On June 10, Lu Chen returned to Beijing.
Waving away the melancholy of graduation, he cheered up and went on his way again.
From now on, his identity is no longer a college student in the ivory tower, but a real fresh person in society.
The road is long and far, and 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 was fearless and full of expectations!
… …
Thursday, June 11, overcast.
Lu Chen came to the Delong Building in the Fourth Ring Road of Beijing.
The Delong Building is a 58-story office building located in the most prosperous financial and business district of the Fourth Ring Road. Lu Chen came here twice some time ago and participated in the production of two singles by The Bionics in Tianzhai Music Workshop on the 35th floor.
Tianzhai Music Workshop is very famous in the Beijing pop music scene. It was established ten years ago, mainly engaged in music production and promotion business, with complete and advanced equipment and a group of excellent professionals.
Many big names in the industry have produced their works through Tianzhai Music Workshop. In order to launch the first shot into pop music, Light Rain Media put its first album in Tianzhai Music Workshop.
First in Quality!
Although Lu Chen's participation was not deep, he had a deep understanding of the strength of Tianzhai Music Workshop.
So he wanted to hand over his album to Tianzhai to complete.
The idea of making a solo album began to germinate when Lu Chen signed with [Whale TV]. Later, it was not until after the PK theme show that Yunjing Music Network's editor Sui An discussed with him that he really made up his mind.
Lu Chen wants to use this album as a stepping stone to enter the pan-entertainment circle!
So he attaches great importance to it and takes it as the first major event after returning to Beijing.
In the customer reception room of Tianzhai Music Workshop, Lu Chen first met the other party's business representative.
The business representative's surname was Ni, and she was in her thirties. She was a typical white-skinned woman in the workplace. Her makeup was exquisite and she was well-dressed. Although the smile on her face was slightly professional, it did not make people feel neglected.
Miss Ni spoke softly, "Mr. Lu Chen, this is our company's price list for music production, which includes five sets of ABCDE. Of course, if you have special requirements, our company can also tailor-make it for you."
Lu Chen nodded, took the price list, and looked at it carefully.
The first two times he came to Tianzhai Music Workshop, he was there to help, and he didn't inquire about the price. Now he had an eye-opener.
This price list was specifically for album production, including all the costs of arrangement, recording, and post-production. Among the five, the lowest E package was quoted at 100,000 yuan, and the highest A package was quoted at 1 million yuan. The difference was 10 times!
Before coming to Tianzhai Music Workshop, Lu Chen knew something about single and album production.
Beijing is the center of the national cultural industry. There are countless entertainment and media companies. There are as many as millions of people in the entertainment-related industry. Big and small music studios, recording studios, and professional production companies are everywhere.
If you just want to play and don't pay attention to quality, you can directly place an order online to commission the production of a personal album.
And if you want to experience the feeling of recording in the studio, spending one or two thousand yuan can also meet the needs.
Of course, these are pure amateurs. If you really want to produce a high-quality single or album, the cost is very high. Ten or twenty thousand yuan per song is the basic, and hundreds of thousands of yuan is not too expensive. You get what you pay for.
So, although there are so many singers drifting in Beijing, many people have never released a real album in their lives. In addition to the song itself, the cost of production is the key, and there are also publicity and distribution later. If they can't sell it, they will lose money!
As for the songs made for thousands of yuan, they can't find a channel at all, and it would be embarrassing to give them away for free.
As a senior company in the industry, Tianzhai Music Workshop is very professional. The price list lists the various costs included in the five packages in detail, so that people can see clearly.
After reading it, Lu Chen was most satisfied with the C package, which has well-known arrangers and producers in the industry plus band accompaniment, high-level recording and post-production. The price is 500,000 yuan, which is equivalent to 50,000 yuan for a song.
It's not that the AB package is not as good as the C package, but the price of the AB package is not what Lu Chen can afford at all.
Even if it's the C package, he can't afford it now.
As for the 250,000 yuan D package and the 100,000 yuan package, compared with the C package, they are not very sincere.
If you don't manage the family, you don't know the cost of daily necessities!
Lu Chen secretly sighed. He held the price list and asked tentatively, "Miss Ni, if I choose the C package, how much discount can your company give me?"
He heard Qin Hanyang mention last time that he could bargain with the production company.
Miss Ni said sincerely, "Mr. Lu, I can give you a 95% discount at most with my authority. If you can ask our manager or director to sign it, the lowest discount is 10%."
Lu Chen gave up when he heard this. Not to mention that he didn't know the manager and director of Tianzhai Music Workshop at all, and even if he could get the other party's signature, a 10% discount would still cost 450,000 yuan.
Lu Chen knows that if he doesn't come forward personally, but talks with an industry company like Light Rain Media, it is estimated that the price will be lower. Who told him to do it alone?
As the saying goes, a big tree is a good shade. Although signing a contract with an entertainment media company will lose a lot of freedom and rights and interests, there are also many conveniences, such as production and distribution, there is no need to worry about, and publicity efforts.
But Lu Chen doesn't regret his choice!
He thought about it and said, "Then I'll think about it. Miss Ni, can I take this price list with me?"
Miss Ni smiled sweetly and said, "Absolutely. If you have any questions, you can also ask me directly."
Her business card was given to Lu Chen when they met.
"Thank you!"
Lu Chen left Tianzhai Music Workshop with the price list.
In fact, for Lu Chen now, 450,000 yuan is really not too big a number. He can earn it over a period of time, or he can find a way to sell two songs.
However, this involves another problem, that is, with such a large investment, can he earn back the cost?
Lu Chen is not sure.
He has made some achievements in online live broadcasting and has a large number of fans, but he is not even a newcomer in the entertainment industry. He is still an outsider and has no influence at all.
Moreover, online albums also involve piracy. Online albums are sold at very low prices, but not many people are willing to pay for them, because free pirated resources can soon be found after the album is released.
The same principle applies to [Whale TV]. Don't look at him having hundreds of thousands of Fish Powder. It's like a reward. Only a small number of people are really willing to pay for it.
The album is 100% going to be released, but Lu Chen doesn't want to lose money, and he refuses to compromise on quality. That's very problematic – the idea is beautiful, but the reality is too cruel!
With a tangled mind, he took the elevator down to the ground floor of the Delong Building.
As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, a middle-aged man suddenly strode over and stopped Lu Chen.
"Sir, are you going to make songs in Tianzhai Music Workshop?"
The middle-aged man, who was about fifty years old, was thin and wore a suit that was not very fitting, so it looked loose.
He looked a little nervous when he spoke, and his eyes were more focused on the security guard in the hall not far away.
"Uh …"
Lu Chen was stunned and asked curiously, "What can I do for 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'm Wang Changsheng, manager of Nirvana Music Production Studio. Can we talk?"
He spoke quite fast, with a trace of uneasiness and expectation.
Nirvana Music Production Studio?
Lu Chen thought about it and didn't have the slightest impression of it. He hesitated and said, "All right."
He was mainly curious.
There was a tea house on the first floor of the Delong Building. The two 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 make songs in Tianzhai Music Workshop?"
The studio manager named Wang Changsheng pointed to the price list that Lu Chen had put on the table and said with embarrassment, "I saw this thing in your hand, so I came to try my luck."
Lu Chen couldn't help laughing.
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