Chapter 461 Li Qian Is About to Release an Album!

In Li Qian's office.

Two cups of tea, the two sat opposite each other.

Xie Mingyuan's sitting posture was a little tense, he looked around, and asked with a smile: "Last time I heard from Mr. Qi, it is said that the TV series in your hand is about to finish?"

Li Qian nodded, "It's coming soon, by the end of this month, I'll try to finish it all!" While speaking, he sighed, and smiled helplessly: "However, it's not over yet, there are so many money back and forth. If you invest in it, you have to sell the film to get back the cost, right?"

Xie Mingyuan nodded and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, although I don't know how well your film is doing, to be honest, it's difficult for you to make money from filming, and the risk is uncontrollable. , compared to your making music, it’s far behind.”

Li Qian pursed his lips and smiled.

He understood what Xie Mingyuan meant.

So after a while, he replied, "But what if the records won't sell anymore in a few years?"

Xie Mingyuan was taken aback when he heard the words, then sat up straight, put away his smile, and said with a serious face: "When I read the document you gave me, I wanted to discuss this issue with you. I know you have been Worried about online piracy, but... why do you think that piracy will harm the music industry so seriously? You know, although our country’s crackdown on all kinds of piracy is not as strong as in Europe and the United States, it has always been heavy handed! Online piracy , will it be so powerful? Also, can it be said that with the Internet, everyone just stays in front of the computer and listens to pirated copies? Instead of buying CDs? Stop buying tapes?"

Li Qian smiled and said: "There are already some mobile phones that can support a variety of complex functions, such as music playback!"

Xie Mingyuan smiled and shook his head when he heard this, "I went to France this time, and I went to buy a mobile phone. The salesperson also recommended me a new mobile phone. It is said that the mobile phone can store more than 20 songs. I listened to it at the time. Frankly speaking, , that kind of sound quality is simply terrible, it is impossible for it to become popular! After I went back, I searched for relevant information. It is an Internet music format, which is severely compressed, called MP3, and its characteristic is that the compressed volume It's very small, so it can be easily stored in the phone, but..."

Li Qian interrupted him suddenly and said: "But if one day, a mobile phone, or any other device, is very light, small enough to be as big as a playing card, or even as light as a key holder, it will be easy You can carry it with you, but it can provide hundreds of M, or even thousands of M of storage capacity, so that people who like to listen to music can store dozens of music files with not low sound quality, and there is also a new The structure of the playback chip enables it to restore about 60% to 80% of the music texture, and even closer to the CD-level sound quality... The most important thing is that you only need to buy such a player, and then what you want to listen to Songs can be downloaded for free from the Internet to pirated versions without spending a penny... What should I do?"

Xie Mingyuan opened his mouth slightly and fell silent.

After a while, he asked: "Will it be like that? Your judgment, I mean, is your current plan, TV dramas, movies, and variety shows, fully rolled out... Is it based on your judgment?"

Li Qian shrugged, leaned on the back of the back, and smiled helplessly: "I'm sorry, our first official conversation after you took office is that I need to tell you that I think the record market has only a few years of golden time left. .Even, maybe only three or four years.”

Xie Mingyuan raised his hand and rubbed his chin slowly.

After a while, he asked: "Will it be useful for us to contact various record companies and ask the government to strengthen the crackdown on online piracy? I mean...if your judgment is really realized."

Li Qian shrugged again and said, "It's useful! But the effect is limited."

After a pause, he explained: "Now, this is not just a domestic problem, it is actually a common problem faced by the entire world's record industry! In fact, up to now, although I don't have relevant detailed data at hand, but I'm also an Internet user, and I've noticed that piracy of music albums on the Internet is quite serious now."

"It's just that, as you said, firstly, although those mobile phones support playing MP3, firstly, it is a function of high-end mobile phones. The price is too expensive, and it is not widely used for the time being. , In a short period of time, in fact, this kind of online piracy has relatively little impact on the sales of physical records. Most people, even if they buy pirated copies, are still more used to and prefer listening to tapes and CDs. However, we It should be noted that this is a direction of development. In the near future, we can expect that with the advancement of technology and the overcoming of technical difficulties one by one, online piracy of music will be almost uncontrollable. And..."

Speaking of this, Li Qian paused for a moment, then smiled helplessly, and said, "You have to know that although CDs are gradually becoming the mainstream, most young people still use cassette players. Although the network format on the computer such as tape and MP3 is heavily compressed, the sound quality is not as good as that of CD, but with a little improvement and bit rate increase, it will not be worse than tape.”

After a pause, he continued: "There is one more thing that cannot be ignored. We are all used to listening to high-end music equipment, your ears and mine, and we all have relatively high requirements for the quality of music, but you You must know that the vast majority of ordinary music fans do not have such high requirements for sound quality, and they will not care about the slightly lower sound quality of MP3s when they can save a lot of money on buying records every year. Especially Yes, compared to tapes and CDs, the format of MP3, or the way of listening to music by downloading from the Internet and then playing it, is really convenient, much better than listening to CDs and tapes!"

"So, looking at it all together, as long as there is any big company that can complete resource integration in this area, and can launch a portable player that can play MP3 with sufficient weight and standard, then our world can announce its access to the Internet at any time. It's time for piracy!"

Speaking of this, Li Qian couldn't help but think of the artifact that turned out in the last life - IPOD!

The Apple Computer Company in this time and space is also a very good company. Although they may not be the first company to launch this kind of portable device, and this device may not be an IPOD, but this trend is something that no one can reverse. .

This time, after a long time, Xie Mingyuan asked again: "So, in your opinion, is the music industry, or the record industry, about to become a sunset industry?"

Li Qian smiled and shook his head, "Of course not! Never! People's lives will never be separated from good music! And as long as people still need to listen to music, the industry we are engaged in will never decline. The difference It’s just that the way we make money has changed.”

Xie Mingyuan originally came here with excitement, but who knows, the conversation between the two just started, and before he asked Li Qian if he wanted to release an album, Li Qian poured a lot of money on his head. Basin of cold water!

For a moment, his face was a little ugly, and he couldn't help but fell silent.

The tea soup is clear and bitter.

The tea currently stored in Li Qian’s office was sent to Xie Bing by Xie Bing’s father recently. It is said that the tea is made by local tea farmers in Huzhou Prefecture for self-drinking. She likes it, and she doesn’t really drink tea very much. At first, she wondered why her parents suddenly sent her a big bag of tea. Later, Li Qian tasted it once and found it to be good. He also heard from Xie Bing that this kind of tea is good for tea. The throat irritation was very small, so only a small portion was left for her, and most of the others were taken to the company.

Xie Bing's parents already knew about the affair between them, and they knew about it last summer, so, considering that her parents must know that she doesn't drink tea, Li Qian knew it well, in all likelihood, That big bag of tea was sent to me.

Xie Mingyuan drank all the tea in the cup, and Li Qian picked up the tea sea to pour it for him.

After a long time, Xie Mingyuan let out a long sigh, his face full of helplessness.

He comes from a family of musicians, and he has been making music and records for half his life. Therefore, when Li Qian said that the record industry would soon be destroyed by online piracy, his first reaction was not to believe it, but when Li Qian put him He laid out his thoughts one by one, but he found himself powerless to refute them—that is indeed the direction of future development!

Picking up the cup and taking another sip, he looked up at Li Qian, and said, "It suddenly occurred to me that He Wei told me that the sales data of newcomers launched by the company this year are slightly lower than the company's previous expectations. You know that, right? Then..."

Li Qian smiled and interrupted him, "You want to ask if it has something to do with online piracy, right?"

Xie Mingyuan nodded.

Li Qian thought for a while, and said: "If you want to say that it's completely irrelevant, it's definitely not. The pirated copies that are spreading everywhere on the Internet have already begun to have an impact on the physical sales of the record industry, but if you want to say the most fundamental thing, I don't think it is this. "

Xie Mingyuan asked: "What is that?"

Li Qian tapped the coffee table a few times with his fingers, and said with a smile, "I think it's mainly because the attractiveness of my music has started to decline."

After a pause, he explained: "In 1995, for our domestic fans, the things I produced had quite a few styles, which were very novel, such as "Perseverance", such as the later "Sound of the Waves". Still", you also came here from that time, I guess you did a lot of research on these songs of mine at that time, right?"

Seeing Xie Mingyuan nodded, Li Qian continued: "But now, it can't be done. The world is developing too fast, and the speed of our integration with foreign countries is also following the Internet, with the development of communication and the development of logistics and trade. More and more developed, and faster and faster. Five or six years is enough for fans to lose the freshness of these styles."

"So..." Li Qian drank his saliva, and said, "Everyone will still like good things, but after losing that fresh feeling, their motivation to buy albums will not be so strong. Especially when these people It’s still a newcomer. Therefore, Zhuang Meiyue, Zhao Yuan, and Ge Rilen, who will be on the stage in August, can also be popular and stand up, but they will be slightly lower than our original market expectations.”

Xie Mingyuan nodded, relaxed his sitting posture, and slowly leaned against the back of the sofa, looking thoughtful.

Li Qian didn't speak anymore, just drank his tea slowly, leaving him time to think.

After a long time, Xie Mingyuan suddenly said again: "So, next, what new things are you going to bring out? Have you prepared it for a long time? Then, what is the overall idea of ​​music in the future? Let's... talk? "

Li Qian smiled, "Okay, let's talk!"

After a pause, he said again: "Even if you don't come to me, I will have an in-depth talk with you!"

Xie Mingyuan laughed when he heard this.

Then, Li Qian said: "Create a new style, yes! On the one hand, it needs to be closer to popular POP, which is actually the way Rose Power is going. On the other hand, it needs to bring out some new styles to domestic fans."

Xie Mingyuan smiled, "R&B? Hip-hop? Or..."

Li Qian responded, "There are all of them."

Xie Mingyuan nodded, and asked again: "As soon as Liao Liao's album came out, I knew that what you are good at is not just what you used to be. You can still be good at R&B, but there is one thing that must be considered in advance. , that is the degree of recognition and speed of acceptance of music forms such as R&B and rap in China. Moreover, in China, there has not been a particularly successful R&B before. Who are you going to ask to be the first to try it? ? How confident are you?"

Li Qian smiled and asked, "I myself, okay?"

Xie Mingyuan laughed, but after thinking about it, he still nodded, "I don't have anything to worry about because you put on your own clothes yourself. I'm also looking forward to your new style, but... are you busy enough?" ?”

Li Qian smiled and said: "There is nothing too busy. Next, in July, I will finish this TV series. In August, I will find a way to sell it. At the same time, Sun Ruoxuan's talk show, I still have to strive to go online sooner." , because there are not many talk shows in China, if they go online earlier, they will have more opportunities. Then, I will supervise and produce a few films, but I will not be the director for the time being, just the producer. Let’s start this winter and make an album with all our strength!”

Xie Mingyuan was shocked when he heard the words, "Do your best to make an album?"

Li Qian smiled and nodded, "It's been a long time since I made an album seriously. Next, I'll make one for myself, one for Momo, and one for Xiaobing and Jingxue."

The smile on Xie Mingyuan's face became brighter and brighter, and he felt relaxed.

He couldn't help laughing and said: "That's great, if that's the case, I'll be a music director!"

But after a pause, he put away his smile again, thought for a while, and asked, "So, what's next? In the next few years, besides the new style, your thinking on music, or in other words, what's wrong with you?" What is the future development idea of ​​the entire Minghu culture?"

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