Chapter 171 The Golden Age of the Recording Industry

After Qi Jie said it, Li Qian understood what Liao Liao had said when he whispered to her just now. After Liao Liao explained a few words, Li Qian was relieved.

Liao Liao said that it is obviously impossible for her to sing and sing for a lifetime. When she is popular, when she can earn a lot of money, she must learn to save some money, but she is not a person who is good at managing money, except Like Li Qian, she is trustworthy and extremely optimistic about the future, otherwise she would not even dare to invest in shares, so what should I do? Some time ago, Qi Jie was asking about property prices on behalf of Li Qian, which made her gradually notice that property prices have been rising rapidly in recent years.

So, anyway, I want to live, and anyway, if the house stands there for decades or hundreds of years, it will not collapse, so buy a house—scientific name is real estate investment.

Moreover, with the money she has now, the income from selling albums is several million, and the income from advertising endorsements is also several million. Although it is difficult to buy three villas at the same time, it may not be impossible to get out. If you take out a loan , that's easier. If it didn't work, she could still ask Chen Changsheng for a loan. It's hard to say if it's too much, but there are still friendships of two or three million, and no one would think that she, Liao Liao, could not pay back the debt.

From Li Qian's point of view, Liao Liao's decision was extremely correct.

Although time and space have changed, the trend of social development has not changed. In the era of commodities and rapid economic development, a large number of people have flooded into cities, and if they want to stay in cities and enjoy a more modern and better life, they will inevitably push up housing prices. It can be said that even without the administrative intervention of the state, the rapid rise of housing prices with the development of the economy is the general trend.

And to be honest, in the past time and space, whether it was Hong Kong, Taiwan or the Mainland, artists speculating and hoarding houses were very common investment methods, and it was not uncommon to lose money, but the situation was good, and there were still many people making money .

Especially when investing in real estate in Shuntianfu, it is absolutely guaranteed to make money without losing money.

Therefore, although I think it is a bit exaggerated for Liao Liao to buy three big villas in one go, with this money, even if it is also investing in real estate and real estate, it seems that investing in shops will make more money, but since she bought everything, Li Qian felt that there was no need to say anything more.

And then again, what is Liao Liao's main business?

Singer!

Next, she made and released records in her own studio. With her voice and singing skills, as well as her almost unparalleled market position and appeal in China, coupled with the classic songs she gave, Li Qian has It is absolutely certain that she will continue to be popular in the future, so a few villas are really not a big deal to her.

She can earn more money in the future!

Just like the explosion of the domestic film market after the second decade of the 21st century, the economic development has reached a certain level, and the prosperity of the cultural and art market is inevitable.

Moreover, unlike movies, where buying a ticket and watching it is invalid, which is similar to a one-time cultural consumption method, fans buy an album and go home, and they can listen to it countless times, so subconsciously people will feel that they bought it. The album is more solid. Therefore, in the cultural and art market, the prosperity of the recording industry is destined to come earlier than the prosperity of the film industry.

Three to five years ago, selling two million albums and getting double platinum certification was almost the highest dream of most singers, and for most singers, this goal was almost elusive. If the sales volume reached 4 million or 5 million, that would be the level of a great god. If the cure sells for six million, there are only a few people.

But now?

It's hard to say anything else, Wu Xing Wu Su's "Sisters and Sisters Stand Up" has only been sold for half a year now, but the 5 million must have passed, and the 6 million is probably just around the corner. By the end of the year, even if it won't pass Seven million is not too much difference. In the long run, eight million is almost inevitable. As for Liao Liao's two albums, "Liao Liao" in the long run, 6 million copies should not be a problem, "The Sound of the Waves" 8 million copies is not a problem, and there is even hope to hit 10 million sales!

Moreover, they are not the only ones who are booming.

Ordinary people may not notice the changes in the market, but the executives of the major record companies must be paying attention to every subtle data change in the market with their eyes wide open all the time. According to the data from Chen Changsheng, he once analyzed it to Li Qian, in the past 1995, compared to 1994, the domestic record market sales had increased by 39%.

You know, in 1995, when Li Qian was invincible, he just helped Liao Liao write a few songs and helped make her famous. For the entire domestic record market, what Liao Liao can bring The sales of one million copies may have a slight increase in the statistics of the entire market, but its influence is definitely not that great.

So, this is the market itself growing!

At best, Li Qian helped Liao Liao make records, and Wu Xingwusu made records, just adding fire to the pot and making the whole market even hotter, but it was definitely not the main driving force.

That is to say, while Liao Liao was selling well, the album sales of other singers also unknowingly increased, but their data exploded, not as good as Liao Liao and Wu Xing Wu Su's sudden popularity. It's just so explosive and eye-catching.

It's hard to say anything else, just the female singer.

It is said that by the end of 1995, there were as many as 9 female singers who released a new album in 1995 and sold more than one million copies! In the past... Even two years ago, this was an unimaginable statistic!

As for male singers, there are as many as 23 who released records in 1995 and sold more than one million copies!

Female singers are on the rise, and their sales are increasing significantly. Male singers are not being suppressed, but are growing at the same time, and the growth is even stronger!

The era of female singers has come?

wrong!

It's the golden age of the recording industry!

And it’s not just in China, it’s not just in this time and space. In the time and space that Li Qian once experienced, there are several celebrities with the highest album sales in American history, including Mariah Carey, Shania Twain, and Michael Jackson. , The period when their album sales exploded was also concentrated in the past ten years around 2000!

It can be said that at present, whether domestic or foreign, the only thing that can stop and destroy the continued prosperity of the record industry is piracy! Especially the future of online piracy!

In the time and space that Li Qian once experienced, the era of the Internet for All began in 2005, and by around 2008, almost every urban household was equipped with a computer.

In fact, by that time, online piracy would have been basically out of control.

But in the current time and space, the development progress of computer technology and mobile phone technology seems to be much earlier and faster than that time and space, so it is conceivable that there is not much time before the full-scale attack of online piracy.

Therefore, based on this, Li Qian judged that the prosperity of the record industry in the entire world still has a golden period of about ten years, maybe... only about eight years.

But eight years is enough.

In eight years, Li Qian plans to help Liao Liao make eight to ten more albums, and then when the framework of the studio is initially set up, he will start to sign a few of his own singers, and help them make albums with them, making them popular .

Well, eight years, 30 to 40 albums, and the best resources in my hands have basically been exhausted.

And just at that time, the record industry will basically make no money, and singers can only make money by accepting commercial performances, appearing on shows and endorsements. It can be said that whether it is a record company or a studio, the ability to control singers will drop to an all-time low! Although my own music career will definitely continue, because even if I don’t make money, making music is really a pleasant thing for my body and mind. It's just that at that time, music will definitely not be able to continue to be the focus of my entire career.

Because... the great era of movies is about to begin!

It can be said that Li Qian really doesn’t need to do anything else if he only cares about making money. It is enough to take advantage of the golden decade of the record industry to work hard to sign singers and make records. It is no exaggeration In other words, with the resources in his hands that come from the crystallization of the wisdom of countless great people in another time and space, he can completely hold up several heavenly kings and several queens by himself.

He doesn't even have to wait until the golden age of the film industry arrives, he can already complete the primitive accumulation of capital, and by that time, he will be more leisurely, holding a large amount of money in his hand, holding a large amount of artist resources, writing and writing The script and the director are selected to film it, and they can praise their own artists, or simply create a few variety shows that are bound to become popular, and make money by promoting people...

Moreover, this is just playing around in the art circle. If Li Qian's heart is more wild and his goals are more ambitious, there are actually many industries that he can make money and participate in. For example, at present, although the concept of computers and the Internet has been favored by many investors, and a lot of capital has already participated in it, even if they are as clear as they are, they are definitely not as predictable as they are for the future Internet era. Li Qian's who has gone through that time period.

It’s hard to say anything else. If you have some money in hand, you can choose several projects to invest in. It’s hard to say that you can make a lot of money. If you succeed in one or two out of ten investments, it will be enough to live comfortably for a lifetime in the future.

It can be said that for a reborn person, especially a reborn person like Li Qian who came with huge advantages, if he just wants to make money, compared with ordinary people, the advantages are much stronger.

But Li Qian is obviously not the kind of person who only wants to make money and make a fortune, and he is also very self-aware-human energy is always limited, if you do this, you must not have time to do that.

Money, he wants to earn, but he only earns what he is interested in and is willing to do.

For example, if he makes records, he also wants to make his own singers and artists popular, but what he wants most is not the final harvest, but the process in the middle of doing things - when she and Liao Liao are together Learning from each other, the two work together to help Liao Liao find the most suitable emotion, and then create a song with touching power, that is the happiest time for him.

Making money is just a by-product of piggybacking.

His main job is to make good things!

Of course, up to now, these things, these thoughts, and these choices can only be buried deep in his own heart. Not only Liao Liao, Wang Jinglu, but even his own parents, he will not reveal even a single word.

... ... ...

On the car back, Li Qian already talked about how he saw Li Jinlong.

As for Li Jinlong, he said: "His ability is limited, he is not a genius type, but the good thing is that he knows that he is not a genius, so he can do things down-to-earth. And he sincerely wants to come, consider After the studio was built, sister Qi didn't know how to do it, and sister Liao and I didn't have that much time, so there must be someone who knows how to help with some music matters. He called, and I recognized him In other words, my heart is already moved.”

Liao Liao and Qi Jie naturally had no objection to this.

The studio is about to be established, even if it is a grass-roots team, it is still a team, and it must find someone to help. Li Jinlong has worked with Li Qian before, and he is one of the few people in the circle who has worked with Li Qian. Now that the other party has voluntarily resigned from Huage's job and wants to come here to join him, and Li Qian also likes his strength and personality, of course. There is nothing to say.

Liao Liao even said, "From now on, Xiaojie will be in charge of administration and leading artists, and that Li Jinlong will be in charge of helping you in making music, running errands and contacting people. He's very good at it!"

Li Qian nodded, and continued: "But when he came, I thought of many problems at once. We have been excited to build a studio before, to buy a building, to decorate, and to buy equipment , I don’t seem to have thought about the next management work? Such a large place needs to recruit people, whether it’s ordinary staff, or signing a few people to come in and arrange music, including possibly signing a few musicians in the future , singers, etc., how should they be managed? There is a charter, right?”

When Liao Liao heard this, he showed a bright smile foolishly and sweetly, and said affirmatively: "This has nothing to do with me, anyway, I don't understand this, that...Xiao Jie, your boss is asking you something!"

Qi Jie rolled her eyes when she heard this, and asked Li Qian cautiously, "How do you think about it?"

Li Qian shrugged his shoulders and said, "I just graduated from high school. You taught me. Don't you know? You let me write songs, sing songs, arrange music, it's all right, I'm alone It’s okay to be able to be used by several people. But... you let me be a manager? Let me watch the attendance of the subordinates every day? Create a salary and bonus system for them? This is really not my specialty! So ...I am asking you, Teacher Qi!"

So even Liao Liao turned to look at Qi Jie.

Obviously, they could all hear that Li Qian was going to be a hands-off shopkeeper.

Regarding music, needless to say, Li Qian must be in charge of Bao Yuaner, and he must be able to play well in any way, but managing a studio, even if this studio may only have a few people for a long time For work, there may only be a contracted singer like Liao Liao, but a studio is a studio, and it needs to recruit and manage.

To put it bluntly, at least you have to find a cleaner, an accountant, and someone to answer the phone, right?

What's more, Li Qian has already said that Li Jinlong will be in charge of finding some musicians. If the two sides reach an agreement in the future and wait for someone to join the studio, it means that the studio will expand.

As the number of musicians increases, the number of ordinary staff serving them will also increase accordingly. By that time, even if there are only a dozen or so people, it will not be easy to manage all these people.

Among the three, only Qi Jie was indeed the only one who seemed to barely have the basic qualities to be a manager. Musicians like Li Qian and Liao Liao were too casual to do the job.

But at this time, facing the eyes of the two people, Qi Jie didn't panic at all. People could tell at a glance that she should have considered and already thought about the question that Li Qian just thought of and raised. A little of my own thoughts.

Facing the scrutiny of the two people, she was not stage-frightened, and said directly: "The salary system is the simplest. Liao Liao is so familiar with Changsheng Records. Let's just take their salary system and revise it. That's it. From ordinary staff to musicians, although Changsheng Records is not big, there must be a full set, which they have summed up over the years, and they are very useful!"

Li Qian and Liao Liao were a little dumbfounded when they heard this - so, is it that simple?

At this time, Qi Jie ignored their surprise and continued: "I don't care about recruiting people for music, and I don't understand, but for ordinary staff, it's actually very simple. I asked the building management. Our internal cleaning can be directly contracted to them, which is not expensive. The security work is included in the property fee, and of course they have to be responsible."

"So, we just set up the most important accounting and financial shelves, and then recruit a front desk to answer the phone, and a service to do errands such as purchasing, and the studio can operate normally. Other personnel, If you need anyone, you can go to the talent market to recruit at any time! Those who can sing like Liao Liao are hard to find, and those who are college graduates and can do the simplest office work are sure to grab a lot!"

Having said that, she finally stopped, looked at Li Qian, then at Liao Liao, and asked, "What's wrong? I'm not right? Not good?"

Li Qian and Liao Liao looked at each other and nodded in unison.

Li Qian made a decision at that time, "Since you have already thought about everything, I will leave all these matters to you!"

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PS1: Regarding villa discounts, some readers have raised questions. Let me explain. Since the mid-to-late 1990s, many communities in the capital will actively contact a few celebrities and directly give away a house or even a villa before the opening of the market. Of course, it has to be a big name at Zhang Guoli's level, and Zhang Dada doesn't necessarily want it, because if you want it, people will add a sentence when selling houses to buyers, Zhang Guoli also bought a house in our community, this is considered Implicit endorsement.

PS2: Let’s push each other with Baibai. The readers of the two books have a high degree of overlap. Readers who like to read "Perfect Life" must have many people who are also interested in Baibai's "Literary Era". A word-of-mouth work.

Well, to add one last sentence, I suddenly feel that PS2 is actually selling itself.