Sitting to the side, Yan Xiangming inexplicably felt a little superfluous.
Fortunately, Shen Huai quickly looked away and focused his attention back on the album. Just then, he flipped to the last page and found a song that was not included in the official album.
"This is?"
Ye Cang glanced at it: "Oh, this is a special tune."
Shen Huai asked in bewilderment, "Special tune?"
Just as Yan Xiangming was about to explain, Ye Cang stopped him: "It's nothing. The style of this song doesn't quite fit the whole album, so we just call it that."
Although Shen Huai was still a little confused, he accepted the explanation.
The album was produced with great care, but the progress is not slow. If all goes well, it can be basically finished by early September. Including the later promotion and release, it can be available for sale by late September at the latest.
However, Shen Huai hesitated after hearing this.
After September, the record market becomes rather sluggish, and with the Golden Melody Awards approaching, singers aiming for awards will try to boost sales during this time, which will make things quite chaotic.
If Ye Cang's goal was to win Best Newcomer, then releasing an album at this time would be understandable. However, given his talent, he is fully capable of challenging for Best Song, making the timing of the release somewhat awkward.
However, Ye Cang didn't care at all: "Now that it's done, there's no need to delay any longer. As for awards, I don't care. Anyway, I don't need those things to prove myself."
“I think so too,” Yan Xiangming said seriously. “Moreover, I think the quality of this album is very good. In fact, if it could only be sold for a month, it would still be a hit.”
Yan Xiangming has a good eye, so Shen Huai said, "In that case, we should start the publicity as soon as possible!"
Ye Cang doesn't care much about publicity, but Shen Huai, as his agent, can't do the same.
However, Ye Cang's album already had the gimmick of being a "million-dollar new singer," and since he had only recently won the "Rising Star" competition, his fans wouldn't forget him so quickly. So, applying for another promotional fee from the company would be no problem.
Generally speaking, a company will not agree to two singers from the same company competing for the Golden Melody Award at the same time, because this would mean that resources would be dispersed, and it is very likely that the two would fight each other and the third would benefit.
However, Ye Cang chose to release his album at this time, and they naturally assumed that Ye Cang was competing for the Best Newcomer award, so there was no conflict. Moreover, if both of them could win the award, it would be a good thing for the company.
The company readily approved the advertising budget and assigned the advertising department to assist with the promotion.
Only Mingwei, looking at the faint smile on Shen Huai's lips, suddenly felt that this matter was probably not so simple, because she remembered that he had exchanged 1% of the advertising profits for Ye Cang's song copyright.
However, only Mingwei was so perceptive; everyone else shared the same thought: Ye Cang was planning to compete for the Best Newcomer award.
Although Cassie knew about this, she didn't take it to heart. She even thought Ye Cang was a bit silly. If he wanted to win the Best Newcomer award, he should just release a single. Why rush to release an album? It's a thankless task.
Shen Huai didn't take other people's opinions to heart, but he did collaborate with Li Luan's company on album promotion.
Upon learning this, Li Zihang immediately called Ye Cang: "Are you really planning to release your album in September?"
Ye Cang: "Mm."
Li Zihang was a little frustrated, but he quickly regained his fighting spirit: "Although I lost to you in the finals before, it might not be the same this time!"
Ye Cang chuckled: "Want to make a bet?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Huai turned around and looked at Ye Cang with reproach. Was it not enough that he had already toyed with Fang Jiqing, that he was now planning to go after Li Zihang as well?
Ye Cang touched his nose, realizing he had been a bit unfair, and was about to skip the topic.
Li Zihang asked, "What are we betting on? Best Newcomer? I'm not stupid."
Ye Cang sensed the deep contempt in his words, and immediately changed his mind, squinting as he said, "Then let's make it more exciting, I don't mind."
Li Zihang asked suspiciously, "Best song?"
Ye Cang: "Mm."
Li Zihang: "..."
After a long while, Li Zihang finally let out a cold laugh: "Heh." He clearly thought he was being delusional.
Ye Cang: "What are you laughing at? I dare to say it out loud, I'm aiming for Best Song this year."
This time, Li Zihang remained silent for an even longer period.
Ye Cang almost thought he had hung up the phone when Li Zihang replied quietly, "Then I'm even less willing to gamble with you."
Ye Cang was surprised, not expecting Li Zihang to be so rational, and asked curiously, "Why?"
Li Zihang: "Reject gambling, starting with me."
Ye Cang: "..."
He certainly couldn't have imagined that the only reason Li Zihang rejected him was because of his own grandfather. He simply couldn't estimate how much harm a rival's toxic fan could cause.
Ye Cang hung up the phone with some regret.
Indeed, fools are relatively rare in this world.
Meanwhile, Fang Jiqing, who was producing an album for pop diva Lu Zhenzhen, sneezed loudly.
Chapter 47
Just as Ye Cang was busy producing the album, Chu Meibo finally finished filming and returned. Although she looked a little thinner, she was full of energy.
Shen Huai arranged for a physiotherapist for her early on. He knew very well that for actors, health was the most important thing. Some actors didn't care when they were young, which resulted in hidden injuries that would become very serious when they got older.
Although Chu Meibo was not injured this time, she had a lot of action scenes in the last few days, which must have had some impact.
Chu Meibo did not refuse, after all, she was not really eighteen years old.