Chapter 303 Insider information, King of Heaven’s new album

Donghai New Fashion Music Festival scene.

This is a music festival jointly organized by many domestic record companies and entertainment companies. At this time of year, many big names in the industry are invited to help out.

The purpose of this music festival is to explore avant-garde music. Every year, many bands and independent musicians gather at East Coast Marine Park to exchange music.

The organizer has a wide network of contacts and will invite many celebrities to help out every time.

Fang Xing also received the invitation letter, but he is very busy recently and is catching up on the progress of his new album.

However, Liang Yusong, as a veteran musician of Songshi Records, participated in this music festival on behalf of the company.

In addition to Songshi Records, all major domestic record companies have received invitations.

Puxiang Records and Mailin Records are naturally among them.

Although there is competition between Songshi, Puxiang and Mailin, the music industry is actually only that big.

Liang Yusong knows many musicians from record companies, and he can chat politely with them when they meet.

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In addition to musicians, the music festival also attracts many entertainment journalists.

Celebrity-gathering events like this often make breaking news.

Therefore, many entertainment reporters gathered around the venue, waiting to interview the big names participating in the music festival.

Every time, as soon as a star comes out of the venue after attending an event, a large group of reporters will surround him, get in the face of the star, and start asking for tidbits.

During interviews, once a bigger celebrity comes out, the reporters will immediately disperse to surround the big celebrity.

The Catfish Band is a new band that has participated in some band shows. Although they have not received high rankings, they are still somewhat popular.

The members of the Catfish band were happily being interviewed by reporters.

At this moment.

A musician wearing sunglasses and escorted by his management team came out of the venue.

When entertainment reporters spotted the musician, someone immediately shouted out: "It's Xu Shangyan! Come on, come on, come on...it's Xu Shangyan!"

The surrounding reporters instantly changed their targets, leaving the Catfish Band in place, and all went to surround Xu Shangyan.

The lead singer of the Catfish Band was originally answering a reporter's question. He was only halfway through answering the question when all the reporters in front of him ran away in the blink of an eye, causing his answer to come to an abrupt end. The scene was very embarrassing for a time. Fortunately, no one paid attention to them.

Because everyone is paying attention to Xu Shangyan.

Who is Xu Shangyan?

The head producer of Mailin Records and the producer of the new generation of music king Tan Zhiguan.

It can be said that Tan Zhiguan was created by Xu Shangyan and Mailin Records.

Xu Shangyan is a music giant with both strength and fame.

There is no comparison between a band like Catfish Band and Xu Shangyan.

Therefore, entertainment reporters were very realistic and dismissed Catfish Band as soon as they saw Xu Shangyan.

Although the Catfish Band felt a little embarrassed, they didn't dare to complain about it.

Because they know very well that they and Xu Shangyan are not on the same level at all.

If it weren't for the fact that there were so many reporters surrounding Xu Shangyan, the Catfish Band would have wanted to go up to say hello and ask for autographs.

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"Teacher Xu, Teacher Xu...can I ask you a few questions?"

More than a dozen microphones were thrown in front of Xu Shangyan, directly blocking his way.

In this kind of public situation, as a public figure, even if you are very impatient, you cannot show it.

Xu Shangyan maintained a good attitude, smiling and waving hello to reporters.

The assistant next to him said loudly: "Dear friends from the media, Teacher Xu is busy today, so we only have ten minutes, so we will ask selective questions one by one."

When the reporter heard that he only had ten minutes, he pushed forward more and more fiercely, trying to put the microphone in front of Xu Shangyan.

Because there are logos of various media on the microphone, if you put the microphone in front of Xu Shangyan, you will get results.

Moreover, reporters are particularly crazy today.

Because Mailin Records has made a big move recently, a big move that only happens once in five years.

The reporter who was crowded at the front was the first to ask: "Teacher Xu, last month Mailin Records released a photo, which was rumored to be a promotional photo for King of Heaven's MV.

"Is Mailin Records going to release a new album for the king? I remember when you were interviewed last year, you said that you were preparing for a new album. It has been a year. Has the new album been released?"

When Xu Shangyan heard this question, he was not surprised and answered calmly: "Everyone will wait and see."

After Tan Zhiguan swept the three major Golden Melody Awards five years ago and became the king of the music industry in one fell swoop, he did not release a new album for five years.

In fact, this situation is very common in the music industry.

After a singer becomes famous, he will slow down the pace of releasing new albums.

Especially singers at the level of kings and queens. For them, they would rather not release a new album than release an album that doesn't sell well.

After all, when you reach the level of a king or queen, you have already accumulated many albums and have endless songs to sing during concerts. Even if you don't release a new album, it won't affect your stardom.

However, once a new album is released, if the sales of the new album fail, it will affect the popularity.

Tan Zhiguan is not immune. After sweeping the three major Golden Melody Awards five years ago, he has only sung two film and television theme songs and has not released a new album in five years.

Although Tan Zhiguan is already over forty, he is actually considered young among the kings.

Still in his prime, many fans are waiting for his new album.

Since last year, Xu Shangyan and Tan Zhiguan have mentioned in interviews with reporters that they are preparing for a new album.

For famous singers, the time to prepare an album is uncertain, it can take one year, two years, or even several years.

Because songs need to be carefully selected, I would rather go slower and ensure the quality of the songs.

Therefore, since last year, news about Tan Zhiguan's new album has spread on the Internet from time to time, but it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false.

Until last month, the official Weibo of Mailin Records released a photo that looked very much like a MV still.

This is equivalent to officially announcing that Tan Zhiguan's new album is coming.

At that time, this MV stills was also on the hot search.

Also starting last month, Xu Shangyan had to answer questions about the new album every time he was stopped by reporters.

He has long been accustomed to dealing with it, and his answer is always: "We will wait and see."

It was not easy to block Xu Shangyan.

Naturally, these entertainment reporters refused to give up and continued to ask: "Tan Tianwang has not released a new album for five years. Is it because he is worried that the new album will overturn and that the sales volume will not affect his popularity?"

Xu Shangyan looked at the reporter, chuckled and asked, "Have I ever rolled over?"

A reporter nearby who was stirring up news felt that the reporter who asked the question was not sharp at all, so he pressed forward and asked: "Teacher Xu, I heard that the reason why Tan Tianwang released a new album this time is because Pengcheng Capital, the holding company of Mailin Records, has had many consecutive releases.

A project suffered a loss.

"In order to make up for the losses of Pengcheng Capital, Mailin Records has to let Tan Tianwang release a new album to make money, is that right?"

When Xu Shangyan heard this question, his expression stiffened for a moment, but he quickly recovered his smile and replied: "I don't know where such ridiculous rumors came from."

The reporter from Provoking News continued to ask: "We have reliable news channels. The news comes from the financial industry. Please answer directly. Are you trying to make money by using the reputation of the King of Heaven to make money?"

"Nonsense! Regarding Zhiguan's new album, we started preparations last year and have been preparing for more than a year." Xu Shangyan immediately sternly scolded.

The reporter who was stirring up the news became more and more sharp with his questions, and the reporter next to him took the initiative to give up his position to him.

Because it doesn’t matter who asks the question, as long as the question leads to breaking news and the interview is captured on video, it will make headlines.

The surrounding reporters stepped aside, and the reporter who was stirring up the news stood in front of Xu Shangyan and continued to ask questions: "Mr. Xu, the news I got is not like this.

"I heard that you are not satisfied with the songs of the King's new album. The original plan was to continue preparations for more than half a year, but the holding company of Mailin Records has suffered continuous losses and is in urgent need of blood.

"Mailin Records cannot withstand the pressure from the holding company and has no choice but to advance the album release plan. Is that right?"

Xu Shangyan said righteously: "I don't know where you heard the rumor. I produced Zhiguan's new album. Every song is carefully selected and full of sincerity. There is no advance plan."

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The reporter who stirred up the news raised a smile and continued to ask: "I also received news that because the new album plan was advanced, you and Tan Tianwang had a quarrel in the recording studio. Is that right?"

Xu Shangyan immediately denied: "I don't know what you mean by quarreling. Zhiguan and I are both musicians who have very high requirements for music. It is normal to have occasional arguments about music. This exactly represents how we treat our work."

Attitude, serious and rigorous.”

The reporter from Provoking News changed the topic and said: "In other words, King of Heaven's new album is indeed coming soon, right? When will it be released specifically? Is it at the end of this month? Or at the beginning of next month?"

Xu Shangyan frowned and realized that he had been bypassed by this reporter.

Although he has been denying the "rumors" mentioned by reporters, this is equivalent to indirectly admitting that the King of Merlin is going to release a new album.

Xu Shangyan took a breath, calmed down, and answered in a very official tone: "We will announce it when the time is right. My time is almost up, if there are no other questions..."
To be continued...