This trip to Northwest China isn't for a performance; Liang Liang doesn't plan to bring a band, just two accompanying staff members.
Sending more people would be both inconvenient and a waste of money.
He was mainly looking for someone, so what was he going to do with the band?
They can't act as bodyguards; on the contrary, they need others to protect them.
Let the rest of the band use this time to hone their skills at home; they might even take an inland city tour in the second half of the year.
Strike while the iron is hot. With the good reputation gained from last year's tour of coastal cities, it is necessary to carry out a tour of inland cities this year.
The band rehearsals mainly consist of rehearsals with the Hanmei duo, because the Hanmei duo will be a major part of the accompaniment for the Blue Shark band's future performances.
It's very necessary to let them practice more with Hanmei at home.
Without hesitation, Liang Liang immediately gathered the band members together and explained his decision.
"I'm going to the Northwest to find someone you all know. My purpose in finding him is to get him to participate in our music festival, and I also want to sign him."
"Looking for Luo Lin?" Xiao Yu immediately thought of Luo Lin.
"Look! Xiao Yu is so smart, she thought of it right away. But Luo Lin already has a girlfriend, it's immoral for you to keep thinking about her!"
Xiao Yu glared at him fiercely.
"Don't I need to go either?" Han Chui asked.
"I'm not going out to discuss business, what are you going to do with me? Don't you have enough problems already?"
Liang Liang had nothing much to do in the first half of the year and could wander around, but Han Chui had a lot of trouble.
The small theater in Beijing is scheduled to open around May Day. Even if Liang Liang doesn't go, he will definitely go to inspect the renovations, install the sound equipment, and prepare for the opening.
There are also audio-visual product factories in Anhui and Sichuan provinces. He has to negotiate and finalize these matters. If he follows me, who will do these things?
"You guys should spend more time rehearsing with the Korean and American groups at home. We might go on tour in the second half of the year, so don't slack off! I'll secretly send someone to keep an eye on you. If anyone slacks off, I'll spank them when I get back!"
Everyone was speechless. Spanking! That's the way to deal with kids.
After finishing his business here, Liang Liang met up with Liu Wen again.
Liu Wen also just returned. Liang Liang gave Liu Wen two extra days off during the Spring Festival, and he returned on the tenth day of the lunar new year.
Liu Wen's record company released a total of four albums last year.
Xu Wei's "Too Softhearted", Han Mei's "My Heart Will Go On", and Han Chuang Band's "Wind by the Sea" and "Northeast Rock 2".
These four albums were released at different times and had different fates.
These four albums have sales figures ranging from rockets soaring into space to lukewarm successes like frogs being slowly boiled in water.
The Hanmei Duo's "My Heart Will Go On" has sold 15 million cassette tapes and 1.08 million CDs to date.
This was the first VCD disc to sell over a million copies after the VCD player was introduced.
By the Spring Festival of 1996, the number of VCD players installed in China had barely reached 20 million.
In other words, there is one My Heart Will Go On album for every twenty DVD players, which is an astonishing ratio.
Xu Wei's albums are equally impressive. His album "Too Softhearted" has a strong staying power, with sales exceeding 13 million copies and CD sales exceeding 700,000 copies to date.
Based on a one-year sales period, these two CDs could easily sell over 20 million copies.
Compared to these two albums, which soared like rockets, the other two are not worth mentioning.
Han Chuang's "The Wind by the Sea" and "Northeast Rock 2" were both released about a month before the Chinese New Year.
"The Wind by the Sea" will be released on January 1st, and "Northeast Rock 2" will be released on January 10th.
As of March 1st, one album had been released for two months, and the other was two months short of being released by ten days.
"The Wind by the Sea" sold 215,000 copies and 7,000 CDs.
"Northeast Rock 2" sold 280,000 copies and more than 9,000 CDs.
If we don't compare them to "Too Softhearted" and "My Heart Will Go On," these two albums would have performed quite well.
However, compared to the sales of those two albums, these two albums were practically worthless.
Fortunately, the sales momentum of these two albums has been good after the Chinese New Year. If this trend continues, they may eventually sell four or five hundred thousand copies.
You can't expect every album you release to be a bestseller; making money is a victory in itself.
Last year was a glorious year for Haiyun Audio-Visual, but what about this year?
Liu Wen's task is to plan Haiyun Audio-Visual's publishing tasks for this year.
But there's still no definite answer, which is making him a little anxious.
"Are you going to release an album or not? Give me a straight answer today!"
Liang Liang scratched his head: "Even if it takes half a year, don't count on it."
"Then tell me, what should I produce in the first half of the year?"
Yes! What will happen?
A record company needs to produce products, right? How can it generate profits without producing products?
Liang Liang thought for a moment and said, "Don't we have a recording of our tour last year? You can edit it and release it."
"Then what?"
"Then I don't know what to produce, so if I really have nothing to produce, I won't produce anything."
"You bastard! When I was in the Pacific, I was releasing tapes one after another, and now you're telling me you won't release anything because you don't have anything to show?"
"Sir! You can't just throw something out of nothing."
Liu Wen turned his body away, looking at Liang Liang with disdain.
This old man is actually being childish.
"The music festival is coming up soon, right? We didn't prepare much and didn't record many good songs for last year's festival. This year we'll start recording from scratch. We'll be able to release more than ten albums by then. We can pick and choose and release several albums. Are you worried about not having anything to release?"
Haiyun Audio-Visual has the publishing rights to the programs performed at the music festival; we can select some for publication later.
Don't expect it to sell like hotcakes; selling 100,000 or 200,000 will be good enough.
Upon hearing this, Liu Wen felt it made a lot of sense, and his anger turned into joy.
"Hmph! The first half of the year was so-so. If your band doesn't produce an album for me in the second half, see how I deal with you! You've really gone too far!"
Liang Liang was annoyed: Who is this boss?
After finishing his conversation with Liu Wende, Liang Liang took a stroll around his business empire.
This trip to the Northwest will take at least a month. I'll take care of any problems at home first, or better yet, if there aren't any.
He sees the Ocean Shipping Ballroom almost every day when he's at home, but there's not much to see there; he mainly just looks at places that are far away.
Bi Sheng's wooden guitar factory is about 400 meters away from the Haiyun Dance Hall.
Although it wasn't far, Liang Liang hadn't actually visited it many times.
He hadn't been there once in almost a year last year. Seeing that he had nothing to do in the afternoon, he and Ban Ya strolled over to Bi Sheng's guitar factory.
Bi Sheng's guitar factory hired another batch of workers before the Lunar New Year, and now has more than 130 employees.
Bi Sheng's goal this year is to produce 60,000 acoustic guitars. How can he manage with so few people?
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