On November 21st, the Blue Shark band left Hong Kong for Guangzhou.
There are two reasons for my return to Guangzhou.
One was that he had promised Lü Yueli a performance, and although the money wasn't much, he had to keep his promise.
Another thing is that Liang Liang is going to discuss the possibility of the band joining with Liu Wen.
This band isn't Blue Shark, it's Ocean Waves.
Although the Southern music scene will enter its decline in two years, sending the Ocean Waves band to the Pacific Ocean to be nurtured for two years seems like a sure-fire way to make money.
I just don't know if Liu Wen will agree to the band signing a three-year contract?
Even if you disagree, the longest contract period cannot exceed four years.
Jin Hao sent a car to take them, and Chen Min sent people to protect them and escort them all the way through the checkpoint.
Jin Hao escorted them across the border, while Liu Wen sent someone to pick them up at the other end of the border. After getting off Jin Hao's car, they got into Liu Wen's car.
I barely walked more than a few steps in the middle.
Liang Liang was touched that Liu Wen came to pick them up in person once again.
"Young man! Guess what I've been up to these past few days?"
After the car started, Liu Wen, who was sitting behind the driver, asked Liang Liang a question.
"Mr. Liu! You're so busy with your work, how are we supposed to guess what's going on?"
"Can't guess? Well, let me tell you, we've finished all the pre-production work on Jin Meng's album these past few days. Now we're just waiting for approval. Once it's approved, we can release it to the market."
Liang Liang thought it was some good news, but it turned out to be this.
"Is it that album, 'Fairy and Prince'?"
"Not interested, are you? I knew you weren't interested in that. Let me tell you something you'll be interested in. That VCD you mentioned last time, I found the manufacturer."
"What! You found a VCD manufacturer?"
"Isn't that Wanyan Electronics? It's in Anhui Province, not far from Guangdong Province."
A thousand miles isn't considered far? In Europe, that would mean passing through at least two or three countries.
Liu Wen has only been back from Xianggang for four days, and he's already working on an album and looking for a VCD factory. Does he have the ability to be in two places at once?
"It was our company's people who went to find VCD manufacturers; of course I didn't have time to go myself."
"I'm not kidding you, am I? There really is such a thing as a VCD player, right? Once it appears, cassette tapes will inevitably disappear from the scene of history."
Liu Wen nodded: "I've already seen the actual machine. We bought one from the manufacturer. They've already built the machine, but they haven't prepared the discs for playing on it yet. They're also planning to cooperate with us to develop karaoke discs."
If you only have a machine but no discs to play, then the machine is just a piece of scrap metal.
After Wan Yan Electronics manufactures the machine, it still needs to produce its own discs before it can be promoted.
Initially, they did indeed purchase the copyrights to many songs from numerous domestic audio-visual companies.
Unfortunately, Wan Yan Electronics developed such a machine, but it benefited others instead.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Liang Liang.
"Now that you've seen the machine and understand its principles, have you figured out how to cope with the arrival of the CD-ROM era?"
Liu Wen shook his head: "Not yet, but it will happen."
"Let's put the VCD thing aside for now. There's something else I need to tell you. Did you see that band called Mayday at Jinmeng?"
Liu Wen nodded: "I see! A pretty good teenage band."
"Would your company like to have a band like this?"
Liu Wen took a deep breath: "Forming a band is quite troublesome. I've had this idea before, but I've never been able to make up my mind to do it."
"I also have a band, and it's an all-female band made up of beautiful women. They already have two pretty upbeat songs."
"Did you form both Mayday and this all-female band?"
"Yes!"
"After you've assembled the company, you hand it over to another company to sign a contract. It's basically like raising a child only to feed a cat. What's the point? Your name isn't even **, is it?"
"How about we consider this a contribution to the singing cause in China?"
"fart!"
"There's no other reason, even if there were, I probably wouldn't have thought of it right now."
Of course, Liang Liang couldn't reveal his true thoughts.
"Are you bringing this band to Guangzhou, or should I go to Lianwan City to take a look?"
"You'd better go and take a look at Lianwan City."
If Liu Wen goes to Lianwan City, he won't have to travel back and forth. Trains in the 1990s can be exhausting, and flying is expensive and painful.
"I'm just going to Lianwan City, and I probably won't have time lately. Our Pacific Company is planning a tour for its singers to Hainan Island, and I'll be leading the team myself. Hey! Are you interested in going?"
1993 was the time when the Hainan Island real estate bubble was taking hold. It is said that in those years, money was everywhere on Hainan Island, and nightclubs were scattered like stars in the sky.
The Pacific Organization has a keen eye for talent when it comes to selecting singers to perform there.
"Will you pay?"
"We are here to bring warmth to the people of Hainan Island; talking about money is vulgar."
“No way! We’re just ordinary people. We can’t handle anything fancy. We just like the mundane.”
"Hey kid! This is a for-profit performance, of course we'll pay. How about we give you three thousand a show if you want to go?"
"No way! The money is too little!"
"You little brat! You got all high and mighty after just one trip to Hong Kong. Your whole show in Guangzhou only earned you 6,000 yuan. If you participate in our show, you'll earn 3,000 yuan for just two songs on stage. What's wrong with that?"
"Four thousand! Let's go!"
"One price! Three thousand five hundred! Food and lodging are on us."
When are you going?
"We'll set off on the 23rd, and the performance will start on the evening of the 24th. We'll see how the performance goes; if the response is good, we'll put on a few more shows."
Three thousand five hundred per session, with food and lodging all provided by Pacific Company.
In this way, each of the five members of the Blue Shark band can earn 700 yuan per performance, and each performance only consists of two songs, so this business is still worth doing.
"Since we're setting off on the 23rd, we don't need to go back north."
"Why go back to the North? You've arrived in Guangzhou today, and you have to perform the show you promised Lü Yueli tomorrow. We'll set off the day after tomorrow."
"By the way! Speaking of Lü Yueli's performance, your company still needs to lend us a set of sound equipment and musical instruments, otherwise what will we use to perform for her?"
"You have to pay for this too!"
"I have no money!"
"Why do you only take things easy and never do anything productive?"
"How about we pay it off first? And deduct it from the performance fee when we get to Hainan?"
"Forget it! I'd be more embarrassed than if you charged me that little bit of money."
It's over 260 miles from Shenzhen to Guangzhou. The car took a little over two hours to enter Guangzhou, and then another half hour in the city, arriving at the headquarters of Pacific Audio-Visual Company around 10 a.m.
Upon arriving at Pacific Audio-Visual Company, Liu Wen immediately took care of the audio equipment and supplies that Liang Liang needed.
Next, the Blue Shark Band will prepare to perform for Lü Yueli's company.
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