058 Fans still have purchasing power left over
"This is a data collection done by Sony Music in several major record stores, and combined with the relevant data of your fan club, they made a survey report." Koshishi Takaki took out a report and handed it to Lin Junxiu. According to the rules of Johnnys' firm, or the unspoken rules of most Japanese brokerage companies, from the moment Lin Junxiu debuted, the brokerage company established a fan club for Lin Junxiu.
If you want to work hard in the Japanese entertainment industry, you must have some understanding of the establishment, operation and ownership of the fan club. For Japanese artists, fan clubs are the direct communication channel between them and fans. Many artists generally do not notify the media first when making major publications, but notify all fans through the fan club. Although fan clubs also charge fees, compared with the various preferential treatments reported to fans by fan clubs, this entry fee and annual fee are nothing.
At the same time, fan clubs are also an important channel for agency companies to regulate fan behavior. For a long time, the Japanese entertainment industry has not had the so-called "private family" because of the existence of the fan club. If you happen to like an artist in Japan and you have not joined the fan club to which the artist belongs, then you are a stranger to other fans of this artist. And you do not have the membership of a fan club, such as assisted shooting of TV programs, recruitment of extras recorded by PV, and obtaining tickets for concerts or singer clubs.
Lin Junxiu read the Sony Music investigation report and found that the songs that have driven the sales of her singles in the past three weeks were mainly "Little Silly Love" and two-thirds of the listeners who liked the song "Little Silly Love" are not members of their fan clubs, and even half of these buyers said that they would not join Lin Junxiu's fan club because of buying this single. On the contrary, Lin Junxiu's fans prefer "SUPER LOVER?I night?", but since this song has not been pushed hard, many fans' desire to buy has not been mobilized.
Of course, this is a big reason for the firm's laissez-faire to Lin Junxiu. With the operational capabilities of Johnnys' firm, they are fully capable of allowing fans to release all their purchasing power in the first week of the single being released. However, when Lin Junxiu is not settled with the firm now, what he is thinking about is how to release this wave of purchasing power, which may allow him to maintain the top three in the singles chart in the fifth and sixth weeks of the single being released. Lin Junxiu checked his announcement list, and the only notice that has influence recently is Asahi Taiwan's "Musi". This show has a good relationship with Johnnys' firm, but it only arranged a song for himself, and there was no special stage yet.
"Strive for the special stage of "Musi"? Do you want the singing time for three songs?" Koshi Takashu looked at Lin Junxiu in surprise. "This is just a regular series, not a two-hour or three-hour special series. Staff will not arrange such a long stage for you. Moreover, there will be a special stage at most for regular series. With your qualifications, you are not qualified to fight for it with other artists. Lin Jun, I think we should give up these unrealistic ideas."
"This is not an unrealistic idea!" Lin Junxiu said lightly, "As long as we can pay enough, we have the capital to exchange for this requirement. Even if we give me a special stage of skewers of three songs in the regular series, the entire duration is only about 10 minutes. For "Musi", it is just a squeezing out a little singer."
"Lin Jun, do you know how many record companies in Japan are focusing on the Staff of "Musi"?" Koishi asked, "Don't talk about the producers and live directors, even the production assistants of their production team can receive several calls every day for invitations to sit at the Ginza Club! Squeeze a little singer, do you know how much benefit this involves?"
"What if I publish an exclusive message in Musi? For example, I plan to retire temporarily." Lin Junxiu said casually.
The decision to temporarily retire was a decision he thought about during the rest of the past three days, because he found that he really couldn't hold on. He originally just regarded the Johnniez firm as a club activity. According to the customs of Japanese schools, the summer vacation of junior high school and senior high school is the time to withdraw from the club. Because the next six months will be the last sprint, hoping to get into a good school last chance. Lin Junxiu did not have his own academic master system, so he dared not bet on his future. Therefore, he temporarily took a break after the summer vacation and returned to the entertainment industry after getting into high school.
"Temporarily retreating? When? Why? Are you crazy?" Xiaoshi Xiaoshu was shocked by Lin Junxiu's thoughts.
"I've thought about it these few days." Lin Junxiu replied, "The grades in the second year of junior high school should be fine, but this is because I was just Little Johnny for a long time, and I have a lot of time to arrange for study. But now? For newcomers like me, it is required that four singles a year, and the single promotion will be filled with concerts or singers during the blank period. Xiaoshijun, do you think I still have time to study? For me, after getting into Amabu High School and then getting into Tokyo University is my established goal, and I must achieve this goal. The entertainment industry is not that important to me. And don't worry, I am still very confident about the day I returned to the entertainment industry. Now it depends on you and the business owners who don't have this confidence."
"Me? Does it matter if I have confidence?" Koshi Takashu smiled bitterly, "but the firm will definitely not agree."
"That's okay. My contract is signed every year. After I decided to debut at the beginning of the year, my contract was changed from the Johnniez contract to the Johnniez artist contract. You also know that the duration of this contract is not that long." Lin Junxiu said with a smile. "A signing a year can test whether I can be successful for one year. If I can't, I will let me go. If I can't, I will use the 'priority renewal rights' and 'no competition clause' to force me to continue to renew the contract. However, if I do not refuse to sign the contract, but choose to retire, these restrictions are meaningless. Therefore, the firm has only two choices. Either let me go and bet that I will never make a comeback in my life; or agree to me to temporarily withdraw, bet that I will still be successful in the entertainment industry in the future."
"You should talk to Julisan about this matter yourself!" Koshishi Takaki knew that Lin Junxiu and Keiko Fujishima had a good relationship, so he would not get involved in the conflict between them. After all, Keiko Fujima had no choice but to deal with Lin Junxiu, but there were ways to torture himself.
"No, let's take action first and then report." Lin Junxiu replied lightly.
What he bet now is that the relationship between Asahi Taiwan and Johnniez is limited to cooperation, and not to the level of interest. Otherwise, if it were Fuji Channel, Lin Junsoo would never dare to use this trick. Later, when SMAP was disbanded, with SMAP's popularity and status, coupled with the friendship of "SMAP×SMAP" production team for many years, he could not withstand the senior management of Fuji Channel, so he made the last program before SMAP disbanded and did not even have the chance to show up among members. Asahi Channel, they would definitely stand on their side for the news.
"Xiao Shijun, if you are worried about being fired by the firm, then you can just come to my company to work. At worst, I can create with peace of mind in the future, just be my copyright agent. Compared to being an artist agent, copyright agents are easier and more respectful."
After weighing the pros and cons, Takashu finally decided to stand on the same position as Lin Junxiu. After all, as Lin Junxiu's agent, Lin Junxiu is finished and he is not much better. Since he decided to participate in Lin Junxiu's action, Takashu Koshu contacted the producer of "Musi" through his personal relationship.
After three rounds of drinking, Koshi Takashi lowered his voice and said Lin Junxiu's request and the conditions he was willing to exchange. The producer's eyes immediately widened. Who is Lin Junxiu? The most popular debut artist now! According to everyone's estimate, it is absolutely no problem for his debut single to exceed one million. Best newcomer in the Golden Record Award is no problem, and maybe he can still compete in the best single. Such a promising singer suddenly decided to retire temporarily, which caused a high topic. He decided to maximize the benefits of this topic, and gave the special stage of the three songs! He also decided to turn this program into a "live broadcast" so that the firm would not interfere through senior management.
When Lin Junsoo and Koishi Takaki came to participate in the live broadcast of "Musi" according to the announcement time, they were taken off the car by the live director of the "Musi" program team to a relatively remote lounge. Outside the lounge were the people from the program team, and inside the lounge were the producers of "Musi", an executive of Asahi TV and the host of "Musi" Tamori.
Tamori knew about the deal at the first time, but he remained silent, but he still wanted to confirm this with Lin Junxiu in person. He asked very carefully: "Boy Lin, do you know what you will announce in Musi? With my understanding of the Johnniez firm, they will definitely completely ban you! If you regret it now, we can continue the live broadcast according to the backup plan, just pretend that everything has not happened."
Tamori really likes Lin Junxiu, so he is willing to say this. If there were no people of Tamori's level, the TV station and the program team would have to force Lin Junxiu to come on stage. Although Lin Junxiu's repentance now will lead to a ban from the TV station and the program team, at least he still has a breath. If Tamori continues to do "Musi" on Asahidian TV station in the future, there will be a chance to turn things around and let this matter be arranged to be reconciled on the show in a few years.
"Tamolisan, I am very grateful for your kindness. But I thought about this decision for a long time, because for me, Dongda University is my ultimate goal. The prerequisite for achieving this goal is that I can successfully enter Mabu High School in high school, but the problem now is that my acting career has seriously hindered my studies." Lin Junxiu said, "I just retired for a while, hoping that the firm can see my sincerity and future. But if the firm really wants to be so ruthless, I understand them too. But I will not regret today's decision. At worst, I will go from temporarily retreating to permanently saying goodbye to the entertainment industry. At least I still have a pen to write, and life in the future will not be a problem."
Chapter completed!