Chapter One Hundred and Twenty One Come One After Another
"Singing China" is the first reality talent show launched by Beijing Satellite TV. It is divided into seven singing areas: Jingcheng, Shengjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Tianfu, Huacheng and Bihai. The total prize amount exceeds 30 million!
This kind of skill has greatly exceeded that of Xiangnan Satellite TV, which is famous for its wealth.
Although only 10 million of the 30 million is a cash reward, and the rest is a gimmick for contract training and packaging promotion, it is still a considerable amount when distributed.
The reward for the champion of the singing area reaches 100,000, the runner-up is 50,000, the third and third runner-up are 20,000, and the remaining seven contestants who advance to the top 10 are also rewarded 10,000 each, and all of them are after-tax bonuses.
After the top 10 singing areas in Beijing are born, they will go to the six major singing areas in the country at the beginning of next month for a tour PK competition. The top 10 winners will receive corresponding bonuses until the top 10 in the country are determined, and then return to the capital for the finals.
The prize money for the national champion is as high as 5 million, including 1 million cash prizes and 4 million new star cultivation funds!
Precisely because the rewards are so generous, "Singing China" has been sought after by countless professional and non-professional singers. The competitions in the seven major singing areas are in full swing, and the ratings are rising steadily.
Beijing Satellite TV has made a lot of money from advertising.
As the most important Beijing singing area among the seven major singing areas, the ratings of the top 10 finals on the night of July 31 exceeded 4%, reaching 4.76%, which is very close to the 5% popular standard.
At present, the ratings surveys of domestic TV programs are all independently completed by New Vision Company, a subsidiary of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. It is a state-owned third-party authoritative organization, so the authenticity is beyond doubt.
In the past, when the effectiveness of TV advertising increased exponentially, there were once as many as a dozen domestic TV program ratings survey agencies. Due to the lack of fixed standards and the endless emergence of black-box operations and insider trading, the situation was chaotic and disorderly.
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Some organizations do not even have any qualifications and dare to openly produce ratings rankings.
Later, because the industry's opinions were too great, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television personally took action to establish the New Vision, sweeping all the monsters and ghosts into the garbage heap of history. Only then did domestic TV programs have reliable ratings data.
New Vision's ratings data collection is not limited to TV screens, but also includes online live broadcasts and Beijing TV's "Singing China" competition. It has never exceeded 4%.
This time it reached a breakthrough of 4.76%, an increase of 1%, which is worthy of celebration.
On the evening of August 1, the first national finals of "The Strongest Singer-Composer" on Shonan Satellite TV was broadcast live, with a ratings of 3.42%.
Such a result is shocking. You must know that in terms of variety shows, Hunan Satellite TV has always been the overlord. It has basically never lost in duels with other satellite TVs. In the early stage, it also steadily suppressed Beijing Satellite TV.
But things finally changed.
Although the specific reasons need to be analyzed in detail, many people in the industry believe that the decline in the ratings of "The Most Powerful Singer-Songwriter" has a certain relationship with the lack of success of Ling Xiaoxiao, who is highly praised.
In the competition that night, Ling Xiaoxiao's original work "Kaleidoscope" performed mediocrely, and on the Internet, discussions about his work imitating and plagiarizing former Korean boy band KDK have not subsided.
In contrast, as Ling Xiaoxiao's competitor, Lu Chen, who was promoted in "Singing China", became more and more courageous as he fought.
The original work "Fly Higher" that Lu Chen presented in the top 10 finals of the Beijing singing area was on Feixun Music's new song chart the next day, ranking 9th, and the number of clicks and downloads increased astonishingly.
In the Inspur Blog, Xiaoxiao’s support team lost its arrogance and pretended to be dead dogs in the face of Lu Jiajun’s provocation.
As the ratings of "Singing China" increased, Lu Chen finally broke through his original circle and initially gained his own status and reputation in the pop music world or the big entertainment circle.
Although he is still a young star, as an independent artist, it is a small miracle that he has reached this point, and in the foreseeable future, his star will become even brighter.
In the two days after the top 10 finals in the Beijing singing area, many entertainment media and brokerage companies came to visit.
They obviously found out the details about Lu Chen and wanted to come over as soon as possible to find out.
Lu Chen referred all these visitors to Lu Xi.
His opinion is very clear, that is, there is no need to negotiate when signing a contract, but there is no problem in cooperation, as long as the other party is sincere.
To put it bluntly, his so-called cooperation is to sell songs!
Do you have any new idols, young boy groups or girl groups that need good songs?
Then our Lu Chen Studio can tailor-make it for customers. As for the quality of the works, please refer to "In Spring", "Strong Reasons", "My Deskmate", "Fly Higher", etc.
As for the price, one song starts at 200,000, with no upper limit!
Lu Chen's studio's asking price scared away several guys who came here with the intention of picking up a bargain, and also made several other powerful companies feel very entangled.
There is no doubt about Lu Chen's talent. The value of a single song "In Spring" is not to mention 200,000, but even 1 million is worth paying. However, such classics are really too rare.
Spending 200,000 yuan to buy a song does not put much pressure on them, but if the song they buy is not suitable or cannot create enough benefits, the person in charge will undoubtedly suffer.
To put it bluntly, Lu Chen's rise is too fast. He is not like the famous writers of the past, who are trustworthy in terms of reputation and strength. What if he runs out of inspiration and can no longer write good songs?
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Not to mention that 200,000 yuan was thrown into the water and was laughed at by colleagues!
After all, Lu Chen has created quite a few works now. As a young newcomer, his accumulation is still shallow.
In addition, there are some rumors in the circle that songs such as "In Spring", "Strong Reasons", "I Want to Have a Family" and "Fly Higher" are unlikely to be written by Lu Chen himself. There may be a team behind the scenes.
operate.
Something like this has never happened before.
99% of today's so-called grassroots celebrities are hyped.
This kind of rumor is well-founded, and there is some truth to it. Although it is mediocre to say that he is not envied by others, the seemingly baseless Lu Chen is so famous, and there may be no reason for the groundless rumors!
Therefore, after talking to Lu Xi, these companies all chose to wait and see for the time being.
Lu Chen didn't care at all about this. He said to Lu Xi: "Next time they come to your door, raise the price of a song to 300,000. Don't even talk about a penny less!"
Lu Xi smiled and said, "Isn't this not good?"
Lu Chen was full of confidence: "At that time, they will be begging us, not us begging them."
The greatest wealth Lu Chen possesses is the countless classic masterpieces from Dream World. It is impossible for him to sing all these outstanding works by himself. He will definitely have to sell many of them.
However, if a good thing is taken out too much, it will lose its value. Lu Chen knows this very well, so he would rather die in his own hands than sell it cheaply in large quantities.
These entertainment and media companies that have come to visit are obviously not aware yet, or they are aware but dare not bet on his strength. It is very normal to continue to wait and see.
However, now and then, when the "Singing China" competition is over, the situation will inevitably be very different.
It will no longer be just three or two kittens that come to your door.
Lu Chen was very confident about this.
He established his own studio and followed the path of an independent artist without thinking about how to compete with his peers in the industry.
Lu Chen's studio completely serves Lu Chen himself. The studio does not sign or poach people, it does not compete for resources but creates resources. This will undoubtedly lead to friendly cooperation with most of its peers.
For example, Nirvana Studio is producing an album for him.
At least now, Lu Chen has no ambition to build an entertainment media empire. What he wants is to become a superstar like Tan Hong. He may even surpass his childhood idol and become a truly perfect star.
He wants everyone to remember his name and bring all the classics of the dream world into this world.
And it may take a lifetime to realize such a dream!
Someone comes, then leaves, and goes back empty-handed.
There are also people who come and won’t give up until they take something back with them.
Lu Chen still welcomed such people.
"Hello, Director Su!"
On August 3, the day before Lu Chen left for Shengjing, Su Qingmei, the director of Qingyu Media, came to the studio.
The eldest lady came with two assistants, and Lu Chen received them personally.
After all, Qingyu Media is currently his biggest partner.
Su Qingmei dismissed the small studio and was not even interested in visiting it. She said straight to the point: "Lu Chen, we want the song Fly Higher. We can sign the contract now!"
The Wandering Band became an instant success, and "In Spring" has been at the top of the original music charts for three weeks. As a contract company, how could Qingyu Media ignore Lu Chen's power?
So Su Qingmei came, even though she still didn't like Lu Chen.
Lu Chen smiled lightly and said, "This song is going to be the second hit of the album for the Compass Band, right?"
Su Qingmei was surprised: "How did you know?"
It’s hard to guess. It turns out that the first band Qingyu Media signed was the North Point Band, and then they signed the Wandering Band. Because the latter quickly put together a small album, they debuted first.
Now that the Wandering Band is becoming popular, Qingyu Media wants to strike while the iron is hot, and on the other hand, it also wants to launch the Compass Band to enhance its position in the industry.
With the example of the Wandering Band, the title song "Blue Lotus" alone is obviously unable to meet Qingyu Media's requirements for the North Point Band, and their appetite has been whetted.
"For copyright matters, you should talk to the manager of our studio!"
Lu Chen was too lazy to answer her question and pushed his sister grandly towards her.
"Lu Xi is also my agent."
He believed that Lu Xi's ability was enough to support this young lady.
Qingyu Media will never be cheap.
Su Qingmei and Lu Xi met for the first time.
When their hands were held together, their eyes collided, and there were invisible sparks shining in the air——
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