Liang Liangzhen has no plans to make movies.
He is still very self-aware. Despite his usual carefree and playful demeanor, when it comes to acting, he can sometimes be stiffer than a mummy and his expressions can be more unsightly than a zombie.
He wasn't going to waste film; it was money, and it was his own money.
Besides, what's the point of a boss like him making a fool of himself in a movie?
He's not like the owner of Yong Sheng Cinema in Hong Kong, who goes to movies to show off all the time.
After Hailanghua and the others left, Liang Liang really wanted to have them in the movie, but after thinking about it, he decided against it.
The other two girl groups are currently filming TV dramas, but Hailanghua is on the big screen. You're clearly showing favoritism.
It's impossible for the other two girl groups not to be jealous of Hailanghua. As the boss, he can only resolve this conflict, not escalate it.
Let them film dramas too. If the "Sea Waves" girl group also filmed dramas, the other girl groups wouldn't have any complaints.
Although Hailanghua's status in the martial arts world justifies his request for special privileges, Liang Liang still tries to downplay this difference.
If "Meteor Garden" becomes popular, a whole bunch of similar works will follow suit.
For this type of film, the scripts for idol dramas don't require much intelligence to write; let the creative team figure it out themselves.
As long as the content isn't negative or decadent, it should focus on the positive aspects of society, at least temporarily.
Starting next year, Haiyun Audio-Visual plans to shoot films with its own style, mainly focusing on the positive aspects of the country.
He wouldn't make movies that depict the poverty, filth, and ugliness of the country, nor did he intend to win awards abroad.
Even if those trashy film festivals abroad awarded him prizes, he wouldn't accept them.
Of course, they wouldn't send it to him.
Foreigners want to see movies about China's poverty, backwardness, ignorance, and filth. It would be strange if he were to receive an award for making a movie about the temporarily positive aspects of China.
The fourth Haiyun Music Festival is just around the corner, and Liang Liang is sitting in his office thinking about something.
From 2000 to twenty years later, the three most representative singers with husky voices like Luo Lin are Dao Lang, Wu Suowei, and A-Du.
Although all three of them had dry, hoarse voices, there were still noticeable differences between them.
Dao Lang and A-Du have a high degree of similarity in their voices, so there's no question that they're different.
If we were to promote Dao Lang now, we would have to borrow the works of these two artists.
Liang Liang wrote down A-Du and Wu Suowei's representative works and read them for a long time.
Unfortunately, the style doesn't match.
Although Luo Lin is not yet famous, his songs have already begun to take shape with his own style. A-Du and Wu Suowei's songs are not at all in line with his style.
If you insert one song, you can still pass it off as something else, but if you use too many, it will feel out of place.
Luo Lin's "Under the Northern Sky," released last year, ultimately sold about as much as Liang Liang predicted, exceeding 150,000 copies, though not reaching 200,000.
In other audio-visual companies, this would have been considered a big seller in the mid-to-late 1990s, but at Haiyun Audio-Visual, it was one of the worst-selling products.
Haiyun Audio-Visual has albums that have sold over ten million copies, many albums that have sold over one million copies, and countless albums that have sold hundreds of thousands.
Sales of less than 200,000 units are considered bottom-tier.
Fame should come early; Luo Lin is twenty-eight years old this year.
In his previous life, Luo Lin became famous in his thirties. In this life, Liang Liang felt it would be better to let him become famous two years earlier.
Although his album sales were only average last year, he still gained some fame. This year, we should strike while the iron is hot and release another album for him, aiming to reach 500,000 copies sold.
Luo Lin and his band are back at the music festival again, and they all agree that there are many benefits to participating.
Music festivals can increase one's visibility and provide opportunities to connect with bands from all over the world, which benefits one's knowledge and skills.
So this year, they came on their own without Liang Liang asking.
Luo Lin naturally brought his new works, which were "Walking into Xinjiang" published in his previous life.
These songs are really not good; they're mostly covers of Xinjiang folk songs, and there's not much of a market for that kind of music.
"Mr. Liang! We have a program that Xinjiang Satellite Radio wants to collaborate with us on, called 'Your Story, My Song.' We're hesitating about whether to participate."
"Doing radio programs? What kind of programs?"
Luo Lin rambled on and on.
Liang Liang understood.
That is to say, there is a radio station called Xinjiang Star that has a program called "Very Happy", and Luo Lin went to write the opening theme music for them.
The host of the show was quite familiar with Liang Liang, and during a casual chat, he invited Luo Lin to create an original music segment on his show.
This is the origin of the program "Your Story, My Song".
The specific method is to have listeners tell their stories by phone or letter every Thursday, and then Luo Lin and the listeners create two songs based on these stories, which are played on Sundays.
The aim is to expand the group of original authors through this column.
It's a very novel idea. Even if we don't consider it in 1998, or even twenty years from now, this is a very creative program.
"Can you create two songs a week that are good enough to be played on the radio?"
This task is quite arduous, and Liang Liang thinks it's a bit far-fetched.
Two songs a week, nearly a hundred songs a year.
Listen to stories on Thursdays, and watch them on Sundays…
This process involves writing lyrics and composing music based on the material, as well as arranging the music, accompaniment, and rehearsing, all within just three days.
Luo Lin said enthusiastically, "I think we can do it."
Liang Liang smiled wryly, thinking that if he didn't hit a wall once, he probably wouldn't know how to turn back.
"Brother Luo! Do you get paid?"
Luo Lin shook his head: "No! This program has no sponsors, so there is no compensation."
No pay? What's the point of this game?
"So if listeners create a good piece of music and you use it, do you pay them?"
"No!"
That's a bit fantastical.
No matter what the article is, once it's accepted by the radio station, you have to pay them a fee, no matter how much. How can you play if you have nothing?
"And what about the singers?"
There are two songs to sing every week, and they are definitely different in style, which requires a large number of singers.
Where do you find so many singers if you don't have a single penny?
Luo Lin blinked a few times; he hadn't considered the singer question yet.
“If this program were in Lianwan, we would have plenty of singers, but there’s nothing we can do about Xinjiang.”
There were only three days from composition to performance; even traveling back and forth by plane wouldn't be enough time.
“I think it’s valuable for you to participate in this program, but it’s extremely difficult. I doubt you’ll be able to last more than two months before you have to quit.”
Enthusiasm alone without money is definitely not a sustainable strategy.
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