"Vice President, I've received word that the threshold of Wanxia has been overrun by executives from multiple music companies. They're all investing heavily to promote traditional Chinese music. Has Wanxia won this round?"
The vice president, who had just finished dinner and was about to say goodbye to Li Gui and the others and go home, received this phone call.
"Everyone is contributing funds? What do you mean?" The vice president didn't understand what he meant.
The movie has already generated a lot of buzz, so throwing more money into it now would be a complete waste.
On the other end of the phone, the secretary's voice continued: "Online and offline, all the places where advertising can be done have been bought up by those music companies. They're going to hold a Chinese style festival, releasing a lot of high-quality works and letting people listen to them for free for three days. A craze for Chinese style music may be coming."
Vice President: "The craze for traditional Chinese style..."
He kept repeating those four words.
These four words feel a bit unfamiliar in the context of the United States.
Previously, I mostly heard about English song crazes, or Japanese and Korean song crazes.
When did the craze for traditional Chinese culture become popular in the United States?
"Vice President, what's wrong?" Several shareholders and key personnel nearby asked one after another.
The vice president briefly explained the situation reported by the secretary.
After listening, Li Gui was suddenly jolted awake and greatly shocked: "No wonder when Director Zhang asked me to discuss cooperation a while ago, she had even prepared the contract in advance. So... she had anticipated this moment all along. This is the real purpose of Wanxia. She dug a pit for Sihai to fall into, and also dragged us Xingguang into the game, spending our money to boost the popularity. Finally, she used the popularity of the English song to promote traditional Chinese culture. We Xingguang were also tricked. Director Zhang is... so scary."
“It’s not just Director Zhang who’s scary, there’s also Li Zhaoyang… The entire plan, from beginning to end, is interconnected. The core of these plans has always been Li Zhaoyang’s two songs. If the quality or musical style is even slightly lacking, the plan can’t be truly implemented.” The vice president has a very comprehensive view of the problem. Director Zhang is indeed formidable, but Li Zhaoyang’s songwriting skills are also the most important part of these plans.
In general, having the two work in the same company can have a remarkable effect.
“Although we at Starlight were also tricked, at least we didn’t suffer any losses. We gained popularity and traffic, didn’t we?” The female shareholder remained very rational. She didn’t care whether Starlight was tricked by Sunset. As long as Sunset had no malicious intent, that was enough.
Standing outside the mall, Li Gui exclaimed in amazement, "Although I'm not in the music industry, there are many high-quality works in the Chinese style and ancient style music genre. The reason they haven't been able to break into the US market is mainly due to the lack of an opportunity. In addition, they've been suppressed by the three-way competition between English, Japanese, and Korean music, so Chinese style music has never had a chance to shine. Now that opportunity has arrived, the US music market will be a four-way competition in the future."
Originally, Chinese songs had a very small market share in the United States, which meant low profits. Now, Sunset Glow has completely changed this situation. Sunset Glow's status among all the music companies based in the United States will increase day by day, and there will even be many collaborations.
Because the situation has been completely opened up, it means that the market share will increase significantly.
Increased market share means soaring profits; this small cake has become a big cake, and music companies are certainly willing to spend money on it.
...
"Mu Zi, it really is you, Brother Li."
At home, after dinner, Song Zhihua was the most excited and talkative.
At first, she didn't believe that Mu Zi was Li Zhaoyang's.
Now, wherever you turn on your phone and have internet access, you'll find keywords related to "Sold Out" and "Sunny Day," and behind these keywords is the name Li Zhaoyang.
All these events indicate that Mu Zi really is Li Zhaoyang.
Compared to Song Zhihua's excitement, Song Zhiqi was more worried: "You've made such a mess of Sihai, have you thought about how to deal with it?"
Zhang Shulan: "As I expected, by this time, more than five music companies had contacted the head of the composition department of Wanxia. Our positions were tightly bound together. This was not only a wave of Chinese style, but also a tight binding of interests."
There's a saying that goes, "There are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests."
As long as Wanxia is bound to other music companies by interests, if Sihai wants to touch Wanxia, it will have to touch all the music companies, and they will have to consider whether they have the power to do so.
Sihai Group's wide range of businesses is indeed impressive, but when it comes to Sihai Music Culture alone, it's simply unrealistic for them to overpower all other music companies.
“Your abilities are no less than my eldest sister’s. This time when you return to China, you can be on equal footing with my eldest sister.” Song Zhiqi didn’t ask any more questions. She should be happy to see Wanxia win this battle.
"Not at all, Director Song will always be my leader," Zhang Shulan said modestly.
Song Zhiqi didn't banter with Shulan and asked, "What are Wanxia's plans for the future?"
Zhang Shulan shook her head: "I don't have any plans for the near future. Tomorrow morning, I need to help Zhaoyang apply for the Silver Medal Songwriter title."
When talking about honors and titles, Li Zhaoyang realized that after the release of "Sunny Day," he had already met the standard of having five representative works.
Moreover, he saw that the director's expression was more one of pride.
Perhaps they felt that it would take others several years to go from trainee to silver medalist, but their own Zhaoyang did it in less than half a year.
Of the ten works published, only five may meet the criteria for applying for a silver medal.
Zhao Yang's work is an exception; all five pieces are masterpieces, each more classic than the last.
"And it's only a few days until September, and the International Music Exchange Festival is almost here. I need to make some preparations and see who to send." Zhang Shulan's initial choices were Zhao Yang and Liu Yiling, the branch company's only star performer.
Liu Yiling's skill level is beyond doubt, and Zhao Yang, although she won bronze medals, will soon be promoted to silver medals, so her skill level is also undeniable.
However...
Considering that Zhaoyang has just released two works and his creative ideas haven't caught up yet, I don't want to put pressure on him. So there's another candidate, and we'll see who gets the role.
The group chatted about work, then about life, and then about their future. Time flew by in this way.
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