December, Christmas Eve.
Xiang Nan's first album "Chopin in December" was officially released. The title song is "Nocturne".
This song has a retro melody and beautiful artistic conception. When it was released by Jay Chou, it became a sensation and won many sales championships and recognition from many awards. It is still an immortal classic in the hearts of fans.
At this time, Xiang Nan performed it. Although it is not exactly the same as Jay Chou's version, it is still a very pleasant song.
Feiyu Records also paid a lot of money to promote this album. It used radio stations, the Internet, and record stores to market it through multiple channels. It even gave the album to pirates in advance and let pirates come and steal it.
The reason for this is that after entering the new century, the mainland's recording industry has shrunk significantly.
Records by singers such as JJ Lin, Angela Chang, Elva Hsiao and others can only sell a few hundred thousand copies. As for unknown singers, it's good if their records can sell a few thousand copies, so it's difficult for record companies to make money from physical records.
At that time, the main way for record companies to make money was ringtones, performances and brokerage contracts.
Whether it is ringtones, performances, or advertising endorsements, they all require a certain degree of popularity.
Just like the song "Mouse Loves Rice" was well-known in the streets, so young people started using it as ring tones. Singer Yang Chengang also performed continuously due to this. At the height of his popularity, the appearance fee was as high as one million, allowing him to earn one to two hundred million from one song.
The quickest and most effective way to increase your visibility is to cooperate with merchants.
In 2004, the Internet was not yet fully popularized. Most people still use Taoban tapes and Taoban CDs to listen to music.
For example, the common cassette tapes and CDs in those days, such as "Everyone Has One Famous Song", "Good Songs Are Most Popular", and "Selected Popular Songs", were basically produced by Taobao merchants.
Moreover, the speed of stealing goods from Banban stores is much faster than that of genuine record stores. As soon as a new song is released, pirated tapes and CDs will be launched on the market in a blink of an eye.
Therefore, in terms of promoting new songs and promoting singers, Taoban merchants have an advantage. Therefore, there is a strange scene where genuine record companies are begging pirates for cooperation.
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After Xiang Nan's "Chopin in December" was released, it did not cause much response at first.
Because 2004 was an era of competition among heroes, and great gods emerged in large numbers. Jay Chou, JJ Lin, Jingru Leung, FIR, Angela Chang, Wang Lihong, Zhou Chuanxiong, Jolin Tsai...it's like fighting between gods.
Moreover, these Baodao artists are not only talented, but also backed by powerful large companies.
Those record companies in Baodao are very good at packaging and marketing. Even artists with little singing skills and just a face can be promoted as high-quality idols.
What's more, these god-level singers are more likely to be made into stars if they have talent and good looks.
In comparison, Feiyu Records was just a small company, lacking both funds and experience. It was difficult to compete with Baodao Records, so Xiang Nan's first shot was not launched.
However, although it didn't take off, Xiang Nan has become somewhat famous. As a result, various performances were immediately arranged.
It happens to be December now, and the performance market at the end of the year is the most active.
People who have worked hard for a year will become generous at this time, eating, drinking, having fun, and spending money without feeling bad.
Major companies, shopping malls, real estate, etc. are also willing to invite artists to perform, promote, reward employees, and attract customers at this time.
Therefore, a well-known artist like Xiang Nan can also get a lot of performance opportunities. However, most of these performances are not in Chongqing, and Xiang Nan has to travel around the country.
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"Don't worry, I will definitely come back to spend Christmas with you." Xiang Nan said to Li Anran before leaving.
"No, you can just be busy with your career." Li Anran waved her hand, she was very considerate.
"Fool! No matter how good a career is, it's worthless without you by my side." Xiang Nan said.
Hearing what he said, Li Anran couldn't help but be deeply moved.
Xiang Nan immediately started running around and performing.
Yanjing, Langfang, Jinmen, Shengjing, Changshan, Quancheng... Singers like him who are not very famous can earn several thousand yuan in appearance fees.
Although these several thousand yuan have to be split 50-50 with the company, if the performances continue every month, he can still earn over 100,000 yuan.
Compared with the salary of more than one thousand yuan for ordinary people, this kind of income is already quite impressive.
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"How are you going to spend Christmas Eve?" Tu Jun asked everyone in the classroom of Jiefangbei Middle School.
"I don't know, let's see if anyone invites me." Zhu Weijiao glanced at Tu Jun.
Tu Jun didn't pay attention at all, but looked at Ding Rongliang and Luo Shenxi, "How about we go to the Jiefang Monument to play."
Seeing that he was turning a blind eye to her, Zhu Weijiao couldn't help but pout her mouth in anger.
"How about we go out to play?" Seeing this, Martin quickly invited.
"What are you talking about? Who wants to go out with you?" Zhu Weijiao was stunned and then refused.
Martin couldn't help being extremely disappointed, and looked back at Li Anran, "Will Liu Wenqin come back to spend Christmas Eve with you today?"
"I don't know. He is very busy these days. At his busiest time, he had five performances a day and had to run around. Even if he doesn't come, I don't blame him." Li Anran waved his hand.
"An Ran, if Brother Qin hasn't come back by night, you can come with us to play." Tu Jun immediately invited after hearing this.
"No." Li Anran waved his hand and said, "Let's go to self-study in the evening."
She is very smart and knows that Tu Jun has a crush on her. In order to find Liu Wenqin through him, he took the initiative to approach him. Now she only regards him as a friend, so she doesn't want him to misunderstand.
Moreover, in her heart, she still had a plan for the eventuality.
In case Xiang Nan really comes back. But what would she think when she saw her spending Christmas Eve with Tu Jun?
When Tu Jun saw this, his face darkened.
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Soon it was night.
Although Li Anran stayed in the classroom for self-study, he did not sneak out to spend Christmas Eve like other students.
But in fact, I didn't put any thought into studying. I kept looking at my phone secretly, hoping to see Xiang Nan's text messages or phone calls.
But what disappoints her is that she hasn't received a text message or a phone call so far. Even when she called Xiang Nan, her phone was turned off, which made her feel depressed.
"Wow, it's snowing." At this moment, someone cheered loudly.
The students turned around and saw outside the window that it was really snowing.
"Wow, so beautiful~"
"It snows on Christmas Eve, so romantic~"
"Wow, let's go see the snow~" the students cheered and all ran out to see the snow.
"An Ran, let's go too." Tu Jun saw him and immediately invited with a smile.
"I won't go." Li Anran waved her hand. Although everyone was in high spirits, she was really not in the mood.
(End of chapter)
