Unscientific Movie King

Chapter 143 Graduation Season, Killing Crazy
Huang Lei hesitated for a moment and said, "In terms of popularity, it should be about the same."

He was born in 1971 and Qin Chuan was born in 1983, so they are a generation apart in age.

When it comes to achievements in film and television, Qin Chuan is definitely not as good as him. After all, he is older and has been in the industry longer.

But they are not very far away.

He has several popular dramas such as Singing While Walking, Singing at Midnight, The Oranges Are Red, April on Earth, and The Flourishing Years.

Qinchuan has A Chinese Ghost Story, The Legend of Sword and Fairy, and the movie Kung Fu, and I heard that Zhang Jizhong's The Return of the Condor Heroes has just wrapped filming.

So as an actor, he is slightly better. Even if The Return of the Condor Heroes became popular, he is still better.

But in terms of singing, Huang Lei believes that he is not better than Qin Chuan.

Although he has four albums and dozens of songs, only a few of them are widely sung.

Qin Chuan is different. Chengdu, Chi Ling, The New Drunken Concubine, and now The Wind Rises, any one of them is more popular than his songs.

All in all, Qin Chuan can make up for his shortcomings in film and television with songs, so in terms of popularity alone, the two are equally matched.

But it's just popularity.

In terms of status and position in the entertainment industry, Qin Chuan is still far behind him.

"Young people are so capable?" the school leaders were surprised.

Huang Lei said with emotion: "We can't underestimate young people. The younger generation will always be pushed forward by the older generation."

He is only thirty-four, but he already looks a little old.

There are too many young people emerging in recent years, and with the rapid market development, they are taking advantage of the trend and are almost catching up with their predecessors who have been in the industry for more than ten years in just three to five years.

"Thank you, everyone."

On the stage, Qin Chuan bowed with the band.

A song only takes five minutes, and he has finished it.

Now is the time to enjoy the applause.

"Oh fuck, this song is quite powerful."

"Woo woo woo, who invited us here? Don't invite us next time. I'm already feeling uncomfortable, and now you have to do all this."

"Wow, I finally heard Qin Chuan's live version. The new song is great."

"This guy doesn't usually sing. I guess he has no roles to play now. I hope director Zhang Yimou and director Chen Kaige in the front row ban him so that he can just sing honestly in the future."

"One more, one more."

With so many leaders in the audience, it is impossible for him to return.

Qin Chuan left the stage two minutes after he finished singing.

Backstage, Lao Ma was excited: "I haven't seen such a scene in many years. It's exciting."

Qin Chuan packed up his things and said, "It's only a few traffic lights, and you're already so excited."

Lao Ma smacked his lips and savored the song: "One song is indeed missing, Brother Chuan, when can you hold a concert?"

Qin Chuan shook his head: "I can't open it. I don't have enough foundation."

Drum Tower, just once, Chengdu, if the moon has not come out, Wujiaopo, The New Drunken Concubine, Chiling, The Wind Rises, he now has eight songs.

If each song is sung for five minutes, it will only take 40 minutes. With some intervals in between, it will be no more than an hour.

This limited music library cannot support a concert that lasts at least two hours.

At least fifteen songs are enough.

In the middle, we invite a few guests to sing, chat and interact with fans, and the two hours can be almost over.

"Thank you for your hard work these past two days." Qin Chuan picked up his crutches and put on his backpack: "Old Ma, pay them the fees. Just give them what they deserve, and ask me to reimburse them later."

The school did not pay for this commercial performance.

But it costs money to put together a band on the spur of the moment.

He has to pay them wages for delaying them for so long. They are working for him, not doing charity.

Wearing hats and masks, Qin Chuan and Wang Tingting sneaked away from the edge of the football field.

When he passed by the students on the way, all he heard was flattery for him.

"Qin Chuan sings so beautifully. This trip today was not in vain."

"Not only does he sound good, he's also handsome. I heard he doesn't have a girlfriend yet."

"His looks are totally in line with my aesthetic. I can see his abs through his clothes. I love him so much."

"Are you in love now? I have been living with him for two years. His posters are hung on the wall and I sleep on the bed."

Behind the mask, Qin Chuan's smile was venomous.

At night, at home, Qin Chuan lay on the balcony looking at the stars.

The sound of a door opening was heard.

He didn't even turn his head.

Only three people have the key to this house: him, Wang Tingting, and Jinlian.

This point cannot be Wang Tingting either.

Jinlian didn't even change into her home clothes. She walked into the house in slippers and went straight to the balcony.

"Did you go to Beijing Film Academy to sing the graduation song during the day?"

"correct."

"What did you sing? Why did so many colleges and universities send me emails to invite you to sing for them?"

Qin Chuan lay still: "A new song."

Perhaps there were many leaders from other universities among the guests present during the day, so we made the invitation now.

Jinlian pulled a chair and sat down, curiously asking, "What new song? Let me listen to it."

Qin Chuan scratched his head: "It hasn't been recorded yet. I'll find time to record it in the next two days. But if you pay attention to the Internet, there should be a live singing video out tomorrow."

"By the way, which universities invited you?"

"National Academy of Drama, Media China, Conservatory of Music, Electronic Science and Technology..."

"Is there any performance fee?" Qin Chuan asked.

He can do business that doesn’t make money, such as releasing songs for free, but he can’t often do business that loses money.

This wave of Nortel is already an exception.

"Yes, tens of thousands of dollars per show."

"Let's do it!" Qin Chuan patted the armrest of the recliner, stood up and said, "Arrange the contract and schedule, and start working tomorrow. Try to visit more companies before the end of graduation season."

Jinlian: "Your leg is no longer lame?"

"It's okay. I'll go with my cane."

Just treat it as a new song release conference and make some pocket money at the same time.

Qin Chuan found his cell phone and called Lao Ma to tell him that there was a job and the band would not disband for the time being.

The next day.

Qin Chuan set off for college with the band.

This time there was one more person, Jinlian.

She was too lazy to wait for the media to report on Qin Chuan, and it would be faster to go directly to the scene.

In the evening, the performance ended.

On the way back, Jinlian remained silent.

I opened my laptop and saw the report about Qin Chuan's work at Beijing Film Academy yesterday, along with a video.

Just as lively as today.

If you don’t know, you might think it’s a solo concert.

In the comment section of Qin Chuan’s blog, there have been tens of thousands of comments recently from college students checking in, urging him to release the song as soon as possible.

"The old man released a new song, and it seems that there is no filming again."

"You should charge for your songs. Can't I pay for downloads? Hurry up and release an album."

"God damn it, I finally got your new song, but why is it that only college students can listen to it?"

"Brother, look at me, I took a photo with you today."

"Brothers, work hard, report to the school, and invite Qin Chuan."

"Shanghai Theatre strongly requests that Qin Chuan be invited over!!"

"Come to our Normal School. There are many girls there."

In the car, Jinlian said, "Xiaochuan."

"Hmm?" Qin Chuan leaned back in his chair and responded with his eyes closed.

"fine."

Jinlian originally wanted to let him concentrate on his music career.

But then I think about it, I have tried to persuade him before, but it was useless.

And if he gets into music, doesn't that mean he will have to leave the company?

In the next ten days, Qin Chuan visited one college every day on average. Later, he simply took on orders from high schools and just started singing.

In half a month, this song became popular on campus, and live videos appeared one after another on the Internet. Some of them had poor pixels and were not clear, and netizens scolded them while listening.

"No buddy, did you take this photo with a landline?"

"Who has the video of Beijing Film Academy? That one is clearer. This one is like looking at an ultrasound report."

"Hey man, can you stand closer next time? At this distance, it will cost you 20 bucks to take a taxi to the stage."

"Fuck, can't you just release a song? I watch the video every day and it makes me want to vomit. The scene is so noisy."

It is a pleasure for students to listen to the live version, but it is torture for netizens to watch the recording of the live version.

There are all kinds of random noises.

Seeing how highly this song was praised online, some people simply went to check out the location in advance and pretended to be security guards to enter the school.

There is also a little wall to get in.

The comment section of Qin Chuan's blog was full of people urging him to release a song, and some even cursed him.

A few days later, after much anticipation, the full version of the song "The Wind Rises" was released.

This time it was not released on the entire network, but was released on a single website called Tencent Music. A few years later, it merged with several music websites on the market and changed its name to QQ Music.

Not only the song "The Wind Rises", but all of Qin Chuan's past songs were also released on Tencent Music.

As a result, this website, which was only registered in March and had only a few hundred thousand users, suddenly saw a surge in the number of users because of Qin Chuan.

Breaking one million in three days.

In order to thank Qin Chuan, the website manager simply put his song at the top of the page and promoted it with a large banner every day.

The number of views of The Wind Rises continued to rise at an incredibly fast speed, and it topped the charts on the first day and has never come down since.

In September, Qin Chuan was at home when he received a strange phone call.

He said nothing.

The other party introduced himself first: "Hello Qin Chuan, I am Long Danni from Tianyu Media."

"Hello, Mr. Long." Qin Chuan immediately responded with a smile.

One of the three future godmothers of the entertainment industry, he is familiar.

Tianyu Media, this company may not be that famous, but everyone knows its background.

Shonan Satellite TV.

Tianyu is a media company under Shonan TV, and its main business is to train music artists.

Their artists have appeared on the variety show Kuaiben so much that they vomited a lot. Every year, their artists appear on major evening parties, New Year’s Eve parties, and ceremonies on Xiangnan TV.

With the help of the Xiangnan TV platform, Tianyu's artists became famous quickly.

Across from her, Long Danni said, "I heard that you are interested in our Super Boys, now renamed Happy Boys. Do you have time? I'd like to invite you to dinner and sit down to chat in detail."

"I'm in Peking."

"It doesn't matter if we can't make it, just get to know each other and make friends."

Afraid that Qin Chuan would not agree, Long Danni added two more sentences.

Having said that, Qin Chuan couldn't refuse: "No problem, I have time."

"That's great. I'll book a restaurant and send you the address. See you later."

"see you later."

After hanging up the phone, the address was sent to Qin Chuan within two minutes. He took a look and found that it was not far from his community and could be reached in about ten minutes on foot.

He didn't know whether the other party chose the location intentionally or just happened to be near his home.

After changing his clothes, Qin Chuan went downstairs.

When he arrived at the restaurant, Long Danni was already there, standing at the door waiting for him.

"Boss Long, so fast?"

If it was just a guess just now, Qin Chuan is now basically certain that Long Danni was sitting in the box when the call was made.

I also checked out his residence in advance and knew he was at home.

Long Danni stretched out her hand and said with a smile: "We must pay more attention to talented artists."

"No, Mr. Long, thank you for the compliment."

When they arrived at the private room, Long Danni handed the menu to Qin Chuan and ordered some Shandong dishes for herself.

While cooking, she poured tea for Qin Chuan and they drank and chatted.

The first ten minutes were just small talk.

After drinking a few cups of tea, the dishes were about to be served. Long Danni felt a little restless. She didn't expect Qin Chuan to be so calm at such a young age.

"Qin Chuan, did you know that our station's variety show Super Boys has been renamed Happy Boys this year?"

Qin Chuan smiled faintly: "I've heard of it."

"In fact, in addition to changing the name, the competition has also changed. The content of the previous program is similar to the Avenue of Stars that you participated in, with performances and traditional folk crafts."

"Because the content of the show overlaps with that of Avenue of Stars, it has been renamed Happy Boys. From now on, it will only be about singing. The station will provide greater support for the show. It will be broadcast at 7:35 p.m. during prime time, and the mentors invited are all top-tier in the entertainment industry..."

After Long Danni finished speaking, Qin Chuan asked knowingly, "Boss Long, I still don't understand, what does this show have to do with your company?"

Long Danni said: "This year is special. The top ten can sign with Tianyu Media and get the best contracts and treatment."

"The top three will have the opportunity to release an album and make a movie. As for the top ten, I can't say anything else, but I will definitely be able to appear on Shonan TV's evening shows and variety shows a few times."

Qin Chuan shook his head: "Then I am destined not to be together. I have already signed a contract with Sugar Man."

Not just Super Girl and Super Boy, in fact, any music variety show on Shonan TV, the top ten have to sign with Tianyu.

Relying on this trick, Tianyu attracted a large number of young singers, many of whom became successful, such as Li Yuchun.

Including the most popular Super Girls, all of them are under Tianyu.

They release albums, make movies, and appear on variety shows. It sounds like the treatment is really awesome.

Everyone who hears it will say it is good.

They just didn't take into account that each Super Girl contest accepts ten candidates, and each Fast Boy contest accepts ten candidates, which adds up to twenty candidates.

Over the years, the company had hundreds of artists, but the resources and benefits promised at the beginning were simply not given because there were too many people.

A large number of singers were left out.

This is also why so many people terminate their contracts, and there are dozens of lawsuits every year.

The highest claim was for 227 billion yuan for an artist.

That’s right, it was the guy who later became Chen Chusheng.

Long Danni asked: "I heard that you haven't signed the music copyright?"

“No.”

"Then we can definitely cooperate. I just want the copyright of your music, so that it doesn't conflict with Sugar Man."

"Sign a contract with Tianyu, and the company will release records for you, hold concerts, and you can appear on Shonan TV's New Year's Eve party and various evening parties. If you want to shoot TV series and movies, the company can also help you."

"The conditions sound really attractive." Qin Chuan said with a smile, "But other record companies can also give me these conditions. Why should I sign with you? Is it because your penalty fee is high?"

Since he started singing, many record companies have wanted to sign him to a contract, hold concerts, and release records, and every one of them has made this promise.

Tianyu can just casually appear on the evening parties of Xiangnan TV, and has the advantage of getting help in film and television dramas.

After all, Shonan TV purchases and invests in so many dramas every year that it is easy to squeeze someone into the crew. Who would dare not give face?

Long Danni was embarrassed: "In fact, our company's liquidated damages are not that high. They are equal to the resources invested and are definitely within a reasonable range."

"Come to Tianyu, I'll give you the title of Super Boy this year, and you'll be able to participate in the New Year's Eve concert at the end of the year, where you'll be allowed to sing at least three songs. You can also perform at the Lantern Festival Gala. After the New Year, we'll release an album and hold a concert."

"The net profit from album sales and concerts is split 70% to 70%. You get 70% and the company gets 30%.

The Super Boy competition hasn't even started yet, but the champion has already been decided.

This is capital.

"Boss Long, to be honest, I'm a little tempted." Qin Chuan remained calm and continued, "But it's hard for me to agree to the company's liquidated damages and the share of the contract."

"No matter which company I sign with, I must keep the music copyright in my hands."

"And what is net profit? Is it net profit after taking into account operating costs, publicity costs, and production costs? This is too opaque."

The production cost is easy to calculate, but the operating cost is a bit mysterious. Basically, it’s whatever the company says.

Long Danni smiled bitterly. She had known for several years why Qin Chuan had not signed the music copyright.

"Your requirements are a bit high. Just the requirement of controlling the music copyright will exclude 90% of the companies."

Qin Chuan sneered: "Because I'm different from other singers, I write my own lyrics and compose my own music, and I can even arrange the music myself and hire someone to do the post-production. I don't use any of the company's resources throughout the whole process, so why can't I control the copyright?"

"I have no shortage of fans, works, or money. What I lack is a bigger singing platform and a channel to promote my songs."

"To be more arrogant, you want to sign me because I'm giving you the opportunity to make money, not me begging you to help me make money."

It’s just bragging to say you have no shortage of money or fans.

If he really had no shortage of fans, he wouldn't release songs for free. He just wants to win over more fans and become more famous.

He also lacks money, a lot of money.

After all, the goal is to earn 2.08 million per day.

There are 365 days in a year.

(End of this chapter)