"I'm going too! I can leave next week."
Lin Xianguang didn't hesitate at all; he knew that only Teacher Zhaoyang could bring him that kind of honor.
That song, "Sorrow," has made him a fortune in the last two months. He even demolished and rebuilt his old house so that his parents could enjoy life earlier and he also has enough money to send his younger sister to a prestigious high school.
He knew that all of this was given to him by Teacher Zhaoyang.
"Okay, I'll let Supervisor Bian know in a bit."
"No need to say anything more." Song Yuqin leaned against the office door. "I've already talked to Lao Bian, and the procedures for going to the branch office can be finalized in the next couple of days. Once Ling'er and Lin Xianguang are done with their work, they can go to the branch office immediately."
"Okay." Li Zhaoyang already had a complete plan in mind.
We want to expand the sunset business to the whole world.
Although Sunset has branches overseas, its core market is still China. The branches in the United States, South Korea, and Japan probably won't capture much market share.
The current international music scene is a long-dormant gold mine waiting for Li Zhaoyang to mine.
Outside the composition department corridor.
While waiting for the elevator, Manager Bian didn't ask too many questions, but instead offered a few words of advice from a superior's perspective: "Ling'er, Xianguang, before you go abroad, I have to tell you something. The overseas market is not the same as the domestic market. Your current fan base and popularity are based in China. Once you go abroad, unless your products are of exceptional quality, it will be difficult to build your own fan base in the United States."
"Father, I understand." Bian Ling'er said, gesturing wildly.
"Manager, there's no place for Zhaoyang in the Chinese music scene. Who knows, he might do better in the US." Whether Lin Xianguang's words were insightful or naive, Manager Bian didn't respond.
In short, if things can develop in a positive direction, everyone will be happy.
Next, Song Yuqin finally got down to business.
for example.
Two official announcements will be released in the name of Sunset.
The first piece of news is that Li Zhaoyang's retirement from the entertainment industry has been officially confirmed.
The second point, of course, is to urge Starway to quickly promote all of Sunset's musical works for a month.
The leaders at Starway are probably having a headache right now.
...
Chinese Music Writers Association.
"Vice President, this is the list of participants for this year's International Music Exchange Festival."
In an office, Tang Gang presented a list of documents.
These kinds of exchange festivals usually don't involve the music master.
They're basically all top-tier equipment; only major music competitions or similar events would require a top-tier musician to be called upon.
The vice president glanced at the list and found that all the names were familiar.
Chen Shaoyan from Star Road, Zhang Zhenyuan from Camp Academia, Wang Ziyao from Soulmate, Zhang Zihong from Blooming, Jiang Binwen from Shining, and Chen Wanting from Sunset.
Among them, Chen Shaoyan and Zhang Zhenyuan are the strongest, known as the two ace heroes.
"Weren't there five spots? There's one extra."
Tang Gang replied, "There's no requirement of five people. Just report according to this list. One more or one less person won't matter."
Vice President: "Hmm, you're quite reliable when it comes to getting things done."
Tang Gang: "This year's international music exchange festival will be held in the United States. Has the date been finalized?"
Vice President: "Anyway, it's in September, next month, but the exact date depends on the situation."
Last year's music exchange festival was held in China, also in September. Usually, these kinds of exchange festivals don't have a fixed date, so we don't know until early September.
Tang Gang: "By the way, Vice President, I have something else to report."
Vice President: "Speak."
Tang Gang: "My assistant reported this morning that a lot of enthusiastic fans were blocking the entrance to the evening sun."
The vice president leaned slightly forward: "What's wrong? What kind of gossip is circulating now?"
Tang Gang shook his head: "No, it seems they want Li Zhaoyang to come back to this circle and continue writing songs."
Vice President: "Nonsense, the order hasn't been revoked, how dare he come back to write songs? Could it be that those fans were hired by Sunset to stage a diss performance against us?"
Tang Gang: "I'm not sure. I only know that it made the news. The fans' attitude seems to be that they want Li Zhaoyang and his group to lower themselves and beg our official support."
The vice president had a bad feeling: "Are you trying to say that Wanxia later told the fans that she had begged our official people, but it was no use, so as to push our official side to the opposite side of the public?"
"Moreover, just now, Wanxia announced on their official website that Li Zhaoyang has completely retired from the entertainment industry, which immediately blocked all avenues for retreat. They probably want to put pressure on us through their fans," Tang Gang said.
Otherwise, there's no way to explain why so many fanatics were blocking the entrance to the sunset area.
"Is this the scheme of the sunset? It's crude, but it just proves one thing: they're desperate. Hahaha, Little Tang, remember, your attitude can't change. This time, no one can change your mind. I'm telling you."
The vice president leaned back in his chair and said with an expression of enjoyment, "We must make them realize their place and let them know that Li Zhaoyang's talent for lyrics and music is secondary. What's really important is that he has the backing of the government. Without the government, they are nothing."
"Vice President, I understand. I'll head down now."
"Okay, go ahead."
Soon only the vice president remained in the office; he was now only interested in the international music exchange festival next month.
That's a musical achievement. If they get a good musical result at the exchange festival with the spots provided by Shanghai, they can get promoted again.
The vice president's attitude speaks volumes; he only cares about his own interests.
This is why so many talents are lost abroad. In China, they either have no place to use their skills or are suppressed. In addition, foreign countries offer high salaries to recruit Chinese talents to work abroad. What would you choose?
In this world, money is king. Money allows parents to stand tall, money brings happiness to wives and children, money makes their smiles no longer humble, and money prevents them from envying other people's children.
...
the next day.
Li Zhaoyang and Xiao Zhang prepared to set off.
All the company leaders personally went to see them off.
Even the heads of other departments came.
It is widely known that Li Zhaoyang is going to completely retire from the Chinese music scene.
But only these leaders knew that Wanxia had never given up on Zhaoyang, but rather shifted its development focus.
So everyone came to give a gift, just to leave an impression or something.
"Is it really necessary, Manager Bian? Li Zhaoyang is about to leave, and he's still trying to curry favor with him?" Hua Nongying couldn't understand why so many leaders were seeing Li Zhaoyang off today, even though he was just retiring from the entertainment industry.
"Haven't you heard?" A female artist said after watching Manager Bian walk into the elevator, "On the surface, he's retired from the entertainment industry, but in reality, the company is sending Li Zhaoyang to the Sunset branch in the United States to develop his career."
"Go to the US to develop their careers?" Hua Nongying thought of something: "Yesterday, the supervisor took Ling'er and Lin Xianguang to the composition department. Is he also planning to let them develop their careers abroad?"
"I don't know." The female celebrity shook her head. How could she possibly know such a thing?
On the contrary, Zhao Anlan seemed lost in thought after hearing their discussion, her eyes becoming unfocused.
"I knew the company would never let Li Zhaoyang retire from the industry." Ever since Zhang Feng was sent in, Qin San has become the top composer in the department, enjoying the resources that originally belonged to Zhang Feng, and he's in a great mood.
As a result, Qin San also developed a greater respect for Li Zhaoyang.
Walking over to Zhao Anlan and Hua Nongying, Qin San smiled and asked, "Have you two ever considered going abroad to develop your careers?"
Zhao Anlan remained silent and did not answer.
Hua Nongying immediately shook her head: "I won't go. Foreign countries are not the same as domestic ones. In addition, my fan base is all in China. Going abroad to develop is an unknown, unless a top-tier artist or a legendary song master takes me abroad to develop."
It's true that Li Zhaoyang has a high level of skill in songwriting and composition, but the market share of Chinese songs in the United States has been severely squeezed by many foreign language songs.
In the US music market, the most popular categories are English songs, Korean songs, and Japanese songs.
There is a market for Chinese songs, but it is too difficult to develop unless every song is a classic. Only then can they possibly grab a piece of the pie from the other three major music categories.
If the quality is even slightly inferior, it will be completely overshadowed by those popular foreign language songs.
“That makes sense.” Qin San thought Hua Nongying’s words made sense: “Li Zhaoyang’s development abroad might not be as good as in China, but he has nowhere to go in China.”
“Yeah, I’m not going.” At this point, Hua Nongying looked at Ling’er and Lin Xianguang and whispered to each other, “If the manager really sends them to develop abroad, it would be great news for us.”
Hua Nongxiang perfectly embodies the image of those aunts and uncles sitting at the village entrance when you return home for the New Year; in two words, they're gossipy.
Qin San's eyes lit up: "That's right!"
In the artist department, the fewer popular artists there are, the more resources they will have.
On the contrary, if there is one more popular artist in the department, some or even more of their own resources will be taken away.
"Third, go and find out if it's true." Hua Nongying felt that her peak moment was coming, returning to the era of the Twin Stars of the Sunset.
Back then, there weren't as many popular celebrities in Wanxia. She and Zhao Anlan were the twin stars of Wanxia.
"good."
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P.S.: The first chapter's climax has basically come to a close. Next up is expanding into overseas markets—the next big climax is on its way! (I'll be adding extra chapters frequently during the Chinese New Year period to keep everyone entertained.)
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