He feels that if you work hard at anything, there is still a glimmer of hope for success!
If you work hard, you will have a chance of success.
Otherwise, you can only become a decadent loser!
Therefore, after sending Lin Xiang away, Li Qing organized the backup information and went to Starlight Entertainment Media Company.
In fact, Li Qing has always had an obsession in his heart.
Because in less than two or three years, when the Internet gradually develops and expands, the record industry becomes increasingly sluggish, and the entire industry environment begins to decline, the sales volume of the records released at that time will probably not be able to keep up with the current golden age.
Physical piracy is already so noisy, not to mention the Internet era that will not be fully developed in two or three years, and various songs cannot be protected by copyright at all.
As long as anyone has a mobile phone and an MP3 player and logs into a pirated website at will, what songs cannot be downloaded?
How many singers have become unsustainable in life and have begun to change careers, either making movies or TV series?
At that time, it was a disaster for the record industry.
Therefore, in the last afterglow of the recording industry, Li Qing made up his mind to catch the last train and try not to leave any regrets for himself.
Receiving Li Qing was Cao Wen, the deputy general manager of Starlight Entertainment Media Company.
Li Qing and Cao Wen had met once before. It was on the night of the finals of "Music Star" when Cao Wen came to Beijing TV Station with other record companies and wanted to sign her with a contract.
Starlight Entertainment is one of the largest record companies in the mainland and is a leader in all aspects of the industry. In terms of distribution channels, record production and all aspects of publicity and influence, it is even higher than companies such as Yuanzheng.
The previous singer Zhang Guyi was a signed singer of Starlight Entertainment Media.
Seemingly knowing the purpose of Li Qing's visit, Cao Wen politely invited Li Qing to come to her office. After a brief chat and understanding Li Qing's intentions, Cao Wen revealed the behavior she and other company leaders showed when meeting Li Qing.
The same demeanor.
She said expectantly: "Can I listen to the song you brought?"
Li Qing had become extremely familiar with this routine in the past two days, but he couldn't refuse, so he took out a box of tapes from his briefcase and handed it to Cao Wen.
Cao Wen waved to her assistant, and soon a tape recorder appeared in the office.
The assistant pulled the tape out of the cassette, put it into the tape recorder, and pressed the play button.
The tape made a rustling sound.
A few seconds later, accompanied by a slightly rhythmic finger snap, a male and female chorus came from the recorder.
"Thank you for the honor you gave me
I want to bow deeply to you
Because someone can understand the hard work you put in.”
In an instant, Cao Wen felt as if she had been electrocuted, and her whole body was numb.
This harmony...
It’s just like the chords of the harp and the harp, the harmonious singing of the luan and the phoenix, the harmony is perfect!
The tacit understanding is so good!
Coupled with this amazing beginning, Cao Wendang concluded that this is another platinum-level song!
But who is that female chorus singer?
Cao Wen glanced at Li Qing in surprise, suppressed the doubts in her heart, and listened carefully.
After a few minutes, the song ends.
Li Qing looked at the speechless Cao Wen and asked, "Mr. Cao?"
Cao Wen came back to her senses, and a flash of admiration flashed in her eyes: "Li Qing's action is indeed worthy of its reputation. Whether it is the music or the lyrics, it is a top-notch work. I would like to ask, this song seems to be sung by two people, and the other one is
?”
"A friend of mine."
Li Qing smiled and asked: "Well, do you think your company can act as an agent?"
Cao Wen glanced at Li Qing, looked troubled, and said hesitantly: "This... Li Qing, you know the current situation..."
Li Qing's smile faded, and he silently stood up and took the tape back.
Seeing Li Qing's actions, Cao Wen was a little embarrassed. She also stood up and said with a smile on her face: "Of course, this is not without a solution. You are a singer who urgently wants to have an album of your own.
I completely understand your feelings, but you should also consider our company’s difficulties..."
Seeing that Li Qing was unmoved, Cao Wen said directly: "As long as you join our Starlight Entertainment, I promise to create a platinum-level album for you within three months! I will never break my promise, the company will use all its resources
resources and invest huge sums of money in publicity and promotion for you..."
Li Qing put the tape away and put it into the briefcase he brought with him. He raised his head and said, "Sorry, I'm not interested at the moment."
Cao Wen was a little furious. Looking at Li Qing's back as he turned and left, she felt like her heart was bleeding. Platinum record, this is a platinum record!
Even a double platinum record or above!
But thinking about the tacit agreements of major companies, she suddenly became discouraged.
After listening to "Glory", a slightly sad song that expresses her own journey to her fans, there was actually a moment where the impulse in her heart made Cao Wen really want to nod her head and agree immediately.
Go **** the agreement, go ****** the enemy rises!
But……
Looking at Li Qing's back without looking back, Cao Wen sighed, raised her voice, and shouted: "If you can't accept this condition, then you don't have to go to other record companies. No one wants to feed a tiger!"
After leaving Starlight Entertainment, Li Qing put on a mask and walked silently on the street alone.
Fatigue rushed towards him with all its teeth and claws.
Not physically tired, but mentally tired!
"Glory" is a song sung by a duo.
So, who is the other chorus member?
When he heard Cao Wen ask this question, Li Qing's eyes instantly flashed to the girl with a ponytail and a laugh like a silver bell, surrounding him.
Distribution channels!
You must have your own distribution channel!
I'm so fucking sick of having to beg for everything!
Li Qing clenched his fists and walked silently on the street while thinking about the next way out.
Going to Warner Records again?
Thinking of Cao Wen's words "Raising tigers brings disaster", Li Qing shook his head, feeling a little discouraged.
In fact, in the past two days, he had been awake day and night, thinking about distribution channels.
The channel problem can be easily solved by acquiring a pirated record production factory.
After all, pirates are everywhere all over the country. Although they are not as good as genuine channels, they are not much different.
However, what Li Qing wants is just a distribution channel for pirates!
As for the pirate factory, it is a complete burden to Li Qing.
The difference between pirated copies and genuine copies is actually very easy to distinguish.
If it is played on a slightly higher-end sound system, then anyone with normal hearing can easily hear the difference between the two.
Due to the limited technology of pirated factories, the common symptoms of pirated records are rougher treble and poor mid-bass quality.
Moreover, various missing codes and wrong codes occur frequently, which will cause records and tapes to constantly jump and freeze during playback.
For some pirated discs, you can't even search and play them. In serious cases, you can't even select tracks. You have to fast forward and listen to each song over and over again to hear the song you want to listen to.
This is an intolerable fatal shortcoming for many people.
Of course, as the technology of pirated optical discs improves, this shortcoming is constantly improving. However, due to the lack of research funds, the gap between pirated records and genuine records is still obvious, and this will definitely not be shortened in a short time.
In addition, because the pirated film production system is shoddy and is a product of cutting corners, the protective layer on its surface does not meet the standards stipulated by the Ministry of Culture, so it cannot be stored for a long time.
What's more, due to the low reflection efficiency of the coating on the laser beam, pirated films will have a great impact on the service life of the laser record player during use, and it will accelerate the aging of the laser system.
Therefore, it is easy to acquire a pirated disc factory, but the equipment in the pirated factory is completely incomparable to the production equipment of genuine records.
For Li Qing, making shoddy pirated CDs and then selling them as genuine is not only irresponsible to himself, but also irresponsible to his fans.
In view of the technology of pirates and the high purchase price, although he was very coveted for their distribution channels, in the end, Li Qing gave up the idea.
Immediately afterwards, Li Qing thought of the Internet.
The Internet in 1998 was in the accumulation stage, but with the continuous upgrading and improvement of telecommunications servers, the number of users has begun to gradually expand. According to statistics, as of now, the number of domestic Internet users has reached one million.
Various functional websites are also constantly emerging.
In the previous life of 1998, some Internet giants had already begun to enter the preparatory stage.
For example, NetEase portal, Tencent's instant messaging, and Internet giants such as Alibaba and Sina Blog emerged one after another in the following years.
These are all opportunities.
However, due to the change in the world background, everything familiar has disappeared, which makes it difficult for Li Qing to grasp the extent to which the current Internet world has developed.
Li Qing really wanted to do this by himself, but he knew that he could bite off more than he could chew, and his energy was limited. Therefore, after much thought, he set his sights on "digital music", a goal that was currently relatively easy for him to achieve. superior--
ps: Some readers who have no fans at all, we have no grievances, please don't come to the book review area to provide rhythm. Thank you. I was originally upset because of the plot, but seeing you jumping around in front of me made me even more upset. Can we please stop making trouble? (To be continued.)