Lu Xi, Chen Xin, Li Feiyu, Chen Xiang and Li Mubai.
Lu Chen's bright eyes slowly swept across the faces of all the people present.
Some of them are Lu Chen's relatives, some are friends, some are former colleagues, and some are original fans.
Due to fate, everyone sat here together and formed a small team.
No matter what profession they used to be or what job they did, now everyone is a newcomer who broke into the entertainment industry. They lack enough experience and strength, and are full of confusion about the future.
What makes Lu Chen confident is the unity of this team!
The current studio is like a seedling that has just sprouted, still very fragile, but the roots that support the tender leaves are flexible and full of vitality. Even in the face of the crushing of the big stone and the baptism of the storm, they still have the strength to persist.
He is fearless.
"In fact, everyone thinks too seriously about the problem."
Lu Chen said with a smile, "We don't need to defeat anyone. As long as this album is on the shelves and sells, it will be a success. And we don't need to try our best to compete with others for the sales list. The key is whether we can recover our costs."
"Our cost is very low."
The production cost of the album "You Who Sat Next To Me" is unimaginable to most people in the industry.
Generally speaking, the production cost of a qualified or even excellent complete album ranges from hundreds of thousands to millions. It is normal to exceed one million. If you add in the publicity cost, it can reach three or four million.
And the entire production cost of "You Who Sat Next To Me" is only 100,000!
All 10 songs were written by Lu Chen himself. He didn't need to spend a penny to buy songs from others, which saved at least hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of costs.
It's normal for a songwriter with a good reputation to ask for tens of thousands of yuan 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 big company like Tianzhai Workshop, but put it in the little-known Nirvana Studios.
This saved hundreds of thousands of yuan!
According to Lin Zhijie, music director of Flying Stone Records, the real value of the album produced by Nirvana Studios for Lu Chen should be between 200,000 and 300,000 yuan. He got a big bargain.
The production cost of 100,000 yuan is only equivalent to the price of an ordinary advertising space on QQ Music Network for 10 days!
Plus this advertising fee, excluding labor, the cost is only 200,000 yuan!
According to the contract signed between Lu Chen Studio and QQ Music, "You Who Sat Next To Me" will only be sold as an album and not as a single. The price for ordinary members is 10 yuan per album, and VIP members will get a 20% discount.
The share between Lu Chen Studio and QQ Music is 50%, is 50%, and 50%.
Even if they sell at the price, Chen Studio, Chen and QQ Music, Zhang will sell the album to Chen.
Such a profit margin is something that Cui Zhengzhi, Zou Bei or Ling Xiaoxiao can't catch up with.
They have invested millions of dollars in advertising for the album. Plus the production cost, they have to sell at least 400,000 to 500,000 copies to break even. That is a sales performance that is completely impossible to achieve unless they cheat.
Of course, whether it is Cui Zhengzhi, Zou Bei, or Ling Xiaoxiao, it is impossible for the company they signed to think about recovering the cost by selling albums online. They mainly make profits through artists' commercial performances, advertisements, peripherals, and so on.
Therefore, the goals of the two sides are different from the beginning.
Lu Chen's requirements are not high. He is very satisfied with recovering the cost. As long as the reputation of the album is built up, his position and style in the circle will be improved, and there will be plenty of opportunities to make money later.
Therefore, Lu Chen doesn't need to compete with them, nor will he desperately throw money to gamble.
"We just need to do our own thing!"
Lu Chen said to everyone, "What does it have to do with Cui Zhengzhi's album on the same day as him being strong? Our goal is to sell 50,000 copies. If we reach 50,000 copies, we will win! "
"50,000 is a piece of cake …"
Li Mubai said disapprovingly, "Lu Jiajun has more than 50,000 members. There are more than one million fans in the live broadcast room, and there are still five million followers in the Waves blog!"
Lu Chen shook his head with a smile. In addition to Lu Jiajun's hardcore fans, it is completely unknown how many fans in the live broadcast room and Waves blog can be converted into paying users, especially since the number of blog fans is extremely high.
The number of followers of his Waves blog exceeded 5 million, meeting the basic requirement of a Big V, but passersby accounted for most of them. Many of them were attracted by the last two blog battles, and were not real fans.
It would be naive to expect these passersby fans to pay for songs.
Of course, with the support of Lu Jiajun's hardcore fans, there should be no problem with 50,000 sales.
Compared with the online sales of QQ Music, Lu Chen is actually more concerned about the album, which is really cool!
Drop!
At this time, Lu Xi's cell phone on her desk suddenly rang.
She picked it up and checked it, and then turned on her computer: "Xiaomei said there's news for us to see."
Sister Xiaomei, ChenXiaomei, works as a receptionist in Lu Chen Studio. In her spare time, she also helps Lu Xi search and browse the Internet, especially the gossip news and insider news in the entertainment industry.
She now sent a video link to Lu Xi's QQ.
"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 Waves Entertainment Channel. The content is an exclusive interview with Cui Zhengzhi by a reporter from Waves.
Waves is one of the largest portals in China. It has two advantage resources, Waves blog and Waves games. Therefore, the entertainment channel of Waves has a great influence in the entertainment industry.
But it is not easy to get an exclusive interview with Waves. Unless you have real talent, you must pay for it, which is also an important part of publicity and hype.
On the 27-inch HD screen, Cui Zhengzhi is talking to the microphone of an entertainment reporter.
The Waves Entertainment reporter asked, "Mr. Cui Zhengzhi, I heard that your debut solo album is about to be released, right?"
Cui Zhengzhi saidwith a smile, "Yes, it will be released on QQ Music on the 8th of this month. You are welcome to subscribe and buy."
Cui Zhengzhi is 20 years old this year, two years younger than Lu Chen. He first worked as a trainee in South Korea's KG Agency for three years, and then returned to China to officially make his debut.
Last year, he participated in Shonan TV's "Super Male Voice" talent show for the first time, and Cui Zhengzhi won the runner-up title. He can sing and dance, and has a strong Korean star temperament, so he was loved by many boys and girls.
Waves Entertainment reporter: "So what's the style of your 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 it won't disappoint everyone!"
The Waves Entertainment reporter said with a smile, "Everyone says that you are a very talented singer and songwriter. As far as I know, Lu Chen, the champion of this year's" Singing China ", will also debut his album on QQ Music on the same day. Do you have any pressure?"
Hearing the Waves Entertainment reporter's obviously provocative question, everyone finally understood why Sister Xiaomei wanted to send this interview video to Lu Xi.
"No pressure at all!"
Cui Zhengzhi smiled confidently and said, "Lu Chen is a very strong singer and 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 saying, "He doesn't put Brother Chen in his eyes."
Li Mubai clenched his fists: "This guy …"
Cui Zhengzhi was indeed crazy, and he was not just confident, as if his character was like this.
But in the eyes of his fans, Cui Zhengzhi was sincere and not hypocritical. He said what he wanted to say without hypocrisy.
But if they really thought that he was not scheming and stupid, then they were wrong!
The new artist who returned from South Korea knew how to look at the dishes under the pot. When he should be modest, he was still very modest.
As for Lu Chen, he was obviously not the object of his modesty.
The Waves Entertainment reporter obviously liked this topic very much. He further asked, "Why are you so sure? Several songs in Lu Chen's album have good reviews."
Cui Zhengzhi nodded and said, "The songs he wrote are good, but they are really out of date. They belong to the nostalgic style of the 1980s and 1990s, and I know what songs young people like me really like!"
"What the f * ck!"
Li Feiyu's lungs were about to explode with anger when he heard this: "It's so shameless!"
What he said was not bad, but in fact, he directly stepped on Lu Chen's soles. Anyone could hear the sarcasm in his words.
It was fine to say this to others in private, but in a public interview, he was so arrogant. Not to mention Li Feiyu, Li Mubai and others, even Lu Chen frowned.
Even a clay figurine has three points of anger!
If he was still indifferent when someone stepped on his head, what kind of man would he be?
Lu Chen was not a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle!
Chen Xiang said angrily, "I used to like him, but now I know how annoying he is!"
Lu Xi's face was sullen: "He is deliberately hyping up the topic."
After a period of study and research, her sister has a basic understanding of all kinds of hype tricks in the entertainment industry. She could see at a glance what Cui Zhengzhi and Waves Entertainment were doing.
Such a method of hyping up could be considered to be very carefully controlled.
But it was also unbearable!
The key was that Cui Zhengzhi was not afraid of being talked about. He had full confidence that he could beat Lu Chen in sales.
With so many advertisements smashed down, Lu Chen could be smashed to death.
The winner was not condemned, and fans would only praise him!
Lu Chen suddenly smiled and said, "It seems that we really have to be serious. Sister, then let's also spend some money on online hype. No, it's publicity!"
Originally, Lu Chen didn't want to spend too much money on the promotion of this album, but now his idea has changed.
Lu Xi's eyes suddenly lit up: "Do you have any good ideas?"
Lu Chen said, "Let me think about it first …"
His eyes stared at Cui Zhengzhi, who was in high spirits on the screen, and a little coldness appeared in his eyes.
Since you want to fight, then let's fight to our heart's content!
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