Chapter 309: Entering the world (seeking a monthly ticket)
Arriving in the capital, Wan Feng was shocked by the environment outside the airport as soon as he landed. The last time he came to the capital was nearly a year ago, but in just one year, the construction and humanistic features of the entire capital seemed to have improved.
significant change.
Many high-rise buildings are lined up in rows. Although not as dense as Hong Kong, they have begun to show an international scale. The most important thing is that it coincides with spring. The green plants everywhere are completely different from the infrastructure in European countries. Wanfeng once had a
A refreshing feeling.
This is the benefit of catching up from behind in the level of infrastructure.
Sitting in the taxi all the way, looking at the scenery outside the window, Wan Feng couldn't help but sigh to his assistant Sally: "No wonder the company's strategic direction has begun to shift to the mainland. I can now feel the vigorous vitality of the mainland, which is different from the lifelessness of Hong Kong today."
It’s completely different, even the mental outlook of passers-by is full of vitality.”
Sally nodded and said: "It's normal. The mainland's GDP has already surpassed that of France. It's not far behind the UK and Germany. It may surpass it next year."
Wan Feng nodded, and he suddenly understood that when Zheng Qian was organizing his first Asian tour, even if he abandoned the Taiwan market, he still refused to give up his identity as a cultural troupe.
After all, Taiwan is one of the Four Asian Tigers, and it is not far behind Hong Kong.
However, even so, Zheng Qian didn't look at it at all.
Now it seems that the huge mainland market can indeed fully meet the ideal level of most mainland artists.
But in this way, there seems to be a lack of motivation to explore foreign markets and increase foreign influence.
This is somewhat similar to the Japanese market, because the huge consumer market can prevent Japanese artists from considering entering overseas work.
The other extreme is South Korea. Due to the promulgation of relevant policies, the country has made every effort to develop the entertainment industry. This has caused the Korean Wave to rage throughout Asia. Countless people and gods have been affected and yearn for Korean culture. The so-called distance creates beauty, which is also indirect.
Stimulated the development of tourism in South Korea.
Of course, South Korea is not useless except for entertainment. The miracle of the Han River also proved its potential.
Later, in order to cultivate the national cultural self-esteem and cut off the connection with the mother country at the root, the "de-Sinicization" movement reached its peak this year. The capital Seoul was renamed Seoul. In addition to retaining Chinese characters on ID cards, they can be seen everywhere.
Almost all the places have become Korean, which has resulted in a new generation of Korean youth who cannot even understand Korean history if they are not majoring in Chinese language.
Because almost all Korean history is written in Chinese characters.
Under such a situation, many Chinese cultures have no source of explanation, and will naturally be ideally regarded by Koreans as their own unique culture.
In fact, South Korea not only stole Chinese culture, but also plagiarized Japanese culture. It made large-scale tampering in terms of food, geography and history. Later, it became more and more serious, with various applications for World Heritage, so that a joke became popular later.
, China-Japan friendship relies on South Korea.
This kind of plagiarism of culture everywhere is seen by the whole world, but the Koreans who can't wake up are still getting worse. Just like their performance in many sports games, they will have no bottom line in order to win.
In the final analysis, this kind of abnormal fanaticism is due to the lack of culture.
South Korea's "de-Sinicization" movement is a double-edged sword, but generally speaking, it has certain benefits in supporting the nation's blind self-confidence.
…
Wan Feng followed the address of Yuexiang Media and arrived at Junli Building. When he looked up, he could barely see the top of the building. Wan Feng sighed again in his heart.
This is even more impressive than the Universal Music Company office in Hong Kong.
"I feel a bit like a country boy coming to the city now," Wan Feng said jokingly.
Sally paused and said: "The housing prices in Hong Kong are not comparable to those in Beijing..."
Most of the current housing prices in Beijing are around 10,000, but in prime locations in Hong Kong they have reached over 100,000. This is the gap.
But the development potential of Beijing is no worse than that of Hong Kong.
After realizing this, Wan Feng deliberately started to buy a lot of real estate in Beijing, hoping to buy one and wait for the appreciation in value.
The two arrived at Yuexiang Media Company according to the appointment time, and were politely led to the waiting room by the front desk.
Then Wan Feng discovered that there were many men and women in suits and elite attire waiting for his roommates, all of whom seemed to be waiting to receive them.
Wan Feng instantly felt a headache, turned around, picked up the phone, and contacted Ren Xin.
Soon, someone came to the waiting room and picked up Wan Feng. This scene made other people in the waiting room feel dissatisfied.
"What's going on? He was received just after he arrived. What about us?"
"I've been waiting for an hour. Does Mr. Qi have time? Let me tell you, my plan is worth hundreds of millions. If you miss me, you will definitely regret it!"
"My script only needs a few million to film!"
"We come with great sincerity. The contract worth ten million a year only requires Zheng Qian to shoot an endorsement advertisement. There is no need to neglect us like this!"
…
Listening to the shouts behind him, Wan Feng was a little envious and asked curiously: "Ms. Mao, these are all businesses. An endorsement contract of 10 million per year, even in Hong Kong, is the target of many top artists...
…”
Mao Miaorui turned around and said with a smile: "Mr. Wan, Brother Qian doesn't accept all endorsements. The endorsement fee is only the least important part."
Hearing this, Sally was stunned for a moment, "It seems that Yuexiang Media is really developing well."
Mao Miaorui smiled, said nothing, and directly carried Wan Feng and the two of them to Ren Xin's office.
Ren Xin now has her own separate office, mainly handling some of Zheng Qian's brokerage affairs, and receiving some interested partners on behalf of Zheng Qian. When she saw Wan Feng, she stood up with a smile: "Mr. Wan, long time no see.
.”
"Ren Xin? It's been a long time indeed."
Wan Feng adjusted his glasses frames and looked at Ren Xin in surprise.
Nowadays, Ren Xin seems to have lost her childishness in the past. Her shiny black hair is casually draped over her shoulders. She wears a white shirt and black trousers, showing the independent style of a metropolitan professional woman. She flips her hair slightly.
, the crystal earrings attract attention.
She has a comfortable smile on her pretty face, and her every move makes people feel that she is a polite person.
Even Sally was stunned.
Is this still the childish, slightly rustic mainland girl that I saw before?
Ren Xin smiled and shook hands with the two of them. After inviting them to take a seat, she said directly: "Zheng Qian is already preparing for the new album. I know that Mr. Wan is more concerned about this matter. Of course we are also very concerned about it, but
You can't say for sure when it comes to creation. You also know that we, Zheng Qian, are more concerned about the quality of our works. If it doesn't meet the ideal standards, we will naturally not release a new album easily. This will ruin our brand. You say
Is it right?"
Wan Feng nodded repeatedly: "Yes, but... I came here this time just because I wanted an accurate time. Miss Ren, I know that your company is in a period of development and everything is very busy, so I came here from Hong Kong...
"
Ren Xin was not surprised at all by Wan Feng's arrival. He had sent no less than twenty urging emails before and after the new year. Now that he was visiting in person, Ren Xin had already been mentally prepared.
But Ren Xin will not make any guarantees about Wan Feng’s decision. After all, Zheng Qian has just begun to think about the new album. Before that, he was busy composing music for the Moscow Red Square military parade. He was also invited by the Moscow State Conservatory of Music a few days ago.
I was invited to write the lyrics for "Soviet March". After all this work, I didn't even have time to rest. I couldn't prepare the new album immediately.
Seeing Ren Xin's decisive attitude, Wan Feng felt a little anxious and immediately said: "Then... can you help contact Zheng Qian? I want to talk to Zheng Qian personally about the new album. By the way, also
There is something about the second Asian tour. These two things are closely related. I am also doing it for Zheng Qian’s good..."
Hearing that it was for Zheng Qian's benefit, Ren Xin pricked up her ears and asked, "Zheng Qian is very busy now, you can talk to me first."
Hearing this, Wan Feng pondered for a moment, and then finally said: "I think Zheng Qian can try to enter the international market now!"
Ren Xin glanced at Wan Feng and smiled slightly: "Why did Mr. Wan say this? We Zheng Qian haven't established a firm foothold in the domestic market, so why are we entering the international market?"
Wan Feng said quickly: "This is the conclusion I came to after careful consideration. If Zheng Qian does not transform at this stage and continues to be immersed in the music scene, then Zheng Qian's status in the Chinese music scene will actually be very high even though his debut is still very short.
If it’s higher, it doesn’t matter even if you don’t win the Golden Melody Award, we all understand that Zheng Qian is the uncrowned king of the music industry.”
"Go on," Ren Xin said.
Wan Feng said: "I also know that Zheng Qian led the Military Art Symphony Orchestra to achieve overseas results this time. Although this incident caused a great sensation in Europe, it was limited to a professional circle. If you don't attend the concert,
Ordinary people who do not read professional music magazines such as "Gramophone" cannot realize how good a musician Zheng Qian is. Of course, "Opera 2" and "Dance of the Goddess" are indeed well-known to many ordinary people, but for Zheng Qian
Qian’s popularity expanded, but it didn’t help much.”
"If you want to enter the music scene, it's better to write some English songs."
"English is the world's universal language after all. Zheng Qian's domestic market has reached its ceiling. After many singers reach this level, they have only two choices, either to sing and act if they are good at it, or to open up new markets. For example, in South Korea now, those male
Women's groups are already top-notch in China, so they will venture into the entire Asian market, and even if they are confident, they will directly start marketing in the American market."
"Isn't Zheng Qian facing the same thing as these top men's and women's groups now?"
"And many of our superstar actors in Hong Kong, after achieving great success in China, didn't they all begin to make great efforts to enter the American market? Cheng Long is a typical example. Now Cheng Long is very popular in Hollywood.
Chinese actors."
"Of course, Cheng Long can become popular in Hollywood because he is irreplicable. After all, not everyone can have the same sacrificial spirit as Cheng Long."
"But Zheng Qian also has a huge advantage, and that is his creative ability! As long as Zheng Qian can create some popular English songs, his future market may expand infinitely, and he can also give the Chinese world a truly internationally renowned song.
Superstar singer!"
"So, Zheng Qian's future will either be transformation or opening up new markets."
"Transforming into an actor is not an easy thing. If you don't do it right, the reputation you have worked so hard to cultivate will directly collapse."
"The risk is much lower when opening up new markets. Zheng Qian's previous Russian song "Opera 2" was so popular all over the world, which has paved the way for his future possibilities. Since even Russian songs can be so popular around the world,
Explosion, then English songs that are more suitable for dissemination will be more likely to become popular..."
Wan Feng talked freely and told Ren Xin all his opinions: "So for this fourth album, my opinion is that the target group is Asia. I have conducted surveys and found that the acceptance of English songs in Asian countries is very high.
For example, Thailand, a big tourist country, has a lot of English in its own language, and English is almost their second mother tongue. Therefore, as long as English songs are good enough, they will definitely be widely popular here, even in countries like China, Japan and South Korea.
In a closed culture, the popularity of English is also very common..."
Ren Xin originally wanted to listen and didn't take it too seriously.
But as Wan Feng narrated, she was really moved.
Indeed, Zheng Qian is now almost a ceiling-level presence in the domestic music scene. Although he has only been rising for one year and has low qualifications, due to his status as a cultural troupe, his name being corrected by CCTV, People's Daily, etc. many times, and his status as a civilian cadre,
This makes Zheng Qian become a relatively transcendent existence in the mainland music scene.
Coupled with the achievements of this European tour, national pride has risen rapidly, and more and more people have recognized Zheng Qian. Zheng Qian's nationality has made a huge leap.
Today Zheng Qian is like a child who makes his parents proud.
Many people want to see Zheng Qian killing everyone abroad and see how Zheng Qian shocks countries all over the world.
That kind of pride and pride not only makes Qian's fans feel happy, but also passers-by. Zheng Qian's reputation has naturally been cultivated.
"I will pass this suggestion on to Zheng Qian, but Zheng Qian is really busy now. I believe you have also seen the people in the waiting room. They are all partners who want to meet Zheng Qian..."
Ren Xin said apologetically.
But Wan Feng still didn't give up: "I can wait. In addition to the suggestions on the album, I also want to talk to Ms. Ren about the second Asian tour. I have many ideas..."
Ren Xin couldn't laugh or cry.
When Mr. Wan first came to Zheng Qian to cooperate, he was completely supportive.
But now, it seems that I have completely lost the sense of reserve I had as Universal Music Director, and I have also lost my self-esteem as a major music company.
In fact, any industry insider who has been in the Chinese music scene for a period of time, who can remain calm in front of Zheng Qian today?