Zhou Yan finished shopping for clothes with Wang Zuxian and just came out of the mall when he received another call from Xu Xiangjie.
The annual holiday at Huanyin Company is over and work has started today. Xu Xiangjie should be here to report on his work.
Although Huanyin is a branch of Zhou Entertainment, and the general manager of Zhou Entertainment is Xu Junrong, and the boss is Zhou Hong, Xu Xiangjie now reports directly to Zhou Yan for most business matters. Everyone is used to it, and it doesn't matter. Think he is overstepping.
The main reason is that Xu Xiangjie has many things and must communicate directly with Zhou Yan.
After the annual leave and starting to go to work, Xu Xiangjie was in a good mood and said with a smile, "Boss, good work begins."
Xu Xiangjie is not old, and Huanyin's development is also booming, so he is very motivated.
If the company hadn't stipulated that work should start on the eleventh day of the new year, he would have liked to start work after the new year.
"Have you given out red envelopes for the start of work?" Zhou Yan asked with a smile.
Xu Xiangjie is not only in charge of the entertainment department now, he is basically in charge of the entire Phantom Sound. Although he is not the general manager yet, he does all the work that a general manager should do. Naturally, he is in charge of handing out red envelopes for the start of work.
And according to the current situation, he will assume the position of general manager sooner or later.
"It has been distributed. Everyone is very happy to get the red envelope."
There are not many red envelopes for starting work, only a few hundred yuan when converted into RMB, but everyone is very happy to have a red envelope for starting work.
"You called here just to say that construction is ready. Do you have anything else?" Zhou Yan asked.
"There is nothing special. I mainly want to report on the progress of several works. Zhou Chuanxiong's new album is being adjusted, and his personal image has also been transformed."
After signing Zhou Chuanxiong last year, Xu Xiangjie reported to Zhou Yan that Zhou Chuanxiong had a new album he was working on called "My Heart is Too Confused".
After Zhou Chuanxiong was "sold" to Phantom Sound, he rushed to Xu Xiangjie with great eagerness, hoping that Xu Xiangjie could support him in completing this album.
But after Xu Xiangjie reported to Zhou Yan, Zhou Yan told them not to worry.
Zhou Yan said not to be anxious, but Zhou Chuanxiong was extremely anxious because he was almost ready for the new album. If Huanyin didn't help him with it, all his previous efforts would be in vain.
After telling them not to worry, Zhou Yan first took a look at the songs from Zhou Chuanxiong's new album.
In fact, the overall problem is not big. It is that Zhou Chuanxiong's old style is not particularly eye-catching, but there are also popular elements, such as "My Heart is Too Confused" and "Warm Wind", which are actually very popular nowadays.
However, Zhou Yan feels that the entire album is too homogeneous. After listening to several songs, it feels like one song.
There are only ten songs in the album, which is a small number. If the songs were more homogeneous, it would give fans a bad feeling.
In addition, Zhou Chuanxiong's current image also has some problems. Let's not talk about whether he is ugly or not. Anyway, he has no characteristics and it is difficult for people to remember him.
Therefore, Zhou Yan gave them two suggestions.
First, start with the songs themselves in the album, either weaken the homogeneity of the songs or increase the number of songs.
The former is actually a little more difficult, because Zhou Chuanxiong is not a player with changeable styles, and his homogeneity is difficult to change.
Zhou Yan also knew that it would be difficult for him to change, so he gave another option, which was to increase the number of songs and change the original ten songs to twelve or even thirteen songs.
Although homogeneity cannot change it, if there are two or three more songs in the album, it will give fans a very different feeling. Winning with quantity is sometimes very useful.
Second, change Zhou Chuanxiong's image, such as growing a beard, cutting his hair short, etc. Regarding this, Zhou Yan did not go into details and asked them to contact the stylist to figure it out.
Regarding the first suggestion, Zhou Chuanxiong was very happy to hear it, mainly because Zhou Yan was willing to let him increase the number of songs in the album.
Although Zhou Chuanxiong's songwriting is highly homogeneous, his speed is very fast and his output is extremely high. It is really easy for him to write a few more songs for the album.
Usually, singers are willing to add more songs to the album, but the company may not be willing to do so, because adding one more song will increase the cost of the album a lot, and this money is the company's resources invested in the singer.
Regarding the second point, Zhou Chuanxiong was very distressed when he first heard about it. He didn’t know how to change his hair style at all. Especially when he heard that he might have to cut his hair short, his scalp went numb because he knew he wouldn’t look good with short hair.
But when the boss spoke, he could only cooperate with the stylist to make adjustments.
"What's his appearance now?" Zhou Yan was first concerned about his appearance.
"Growing a little beard makes me feel better than before."
Zhou Yan smiled, and sure enough he still grew a beard.
"Where's the song?"
"I have made some adjustments. The previous song list has been reduced by two songs, and four songs have been added. Now it is twelve songs."
"Well, send me these twelve songs later." Zhou Yan thought for a while and then said, "Also, when releasing a new album this time, don't use his stage name Xiaogang."
"Would you like to change your stage name?" Xu Xiangjie asked curiously, "What would be a better choice?"
"No need to change, just use your real name."
Xu Xiangjie smiled and said, "Indeed, his real name is quite nice, and he has the same last name as the boss."
Since Zhou Chuanxiong's official debut, he has been using the stage name "Xiao Gang".
The reason why he chose such a stage name at that time was also related to Zhou Chuanxiong's own experience. When he was eighteen years old, he participated in an inter-school music composition competition and hoped to join the Little Tigers, but he gave up in the end and did not join.
The name "Xiao Gang" sounds quite juvenile.
It's just that after so many years, Zhou Chuanxiong is already twenty-seven years old and is no longer the boy he was back then. If he still wants to follow the same path at this time, it will definitely not work.
Originally, Xu Xiangjie wanted to give Zhou Chuanxiong a stage name that was more mature and had the feel of an idol drama, but after hearing what Zhou Yan said, he also thought his real name was pretty good.
"Is there anything else?" Zhou Yan asked.
"Well, there is also the fact that Mayday are preparing their own album."
"What's the clue?"
"Not yet."
In fact, the members of Mayday had been clamoring to make their own album before. Of course Zhou Yan had no objection to this. He just told them that they could make an album, but they had to write the songs first and send them to him.
As a producer, he would help them choose songs.
If the quality of the songs is not up to standard, the album should not be released.
Ever since Zhou Yan said this, they have been under great pressure because Zhou Yan's level is too high and they are afraid that Zhou Yan will not like what they write.
Therefore, after such a long time, they have not shown Zhou Yan the songs for the album. Zhou Yan didn't care about this. The boys in Mayday were still young. There was no need to release an album for them too early. It was better to let them practice and accumulate experience.
"What about everyone else, how is Wang Lihong's single release going?"
"I was about to report this matter. Wang Lihong's single will be released on the 15th next month."
The single they are talking about is "howlongwilliloveyou", which will be released in North America soon.
Zhou Yan counted the days, and there was still nearly a month until the first of next month.
"How is the publicity work going?"
"It has just started. "Allofme" is very popular this time, so the publicity work should be easy."
"You still need to pay more attention. Now that you've decided, don't worry about spending money. This song is very important to Wang Lihong's future development in the European and American music scene."
Originally, Xu Xiangjie was quite relaxed, but after hearing what Zhou Yan said, he became more stressed again. He was afraid that if he didn't do well later, he would disappoint Zhou Yan.
"Don't worry, boss, we will not take it lightly. We also leave the publicity matters to professional people, and Tomson is also very helpful to us."
Tomson developed earlier in Europe and the United States, and there are places where it can help Phantom Sound.
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If nothing else, it can at least help them contact professional companies and prevent them from being ripped off.
Tomson has cooperated with Sony Music, Columbia Records and Warner Music, and Tomson doesn't care much about the relationship between these cooperations. After all, their music industry is basically dominated by Zhou Yan alone.
Therefore, these relationships can be shared with Phantom Sound.
……
Zhou Yan hung up Xu Xiangjie's phone, and Wang Zuxian next to him smiled and said, "Is the song sung for Wang Lihong going to be released in the United States?"
"Yes." Zhou Yan nodded, "In the middle of next month, North American fans will be able to hear the theme song of "Space Traveler"."
"I hope this single will be liked by fans and lay the foundation for the release of subsequent movies."
""Allofme" has become very popular in the United States in the past few days, and the foundation has been laid."
"I knew that "allofme" would be very popular among European and American fans."
Zhou Yan gave a thumbs up, "Classmate Wang is indeed very discerning."
Wang Zuxian was amused by Zhou Yan's strange appearance, "Hui, you are so big."
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In the past few days, the pop music scene in Europe and the United States has been abuzz with the popular song "All of Me" and Mariah Carey's upcoming "Bleeding Love", when a piece of news related to another song suddenly appeared.
At first, when this news came out, no one paid much attention, but soon people discovered that this song, like the other two songs, was from the movie "About Time".
"What, another song is coming out?"
At jive company, Jeff Brown couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard the assistant's report. He had just called Zhang Youan, but unexpectedly another song from the movie came out.
"What's the name of the song? Who sang it?"
"The song is called "How Long Willi Love You", and the singer is a person I've never heard of. His name is Leehomwang."
"As soon as you hear this name, you will know that it is Chinese."
"It should be so. I haven't seen any information about this singer yet, but I believe there will be information soon. When I get the information about this singer, I will report to you as soon as possible."
Jeff Brown waved his hand, "No need to rush to report, this is not a very important thing. For us, what is important now is to know how many songs there are in this movie, and whether there are any songs that can be given to the Backstreet Boys." Use.”
The assistant licked his lips and said, "We don't have to insist on inviting songs to the Backstreet Boys. Maybe we can also invite other singers in our company to sing, so that the scope is wider."
Brown curled his lips and said, "Of course I want to, but Y may not be willing. He has a good impression of the Backstreet Boys and is willing to sing to them, but others may not be willing."
"Y's temperament is too difficult to figure out." The assistant couldn't help but muttered.
Jeff Brown squinted his eyes. He understood that it wasn't that Y's temperament was hard to figure out, but that there were too many requests for Y's songs. In addition, Y himself didn't make money by writing songs for others, so he seemed a little more casual.
Everyone wants Y to write songs for them, but Y writes songs just by chance. Most of the time, he scores music for film and television works and then turns it into a song.
So this time Y's new movie comes out, and there are several songs in it one after another. Jeff Brown attaches so much importance to it. If he misses this opportunity, he doesn't know when he will get the chance to get Y's songs next time.
It's just that he has already called Zhang Youan, and it's not easy to call again now about inviting him to sing.
After pondering for a moment, Jeff Brown asked, "When will this new song be released?"
"The fifteenth of next month."
"On the 15th of next month..." Jeff Brown's eyes lit up, "Will Nick and the others have a show in Los Angeles on the 16th?"
The assistant nodded, "Yes, the night of the 16th."
"You should contact the singer's company to see if he is willing to attend the performance on the night of the 16th as a guest." Jeff Brown said.
The assistant knew that Jeff Brown wanted to show his goodwill to Y through this singer, but the assistant felt that this was of little significance.
In his opinion, the relationship between the singer and Y is an ordinary cooperative relationship, just like the Backstreet Boys and Y. What is the use of having the singer be a guest for the Backstreet Boys?
Seeing the assistant's hesitation, Jeff Brown urged, "Go now and arrange things if the other party is willing."
Since Jeff Brown said so, the assistant said nothing more, nodded and walked out.
When the assistant walked out, Jeff Brown shook his head. His assistant was still not flexible enough.
That leehomwang sounds Chinese at first glance. Y’s previous songs were either given to Mariah Carey or Celine Dion, but now they are given to a Chinese singer and he is asked to release a single in the United States. It can be seen that Y This singer is unusual.
Besides, even if Leehom and Y just have an ordinary cooperative relationship, it won't be a loss at all if we can hire him.
It seemed that the invitation to the other party to participate in the performance was to let the other party gain the fame of the Backstreet Boys, but in fact, during this period, because of "All of Me" and the song "Bleeding Love" that did not come out, Leehom's song must have been very popular after it came out.
This heat can last at least a few days.
It is even said that Leehom may be singing his new song for the first time in Europe and the United States that day.
Therefore, the other party may not be able to agree to this invitation. (End of chapter)