Liang Liang gathered the seventeen girls together.
They were all so beautiful and radiant; if I were to marry them all… I doubt they'd live past forty.
"Teacher Tao Jin said that you are now capable of performing on stage independently, which means you have graduated. The company trained you for the purpose of performing on stage. Now that you have graduated, let me tell you about the company's plans for you."
Actually, Liang Liang didn't need to say anything personally; his subordinates could have handled it.
But he still came in person. A group of hot girls were a feast for the eyes, and he took the opportunity to enjoy the sight of them.
He wasn't planning on going to the boy band's side.
"The company's plan is for you seventeen people to form three girl groups. The 'Sea Waves' group is a reorganization of the original band and the 'Winter Plum' group. The remaining thirteen people will form two girl groups, one six-member group and one seven-member group. Does everyone understand?"
"I understand!"
"In the next couple of days, the company will form a group for you based on your usual performance, and then we will let you debut at an appropriate time."
The "Sea Waves" group no longer needs to be formed, but the remaining people will be grouped according to their physical appearance and their relationships with each other.
If you don't like me and I find you awkward, there's no need for us to be together.
"Ocean Waves was originally a band that released two albums that sold over ten million copies, and they have a great reputation in society. Therefore, they will release an album soon after their reunion. As for the other two groups, they are not ready to release an album yet. You will first appear in front of the public in the form of singles, and you will release an album after you have accumulated enough popularity. I hope you will not have any wild ideas when Ocean Waves releases an album."
With a huge fan base and popularity, the Sea Waves can launch their albums directly into the market without any pre-launch promotion.
It would be unrealistic for the other two girl groups not to have any thoughts about their album release, so Liang Liang explained the reason beforehand.
Nobody knows you guys, so even if you release an album, it's destined to flop. People need time to adjust.
Shanghai Rhyme Audio-Visual will release a compilation album, which will include two tracks from each of these two bands.
Two girl groups will have a special performance at the May Day music festival.
After the music festival, Haiyun Audio-Visual will also release a special album of the music festival, which will include their songs.
By the end of the year, they should have a certain level of influence.
By the end of the year, the foundation should be laid for these two girl groups to release an album together.
Liang Liang plans to release an album around May Day, which will include four songs by the two girl groups and two songs by Zhao Lunjie.
Of the remaining six tracks, Blue Shark Band has one new song, and Ocean Waves Band probably has two. The last three tracks were given to two small bands from the Lianwan area.
Without the new songs from Blue Shark Band, the album's sales would be questionable.
With their new song, plus the new song from Ocean Waves, this album should sell at least a million copies.
There could be even more if things go wrong.
With such high sales, a group of people came to know the two girl groups and Zhao Lunjie.
Let's get acquainted with each other first.
Liang Liang had already written the songs for the girl groups while he was at home during the Chinese New Year, including the songs for the three boy groups.
These pieces are excerpts from works by Korean artists from 2000 to 2004.
However, Liang Liang only recorded the musical score, not the lyrics.
He stopped handling the lyrics writing and left it to the company staff.
The songs from their own band are complete.
Running through the narrow alleys of dreams
Seeking that power like light
Following an unwavering faith
Longing is the distant hometown.
…
Why bother going far away if you have no ideals?
How can we forget the dreams we had back then?
Courage is the only hope.
Even with a body full of wounds
Why bother going far away if you have no ideals?
Reality has changed its appearance.
Determine the direction of happiness
Burn, sun in your heart!
…
"good!"
When Liang Liang finished singing this new song on his guitar, everyone cheered.
"With this song as the main track, the album's sales should be pretty good."
Liu Wen was the first to express his opinion.
The song is called "Why Go Far Away If You Have No Ideals".
Once the song was decided, the next step was to record the music video and the audio recording.
Just then, Zhang Xie walked into the courtyard of Haiyun Audio-Visual Store, carrying his luggage and a bag.
"Haha! Brother Zhang! You finally decided to come?"
"I can't not come; I can't come up with 100,000 yuan." Zhang Xie was a little dejected.
He asked Xie Jin for advice, and Xie Jin suggested that he go.
If you can get film directing services at Haiyun, why not go?
If he continues to stay within the system, he may not have the opportunity to direct a film himself in three years.
Zhang Xie arrived so quickly, carrying the dust of travel and hope.
"That means if you could come up with 100,000 yuan, you definitely wouldn't have come!"
"I didn't say that; you just made that up in your head."
Since we're here to work, we naturally need to sign an employment contract.
Zhang Xie quickly signed a work contract with Haiyun Audio-Visual Company.
However, the salary wasn't the three hundred per month that we made a bet on, but one hundred more.
Even so, a salary of four hundred yuan is really the lowest in the shipping company, on par with the waiters in nightclubs and dance halls.
Liang Liang's first task for Zhang Xie was not to make a movie, but to make a music video.
It's the music video for this compilation that they're releasing before May Day.
The sales ratio of CDs to cassette tapes has risen from less than 10:1 to 5:1.
In early 1995, you could sell one CD for every dozen or so cassette tapes sold.
By the end of 1996, the ratio had changed to selling five or six cassette tapes to get a CD.
According to Liang Liang's calculations, the sales ratio of CDs to cassette tapes will definitely rise by the end of the year, and a four-to-one ratio should be a certainty, and it might even reach a three-to-one ratio.
Optical disc production has become an important part of the business for all audio-visual companies.
While other record companies were still using beautiful women and scenery as backgrounds for CDs, Haiyun Company had already replaced the backgrounds of all its songs with the original people.
Original singers and original recordings are the standard of their publishing company.
Li Zhizhou was still a manager at the Lianwan Daily. After much deliberation, he still didn't dare to resign and go into business, and remained within the system.
This left Liang Liang feeling rather disappointed.
The task of directing these music videos naturally fell to Zhang Xie.
Whether he liked it or not, Liang Liang gave him two apprentices.
After accepting the task, Zhang Xie began to design creative concepts based on the melodies and backgrounds of these songs. Once the creative concepts were designed, he started filming.
The album is set to be released before May Day, leaving him only a little over two months to shoot music videos for twelve songs, a task that is not easy.
Zhang Xie was responsible for everything from the concept of each song's music video to collaborating with the original singers on filming and finally editing.
The music videos for this album were all filmed in just twenty days.
This made Liang Liang look at him with new respect.
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