Lu Xi, Chen Xin, Li Feiyu, Chen Xiang and Li Mubai.
Lu Chen's bright eyes slowly swept across the faces of everyone present.
Some of them are Lu Chen's relatives, some are friends, some are former colleagues, and some are former fans.
By chance, everyone sat here together and formed a small team.
No matter what profession or job you had before, everyone now is a newcomer to the entertainment industry, lacking sufficient experience and strength, and full of confusion about the future.
What gave Lu Chen confidence was the unity of this team!
The current studio is like a newly sprouted seedling, still very fragile, but the rhizomes that support the young leaves are flexible and full of vitality. Even in the face of the crushing of boulders and the baptism of storms, they still have the power to persevere.
He is fearless.
"Actually, everyone takes the problem too seriously."
Lu Chen said with a smile: "We don't need to defeat anyone. This album will be a success as long as it is sold on the shelves. And we don't need to put in effort to compete with others on the sales charts. The key is whether we can recover the cost."
"Our costs are very low."
The low production cost of the album "My Deskmate" is beyond the imagination of most people in the industry.
Generally speaking, the production cost of a complete album of satisfactory or even excellent quality ranges from hundreds of thousands to millions. It is normal to exceed one million. If you add in the cost of publicity, it can reach three to four million.
The entire production cost of "My Deskmate" was only 100,000!
All 10 songs were written by Lu Chen himself. He did not need to spend a penny to buy songs from others. This first saved at least hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands in expenses.
It is normal for a songwriter with a good reputation to charge tens of thousands for a song.
Secondly, in terms of arrangement, accompaniment and recording, Lu Chen did not choose a first-class production unit in the industry, such as a large company like Tianlai Workshop, but placed it in the little-known Nirvana Studio.
This saved hundreds of thousands more!
According to Lin Zhijie, the music director of Feishi Records, the real value of the album produced by Nirvana Studio for Lu Chen should be between 200,000 and 300,000. He got a big deal.
The production cost of 100,000 yuan is only equivalent to the price of an ordinary advertising space on Feixun Music Network for 10 days!
Including this advertising fee, the cost excluding labor is only 200,000!
According to the contract signed between Lu Chen Studio and Feixun Music, "My Deskmate" only sells albums and does not release singles. The price for ordinary members is 10 yuan per album, and VIP members receive a 20% discount.
The share between Lu Chen Studio and Feixun Music is 50%, with each party taking half.
Even if all are based on the VIP price, the cost can be recovered by selling only 50,000 copies, and the excess will be a net profit.
Such profit margins cannot be matched by even Cui Zhengzhi, Zou Bei or Ling Xiaoxiao.
They invested tens of millions in advertising fees for the album, and including production costs, they had to sell at least four to five million copies to break even. That was a sales performance that was completely unachievable unless they cheated.
Of course, whether it is Cui Zhengzhi, Zou Bei, or Ling Xiaoxiao, the companies they signed cannot hope to recover costs by selling albums online. They mainly make profits through the artists' commercial performances, advertising, peripherals, etc.
Therefore, the goals of both parties were different from the beginning.
Lu Chen's requirements are not high. He is satisfied with recouping the cost. As long as the reputation of the album is spread, his status and reputation in the circle will increase, and there will be many opportunities to make money later.
So Lu Chen didn't need to compete with them, let alone spend money on gambling.
"We just need to do our own thing well!"
Lu Chen said to everyone: "If he is forced to let others be strong, what does it matter if it is released on the same day as Cui Zhengzhi? Our goal is 50,000 sales. If we reach 50,000, we will win!"
"50,000 is a small thing"
Li Mubai said disapprovingly: "There are more than 50,000 members of the Lu Family Army. There are more than one million fans following the live broadcast room, and there are still 5 million fans on Inspur Blog!"
Lu Chen smiled and shook his head. Apart from the die-hard fans of Lu Jiajun, it is completely unknown how many fans of the live broadcast room and Inspur Blog can be converted into paying users, especially the fans of blogs who are extremely rich.
His wave blog has more than 5 million followers, which meets the basic requirements of a big V, but passers-by account for the majority, many of whom were attracted during the last two blog battles and are not considered real fans.
It would be too naive to expect these casual fans to spend money to buy songs.
Of course, with the support of Lu Jiajun's die-hard fans, there should be no problem with sales of 50,000.
Compared to Feixun Music's online sales, Lu Chen actually pays more attention to records and albums. That's really cool!
drop!
At this moment, Lu Xi's cell phone placed on his desk suddenly rang.
She picked it up and checked it, then turned on her computer: "Xiaomei said there is news for us to see."
Miss Chen Xiaomei works as a receptionist at Lu Chen's studio. In her spare time, she also helps Lu Xi search and browse news on the Internet, especially gossip news and insider revelations in the entertainment industry.
She now sent a video link to Lu Xi's Feixun.
“Cui Zhengzhi’s”
Lu Xi clicked on the link and turned the computer screen around for everyone to see.
The source of the video is the Inspur Entertainment Channel, and the content is an exclusive interview conducted by Inspur reporters with Cui Zhengzhi.
Inspur.com is one of the largest portals in China. It owns two advantageous resources: Inspur Blog and Inspur Games. Therefore, Inspur.com’s entertainment channels have great influence in the entertainment industry.
However, it is not easy to get an exclusive interview with Inspur. Unless there is real material, you will have to pay for it, which is also an important part of the publicity and hype.
On the 27-inch high-definition screen, Cui Zhengzhi was speaking eloquently into the entertainment reporter's microphone.
Inspur Entertainment reporter asked: "Mr. Cui Zhengzhi, I heard that your first solo album will be released soon, right?"
Cui Zhengzhi smiled and said: "Yes, it will be on Feixun Music on the 8th of this month. Everyone is welcome to subscribe and purchase."
Cui Zhengzhi is 20 years old this year, 2 years younger than Lu Chen. He first worked as a trainee at South Korea's kg agency for three years before returning to China to officially debut.
Last year, he participated in Shonan Satellite TV's "Super Boy" audition for the first time. Cui Zhengzhi won the runner-up title. He is good at singing and dancing and has a strong Korean star temperament, so he is loved by many boys and girls.
Inspur Entertainment reporter: "So, what is the style of this album?"
Cui Zhengzhi replied without hesitation: "Passion and enthusiasm can make everyone's heart beat faster. Four of the ten songs were written by me. I believe I will not disappoint everyone!"
Inspur Entertainment reporter laughed and said: "Everyone says you are a very talented singer and songwriter. As far as I know, this year's champion of Singing China, Lu Chen, will also be on the same day with the Feixun Music album. You have
Pressure?"
After hearing the obviously provocative question from this Inspur Entertainment reporter, everyone finally understood why Miss Xiaomei sent this interview video to Lu Xi.
“No pressure!”
Cui Zhengzhi smiled confidently: "Lu Chen is a very strong singer-songwriter, but I am better than him and my album is better, so the winner must be me!"
"He's so crazy!"
Chen Xin couldn't help but said: "I don't even take Brother Chen seriously."
Li Mubai clenched his fist: "This guy"
Cui Zhengzhi is indeed crazy, and he is not generally confident, as if this is his personality.
But in the eyes of fans, Cui Zhengzhi is sincere and not hypocritical, and he does not say anything hypocritical.
But if you really think that he has no scheming intentions and is stupid, you are totally wrong!
This new artist who returned from Korea knows how to put food on the table, and he still behaves modestly when he should be modest.
As for Lu Chen, he was obviously not the one he was modest about.
Inspur Entertainment reporter obviously liked this topic very much and asked further: "Why are you so sure? Several songs in Lu Chen's album have received very good reviews."
Cui Zhengzhi nodded and said: "The songs he wrote are good, but they are really outdated and belong to the nostalgic style of the 1980s and 1990s. And I know what songs young people like me really like!"
"Fuck!"
Li Feiyu was so angry that his lungs almost exploded: "It's so shameless!"
Although he said it was good, he actually stepped on Lu Chen's feet directly, and anyone could hear the sarcasm in his words.
You said it's okay to say this to others in private, but you are so arrogant in public interviews. Not to mention Li Feiyu, Li Mubai and others, even Lu Chen frowned.
Even the clay figures are quite angry!
If he is still indifferent despite being stepped on by others, what kind of man can he be?
Lu Chen is not a Ninja Turtle!
Chen Xiang said angrily: "I quite liked him before, but now I know he is so annoying!"
Lu Xi said with a stern face: "He is deliberately hyping up the topic."
After a period of study and research, my sister had a basic understanding of various hype tactics in the entertainment industry. She could tell at a glance what kind of double act Cui Zhengzhi and Inspur Entertainment were singing.
This kind of hype method is very careful to control.
But it’s unbearable!
The key is that Cui Zhengzhi is not afraid of being criticized, and he is absolutely sure that he can surpass Lu Chen in sales.
If so many advertisements were smashed down, Lu Chen would be killed.
The winner is not condemned, fans can only praise!
Lu Chen suddenly laughed and said: "It seems like it's really hard not to take it seriously. Sister, then let's spend some money to hype it up on the Internet. No, it's for publicity!"
Originally, Lu Chen didn't want to spend too much money on promoting this album, but now his mind has changed.
Lu Xi's eyes suddenly lit up: "Do you have any good ideas?"
Lu Chen said: "Let me think about it first."
He stared at Cui Zhengzhi, who was in high spirits on the screen, and there was a bit of coldness in his eyes.
Since you want to fight, then come and have a good fight!——
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