After producing Tina's album, Chen Feng was busy preparing for his first album.
First of all, of course, it’s song selection. However, before choosing songs, it’s a question of the album’s style. Previously, Chen Feng had thought about doing a country folk style, but after trying out a few songs, he felt that it was not very suitable for his personal style.
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After that, Chen Feng tried rock music again, which was somewhat in line with his free and uninhibited personal style, but it was too strenuous on his voice. And in this time and space, rock music is not very popular at this stage.
In addition, there are blues, pop, rhythm and blues (R&B), folk songs, hip-hop, and even opera.
What is popular in the world music scene right now is rhythm and blues and pop music.
The representative figure of rhythm and blues is Tina, plus Beyoncé. Because they are both dark beauties, and their music styles are similar, they have always been compared by the public.
In this way, the whole world knew about the new album battle between the two before it even started, and everyone was very much looking forward to the battle between the two.
Chen Feng's collaboration with Tina this time on "Love the Way You Lie" can be regarded as borrowing from the two of them. I believe that after this song is released, he will no longer be unknown and be called "Tina's boss" by the public.
Already.
As for his first personal song album, he finally decided to adopt three genres: pop, rock and country ballads.
In fact, with the vast number of excellent songs in the original time and space, his first song album will definitely be a success. No matter which genre he chooses, people will like it.
Therefore, instead of choosing one genre of music to please only a certain number of music fans, it is better to choose multiple genres of music to please more fans, thereby further expanding one's popularity and influence.
Of course, you can't have too many genres. Chen Feng only plans to have ten songs for this album, so three genres are more appropriate. 4 pop songs, 3 rock songs, and 3 country ballads.
Just right.
After determining the three genres of the album, it became much easier to choose songs. It only took Chen Feng more than ten minutes to select these ten songs.
After the songs were finalized, Chen Feng began to go to the company's recording studio every now and then to work on the arrangement and accompaniment of these ten songs.
There is no rush for his new album. It will have to wait until the war between Tina and Beyoncé is over, which is at least more than a month later. Or even more than two months later.
The two people's new album sales battle and ranking battle will not be able to determine the outcome in just one month.
Many media, especially the gossip media, have conducted various analyzes on the battle between the two. The results are surprisingly consistent. The battle between the two is destined to be an inextricable tug-of-war.
It's certainly not possible to tell who is the winner within the time limit.
In Chen Feng's opinion, it may not take so long because he is more optimistic about Tina winning. The reason is simple, because of his help and the song "Love the Way You Lie".
This song rarely topped any major music charts around the world in the original time and space, and it was always number one. In this different time and space with the same cultural background, it makes no sense.
The two songs he previously gave to Beyoncé were excellent, inspirational, and had a wide audience. However, they were far inferior to the song "Love the Way You Lie" in terms of popularity and fashionability.
Of course, this is just Chen Feng's guess. What will happen really depends on the song being tested by the market.
On this day, Tina personally called Chen Feng and asked him to participate in a TV talk show to promote Tina's new album.
This talk show has very high ratings in the United States. It is similar to the Tonight Show of the original time and space, but it is more popular and not everyone can receive an invitation.
Even though Tina was very famous before, she had never received an active invitation to this show. This time, she did. The reason is very simple. Tina and Beyoncé’s new album battle is the hottest entertainment nowadays.
Hot spots.
However, the program team proposed that Chen Feng, Tina's boss, should participate with Tina. The implication is that if Chen Feng does not participate together, Tina may not be able to participate.
Of course, Tina wanted Chen Feng to go with her, so she said a lot of good things on the phone.
Chen Feng didn't know much about this program, so he didn't agree to her immediately. He just said that he would think about it and reply to her later.
As a result, after Chen Feng hung up the phone with her, not long after, she rushed directly to his house.
And Chen Feng just happened to learn a little bit about this program called "Late Night with Jamie" on the Internet. The program type is indeed similar to the original Tonight Show. Even the current host named Jamie is similar to the original show.
There is some resemblance to Jimmy in time and space.
The scale of this program is still a bit large. The host often drives, of course in a more obscure way. More importantly, the host loves to play pranks and pranks. For example, in the show, he plays poker with invited guests to compete with each other, and they use water to each other.
A glass of water is poured on the body.
There is also the phone booth game that is more popular. Two invited guests are asked to enter a phone booth each. The host calls one of them to ask questions. If the answer is wrong, someone will squeeze into the phone booth until the last phone booth.
Being squeezed.
This is considered a repertoire of this program, and it basically comes every few episodes.
If Chen Feng and Tina go there, they are likely to encounter this phone booth game. Tina is a popular female singer, so she is definitely not suitable for playing this game, because if the answer is wrong, the person who squeezes into the phone booth is likely to be a man.
Of course Chen Feng is not suitable. He doesn't want to be a prank on others.
Therefore, in his heart, Chen Feng actually does not want to participate in this show. Because this host is famous for his pranks. If Chen Feng goes there, he may be pranked or pranked by him.
When Tina came over, Chen Feng told her directly.
After hearing this, Tina persuaded: "Boss, the average ratings of this show is 2.5%. It is the highest-rated variety show in North America. Each episode has tens of millions of viewers. Many celebrities want to be on this show.
But no. Now they have taken the initiative to invite us. It would be a pity if we missed it. If I appear on this show, it will be very effective in promoting my new album. So, you must help me."
After thinking for a while, Chen Feng said: "I can go there, but I can't do it too much. Otherwise, it will damage our personal image, and it will be detrimental to your reputation and the promotion of your new album."
Tina nodded and said: "Of course. Before participating in their program, we must communicate in advance, and we must be aware of the program process. In addition, of course, we must be accompanied by a lawyer and sign a temporary agreement.
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In the end, Chen Feng agreed.
He will move from behind the scenes to the front of the stage next. He has also participated in "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" before, and the effect after the broadcast was relatively good, which increased his popularity to a certain extent.
But although the Ellen Show has good ratings, it is not as good as "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" and its influence is also lower.
Therefore, if you want to really become popular and make people in North America have a deeper impression of you, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" is a good platform.
After Chen Feng agreed, Tina's management team quickly communicated with the program team and agreed that the two of them would participate in an episode three days later.
The recording location of this program is at the NBC TV station in New York. Therefore, it is best for the two of them to leave tomorrow. After all, there is a time difference between New York and Los Angeles.
So, the next afternoon, Chen Feng flew to New York first. Almost an hour later, Tina also flew over.
When they arrived, it was already evening, and after a night's rest, the two of them took their troops to the NBC TV station the next day, found the person in charge of the "Late Night with Jimmy Show" program group, and communicated in advance.
The most important thing is the program flow. It emphasizes that pranks and pranks will not be accepted.
However, at the strong request of the other party, Chen Feng still accepted to participate in the phone booth game, which is a repertoire of this show. Of course, it is impossible for Tina to participate in this show, and she will not accept other tricks or pranks. She just simply follows
The host talks. Of course, Chen Feng will also join her.
After the negotiation, the two, accompanied by lawyers from both parties, signed a temporary cooperation contract. It was considered official for the late night show tomorrow night.
I came here a day early today, but Tina was not idle. She went to participate in a radio talk show in the morning.
The radio penetration rate here in the United States is still quite high. Everyone habitually turns on the radio to listen to it when driving. They like to listen to the radio while driving. This is a kind of culture and custom in the United States.
Basically every household in the United States has at least one car, which shows that the influence of radio is still relatively large.
In the afternoon, Tina will go to Times Square to attend a brand's commercial performance.
As for, tomorrow morning, Tina still has a radio station announcement, and she is free in the afternoon. However, because she will participate in the late night show tomorrow night, she will definitely not be able to run around in the afternoon, so she must be prepared.
Although Chen Feng seems to have nothing going on here, he actually has a lot of things going on. After all, he is now the boss of two companies, and these two companies are currently in a period of rapid development.
Especially the domestic Dingfeng Entertainment, its business has expanded a lot now. Thanks to Susie, a capable helper, the domestic Dingfeng Entertainment is in good order and is on the fast track.
For most of the day, he basically dealt with some documents of Summit Entertainment. Although he was the hands-off manager, it was impossible for him to ignore Summit Entertainment.
Moreover, even if he has great trust in Su Qian, he cannot delegate 100% power to her. Especially some financial documents and statements, etc., Chen Feng has to personally review, roughly check and spot check.
This is not because he doesn't trust Susie, but as a businessman and boss's most basic professional quality.
There are a lot of these documents, reports, etc. accumulated. Basically every month, Susie will compress and package the previous month and send it to his email for his review and approval.
After Chen Feng finished it, he gave instructions to Su Qian via email, or if there were any questions about some documents and reports, he marked them and sent them to her for verification.
Basically, Chen Feng can finish the work accumulated in a month in two or three days at most. This is the advantage of being a hands-off shopkeeper.
The biggest revenue of Summit Entertainment recently is the box office revenue of the movie "Thailand". In more than a month since its release, the box office has exceeded 1 billion. Now it has accumulated a box office of 1.65 billion. It will be almost two weeks before the movie is released. It is expected to finally
The total box office is expected to exceed 2 billion.
This is a movie without Chen Feng starring or directing. Although Chen Feng is the screenwriter and producer, everyone knows that Chen Feng is just the screenwriter in this movie.
As a result, the movie was still a hit. The most outstanding one was the "newcomer" Li Dazhi, followed by Chu Jianlin, and finally Zhou Xingxing.
Li Dazhi's "baby" image in this movie is very funny and cute, and many people fell in love with him right away.
And Chu Jianlin's acting skills are online, he plays the role of admiration very well, and there are many outstanding points.
On the other hand, Zhou Xingxing can only be said to be average in this movie. Compared with the previous two, his performance is not outstanding.
In the past two days, Chen Feng basically stayed in the hotel to work. Only in the evening could he and Miranda talk on the phone.
Miranda is also very busy now. She was taken by Marcia and started flying all over the world to send the film "Juno" to participate in various important film festivals, including the four major European film festivals, and even Asia.
I also sent it to various regions, including the Pearl International Film Festival, which is the most influential in Datang. I also went to appropriate public relations, met and communicated with some people in the local film circle, and participated in various high-end social activities.
The schedule of "Juno" has also been determined. Just half a month later, through Marcia's connections, it was handed over to Universal Pictures. While ensuring a certain number of films, the box office share was also within the qualifying line.
Of course, this is Marcia's face.
Of course, this may also be related to the fact that the movie "Juno" is a literary film. From Universal Pictures' perspective, the box office of this movie can reach 50 to 60 million U.S. dollars, so it is considered good to recover the cost.
Even Marcia and Miranda don't have much confidence in the movie's box office. Miranda personally told Chen Feng that she would be satisfied if the final box office could reach US$50 million.
Chen Feng spent a total of almost 25 million US dollars on this movie.
Although Chen Feng didn't have high hopes for the movie's box office, he didn't want the movie to lose money either. After all, the movie cost him his money.
And if there is a loss, Trelawen, who has 10% of the company's shares as dividends, will definitely have some objections.
Everyone knows that the reason why Chen Feng filmed this "Juno" was entirely to praise his girlfriend Miranda.
It's okay if he doesn't lose money, but if he does, some people will inevitably say that he, the boss, is acting for personal gain.
However, Chen Feng is quite confident about the box office of "Juno". In the original time and space, the film invested more than 6 million US dollars, but the final box office was more than 140 million US dollars.
And now he has spent more than 25 million US dollars to strive for excellence based on the original work. In addition, with the addition of Marcia, the "world's number one female director", and early publicity, Chen Feng naturally has confidence and reasons.
I believe that the final box office should be over 200 million US dollars.
But Chen Feng doesn't know the exact box office figures, and he won't know anything until the movie is officially released.