Chapter 316
Half a month before the annual Golden Melody Awards Ceremony, Minghu Culture Company suddenly received another special invitation—the invitation to participate in the awards ceremony was received years ago, and this time , What the company received were invitation letters inviting Li Qian, Liao Liao, He Runqing and Cao Zhan to be the guests of the awards.
Starting from this year, the Golden Melody Awards will be restructured, and the main change is that the previous recording will be officially changed to a live broadcast.
For those who are begging for food in the music circle, especially the pop music circle, whether they are producers, authors, or singers, it is obvious that few people dare not give face to the Golden Melody Award-not to mention the semi-official status of the other party, just It's just that the huge influence of the Golden Melody Awards in China makes people dare not underestimate it.
In addition to the honors brought by the awards, being able to attend, preferably on stage as an award presenter, is also a very scarce resource in the eyes of insiders. Because it means exposure.
These days, with the development of the media, everyone is beginning to understand that exposure means fame and money.
But after receiving the invitation letter, Li Qian thought about it and refused.
Liao Liao and He Runqing should go to them. They are all singers and celebrities at the forefront. necessary.
As for Cao Zhan, as the bass player of the Four Beauties, Cao Zhan signed a contract with Minghu Culture, and of course he can be regarded as an artist of Minghu Culture, but whether he will participate in the Golden Melody Awards and whether he will be an award presenter is up to Li Qian. All the power is given to Cao Zhan himself.
In the end, Cao Zhan gave the answer that the Golden Melody Awards will still be attended, but the presenters will be exempted.
This idea is exactly the same as that of Li Qian.
Golden Melody Awards, go. Although I went there last year, it was just a waste of time, but I still want to go this year. It doesn't matter whether you give awards or not, as long as you give yourself enough attitude, it's fine, anyway, he is not too keen on those awards. But for the award presenters, that's all.
Therefore, Qi Jie's reply to the organizer of the award ceremony was: Liao Liao and He Runqing can be the award presenters, but Li Qian and Cao Zhan feel that they are not celebrities and don't want to be too famous, so they can't be the award presenters.
To be honest, although there are not one or two unique people in the pop music scene, there are not too many people who have the courage to refuse the invitation of the Golden Melody Awards, or in other words, are willing to refuse the invitation of the award presenter.
Doing so would be a little shameless, but for Li Qian and Cao Zhan, if they don't give it, they won't give it. They don't think it's a show of face to be the award presenter of the Golden Melody Awards, and they don't think that if they decline the other party's invitation, there will be some shame. something wrong.
Originally, he thought it was over if he refused, and the matter passed like this, but what Li Qian didn't expect was that in the next day, he received a call from Director Feng Yumin of the TV drama production center of Huaxia TV.
It is strange to say that Li Qian's identity in front of people is firstly a gold medal producer and songwriter, secondly he is the lead singer of the Four Great Beauties, and there is another identity, that is, the man of the two queens. It can be said that each of these identities is inseparable from the music circle, but on the contrary, he is very unfamiliar with the Variety Department of Huaxia TV Station, almost completely unknown, but he is very familiar with the TV drama production center!
The TV drama production center of Huaxia TV, as the ace team of the current domestic TV drama production, has a director and three deputy directors. These four people can be said to be the super big names standing at the top of the entire domestic TV drama production industry. , Li Qian actually knew all of them.
Among them, Li Qian has the closest relationship with Director Feng Yumin, the kind of friendship between Wangnian, and Deputy Director Lu Ruoying, because of the soundtracks of the two dramas "Love in a Troubled World" and "The Greatest Love", and even established a certain relationship in In the past half a year, they had dinner together twice, and they became more and more familiar with each other, and they gradually began to be called siblings.
But the Variety Department of Huaxia TV...Li Qian actually doesn't know anyone.
Because they are very familiar with each other, Director Feng called and cut straight to the point, saying, "Old Zhao from the Variety Show Department called me and said that you rejected their invitation?"
At that time, Li Qian had just finished the recording of "Walking in Style" for Liao Liao, and his emotions had not been completely withdrawn. Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked stupidly: "Old Zhao... who is it?"
Feng Yumin explained: "The director of our station's variety show department, Zhao Yigu. The Golden Melody Awards Gala is what our station's variety show department is doing. Of course, Lao Zhao is the leader."
"oh……"
Li Qian was stunned for a moment before returning to his senses, and instantly remembered about the award presenter, so he said: "The main thing is that being an award presenter is not interesting. Although it is a live broadcast, you must not talk nonsense, so I will return it, but the award presenter I will still go to the ceremony! What's the matter, he is looking for you? What does this mean?"
Feng Yumin said: "It's not interesting. Lao Zhao knew that we were close, so he called me and wanted to find a time to have a meal or sit with you. You also know that now the whole country is calling for variety shows." To reform, the audience is getting harder and harder to serve. Lao Zhao is probably under a lot of pressure. He probably wants to use the Golden Melody Awards live broadcast to play tricks. And you are now the best in our domestic music industry. , of course he wants to get closer to you."
After a pause, Director Feng said again: "But, I'm just passing on a word in the middle. I don't get involved in what you think about or what he thinks. You watch it yourself, and you tell me something. Son, I will go back to him again, and I will account for this matter."
After thinking about it, Li Qian really hesitated.
For music, especially pop music, at the moment, record sales rank first, and concerts, commercial performances, etc. can only be placed in the back row. Variety shows, at best, are released when new albums are released. As a means of publicity, its importance to singers can be said to be quite low.
And for Minghu culture, whether it is Liao Liao or He Runqing, their wrists are already big enough that as long as they are willing to go on, all the shows are waiting for them. To do a lot of publicity, show your face on some show, etc. As for album sales, let it go, sell as much as you like, anyway, Lao Tzu’s music is DIAO, you can hear it, it’s your blessing, don’t like to listen to it , If you don’t want to buy it, pull it down!
Therefore, from the current point of view, Li Qian has no interest in the Variety Department of Huaxia TV Station.
But what next?
According to the company's plan, the next two years, namely 1998 and 1999, will be the two years when the company will make full efforts. Zhou Ye will not talk about it, after all, it has not been finalized yet, but the three newcomers signed by the company last year, Ge Rilen, Zhao Yuan and Zhuang Meiyue, will start releasing albums in the next two years, and Rose Although power is born out of the five elements and our elements, it does not lack topics and influence, but a certain degree of publicity is still necessary.
Not to mention that in the not-too-distant future, with the advent of the Internet age, when the music circle can no longer survive by producing and selling albums, the weight of variety shows will surely rise to a level that cannot be ignored!
In addition... As a matter of fact, although Li Qian himself has never had any direct contact with the Variety Department of Huaxia TV Station, Qi Jie represents Minghu Culture and has a good relationship with that side. In the past Spring Festival Gala, Minghu Culture It even wrote down two solo songs in one breath, which is definitely the only one in the entire pop music world.
It should be said that even though the other party is the absolute leader in the domestic variety show industry, he has always given face.
So, Li Qian hesitated for a moment, and asked, "What do you mean by asking me to call... Actually, you want me to be the award presenter?"
Feng Yumin said "Hi" and said: "I don't know if I will let you be the guest of honor, but, what I mean is that Lao Zhao has just been up there not long ago, and his roots are hard. He won't be able to come down for a while. .You are a music maker. Contact him. Let’s sit down together, have a meal, drink tea, and chat. There’s no harm in that! As for the awards presenter, what else can it be? Let’s sit down and chat. Now that we’re chatting, we’re calling each other brothers, so what if you don’t go? Can he put a knife on your neck?”
Li Qian laughed, "That's right! Thank you for always calling me!"
Feng Yumin chuckled, and wanted to say something, but suddenly said: "By the way, I almost forgot, I heard from Lao Zhao that there should be many nominations from you for this year's Golden Melody Awards, as long as you go, Probably nine out of ten will give you two awards. Needless to say, Liao Liao and He Runqing from your company."
Li Qian smiled, nodded and said: "That's all right, then I'll see you. You can talk to them over there and check their time. I can do it anytime here."
Feng Yumin said happily when he heard the words: "Come on, listen to me!"
After hanging up the phone, Li Qian thought about it, picked up the phone again, and dialed a number.
After a while, the phone was connected, and Sun Ruoxuan pretended to be surprised and said: "Oh my god, I am so excited, boss, teacher, you are so rare! We have known each other for more than two years, and this is the first time you hit me Phone! Although I'm not as pretty as Bingbing, I'm not so ugly either!"
Li Qian smiled, ignored her teasing, and just asked: "I remember hearing you say that you seem to be very interested in being a host? Do you want to develop in this field in the future?"
Sun Ruoxuan was stunned for a moment, and then said: "That's right! Why did you suddenly think of asking this?"
She is a very thoughtful person, and her words are very fast. As soon as she finished her last sentence, she continued carelessly: "But that's all for later. I'm only thinking about making the new album well. Don't embarrass the boss! Help the boss earn more money!"
Li Qian smiled again, thinking that her mouth and sensitive mind are really suitable for being a host.
After thinking for a while, Li Qian said, "You can ask Mr. Qi to help you find someone to contact, go to the Broadcasting Institute to find a teacher, and make up lessons! Looking back...well, there should be opportunities for this in the future."
Sun Ruoxuan was taken aback when she heard the words, "Boss, is it true or not?"
Li Qian smiled and said: "Don't ask nonsense, in short, you just need to prepare yourself. Well, at present, besides making albums and singing, your most important task is to find a professional teacher to make up for you. Do your homework for the host. Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared!"
Sun Ruoxuan's thought, after Li Qian finished speaking, countless sparks of thought exploded in her mind, and she replied crisply at that time: "Zunzhi! Don't worry, I will ask President Qi to help Contact the teacher, I will definitely make up for it!"
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Three days later, Feng Yumin was the host, and Li Qian met Zhao Yigu in the private room of a teahouse.
Zhao Yigu looked to be in his forties, he was fat, not tall, and looked very kind.
After we met, we were polite, and we all had dinner first.
On one side are my colleagues, or peers who do not belong to each other, and on the other side are friends who have forgotten the year. The dinner Feng Yumin invited was not very extravagant. It was a few simple side dishes, plus two stir-fried soups, half a catty per person The very low Gusu fruit wine is refreshing and refreshing. After drinking the wine, everyone will gradually become familiar with it, and then each person will have a bowl of noodles with fried sauce, and the meal will be considered an account.
After eating, the table was removed and replaced with a pot of good tea, and then we began to chat about things.
More than half of the soundtrack of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has been done, and it has been finishing recently. Feng Yumin is still very satisfied with the work handed over by Minghu Culture, but the soundtrack is only a part of a TV series. The producer of a TV series worth 100 million yuan, and with an investment of up to 300 million yuan, the pressure on him is obviously great-if he succeeds, the word-of-mouth ratings will be popular, and he will undoubtedly be firmly established as the chief actor of domestic TV dramas position, but if he fails, although he will not be kicked out, this play will inevitably become a major Waterloo in his artistic career.
Therefore, Feng Yumin and Director Feng were a little worried.
In recent years, the quality and reputation of variety shows on domestic TV stations have continued to decline. The essence is that as the media becomes more and more developed, the current audience has become more and more knowledgeable. It's as good as it used to be. As the leader of domestic TV stations, Huaxia TV, especially the variety department of Huaxia TV, is obviously the target of public criticism.
Last summer, the previous director of the Variety Department was transferred away, and Zhao Yigu took over, and it has only been half a year since then. This year's Spring Festival Gala is highly rated and has a good reputation. It can be regarded as a rare bright spot under the background of the overall decline of variety shows. But the Spring Festival Gala is only once a year, and the good reputation of this Spring Festival Gala alone is obviously not enough to change the view of TV viewers on variety shows.
Therefore, Zhao Yigu also looked under a lot of pressure.
On the contrary, Li Qian seemed very laid-back compared to them.
The post-production of "Fake Monk" is all over, and it's just about to be released. Liao Liao's new album "Women's Flower" has been more than half finished, and the studio recording work will be completed in a few days, and it is expected to be available in mid-March After finishing the post-production stage, it is completely over, and the song selection of He Runqing's new album "The Price of Love" has basically been finalized, and I am going to give her all the songbooks recently. It will take about one and a half months, and it will be enough to finish... In short, Li All of Qian's current work seems to be in order.
In fact, the three of them sit together. One is the leader of domestic TV dramas, the other is the number one powerful person in domestic TV variety shows, and the other is the chief celebrity in the domestic pop music scene. Once they are familiar with each other, the topic is simply There is never an end to the conversation.
So, this in-depth chat went directly from lunch to dinner.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, the three of them changed to a restaurant.
This time it was different from noon. As the richest local rich man among the three, Li Qian treated guests and ordered a table of dishes, and what he drank was no longer fruit wine similar to drinks, but Authentic Shanxi Fenjiu.
Three people, Feng Yumin is nearly fifty years old, Zhao Yigu is three in forty, Li Qian will be twenty years old after the new year, but they are brothers and sisters when they drink, two bottles of Fenjiu, one person is six or seven liang, and his face is flushed Yes, the tone of speech has also increased.
However, from the beginning to the end, none of the three people mentioned Li Qian as the award presenter.
During this dinner that lasted for nearly ten hours, plans for several TV variety shows were born, and the soundtrack cooperation for the next major drama of Huaxia TV was finalized, and the prospect of a variety talk show was also reached Cooperation intention.
Huaxia TV bought the right to broadcast live videos of He Runqing's national tour concert for a total of five shows in the next year. Huaxia TV has also pre-booked the premiere broadcast rights of the live video of Liao Liao's first national tour concert, which is expected to be held from July to September this year. And Liao Liao, He Runqing, and the next new album MV of the Rose Power group will get more broadcast opportunities on Huaxia TV and will be heavily promoted. Of course, in return, this year Liao Liao, He Runqing, and Rose Power must participate in Huaxia TV's variety shows a few more times to help increase the ratings.
Then, Li Qian agreed to help the Variety Channel to make a piece of theme music, and at the same time agreed to write a few public welfare and promotional songs for them.
At present, Minghu Culture has all the qualifications needed to be a pop music company and a record company, but if it is to do variety shows, or even make TV dramas and movies in the future, it still needs a lot of procedures and qualifications. As for this aspect, when it comes to interpersonal relationships, both Feng Yumin and Zhao Yigu are obviously enough to instantly kill Li Qian.
Therefore, when they heard that Li Qian actually intended to get involved in variety shows and film and television dramas, the two big names agreed to help establish relationships and obtain qualifications. Feng Yumin also asked Li Qian repeatedly with great interest what film he wanted to make.
Really unable to resist, Li Qian had no choice but to spoil the show, saying that he was going to make an "Ancient Costume Myth ***".
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This banquet will not be scattered until evening.
The next day, Minghu Culture received an invitation letter from the organizer of the Golden Melody Awards Ceremony again, inviting Li Qian to appear as a guest of honor.
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I knew I couldn't hide from the silence on Saturday, so I didn't dare to say anything yesterday, and sure enough...
Fortunately, I still wrote 5,000 words.