A taxi stopped in front of a five-story office building.
A young man in a suit and leather shoes, dressed formally, came out of the taxi in high spirits and looked slightly lost in thought when he looked at the company sign of "Vast and Infinite Records" in front of him.
Recalling the surprise of receiving an interview notice from a record company, and the sadness of being made things difficult for me by my boss and clients when I was singing at a nightclub, I clenched my fists involuntarily.
"From today on, no one can whisper to me anymore. I will definitely succeed this time..."
"What do you want to do? You haven't paid me yet!" behind him, the grumpy driver with sunglasses rolled down the window and slapped the car door and yelled loudly.
The young man shrank in fright, turned around and waved to the driver, apologizing repeatedly, "I'm sorry, I don't have to change the ten yuan, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
After watching the car drive away, he regained his serious expression from his apologetic smile.
There were more than a dozen cars parked in the parking lot in front of the company, including many luxury cars.
These luxury cars are all under the company's name.
After Liu Hao released several albums, he made a lot of money for the record company, but for each album he made for the company, Liu Hao would not pay more than half of the dividends to shareholders, including himself.
The record company still has a lot of funds. With money, the company cannot be so shabby. Originally, Liu Hao's record company only occupied one room on the first floor of this five-story office building, but now it directly rents all five floors.
Why rent? Because Liu Hao spent his own money to buy the five-story office building.
You will definitely not lose money on your house in Tunjing City.
Liu Hao is very smart.
Liu Hao personally spends money to buy things like houses that have room for appreciation and rent them to his record company at a high price. Things like cars that will depreciate can be purchased by the company for free for him or other employees to use. If he is willing, the car will be depreciated after a few years to the extent of the loss.
Sell it to yourself at a very low price....
Hehe... Liu Hao from the wool harvesting company is professional.
As soon as he stepped into Liu Hao's record company and saw the company's post-modern luxurious decoration and unique artistic style, the originally confident young man became cautious.
Somewhat nervously, I arranged my clothes in front of the glass door.
again and again.
The little girl at the front desk of the company saw his strange behavior and was not surprised. She took the initiative to ask enthusiastically:
"Sir, how can I help you?"
The tension calmed down a bit, and the young man answered in Mandarin with a Lu provincial accent: "My name is Huang Bo, I am a singer, I received an interview notice from your company and came here for the interview..."
Hearing this, the little girl at the front desk was slightly surprised and looked up and down at the unattractive young man in front of her.
Because she knew that Liu Hao, the singer who submitted resumes to the company, had all been screened, and the singers who received the company's interview notice were the ones Liu Hao valued.
"Wait a moment," the little girl at the front desk didn't dare to neglect, and immediately called the personnel. After confirming, she politely poured a glass of water for Huang Bo.
Huang Bo, who was submissive and didn't dare to look around blindly, was a little flattered.
Nowadays, Liu Hao's record company is becoming more and more complete, with a dance studio and practice room with all kinds of functions, and a professional recording studio has also been built.
It is full of the latest and best recording equipment. Although it is not as good as the top recording studios in the mainland like Baihua Recording Studio, it is not far behind.
It was more than enough to record an album, so Liu Hao planned to record his fourth album in his company's recording studio.
The tape that was originally given to Gao Yuanyuan was just a crude version of the fourth album, just for her to choose songs to shoot. If it was to be released, it would definitely not be possible to use that crude version, and some songs would have to be re-recorded.
At this time, Liu Hao was recording two songs with Wan Qian, "No Makeup" and "No Money to Be Fashionable".
Compared to Liu Hao's relaxation, Wan Qian felt a little uncomfortable.
This was her first time recording a song in a recording studio, and she was recording a song with her idol. Wan Qian was inevitably a little nervous.
Although Wan Qian has made great progress in singing after a period of training, her current singing skills are still a bit immature, and she can only be regarded as having just entered the threshold of a professional singer.
It's even worse than when Liu Hao first debuted.
But Wan Qian is still very talented. Although she has many problems now, she doesn't have to sing and perform live, she just records songs in the studio.
At worst, you can try it a few more times and if it still doesn't work, just record it sentence by sentence. If it really doesn't work, aren't there millions of tuners?
The recording engineers and tuners Liu Hao hired with high salaries are all professional.
No matter how bad the situation is, Liu Hao has never seen it before.
Can Liu Hao get Hu Jing to sing the theme song "Too Much" from "Love Through Time", but can he still get Wan Qian, who has a better singing ability than him?
Impossible!
Everything was calm.
After listening to the latest recorded version with a serious look on his face, Liu Hao nodded with satisfaction and made an OK gesture towards Wan Qian.
Wan Qian breathed a long sigh of relief, and randomly started shouting with joy.
"This is a recording studio, please be quiet." Liu Hao looked at Wan Qian with a loving look on his face, without any blame in his tone.
Liu Hao likes Wan Qian's current character very much and has always treated her as a younger sister and dotes on her.
"Okay, okay..." Wan Qian nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. She became much quieter, and the joy on her face was beyond words.
The well-behaved look made Liu Hao couldn't help but rub her hair.
"By the way, we will be shooting the music videos for these two songs in the next two days."
"I know, I will be serious." Wan Qian nodded seriously. She was also looking forward to filming the MV with Liu Hao.
The MV for the song "No Makeup" will be very simple and there won't be much of a story. After all, Wan Qian is too young now.
"It doesn't cost money to be trendy" will be a bit more complicated, because this song will be an advertising song for Liu Hao's clothing brand, and Liu Hao will shoot the music video of this song as a dress-up show.
The two of them probably had to change dozens of outfits when filming the MV...
I'll be a little tired if I'm tired, and Liu Hao won't take back the dozens of sets of clothes I've changed into.
Just think of it as payment for recording songs for Wan Qian.
If the market response is good, it would also be a good choice to let Wan Qian become the spokesperson of her own clothing brand.
They even plan to release Wan Qian to the market after she turns sixteen next year and help him produce a single to test the waters.
I haven't used the song "Star Language Wishes" by Tianqi yet. This song is very suitable for female voices and is quite good.
After giving a few more instructions to Wan Qian, Wan Qian stayed in the recording studio to continue practicing, and Liu Hao left.
He saw Huang Bo waiting outside the recording studio.
"You've been waiting for a long time..." Liu Hao looked Huang Bo up and down curiously and said with a kind face.
This was his first time seeing such a young Huang Bo.
It can be seen from Huang Bo's dress that he attaches great importance to this interview.
"No, no." Huang Bo replied immediately and became more reserved. Liu Hao personally received him, which made him even more flattered.
Liu Hao nodded without revealing it. The HR employee who received Huang Bo on the side left wisely. Huang Bo followed Liu Hao to his office.
Liu Haogang was sitting in his office when the phone in his office rang.
"You don't mind if I answer the phone first..." After Huang Bo said he didn't mind, Liu Hao continued, "Then you can do whatever you want first."
After speaking, Liu Hao directly picked up the phone and turned on speakerphone.
It was a call from PolyGram’s Asia President Zheng Donghan.
Liu Hao said that Huang Bo couldn't be casual, so he became more and more reserved while sitting on the chair. He felt very uncomfortable, sitting on the chair with his buttocks still feeling uncomfortable and he didn't dare to move.
His eyes couldn't help but glance at the cabinet behind Liu Hao.
The cabinet is filled with various photos, certificates and trophies.
Huang Bo has good eyesight. In many group photos, Huang Bo recognized many celebrities, both in the entertainment industry and not in the entertainment industry.
Certificates and trophies are some of the honors Liu Hao has received.
These are some important music awards in the Mainland, and Huang Bo recognized many of them, including the "China Golden Record Award", "Oriental Chart", "Global Chinese Chart" and other well-known awards.
I have won all kinds of awards, such as Best Newcomer, Best Male Singer, Best Album, Best Album Producer, etc.
There are also three albums with genuine sales certificates issued by Huaxia Publishing House.
Judging from the sales certificates, the mainland sales of Liu Hao's first and third albums have exceeded two million, and his second album has exceeded three million.
In fact, Liu Hao's third specialty is even more popular than his second specialty. This is not only due to the better quality of Liu Hao's third specialty, but also the popularity accumulated by Liu Hao's first and second specialty.
As for why the sales volume of the third album cannot be compared to the original version, firstly, piracy is becoming more and more rampant now, which has a greater impact on the sales of the original version, and the second album was released much earlier.
As time goes by, the sales volume of Liu Hao's third album will exceed 3 million.
Nowadays, Liu Hao is almost alone in selling genuine albums in the Mainland. If an album can sell over one million copies of genuine albums, it is already a huge hit, which is very rare.
This made Huang Bo feel envious and filled with emotion. For him, not to mention a hit album, it was already his dream to become a signed singer and release an album.
The complacency and ambition that I had at that time was almost polished away by years of frustration. The reality is hard to accept, but it is also something that people have to accept.
Now I am just making my last effort towards my original dream.
It took a long time to turn my eyes away from the cabinet full of honors behind Liu Hao, and then look away again from time to time.
When he came back to his senses, he heard that Liu Hao and Zheng Donghan were still on the phone.
We’ve already finished talking about the concert and our fourth major, and it’s almost over.
I only heard Liu Hao ask half-jokingly: "The Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs in Hong Kong will be held on the 1st of next month. I hope you can give me an accurate answer. Will I win the prize?"
"If not, are you absent from the Bay Area Golden Melody Awards like you did before?" Zheng Donghan on the other end of the phone asked with a smile.
"It's possible, I'm very busy." Liu Hao returned in a cold voice.
The Wanwan Golden Melody Awards is a music award established in 1990, much later than the top ten Chinese golden songs in Hong Kong City. At this time, its importance is not necessarily as important as the top ten Chinese golden songs in Hong Kong City.
Because the Wanwan music market is much larger than that of Hong Kong City, the Wanwan Golden Melody Awards have developed more rapidly. In addition, the top ten Chinese golden songs in Hong Kong City are stuck in their own ways and lack inclusiveness. There are also many Golden Melody Awards. Therefore, in later generations, Wanwan Golden Melody Awards
The award is more prestigious.
Is the Wanwan Golden Melody Awards really tolerant?
This is really not necessarily the case.
In the final analysis, any award announcement is just an act of dividing the pork. If you think about the nomination of the four-character prince who is at the forefront of a certain domestic film award in later generations, you can see why.
If you want to win awards in other people's territory, it is not enough to rely on excellence. When Liu Hao released his first album last year, he was not even nominated for the Golden Melody Award. Today, after releasing his second album, he held the Golden Melody Award. Although he received many nominations, he received nothing in the end.
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As a mainlander, coupled with the unhappy breakup with Bayan Rolling Stones, and given the power of Bayan Rolling Stones in Bayan, it is no more than a dream to win an award.
Even with PolyGram’s public relations, it’s impossible!
Nominating you and asking you to go is just to step on the mainland and promote yourself. If this is the case, then why should I give you the Golden Melody Award? Liu Hao simply refused to go and simply absented himself.
No reason was given.
Zheng Donghan answered truthfully on the phone: "Your "Chinese" and "Jinghong Side" will be selected into the top ten golden songs..."
In the current atmosphere of the return of the port city, "The Chinese" is well-deserved to be selected. "The Shocking Side" was selected thanks to the duet with the princess and her glory.
Wang Fei is one of the most popular Chinese-speaking female singers today. This song "A Shocking Side" was also included in her album "Princess 97" released this year, making it even more famous.
Of course, what is more important is PolyGram’s huge influence in Hong Kong and its excellent public relations capabilities.
I only heard Zheng Donghan continue to say: "Including the addition of important awards such as the National Best Singer Award this year, you have no chance this year..."
"It doesn't matter, as long as it doesn't cost me a trip." Liu Hao said nonchalantly.
In fact, winning these awards only makes him look better, and has little effect on promoting the sales of Liu Hao's genuine albums.
Uh...everyone who can buy the genuine album has already bought it, and the sales volume of genuine albums in the mainland has reached its limit.
"You are always absent. If you are so disrespectful, you are not afraid of being judged. The Golden Melody Awards will not give you an award in the future?" Zheng Donghan joked.
"Why don't he give me little shoes when I attend? Besides, I don't care at all whether he gives me an award or not..." Liu Haofeng said lightly, and added another sentence very domineeringly.
"The Golden Melody Award needs me, not me who needs the Golden Melody Award! It was before, it is now, and it will be even more so in the future!"
His extremely confident look made it seem like he was talking nonsense, which made Huang Bo, who was opposite him, even more shocked. Seeing the boy who was younger than himself talking and laughing in front of him, he became more and more respected.
So much so that he didn't even know when Liu Hao ended the phone call. He came to his senses only when Liu Hao called his name.
Next is the interview.
Liu Hao sent an interview notice to Huang Bo and actually had the idea of signing him.
However, the process still needs to be done, and Liu Hao also wants to hear for himself how Huang Bo's singing skills are.
After simply asking Huang Bo a few music theory questions and answering them fluently, Liu Hao spoke again,
"You can play the guitar..." Seeing Huang Bo nodded, Liu Hao stood up and gave him a guitar, "You can play and sing any song, any song..."
Huang Bo thought for a moment and then started playing and singing Liu Hao's "Beijing" ("Chengdu").
Singers like Huang Bo, who has the attributes of a literary youth, actually prefer rock songs, but there are not so many boundaries between folk songs and rock. Liu Hao's song "Beijing" is very popular among literary youths.
Years of singing experience have given Huang Bo a certain foundation, which is more than enough for him to be a singer and release an album.
However, there is still a lot of room for improvement.
After singing the song, Liu Hao just nodded slightly without making much expression, leaving Huang Bo, who was anxious in his heart, confused.
After pondering for a while, Liu Hao couldn't help but think of his later screen image when looking at Huang Bo.
I couldn't help but ask: "Have you ever thought about filming a film or television series?"
Huang Bo was immediately disappointed when he heard Liu Hao's question.
At this time, the apocalypse came.
"If pride is not coldly photographed by the sea of reality