Chapter 1328 Recording a Chinese Album
Do it as you say it, this has always been Kim Yu-fan's character and habit. Since he selected ten new songs for Chinese songs, Kim Yu-fan naturally felt increasingly unbearable and wanted to make all these songs as soon as possible.
However, as the end of the year approaches, the emergence of various award ceremony has forced Kim Yu-hwan to stop recording the third regular Chinese album. Instead, he chose to take the artists from the MC family to participate in the Christmas music show held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and then participated in the MBC Performing Arts Awards by himself. After rejecting several invitations under the pretext of preparing to record a new album, he finally had time.
So Kim Yu-fan took Lu He, Zhao Jingquan and others to fly directly to China, and went to MC China branch to prepare for the formal production of his third regular Chinese album.
Of course, Kim Yu-fan can completely choose to produce his third regular Chinese album at the MC company headquarters. The reason why he chose to go to the Chinese branch this time was very simple, that is, check the situation of the MC China branch and see if all aspects can keep up.
Because once Kim Yu-fan goes to the MC China branch to record his third regular Chinese album, he can check out many things at that time, such as the ability and quality of the staff, the recording engineer, equipment, recording environment, and staff around the album in all aspects.
Although Kim Yu-fan has great trust in Hong Seung-sung's ability, he also knows that Hong Seung-sung personally went to China to take charge and built the foundation and foundation of the MC China branch before returning, but after all, the construction has not officially started before, and no one has officially gone to the MC China branch to record a regular album. This time Kim Yu-fan plans to go to the MC China branch to record a new album and check the MC China branch carefully.
The arrival of Kim Yu-hwan, the big boss, certainly made the MC China branch be on guard, especially knowing that Kim Yu-hwan plans to record his third regular Chinese album and return to the Chinese music scene, which made all the employees of MC China branch cheer up.
Because all employees know whether Kim Yu-fan, the big boss, can satisfy him, whether the company can get more resources to grow and grow in the future, and whether the MC China branch can gain a foothold in the Chinese music scene, the key is to look at Kim Yu-fan's third regular Chinese album.
"President, you are here." As Kim Yu-fan and his group arrived at the gate of MC China Branch, Chen Le had long led the employees of MC China Branch to be on high alert, and Chen Le even came directly to welcome Kim Yu-fan.
"Hehe, Brother Le, you are older than me, don't call me a president, you can't grow. Just call me Xiao Jin, Yu Fan, so do you, don't be so unfamiliar." Facing Chen Le's greeting, Kim Yu Fan said with a smile.
"Haha, I know President Jin!" Chen Le nodded with a smile, but there was no change in the title.
A joke, if Kim Yu-fan and Hong Seung-sung choose to become the head of MC China branch, does Chen Le really have only management skills, no brains, and no understanding of the worldly ways?
It is obviously impossible. If Chen Le didn't even have this brain, then Kim Yu-fan and Hong Seung-sung would not have chosen Chen Le to be the general manager of MC China Branch.
You should know that MC China Branch is located in China, and China is a country that is very humane and worldly. In this country, if you want to stand out, you must not only have strength, but also have eyesight and know how to be a human being.
Look at those real people and those related fields of work that they are engaged in, these big bosses can only be considered medium to the maximum extent. They even have a little knowledge or even no knowledge at all, but they can easily put the so-called experts in these fields into their efforts.
This seems to verify the saying that even if a person has the strength, he will work for those who know how to be a person and know how to be a person.
All of this is on the surface. If you want to gain a foothold and grow in China, this person in charge must be a person who understands the world and is very good at being a human being.
You know, this is the case in Hong Shengcheng. When it comes to music, TV series, movies and variety shows, Hong Shengcheng is really not very clear. Even to put it bluntly, he understands a little, but he doesn’t understand it either.
But why did Hong Seung-sung become the president of MC and gain Kim Yu-fan's extremely trust? It is because Hong Seung-sung knows how to be a human being and can handle everything in the company well, and there is no need for Kim Yu-fan to worry about it.
Is Chen Le the kind of person who bows his head and works hard? Obviously not. On the contrary, Chen Le is still a very eye-catching, quick-responsive and very sensible person. Therefore, when facing Kim Yu-fan's request to change his title, making everyone more friendly, Chen Le did not take it seriously, and insisted on calling Kim Yu-fan President Kim.
Chen Le knew very well that Kim Yu-fan was just talking casually. If he didn't speak nicely, he just pretended to behave. If he really took it seriously, he would be stupid.
Of course, Chen Le also knew that maybe Kim Yu-hwan was not talking casually, or Kim Yu-hwan's original personality was like this. But at least so far, after not being completely familiar with Kim Yu-hwan, he has established a good personal relationship. Chen Le did not intend to change his title.
"By the way, Brother Le, how many employees do we have at present in our MC China branch?" Under Chen Le's leadership, Kim Yu-fan and his group walked into the company. After looking at the branch that seemed to have completely changed in a few months, Kim Yu-fan couldn't help but like Hong Shengcheng's work ability in his heart, and then asked curiously.
"Because President Hong Shengcheng said that the Chinese market will become the first market that the head office pays attention to by then, and the next step is that missA officially enters the Chinese market, so there is no need to worry about the lack of enough personnel. With the support of the president, President Hong Shengcheng mentioned it, so during this period, our company has been vigorously looking for and exploring talents from related fields. Currently, there are 67 staff members, including 50 of them are around artists, staff from all walks of life, and there are seventeen, including me, who are left-behind members of the company, responsible for publicity, planning and other work."
Kim Yu-fan nodded and thought for a while and said, "The number of people is still a bit small. After all, China is different from South Korea. South Korea is so big, and basically more than 80% of the itineraries of artists are concentrated in one place in Seoul. But China is different. China is so big, and major cities will be important stops for the itinerary. This also means that once the artist goes out and takes away some people, it will not be able to rush back in a short period of time."
Speaking of this, Kim Yu-fan looked at Chen Le and said, "So, I hope you can continue to find more relevant talents. MissA will officially enter the Chinese music scene after the Spring Festival. At that time, MissA will come, one agent, two assistants, three makeup artists, and some other staff members. There will be almost ten people. There will be no problem at the moment, but as the company's artists grow older in the future, these people are not enough at all. Therefore, we still need to continue to increase staff. The current preliminary plan is to recruit 100 people. If it is not enough in the future, we will continue to recruit people."
Kim Yu-fan is still a little dissatisfied with the current number of employees of MC China Branch. You should know that at the MC headquarters in South Korea, the number of staff has exceeded 500.
Well~~~ There is no way to do this. After all, MC has developed too many and has engaged in too many fields. In a music field alone, there are at least more than 300 related employees. There is no way. There are too many groups under it. A group must be equipped with a team of more than ten people. This is not included in the security guard and dancer, otherwise the number of people will be even greater.
At the same time, the continuous development and growth of the MC Film and Television Department has also made the MC Film and Television Department more and more staff. After all, a crew, even if it is a little smaller, there are dozens of people, and a larger crew of hundreds. The MC company must ensure that it can start shooting two works at the same time, which means that at least 200 staff members must be guaranteed.
With the staff left behind at the headquarters, there are probably about fifty people.
Therefore, the number of employees of MC has exceeded 500, but it still feels that Kim Yu-fan and Hong Shengcheng feels that the staff are not enough, so he plans to continue to recruit relevant staff, and at the same time he also plans to train some staff members by himself.
The Korean headquarters are like that, and considering that South Korea is so small, artists work in Seoul most of the time. And because the country is small, even if you go to Busan, you can fly back immediately. It will only take an hour and it will not be delayed, so the number of people is relatively small, so there is no problem.
But it is different in China. China is so big that even if you want to come back, you may not be able to come back. Moreover, each province is almost equivalent to a South Korea. Even if it is developed in the provincial government, it is impossible to come and leave in a hurry like South Korea. This is simply unrealistic.
Therefore, the number of staff members of MC China Branch will definitely increase sharply in the future, which is certain. In Kim Yu-fan's view, when a group of MC headquarters comes to China to develop, relatively speaking, the staff members of MC China Branch will need to increase at least 50 to 70 people.
In Kim Yu-fan's plan, if the MC China branch develops smoothly and there is no problem, the staff will at least exceed thousands, and it should be around 1,500.
Don’t think it’s too much. Compared with the 5,000 employees of Huayi Brothers, this is simply a slim and has no comparison.
Moreover, from the number of Huayi Brothers 5,000 employees, it can be seen that there must be enough staff.
You should know that employees are not just in front of the camera. Are there really only agents, assistants, bodyguards, makeup artists, dancers, etc.? Are they staying in the company's planning department, publicity department, receptionist, sound recorder, etc., not humans?
Look at Mango TV, how many people can really know and how many hosts there are, it is estimated that there are almost hundreds of people. There are almost dozens of staff and behind-the-scenes staff in a program, and only a few thousand people in dozens of programs.
But in fact, Mango TV has more than tens of thousands of employees, and it is estimated that it is about 15,000. Not only that, there are tens of thousands of temporary workers, and this number seems very terrifying.
MC China Branch now has less than 100 employees, which definitely surprised Kim Yu-fan. In Kim Yu-fan's opinion, although the situation of the entertainment company is a bit special, it will not be like the TV station. The ratio between the front and behind the scenes is almost 1:5, but at least 1:3 is the most conservative estimate.
In fact, except for special units such as public security and firefighting, any unit will always have more staff behind the scenes than the staff in front of the scenes, and there will be many times more.
"Well, I understand, I will continue to recruit people." Chen Le of course also knew that the number of people is small at present, but there are no artists at the moment, and the employees of the MC China branch need to be busy. So in terms of recruiting people, Chen Le slowed down a little, just enough.
But now that Kim Yu-hwan's big boss has spoken, Chen Le will certainly not say anything else. Isn't it just recruiting people? It's no big deal. Just take it and attract the amount Kim Yu-hwan said. Anyway, this is what Kim Yu-hwan asked, and just do it according to Kim Yu-hwan's requirements.
Since Kim Yu-fan doesn't care, what's the point of Chen Le? The person who was recruited earlier was better than not having enough staff when needed, right? Isn't it?
This time, Kim Yu-fan came to MC China Branch not to check the work, but to test the strength and foundation of MC China Branch in all aspects of music recording.
So, Kim Yu-fan first sat in Chen Le's office for a while and talked to Chen Le about the development of the MC China branch. Under Chen Le's leadership, he came to the recording studio. After meeting and greeting several recording engineers and staff, he began to officially record the songs.
In terms of equipment, because it must be spent so much money, as the saying goes, Kim Yu-hwan is not worried about anything. What Kim Yu-hwan is worried about now is the strength of the recording engineer and staff. After all, no matter how good the equipment is, it must be controlled by people, right?
Even in many cases, a recording engineer or staff with rich experience and outstanding strength, even if you give the other party the simplest, cheapest and worst recording equipment, the other party can use his own strength and experience to maximize the effect as much as possible.
But equally, even if you give you the best equipment in the world, and if you give a layman or a newcomer who has just come into contact with this aspect, you will probably only waste these equipment, and the effect is probably not as strong as the former.
After entering the recording room, after a brief conversation, Kim Yu-hwan and the recording engineers began to try it out. After all, it was their first cooperation, and there was no so-called tacit understanding. They could only take it slowly. As they cooperated more, the characters and rhythms of both sides became familiar with each other, so the tacit understanding naturally came out.
"The part in the first part of the second small section just now can be slightly faster!"
"Stop, please use the piano to accompaniment this paragraph and listen to the effect!"
"When the drum beat comes in, be more decisive and more violent!"
Kim Yu-fan and the recording engineers kept talking, and Chen Le stood by and watched. This time, Kim Yu-fan, the big boss, came to test the components of the MC China branch in person. Chen Le could not sit still. Of course, he had to watch from the side all the time and solve and explain any problems as soon as possible.
For more than an hour, Kim Yu-fan spent the continuous recording. After almost an hour and a half, Kim Yu-fan stopped and asked everyone to take a break for the first time.
"President, I don't know how you feel, how are these recording engineers?" Kim Yu-fan just sat down, and Chen Le, who was beside him, quickly asked in a low voice.
"Not bad!" Jin Yu-fan was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Chen Le to ask this, but he thought about it carefully and said, "Although the cooperation is still very familiar, there is nothing we can do about it. After all, this time we are working together for the first time. It is impossible to have a so-called tacit understanding when we are not familiar with each other's rhythm. But in general, these recorders are not bad and there is no need to change them."
Chen Le asked that, how could Kim Yu-fan not know what Chen Le meant? Obviously, as long as Kim Yu-fan is not satisfied with the recording engineer, Chen Le would probably change these recording engineers as soon as possible.
However, in Kim Yu-fan's opinion, these recording artists are very good and have good strength. It's just that because of the first time working together, the two sides are not familiar with each other and have no tacit understanding, so I always feel that they are not as good as the recording engineers and staff in the recording studio of the MC headquarters, but there is nothing I can do about it.
Just let it go. In addition to the top big-name singers, who have their own professional recording team, or have always worked with a certain recording team, most singers still work with strange recording engineers, and then slowly endure the events, endure each other's tacit understanding, record the songs, and produce new albums.
Therefore, in Kim Yu-fan's opinion, there is no need to change the recording engineer at all. After this cooperation, the tacit understanding between the two parties will come out. If you cooperate next time, the effect will definitely be better than the one just now.
Thinking of this, Kim Yu-fan chatted with Chen Le for a few simple words, and then said, "Okay, there's nothing wrong here. If you have something to do, go and do it first. I guess I will definitely stay in the recording room all day today. By the way, I have called Stefanie. She will almost come to Beijing tomorrow and work with me on a song of male and female duets. You can help me greet it when the time comes."
"Well, I know the President." Knowing that Kim Yu-fan was explaining something here, the meaning was that he would almost let him go and not be upset here, so Chen Le nodded decisively, then greeted Kim Yu-fan and turned around and left the recording studio.
Chapter completed!