Shaking away the melancholy of graduation and farewell, he cheered up and hit the road again.
From now on, his identity is no longer a college student in the ivory tower, but a real fresh social person.
The road is long and far away, I will search up and down!
At this moment, Lu Chen didn't know what was waiting for him in the future. He didn't know whether he was about to embark on a bright road covered with flowers or a dangerous path full of thorns.
But he is fearless and full of expectations!
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June 11th, Thursday, cloudy.
Lu Chen came to the Delong Building located in the Fourth Ring Road of Beijing.
Delong Building is a 58-story office building located in the most prosperous financial and commercial district of the Fourth Ring Road. Lu Chen visited twice some time ago and participated in the production of two singles by the Wandering Band in the Tianlai Music Workshop on the 35th floor.
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Tianlai Music Workshop is well-known in the Beijing pop music scene. It was established ten years ago and is mainly engaged in music production and promotion business. It has complete and advanced equipment and a group of outstanding professional talents.
Many big names in the industry have used Tianlai Music Workshop to produce their own works. In order to make the first step into pop music, Qingyu Media placed its first album in Tianlai Music Workshop.
Quality first!
Although Lu Chen's participation was not deep, he had a deep understanding of the strength of Tianlai Music Workshop.
So he wanted to leave his album to Tianlai to complete.
The idea of producing a solo album began when Lu Chen signed a contract with [Whale TV]. It was not until after the PK theme show that Sui An, the editor of Yunjing Music Network, discussed with him that he really made up his mind.
Lu Chen wants to use this album as a stepping stone to enter the entertainment industry!
So he attached great importance to it and made it the first important thing after returning to Beijing.
In the customer reception room of Tianlai Music Workshop, Lu Chen first met the other party's business representative.
The sales representative’s surname is Ni. He is in his 30s and is a typical workplace professional. He has exquisite makeup and is well-groomed. Although the smile on his face is slightly professional, it does not make people feel neglected.
Miss Ni also spoke in a soft voice: "Mr. Lu Chen, this is our company's external music production quotation list, which includes ABCDE five package combinations. Of course, if you have special needs, our company can also provide
You customize it.”
Lu Chen nodded, took the other party's price list and read it carefully.
The first two times he came to Tianlai Music Workshop were to help and never inquired about the price. Now his horizons have been opened.
This quotation sheet is specifically for album production, including all costs for arrangement, recording and post-production. Among the five, the lowest package E is quoted at 100,000, and the highest package A is 1 million, a gap of 10 times!
Before coming to Tianlai Music Workshop, Lu Chen had some knowledge about single and album production.
Beijing is the center of the country's cultural industry. There are numerous entertainment and media companies. There are millions of people working in entertainment-related industries. Music studios, recording studios and professional production companies of all sizes abound.
If you just want to play for fun and don’t pay attention to quality, you can directly place an order online and commission a personal album.
And if you want to experience the feeling of recording in a studio, you can spend one to two thousand yuan to meet your needs.
Of course, these are all purely amateur. If you really want to produce a high-quality single or album, the cost will be very high. A song of ten thousand or twenty thousand is basic, and hundreds of thousands is not too expensive. Every penny is worth it.
One piece of goods.
So despite the fact that there are so many singers in Beijing, many of them have never released a real album in their lives. In addition to the song itself, the cost of production is the key. There is also promotion and distribution afterwards. If it cannot be sold, it will lose money!
As for the songs made with thousands of dollars, there is no way to get them out, and it would be considered a waste to give them away for free.
As a veteran company in the industry, Tianlai Music Workshop is very professional. The price list lists the various fees included in the five packages in detail, making it clear to everyone.
After Lu Chen read it, he was most satisfied with Package C, which included industry-renowned arrangers, producers, band accompaniments, high-standard recording and post-production, and the quoted price was 500,000 yuan, equivalent to 50,000 yuan per song.
It’s not that Package AB is inferior to Package C, but the price of Package AB is simply beyond what Lu Chen can afford.
Even if it's Package C, he can't afford the money now.
As for the 250,000 D package and the 100,000 package, compared to the C package, they appear to be less sincere.
If you don’t become a householder, you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are!
Lu Chen sighed secretly. He held the price list and asked tentatively: "Ms. Ni, if I choose Package C, how much discount can your company give me?"
He heard Qin Hanyang mention it last time that he could bargain with the production company.
Miss Ni said sincerely: "Mr. Lu, I have the authority to give you a maximum 95% discount. If you can ask our manager or director to sign, the minimum is a 10% discount."
Lu Chen gave up as soon as he heard it, not to mention that he didn't know the manager and director of Tianlai Music Workshop at all, and even if he could get the other party's signature, the 10% discount would cost 450,000.
Lu Chen knew that if he did not come forward personally, but let an industry company like Qingyu Media negotiate, the price would probably be lower. Who would let him do it alone?
As the saying goes, a big tree is a good place to take advantage of. Although you will lose a lot of freedom and rights when signing up for an entertainment media company, there are also many conveniences. For example, you don’t need to worry about production and distribution at all, so you only have to spend energy on publicity.
But Lu Chen does not regret his choice!
He thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll think about it, Miss Ni, can I take this price list with me?"
Miss Ni smiled sweetly: "Absolutely. If you have any questions, you can ask me directly."
Her business card was given to Lu Chen when they met.
"Thanks!"
Lu Chen left Tianlai Music Workshop with the price list.
In fact, for Lu Chen now, 450,000 is really not a large amount of money. He can make it out over time, or he can find a way to sell two songs.
However, this involves another question, that is, with such a large investment, can the cost be recouped?
Lu Chen felt unsure.
He has achieved some success in online live broadcasting and has a large number of fans, but in the entertainment industry, he can't even be considered a newcomer. He is still an outsider and has no influence at all.
Moreover, publishing online albums also involves piracy issues. The price of online albums is very low, but not many people are willing to pay, because free pirated resources can be found soon after the album is released.
The same principle also applies to [Whale TV]. Even though it has hundreds of thousands of fish meal, just like a reward, only a small number of people are really willing to pay.
The album is 100% going to be released, but Lu Chen doesn’t want to lose money and make a profit, and he refuses to compromise on quality, so that’s a big problem - the idea is beautiful, but the reality is too cruel!
With a tangled mind, he took the elevator down to the bottom floor of Delong Building.
Just a few steps out of the elevator, suddenly a middle-aged man strode over and stopped Lu Chen.
"Sir, are you planning to produce songs at Tianlai Workshop?"
This middle-aged man looks about fifty years old, has a slim build, and is wearing a set of clothes that don't fit very well, so he looks baggy.
He looked obviously nervous when he spoke, and his eyes were more focused on the security guard in the lobby not far away.
"Well..."
Lu Chen was stunned for a moment and asked curiously: "What's the matter with you?"
The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Lu Chen with both hands.
"I am Wang Changsheng, the manager of Nirvana Music Production Studio. Can we talk?"
He spoke very quickly, with a hint of uneasiness and expectation.
Nirvana music production studio?
Lu Chen thought about it for a while, but he didn't have the slightest impression. He hesitated and said, "Okay."
Mainly out of curiosity.
There is a teahouse on the first floor of Delong Building. The two of them found a place to sit down and ordered a pot of tea.
After sitting down, Lu Chen's first question was: "Manager Wang, how did you know that I was going to produce songs at Tianlai Workshop?"
The studio manager named Wang Changsheng pointed to the price list that Lu Chen put on the table, and said very embarrassedly: "I saw this thing in your hand, so I came here to try my luck.
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Lu Chen laughed dumbly.
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