Upon hearing this, the CEO pulled out a chair and sat down, his previous anger vanishing: "What do you want to do?"
Chen Tianyi poured the president a cup of tea, and then said unhurriedly, "When someone of Chen Shaoyan's caliber issues a challenge, it will basically cause a sensation in this circle. Especially with the added gimmick of Zhaixing's real identity, the number of people looking forward to it will only increase. At this time, if our Xingtu organizes a voting system and sells each vote for 50 cents, it will be a considerable profit in the end."
Compared to some competition voting systems where a single ticket costs tens of dollars, 50 cents is really nothing; anyone who wants to know the result will just pay that 50 cents.
Five cents may not seem like much, but if you add it up, with tens of millions of viewers participating in the vote, it can become a considerable sum.
"It's not commensurate with the cost of promotion." The president was about to shake his head and refuse, but then hesitated after thinking about Chen Shaoyan's abilities: "Can you guarantee that Teacher Chen will win?"
Chen Tianyi: "Chen Shaoyan was promoted by Xingtu. Even if I don't know his current style of doing things, do you think the president doesn't know? Anyone who can get him to take action is basically guaranteed to win."
"I want to see at least ten million in revenue from this singing competition." The president stood up to leave. Starway Company is not a charity; it will only operate if there is a profit to be made.
"Okay, Mr. President, I'll see you off."
"No need, you can start preparing the voting system."
"OK."
After watching the president leave, Zhao Shanshan's face lit up with joy: "It seems that the singing battle shouldn't be a problem. Tianyi, have Teacher Chen's singing battle piece released at the Autumn Season."
The criteria for being named King or Queen of Singers is winning three consecutive seasons of the Silver Chart. For the Gold Chart, winning just one season is enough for a direct nomination.
Considering Chen Shaoyan's talent, Zhao Shanshan's desire to win the Best Actress award this year has been rekindled.
"No, the autumn season starts in early July, and it's been a month since we started ranking. The advantage is too great, and Shao Yan won't agree. Alright, there's plenty of time. Right now, the most important thing is to establish this star-picking technique and let that idiot know what the rules of this circle are."
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Let's turn our attention back to the sunset.
After Xingtu posted its latest update, it gradually attracted the attention of many people in the industry.
This also includes some audience members who are frequently active in the music scene.
The calls for action are growing louder.
"This Star Tour is really going all out, promoting all of our Sunset's works for a whole week."
The entire evening glow composition department office area was almost entirely filled with discussions about the topic of singing battles.
The rewards for singing battles are too generous.
If this were to be promoted, these songwriters and composers would be the direct beneficiaries.
"If I promote it for a week, I'll release at least 10 songs on Sunset. Wouldn't that bring in several million in revenue?" Chen Zu'an, who was sitting in the rest area all day swaying around with a cup of goji berry tea, was clearly tempted.
Any normal person would be tempted.
It's not just one or two songs being promoted, but all of Sunset's musical works.
“You’ve all been blinded by desire.” Chen Wanting was one of the few female lyricists and composers in the composition department. She was more rational: “Xingtu is sure that Wanxia can’t win in this singing competition, which is why they dare to offer such generous terms. Moreover, their motives are impure. They want to find a way to expose Zhaixing’s true identity. Think about the consequences.”
"I was just venting."
Chen Zuan immediately regained his serious demeanor: "If Zhaixing's true identity is revealed, Wanxia will face even greater public criticism. As for Chen Shaoyan's challenge to sing, we can only pretend to be ignorant."
The two department leaders had a more open-minded view of these normal discussions between songwriters and composers.
The director and the supervisor have already gone to Zhaoyang's office one after the other.
No one else could figure out what the two leaders were up to.
"Zhaoyang, Xingtu has increased its stakes in the singing competition. What do you think about this?" If it were before, Song Yuqin would definitely not have let Zhaoyang agree.
With such a large pool of chips and the support of "Countdown," they might actually be able to put up a fight.
The problem is that the cost of losing is quite high.
When everyone finds out that Zhaixing is actually Li Zhaoyang, the public opinion that has just calmed down will start to ferment again.
Those eager competitors will surely join in the attack on the sunset.
So we need to ask Zhaoyang what she thinks.
"My original intention was not to pay any attention to Xingtu, but..." Wasn't Li Zhaoyang's goal to mess with Xingtu's music director and that bitch Zhao Shanshan?
"If the stakes are raised a little more, I'll accept the challenge."
"What does Zhaoyang mean?" Song Yuqin suddenly noticed that Zhaoyang's expression had changed a little. Was it just her imagination?
"The losing party must at least help promote all the music works under the winning party's company. We at Evening Glow will also follow this condition." Li Zhaoyang already had a plan.
"Promote for a month?" Song Yuqin refused without much hesitation: "Zhaoyang, no way. I don't have that much authority. Do you know how much it costs to promote all the works under a music company for a month?"
Manager Zhang quickly chimed in to advise, "While being last is good, the singing competition was initiated by Chen Shaoyan and Zhaoyang. Don't underestimate them."
“I want to shoot a music video.” Li Zhaoyang’s mind flashed back to a time when G.E.M. was wearing a fitted white dress at a concert, or more accurately, a long dress in the style of an exotic princess, which gave people a dignified, elegant, tall and graceful impression.
She makes people want to kneel down at her feet.
That New Year's Eve concert, the song "Countdown" paired with her stunning outfit touched the hearts of many fans.
Even casual observers who weren't fans were deeply captivated by G.E.M. that night.
"Shoot a music video? Sure." Hearing that Zhao Yang was no longer fixated on the topic of promoting for a month, Song Yuqin nodded in agreement: "I'll have the props department arrange whatever you need to prepare."
"A long white dress, the kind that's form-fitting, with a slightly exotic style that suits Bian Ling'er's tall and slender figure. We also need to prepare some accessories, especially the headdress, which must be top-of-the-line." Li Zhaoyang was very clear that once this style of music video was filmed, the data for "Countdown" would be incomparable.
In the realm of pop music, at the time "Countdown" was released, no one could rival it.
"Okay, I'll have the props team get ready right away. So, where's the location for filming the countdown MV?"
"Indoors, or both indoors and outdoors... We can shoot directly on the rooftop of the Sunset Company."
"Okay, I'll have the props department get things moving as fast as they can, since it'll be August by midnight tonight."
After discussing the music video with the two leaders, Li Zhaoyang relaxed and sat back on the sofa, then used WeChat to notify Bian Ling'er.
"We're shooting the countdown music video tonight, so we're canceling all other scheduled activities."
About ten minutes later, Bian Ling'er replied: "Filming the music video tonight? Teacher Zhaoyang, isn't that too rushed? Besides, my cousin invited me to go shopping."
Li Zhaoyang only replied with two words: "Reject it."
"All right."
For the rest of the time, Li Zhaoyang played games in the office while waiting for the director's notification.
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