How can a program like this continue if you don't receive any payment yourself or pay the listeners who write songs?
However, the spirit of sacrifice that Luo Lin and his group showed for the development of local music is truly admirable.
Liang Liang sighed and said, "How about this, I'll sponsor each episode of your show with six thousand yuan in the form of advertising. I'll sponsor as many episodes as you make before 2000, otherwise you really won't last long."
Consider it advertising, even though the location is a bit far and the advertising effect is a bit weak.
Liang Liang's words made Luo Lin overjoyed, and he was overjoyed.
Six thousand yuan per episode is enough to cover everything for their small program.
With this 6,000 yuan, they can sort out many complicated matters, pay songwriters to their listeners, and hire professional singers to perform.
Of course, they won't give too much. They give 500 yuan for writing and singing a song, and another 500 yuan for providing the story. That's half of the money gone.
The remaining money will be used to give some benefits to our own creative staff, and the hosts of "Very Happy" will also get a share.
Six thousand yuan should be about right.
"Mr. Liang! Are you telling the truth?"
"Of course it's true, but Haiyun has priority in selecting the copyrights for the songs you create or the songs created by your listeners, is that okay?"
"No problem! Absolutely no problem."
With six thousand yuan spent on advertising and buying two songs, Liang Liang felt she hadn't lost out, even though she might not actually use those songs.
"Do you people in Xinjiang have a nickname like Dao Lang?"
"Yes! The Dolan are a branch of the Uyghur people who live on the edge of the Tarim Basin. The Dolan are also a cultural phenomenon in the Kashgar region."
Luo Lin gave Liang Liang a science lesson.
"Brother Luo! You went there to collect folk songs?"
"Last year you told me to go out and collect folk songs to accumulate life experience. After the music festival, I went to Makit in Kashgar, and stayed in Bachu and Shache for several months. The folk music there is so beautiful."
"Brother Luo! Here's what I'm thinking: how about you use the name Dao Lang for your future works?"
Luo Lin asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why?"
Celebrities used to like using stage names, but it seems that this is no longer popular.
“I did some quick calculations yesterday, and I knew that you would become incredibly famous with this name.”
Luo Lin chuckled.
That's a bit ridiculous.
"The fortune telling is fake. I think your work already has the flavor of Xinjiang local music. Using the name Dao Lang has the significance of representing Xinjiang music and can also bring you good luck."
Do you think this name will bring good luck?
Liang Liang nodded: "Absolutely!"
Making this decision was actually quite difficult, since Luo Lin's first album had already given him some recognition, and changing his name would be like starting all over again.
"Brother! I trust you completely. Whatever you say goes. You say the name Dao Lang is good, so I'll use the name Dao Lang from now on."
"However, I don't plan to use this name this year. My suggestion is that after you finish the music festival this year, you go back to do some field research and then host your radio program. Continue to enrich yourself and try to do more original songs, even if it's just covers of some local Xinjiang folk songs. Next year, I plan to release a new album for you under the name Dao Lang."
Liang Liang believes that Luo Lin should have some strong works next year, such as the song "Western Regions Love Song".
"Love Song of the Western Regions" is a cover version of a folk song, which Luo Lin compiled in 2002 and published in 2003.
Liang Liang did not find any material for this song in the collection of folk songs that Luo Lin has compiled.
This is why he encouraged Luo Lin to continue collecting folk songs and stories from the people.
If he can finish organizing this song in the first half of next year, Haiyun Audio-Visual will be confident in creating a best-selling album based on this song.
The 4th Haiyun Music Festival grandly opened on April 29th.
The Haiyun Music Festival expands in scale every year, and this year is no exception, with the number of participating bands increasing to 150.
The performance venues have been expanded to five locations, attracting as many as 60,000 to 70,000 fans to the small Pingshan Film and Television City.
Over the course of that year, more than a dozen three- or four-story hotels were built along both sides of the Film City Avenue, but even that couldn't accommodate so many fans.
Almost all the farmhouses within a five-mile radius have built sheds.
A heated brick bed was set up in the hut just to accommodate these fans.
Assuming each family can accommodate more than ten people, a natural village can hold thousands of fans. To accommodate all 60,000 to 70,000 fans, dozens of natural villages would be needed.
In any case, almost all the villages within a ten-mile radius of the film studio are full.
The music festival boosted tourism, as well as transportation and catering industries, creating a prosperous scene everywhere.
This year's music festival opening ceremony was star-studded, with many big-name stars who were filming movies in the film studio being brought on stage by Han Chui Company to either say a few words or perform.
However, Liang Liang did not see this scene at the opening ceremony this year. Two days before the music festival, Jin Hao came to Lianwan. When the music festival opened, Liang Liang was in Lianwan chatting with Liu Wen and Jin Hao.
"Regarding your request to buy copies of those old movies from Xianggang, I've contacted each company one by one. Here's a list; see if it's suitable for you."
Jin Hao tossed a notebook to Liang Liang.
The notebook contained the names of many film companies, some of which still exist today, some of which have changed their names, and some of which have disappeared into the annals of history.
Although the company has disappeared, many of its founders are still alive, and the copyrights to the films their company produced are still in their hands.
These companies range from producing eight or ten films to thousands; Shaw Brothers was of that scale.
However, these Hong Kong farmers are quite adept at demanding exorbitant prices, with an average asking price of HK$100,000 for an old movie!
No one would dare to say something like that without a ten-year history of cerebral thrombosis.
What are you thinking about!
Liang Liang closed the notebook and put it aside.
"Mr. Jin wouldn't come all the way to the mainland just to deliver a notebook, would he? It's a bit much to ask you to personally handle such a small matter."
"Hehehe! Of course not, I came here because I have an idea I want to talk to you about."
"Oh! What are your thoughts?"
"Our company, Jinmeng, is also preparing to enter the film and television industry in the next two years."
"Is Mr. Kim also planning to make a movie?"
It would be easy for Xianggang to set up a film company. It's not surprising that Jinmeng, which is an entertainment company, would want to make movies.
"No, no! I don't want to make movies. I feel guilty if half of a movie is taken by theaters after I've worked so hard to make it. I don't want to make movies!"
Huh? What's going on?
Liang Liang rolled his eyes twice. He doesn't make movies, but he says he wants to enter the film and television industry. What kind of trick is he playing?
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