Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 63: Making Money, Recording

The production of the new album is proceeding smoothly.

However, Zhou Ziheng did not put all his energy into album production.

The popularity of "The Waves Still Remain" on the Spring Festival Gala resulted in Zhou Ziheng receiving a large number of commercial performance invitations after the Spring Festival.

Commercial performances are the biggest source of income for singers in this era.

Even Zhou Ziheng is no exception.

Thanks to the huge success of "The Waves Remain" on the Spring Festival Gala, his commercial performance fees have greatly increased and have reached 30,000 per show.

Thirty thousand per show, ten shows would be three hundred thousand. If one attends dozens of shows non-stop, the income would be almost a million.

The popularity of a singer, like that of a TV or movie star, is time-limited.

When your work comes out and achieves good results, you will be extremely popular.

Once the heat is over, your popularity will drop.

The same is true for commercial performances.

At this time, Zhou Ziheng was very popular, so his appearance fee naturally increased greatly.

After a while, when the popularity of the song fades, the appearance fee will naturally drop.

Therefore, the period after the Spring Festival is definitely a good time for Zhou Ziheng to make money.

He is not a fool and he would not go against money.

In order to make a fortune while "The Waves Still Remain" was popular, he took on a large number of commercial performances while producing the album.

Went to an opening ceremony today.

Attending an official event tomorrow.

Yes, official events are also considered commercial performances.

You can't just not pay for an official invitation!

There is no such good thing in the world.

Of course, if there is a mandatory free call-up, Zhou Ziheng will definitely have to go.

But generally speaking, the authorities rarely do this.

Especially for local officials, they often pay for celebrities to be invited to their events...

Since returning to Guangzhou in March, Zhou Ziheng has spent a lot of time on the production of the album.

But by mid-April, in a month and a half, he had participated in ten commercial performances and made a small profit of RMB 300,000.

Two 100-square-meter houses in Donghu New Village, Yuexiu District were purchased directly.

……

"Is it really cruel to leave?

Or being gentle is shameful
Or it doesn't matter if you are lonely

Day and night, unconditionally

......"

In the recording studio of the Guangzhou branch of China Record Corporation, Chen Xiaoqi, wearing headphones, looked at Zhou Ziheng who was singing seriously through the glass, and was a little distracted.

He regretted it.

Regret like never before.

I regret giving Zhou Ziheng to Pacific for nothing.

If it was the tape "Wandering Song" that made him realize Zhou Ziheng's outstanding creative ability.

This tape and the song "Sad Pacific" made him realize that Zhou Ziheng had more than just some creative ability.

This is simply a great talent.

He himself is a creator, and he knows better than anyone how powerful the song "Sad Pacific" is.

This song is more than just a song.

It is no exaggeration to say that its music style and lyrics have reached the master level.

"Brother Xiao Qi?"

After Zhou Ziheng finished recording, he found that there was no movement from Chen Xiaoqi, so he walked out.

As soon as he came out, he saw Chen Xiaoqi in a daze, so he called out to him, but the other party acted as if he didn't hear him.

Helplessly, he could only pat him on the shoulder gently, "Brother Xiaoqi, what's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

This time, Chen Xiaoqi finally reacted.

Taking off his headphones, Chen Xiaoqi couldn't help but smile bitterly. What if he regretted it now? Pacific wasn't a fool. How could he give up Zhou Ziheng, the cash cow?

Zhou Ziheng has released a total of one and a half tapes in less than a year since his debut.

"Wandering Song" is one album, and "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" is half an album.

But just these one and a half tapes brought Pacific at least 20 million in revenue.

Twenty million! What a terrifying money-making ability.

Now, if anyone dares to touch Zhou Ziheng, Pacific will probably fight him to death.

Not even if it’s a sister company.

Therefore, it is obvious that it is absolutely impossible for Zhou Ziheng to be poached back by China Records now.

"I really regret recommending you to Pacific now." Chen Xiaoqi smiled bitterly.

Zhou Ziheng took a sip of water and said with a smile: "If you really can't bear to leave me, you can just resign and come to my studio, and we can grow bigger and stronger together."

Zhou Ziheng is not joking.

If he really pulled Chen Xiaoqi into his studio instead of just being the honorary producer now.

With Chen Xiaoqi's ability, plus the songs in his mind, they can definitely take over the mainland music scene.

It is even possible to directly create a record company like the Formosa Rolling Stones.

"Let's just forget it for now! The higher-ups won't let me leave." Chen Xiaoqi shook his head.

Hearing this, Zhou Ziheng was not discouraged, but his eyes lit up.

temporary?

Doesn’t this mean there’s hope?
However, there are some things that cannot be discussed too much.

Chen Xiaoqi now works in a state-owned enterprise.

If the top management of China Record Corporation heard that he was poaching employees from a state-owned enterprise, he would definitely get into trouble.

"Let's stop recording here today! Let's go, call Chunbo brother, and go have a good meal together.

I’ve been so busy with work lately that I haven’t had a chance to have a good meal.”

Zhou Ziheng looked at the time and prepared to end today's recording.

"Okay, I heard that you've made a lot of money recently, so it's time to teach you a lesson." Chen Xiaoqi smiled and took off the headphones that were still around his neck.

Chen Xiaoqi was well aware that Zhou Ziheng had been frequently going out for commercial performances during this period.

And his appearance fee was no secret, and he certainly knew that Zhou Ziheng earned a lot.

"It's a pity that I've been busy recording recently, and the popularity of "The Sound of Waves Remains" has also decreased a bit, otherwise I would like to take on more commercial performances."

Zhou Ziheng said somewhat depressed.

As time passed, the popularity of "The Waves Still Remain" began to fade.

The disadvantage of this is that Zhou Ziheng's appearance fee also began to drop, from the original 2.5 to .

Although the price probably won't drop any further.

But there was a sudden loss of five thousand, which made Zhou Ziheng, who cared a lot about numbers, very depressed.

In addition, with the large number of commercial performances accepted, there are fewer commercial performances in Guangzhou recently.

Commercial performances don’t happen every day.

Moreover, Zhou Ziheng is not the only one who is popular in Guangzhou now.

Yang Yuying, Li Chunbo, and Gan Ping are also very popular.

In addition, since they are all signed singers of the record company, most of the work on the new album will be done by the record company.

There is a lot of time spent on external commercial performances.

This makes the competition for commercial performances near the nearest GD province very fierce.

The person Zhou Ziheng admires the most is Li Chunbo.

I don’t know if this guy is afraid of being poor like Zhou Ziheng.

He never refuses any commercial performance activities and can even perform three or four shows a day.

In fact, Zhou Ziheng is slightly more popular than Li Chunbo and others.

But there was no way, because he was recording tapes and turned down many commercial performances that he didn't have time to attend.

This led to rumors that he was difficult to hire.

As a result, the business development here at Zhou Ziheng's place became much less frequent.

(End of this chapter)