After all the awards were given out in the morning, the bands and songs selected by Haiyun Audio-Visual Company stayed, while the other bands went home.

There were quite a few bands left behind, numbering as many as forty or fifty.

Liu Wen took the contracts and dealt with the bands at the film and television city.

Once both parties agree to the purchase of the song, they sign and seal the document, with the payment of four thousand yuan per song made on the spot.

Liang Liang sighed as he looked at the bands selling their songs. Just two years ago, he could sell a song to a domestic singer for four or five thousand yuan, but now he was offering the same price for songs.

Prices are indeed rising very fast.

The bands that sold their songs were all dealt with in one afternoon, leaving only seven bands ready to sign with Haiyun.

All seven bands were visibly excited; having a record label meant they were guaranteed a comfortable life.

Even if you only sign a buyout with the minimum guarantee, you can still earn at least 20,000 yuan a year.

In 1997, this income already belonged to the high-income group.

At the same time, they are also performers in small theaters in various places, earning two or three thousand yuan a month from these theaters. They have already achieved a comfortable standard of living ahead of schedule.

As for what they will do after the contract is signed, that will be arranged by the shipping company.

In the second half of the year, Haiyun Audio-Visual has two tour plans, one of which is an inland tour for the Blue Shark band.

Two years ago, Blue Shark toured coastal cities, and this year they will tour inland cities to fill the gap in their national tour.

The record labels that signed these bands planned to bring them together for a coastal tour, following in the footsteps of the original Blue Shark band.

Of course, they may not necessarily follow the same route as the Blue Shark band's tour two years ago.

There are also many medium-sized coastal cities, and they are preparing to forge a new path in these rock and roll wastelands.

Haiyun currently has more than ten signed bands, and taking so many bands on tour is no easy task.

But this has little to do with Liang Liang. He's the boss, and he usually doesn't need to worry about things like this.

He doesn't even worry about his own band's inland tours.

After the music festival, his focus will be on preparing for the 1997 Love Song: Hong Kong's Return to China concert.

They were originally planning to sing one song, but unexpectedly, they were given another one added. They will be the only performers at this concert to sing two songs.

This was a message that the film crew from Channel 8 passed on to Liang Liang before they left.

Liang Liang is also preparing a new song.

Liang Liang opened the safe and took out the notebook again.

This notebook contains all the classic songs I've remembered, but it also includes catchy pop songs.

He himself may not have sung these catchy songs, but they were quite good as ringtones when the record market was impacted after 2005.

If the company couldn't find a good alternative at that time, the money earned from using these songs as ringtones would be enough for the company to get through the crisis.

Liang Liang rummaged through the list for a while and finally chose a song.

Once the songs are selected, they are handed over to the band for rehearsals.

The Blue Shark band takes Liang Liang's work for granted, just like mummies with no expression.

While Liang Liang was preparing her new song, Zhang Xie also led his film crew to Pingshan Film and Television City.

Liang Liang kept his promise and indeed let him direct the film independently.

However, he did not direct the parody film "Titan Tank," but rather the Lunar New Year film "Be There or Be Square."

After much consideration, Liang Liang decided to abandon his plan to make that parody film.

He was worried that the film wouldn't pass censorship.

The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television will definitely import this film. Do you think they would let a disgusting movie like "Titanic" pass censorship?

Isn't this jeopardizing their livelihood?

Taking this into consideration, Liang Liang abandoned the filming plan, not wanting to waste money.

So they asked Zhang Xie to remake "Be There or Be Square".

Of course, Ge You would be part of "Be There or Be Square".

The final box office of "The Dream Factory" was 39 million, which was 3 million more than its box office in the previous life.

With this result as a benchmark, it will be much easier to invite Ge You again.

Ge You never dreamed that the movie, which was haphazardly made by this makeshift crew, would actually gross nearly 40 million.

This... this is like trying to reason with someone who's sleepy?

Ge You actually had a two-month gap at this time, and he came readily as soon as Han Chui called.

Zhang Xie is the director, and Li Zhizhou is the assistant director.

Liang Liang then explained some key points of the play "Be There or Be Square" to Zhang Xie and Li Zhizhou. He explained that he had to attend rehearsals for the 1997 Love Song Concert and would not be able to direct the film on-site.

He was worried that the two items would be photographed in a mess.

Worrying was useless; he couldn't be in two places at once, so he could only give them more instructions.

On June 2nd, the newly reunited Ocean Waves released their new album.

Four beautiful young women appeared before the public with cool moves, singing and dancing.

Coupled with its catchy melodies, the album sold over 100,000 copies on its first day of release, with CDs accounting for two-thirds of the sales.

With beautiful women around, who would buy audio tapes? That's why CD sales skyrocketed.

This album sold 500,000 copies in just one week after its release, and it's estimated to reach a million copies in half a month.

Based on this estimation method, the album's sales are something to look forward to.

With this achievement as a foundation, Liu Wen plans to push Haiyun Company's other two girl groups into the market as well.

Qu Ziliang and Liang Liang have everything prepared for them; they can start filming and recording for the music video.

Both girl groups made appearances at the Haiyun Music Festival and received positive feedback, gaining some recognition.

With the foundation laid by the ocean waves, even if these two girl groups don't become famous, they can still become somewhat recognizable.

Liang Liang couldn't care less about these things. On June 4th, they set off for the capital to participate in the rehearsal of "Love Song of '97".

The return of Hong Kong to China was a major event, and a series of commemorative activities were naturally held.

Each province had its own celebrations, truly reaching a level of universal jubilation.

There have been numerous commemorative events from Xianggang to the mainland.

Haiyun Company's Xu Wei, who works at Blue Shark, received an invitation from CCTV.

Many artists also received invitations to provincial and municipal celebrations.

Liu Wen sent out both of Haiyun's girl groups: Chengfeng Girls and Sky Wind. One went to Liaoning TV Station, and the other went to Tianjin TV Station.

Other bands also went to television stations in other prefecture-level or county-level cities in the province.

Zhao Lunjie also went to Lianwan TV, and he has started to appear frequently, singing those somewhat indistinct songs.

On June 4th, the Blue Shark Band arrived in Beijing, reported to CCTV, and immediately began intensive rehearsals.

Because both songs were new, and they hadn't rehearsed much at home, they rehearsed very diligently in Beijing.