Chapter 209 November

When the time entered November, for Li Qian's studio, everything began to slowly get on the right track.

The management of the company began to become stricter and more formal. Although there were still the same few people, the atmosphere of the whole studio was quite different from not long ago. Everyone started to be busy, but everything began to be in order.

As the general manager of the studio, Qi Jie began to lead people to collect one piece of material after another, and to promote one thing after another. The studio's work plan and breakthrough direction in 1997, all the domestic ones that have been shooting, Film and television dramas that have been produced or approved and their production team’s contact information, capital, future album release negotiation strategies produced by the studio, Liao Liao’s new album planning, He Runqing’s new album planning, musicians, artist signing plans, and even Including the newcomer discovery and training plan that only existed in Li Qian's mind before, and Qi Jie and the others had never mentioned it, and so on.

Of course, the price for this is that Qi Jie is unknowingly beginning to become the "President Qi" in everyone's mouth, and Duan Yuguo, the manager of the internal affairs department, will soon become the "President Qi" in the mouth of the only few employees in the studio. "Duan Yan Wang".

After communicating with Huage Records and obtaining the understanding and consent of the other party, Li Jinlong formally took office in Li Qian's studio at the beginning of November.

So, after his matchmaking, Li Qian took the time to meet many people during the interval between helping Wu Xing Wu Su to adjust and rehearse, including arrangers, musicians, musicians who specialize in composing lyrics, and even some musicians everywhere. In the singer looking for opportunities, in the end, Li Qian signed two arrangers, a professional sound engineer, and a manager named Sun Meimei.

Of course, the two arrangers and the professional sound engineer can directly join the production department to be established in the studio. Especially those two arrangers, after chatting with them, Li Qian discovered that not only are they solid in basic skills, but they are also thoughtful people. They have gone through quite a lot of tempering in the circle over the years, relying on private work. , belongs to the kind that can come in handy at any time.

As for the manager named Sun Meimei, to be honest, the reason why she signed her was mainly because of her versatile status.

She graduated from the Huaxia Conservatory of Music. She was born in opera singing. She has a very solid foundation in music. After many years of wasting, I still haven't gotten any good opportunities. Forced by life, in addition to running underground performances, she usually also takes on some arrangement work. Of course, she also writes songs and contributes, and was also hired. Later, she simply went to do harmonies for some singers, and that's it. Until she was twenty-seven or eight years old, she herself felt that she needed to make a change, so she began to switch careers as an agent.

Of course, her career as a manager was also not considered a success. She brought in a newcomer and helped him release an album. It was not considered popular, but it was finally on the right track, and it turned out that she hadn’t waited for the second step that she carefully crafted for that person. The plan started to be implemented, but they suddenly announced the termination of her contract, directly kicked her out, and put her under the command of a famous agent, so she lost her job again.

When Li Jinlong recommended her to Li Qian, she was living in depression, taking on choreography work to support herself, and at the same time wondering where to go. Li Jinlong said frankly that there was a little friendship between the two, of course, not the kind of friendship between a man and a woman, but when Li Jinlong was the producer of Huage Records, he was very optimistic about her and wanted to discover and sign her, so once, the two The relationship between the two was very good, but later, his plan was not approved by Huage Records, so the matter was stranded.

But even so, the two have been in frequent contact since then. Li Jinlong seems to appreciate her musical talent very much. Therefore, in the first album released by Wu Xing Wu Su, Sun Meimei is responsible for the arrangement of two songs.

Later, when Li Jinlong recommended her over, Li Qian found out those two songs and listened to them again. He also thought that although Sun Meimei's arrangement was not very brilliant, she was still very thoughtful.

Finally, after an interview, Li Qian decided to hire her as the deputy manager of the artist department.

Even, if nothing unexpected happens, if she can indeed show certain abilities, then in the future, once Li Jinlong really transfers to be the manager of the production department, she will take over as the manager of the artist department.

In Li Qian's view, at the beginning of the studio, it is impossible to have a detailed division of labor, and it is impossible to recruit all kinds of talents regardless of size. Therefore, in this period, it is especially necessary to have some generalists. Like now, with a person like Sun Meimei, the studio is equivalent to having an arranger, a manager, a songwriter, and a harmonizer with a considerable level.

With the addition of Sun Meimei and two arrangers, plus Li Qian and Li Jinlong, as well as a professional sound engineer, the company's music shelf, even if it is basically set up, can at least achieve initial self-sufficiency Yes, and the first task Li Qian gave them was to prepare for Liao Liao's new album——

Collect good songs, try to arrange music, and try to record demos.

Moreover, the plan to expand the studio, proposed by Qi Jie and finally approved by Li Qian, will start at the end of November—Qi Jie will recruit two to five staff members and start trying to develop her own channels.

One is business channels, of course, mainly those domestic TV stations, film and television companies, and entertainment companies. Their goal, of course, is to help studios receive work on the soundtrack of film and television dramas.

The second is the distribution channel of the album. Of course, this is close to impossible in Li Qian's view. Moreover, in his plan, this is not the focus of the studio's development in the past two years. Therefore, his suggestion to Qi Jie is, Prioritize business development, and strive to help the studio receive soundtracks for three or two film and television dramas next year, and open up channels in this regard.

Well, by the way, since we met in the bar that day, Zhou Ye started to run to the studio within a few days, he didn't say anything about inviting songs, he just came here for something, Li He was not in a hurry when Qian was not there, so he just made friends with Li Jinlong and the others. Not to mention, within a few times, he and the newly signed group of people in the studio had a hot fight.

In mid-November, Li Qian finally decided to give him a song called "The Crooked Moon".

Zhou Ye himself was very pleasantly surprised and liked this song quite a lot, but after he took the work back, Times Records seemed to think that this song was really "earthy". Although it should be regarded as a good ballad, they I was afraid that such a song would not be liked by the market, but it was Li Qian's work after all, so in the end, they still agreed to use it, but when they sent someone to quote, although their attitude was very polite, they said what they said In other words, they still hope to get other works from Li Qian, and for this song "The Crooked Moon", their quotation also seems quite stingy.

In the end, this song was sold by Li Qian at the second lowest price in history, only 300,000!

The price tag of Li Qian's works is naturally very famous in the circle, so, for Li Qian to be willing to sell a song for 300,000 yuan, of course Zhou Ye subconsciously understood that it was Li Qian's appreciation for him, so he just He is willing to suffer a disadvantage in terms of price—and in fact, it is indeed the case. Li Qian really appreciates him, at least he does not want to let him go too far on the road of urban love songs, so he is willing to come up with a song in the Another ballad that was once popular all over the world in another time and space came to support him.

Then, um, no matter whether Wang Jinglu calls back, or comes back to live on Saturdays and weekends, she said that her studies are quite bearable. Basically, she can understand what the professors say, but according to her, going to participate in In this special training class, many people complained that they were sleepy, because the teachers were always talking about how women in ancient times should eat, how to wear clothes, what tone of voice to use, etc., etc. .

During this November, Li Qian was in class, in interviews, in meetings, and helping Wu Xing Wu Su adjust his singing. Only then did we see each other, and Zhou Ye was satisfied after getting "The Crooked Moon", and happily went back to practice songs. Li Jinlong and the others were working hard to collect songs for Liao Liao's new album, and Duan Yuguo continued to put on a straight face to do that. At the same time, Qi Jie went to the newspaper to publish an advertisement and began to prepare for a new round of recruitment and interviews in the studio.

All in all, busy and thriving.

And at the end of this month, Li Qian suddenly received a call from Xie Mingyuan. After a few months, the two made an appointment at a restaurant, and finally had their second official meeting with each other.

The place where the two met was a French restaurant, the environment was very good, and the business was also very good.

Xie Mingyuan seemed to be a regular customer here. After the two met, Li Qian found that he seemed to know the manager and waiter here. The boss even ran over in person and gave Xie Mingyuan a big hug as soon as they met.

The two chattered in French, but Li Qian couldn't understand, so he put his eyes on the cat on the other's shoulder—it should be a foreign species, with dark fur and shiny black eyes, but blue eyes Yes, it looks like a god.

Well, Li Qian's first thought when he saw it was to take a picture of it, and not just a photo, he really wanted to take this cat in one of his movies.

Of course, he looked at the cat, and the cat looked at him without giving in, and licked its tongue at him and meowed.

After Xie Mingyuan exchanged greetings with that person, he solemnly introduced them. Only then did Li Qian know that his name is Kittenly. He is a Frenchman, a painter, and a wandering poet. It was too unreal, so he opened a French restaurant by himself, and he was originally a chef himself. Who thought that the business would get better and better, and soon he would be too busy as a chef, so he had to recruit other people, and he changed his career to be the boss.

Of course, living in China for many years made him fluent in Mandarin. After hugging Li Qian affectionately, he called himself "Old Kai" and introduced that his Chinese name was "Li Kai".

Everyone chatted for a while, just as the dishes ordered by Li Qian and Xie Mingyuan began to be served, he left and quickly sent the waiter to bring a bottle of red wine, saying it was his own treasure.

Li Qian was really not used to foreign food, but he had to say that the French food in this restaurant was quite to his liking, especially the pan-fried foie gras and sirloin steak, which made him very delicious.

After the meal, the two shook their red wine glasses and continued to chatter.

Of course, as we chatted, the topic gradually turned to the music circle.

Xie Mingyuan asked about the operation of the studio, and finally nodded and said: "Everything is difficult at the beginning. You have entered the music circle for more than a year alone, and you have already achieved such a great achievement. It is really great. It’s not easy. If it were me, I would definitely not be able to do it. I have to admire this point!”

For his compliment, Li Qian thanked him, but then passed it lightly.

Then, Xie Mingyuan directly changed the topic to the expected topic, "As far as I know, the contract between Liao Liao and Changsheng Records is about to expire, how about it, is it settled?"

This is not really a secret, and there is still a month to go. In fact, when Liao Liao comes back from the commercial performance this time, even Changsheng Records will think that their contract with Liao Liao has ended. As for Liao Liao at that time, although the contract will not be signed for the time being, she will officially go to Li Qian's studio to start preparing her new album once a year, so Li Qian naturally has no need to hide it.

So he nodded and said, "It's settled, right? The two of us make music, and we're a good match, so we're willing to continue working together. So, since I've opened a studio, she'll come over."

Xie Mingyuan nodded with a smile, and said: "How about it, your studio must not have its own distribution channel, Liao Liao's new album, let us do it?"

Li Qian smiled and said, "Of course you can, but you have to offer a higher price."

Xie Mingyuan laughed when he heard the words, paused, and said, "I won't hide it from you, to be honest, the quotation I gave you is really not that high!"

Although he had already guessed something, Li Qian was a little surprised by Xie Mingyuan's straightforward admission, and couldn't help but asked with a smile, "Why?"

Xie Mingyuan smiled and said: "You, together with Liao Liao, are of course a guarantee of big sales. Logically speaking, there are not thirty or twenty companies that want to rush to release Liao Liao's new album, but I can tell you Guaranteed, all companies will not give you too high a price, at least not to the extent that you are satisfied!"

Hearing this, Li Qian smiled without saying a word, just looked at him.

Seeing this, Xie Mingyuan continued slowly: "Actually, although the price we can offer is not high, it is definitely not the lowest. Moreover, you know, Sony's distribution channels are even better than Huage and Cinda. No, let alone those other companies, so although our price is not high, if you sign it to me, the share that your studio can get in the end will definitely be the highest. I can also guarantee this !"

After a pause, he smiled and said, "As for the reason you asked, you know what I know, so I won't show it to shame. In a word, you are a newcomer, and you have no channels of your own, so I won't kill you." , who shall we kill?"

Hearing this, Li Qian couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly.

Although Xie Mingyuan's words were blunt, he was honest.

However, the new studio has no distribution channels at all, and holds a big cake like Liao Liao's new album that can be eaten by people. Therefore, the industry tacitly united to lower the price, and I have already guessed it, right?

The law of this world is like this, you are a newcomer, and you have just entered a circle, you must suffer a little loss first, and learn the rules of survival in this circle by the way-new recruits, freshmen, newcomers in the industry, and new studios , a new record label, a new store opening, etc., it's all the same.

However, knowing this in his heart, Li Qian just wasn't used to Xie Mingyuan's aggressive manner when he spoke and acted. So, after a pause, he smiled and said, "Since Mr. Xie has made his words so clear, then I really have to think about it. Maybe, I should find a time to ask Mr. Watanabe out for a meal and chat with him." chat?"

When Xie Mingyuan heard this, the expression on his face froze immediately.

A moment later, a strange smile appeared on his face, and he said, "It's useless. Although Watanabe has always wanted to get some power back, on the ground in China, the Chinese still have to decide."

With just this sentence, Li Qian knew that in the infighting between Watanabe Kazuichi and Xie Mingyuan, at least until now, Xie Mingyuan had the upper hand.

So, after taking a sip of the red wine slowly, he nodded and said, "You can send someone to talk to you later, but let's talk about the ugly things first. If the price you give is too outrageous, I won't agree."

"Of course!" Xie Mingyuan heard the words, with a triumphant smile on his face, raised his cup, touched Li Qian with a "ding", and said with a smile: "Cooperation, of course, is a win-win situation! Come on... …Wish we can co-operate well!"

Li Qian smiled, and after clinking glasses with him, while drinking, he couldn't help thinking of what Qi Jie said a few days ago——

It was in her office at the time, and she had just rejected her plan to recruit six people to run the distribution, so she said to herself very seriously: "Although I have let you down, although in terms of distribution and sales, I am still I am a newcomer, but I am willing to try, I am not afraid of failure, so let me try! You are responsible for making good music, and I am responsible for being a good businessman! Because we really can’t live without our own channels!”

So in the end, I approved her recruitment plan, but reduced the number of places.

... ... ...

The car stopped downstairs, Li Qian turned off the ignition, pulled out the key, but sat in the car and didn't get out of the car for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, he let out a breath slowly and murmured: "Channel, channel...then try it!"

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