In the conference room, Jiang Yuan was sitting in the main seat, and the curtain on the scene had the concept cover of the previous English album as the background.
The time was half past seven that evening.
Before the meeting officially started, Jiang Yuan was still talking with Zhang Qing and others about The Princess' latest comeback promotion. By the way, he also discussed and analyzed the concept of The Princess EP series this time, in order to provide some inspiration when the meeting begins.
After all, Jiang Yuan’s album meeting was basically a session where concepts collided with each other.
Everyone will share some concepts and ideas that they think are good.
Like some previous albums, the album concept was born out of such discussions.
"It's almost time, let's start this new album discussion." At half past seven, Zhang Qing raised her hand and glanced at her watch, and clapped her hands at everyone present, attracting everyone's attention.
This meeting, like many previous work meetings, had Zhang Qing as the speaker, controlling the process and progress of the meeting.
"Let me briefly talk about the situation first. At last year's Grammy Awards ceremony, Jiang Yuan said in his acceptance speech that you should still remember his thoughts about the next album, right?" Zhang Qing also took the initiative in the opening remarks.
Cue the background information.
"It was also from that time that we started the plan to release new singles every month, which has continued until now. Every single month has achieved very impressive results."
Zhang Qing stood up as she spoke, pressed the button on the remote control in her hand, and the picture on the conference room screen began to change.
Specifically for this new album discussion, Zhang Qing also specially produced a PPT for the convenience of explanation.
After saying this, the screen also simultaneously displayed the performance of new singles in recent months.
It was clear to see at a glance, and everyone at the scene couldn't help but nod, obviously feeling a little excited about Jiang Yuan's single performance in recent months.
"There are already so many singles that have achieved such good results before the album has even been released. It does seem like a beautiful thing."
"But I don't think anyone will feel slack because of such results, right?" After Zhang Qing said this, the staff who originally seemed to be a little impressed by Wu Jing suddenly became angry again.
Everyone present, even Deng Ge, who was more involved in the production, looked relaxed and contented after seeing such data performance.
I feel that as long as it is a new album produced by Jiang Yuan, it should be safe.
I completely forgot that even if the public doesn’t compare Jiang Yuan with other singers, they will compare Jiang Yuan’s latest album with the previous one.
"Let's take a look at the results of the previous album so far."
After noticing everyone's expressions, Zhang Qing pressed the remote control in his hand again, and immediately another data table was displayed on the screen.
Everything is based on performance, and the data of all aspects of the previous album are displayed in front of everyone very intuitively.
It was only at this time that everyone realized that in comparison, the data of those singles were not worth mentioning. If compared together, it would not be enough to see at all.
“We don’t do things that stand still.”
When many people at the scene were muttering inwardly that it was great to be able to catch up to the height of the previous album, Zhang Qing said this again, as if he had predicted the opinions of everyone at the scene in advance.
"Definitely." During the low-pitched discussion at the scene, only Deng Ge responded loudly.
When it comes to the production of Jiang Yuan's new album, Deng Ge has actually always been more ambitious than Jiang Yuan and has always been very attentive.
"In short, what we hope to achieve is that compared with the production of the previous album, we must make more progress in all aspects." Zhang Qing mobilized to the crowd.
In Zhang Qing's view, what kind of songs Jiang Yuan can put out in an album and what kind of expressiveness they have are all separate matters.
But in the entire album production process, there are definitely more things that could be done better.
Even if she were to make Jiang Yuan's last English album again, Zhang Qing was confident that she could make better and more complete improvements.
So Zhang Qing has this attitude towards the production of Jiang Yuan's latest album.
After Zhang Qing spoke and stirred up the atmosphere of the meeting, it was time for Jiang Yuan to speak.
After Zhang Qing sat down, Jiang Yuan stood up, "So before we start discussing the album concept, let's go over the tracks previously released in the monthly single plan."
After saying this to the scene, Jiang Yuan also winked at Zhang Qing.
Zhang Qing immediately understood and pressed the remote control in his hand. The pre-edited song preview audio was also interspersed on the PPT.
Basically each song will have a listening time of about half a minute.
In fact, everyone present is very familiar with the singles Jiang Yuan releases every month.
Not only was it added to the usual playlist, but I even played it several times before coming to the meeting. It can be said that I was very impressed.
At the moment, by listening to the preview clips, I am just sorting out what tracks Jiang Yuan has released for this album whose direction has yet to be determined.
Although everyone is relatively free to come up with concepts and ideas, it is not complete.
These tracks that have been released obviously need to be taken into account. It is impossible to come up with a new concept. As a result, it does not match the tracks that have been released, so it is difficult to call it a better album.
While everyone was listening to the songs carefully, Jiang Yuan also turned around and took a look at the names of each song.
Because it adopts a single plan, it will be released in different months.
When the melody of a certain song sounds, Jiang Yuan can immediately think of some of the atmosphere and experiences of that month's life.
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When Jiang Yuan was reviewing the situation, everyone at the scene had already started brainstorming, trying to come up with a design that could match it.
As for Jiang Yuan himself, when he looked back, some thoughts vaguely emerged in his mind.
But before Jiang Yuan could find the right words to explain, Deng Ge spoke first.
Because he participated in the production of many songs, Deng Ge's inner feelings are actually quite similar to Jiang Yuan's.
"Let me tell you what I think first." After the audio was played, Deng Ge took the lead in raising his hand, attracting the attention of everyone present.
"That's right, I've actually listened to every single that was played just now many times, from the very beginning of the demo, to the recording session, to the final product."
"So to be honest, when listening to it, I feel that this music constitutes my experience during this period. It is the adjustment of life and an important part of life." Deng Ge said while thinking about it, successfully
It received a lot of resonance at the scene.
"I think there should be many listeners who feel the same way as me."
"They are even more anxious than me, wanting to hear the latest single every month as soon as possible." Deng Ge said empathically.
Jiang Yuan listened to Deng Ge's story and nodded silently. To a certain extent, this was his own words, which made Jiang Yuan expect Deng Ge to continue talking.
But obviously the idea that came up in a moment was not enough to support Deng Ge to immediately come up with a more mature album concept.
Regarding this point, Deng Ge directly chose to tell the truth.
"So if everyone has similar feelings, I suggest that we start with this theme to develop the concept." At the end, Deng Ge just took the lead in throwing out such a theme for everyone to discuss and make associations.
"I quite agree with this theme, and I have some of the same feelings myself." Jiang Yuan also followed up and said.
After Jiang Yuan also spoke, everyone at the scene immediately began to make associations and discussions in this direction.
Although they are not particularly mature ideas, this kind of brainstorming situation is always much friendlier than Jiang Yuan's alone.
During this process, Jiang Yuan listened more and began to feel that he had more ideas.
The shape of the album I want to produce has slowly begun to take shape.
The first discussion meeting also ended with such a discussion and collision.
"What do you think?" Zhang Qing asked Jiang Yuan on her way home from get off work after leaving Xingyuan Entertainment.
"After confirming the theme, I do have some more ideas about the remaining songs." Jiang Yuan thought for a while and replied.
At least we have a certain direction in selecting songs.
Hearing Jiang Yuan's answer, Zhang Qing couldn't help but smile.
Although I have never doubted Jiang Yuan's ability to produce and select songs for the album, it is quite gratifying to hear with my own ears that Jiang Yuan has determined the direction of the song selection.
"Also, if you are shooting a MV, it would be best to choose from the new songs that will follow." Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and continued.
Like the previous singles, there are indeed many songs worthy of filming a MV.
But people’s time is limited after all, and if you shoot a MV for a song that has already been released at this time, the bonus for both promotion and album release shouldn’t be too high.
"Of course." Zhang Qing nodded, thinking that this was what happened.
"I think it's best to wait until the Spring Festival is over so that we can start shooting the MV for this new song."
Jiang Yuan thought about it and arranged a schedule for himself.
For example, after the Spring Festival, it is a time specially set aside for album production.
"Okay, if you have an idea, remember to tell me." Zhang Qing nodded, not doubting Jiang Yuan's work efficiency at all.
I have no doubt that Jiang Yuan will be able to put together an MV after the Spring Festival.
"When the time comes, we will probably have to hold a few more album meetings to discuss the production of physical albums."
Zhang Qing thought for a while and continued.
Making music is inherently a complicated matter, especially making an album, which is a very huge project in itself.
Fortunately, many staff members helped reduce some of the work that required Jiang Yuan to do personally.
"And I have a hunch, but by then, I should have a complete idea about this album." Jiang Yuan said.
After holding this album discussion meeting and confirming the theme, Jiang Yuan has always had a relatively vague outline in his heart.
Jiang Yuan felt that once he finalized some of the song selections, he should be able to piece together the entire album.
Hearing this, Zhang Qing nodded and wrote down what Jiang Yuan said.
"By the way, "Detective Chinatown" opened pre-sales today. How is the box office performance?"
After chatting about the direction of album production for a long time in the nanny car, Jiang Yuan suddenly shifted his attention and focused on the major events that were more relevant to him that day.
"I just took a look before the meeting." Zhang Qing said, and immediately turned on her mobile phone to check the live network.
First of all, most of the day has passed, and the first issue of the special series of "Travel" can almost be said to be on the trend of becoming a hit variety show.
With such popularity, the promotion of the movie is still very good.
The increase in popularity of the program has also generated positive feedback on some ticket purchasing platforms.
"As of the last hour, it seems that we can basically announce that we have secured the first-day pre-sale box office championship in advance."
Zhang Qing looked at the content displayed on the phone screen, with a smile on her lips.
The time when movie pre-sale starts is also crucial.
The reason why I chose today is that today is actually the same day that several other movies have started pre-sale, which kicked off the war in advance.
Jiang Yuan has the blessing of the popularity of the "Travel" special series, and several other movies have also adopted corresponding marketing methods to cope with it.
Therefore, during the day, the gap between the pre-sale box office of several movies is actually much smaller than imagined.
But when the night began and the popularity of "Travel" soared, the movie box office grew faster.
Until Jiang Yuan and Zhang Qing started to check the pre-sale results, the box office could be said to be slightly ahead of other films.
"This is just the pre-sale results on the first day, there are still a few days to come."
Just when Zhang Qing wanted to celebrate, Jiang Yuan acted calmly.
"Just the gap in pre-sale box office, by the time it is officially released, we may be caught up in minutes."
"So we still can't be too slack on publicity in recent days."
Jiang Yuan thought for a while and said.
"I have arranged some publicity and can send it to you later." Zhang Qing nodded.
At this point in time, Jiang Yuan, He Jing and others were in a group chat with the crew. He Jing was also constantly forwarding promotional news related to the opening of the film's pre-sale, apparently noticing the box office sales on the first day of pre-sale.
After winning the first prize, I was very excited.