Entertainment: Is this how you play music?!

Chapter 155: Exhaustive Method to Impact the Grammy Awards
Wang Yongchang was somewhat surprised by Hu Liang's decisiveness.

"interesting."

Wang Yongchang raised his eyebrows.

The movie is called "Part-time Band".

After opening the script, just one glance and a question mark appeared above my head.

"The reasonable version? The exaggerated version? Two versions? What does this mean?"

With doubts, I opened the exaggerated version first.

When Wang Yongchang clicked on it, his eyes went dark.

The famous scenes performed by the band Devil Power have been given special artistic treatment here, fully magnifying the abstraction.

The script presented was simply unbearable to watch.

Just a beginning was enough to make Wang Yongchang feel a little overwhelmed.

The bassist is a gynecologist, the guitarist is a model, the lead singer is a cow-horse clerk, the keyboardist is a spirited young man in a hair salon, and the drummer is a fitness trainer.

The story begins at a foot massage parlor, where the staff of Niuma have a conflict over a technician and a spirited young man, which affects the fitness coach.

Then the two men were held down by the fitness coach and hammered, smashing the foot massage parlor all over.

I really don’t know whether Hu Liang is a hater or a true fan.

Those who can spend so much money to make this movie must be true fans.

"Look at the reasonable version"

Wang Yongchang frowned and began to understand why there were two versions.

The reasonable version is a bit too mediocre.

Although it is pretty good from a common sense perspective, it is indeed much more bland compared to the real Devil Power.

The baseline is very strict. If it doesn't exceed it, it will be boring to shoot. If it exceeds it, it will appear extremely abstract.

".Forget it, just ask Li Can, let him take the photos if he wants."

Wang Yongchang pinched his nose.

It is said to be based on the band Devil Power, but in fact there is no similarity between them.

I can only say that I borrowed the "part-time band" joke.

The submission was obviously intended to attract investment, or at the very least, to seek some technical guidance from the Devil Power band.

For a movie like this, the investment wouldn't be that much.

After all, just a small contribution from the Devil Power band would be enough to offset an investment of at least 40 million in a movie like this.

If Li Can and the others want to play, they can go and play.

If you can't afford the remuneration, then just exchange it for a share of the box office. There are many ways anyway, it just depends on whether people like Li Can want to play.

Wang Yongchang then gave Hu Liang a reply, asking him to wait for Li Can's performance to finish before discussing the details.

At this time, Li Can was preparing for the next performance.

Wang Yongchang did not bother Li Can and just kept counting the statistics.

During this time.

The commercial rights to twelve compositions have already been sold.

The scope is very large.

Music game royalties, BGM royalties, theme song royalties.

The profit margin for music games is calculated based on the frequency of use, while the BGM and theme songs are fixed at a fixed price, and the right to use is granted for a limited period of time.

Many movies, TV series, and games, when you want to buy songs, will choose to buy the license at a low price.

After all, some songs are just too popular.

For those songs by Devil Power that are topping the charts all over the world, I really want to buy all the copyrights in a package. If all the copyrights are added together, the starting price has to be calculated according to several small goals.

Not worth the candle.

It would be better to spend hundreds of thousands or millions just to buy a commercial license and use it in a TV series or movie.

There are just too many of these lists and none of them are exclusive.

For a few that offered higher prices, the requirement was simply that "the songs cannot be licensed to other movies for a period of time after the movie is released."

This kind of business orders are overwhelming, and the accumulated volume is very substantial.

Just by granting the right to use a few songs, he earned 40 million in royalties.

And such a licensing business.

There are many more to come.

Wang Yongchang needs to select carefully, arrange them and sell them one by one.

“Sell, sell, sell, sell!!”

Late in the night, Wang Yongchang perked up and looked rosy-faced.

Looking at the songs that are selling like hot cakes, I have never felt so clear-headed.

Just after Wang Yongchang worked for two hours.

The mailbox received an email from Huanqiu.

[Devil Power's plan to win the 2017 Grammy Awards]

"Hmm? Grammy?"

Wang Yongchang frowned and his expression became serious.

Seems like a good thing.

But the timing is actually very unfriendly.

Universal holds the overseas market distribution rights for Devil Power's records.

The two albums have been released in Europe, America and Asia.

But these records were only released after the Batti Festival was over and the contract was finally negotiated.

It is now May, and there is less than a month left until its release in Europe and the United States.

但2017年的格莱美，挑选的是2015年8月到2016年8月之间，在欧美发行的作品。

Devil Power was released too late.

In the Grammy selection, record sales are very important data. Currently, there are only three months to make efforts.

Whether or not you can win an award is of great significance.

Exactly.

In order to win the award, not only must you complete the work within three months, but you must also beat the general release cycle of more than ten months.

Even data crushing is required.

After all, a member of Devil Power.

There are five Chinese and one Russian, so the debuff is maxed out.

There are only a handful of Chinese people who have won Grammy Awards, and even fewer who have won awards for their works, and all of them are classical and folk music.

When the first case occurs, the selection will be very cautious.

Wang Yongchang is very confident. After all, some of Devil Power's works are already on their way to becoming a phenomenon and will never return.

But, if something unexpected happens, will it affect the reputation of Devil Power?

These are all things that Wang Yongchang needs to consider carefully.

“Can this crappy Grammy really give out awards?”

Think of this.

Wang Yongchang didn't sleep either.

He continued working until the next morning, then called Li Can and described the incident in detail.

"So, are you going to participate this time?"

"Participate! Why not?"

Li Can agreed very decisively.

"In the face of such overwhelming popularity and influence, they can either give me the award or be criticized for being shady for a year. It's a win-win situation, so why not go?"

"So, after the performance, I will speed up the album release and get the third album out. It will be released in June. O'Carey's new album has also been signed. If it can be released before August, don't worry about the time issue. Just sign up and rush to sell it!"

“Whether or not to give it to me is not their concern. What they should consider is which album or song to give to me.”

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Wang Yongchang's expression suddenly became strange.

I recall an inside joke in the director's circle.

When director Ma Shuliang first received Li Can's work, his computer even froze and he thought it was a virus. After a closer look, he found that it was a package of many works, the main point of which was that large quantity was effective.

Same trick.

It seems that Li Can wants to play it again.

What a brute force method.

"Okay, then I understand."

Wang Yongchang nodded and changed the subject.

"Oh, there's one more thing. There's a director named Hu Liang who seems to be a fan of yours. He wants to make a movie about the band. I've read the script and it's very influenced by you guys. Are you interested in playing it?"

"Performing, guest-starring, providing technical guidance, or simply selling a few songs, it's up to you."

"Forget about performing in the film. People are greedy and will only ruin your popularity."

Li Can's answer was not unexpected to Wang Yongchang.

The band is doing very well, so there is really no need for them to switch to acting in movies.

But it’s totally fine to make a guest appearance, or provide technical guidance, or sing a few songs.

"Okay, then I understand." Since Li Can agreed, Wang Yongchang no longer hesitated.

After hanging up the phone, he first responded to Hu Liang about Li Can's intention.

Soon after, he accepted the choice of Global Impact Grammy.

After finishing everything, Wang Yongchang couldn't help but marvel at it.

"Don't mention it. Li Can's exhaustive method is really useful. It's from both Universal and Warner."

The overseas distribution of Devil Power's works is global.

Now he has signed a contract with Warner's young singing queen O'Carey to produce a new album.

I’m afraid the next partner will not be Sony.

The main theme is to blossom in all aspects, with many songs and great power.

By then, music awards all over the world may very likely become Chan Ge’s garden of happiness.

I pulled out the recent financial report of the music department.

Wang Yongchang was smiling happily.

Although with Li Can, he really doesn't dare to take any extra benefits.

But it is only the commission for the minimum promotion cost and various authorized commission costs.
In April of this year, it accounted for 67 percent of the entire music department's revenue.

It may rise further in May.

Unknowingly, the music division of Star Entertainment has become Li Can's toy.

the other side.

Although there is no performance today.

But the members of the Devil Power band still chose to come to the concert and do their individual training in the backstage lounge.

Li Can, on the other hand, was handling the subsequent tasks.

After a while.

O'Carey entered the house and walked straight towards Li Can's direction.

"Li, you mentioned before that you would be participating in the music variety show. When is that? I need to arrange some work here."

"Don't be impatient."

Li Can raised his head and smiled gently.

"The project has been launched in March next year. This time, Star Entertainment will take the lead and invest in a high-quality music variety show. If possible, I also hope to attract more talented singers to participate."

"Next year"

O'Carey was a little disappointed.

But after a brief pause, he chuckled and spoke.

"So how long does it take to make a new album? We plan to release it as the song of the year at the end of this year."

"No need to be that late."

Li Can shook his head.

"My idea is to finish the album production this month, and you can release it in June. Anyway, your plan for July, August and September is to hold concerts and promote the new album at the same time."

"So soon? That's fine."

O'Carey was a little surprised, but nodded.

This is the singer's cycle.

Production, distribution, promotion, concerts, and then checking to see if there are any variety show and award nominations before the end of the year, and the cycle repeats itself in the new year.

No matter how prolific a singer is, he or she may only release one album a year.

Just like Chen Meijing, the album produced by Li Can is still popular until now, and it seems that it can last at least another year.

If we don't count the band albums of Lin Feng and Han Jiayin, and Li Can has pre-produced a new album of duet love songs, if we split it evenly, that means each person can release one album per year.

Only the DP band is abnormal.

O'Carey's last album was released in October last year.

After going around to concerts and attending the Batti Music Festival, I was still planning to consume the content of this album in July, August and September this year.

Now I didn’t expect to have a fast-paced meal.

If it goes well, the combined popularity of the two albums in the second half of this year may completely remove the "little" from O'Carley's title of "little queen".

“Any requests for songs?”

Li Can looked at O'Carrie.

I heard this.

O'Carey responded almost instantly.

"I hope to have your unique style, Li, something a little more interesting."

interesting?

It’s like getting the key words.

Li Can and Chen Gang, who was pondering the sound of the keyboard next to him, were both shocked.

Chen Gang looked at O'Carrie in disbelief.

I have never seen any artist take the initiative to ask Li Can to do something for them.

"Okali, does your company have any requirements for your personality and image?"

Chen Gang was speechless.

Li Can began to probe.

"If I do some divine songs, will it damage the image?"

"Earworm? Great, why not?"

When introducing O'Carrie, Li Can used the word "Earworm".

If I have to translate it figuratively, it should be [Brainwashing Divine Song].

Earworm means that after you listen to the music, it crawls around in your brain.

but.
"Divine Comedy" has many extended meanings in Xia Country.

Chen Gang really couldn't stop Li Can from doing something weird.

".Want to dance?"

Chen Gang asked subconsciously.

Look at Li Can's face full of innocent expression.

"."

Feeling Chen Gang's gaze, Li Can was ultimately unwilling to deceive his brother.

"want!"

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Spicy balls.

Chen Gang could already imagine the scenario of the spread of serious disease.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

In recent days, Chen Gang always felt that Li Can's ability to treat serious illnesses had increased a lot again.

In the past, serious illnesses were abstract and obvious.

Now, he is basically playing two mixed games.

I am clearly having an attack, but I don't seem to be sick. I am clearly normal, but I always feel like I am secretly having an attack.

The flavor of "history" is great.

"Here, there's a sample. Give it a listen. What do you think?"

O'Carey nodded and put on her headphones.

After listening to it several times, I was curious at first, then dazed, my eyes gradually became weird, and finally turned into excitement.

Seeing this expression, Chen Gang knew.

This disease has already happened.

"Not bad, not bad. I think this feeling is very good."

"It's mainly about the dance. Earworm must be coordinated with a more magical choreography."

The two have already started discussing the details.

I can tell.

O'Carey really enjoys this brainwashing cycle.

Chen Gang walked up, looked at the song "All My People" on Li Can's computer screen, put on headphones, and listened curiously.

then.

Chen Gang also went from being curious to being dazed, and his expression gradually became weird, until he finally started nodding for no apparent reason, as if he had already put himself in the situation.

After Li Can and O'Carey discussed for a few sentences.

Suddenly, I heard Chen Gang's strange singing voice beside me, like the whisper of an ancient god.

"Ah! Mai! Pipo Pipo, ah! Mai! Pipo! No! Hey Baoyo!"

"? Chen Gang? What are you doing?"

Li Can and O'Carey looked over with strange expressions.

Just didn't notice for a moment.

Why did this person suddenly start singing?
".I don't know."

Chen Gang suddenly woke up, took off his headphones, scratched his head, and couldn't believe what he had done.

(End of this chapter)