When Liu Hao learned from his embarrassed elder brother that the money for filming the music video was about to run out, he immediately fell into thinking.
The eldest brother will definitely not do anything to quote thousands of dollars for a hat. In fact, in order to help himself, he didn't even get much of his own director's fee. He formed the filming team himself and did everything by himself.
It's just that Liu Hao strives for perfection for his first album, and strives for excellence in his music video, so it went over the budget.
"The company needs to keep money for daily operations. There is no extra funds. Huayi is willing to provide another fee and has no other requirements." Wang Jinghua reported to Liu Hao.
Liu Hao did not reply directly, but first asked Brother Xiang: "How much more do you need?"
"Fifty or sixty thousand yuan should be enough." The elder brother estimated the number.
"Then I'll give you another 100,000." Liu Hao said grandly. He still has 400,000 in hand to "buy a house."
Wang Jinghua was still choosing the house, and he couldn't use the money for the time being, so he simply took out 100,000 yuan and lent it to his record company.
It's borrowing, public and private should be distinguished.
He didn't have much money, so he didn't need to trouble others if he could handle it himself. Liu Hao didn't want to owe Huayi too many favors.
"By the way, little brother, my brother Zhang Yang wants to meet you." The eldest brother suddenly said, "He has something he wants to discuss with you."
"Zhang Yang?"
Liu Hao remembered that Zhang Yang was his eldest brother's college roommate, and he also graduated from the 93-level directing department of China National Theater Academy. The two also formed a "hospital" band in college, and they were considered close buddies.
After graduation, I was assigned to the Beijing Film Studio. Like my elder brother, I hesitated at the Beijing Film Studio for a few years without many opportunities to make movies. In the past two years, I have been trying to attract investment to make movies.
"I don't have much money to invest in movies."
Liu Hao couldn't help but refute his elder brother's favor, so he prepared to meet Zhang Yang.
"It's impossible to invest in movies now, and I won't invest in movies even if I die."
When they met at the agreed place, Zhang Yang was not alone, but brought two other people.
"Who are these two?" Liu Hao asked doubtfully.
"These two are the top executives of Wanwan Rolling Stone Records, Mr. Zhang Peiren and Mr. Chen Yongzhi." Zhang Yang introduced.
Compared to Zhang Peiren, Chen Yongzhi was much more enthusiastic and said straight to the point: "Hello, Mr. Liu Hao, I am begging Director Zhang Yang for help. I want to meet you and cooperate with you..."
As both executives of Rolling Stone Records, Chen Yongzhi is different from Zhang Peiren, a musician who only loves rock music. He has no special musical style preferences. He has always advocated making music for young people.
Young people can make easy money, and the future belongs to young people. Making music for young people means having a future.
When Wanwan was vigorously cultivating new talents, Chen Yongzhi noticed Liu Hao's popularity in the mainland.
He can sing and compose, and the songs he writes are deeply loved by young people. He has a handsome appearance like a reader, and he is simply a perfect idol singer.
He made a decisive decision and immediately brought Zhang Peiren, who was familiar with the mainland, to find Zhang Yang and seek opportunities to cooperate with Liu Hao.
Chen Yongzhi inquired about the past and found out that Liu Hao had set up his own record company to release albums. It would be difficult to get him to switch to Rolling Stone Records. It didn't matter. Chen Yongzhi could just retreat and settle for him.
"That is, you hope to get the distribution rights of my album in Hong Kong, Taiwan and even Southeast Asia."
"This is a win-win cooperation." Chen Yongzhi said with a smile.
Hong Kong and Taiwan also have a huge record market, but if you want to open up the Hong Kong and Taiwan market, you must cooperate with Hong Kong and Taiwan record companies. This is unavoidable.
Wang Jinghua has been helping Liu Hao find cooperation these days, but there has been no progress. Unexpectedly, when he was dozing off, someone sent him a pillow, and Rolling Stone Records came to visit.
Rolling Stone Records is one of the largest Chinese record companies. Its distribution capabilities cover almost the entire Southeast Asia, making it a very good partner.
"My debut album is still in production and has not been completed yet...
"I'm very optimistic about your potential."
"In this case, I am willing to cooperate with your company."
...
After initially reaching a cooperation intention, Liu Hao asked Wang Jinghua to discuss the details of the cooperation with the Rolling Stones. At this time, Chen Yongzhi was about to give Liu Hao a meeting gift.
Chen Yongzhi suddenly asked: "I heard that you are very interested in acting and are planning to go to China National Theater to study acting."
Liu Hao replied with a smile: "If you want to sing and learn acting, will Mr. Chen think that I am not doing my job properly?"
"No, this kind of situation is too common in Hong Kong and Taiwan," Chen Yongzhi smiled, "I wonder if you have any plans to film now?"
"Um?"
When Liu Hao was confused, Chen Yongzhi continued: "We at Rolling Stone have invested in a movie in the Mainland, directed by Zhang Yang, and it is a very good movie."
Liu Hao thought for a while and expressed regret: "I'm afraid I don't have that time..."
"The movie is still in the early stages of preparations. The filming will start in July during the summer vacation. It will not affect the release and promotion of your album, nor will it affect the start of your Chinese drama school..."
Liu Hao plans to release his first album in May. Two months of publicity work is enough. He will indeed have free time in the two months before the Chinese Theater School starts in September.
It's really nice to shoot a movie at this time.
It seemed that they were well prepared, so Liu Hao said: "In this case, I would rather be respectful than obey."
Liu Hao asked again: "I just don't know what kind of movie it is?"
Soon, Zhang Yang took out the movie script.
When he saw the name of the movie script, Liu Hao couldn't believe his eyes.
""Love Malatang", isn't this the first movie Gao Yuanyuan has participated in?"
Gao Yuanyuan’s high school appearance in Liu Haoke is still fresh in my memory.
However, in later generations, Liu Hao only watched Gao Yuanyuan's part and did not read the entire movie, so he opened the script out of curiosity.
"It turns out it's a love platter movie," Liu Hao finally found out that Gao Yuanyuan only appeared in this movie for ten minutes.
There are six love stories in the movie script, "Voice", "Photo", "Toy", "Thirteen Fragrances", "Mahjong", etc. Connected by the clues of "Marriage", a complete and colorful movie is formed.
script.
The love story is very in line with the atmosphere of this era and should have a good box office prospect.
But the premise is that the movie can be shot well and the six stories can really be connected together, which will also test the director's ability.
For a newcomer like me who has never acted before, it would be my first time to participate in such a mixed movie. Being the protagonist would not be too stressful, so it was a very good choice.
Liu Hao nodded to express his satisfaction, and suddenly asked Zhang Yang: "Have you chosen the actors for the other roles in this play?"
"Not yet." Zhang Yang answered truthfully. He had just secured investment from Rolling Stone and the film had just begun preparations.
Where is the time to choose actors?
Then the property should be returned to its original owner. Liu Hao suddenly laughed and smiled at Zhang Yang, begging for a role for his girlfriend.
"I have a friend who fits the image of a high school girl here very well, and she was admitted to Nortel..."
Chen Yongzhi nodded in agreement, and Zhang Yang had no choice but to agree to the investors' random entry of actors.
Rolling Stone Records was so generous, Liu Hao naturally wanted to reciprocate the favor, so he asked Chen Yongzhi: "I have a male and female chorus song in my debut album, but I have never found a suitable female singer. I wonder if Rolling Stone Records can recommend one for newcomers?"
Can..."
Chen Yongzhi immediately understood what Liu Hao meant and wanted to share music resources with him, so he called his assistant to send him information on suitable female singers.
Rolling Stone Records is indeed one of the largest Chinese record companies. It has many new female singers. Liu Hao quickly selected three from a pile of information.
They were all singers familiar to Liu Hao from later generations, and Liu Hao recognized them at a glance.
Liu Ruoying, Xu Huaiyu, Liang Jingru.
Chen Yongzhi took a look at the information, pointed at it and said to Liu Hao: "This person sang "Crazy for Love" which became a hit last year. I'm afraid he won't be able to sing a duet love song with a new person. This person was signed just this year and sings
The foundation is not very solid..."
So Xu Huaiyu's information was pushed to Liu Hao.
The meaning is obvious, he just wants to praise Xu Huaiyu.
Originally, Liu Hao Tianqi's song "Courage" was going to be included in his second album, so when Liu Hao saw Liang Jingru's name, he wanted to support her.
I meant to sing a duet with her.
But now it’s hard to refute Chen Yongzhi’s reputation, so let’s sing a duet with Xu Huaiyu.
There will be opportunities in the future.
It didn't take long for Liu Hao to sign a cooperation agreement with Rolling Stone Records. The distribution and promotion of Liu Hao's album in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia will be handed over to Rolling Stone Records. The income from the album is almost half and half with Rolling Stone Records, which means Liu Haofang is about
You can get about 25% to 30% of an album.
Although Liu Hao is from the Mainland, Chen Yongzhi is very optimistic about the sales of Liu Hao's albums in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, so he does not have too many difficulties in sharing the income from the albums.
It looks very generous.
However, Rolling Stone is solely responsible for Liu Hao's album in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, which means that Rolling Stone has the final say on the sales volume. The final share of Liu Hao's album in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia may be much less than that of Rolling Stone Records.
But there is nothing that can be done, after all, it is beyond our reach now.
Anyway, at the beginning, Liu Hao was only thinking about the sales of his albums in the mainland market. He would earn whatever share of the sales in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
Soon, Rolling Stone Records sent Xu Huaiyu to the mainland, where he and Liu Hao recorded the song "A Little Sweet" at Baihua Recording Studio in Beijing, and shot a simple music video.
The MV for "In My Singing" was collaborated with Liu Mintao, a senior sister from China National Theater Academy (Grade 93), the MV for "Love Has to Be Done" was collaborated with Chen Zihan, a senior sister from Nortel Grade 94, and the MV for "Fairy Tale" was with a senior sister from Nortel Grade 94.
Cooperated with Jiang Qinqin.
Recording songs, shooting music videos, acting for Wahaha Company in advertisements, and going on radio and TV shows to promote songs and albums, etc. All kinds of high-intensity work can almost make people breathless.
In April, Liu Hao basically never had a good night's sleep. It was normal to sleep for five or six hours, and it was common to sleep for three or four hours. Sometimes he would even stay up for several nights.
Although he has lost a lot of weight, fortunately his young body can bear it, and all the efforts are worth it.
The recording of the first album has been completed, and just waiting for the album to be released in May, the dream will really begin to set sail.
However, in mid-to-late April, once Liu Hao's third song "Lonely Sandbank Cold" was released on TV and radio, it immediately exploded like a depth bomb, a real explosion!