"What do you think of my singing?" Hu Jing asked happily after singing "Too Much" on the set of "Love Through Time".
"It's not bad." Liu Hao said perfunctorily. He had made a lot of progress. It was obvious that Hu Jing had put in some effort and her singing was much better than the powerful "Ask About Suicide Again".
"Well, the whole class watched it last night. You sang so well last night. It was awesome. We, Class 96, are really proud of you..."
Hu Jing stood up and said again: "Are you tired? Do you want me to squeeze your shoulders..."
"You are trying to please me so much...you want to do something evil!" Liu Hao quickly stopped him.
"Hate it," Hu Jing pushed Liu Hao's arm, "I just want your autographed album."
"Didn't I give it to you?" Liu Hao thought for a while, "I gave it to the whole class, one piece for each person."
"I still want it."
Hu Jing continued: "You can give it to me, the more the merrier. Hehe, you don't know that your new album is sold out. Now people are charging high prices. If it is your autograph, the price will be higher. I can sell it."
Good price..."
The relationship between the two returned to what it was before, and they became good friends who could play pranks on each other. Under Hu Jing's various attempts to please, Liu Hao pretended to be reluctant and finally agreed.
Liu Hao was not worried that Hu Jing would really ask for her new album to be sold. In fact, she would not do so. Most likely, she would be asking for it on behalf of her relatives and friends.
Liu Hao has encountered similar requests for a new album several times before.
There is no way, Liu Hao's new album is selling so well that all major audio and video stores are out of stock, and many Liu Hao's fans have not yet been able to buy it.
We can only rely on connections to find other solutions.
This situation is not because Liu Hao underestimated the power of his third major. In fact, the distribution volume of his third major in the first week was much greater than that of his second major.
There are more reasons.
When Liu Hao's second album was released, pirated copies were already circulating in the first week, which affected the sales of the genuine album.
But this time, the pirates seemed to have a tacit understanding of giving Liu Hao a week to release his third album. At least before July 1st, Liu Hao did not see any pirated albums of his own on the market.
The distribution volume of genuine products could not meet the growing market demand, so various sold-out situations occurred in the first week.
Moreover, some offline sellers are also hoarding goods because some of Liu Hao's fans are willing to buy Liu Hao's new album at a high price.
Starting from this week, pirate companies will start to gradually exert their efforts, and the genuine sales of Liu Hao's new album will definitely lead to a cliff-like decline.
Piracy is becoming more and more rampant, and its impact on genuine sales is also growing.
The gradual popularity of DVD players, coupled with innovations in piracy technology, has made piracy cheaper and cheaper.
For example, if you get a tape, the original version costs ten yuan and the pirated version costs six or seven yuan. Real fans may not care much about the difference between the two or three yuan.
But now the cost of piracy is getting lower and lower, and the price of pirated tapes has become four or five yuan, and it will even be lower in the future.
Not to mention DVDs, the price difference between genuine and pirated copies is already huge, and the gap will only get wider in the future.
What's more important is that the quality of pirated and genuine records is getting closer and closer, and they can almost look fake and real. Many fans can't tell the difference between genuine and pirated records.
Some unscrupulous genuine sellers simply purchase pirated copies and sell them as genuine. Fans who want to support genuine music have no idea whether the records they buy in the video store are genuine or pirated.
This situation has already occurred and will become more common in the future.
Nowadays, piracy has an increasing impact on genuine sales, and Liu Hao is deeply aware of this, because the actual genuine sales of Liu Hao's second album did not meet expectations.
Based on the genuine sales of the second major in the first two weeks, it was estimated that the genuine sales of the second major in a year should be close to three million or more, but now the steady flow of genuine sales is significantly lower than expected. The expectations have been lower than ever, and now
Annual sales of genuine copies are estimated to be around 2.6 million copies.
Now the third album sells more hotly in the first week, but the sales volume of the original version in a year may not be more than that of the second album.
Now the entire genuine music market has reached its peak, and perhaps market demand is expanding, but increasingly rampant piracy will make the entire music market begin to decline.
It will gradually become worse year by year, and the entire music market will become a stagnant water.
Fortunately, there are still a few years left.
But it’s time to prepare for a rainy day.
The focus of career began to shift to the film and television industry, or the focus of music gradually shifted to Europe and the United States.
The mainland's film market is still recovering, and making movies now is not a good choice, but Liu Hao knows the potential of the mainland's film market in the future, and Liu Hao will definitely not give up on this piece of meat.
You can invest in a few movies every year. Anyway, Liu Hao still remembers many movies that became big hits in later generations, so the possibility of losing money is unlikely.
If you shoot and start the big-hit movies in advance, you may not be able to adapt to the climate, but it doesn't matter, you can raise investment to share the risk.
You can even directly borrow chickens to lay eggs. With so much hot money pouring in in later generations, I have to say that coal bosses are very good investors.
The big screen market is not good now, but the small screen market is now bright.
You must know that the film market declined in the past few years and had to be reformed. A very important reason is because of the popularity of televisions.
The popularity of televisions has made more people prefer to watch TV series at home instead of going to the cinema to watch movies.
The popularity of TV sets has made advertisers more willing to advertise on TV. TV stations have become richer. In order to compete for ratings and attract more advertisers, they are also more willing to pay high prices to purchase high-quality content.
In the past, it was difficult for production units to make money when filming TV series. For example, the TV series "Desire" produced by an art unit in 1989 was sold to a TV station for only 450 yuan per episode.
, only 590,000 was recovered.
It was not only "Desire" that lost money with high ratings, but also "The Story of the Editorial Office". The production cost was 1.5 million, but 900,000 was recovered in the end. It was not until the drama "Beijing in New York" that it made a turnaround.
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Gradually "breaking the TV station's habit of not paying money" is a key sign of the marketization of the TV drama industry, but the prerequisite for TV stations to be willing to pay is to produce good dramas.
Relying on good dramas to establish market rules, when CCTV broadcast "Beijing in New York", how did the cooperation work? CCTV did not pay for the purchase of the film, but gave up a 5-minute pre-film advertisement. Originally, CCTV's pre-film advertisement was 5 minutes.
When "Beijing People in New York" aired, the pre-film commercials were extended to 10 minutes.
But now this kind of cooperation is no longer common. More often, TV stations spend money to buy dramas and buy exclusive broadcast rights.
The TV station's own production center can no longer meet the needs of the market, so the release of film and television production rights this year allows private investors to participate in the production of film and television dramas.
The filming of TV series by Liu Hao's film and television company is a waste of time.
This is the first TV series produced by Liu Hao's own film and television company. If you rely on yourself, it will be difficult to negotiate with the TV station, no matter how high the quality of the TV series is.
Fortunately, there was a matchmaker from China Drama, and with the help of China Drama, we quickly reached a cooperation with Beijing TV Station.
At that time, Beijing TV was not the only TV station that China Drama helped to sell dramas. Liu Hao also hoped that it could be broadcast on CCTV. Unfortunately, CCTV has no shortage of good dramas to broadcast. Early next year, there will be a big production of "Water Margin" that took three years to be broadcast.
Broadcasting.
Beijing TV Station was more optimistic about Liu Hao's TV series, and offered a higher price. More importantly, it was willing to broadcast it during prime time.
The first episode cost RMB 150,000, and the 28-episode TV series almost recovered its cost just by relying on the mainland premiere rights.
There are also second round broadcast rights, and countless rounds of broadcast rights in the future, and the popular TV series will be played countless times.
DVD copyrights, Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas broadcast rights, etc., these are all profitable.
At least the income can be more than double the investment, the specific amount depends on the bargaining power.
The income from such a popular TV series does not seem to be particularly large, but after all, this is the first TV series of my film and television company. It is enough to make a good reputation if you cut the meat appropriately, and making money is second.
Liu Hao is very satisfied to be able to earn so much, which makes Liu Hao willing to devote more resources to the production of future TV series.
Gradually shifting the focus of music to Europe and the United States is what Liu Hao needs to consider most now.
The mature music markets in Europe and the United States are much less affected by piracy, and there are many more channels for monetization. If you can release one hit album in Europe and the United States, you will make much more money than if you release ten hit albums in the mainland.
The endlessly inspiring English songs also made Liu Hao a little eager to try it out.
Liu Hao has chosen the English name himself, Bruno Mars.
Brother Martian, who calls himself Tianqi has the most songs, hehe.
However, the issue of releasing an English album in Europe and the United States needs to be considered in the long run.
After the crew of the TV series "Love Through Time" completed reshoots, Liu Hao rushed to the crew of Big Brother's movie without stopping.
It has been delayed for a few days, and any further refusal will affect the shooting plan of the Big Brother movie.
"Long time no see!" When the beauty he had dreamed of appeared in front of him, the happy times with her in the past were still vivid in his mind.
She is still so dignified and beautiful, but she seems to feel a little different again.
I can't tell you, it's plumper? It's bigger? It seems like, well, it's more mature and more attractive.
His left eyelid kept twitching, Liu Hao held her hand, "I'm glad to see you again, Sister Fei..."
"You know i, i'll be waitiher side
You know, I'll be waiting on the other side
And you, all you gotta do is cross the line
And you just need to cross that threshold
I could wait a whole life time
I can wait for a lifetime
But you just got to decide.....
But you have to make a choice..."
Seeing the familiar and slender fingers rubbing the back of his hand, Liu Hao was shocked by the sudden apocalyptic song.