Chapter 308 Rapid Progress
It has been a year and a half since Li Qian’s studio was registered and established in 1996 to the current Minghu Culture Company. Its contracted artists also include a rock band, A girl group, and eight other independent artists, the company's production department, after repeated expansion of recruitment, now has a team of more than 20 people, even in terms of size, it is already considered medium-sized or even large-scale record company.
However, a problem that is more serious than all other medium and large record companies is that Minghu Culture Company has relied too much on personal ability and drive until now. From this point of view, Minghu Culture Company can only be regarded as fall into the category of small record companies.
In short, the company could barely function without Li Qian.
Therefore, the operation of the entire company, especially the working rhythm of the core business of music production, had to be arranged and adjusted according to Li Qian's time schedule to the greatest extent.
The result of this is that when Li Qian is busy with his studies, many things in the company have to be moved forward a little bit, and the rhythm is extremely slow, and when Li Qian is free, he can go back to the company to sit in charge, even if many times He simply went through it, sometimes he just nodded and approved, and sometimes he just mentioned a few words, and then called back to modify, and the business progress of the entire company would suddenly increase to a fairly fast speed.
Therefore, despite the fact that Minghu Culture Company is already quite large, the more core the management is, the more they know: there is a shortage of people in the company!
What is lacking is not ordinary staff, not ordinary arrangers and musicians, what is lacking is a master who can be completely independent like Li Qian. Especially, producers!
In view of this, Qi Jie, Liao Liao, Li Jinlong and Sun Meimei have been persistently searching and searching in the circle for more than half a year, trying to recruit a few masters, even if the core business is still Li Qian cannot do without Li Qian, but at least some ordinary businesses must be able to operate normally when Li Qian is too busy.
It's a pity that the music circle is originally a circle of playing talent, and it is the most typical industry that thrives on people and also dies on people. That is to say, the level of personal ability, in fact, is the most critical for both large companies and small companies. It is even more important than the capital chain and sales channels required for normal company operations.
If you have to benchmark, then musicians are to record companies what technology departments are to industrial companies.
And to a large extent, every musician with a unique style is a unique technology with a global patent, which you can't learn, and which is not like a copycat.
And that's what records are sold for.
Therefore, in the music circle, as long as there are some outstanding figures, no matter if they are famous songwriters, arrangers, producers, or even famous musicians, they all have their own mountains. All major, medium and small record companies are also very tight on them, trying to poach people, even second-tier people, is as difficult as skyrocketing.
However, even if there are a few who are not in the record company system...the reason why they are not there must be a special reason. These record companies are crazy, and they don't bother to talk to them at all! In short, if other companies can't invite them, Minghu Culture is still useless.
Therefore, the problem of lack of people has always plagued Minghu culture.
This year is not bad, the whole company is only gradually getting on the right track. In the whole year of 1997, the company only released two albums, and also did a He Runqing concert, and received the soundtrack of three TV dramas and one movie. , the work is not too much, and the company is full of ordinary people. Li Qian can basically get it done if he stays in the company for a few more days.
But what about next year?
Next year, in 1998, there will be at least five albums planned to be produced and released, including "Fake Monk" by the Four Great Beauties, and one of them will be newly signed by the company. Choose one of the three newcomers to test the water market. For a record company that has so far relied on two queens to dominate the world, whether the first pure newcomer launched can be a hit, its significance, no matter what It cannot be overstated.
From a more long-term perspective, the three members of Rose Power, Xie Bing, Wang Jingxue, and Sun Ruoxuan, have also signed contracts with the company as individual singers. Then, next, the personal development direction of the three of them must also be determined. Get up, and then, where are the other two newcomers? Even if we didn't release an album in 1998, we can't stop releasing it in 1999, right?
Therefore, if the problem of lack of people is not resolved, it is no longer a simple matter that Li Qian will be overwhelmed and tired. It has already involved the development and prospects of the entire company.
Li Jinlong is currently the manager of the production department of the company. He is a long-sleeved and good at dancing. He is responsible for some basic things. It goes without saying that he covers almost every aspect and never makes Li Qian worry about it. The ability to grasp music, to be honest, is not enough to support one side alone.
However, at present, Minghu Culture can't recruit other people, so Li Qian came up with a temporary relief method: Push He Runqing to the backstage and start working as a producer part-time.
On November 12th, He Runqing's national tour officially started, and for the next five weeks, she has been traveling in other places. After 30 days, the national tour ended, except for many fans who watched the BJ broadcast by Shuntianfu TV station. After the live video of the station, apart from regretting the absence of the four beauties, basically everything went smoothly, and the concert guests have to change every time they change stations. This is also the rule in the industry, and no one can challenge What.
Therefore, wherever her concerts went, her popularity was almost overwhelming. As a result, not only Minghu Culture and the show business made a lot of money, but He Runqing's popularity and influence also reached the peak state in recent years.
After a month of running around and working hard, anyone who changed would have to rest for a while, but He Runqing has always been a workaholic, and the success of the national concert tour has brought her professionalism to almost the peak, so, back to After only three days of rest in Shuntian Mansion, she returned to the company and resumed work.
And when Li Qian told her about his plan, she agreed without thinking about it.
When she was working on an album with Liao Liao and Li Qian before, she was already interested in the behind-the-scenes production, and now she had the opportunity to try it out for herself, which was exactly what she wanted.
Her ten years of popularity in the music industry, her status and influence as a queen, as well as her many insights during this transformation, all made Li Qian full of confidence in her career as a producer.
In fact, the recording of the episode of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that she was responsible for was quite beautiful for a new producer! Occasionally, there were small flaws, Li Qian pointed them out, and with her rich experience and high comprehension, she quickly understood, and when she went back to make corrections, Li Qian immediately gave her a thumbs up.
Therefore, under Li Qian, it can be said for the time being that Minghu Culture Company finally has another qualified producer.
Then, when the time entered 1998, throughout January, Cao Zhan and Wang Huaiyu were busy working on the later stages of "Fake Monk", while Li Jinlong was busy with the soundtrack of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and He Runqing was busy producing six episodes Li Qian, on the other hand, was busy recording the theme song and episodes of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and at the same time started to help Liao Liao arrange the songs.
In the previous three albums, "Liao Liao", "The Sound of the Waves Still", and "Grateful Heart", Liao Liao has almost stepped up one step at a time, and every step is extremely steady. Up to now, she has stood firmly reached the highest point of the entire domestic music scene. But the more this happened, the harder it was to make her album.
Therefore, although other people's works can be used for her new album, the role of producer must be Li Qian. If it wasn't for Li Qian, even Liao Liao himself would feel uneasy.
You know, as you ascend, you must fall.
In today's domestic music scene, no matter how old the senior guy is, he can no longer put on airs when he meets Liao Liao. After all, he is already an unprecedented national queen, but then again, being polite in person doesn't mean he is really serious. You're welcome, in the domestic music scene today, I don't know how many people are looking forward to Liao Liao's fall from the highest point!
Even though reaching Liao Liao's current status is only a little less than the sales of an album, it is no longer enough to affect her status. As long as the sales volume and word-of-mouth do not collapse, she will still be the number one queen in the world. However, the embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant's nest. No matter whether it is Liao Liao or Li Qian, or from the perspective of Minghu Culture Company's position as a banner bearer, for the time being, everyone does not want to see Liao Liao's album sales decline.
Even if it's just keeping up with the previous one's score, it's good enough!
But obviously, Liao Liao wanted to go one step further!
Because next year her opponent will be Zhou Mo!
According to her logic, it was to kill that woman completely! Let her know that Tianhou and Tianhou are also different! Let her never dare to be provocative again on the album for the rest of her life! ... and so on, a lot of ruthless words.
Because of this, although Liao Liao sang several theme songs for TV dramas in the past 1997, she did not plan to include them in the new album, because she was afraid that the old songs that had already appeared would affect sales and reputation.
And "The Sky of History" won't air until the summer vacation, no matter how much she likes it, she can't accept it.
Therefore, in addition to the "Andante of the Moonlight", "The Sun Comes from the West" and "The Wind Comes Back" that have been determined to be used before, her solo version of "Meeting Nine Eight" will be included.
In addition, the first title of the entire album is responsible for carrying the flag, of course it is the title of the album, "Women's Flower" written by Li Qian for her. Then, "Looking at Flowers in the Fog" and "Wild Lilies Also Have Spring" are folk songs, "Walking in a Cool Way" focuses on pop, and "The Most Romantic Thing" and "Across the Ocean to See You" are pop love songs.
After initially recording the whole album, Li Qian personally summoned the high-level members of Minghu Culture, including Cao Zhan and others, to listen to it. Everyone agreed that it was great!
So, while helping Liao Liao with guidance and adjustments, Li Qian successfully recorded the theme song and episodes of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that he was in charge of, and at the same time seriously faced the final exam at the end of the semester. The Beijing opera study twice a week...it's not long, and Li Qian may not have made any other progress. It is true that his driving skills have made great progress again.
However, it is precisely this kind of busyness that makes all the work of Minghu Culture advance rapidly. In Qi Jie's words, it has laid an excellent foundation for the full-scale explosion next year.
The only thing is, Li Qian had already promised Xie Bing that he would accompany her to buy a puppy, but it was delayed until the Spring Festival was approaching, and he still hadn't fulfilled it.
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Throughout January, the recording of the theme song and episodes of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was basically completed, and the soundtrack of the whole play has advanced to more than 40 episodes. It is expected that it will be completed before the end of March next year.
And in January, after Liao Liao finished recording "The Sky of History", he only had time to record two songs, and was forced to suspend the recording of the new album, because the Spring Festival Gala has entered the final rehearsal period. Queen-level singers like her and Zhou Mo must also go to rehearsals and walks in person.
Liao Liao is going to the Spring Festival Gala, Huang Wenjuan will definitely follow, and He Runqing has also received an invitation to sing her most popular song "Dream Chaser" this year, so the two queens of the company will be going to the Spring Festival Gala, Qi Jie this The general manager volunteered to lead the team.
However, for some reason, after Tao Huijun came to Shuntian Mansion, it seemed that she really put on a posture that she would never go back. Although she hadn't changed the house yet, she actually insisted on not going back to Jinan Mansion for the Spring Festival! Moreover, it is said that the fathers of Wang Jingxue and Wang Jinglu never came to Shuntian Mansion!
The matters here involve the internal affairs of other people's family, even if it is a close relationship, it is inconvenient to talk about it, Li Qian will naturally not ask more questions, but in this way, Wang Jinglu seems to be in a dilemma. In the end, although everyone was persuading her to go back, she didn't know what to think, and decided to stay in Shuntian Mansion and spend the holiday with her mother and sister.
As a result, Li Qian had no choice but to go back to Jinan Mansion alone.
But before he left, he thought about it. Seeing that he was about to leave the city of Shuntianfu, he turned the steering wheel back. When he reached Xie Bing's downstairs, he called her and said, "Come back to Jinan with me." Let's celebrate the new year!"
Ten minutes later, Xie Bing, who was still alone in the room and felt a little lonely, had already dressed up and bounced downstairs with his small suitcase.
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