This plan didn't actually require Liang Liang's personal involvement. Liu Wen and Jin Hao were quite familiar with each other, so he could simply make a phone call to Jin Hao and have Jin Hao make the necessary connections in Xianggang.
After the meeting ended, Liu Wen immediately called Jin Hao, humming and hawing on the phone, and spent over a thousand yuan on the call.
After the meeting, Liang Liang went to see Xu Wei.
During this period of his previous life, Xu Wei was suffering from depression. He would get excited whenever he heard music, and then feel uncomfortable all over. He always wanted to experience the feeling of flying like a bird from the rooftop.
His girlfriend watched him like he was a criminal, as if afraid he would walk out the window and melt into the blue sky.
He was forced into that situation by life. At the time, he was renting a place in Beijing. Without performances, he had no income. His album sales were only so-so. If he hadn't been performing in bars, he probably would have had to go home.
The future is bleak with no hope in sight.
Just like his lyrics say: "You've been running all these years, and tomorrow still seems so uncertain. In the face of survival, those pure ideals are so fragile and vulnerable..."
This is a true reflection of this period in his previous life.
But now that he has no worries about food and clothing in this life, he doesn't have that problem anymore. He is happily working with his band to polish their new album.
The music has been completed, and the arrangement work is underway.
Liang Liang also helped with the music arrangement.
This is an album that didn't exist in the previous life.
In his previous life, from 1995 to 2002, he released three albums: "Elsewhere," followed by "That Year," and then "Walking Through Time."
Around 1998, he was struggling with depression and didn't release any albums.
This is an album where every song is meaningful, but in Liang Liang's eyes, there are no hit songs.
If an unknown singer were to produce an album like this, it would only be critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful, and it would be impossible for it to sell many copies.
If this album were made by Xu Wei, who is already famous, it would probably sell three to four million copies.
Liang Liang wanted to provide him with a title track, but Xu Wei refused.
His reason was simple: he wanted to make an album entirely on his own.
Liang Liang respected his wishes and did not offer any further comments on the album.
Once all the songs have been arranged, we will begin recording and aim to release them in May.
The final box office for the movie "Be There or Be Square" was set at 42 million.
It grossed one million yuan less than its previous box office.
But Liang Liang was still very satisfied.
The film in his previous life had gathered many big names from the capital, but apart from Ge You, there wasn't a single famous actor in his film. It's already quite good that he achieved this result.
After the profit sharing, Haiyun also earned a profit of 18 million yuan.
Liang Liang felt a little unhappy thinking about how much of the film's profits were being taken away by the cinemas.
I should take advantage of the current low land prices to buy some land in major and medium-sized cities across the country and store it up so that I can build cinemas when the policy allows it in the future.
This plan needs to be finalized this year, and we aim to begin implementation next year.
A month after the movie "Be There or Be Square" was taken off the screens, DVDs appeared on the market.
The retail price of fifteen dollars was quite cheap in 1997.
That's the price of a pirated CD.
If there's one product in the world that has the least value to retain its worth, it's undoubtedly electronic products.
In 1995, a VCD player cost four or five thousand yuan.
By 1996, the price had dropped by a third.
It dropped by half in 1997.
Its value has fallen again right after the New Year.
Now, DVD players are priced below 1,500 yuan, and some off-brand DVD players are even priced close to 1,000 yuan.
This created the best conditions for its widespread adoption.
Conservative estimates suggest that in 1998, the number of DVD players installed in China exceeded 50 million units, and the sales of CDs had begun to rival those of cassette tapes.
Haiyun Audio-Visual began re-shooting music videos for some of the previously released songs, and then re-released these songs as CD compilations at a relatively low price to earn additional value.
The performances at last year's Haiyun Music Festival were carefully selected and made into five albums by Haiyun, with total sales of around four million.
The sales figures aren't entirely satisfactory, but they're acceptable.
The afterglow of these albums was still lingering in the market when the new year's music festivals were already in the planning stages.
Rock music has become a trend in China, and bands are springing up like mushrooms after rain.
There will be even more bands participating in the music festival this year.
As Zhang Xie's directorial debut, "Be There or Be Square" gave him confidence.
After the New Year, he started assembling a film crew. The movie he's going to shoot this year is a romance film, and he's going to shoot an action film in the second half of the year.
When Zhang Xie finished assembling his crew and set off for Pingshan Film and Television City, Li Zhizhou also brought the "Meteor Garden" crew to the film and television city.
Two girl groups and three boy groups, totaling nearly thirty beautiful women and handsome men, have become a unique sight in the film and television city.
Pingshan Film and Television City was unusually bustling in April this year, with six film crews and seven television crews set up there. In addition, two film crews also moved into the Loushang Film and Television Base in Heidao Township by the sea.
While watching the spectacle, the nearby villagers also developed a taste for movies and TV shows.
The Sea Waves Band had strong opinions about the other two girl groups from Ocean Melody Records going on to film TV dramas.
Sure enough, the four beauties of the Sea Waves were sitting in front of Liang Liang's desk, looking at him with eyes that seemed to devour the world.
"Why aren't you rehearsing? What are you doing here?"
"We want to make a movie too!" Xiao Yao said as the representative, while also slapping the table with her paw.
Liang Liang frowned: "Didn't you guys have something to do? You're all celebrities, why are you getting involved?"
"We want to be movie stars!"
Liang Liang had a headache.
"I had them act in TV dramas because they weren't famous. You guys can sell tens of millions of copies of an album right now, but what about them? Their albums only sell a few hundred thousand at most. That's the difference. I hope that by acting in TV dramas, these less famous boy and girl groups can build up their fame. Once they have fame, whether they act in movies or..."
Liang Liang suddenly slapped his forehead.
Damn it, I'm so confused. The waves are so famous, why don't they make a movie about them?
Perhaps their films will generate even more revenue.
Isn't this like holding a golden rice bowl and begging for food? You're only thinking about them releasing albums, but they could also make movies.
"Alright, alright, I'll find someone to write a script for you right away, and we can make an idol drama together, how about that?" The four girls jumped up and clapped their hands.
"Then could you play the male lead?"
Liang Liang rolled her eyes: "Are you kidding me? I made a movie for you guys, and now you're still thinking about me? Get lost!"
The four pretty girls cheered and scattered in a flurry.
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