Low Key Star

  Chapter 281【281】Ten million per song

Zhang Yang was so busy, he couldn't think of any good money-making ideas for his mother in time, and Fang Qianxue didn't really count on him. Before he decided to resign, he made a decision to open a restaurant, but he hadn't decided what to sell. , but asked Zhang Wei to go online every day to find out which restaurant in Qingcheng had a good reputation and business, and then took Zhang Shouyi and Zhang Wei to eat.

When he was not eating, he took Zhang Shouyi and Zhang Wei to go for a stroll, looking at the location, the decoration, and the business district... Zhang Wei followed him to eat a few times, but he was not very happy to go, so only Zhang Shouyi was forced to accompany his wife study.

Zhang Yang came up with an idea, thinking that he could build a martial arts-style hot pot restaurant in his name. Fang Qianxue was quite interested in opening a hot pot restaurant, but she didn't want to name it in the name of her son. In the end, Lin Yiran convinced her .

   After all, it is known that this is the store opened by Zhang Yang's mother, and it is no different from the one opened by Zhang Yang itself.

After the matter of the hot pot restaurant is finalized, the next step is to prepare for the two aspects of site selection and business. Fang Qianxue hires a chef and buys recipes. According to Zhang Yang's opinion, the store is expected to open next year. , Experimental improved formula.

   Anyway, he has money now.

   At the same time, Zhang Yang asked someone to design a set of design plans for tables, chairs, pots, bowls, cups and chopsticks. Since he wants to follow the martial arts style, he must have an ancient style, but everything that is antique may not conform to the habits of modern people. There are trade-offs, which must be left to professionals.

  Lin still studied design himself, so he volunteered to take over the task of negotiating with the designer, put forward suggestions for revision, and actively participated in the design.

The reason why Zhang Yang is in a hurry to design these is because he plans to put them in the TV series "Shooting the Condors" for "implantation". , you will find that this is the same thing as in the TV series.

   As for those who haven’t seen it, it’s easy to handle, just play it in the store in a loop.

  In the future, if this kind of scene appears in the costume drama that Yiyang Film and Television participates in shooting, it will definitely be the same prop.

   As a result, the TV series became popular, and this store naturally has a lot of business, and his current popularity is already a kind of guarantee in itself.

   But in fact, looking at "The Condor Shooting" and "The Condor God", although there are many eating scenes, there is only one real hot pot appearance, which is the opening chapter of "The Condor Shooting", Guo Xiaotian kills a chicken and invites Yang Tiexin to eat hot pot.

Zhang Yang is also not willing to put the cart before the horse and make such an "adaptation" on purpose. Anyway, in the next filming of "Yi Tian", hot pot will still have a chance to appear, and it will be twice, especially when Zhao Min invited Zhang Wuji to eat hot pot in a small shop. , There are many opportunities to "show your face".

He thought there was nothing wrong with this plan, but with the preliminary completion of the design and customization there, problems still arose, because the shop wanted to use copper pots, which did not conform to the original work and settings at all, because the Song Dynasty metallurgical Although the industry is very developed, in the era when copper was not enough to make money, Guo Xiaotian's family could not afford copper pots.

This made Zhang Yang a little worried. He hesitated for a while and asked Wang Yukun first. He was worried that Wang Yukun would object, but after hearing what he said, Wang Yukun smiled and said, "You are bookish. It is a good thing to be serious, and there is no need to be so serious." Seriously, don’t tell me, just look at the appearance, how many people know whether it is copper or iron? Besides, everyone watches the plot, how many people will pay attention to these? Can’t you really find a crock pot to cook it? It is not necessarily a good thing to have a bit of artistic treatment, to be completely life-like, and to shoot realistically."

  He paused, and then said: "Of course, it's not impossible to cook in a crock pot, but it doesn't affect much in one pot. I've seen instant noodles cooked in costume dramas. Don't you all see it the same way?"

  Zhang Yang thought for a while, and felt relieved, and said, "Then I'll let the other side do it, and send it to you as soon as possible."

  Wang Yukun said: "Okay, don't worry, this scene is not shot so quickly."

Now the crew of "Shooting the Condors" is shooting the plot they thought about on Peach Blossom Island. The prototype of "Peach Blossom Island" in the original book is Peach Blossom Island in the Zhoushan Islands. After doing a lot of publicity, many people came here admiringly, which made this little-known trail quickly become popular.

When Huaguang film and television version "Shooting the Condor" was filmed, it got in touch with the scenic spot and filmed a lot of plots there. This time, Huashi cooperated with there and built a small film and television studio on the island. The city, which is used for shooting now, will become a scenic spot in the future, which can be described as a win-win situation.

  Zhang Yang hung up the phone, and replied to Lin Yiran, himself, and his mother's three-person entrepreneurial group, telling them that the design is okay, and they will contact the manufacturer to make a set first, and will give the delivery address later.

"Yi Tian" has not yet been filmed, and "Shooting the Condor" has not yet finished filming. It will definitely be released next year, but the opening of the store cannot be delayed for so long. However, according to Zhang Yang's design, the store is decorated in a martial arts style. Different areas, The boxes are all named according to the contents of the novel, such as Taohua Island, Guiyun Village, Niujia Village, Unfeeling Valley, Knight Island, Siguoya, Green Willow Villa, etc. As for the names that have not been written yet appear here, Zhang Yang Don't worry, anyway, it will be in his name when the time comes, so it's a warm-up, and it's a win-win situation.

Most of the specific affairs are due to his mother's busy work, and Zhang Yangneng is not busy much. Because of the preheating of the new album, he had to record two more variety shows to show off his musical talent. The absolute pitch surpasses the vast majority of people in the world. There is no need to worry about overturning the performance in this aspect. It's just that the limitations of variety shows at this time, as well as some arrangements and clichés, really make him a little disliked. Fortunately, the popularity and popularity are there. There is no need to be as trembling as ordinary artists, and people are happy to give money, and the overall experience is not bad.

The new album will be released on the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month, that is, January 29th in the Gregorian calendar. Pre-orders have already started online in advance. This is the first time that Seagull has tried to accept online pre-orders this year. The effect is unexpected, because the pre-orders only started In the next 24 hours, the number of pre-orders for the physical album exceeded 200,000.

  Considering that more people don’t know the news yet, the final sales are worth looking forward to.

  Up to now, the total online and offline sales of the last album "Zhang Shouyi" are nearly 6 million, of which the offline sales are as high as 2.3 million copies, ranking second in the sales list of all Chinese albums last year.

   Even so, under the current situation where the offline market is sluggish, the company's internal forecast for the album "Qilixiang" has to be conservative, and if there are 1.5 million copies, it will meet the expectation.

  Looking at the pre-sale situation, there is a high probability that it will be achieved.

As one of the few music production companies that has set its sights on online and has not relaxed its investment in offline, Sea-Gull International as a whole is relieved. This at least means that, for top singers, the offline market Atrophy is not as rapid and severe.

Sea-gull has an extremely deep accumulation in the offline market. In addition to Zhang Yang, who has quickly become popular and is now comparable to the queen of heaven in all aspects except for qualifications, there are also two veteran queens of heaven, Lin Suyuan and Zhao Yuezhi. It is undoubtedly very exciting news for the entire company.

   Zhang Yang "leads the way", and Lin Suyuan's new album and Zhao Yuezhi's upcoming "concert live commemorative album" can be planned with a relatively rational optimism.

  As the end of the month approaches, apart from paying attention to the arrangements for the Spring Festival Gala, Zhang Yang also feels uncontrollably nervous and anticipating about the upcoming release of the new album. After all, the sales of this album will directly affect his future funds.

  Before the release of the new album, Zhang Yang Studio received an unexpected invitation to write a song from Hongmeng Company, asking him to write a song for a commercial.

   "One song, with lyrics in both Chinese and English. Of course, they will invite someone to add the lyrics for the English version. I hope you will write the lyrics in Chinese and compose the music."

  When Nan Xue relayed the cooperation intention of the other party on the phone, her attitude was obviously inclined to cooperation. "With Hongmeng's influence and advertising ability, this cooperation should be very valuable."

   Zhang Yang thought for a while, and asked directly: "What price can they offer?"

Nan Xue didn't expect that his first sentence would be to ask this. As the pioneer and leader of smartphones, Hongmeng's brand influence has reached the peak of today's technology companies with the development of smartphones. Overseas development is not as expected, but even under such unfair competition conditions, it still firmly occupies the second place in global sales with one high-end smartphone every year.

In China, its influence is unprecedented. It has already left the former overlord Kunlun behind, especially its high-end, exquisite and elegant brand image, which is incomparable to Kunlun. Cooperation with Hongmeng is for many individuals. , itself can be called a kind of recognition.

   What Zhang Yang lacks is qualifications, and the cooperation with Hongmeng is also of great benefit to him.

  Nan Xue was slightly taken aback, and quickly replied: "The other party hasn't said anything yet, and they are waiting for our quotation."

  Zhang Yang thought for a while, and then said: "Well, first of all, you can raise the conditions with the other party, and say that I will cover all the lyrics and music, including the English version. I will ask for a price of 10 million, and see if they accept it."

  Nan Xue was startled, and didn't know what to say for a while.

  Ordinary lyrics and music prices start at a few thousand yuan. Famous lyricists and composers have much higher prices. But even so, when Wang Qingyuan added a song, the price was only 50,000 yuan.

  Of course, the value of 50,000 yuan at that time must be different from what it is now, but even with the current market conditions in the industry, 50,000 yuan is still a very high price.

Compared with these professional lyricists and composers, the quotations of original musicians will be much more expensive. This is not because there must be a gap in quality, but because original musicians themselves have high popularity and commercial value. Commercial activities are hundreds of thousands or even millions of appearance fees. In this case, they spend a lot of time writing a song. Of course, they cannot be calculated simply based on the value of words and music, because they also have commercial value for publicity.

When Yinchao just ended, Zhang Yang was just a newcomer who had just made his mark, so the quotation was low, but now his popularity is in full swing, and he is targeting the superstar Uranus. With his current business value and schedule, he will continue to write lyrics and compose music. Of course, the quotation is not the same.

   But even so, considering the mutual benefit of both parties, Nan Xue expected a price of one million, but now Zhang Yang directly increased the price by ten times.

   This is simply telling the other side that I don't want to write!

  She hesitated for a while, but persuaded: "Is it a bit high?"

   Zhang Yang smiled and said: "Ask first, you just pass on the other party's answer to me..."

  Nan Xue was about to agree, when Zhang Yang suddenly called out again: "Wait..."

Nan Xue was overjoyed and breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he had finally returned to his senses, but after hearing Zhang Yang ponder for a while, she said, "Don't let it be 10 million, you have to leave some room for bargaining, let's say 15 million." .”

  Nan Xue: "..."

   Zhang Yang knew what she was thinking, and said with a smile: "Report to them first, let's see their reaction."

  Nan Xue hesitated a bit. Because of Zhang Yang's usual attitude, she didn't directly implement it, but asked again: "What if they refuse directly?"

   "Then forget it."

  Nan Xue took a breath and said, "Okay, I see."

  After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yang thought about it, and sent Lin Yiran a message: "Sister Nan just said that Hongmeng asked me to write a song."

  Lin still replied quickly: "Is it a promotional video?"

   Zhang Yang: "Yes."

  Lin Yiran: "That's a good thing, Hongmeng's promotional video itself is very influential."

  Zhang Yang: "I remember that your family seems to have shares in Hongmeng, right?"

  Lin Yiran: "It's not my family, it's my grandfather."

   Zhang Yang: "That's the same, we are all family."

  Lin Yiran: "Why, you still want it for free?"

   Zhang Yang: "I asked Sister Nan to offer fifteen million."

  Lin Yiran: "???"

  Lin Yiran: "Are you sure there isn't an extra zero?"

   Zhang Yang sent a screenshot of the message just now, "Is there a zero in it?"

  Lin Yiran directly made a video call, and the first sentence was: "Are you crazy?"

  Zhang Yang said with a dry smile: "Didn't I just forget that I have shares in your family?"

   "This has nothing to do with shares."

Lin still pouted, and said angrily: "You don't want to cooperate, right? I think it's good to cooperate with Hongmeng, and you also like to use their products, maybe I can give you a set It's new."

   "Am I short of that money?"

  Zhang Yang pouted at him through the screen, and said with a smile, "Actually, I really want to cooperate with them."

   "Then you still need fifteen million?"

   "If I say that I think this is still a cheap sale, would you believe me?"

   "Believe me, I will believe everything you say."

  Lin still rolled his eyes coquettishly and paused, "You really want fifteen million?"

"Um."

   "Profitable businessman!"

   "Hey, hey, you have to make it clear that the money I earn belongs to our family, okay? Where do you sit on your ass?"

   "I am on the side of the working people!"

  Zhang Yang chatted with her for a while, but the voice call was suddenly cut off. Nan Xue called back, with a doubtful feeling in her tone: "The other party agreed."

  (end of this chapter)