Chapter 223 The Dawn Is Near

1996 is coming to an end, and although Li Qian's studio has been established for less than a year, it is still inevitable to have some inventory at the end of the year. Of course, because the current business volume is not much, so for the studio, the so-called inventory is mainly a financial inventory.

For Li Qian's studio, it has been seven months since it was registered, and it has been more than three months since it was formally established and started to work. There is currently a general manager, a music director, a deputy director, and three department managers. There are nine people, plus two contracted artists, two contracted musicians, and one contracted professional sound engineer, a total of twenty people.

And in mid-December, when Liu Mei and Huang Wenjuan also entered the artist department and officially became employees of the studio, the ordinary staff of the studio became eleven people, and the total number became twenty-two people.

This is already the scale of a small record company, and it is no longer a so-called studio that is supported solely by a single musician or artist.

Among the twenty-two people, of course, only Qi Jie, Li Qian, and Liao Liao, the unpaid deputy music directors, are the real high-level executives. When it comes to the various departments, it is mainly Sun Meimei, Liu Mei, Three people, Huang Wenjuan, four people including Li Jinlong from the production department, as well as finance, back office, etc. Finally, everyone worked together to serve the two currently signed artists.

So far, Li Qian's agent is still Qi Jie, and Liao Liao's agent affairs are temporarily in charge of Sun Meimei and Huang Wenjuan. Among them, Sun Meimei is closer to the agent, Huang Wenjuan is more like a personal assistant, and He Runqing's agent , or Liu Mei.

Next year, Qi Jie's plan is that when Liao Liao and He Runqing's new albums are released, each of them must be equipped with at least one personal assistant, a special car, and a full-time driver.

Moreover, with the faster and faster information transmission, the more developed media, and the more prosperous entertainment industry, the travel of stars has begun to be followed and harassed by more and more media and fans. Therefore, in Qi Jie In the plan, the studio will set up a security department in the future, and at least five to eight professional security guards will need to be recruited. Usually responsible for providing the security work of the studio, when Liao Liao and He Runqing travel, they must each carry at least two security guards as bodyguards.

Because many fans now are not as good as before, and everyone seems to be getting more and more crazy. Once you see your favorite movie star or singer, the hysterical posture is really a bit scary-the travel of stars, especially for business and work trips, has reached the point where professionals must accompany them for protection.

The current assets of the studio mainly include a five-year office lease contract signed with Li Qian, a large amount of office equipment, and many professional-grade music production and playback equipment that have been installed and put into use and have already been ordered.

Of course, the most valuable must be the two contracts signed with Liao Liao and He Runqing.

Li Qian must be the sole owner of the studio, but as the general manager of the studio, Qi Jie owns 3% of the dry shares, while Liao Liao, He Runqing, and Li Qian treat everyone equally, giving them 2% of the dry shares. share.

Of course, at present, these so-called dry stocks still cannot see the slightest profit.

During the more than three months since it officially started working in 1996, the studio had only one income, and that was the fee for the production of Wu Xing Wu Su's new album, a total of 2 million.

This time, Huage Records was extremely happy. The money had already been credited to the account the day after Qi Jie signed the contract with Huage Records on behalf of the studio. It is also the two million working capital.

Of course, this is only about the studio. In terms of Li Qian personally, he still gained a lot in 1996.

The share of "Sisters and Sisters Stand Up" and "The Sound of the Waves Are Still" made him a lot of money. In addition, he also sold four songs to Changsheng Records and Zhou Yeyi of Times Records. "Crooked Moon" and sold ten songs to Huage Records. Although simply selling songs, no matter how high the price is, there is a limit, but when all the money is added together, if there is such a ranking in the industry, it is estimated that Li Qian's income is still enough to enter the top three of all musicians, including singers !

The album "Sisters and Sisters Stand Up" has sold close to 10 million so far - there is no need to doubt this sales volume. In fact, its domestic sales have only just exceeded 8 million. But in September, this album It was successfully sold to Southeast Asia. In October, it began to enter the Japanese and Korean markets. It is even said that it has been listed in polar bears and Europe. Of course, it is listed in those places like Europe, polar bears, Japan, and South Korea. Oh my god, it's just a gimmick of "global sales" in the promotion of Huage Records. In fact, sales are very few.

But in Southeast Asia, where there are a large number of Chinese, and even many places are simply Chinese villages and towns, and some countries are even directly Chinese countries, Chinese songs are still quite popular-although currently in China, except for Sony, the sales of other companies It has not been covered yet, and the only way to make more money is by selling distribution rights, but to a certain extent, at least it has increased the influence of Chinese singers, Chinese record companies and Chinese musicians.

Moreover, even if only the domestic sales of 8 million copies are counted, even if Li Qian does not get a share of the foreign sales, this is still a large sum of money. For Li Qian, this means a total of 14.4 million Chinese yuan share——I have to mention here that the domestic music, film and television consumer market is really a new change in January. This market seems to be expanding and exploding at any time. Almost every month The market data, are growing.

In the original estimate, even if the album "Sisters and Sisters Stand Up" is really popular and sells well, everyone estimates that it will take about one and a half to two years to get eight million sales. But now, in less than a year, it has sold this amount. Therefore, according to Li Jinlong's estimation, by the end of next year, it will exceed 10 million copies, so there is probably no big problem.

At that time, for Li Qian, there will be an extra 3.6 million income.

Of course, the really powerful one is "The Sound of the Waves Is Still".

This "Tiandie", which is recognized by the entire Chinese music scene, has been the leader of the major charts in the entire Chinese music scene since the day it was listed, and it has repeatedly broken various records. After its most popular first few months, it inevitably began to show signs of decline, but it still consistently ranked in the top ten of the major charts.

Therefore, it has only been on the market for more than half a year, and its sales have successfully exceeded 7 million copies-this is an achievement that the entire Chinese music scene must look up to!

And this data, for Li Qian, means an income of 8.4 million!

Four songs including "Big Head Leather Shoes" and "Wandering Song" totaled two million yuan, "Curved Moon" three million yuan, and ten songs in Wuxingwusu's new album four million yuan. 6.3 million!

Therefore, even after deducting the commission that needs to be given to Qi Jie as the agent, Li Qian's income in 1996 still exceeded 27 million!

Moreover, because of the particularity and creativity of the work, his income does not need to pay personal income tax! Every penny of income is your own!

Of course, don’t look at his high income, but in fact, as of now, apart from a real estate, a car, and this studio, he is really poor—because of his money, while To repay the bank loan, at the same time, we must continue to invest in the studio to purchase various high-end equipment.

And up to now, he still owes Cao Zhan a sum of money!

It can only be said that for him, no amount of money is enough to spend!

In fact, in 1997, Li Qian's studio and Li Qian's biggest source of income will undoubtedly be the new albums of Liao Liao and He Runqing. However, it is very likely that their two albums must be licensed to other record companies for distribution, so the profit margin will be greatly compressed. Therefore, in the next year, such tight days , is expected to continue.

Of course, if Liao Liao's new album continues to be successful, including He Runqing's new album can also make her a gorgeous turnaround as she wishes, then the bulk of Li Qian's studio income will be smoothly transferred to commercial performances.

Li Qian's requirements are not high, Liao Liao is relatively lazy, but it should be possible to have 15 to 20 shows a year, and although He Runqing is diligent, Li Qian will definitely not force her around hard, and will try his best to make commercial performances The number of games is controlled within 25 games.

If that time really comes, the 40 commercial performances of the two queens will mean an income of 30 to 40 million. The income and financial situation of Li Qian's studio will be greatly improved, so that they can achieve a smooth profit in one fell swoop. , and even continue to grow.

In addition, judging from the current domestic entertainment, art, and performance markets that continue to develop and flourish, Li Qian really wants to sign a few concerts for Liao Liao next year. At that time, with the gimmick of Liao Liao's first national concert, which has been a big hit in the past three years, it is estimated that countless performers will rush to compete for quotations!

Of course, the premise is that everything goes well!

In fact, when the time approached New Year's Day, the difficult situation that Li Qian's studio has been facing since its establishment due to the tacit collective suppression and blockade of the industry seemed to suddenly see a glimmer of light.

There are three things in total.

The first thing is that less than two months before the Lunar New Year, Liao Liao once again received an invitation to perform at the Spring Festival Gala of Huaxia TV-of course there will be no money, but it is a symbol of status in the industry !

Of course, in fact, based on the popularity of "The Sound of the Waves Is Still" and Liao Liao's top reputation and influence in the domestic music scene, she deserves this invitation. It doesn't matter whether Liao Liao is signed to Changsheng Records or Li Qian's studio. If China Television doesn't invite her to the Spring Festival Gala, it will be a loss for the Spring Festival Gala!

But at least, Liao Liao will participate in the New Year's Day Gala and the Spring Festival Gala one after another after signing with Li Qian's studio, which gives Li Qian's studio the opportunity to extend their contacts to these two TV stations.

The second thing is that after the sudden popularity of "Big Leather Shoes", just before New Year's Day, "The Wandering Song" suddenly became popular again.

In Li Qian's impression, this song was a popular song in the 1990s in another time and space.

With the development of the economy and the progress of the society, the flow of talents in the whole society is accelerating. This has led to the fact that Chinese people who have had a strong rural mindset for thousands of years have to leave their hometowns in large numbers to work and make money in other places. Therefore, works like "The Wandering Song" that can almost instantly resonate with the hearts of countless Chinese people, to be honest, as long as the singer's singing is not too bad, there is almost no possibility that it will not become popular!

What's more, you must know that the timing of this song's release is before New Year's Day, and at the same time, it is also before the Spring Festival-this time period is the time when Chinese people's thoughts and emotions are the strongest!

Therefore, as soon as this work was released, it immediately became popular as expected!

Although Zhen Zhen's new album has just been released, it is so strong that no one can match it, but the work "Wandering Song" quickly rose to the second place on the Voice of China's Golden Songs On-Demand List. "Big Toe Leather Shoes" was suppressed!

Even Lin Xiufeng, who was originally regarded as a second-tier and third-tier male singer among male singers, became an instant hit!

The power of "Big Shoes" has not diminished, and "The Wandering Song" has risen with the wind!

And because of the drive of these two title songs, the two albums of Huang Mai and Lin Xiufeng have also entered the top five of Dongguan Bookstore's album bestseller list!

All of a sudden, Changsheng Records was in the limelight!

Originally, among the many record companies in China, Changsheng Records could only be regarded as a medium-sized record company, but this year, first of all, "The Sound of the Waves" became popular. With this album, Liao Liao was almost invincible. Controversially becoming the No. 1 person in the domestic music scene, followed by the sudden outbreak of "Big Leather Shoes" and "Wandering Song", all of a sudden, Changsheng Records vaguely gained the momentum of some large record companies!

Not to mention, by this time, Chen Changsheng still had Li Qian's other two songs in his hands and hadn't released them yet!

No need to think about it, he must have staggered the time to release songs, in order to try his best to avoid excessive competition with the company. And it is conceivable that by next spring, the two works "I Think I Am the Sea" and "Friends" will bring another wave of album sales to Changsheng Records!

But in fact, among the wildly sold albums like this, only one of Li Qian's works is used as the title song!

So it is conceivable that not only did he not care about Liao Liao's job-hopping and leaving, but he even took the initiative to come to Li Qian's studio. When Li Qian was not there, he told Qi Jie: What's the matter? Help, Changsheng Records will definitely help!

Of course, his subtext is, if Li Qian wants to release any works, please take care of our Changsheng Records first! After all, we're old friends, aren't we?

It was at this time, whether it was a visit to Li Qian's studio, or taking the initiative to make a phone call, in short, several companies in the industry suddenly began to take the initiative to extend an olive branch!

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There are three things to say.

First, my father is recovering and is expected to be discharged from the hospital soon, so we will probably be able to go back in early December, and thank you again for your care and blessings;

Second, there are still about 20 hours left in November, and the monthly pass will be wasted if you don’t vote, so, finally ask for the monthly pass for November;

Third, a new week is about to start, please ask for a recommendation ticket!

Finally, I would like to thank you all for your understanding of Dao. When I get home and rest for a while, I will take a break to repay you!