While Liang Liang and the Flying Fire Band were having late-night tea at a roadside stall, the Putong 100 dance hall was bustling with activity.
To showcase his network and capabilities to future partners, Cheng Yuankai invited every famous singer he could find in Guangzhou.
Most of these singers were resident singers at the Putong 100 dance hall just six months ago.
However, in just over six months, the four major audio-visual publishers in Guangzhou imitated the singer signing system in Hong Kong and Taiwan and signed all these singers away.
Putong100 follows a path of using economic means to support culture, using dance halls as a performance platform for bands and singers to earn income from listening to songs and watching dances.
They then used this income to support the singers' and bands' performances.
The Ocean Shipping Ballroom is actually following the same path, it's just that the Ocean Shipping Ballroom isn't as big as Putong 100.
This model also has its fatal flaws.
At that time, China did not have a star system, and singers and bands had to rely on nightclubs to make a living or perform at various venues.
When this format can no longer support singers and bands, it will be time for both sides to part ways.
The enactment of the Copyright Law two years ago led to the emergence of a celebrity system in China.
After nearly two years of digestion, absorption, and settling down, in 1993, various audio-visual companies in Guangzhou began to implement a star contract system, signing up almost all the singers, big and small, who had some fame in Guangzhou.
These record companies, which were starting to get on the right track, not only signed established singers, but also began to package and develop their own singers, no longer needing nightclubs to train singers.
As a result, all the singers were signed, and nightclubs had to spend a lot of money to hire singers to maintain their image, and it was not easy to hire them. In addition, with the rise of karaoke, life became difficult for Pupu100.
Under these circumstances, Cheng Yuankai planned to renovate Putong 100, introduce KTV and add some appropriate projects, hoping to find another way to survive.
But this requires a lot of money.
Cheng Yuankai then had the idea of attracting investment, which led to today's cooperation with the two bosses from Xianggang.
"Boss Liang! Boss Wei! How much investment do you estimate it would take to renovate this shop to the level you mentioned?"
"Brother Wei and I have calculated that five million should be about right."
Cheng Yuankai ate a piece of essence.
Five million! Isn't that too much?
"Five million is too much? In our Xianggang, to invest in a luxury KTV with an area of 100 square meters, you can't put it up for less than eight or ten million."
"How can Guangzhou compare to Xianggang!" Cheng Yuankai knew his own limitations.
“Even if it can’t compare to Xianggang, decorating a top-notch KTV in Guangzhou wouldn’t cost less than five million,” said the Xianggang boss surnamed Wei.
“With such a large investment, I’m worried that I won’t be able to recoup my investment!” Cheng Yuankai expressed his concerns.
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained! There's a saying in mainland China: 'You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub.' If we want to make Putong 100 the most upscale KTV in Guangzhou, we have to be willing to invest. Once the renovations are complete, we can just raise the prices of all the services. High-end venues need to have correspondingly high prices."
"But what standard should we set for the level of consumption?"
"That's easy. Just refer to the consumption level in our Xianggang. Set the minimum charge for a KTV room at 480 yuan and the mid-range charge at 680 yuan."
"The highest grade is 880 yuan?" Cheng Yuankai blurted out.
"Boss Cheng! Your boldness is still lacking. The highest-end one is priced at 2400 yuan."
Cheng Yuankai felt a tightness in his anus.
From a mid-range price of 680 yuan to 2400 yuan? That's outrageous!
"Don't worry about the high prices. High-end places should be frequented by high-end people. This place is for rich people. Poor people don't even have the right to come in."
Cheng Yuankai carefully considered what the Xianggang boss had said, and it seemed to make a lot of sense.
The actors on stage have already performed many shows.
"Boss Cheng! I heard that a very unique band came to Putong 100, I think their name is Blue Shark, but I haven't seen them perform on stage?"
Chen Min was watching the show on the side. It was already 9:30, and he still hadn't seen his fan show up.
That kid said they might not be able to get on stage, and now it seems that has become a reality.
Normally, the security guards hired by the boss are not allowed to interrupt in such situations, and they are not even allowed to sit with them.
As security personnel, they could only stand.
But Chen Min not only sat casually on the sofa with his legs crossed, but now he's even asking questions.
This is simply blatant disregard for the rules.
However, Cheng Yuankai and Liang Wei, the two business owners from Xianggang, did not seem unhappy at all.
The 14-year-old Kai's red flower double sticks are no joke.
Despite Liang and Wei's swaggering arrival in Guangzhou, in Xianggang, their wealth wouldn't even qualify them to carry Chen Min's shoes.
If it weren't for the price they offered that Chen Min couldn't refuse, he wouldn't have come with them.
Cheng Yuankai naturally knew Chen Min's identity, so his reply was also very respectful.
"Blue Shark Band? No, they don't!"
“There definitely is! I went out and met a young man when it was getting dark. We chatted for a bit and he said he was from the Blue Shark band and had come all the way from the north to perform at Putong 100 at the invitation of a friend.”
Cheng Yuankai suddenly remembered something and beckoned a waiter over.
"Go and fetch Yan Liang for me."
A short while later, Yan Liang hurriedly arrived in front of Cheng Yuankai.
"Mr. Cheng! You called me!"
"Around six o'clock, when I entered the performance hall, you told me that some band was coming to perform here?"
"Blue Shark Band!"
Cheng Yuankai turned to Chen Min: "Mr. Chen! Is this the band?"
Chen Min nodded: "The young man said their name is Blue Shark Band."
Cheng Yuankai then turned to Yan Liang: "Where are they?"
"I don't know! Lin Jianye is in charge of the entertainment business."
Although Yan Liang wasn't entirely clear on what exactly happened, he had a vague feeling that it was related to Blue Shark.
At this point, there was no need for any hesitation in blaming Lin Jianye.
"I don't care who's in charge, and I don't care about that Bluebird thing..."
“Blue Shark!” Boss Wei corrected.
"Where is the Blue Shark band? I need to see them perform on stage before 10 o'clock! Hurry up and get there!"
Yan Liang was extremely annoyed. What does this have to do with me?
Yan Liang hurriedly left the performance hall, and as soon as he left, he saw Lin Jianye walking towards him.
"Minister Lin! Where did the Blue Shark Band go?"
"Blue Shark Band? What does their whereabouts have to do with me?"
"What does this have to do with you? President Cheng is in a hurry to find the Blue Shark Band. If he can't find them, he'll fire everyone in the Blue Shark Band. Do you think this has nothing to do with you?"
Although Cheng Yuankai never said such a thing, Yan Liang fabricated it to scare Lin Jianye.
It would be even better if Lin Jianye was so scared that he wet his pants.
If Lin Jianye complains to Cheng Yuankai, he will deny everything and refuse to admit it, since there is no third person here to testify.
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