Unboxing, Director!

Chapter 80 Who is the most valuable person in the Chinese music scene?
Lu Jiang was very familiar with this song. At first, he thought it was a Chinese song covered in a foreign language because the melody was in line with domestic aesthetics.

Later I learned that this was a pure English song by a British singer.

Now that Lu Jiang had carefully read the introduction of this song, he almost regretted it to death.

If we were to ask which music scene is the most profitable right now, it would of course be the European and American music scene.

The fact that "You are beautiful" has won the first place on the Billboard charts so many times shows that the profits it can bring back to Lu Jiang are enormous.

Taiwan Warner, where Zhou Jianhui works, happens to have distribution channels in Europe and the United States. After all, Taiwan Warner's parent company is a world-class company.

So even if Lu Jiang, a Chinese, were to sing this time, and the final effect was reduced to 10%, it would probably still be an astonishing number, far exceeding the single "Fairy Tale".

More importantly, the significance of Chinese singers breaking into the European and American music scene is enormous.

Everyone is vying for the titles of "Little King", "King", "Asian Little King" and even "Asian King".

Lu Jiang quietly rushed into Europe and the United States.

She suddenly became an "international singing star".

The commercial value is tempting just thinking about it.

So Lu Jiang was bought by Warner for just 100 million yuan, so he must be regretting it.

But the good news is that the contract with Warner is based on performance, and the signing price of each album is floating.

The minimum price for the first three tickets is 20 million, but the upper limit is not mentioned.

So if Lu Jiang releases this song and gets good results, the price of the next one will naturally go up.

If this song gets half the performance of the original, Zhou Jianhui might have to sign a sky-high contract with him again. No, not Zhou Jianhui, but Warner Corporation.

In addition, although this song is good, Lu Jiang will not sing it so soon.

The fact that he has written so many Chinese songs can be explained by his talent and exposure to musical instruments and pop music since childhood.

But English songs are different.

How do you explain that you can write English songs, and write them so well? Can you say something in English? Oh, your accent hasn't changed, how did you write it?
So at least he has to learn spoken English for a while first.

After finalizing the contract, Lu Jiang started recording songs.

In addition to recording songs for the new album, he also has to record the theme song "Love Is Not a Choice" for "Meteor Garden".

In addition, I also have to help Fan Binbin record "The Love You Want".

The original version of this song was sung by Penny Dai.

Now it belongs to Fan Binbin.

Fan Binbin has some basic singing skills, at least he doesn't have a hoarse voice, and he seems to have released songs in his original time and space.

Of course, it is definitely far worse than Penny Dai.

So Lu Jiang had no hope of performing this song like the original.

But that doesn’t mean this song can’t be sung with Fan Binbin’s own flavor.

Lu Jiang is confident about this, and Fan Binbin is even more confident.

the reason is simple.

That’s because the lyrics of this song are very appropriate.

"Although I never doubted you
Still unsure
Who is your only one
Forgive me for doubting myself

I know the love I want will spoil me
Like a child who only knows how to be naughty in your arms
The love you want is not just dependence

"

This is about Fan Binbin’s own mental journey.

When the contract termination incident broke out, Lu Jiang didn't contact her for three days.

Her state at that time was basically "Although I never doubted you, I was still nervous."

Now that the contract has been successfully terminated, Fan Binbin stays secretly by Lu Jiang's side.

Isn’t this what the last three sentences are talking about?

Fan Binbin knew that Lu Jiang wanted to protect her and pamper her, which was also what she wanted, and she got it.

But she also knew that what Lu Jiang needed was definitely not a vase, and she herself hoped that through hard work, she could gain the qualifications to become the wife of a superstar.

So when she saw the lyrics for the first time, Fan Binbin knew that Lu Jiang understood her, and she was also sure that she could definitely sing this song well. No, no one could sing it better than me!
This is not self-confidence, but a crazy belief.

Of course, beliefs are beliefs, but we still have to be down-to-earth in actual operations.

So after singing a few times under Lu Jiang's guidance and finding the effect was average, Fan Binbin immediately decided to find a teacher and learn systematically.

She is ready to stick to this song from now until the TV series is aired.

Lu Jiang certainly supports this.

Who doesn't like a hardworking, ambitious, and beautiful wife who loves you?
September 2000, 3, the Spring Equinox.

Beijing Hotel Conference Hall.

After signing the contract, Lu Jiang accepted media interviews.

In a word:

"This is just the beginning."

On that day, the signing of Lu Jiang and Warner became the "headline" on all mainland portal websites.

The next day, all the attention in Huayu was taken away by Lu Jiang.

"Lu Jiang renews contract with Warner for 100 million"

"Lu Jiang: This is just the beginning; Warner's Zhou Jianhui: A new journey begins today."

"Lu Jiang topped the list of highest signing fees in history"

"Inventory of the signing fees of major superstars"

"With a net worth of 100 million, Lu Jiang has made it onto the wealth list."

One billion!

Even 20 years later, it would still shock people.

This is what happened in 2000.

Almost instantly.

The entire Chinese entertainment industry exploded.

Countless media outlets followed up with reports, and countless industry insiders analyzed the payment method for the 100 million yuan.

More people are wondering whether Warner’s move is a stupid one and whether it can make the money back.
In fact, if Lu Jiang was like Wang Fei and offered 60 or 70 million, people might not think so.

But the physical record industry is no longer what it was in 96.

Piracy is rampant, and the threat posed by new-age products such as MP3s and free online music sources is growing.

The media has been criticizing the record industry for several years.

The fact that Warner still dares to invest so much money at this time will indeed make people who don't know the truth feel a little worried.

But no matter what the outside world thinks.

This one hundred million allowed Lu Jiang to officially step onto the "peak" position.

Who has the highest net worth in the Chinese music scene?
It was hard to say before, everyone had their own opinions and reasons.

But now everyone knows, it’s Lu Jiang!

What's the use?

If you don’t understand the business, figure it out yourself.

Those who know the business have already started booking albums and concert tickets.

So the day after signing the contract.

At the pre-sale meeting of Lu Jiang’s new album, 80 copies were sold directly.

At first glance, this number doesn't seem high.

Lu Jiang's earlier albums all started with sales of two to three million copies.

A mere 80 is really not worth mentioning.

But the industry is still shocked.

Because everyone has a reference, that is Richie Jen.

Ren Xianqi's new album "Traveling the World for Love" released at the beginning of this year is not as good as "Love is Like the Pacific Ocean" and even less so than "Heart Too Soft".

But the overall quality is still very good.

Songs such as "Flowers Will Bloom in Spring", "Can't Die", and "The End of the World" are very popular.

Everyone thought this album would sell at least 400,000 copies a month.

As a result, the album has been released for three months, and the genuine sales in mainland China and Taiwan are less than 40, and the sales in Asia as a whole are just over 60.

If even the king of pop does this, the other singers have even more reasons to do so.

So all the singers who released songs in the first half of this year breathed a sigh of relief.

The media has also officially begun to admit that times have changed!

This is not because of the quality of the album, nor is it a problem of purchasing power, but because the market is really not doing well.

Even so, Lu Jiang's new album still achieved a remarkable pre-sale sales of 80 copies.

This is enough to show that the publishers are very confident in the quality of the new albums.

Of course, there are still many people who think that Lu Jiang is going to fail this time.

But before they could analyze the situation, Warner announced that the new song would be released in advance to the fans attending the next three concerts.

Now, Lu Jiang’s concert tickets have seen another surge in price.

In less than 7 days, the 7 tickets for the first concert at Beijing Workers' Stadium in early July will be sold out.

This once again made the media excited.

Everyone even felt proud.

The reason was that at the end of January, the South Korean HOT group held a concert at Workers' Stadium.

It was said that there were 10 fans gathered inside and outside the venue at that time!
The attendance rate in the inner field set a record at Workers' Stadium, reaching 100%. Even last year when Guoan won the championship, there were not so many spectators.

This directly shocked the entire domestic entertainment industry and even Hong Kong and Taiwan.

No one expected that there are so many people in mainland China who like Korea.

Countless people hate that iron cannot become steel.

Some media even changed the headline of the day to "The Shame of the Post-80s Generation."

Some were even more ruthless, directly writing "the shame of the Chinese music scene".

Many people are also calling on Chinese singers to step forward and turn the situation around.

But no one has responded yet.

As a result, at this moment, Lu Jiang stood up.

Are all 65000 seats in the venue going to be sold out within a week?
For a time, Lu Jiang was inexplicably labeled as "bringing glory for xx".

Win glory for the country, win glory for the Chinese music scene, win glory for all kinds of
In fact, Lu Jiang was still a little worried about the pre-sale of 80.

He knew better than anyone that the next few years would be the official demise of physical records.

An album that sold nearly 400 million copies across Asia like last year is already a swan song.

In the future, only Daolang can reproduce the glory, and the others are very few.

The explosion of technology will be faster than you can imagine.

If you take a nap now and wake up tomorrow, the number of MP3 players in mainland China will increase by dozens of percentage points.

There will be many more software for listening to music for free online.

How can traditional industries resist the wild growth of the Internet?
So for the current 80, Lu Jiang sometimes feels that it may take several months to sell all of them.

But the good news is that his profit focus has changed now.

From selling albums, to selling concert tickets.

65000 tickets, as well as a series of income including advertising sponsorship.

Just from this first game, Lu Jiang can get nearly 500 million after tax.

This makes more money than selling records!

And it is expected that there will be at least 20 events across Asia this year.

Although you can't make a lot of money every time.

But then he can also sell TV series, make movies, and sing in Europe and the United States.
(End of this chapter)