The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 50 Zhou Jianhui's Purpose
"I came to you this time for two things. The first one is the arrangement of your concert." Zhou Jianhui raised a finger and said to Zhang Chen.

"Mr. Zhou, I shouldn't be in a hurry. According to our contract, I only need to hold five concerts within five years starting from next year. That means I can hold concerts at any time between 5 and 00. There's no need to hold concerts right in 04, right?"

Although there are many benefits to holding a concert, such as making money and increasing popularity.

But on the contrary, there are many disadvantages as well. The first is the issue of time. Holding a concert is a systematic task. It is not that the organization undertaking the concert builds the stage and the singer just needs to perform on the stage for a few hours on the day of the concert.

It requires a series of preparatory work including publicity, warm-up, ticket sales, song selection, band training, rehearsal, etc. It is a very large and systematic job.

Another very realistic problem is that the number of songs Zhang Chen has released so far is not enough to support the duration of a concert.

Songs vary in length, but are basically between 3 and 5 minutes long, and a concert takes at least 2 hours. Excluding the interactive chats and the time for guests to sing and change clothes, on average each song takes at least 10 minutes, so a concert requires at least 20 songs.

If the effect is good and the audience wants the singer to perform an "encore", commonly known as a comeback, then 2-3 more songs should be prepared, and about 10 songs should be kept as backup.

By this calculation, a singer who wants to hold a concert must prepare at least 30 songs.

Of course, this does not mean that all singers at the concert will sing their own songs. They can also choose to encore other singers' songs.

But if you choose to sing another singer's song at a concert, the licensing fee will be ridiculously high, so doing so is very uneconomical.

"I had no intention of urging you to hold a concert next year. I got the news that you wanted to hold a concert next year, and I couldn't sit still anymore after hearing this." Zhou Jianhui explained the reason why he came here in a hurry.

"You also know that if you want to hold a concert, the singer's music library must be extensive. Now you have released 3 albums in Chinese and English, with an average of 6 songs per album. But songs in a single language seem not enough to support a concert, right?" Zhou Jianhui pointed out the difficulties Zhang Chen faced in holding a concert.

"But if I include all the songs, it should still be possible, right?" Zhang Chen knew what Zhou Jianhui meant.

"Zhang Chen, stop joking. Although your Chinese songs are good, it's difficult to become popular in Europe and the United States." Zhou Jianhui didn't make his words very clear, but Zhang Chen knew what he was going to say next, which was nothing more than the arrogance of Europeans and Americans and the differences in aesthetics.

“One day, Chinese music will flourish everywhere in this time.

"But not now." Zhou Jianhui interjected, and then continued: "You also said that one day, but not now."

"Yeah, I know." Zhang Chen lowered his head and stared at the cup on the coffee table, and responded softly.

"So you plan to release a few more hit songs in next year's album?" Zhou Jianhui asked the key question.

Since Zhang Chen wants to hold a concert when his music library is not very deep, as a singer-songwriter, he just needs to write a few more songs.

"It's not that easy to write a hit song," Zhang Chen replied. "I just have this idea. I don't know how the market will respond to the song I write."

"It's impossible to sing the same songs in all five concerts, right?" Zhou Jianhui asked with a smile.

"Mr. Zhou, it's only the beginning of 99 and there's still a whole year left. I don't know how many songs I can write. Let's wait and see when the time comes. If the songs are really not enough, it doesn't matter if the concert is delayed for a few years." "Actually, if it's really for the concert, I'm not in a hurry. After all, you're still young and have plenty of time to prepare. But I can't wait." Zhou Jianhui said helplessly.

Zhang Chen also thought that next year would be a critical period for Zhou Jianhui at Warner, and he probably wanted to take advantage of his momentum to rise to the top.

Zhang Chenxiang told Zhou Jianhui that even without him, he, Zhou Jianhui, could still sit in that position.

But only you can believe such words. As a person in the game, who can be 100% sure that he will win in the power struggle?

"So Mr. Zhou hopes that I can release a few more hit songs next year?" Zhang Chen pointed out the crux of the problem.

"Well, I will also help you find some more producers and see if we can make a great album."

"Boss Zhou, you have a lot of singers under you, there's no need to focus on just me, right?"

"If you don't have the idea of holding a concert, I would really look for other singers to think of a solution. Don't you have the same idea? Then you must be the best candidate." Zhou Jianhui answered seriously.

“It’s not impossible for me to spend more time on next year’s new album, but…”

Zhang Chen didn't make the second half of his sentence clear, but Zhou Jianhui, who had known Zhang Chen for quite some time, immediately understood what he meant: "More money?"

"Mr. Zhou, that's nothing to say. All I need is your support." Zhang Chen laughed.

"Okay, I will help you recruit some suitable band members, which will also be helpful for your concert." Zhou Jianhui didn't waste any time and directly took on an important task.

"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Zhou. If I were to find one myself, I wouldn't be able to put together a complete band in a short time."

Originally he was planning to solve a series of problems by himself, but Zhou Jianhui came to him at this time, so Zhang Chen had no choice but to accept them with pleasure.

"Mr. Zhou said there are two things, so what is the second thing?" Seeing that the first thing was almost discussed, Zhang Chen asked about the second thing that Zhou Jianhui wanted to see him about.

"As for the second matter, I actually don't understand why they came to me." Zhou Jianhui looked at Zhang Chen in confusion and continued, "Someone from Warner Bros. came to me and said they wanted to talk to you."

After hearing Zhou Jianhui's words, Zhang Chen suddenly realized that perhaps the reporters at the airport had already passed the news out, and Warner Pictures was obviously not ready yet.

After all, the copyright is in Zhang Chen's hands, and Zhang Chen cannot be avoided in any way when starting the "Harry Potter" project.

However, when Warner already wanted to participate in this project, the media suddenly broke the news that Zhang Chen was going to shoot "Harry Potter", which gave Warner some bad ideas.

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