In terms of album publishing, Haiyun Audio-Visual published a wide variety of albums in 1999, including more than 100 song albums and about 500 old Hong Kong films whose copyrights were purchased.
In 1999, the number of DVD players installed in China was approaching 100 million, completely replacing traditional forms of entertainment such as cassette tapes and records.
With such a large installed base, there is naturally a huge market demand.
After 2005, computers became widespread, and these entertainment media gradually faded from the historical stage. If they didn't take advantage of this period to publish more audio-visual products and make more money later, what would they do?
Among these publications, more than ten important albums were released, with the Black Panther band's and Zhao Lunjie's second album being the most significant.
This is Black Panther Band's first album in two years. It is a labor of love from Douwei and all the band members. While retaining their original style, they also explored some new singing styles.
After listening to the demo of the album, Liang Liang gave it extremely high praise and personally signed the release plan.
Liang Liang predicts that Black Panther's album will sell over 450 copies.
Zhao Lunjie's album last year sold over 300,000 copies in mainland China and over 200,000 copies in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, for a total of around 600,000 copies.
This result basically met Liang Liang's expectations.
In the previous life, at the end of 1999, Zhou, the king of Green Island, was just preparing to release his first album, while Zhao Lunjie, his replacement, was already releasing his third album.
This album is based on "Ye Huimei", removing two songs and adding "Dongfeng Po" from Zhao Lunjie's first album and a song from his second album.
However, Zhao Lunjie's rise to fame is significantly different from that of Green Island King.
Jay Chou became famous with his first album, "Jay," and became a huge star with his second album, "Fantasy," making him a typical example of someone who achieved fame overnight.
Zhao Lunjie's rise to fame, however, was gradual and somewhat inevitable.
This illustrates the sheer size of the mainland market, unlike the tiny, stagnant markets of Hong Kong and Taiwan, where a single song can become a hit.
Liang Liang predicts that Zhao Lunjie's new album will sell in the millions, or at least be close.
As for the Blue Shark band, they have no plans to release an album this year.
Their two albums released last year both sold over 25 million copies, bringing their total sales to over 53 million.
If we include pirated sales, it wouldn't be surprising if these two albums sold 60 to 70 million copies.
These two albums still sell tens of thousands of CDs every day, which is why Liang Liang is not in a hurry to release a new album.
Looking at the Chinese music scene at the turn of the century, thanks to the emergence of Ocean Sound Records, of the Hong Kong and Taiwan stars who led the music scene in the previous era, only the Hong Kong stars are still shining, while the Green Island music scene is facing a shortage of talent.
In the past two years, a few new stars have emerged, but none of them have made much of a splash.
If Liang Liang simply interrupts the emergence of the Green Island generation of singers, subtracting their ten-year development time, then twenty years later, we will no longer see those affected and disgusting Green Island accents on Chinese variety show stages.
Some audio-visual companies on Green Island tried to cooperate with Haiyun, but Liang Liang directly rejected them.
Pingshan Film and Television City was finally completed in the autumn of 1999, with six land-based venues, two seaside venues, and a filming base located in Bingyugou all completed.
This major project, which took four years and cost Liangliang nearly one billion yuan, has finally been completed.
Although more scenic spots will be needed in the future, the current ones are sufficient for now.
After four years of development, Pingshan Film and Television City has now gained a very high reputation in China and is known as the No. 1 film and television city in China.
Taking 1999 as an example, by October, the film and television city had already received more than 100 film crews.
This is the largest number of times the film and television city has been established.
The period from August to September is the peak time for filming crews, with more than forty crews shooting at Pingshan Film and Television City during this period.
Since there is no revenue from venue rentals, Pingshan Film City focuses its profits on prop rentals, catering, accommodation, and advertising.
Another major source of income is tourism.
As of October, Pingshan Film and Television City had already received 700,000 tourists.
This alone has brought 300 million yuan in economic revenue to the local area.
It is predicted that starting from the beginning of the new millennium, the number of visitors to Pingshan Film and Television City will exceed one million.
Liang Liang plans to increase the number of tourists to the film and television city to over ten million by 2010.
In the future, Pingshan Film and Television City's revenue will mainly come from tourism, and a golden tourist route will be created from the film and television city to Bingyugou.
If tourism is to be the primary focus, then transportation is the first issue to be addressed.
The Yahe government funded the extension of the original local railway in Yahe by thirty li (approximately 15 kilometers) eastward, reaching Qiaoshang Village in Gaobao Township.
It is expected to be completed and open to traffic next summer.
This way, tourists from the south can take a train directly from Lianwan to Pingshan Film and Television City, whether by boat or plane.
At the same time, the province also approved the construction of a 3C-level airport in Yahe, which will be used for short- and medium-range regional passenger aircraft.
Although this airport is a bit small, it's already quite good for a small city like Yahe to have one.
Unfortunately, the waters around Yahe are shallow and cannot be navigable by large passenger ships; otherwise, this would also be a route to Yahe.
The three girl groups, Ocean Waves, Flash Girls, and Yan Tian Tuan, along with five other bands, returned to Lianwan in early October.
Liang Liang hosted a banquet to welcome them and wash away the dust of their journey.
These groups generated over 200 million yuan in revenue for the company and were therefore entitled to receive a toast from Liang Liang.
Those five bands made their name by performing in Europe two years ago, and with this comeback they have risen to become the company's top bands, signing new contracts with the company that offer a high percentage of revenue sharing.
Their album has priority distribution rights in Europe with Schmidt Records.
Liang Liang also gave each of them an extra 200,000 yuan bonus.
While everyone else was in high spirits, Xiaoqian and Xiaoyao seemed a little absent-minded, their eyes darting back and forth across Liang Liang's face.
After contacting them and finding out that their admirers had all gone abroad, Liang Liang roughly understood the reason behind it all.
Looks like we're going to have a farewell dinner.
Not only are they breaking up, but the Waves may also need to be reunited.
They will most likely fade out of the entertainment industry in the years to come.
After all, not everyone likes their partner to be in the public eye.
As for reorganizing Ocean Waves, it's not difficult. Yan Tian Tuan is the largest girl group, so we can take two people from Yan Tian Tuan to join Ocean Waves.
Before Xiaoqian and Xiaoyao leave, we need to seize the time to squeeze out their remaining value and release an album for them before the end of the year.
Liang Liang then took out the notebook again to help them choose songs.
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