Unboxing, Director!

Chapter 13: Ranking on the List, Chosen Professional Manager
On July 1998, 7, the World Cup final was held at the Stade de France. With Zidane's brace and Petit's goal, France defeated Brazil 12-3, making the World Cup trophy the first time in the host country since the 0 World Cup in Argentina.

Lu Jiang doesn't watch football, so now he only regrets missing the opportunity to make money.

But even if he remembered the details of the game, he wouldn't be able to make much money in the mainland because they were all privately traded.

Dad Lu Jianguo is an old football fan, but he was unlucky this time and lost more than 10,000 yuan.

After losing money, on the 16th, Dad encountered bad things again.

In order to improve the traffic law and safety awareness of motor vehicle drivers and reduce the occurrence of traffic violations and traffic accidents, from July 1998, 7, the BJ traffic management department adopted a "points-taking" method, punishing traffic violators and those responsible for traffic accidents while implementing points.

When a driver's record score reaches 12 points in a year, he or she must go back to school and participate in 18 hours of training. Only after passing the exam can he or she return to the road.

Comrade Lu Jianguo received a 10-point deduction gift package in the morning on the second day after the new regulations came out.

Running a red light is 6 points, driving against traffic is 3 points, and not wearing a seat belt is 1 point.

Two points short, so we have to start over.

This is not the most critical.

The most important thing is that new regulations have been introduced, and the crackdown is very severe. It is said that records will be kept. The day before, Lu Jianguo also drove drunk for a short distance. If he had been caught at that time...
Looking at the fact that he only had two points left on his driver's license, Lu Jianguo broke out in a cold sweat and made a decision: he would never drive again!

The reason is very simple. Lu Jiang is now a public figure. As his father, he does not abide by the law, which will definitely hold him back.

In response, Lu Jiang said with a smile: "There is no need to do this. Just obey the traffic rules."

"I'm scared. I won't drive anymore." Lao Lu shook his head, just like the old man.

"So what are you going to do when you go out?"

"You drive, or I take a taxi."

"Then I'll assign you a driver."

"That requires a good car first. A Santana with a driver is a bit embarrassing."

"Buy! Audi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, whatever car you want, pick it!"

Lu Jiang was very generous, and Lu Jianguo was also very tempted, but in the end he shook his head and refused: "Let's talk about it later."

Lu Jiang knew that Lao Lu was still thinking about those houses.

Well, at least houses maintain their value, and money is indeed more worth spending on them.

But the current one million is still too little.

Fortunately, after the distribution rights, another important way to reap the benefits is about to open up.

Since the end of June, the influence of "Fairy Tale" has gradually spread from the radio circle and has successively entered the major music charts in several regions of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and its ranking has risen rapidly.

As of July 7, "Fairy Tale" has made it into the top five, top three, and even topped the list on more well-known lists.

Among them, the more important one is China National Radio’s weekly music on-demand chart.

On the latest issue of the China National Radio Music Weekly On-Demand List, "Fairy Tale" has reached the top of the list for the second time after four weeks, and retained the weekly championship.

However, the authority of the CNR list lies in CNR itself.

The most frequently referenced references in the industry are still the weekly charts of "Music Weekly" and the monthly charts of "Contemporary Music".

On July 7, the latest issue of "Music Weekly" weekly chart was released, and "Fairy Tale" won the first place for the third time.

It was also at this time that "Fairy Tale" was completely recognized as being popular in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

Earlier in early July, the monthly chart of "Contemporary Music" had already recognized "Fairy Tale" as the sales number one in June, and predicted that "Fairy Tale" would still be number one in July.

You should know that "Fairy Tale" was released on June 6th.

Taking first place in June in just 10 days is truly an amazing achievement.

However, regarding this result and the July prediction of "Contemporary Music".

Many people in the industry do not agree.

Because everyone felt that "Fairy Tale" was released at a good time and the competition was less intense, but it may not be the case later.

But compared to these sour tastes.

The interview with Lu Jiang in the latest issue of "Contemporary Music" on the 20th is even more infuriating.

At the end of June, Gao Xixi’s interview with "Contemporary Music" was finally released.

This is the first time that a major media outlet has given a systematic and detailed introduction to Lu Jiang.

The most important thing is to directly post Lu Jiang’s original words in the interview:

"I'm a director, and 'Fairy Tale' is my final project. The musical inspiration came to me while I was writing the plot. I've studied music before, but I never thought I'd become a singer. I don't think my songs are that good, or that my singing voice is that great. I just wanted to use a song to soundtrack a short film, but I didn't expect it to be so popular."

This style, which is completely different from mainstream interviews, quickly attracted a lot of attention.

what?
Lu Jiang is actually a director, and writing songs is just a side job?
"Fairy Tale" was actually just Lu Jiang's final project, and it was just the soundtrack?!
Didn’t expect it to be a hit?!

Listen, is this human talk?
Countless readers were surprised after reading it.

People in the industry don’t know what to say.

This is an indescribable feeling of despair at the mercy of genius.

At the same time, I also feel a sore toothache caused by Versailles, which cannot be cured by Lengsuanling.

Of course, after watching it, fans were also deeply impressed by Lu Jiang himself.

This has played a great role in changing the current situation where Lu Jiangge is popular but not famous.

After the Contemporary Music interview was published, the intriguing behind-the-scenes story of "Fairy Tale" was also reposted by various media outlets. Many Beijing-based print media outlets devoted considerable space to reporting on "Fairy Tale," further fueling the already popular "Fairy Tale."

Then more people in the industry began to beat their chests and stamp their feet, and more fans paid attention to Lu Jiang and "Fairy Tale".

Taking advantage of this favorable situation, Beijing Publishing House once again stepped up its efforts to distribute the album across the country.

By the end of July, good news came from the Beijing Publishing House.

The sales of "Fairy Tale" are encouraging. Including the sales of Locke Anluo before, the legitimate sales of the entire single have exceeded 50 copies.

For a new single, this sales volume is terrifying.

Throughout 98, this number was only less than copies away from "Conquer", which is currently the best-selling album in mainland China.

However, it will probably take a long time to bridge this gap.

Because piracy is rampant now.

It is said that the current sales volume of pirated copies of "Fairy Tale" is at least 200 million, otherwise why are "Fairy Tale" all over the streets?
Lu Jiang didn't feel bad about this at all.

There's no point in feeling bad, and nothing can be changed.

Look at Richie Jen, the sales of "Too Soft-Hearted" are said to be 26 million, but how many of them are genuine sales?
So if you worry about this every day, how can you live your life?
After the sales of "Fairy Tale" were exposed, it unsurprisingly caused shock in the industry.

What followed were various invitations for cooperation.

There are commercial performances, interviews, collaborations, etc.

Lu Jiang attaches great importance to commercial performances.

This is the main source of income for singers nowadays.

The quotation is also good. The average price per game has increased from 7 in early July to now, and it will continue to rise in the future.

Gold Finger said that only when you have 10 million in assets can you unlock the next stage, so making money is a must.

But before accepting any commercial performances, I still have to deal with Li Chao.

When Li Chao looks at Lu Jiang now, he feels a bit of a sense of separation, as if he were on the eve of graduation.

"Fairy Tale" became a hit, and many major record companies in the mainland extended olive branches, wanting to recruit Lu Jiang.

It was said that Wang Chunsheng of Zhengda International was almost fired because he missed Lu Jiang. This time he brought very good conditions.

In addition to mainland record companies, Sony, PolyGram and others have also extended olive branches.

The conditions are also very good.

Compared with these big companies, Locke Anluo is no match at all.

Li Chao felt that the two of them might not be able to cooperate in the future.

So I felt a little depressed for several days.

Of course, he also mentioned that Lu Jiang should join the partnership to expand Locke Anluo, and he was even willing to give 70% of the shares for this.

But Lu Jiang refused.

Being a singer is not his main future direction.

Therefore, the best option is to join a large company, sign a contract for two or three years, or seek cooperation. In short, use the resources of a large company to turn the songs given by Cash Fingers into cash.

When his assets exceed tens of millions, Gold Finger might stop producing songs, and it would be convenient for him to leave at that time.

But he also said that he would not sign it now and would have to think about it slowly.

He also told Li Chao his thoughts.

If Li Chao is willing, he can just hang out with him first.

Li Chao was not very good at business, but he actually thought that the record industry would recover in the future. His pursuit of music was too stubborn. The rock dream in his heart had never been extinguished. He believed that one day, rock would surely rekindle the earth, and that day would not be far away, at the latest around the millennium.

This made Lu Jiang feel that unless the music produced by Golden Finger was all rock music, the two of them would definitely break up.

But compared to these disadvantages, Lu Jiang values ​​his strengths the most.

He comes from a good family and has abundant personal connections to tap into. He is very talented in negotiating with others, but his talent was not activated earlier.

Locke Anluo had been silent for so long. After taking over "Fairy Tale", all his old relationships with channels had actually been lost. However, Li Chao gritted his teeth and begged everyone for three weeks to get them back one by one, thus ensuring the basic smoothness of the initial release of "Fairy Tale".

Later, Li Chao handled the sale of distribution rights alone and made great contributions.

But he is not arrogant and is sincere, trustworthy, and abides by contracts. He is very clear about financial calculations, and most importantly, he attaches more importance to taxes than Lu Jiang.

To put it bluntly, such people are chosen professional managers.

If Lu Jiang starts a company in the future, it would be most appropriate to let such a person be a partner or general manager of the company.

Lu Jiang gave him the direction and he just had to work hard. It was not possible to ask him to choose the direction, at least not now.

Now Lu Jiang is mainly a singer and has no plans to start his own film and television company, so letting him be his temporary agent is the best arrangement.

After he told Li Chao his idea, Li Chao thought about it carefully for a day.

A day later, Li Chao said to Lu Jiang, "If rock music ever makes a comeback, don't stop me."

"of course not."

Lu Jiang smiled.

Get it!

Now, Li Chao is afraid that he will be bound to me for at least ten years.
(End of this chapter)