New Year.
In order to build momentum for the new album, Warner held a grand signing ceremony.
nonsense.
Eight million has been spent, but still need some media travel expenses?
Although the singer was not present in person, which made the media a little regretful, everyone held their noses and recognized the red envelope after touching it.
After all, it’s big news.
In the Chinese music scene in 1998, the album "Shen Miaomiao" was definitely one that could not be avoided.
In the mainland market where piracy is rampant, sales exceeding one million in three months is already a miracle.
The most annoying thing is that Shen Miaomiao didn't attend the announcement at all. This alone made those colleagues jealous.
Everyone in the industry knows how tiring it is to run announcements.
It’s enough to run to several venues in a day, and it’s common to run to several cities.
That's it, it's so exhausting, but the sales volume is less than half of others.
unfair?
There must be some.
To be fair, many singers don't really like Shen Miaomiao.
In terms of singing skills, Shen Miaomiao's skills are indeed good, but they are not top-notch.
On creation?
Although the four songs written by Shen Miaomiao can't be said to be bad, they can't be said to be very good either. Without the support of those six golden songs, how could it be as popular as it is now?
In addition, Shen Miaomiao's career as a singer is different from that of most people.
He started out as an independent singer and had a star producer. Yes, 'Erjun' is now a star producer.
The EP released by Wang Fei implements the style of the previous album, and the title song was released before it was officially released.
As soon as "Because of Love" came out, it quickly occupied the top of the major charts and was inextricably matched with "Invisible Wings".
It's actually not difficult to write a few good songs.
Although 'Er Jun' has released six hits-level songs, who among the music industry hasn't ordered some songs yet?
In the eyes of others, the preparation period for the album "Shen Miaomiao" will definitely not be too short.
After six phenomenal hits, it may be difficult for the next album to continue the glory of the previous album.
Six golden songs merged into one album is a very, very outrageous thing.
How can you surpass the next album?
It can’t be a classic, right?
Whether it's negative or negative, this is the common perception of the outside world.
However, in the face of doubts from the outside world, Warner sat firmly on the Diaoyutai without panic.
Next album, Waterloo?
Funny?
Do you understand the value of "囍"?
Every song in this album, taken individually, is at the level of the title song.
After the signing was completed, Warner also saw the true face of "囍".
To be honest, when Warner's internal producers saw these ten songs, they really wanted to rush to Li Jie and pry his head open to see what he looked like.
Bullying, this is it!
Who can beat an album with ten songs like this?
Liu Dehua?
Zhang Xueyou?
It feels terrible. After all, the Four Heavenly Kings have embarked on the road of transformation and released albums much less frequently.
Even when an album is released, it is mostly to give back to the fans.
After all, their status is there.
Whether they release an album or not, it won't affect their status. If they don't have particularly good songs, or particularly good songs that suit their hearts, they would rather not release an album.
Of course, the definition of "good song" by ordinary singers is definitely different from that of Shen Miaomiao.
One or two 'good songs' in an album can support the size of the album.
In fact, within Warner, there are not without opponents regarding the high-priced signing of Shen Miaomiao.
If it hadn't been for the new president Zhou Jianmin's overwhelming opposition, even if he signed the contract, it wouldn't have cost so much.
But after seeing the songs in the new album, what doubts do you have?
Everything disappears!
The price of "囍" still continues the price of the previous album. Li Jie and Shen Mo did not think about raising the price to make money.
It's true, it's not necessary.
The share of album sales is only a small part of the singer's income.
However, even without a price increase, Warner also sees hope of recovering the signing costs.
Although the commission for each album is not high, it cannot stand up to the high quality of the album. For an album of this quality, if nothing else, selling two to three million copies is just a joke.
Unfortunately, Shen Miaomiao is unwilling to participate in too many activities.
Otherwise, this number can be mentioned higher.
However, even if Shen Miaomiao does not participate in the announcement, according to Warner's internal evaluation, this album alone should be able to earn back half of the signing cost, which should be no problem.
Half, that is, four million.
Warner was prepared to lose money and make a profit, but in the end, things took a turn for the worse and they saw hope of regaining their blood.
Who wouldn't be happy if this matter was placed on whom?
Because of the 'sincerity' of the new album, Zhou Jianmin decided directly at the internal meeting to invite top producers to record new songs.
However, this matter was denied by Li Jie and others.
Top producers are hard to hire and cost a lot of money.
What's more, the music score Li Jie gave originally included arrangement. He was not boasting. Currently, he could not find a rival on Blue Star.
With him to protect you, just find a producer with adequate business capabilities.
It’s just the band and the soundtrack team that need to spend some money.
You can save money everywhere, but not behind-the-scenes work.
To use an inappropriate analogy, among the behind-the-scenes team, Li Jie is like the head chef in the kitchen. He determines all the rules and regulations.
Those who are responsible for the soundtrack are the master chefs of the stove. No matter how good the recipes are, if the chef's skills are not good enough, no matter how good the guidance is, he will not be able to cook a good dish.
Regarding the 'objections' raised by Li Jie's side, Warner agreed after only a brief discussion.
Strictly speaking, Li Jie and the others saved Warner money.
Because the production costs were paid by Warner.
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In the blink of an eye, winter vacation is here.
After the silent exam, I declined the invitation to a party from my classmates and went into the recording studio the day after the holiday.
She is the core of the recording work of the new album, but she cannot be taken with her.
Apart from that, if I'm sorry to others, I can't be sorry to my brother either.
If she couldn't sing those ten songs well, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she would be struck by lightning.
The recording work went very smoothly. After receiving the new songs, Warner began preparatory work. Various accompaniments and arrangements were basically completed for the first version.
Just stay silent for the vocal part.
Obviously, the performance of silence did not disappoint everyone.
Although her singing skills are not amazing, recording the ten songs in the album was still very difficult.
If she hadn't been so obsessed with perfection, the album's ten songs would have been recorded in just ten days.
The song was so good that Shen Mo couldn't bear to waste it. These days, apart from recording songs, she just revolved around Li Jie.
After all, she was still a little young, not experienced enough, and not very capable of expressing emotions, so she had to seek advice from the 'originator'.
(End of chapter)
