Lu Xi, Chen Xin, Li Feiyu, Chen Xiang and Li Mubai.
Lu Chen's bright eyes slowly swept across the faces of everyone present.
Some of them are relatives of Lu Chen, some are friends, some are former colleagues, and some are former fans.
By chance, everyone sat here together and formed a small team.
No matter what occupation or job they used to do, everyone now is a newcomer breaking into the entertainment circle, lacking enough experience and strength, and full of confusion about the future.
What gives Lu Chen confidence is the unity of this team!
The current studio is like a newly sprouted seedling, which is still very fragile, but the roots supporting the young leaves are flexible and full of vitality. Even in the face of the crushing of boulders and the baptism of storms, they still have the strength to persist.
He is fearless.
"Actually, everyone took the problem too seriously."
Lu Chen said with a smile: "We don't need to beat anyone. As long as this album is on the shelves, it will be a success, and we don't need to work hard to compete with others for the sales chart. The key is whether we can recover the cost."
"Our costs are very low."
The low production cost of the album "You at the Same Table" is beyond the imagination of most people in the industry.
Generally speaking, the production cost of a complete album with qualified or even excellent quality is between hundreds of thousands to millions.
And the total production cost of "You at the Same Table" is only 100,000!
All 10 songs were written by Lu Chen himself. He didn't need to spend a penny to buy songs from others, which first saved at least hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of expenses.
It is normal for a songwriter with a good reputation to charge tens of thousands for a song.
Secondly, in terms of arrangement, accompaniment and recording, Lu Chen did not choose a first-class production unit in the industry, such as a big company like Tianlai Workshop, but put it in the little-known Nirvana Studio.
That's another hundreds of thousands of savings!
According to Lin Zhijie, music director of Feishi Records, the real value of the album produced by Nirvana Studio for Lu Chen should be between 200,000 and 300,000, and he got a great deal.
The production cost of 100,000 is only equivalent to the 10-day price of an ordinary advertising space on Feixun Music Network!
Including this advertising fee, the cost after excluding labor is only 200,000!
According to the contract signed between Lu Chen Studio and Feixun Music, "You at the Same Table" only sells albums and does not split singles. The price is 10 yuan per piece for ordinary members, and 20% off for VIP members.
The share between Luchen Studio and Feixun Music is 50%, and each party will get half.
Even if everything is at the VIP price, as long as 50,000 copies are sold, the cost can be recovered, and the excess is net profit.
Such a profit rate cannot be matched by Cui Zhengzhi, Zou Bei, or Ling Xiaoxiao.
They have invested tens of millions in advertising fees for the album, plus production costs, they have to sell at least 400,000 to 500,000 copies to keep their breakeven, which is a sales performance that is completely impossible to achieve unless they cheat.
Of course, whether it is Cui Zhengzhi, or Zou Bei, Ling Xiaoxiao, the company they signed cannot think of selling albums online to recoup costs, mainly through the artist's commercial performances, advertisements, peripherals, etc. to make profits.
Therefore, the goals of the two parties were different from the beginning.
Lu Chen's requirements are not high, and he is satisfied with getting back the cost. As long as the word-of-mouth of the album is released, the popularity and reputation in the circle will increase, and there will be opportunities to make money later.
Therefore, Lu Chen didn't need to fight against them, let alone spend money desperately to gamble.
"We just have to do our own thing!"
Lu Chen said to everyone: "He insists on letting him do what he wants, so what does it matter if it was released on the same day as Cui Zhengzhi? Our goal is to sell 50,000, and if we reach 50,000, we win!"
"50,000 small things..."
Li Mubai said disapprovingly: "The Lu Family Army has more than 50,000 members, the live broadcast room has over a million followers, and the Inspur blog has 5 million followers!"
Lu Chen smiled and shook his head. Apart from Lu Jiajun's hardcore fans, it is completely unknown how many fans of the live broadcast room and Inspur blog can be converted into paying users, especially the fans of the blog are extremely moisture.
His Inspur blog has more than 5 million followers, which meets the basic requirements of a big V, but passers-by account for the majority, and many of them were attracted by the last two blog battles, and they are not real fans.
It would be naive to expect these passer-by fans to pay for songs.
Of course, with the support of Lu Jiajun's die-hard fans, there shouldn't be any problem with sales of 50,000.
Compared with Fetion Music's online sales, Lu Chen actually pays more attention to albums, that's really compelling!
drop!
At this moment, Lu Xi's cell phone on the desk suddenly rang.
She picked it up and checked it, then turned on her computer: "Xiaomei said there is news for us to see."
Miss Xiaomei, Chen Xiaomei, works as the receptionist in Lu Chen's studio. In her spare time, she also helps Lu Xi search and browse the news on the Internet, especially gossip news and insider revelations in the entertainment industry.
Now she sent a video link to Lu Xi's Fetion.
"Cui Zhengzhi's..."
Lu Xi clicked on the link, and turned the computer screen over for everyone to see together.
The source of the video is Inspur Entertainment Channel, and the content is an exclusive interview with Cui Zhengzhi by a reporter from Inspur.
Inspur.com is one of the largest portal websites in China. It owns two advantageous resources, Inspur Blog and Inspur Games. Therefore, the entertainment channel of Inspur.com has great influence in the entertainment circle.
But it is not easy to get an exclusive interview from Inspur. Unless there are real materials, it must be paid for, which is also an important part of publicity and hype.
On the 27-inch high-definition screen, Cui Zhengzhi was talking to the entertainment reporter's microphone.
Inspur Entertainment asked: "Mr. Cui Zhengzhi, I heard that your first solo album will be released soon?"
Cui Zhengzhi smiled and said: "Yes, it will be released on Feixun Music on the 8th of this month. Everyone is welcome to subscribe and buy."
Cui Zhengzhi is 20 years old this year, 2 years younger than Lu Chen. He first worked as a trainee at the KG agency in Korea for 3 years, and then returned to China to make his official debut.
Last year, he participated in Shonan Satellite TV's "Super Boy" audition for the first time, and Choi Jung-ji won the runner-up title. He is good at singing and dancing and has a strong Korean star temperament, so he is loved by many boys and girls.
Inspur Entertainment: "Then what is the style of your album?"
Cui Zhengzhi replied without hesitation: "Passionate and enthusiastic, it can make everyone's heart beat faster. Among the ten songs, I wrote four of them myself. I believe I will not disappoint everyone!"
Inspur Entertainment Ji said with a smile: "Everyone says you are a very talented singer-songwriter. As far as I know, this year's Sing China champion Lu Chen will also release his album on Feixun Music on the same day. You Is there any pressure?"
Hearing the obviously provocative question from this Inspur entertainment reporter, everyone finally understood why Miss Xiaomei sent this interview video to Lu Xi to watch.
"Without any pressure!"
Cui Zhengzhi smiled confidently: "Lu Chen is a very strong singer-songwriter, but I am stronger than him, and my album is even better, so the winner must be me!"
"He's crazy!"
Chen Xin couldn't help but said, "I don't even care about Brother Chen."
Li Mubai clenched his fists: "This guy..."
Cui Zhengzhi is indeed crazy, and he is not generally confident, as if his personality is like this.
But in the eyes of fans, Cui Zhengzhi is sincere and not hypocritical, and what he says is not hypocritical.
But if you really think that he has no scheming and foolishness, then you are very wrong!
This new artist who has returned from Korea knows how to read the dishes under the pot, and he still behaves modestly when it is time to be humble.
As for Lu Chen, it was obviously not the object of his modesty.
Inspur Entertainment Ji obviously liked this topic very much, and asked further: "Why do you have such great confidence, the reviews of several songs in Lu Chen's album are still very good."
Cui Zhengzhi nodded and said: "The songs he wrote are good, but they are really outdated. They belong to the nostalgic style of the 1980s and 1990s, and I know what songs young people like me really like!"
"Fuck!"
Li Feiyu's lungs almost exploded when he heard it: "It's so shameless!"
He said it was good, but in fact he stepped on Lu Chen directly, and anyone could hear the sarcasm in his words.
You said it's okay to say this to others in private, but the public interview is so defiant, not to mention Li Feiyu and Li Mubai, even Lu Chen frowned.
Even the clay figurines are still angry!
He was trampled on the head, if he is still indifferent, what kind of man can he be
Lu Chen is not a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle!
Chen Xiang said angrily: "I liked him quite a bit before, but now I know how annoying he is!"
Lu Xi said with a sullen face: "He is deliberately hyping up the topic."
After a period of study and research, my sister has a basic understanding of all kinds of hype in the entertainment industry. She can tell at a glance what kind of oboe Cui Zhengzhi and Inspur Entertainment are singing.
This kind of hype can be regarded as very careful and controlled.
But also unbearable!
The key is that Cui Zhengzhi is not afraid of being said, he is fully sure that he can surpass Lu Chen in terms of sales.
With so many advertisements thrown down, it could kill Lu Chen.
Winners go beyond condemnation, fans only praise!
Lu Chen suddenly laughed, and said, "It doesn't look like it's worth it if you don't take it seriously, sister, then let's spend some money to hype it up on the Internet, no, it's publicity!"
Originally, Lu Chen didn't want to spend too much money on the promotion of this album, but now his thoughts have changed.
Lu Xi's eyes lit up immediately: "Do you have any good ideas?"
Lu Chen said: "Let me think about it first..."
He stared at Cui Zhengzhi who was in high spirits on the screen, and there was a little coldness in his eyes.
Since you want to fight, let's have a good fight!