Chapter 104: Building a Super Star
Within a few days, Fan Wubing received several good news. One was that the satellite communication service company had already started to pilot CCTV programs. The effect was very good and the images were clear and stable. The most advanced satellites made by Hughes were indeed not covered. Another good news was that the New Silk Road Entertainment Company had contacted Xiao Qi's agency.
Fan Wubing pays more attention to the second news. After all, if you can't use such a future film and television song superstar, you really feel ashamed of your reputation as a genius and golden hand.
At present, Xiao Qi has not joined the Rolling Stone Records Company, but is an artist under Taiwan's Xinge Records Company. Although he has released four albums, including "Running to the Rainbow Collection", "Ask Again", "Indifference and Gentleness", and "Flying to Yourself", his reputation on the island is still relatively low. Although he also did some lyrics and songwriting during this period, overall, there were no excellent works that could make him famous in one fell swoop.
In fact, it was not until Xiao Qi became popular in the mainland because of the song "So Soft Heart" that everyone knew that he was not very popular on Taiwan. Finally, after the album "Sad Pacific" was released, he returned to his birthplace from the mainland to Taiwan.
When talking about Xiao Qi's first boss, Xinge Records, Fan Wubing always thought it was an unknown company, but the information sent back by Xia Donghai was not like this.
It turns out that Taiwan’s Xinge Records Company is still very famous in the industry. When it comes to Taiwan’s campus folk songs, we must mention Xinge Records Company. Xinge’s main achievements are the establishment of the Jinyun Folk Song Award and the commercialization of folk songs.
Xinge Records was founded in 1976. The company founded the Jinyun Folk Song Award in 1977, providing a hotbed for the development of the Taiwan folk song movement.
Until it was suspended five years later, the Golden Rhyme Awards were held for five sessions, with more than a hundred campus folk singers emerging, including excellent works such as "Olive Tree", "Scenery in the Rain", "The Successor of the Dragon", "Forgot Who I Am", etc. Qi Qin's sister Qi Yu was the winner of the second Golden Rhyme Award.
In addition to providing a stage for folk singers to create and perform, Xinge Records has also led to a wave of campus folk song creation and dissemination by hosting the Golden Rhyme Awards. Luo Dayou, Lee Zongsheng, Doll, Pan Yueyun, Zhang Aijia, Chen Shuhua and other large number of well-known singers have appeared on the music stage in this craze, and there are countless singers we are relatively unfamiliar with.
These famous and unknown folk singers at that time either entered the music scene with the Golden Rhyme Awards, became popular stars, or went behind the scenes, becoming famous producers, directors, and media investors. Looking at the current Taiwanese music scene, a large number of ideal and talented musicians produced in the folk movement have formed the backbone of the current Taiwanese music industry.
In the 1970s, although campus folk songs had begun to show their fresh and simple and catchy unique charm to people, they had not yet become the mainstream form in the music industry at that time. Therefore, when Xinge Records held the Golden Rhyme Awards, in addition to spare no effort to discover musical talents, it also began the commercialization process of bringing campus folk songs to the market. Not only did it publish many Golden Rhyme Award commemorative albums, it allowed many classic works to be passed down, such as "The Successor of the Dragon", "Scenery in the Rain", "If", etc., the entries of singers mentioned above, but also published albums for many newcomers, making these singers known to others and gained a foothold in the music industry, such as Qi Yu's first album "Olive Tree", Li Jianfu's first album "The Successor of the Dragon", and the first album of the Qiuqiu Choir (Doll) "Quqiu Choir", etc.
The original music albums packaged, distributed and promoted by Taiwan Xinge Records Company found a new development direction for the record industry at that time, and also found a new promotion and development method for the development of folk songs at that time. Shortly after the album was released, musicians such as Qi Yu, Cai Qin, and Li Jianfu successively released their first albums, which also allowed young people who devoted themselves to the development of local music to join the ranks of folk song creation. Other independent record companies saw the achievements made by Xinge Records Company and began to produce their own singers. The franchise of these companies pushed the development of Taiwan's folk songs to a new peak.
After the 1981 Golden Rhyme Awards were suspended, Xinge Records also reached the end of its career, which was undoubtedly a major blow to the newly flourishing Taiwanese campus folk songs. Fortunately, the Rolling Stone Records Company, established in the same year, took over the baton of Xinge, and purchased the copyrights of all the records under Xinge and some singers under its name, and continued to move forward along the exploration of Taiwanese local music.
The rise of Rolling Stone Records also means that there will be a major turning point in Taiwan’s campus folk songs, and a new era of Taiwanese pop music is about to come.
Because of poor performance, Xinge Records does not attach great importance to Xiao Qi, but they are curious why a mainland entertainment company is interested in him? In their opinion, although the mainland market is relatively large, the entertainment industry is too restricted and has not formed a good commercial atmosphere, which is not conducive to the development of singers.
Although many singers' records have been sold well in the mainland before, the problems of piracy and reproduction are also quite serious. In addition, some political reasons make them feel a little confused about the mainland's entertainment market.
However, the original intention of Xin Silk Road Entertainment Company to purchase Xiao Qi's signing rights from Xinge Record Company. This news still made them feel a little happy. There are many local artists in Taiwan and many brokerage companies. The competition should be fierce. Although there are many opportunities for newcomers to make a debut, it also means that many newcomers may not become popular after the company is packaged. In this way, there are many artists in the company who are not awkward, lukewarm, and it is really a pity to give up.
For artists who cannot become popular, it is also a good choice to earn a considerable transfer fee. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Xinge Records Company did a good job in Xiaoqi's ideological work, and proposed a transfer fee of 2 million to Xinsi Road Entertainment Company, and asked Xinsi Road Entertainment Company to fully package Xiaoqi within the first three years, which can be regarded as fulfilling its duties as its old boss.
"Two million?!" After hearing the news, Fan Wubing felt unbelievable and couldn't help but shout on the phone.
"Why? Is it a little too much? Or I'll talk to them again? Or can I get one million and a million be taken down-" Xia Donghai mistakenly thought Fan Wubing, and thought he thought it was expensive.
After all, for a new singer who is unknown in the mainland and Taiwan, the transfer fee of 2 million is really high. Although Xia Donghai knows that his boss Fan Wubing is rich, he cannot squander at will if he has money. It is shameful to waste it!
Fan Wubing smiled so hard that he couldn't stop smiling. After a long time, he ordered, "Hundreds of thousands of dollars, there is no place worth bargaining. Hurry up and sign a contract with them and bring Xiao Qi to Shanghai. I will go to Shanghai to guide him in person! During this period of time, you can make him familiar with the domestic environment and adapt to the Mandarin. The habits in Taiwan are still a little different from our mainland."
"Well, I understand this." Xia Donghai is also an experienced industry insider, so of course he knows this.
By the way, Xia Donghai mentioned the issue about the script of "Myth". Earlier, Fan Wubing told the story outline casually and outlined a rough blueprint. Xia Donghai refined it again on this big framework. He was a director and the script was his strength. At this time, he had basically completed it. If Fan Wubing had no major problems, he would prepare to contact the actor next month and then start the filming in Hengdian.
Fan Wubing patted his head and thought to himself that he had put such important things aside. "You should look at the arrangements for this matter first. I'll give you a list. You can contact each other according to the personnel above. We are a big production this time. By the way, Xiao Qi has already had experience in filming. Think about it and see that the character in the film is more suitable for him. After all, he is a member of the company soon, so there is no need to be in vain."
"Uh, Mr. Fan, you are very good at picking up ready-made ones." Xia Donghai did not expect that Fan Wubing was so quick that he contacted his company and would soon see benefits!
If you want to build a superstar, any publicity is nonsense. The best way is to let him appear in front of the public through various channels such as film, television, and songs as much as possible. This is better than any publicity.
Of course, whether it is gold or not will shine, it depends on your true skills.
Fan Wubing is still very confident about Xiao Qi.
Hahaha, thinking of Xiao Qi, Chen Bisong, Chen Jingchu, and the newly discovered Feng Ping, Fan Wubing felt that he had a keen eye for recognition. When the film was filmed and released next year, media around the world would be shocked?
Chapter completed!