Become a top player by challenging good voices

Chapter 45 Is traffic king or capital king?

"Okay, I'll ask my sister Mao Yujin later. She should know."

Teacher Song said that since Ye Lin had never heard of it, it was hard for her to say anything more on this topic.

Ye Lin seemed as stable as an old dog, but in fact he was panicking. If Teacher Song asked Teacher Mao, wouldn't he immediately know that the attacker was Ye Lin...

At this time, Ye Lin's brain was spinning rapidly. He thought, this world is really small. Why did Teacher Song actually know his university vocal teacher...

"By the way, Ye Lin, let me ask you a question. Have you ever thought about starting a career as a singer?"

After chewing a piece of steak and swallowing it, Teacher Song suddenly raised his head and asked Ye Lin.

She was willing to drive for more than an hour from Chengdu to Qiong City today, not just to take advantage of his meal. She actually wanted to find a chance to talk to Ye Lin.

"Debut as a singer? Well, can I do that?"

Ye Lin said that he didn't know and had never thought about it at all.

"Of course you can do it. How can a man say that he can't do it?" Teacher Song looked at Ye Lin with suspicion.

Ye Lin and her looked at each other for two seconds. They both laughed at the same time and looked away. Why was there something wrong with this atmosphere?
"Ahem, okay, to be honest, I think you have great potential, your singing skills are solid, and your image is also very good. With a little packaging, you can make a successful debut..."

In Teacher Song's view, Ye Lin has all the conditions to become a star, but he just doesn't have the capital to support him, and he hasn't been built or packaged.

Teacher Song has a way to do this. She revealed that she can recommend Ye Lin to sign a contract with some larger music companies. As long as Ye Lin can seize the opportunity, he may become popular one day.

"But, I'm quite popular now." Ye Lin joked.

"The popularity I'm talking about is completely different from being popular on Douyin!"

"No matter how popular you are on Douyin, you will be nothing in our music circle and in the eyes of those in our industry. Do you understand?"

"There is a big difference between Internet celebrities and professional singers in terms of status. No matter how popular you are online and have hundreds of thousands or millions of fans, you will never catch the eye of professional musicians!"

"Let's take an example. Your "Dinosaurs Fight Wolves" is very popular on the Internet, but Zheng Xiuwen and her team have never stood up or responded, right? Why? Because they are not on the same level at all. There is a gap. It’s too big, and people won’t even bother to talk to you, and even many celebrities don’t use TikTok!”

Teacher Song talked a lot carefully.

The purpose is to make Ye Lin understand that your current achievements are nothing at all. No matter how popular you are on Douyin, you will not be recognized by professionals.

In the eyes of professional musicians, you are very low, your singing is amateurish, and you are nothing more than a clown singing "Dinosaurs Against Wolves" to impress the public. Zheng Xiuwen doesn't even bother to take a look at your adapted behavior.

"Only when you become a professional singer can you go higher and further. If you are willing, I can help you introduce several companies... Being an Internet celebrity really buries your talent. If you are on an unpopular platform like Douyin, You won’t achieve anything if you sing all your life!”

Teacher Song’s point of view is very simple. She believes that Ye Lin should not continue on the road of being an Internet celebrity because there is no future.

Although Internet celebrities can earn money that ordinary people cannot earn in a few lifetimes, your net worth will increase several times after becoming a professional singer, which is much more than Internet celebrities can earn.

The other one is fame.

Just looking at the title, the gold content of a singer is much higher than that of an Internet celebrity.

Usually when you hear about a professional singer, everyone will associate him with a celebrity. Even if he is an [-]th-tier singer, he is still better than a broken internet celebrity like you.

When people hear about Internet celebrities, their reactions are often that they are sensationalists, Internet beggars, and difficult to reach the level of elegance. The fame of the two can be said to be worlds apart.

"..."

Ye Lin was silent. He knew what Teacher Song said made sense, but he didn't dare to nod.

There are two main reasons for this.First, Teacher Song underestimated the potential of internet celebrities and overestimated the value of celebrities.

At this point in time, the Douyin platform is not yet in the eyes of celebrities, but in a few years, Douyin will have more than 10 billion users and become the social platform with the largest traffic on the entire Internet. By then, major celebrities will rush to join the platform.

Coupled with the rise of live streaming, some Internet celebrities like Xiao Yang can earn tens of millions in one night, while others like Li Jiaqi and Luo Yonghao can make money faster than banks printing money.

Many stars work hard to make a movie and earn more than Internet celebrities who sell goods. In the end, they have to take the initiative to engage in live broadcasts and sell goods, begging big Internet celebrities to cooperate with them.

So what if you look down on internet celebrities?
In this era where traffic is king, no matter what your identity is, having traffic is the king. Some of your celebrities are famous in vain, and they only sold more than a dozen products in one night through live broadcast, so you are considered an egg.

Second, Ye Lin had his own layout and plans, and the path Teacher Song showed him undoubtedly disrupted his route.

Of course, his plan is not just about live streaming to bring goods. Live streaming to bring goods is just a branch of a towering tree. What he wants to do is very big.

But he could feel that Teacher Song was doing it for his own good and wanted to support him.

If it is an ordinary person, Teacher Song is equivalent to a noble person in his life, and he will be right to follow the direction she leads.

But Ye Lin's situation was different. He didn't need such a noble person, so he couldn't agree to her.

"Teacher Song, thank you for your kindness. To be honest, what you said made my mind confused. All I want to do now is to participate in the Perfect Voice competition first..."

Ye Lin pretended to be at a loss and scratched his head. He did not refuse or agree, saying that he would consider it after participating in the Perfect Voice competition.

Teacher Song put his left hand on his forehead, looking like he was hesitating to speak, unable to hide his disappointment.

But she couldn't force it. After thinking for a while, she said: "Good voice, I'm actually not very optimistic about how far you can go..."

She stared at Ye Lin seriously with her big eyes, "I hope you can understand that China has a population of 14 billion, and there are so many people who can sing well that they are too many to count!"

"There are many unknown music lovers among the people. Some of them are as good as professional singers. You can tell by watching some talent shows. Their singing skills and their voices are really amazing. No wonder some netizens will It is said that the clown is in the palace and the master is wandering..."

"But, there are so many people who can sing well, but how many of them are really popular?"

Teacher Song asked Ye Lin a soul question.

Teacher Song’s words conveyed two meanings.

The first is that there are too many people who are good at singing in the world. Those who can pass the audition for The Voice are all masters, many of whom are professional singers. Ye Lin's ability may not be able to go very far.

The second is that singing well does not necessarily lead to fame or popularity. There are so many people in the world who can sing well, but only a few can become famous.

"Do you think that as long as you have the ability, you will be popular if you participate in The Voice? If you think so, then I think you are too naive!"

Teacher Song continued.

"In recent years, some popular celebrities have emerged. You may think that they have no ability, right? They need acting skills but not acting skills, and they need singing skills but not singing skills. But they are so popular. Why?"

"Because there is capital behind them!"

Teacher Song asked and answered his own questions and told Ye Lin that your talent is not that important in the entertainment industry. The key is to have the capital to support you!
If capital is willing to support you, you are just a dog. Even if you appear in a few variety shows, you will become popular.

Without the capital to praise you, even if you sing better than Zhang Xueyou and your acting skills are better than Zhou Xingxing, no one will know who you are at all.

What Teacher Song said was mainly to tell Ye Lin that if you want to get ahead in this industry, someone must guide you, open up the circle bit by bit, and gain the favor of capital.

You definitely can’t fight alone with your own wild ways. Do you really think that the grassroots can counterattack through talent shows?
"I can also tell you that the essence of a good voice is also a way of operating capital..."

(End of this chapter)