is still being taken care of by Chen Ziyan personally.

Of course, Tu Song's singing career has also steadily entered the domestic first-line.

He is not a singer with a strong musical personality, nor is he a person with a strong individuality, nor does he have a lot of twists and turns in his life.

However, there is one good thing. After studying at an overseas music conservatory for several years under the arrangement of Chen Ziyan, he is now making original music.

This is particularly rare.

What is even more rare is that Chen Ziyan has enough resources to support him in bringing his original music to the public, rather than just keeping it to himself. Lu Yanhe said to Chen Ziyan: "When we discuss cooperation with overseas film and television dramas in the future, whether it is original or remake, we can add such cooperation terms. What do you think?"

"We can only make such a request when we have the final say and are more powerful," Chen Ziyan said. "But if we do so, we can indeed push some of our singers to overseas markets the fastest. Leveraging the momentum of film and television dramas is the fastest way."

"Then let's do it." Seeing that Chen Ziyan confirmed his idea, Lu Yanhe immediately said, "Whether the other party agrees or not is another matter. Let's talk about it slowly. At least we can bring it up first, especially for Korean dramas. TVN has bought so many of our remakes and wants authorization."

Chen Ziyan smiled and said, "Except for Liu Zhiyin, few of the singers we signed can really speak Korean. Can they sing Korean songs?"

"Don't Korean dramas have a lot of English OSTs? Just pick the right ones. If that doesn't work, if there's a singer who can put in some effort and master other languages, give them more resources like this." Lu Yanhe said, "If they really want such an opportunity, then they should make more efforts themselves. You can't just wait for you to feed them everything, right?"

Chen Ziyan smiled and nodded, "Yes, you are right. Look at Jiang Jun, Jiang Yuqian, Li Zhibai, Yan Liang and the others. They forced themselves to learn English, especially Li Zhibai and Yan Liang. I heard that they worked very hard. Knowing that you wrote a Hollywood movie script for them, they started learning the language and taking oral classes very early. It was not easy."

Lu Yanhe: "I set them up. The arrow is on the string and has to be shot. If I hadn't asked Li Zhibai to perform "Buried Alive", he wouldn't have made up his mind to practice English with you."

Chen Ziyan: "So, I think you are right. No matter what, you have to eat what you want. You really can't spoil people who expect others to feed you."

Lu Yanhe: "I think Shihuo should add an English course for its contracted artists."

"Forget it, if you want to learn, go learn it yourself." Chen Ziyan said, "I won't do this kind of thankless job. It's too formalistic and there are not many people who really want to learn it."

Lu Yanhe: "Okay."

Chen Ziyan: "On the contrary, I require all the staff of Shihuo to be able to speak a foreign language, not limited to English, but they must know a foreign language. I only give them three years. All employees must master a foreign language within three years of joining Shihuo. The company will provide them with corresponding channels for language learning, so they don't have to bear the cost themselves."

"That's fine." Lu Yanhe nodded. "Sister Zi Yan, do you want to expand Shihuo's business overseas in the future? Make Shihuo an international agency like William Moss?"

"Of course." Chen Ziyan said, "Our Chinese market is so big, and the Asian market is so big. If our artists want to have a good development in Europe and the United States, they need management companies there to help them. If European and American artists want to come to China and Asia to make money in the future, they may not need Shihuo to represent them. Anyway, the more people in the company who can master a second foreign language, the more relaxed we will be. In any case, we will not suffer any loss, and it will be more conducive to our market development."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

He felt that Chen Ziyan was really prepared in this regard.

Shi Jin has always said that he wants to make big entertainment, but Lu Yanhe feels that the real big entertainment is like Chen Ziyan, who is based in a small field but has a broad vision and big plans.

Just like now, although Lu Yanhe and others have overseas agencies, Shihuo himself has also been expanding overseas business lines, using other artists in his hands to practice and expand the situation, accumulating experience and resources bit by bit.

They did not choose to keep their business lines in China just because big stars like Lu Yanhe signed with other agencies overseas. Lu Yanhe has always agreed with this idea.

Even if you seem to be a newcomer in some aspects now, and it seems that it will take a long time and a lot of effort to reach a passing line, at this time, do you want to retreat back to your comfort zone?
Staying in your comfort zone means there is only one path to take.

However, people should always prepare a way out for themselves.

Therefore, in terms of choosing partners, in China, even though Lu Yanhe already has a partner like Northern Lights Video, he still wants to establish cooperation with Icefield Video. Even though the video platform has already offered top prices, he still wants to cooperate with traditional TV stations like Yuehu TV.

The same is true when working with Hollywood.

Although you already have a good cooperation foundation with a partner, you still have to establish connections with an unfamiliar company and go through all those difficult, awkward and frustrating things again.

Now, Lu Yanhe is not afraid of breaking up with any company.

Because no matter which company he breaks up with, he will not be fundamentally affected.

This is also the reason why he is increasingly daring to slam the table and show his displeasure to any of his collaborators.
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Liu Zhiyin didn't know how she negotiated with Star Entertainment. Lu Yanhe guessed that she should have given up some of her own interests, or even agreed to more favorable conditions for Star Entertainment. So, just five days later, Liu Zhiyin contacted Lu Yanhe and said that Star Entertainment agreed to give Lu Yanhe the agency rights for Liu Zhiyin's overseas singers and commercial performances, and Lu Yanhe didn't have to pay any conditions.

This was naturally Liu Zhiyin's contribution.

Liu Zhiyin is a very smart person and believes in Lu Yanhe. Since he has made this invitation to her, he will definitely not let her down.

Lu Yanhe really didn't expect that Liu Zhiyin would react so quickly.

He was surprised.

But I was also very moved.

Because this also means Liu Zhiyin's absolute trust in him.

Sometimes, helping a friend is not really for the purpose of getting something in return from him, but when you extend a helping hand and the other party is a little hesitant about the intention of extending this hand, it will make people feel a little sad. On the contrary, holding his hand without hesitation, this direct and frank trust is the best gift for this friendship.

Liu Zhiyin’s relevant agency rights were placed with Shihuo.

Lu Yanhe also took the initiative to compile some of Liu Zhiyin's information, singing videos, and her influence in China and Asia into a resume, so that he could use it whenever needed.

At least, for the second part of "Home Alone", he will definitely give one of the promotional songs to Liu Zhiyin to sing.

As for making a promotional song for the movie, according to the second part of the distribution contract, Parameter is responsible for one of the English songs.

Lu Yanhe did not intend to affect Parameter's own plan. He directly said to Liu Zhiyin: "Sister Zhiyin, I would like to invite you to sing one of the promotional songs for the second part of "Home Alone". Now there are two choices. One is that I think you should know a top music producer in Europe and the United States. I will give you a production budget of 20 US dollars. You go to contact the composer and lyricist and find the person you are most familiar with to make a song. The second choice is that I will find my agent in the United States, or Parameter, to produce a song, and you will only be responsible for singing. Which one do you want to choose?"

Liu Zhiyin said without hesitation: "I'll try to contact them myself. Do you have any requirements for the promotional song?"

“Everyone actually knows the style of this movie very well, so there’s no need to make a song that particularly suits the style of this movie. You can use it as the base tone and combine it with the style of music that you are good at, like, or want to try. You don’t have to be so specific about the theme. The main purpose of a promotional song is to make people think the song is good through you and the song you sing, while at the same time expressing a consistent theme, so as to attract people’s attention and let them know that the second part is about to be released, that’s all,” Lu Yanhe explained.

Liu Zhiyin nodded, "I understand. Can I bring the production team to watch the second part in advance?"

Lu Yanhe nodded: "No problem, you can contact me or Wang Biao anytime."

"Okay." Liu Zhiyin nodded. "Yan He, you are so cool. Not only did you give me the opportunity to sing in the second part of Home Alone, you also gave me such a sufficient budget to let me make music myself."

Lu Yanhe said, "Sister Zhiyin, if you asked me to use this budget to hire you to write songs and compose music, I might not dare to do it. However, I fully trust you to be the producer and find the top and suitable creators to make this promotional song. Your experience, the music you have listened to, the stages you have seen, and your understanding of world pop music are far higher than mine, or Song Linxin and others."

Liu Zhiyin: "You are the only one who would say that to me. Others would only say that I am an idol singer."

"When you sing at the top domestic award ceremony or the Oscars one day, you will be a symbol of pop culture." Lu Yanhe said, "I like your design of your concert. You are not an assembly line idol singer. Those who evaluate you like this have no vision."

Liu Zhiyin burst out laughing.

Lu Yanhe said: "The second part of Home Alone should still be released in late January or early February next year. It would be best if your song can be produced before December so that we can make promotional arrangements."

"Okay." Liu Zhiyin nodded.

"Maybe we can ask Parameter to pay for you to perform on the top music festival stage." Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "Or the most influential show or stage in Europe and the United States."

This is the influence of the movie "Home Alone".

Liu Zhiyin seemed to have also thought about the opportunities that might come from singing the promotional song this time.

She vowed: "I will definitely do a good job on this promotional song."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

In addition, Lu Yanhe also thought for a while. Apart from the promotional song for this movie, are there any other singing opportunities suitable for Liu Zhiyin?

He didn't want to help Liu Zhiyin get a chance to sing promotional songs in the domestic film and television industry. First, Liu Zhiyin's current popularity and status meant that she didn't need to do such a thing. Second, Lu Yanhe didn't want Liu Zhiyin to compete with domestic singers for a living.

If you want to rob, go overseas.

Then, Lu Yanhe thought of another play.

The third and final season of "The Seventeenth Floor" is already being prepared for broadcast.

This drama is now quite popular on overseas streaming media and is the type of drama that has a group of loyal fans.

Lu Yanhe contacted Jiang Lan directly and asked whether the OST or promotional song for the third season of "Seventeenth Floor" had been completed and whether the singers had been decided.

Jiang Lan said that all the singers have been contacted.

Lu Yanhe said: "What about the English version?"

"English version?" Jiang Lan was stunned.

Lu Yanhe said: "Now the third season of "The Seventeenth Floor" is also very popular on streaming media, so why not make an English version for them?"

Jiang Lan was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say.

Lu Yanhe said, "Jingtai is now a wealthy family, so they can afford to make an English version, right?"

Jiang Lan: "...Yan He, what do you want to do? Why don't you just tell me directly? How can I not take your ideas seriously?"

Lu Yanhe: "I feel relieved when I hear you say that."

He laughed heartily. (End of this chapter)