Chapter 139 - Lu Chen's Ideas
"Tellme exactly what you think…"
Lin Zhijieasked Lu Chen, "What is your idea about the release of this alb.u.m?"
Afterlistening to the seven songs in Lu Chen's debut alb.u.m in the studio, he gave alot of advice to w.a.n.g Jing and w.a.n.g Hui. In the end, that wasn't enough. He tookLu Chen to the reception room and asked about the issue in the release.
Originally,Lin Zhijie made an appointment with Lu Chen to persuade him to join FlyingStone Records, but he failed to achieve his goal.
With themindset of helping newcomers, he did not mind helping Lu Chen with a smallfavor.
All of asudden, Lin Zhijie became interested in the alb.u.m Lu Chen was making, so he wentto this small studio to try it out. As a result, he listened to it!
As the musicdirector of Flying Stone Records, Lin Zhijie is also a person who haveexperienced a lot in the industry. He is acutely aware that in addition to thequality of the work itself, Lu Chen's alb.u.m has a very unified and distinctivestyle, with the main theme being nostalgia.
Completelydifferent from the most popular pop songs these days, Lu Chen's target audienceis obviously not teenage boys and girls, but pop music lovers born in the1970s, 1980s and early 1990s.
This is ahuge group!
The domesticpop music, in the 1980s and 1990s, once had innumerable glory. After enteringthe new century, it was influenced by the pop trend of Europe, United States,j.a.pan and South Korea, and finally formed the current pattern.
What's popularnowadays? It's new idol, young and handsome men, fast songs and dance, rap songs…The new generation of young people pursue fas.h.i.+on and wors.h.i.+p stars. They arefull of rebellious spirit, and don't like the traditional way.
The parentsof these young boys and girls are the backbone of society, and most of themhave good economic conditions. Therefore, they are willing to spend money topursue stars. They like to buy the peripheral products of star idols. Theydon't care if they spend hundreds or thousands of money at a concert.
As a result,domestic entertainment media companies are desperately trying to cater to theirtastes, introducing products from Europe, United States, j.a.pan and South Koreato be localized, and making a lot of money by relying on the fan economy.
The compet.i.tionamong entertainment companies is so fierce that artists are trained in large quant.i.tiesjust like a.s.sembly-line products, trying their best to consume the huge marketbrought about by young fans.
But whatabout the people of the 1970s or 1980s?
They maypa.s.sively accept new music and may like new idols. However, there are stillmany, many people who miss and adhere the cla.s.sics of the past.
The mosttypical example is Tan Hong, who is almost retired. Last year, he held aconcert at the National Stadium in Beijing. Tens of thousands of tickets wa.s.sold out in three days!
Why? BecauseTan Hong still has thousands of fans who like him. They may not be longer beyoung any more, but the strength they have is still strong, but they are not aswilling to spend money on idols as young people.
Lu Chen'salb.u.m, the seven songs that have been completed are all folk songs. With astrong taste of nostalgia, the talent and intention he showed in it moved LinZhijie!
So LinZhijie wants to help Lu Chen in terms of sales and distribution, so that thisalb.u.m will not be dusty.
It deservesthe honor it deserves!
Lu Chen andLu Xi looked at each other, and the former indicates that he will answer LinZhijie's question himself.
Lu Chenthought for a moment and said, "Teacher Lin, it's like this…"
Lu Chen'sidea is to make his debut alb.u.m, including CD and USB, through Flying StoneRecords, which is divided into three versions, namely, the regular version, thecollector's version and the deluxe version, using fans order to determine thequant.i.ty.
