One person's entertainment

Chapter 19, RMB must be earned, Japanese yen, Korean won, and US dollars must all be earned [Please read and vote for me]

In the evening, at the Huaxia Hotel.

"Mr. Chen, do you mind if I bring my classmates with me?"

"Why would I mind? Without your classmates, there wouldn't be a music video as good as "Heart Too Soft"."

Chen Jiantian also brought someone, Red Star's deputy Zhan Hua, thinking of asking him to contact Shen Lingyou and help talk to him in an effort to sign Shen Lingyou.

As a result, Shen Lingyou brought a large group of people with him. The key point was that he didn't know what to say. Firstly, they were Shen Lingyou's classmates. Secondly, they all participated in the filming of the MV for "Heart Too Soft", so it was reasonable for them to come to this dinner.

There is nothing interesting about Shen Lingyou. Apart from using Qin Hao and the others as a shield, he is simply here to take advantage of the rich.

Red Star ended up collapsing, but Chen Jiantian was not affected. He had a lot of song copyrights in his hands, and finally sold all the master tapes and went to Australia to enjoy life.

As for Zhan Hua, he looked at Shen Lingyou and his group.

I have to say that Shen Lingyou is not much different from what he appears on camera, with a celebrity face and celebrity height.

However, what surprised him the most was that the looks and heights of the girls who came with him were also of celebrity standards.

"Are the students recruited by the Central Academy of Drama this year of such high standard?"

"I heard that this year's class at Beijing Film Academy is not bad either."

"The film and television industry will be quite exciting in the next few years."

As he walked, he thought that it was a pity that there had been no news from major music conservatories for many years.

In terms of the ability to create stars, music schools are inferior to film and television schools.

Most of the mainstream music colleges in China focus on teaching classical music, including bel canto and folk singing, and rarely teach pop music. This is also one of the reasons why there are only a few academic singers in the national team, and not many pop singers.

The group entered the private room, and Chen Jiantian took the menu and asked Shen Lingyou to order food. He was not polite and ordered more than a dozen dishes in one go.

But he still had some sense and didn't order all the expensive things, but instead ordered the appropriate ones.

As for whether it tastes good?

Coming from one food desert in Hangzhou to another food desert in Yanjing, I am destined to have no chance of eating delicious food. It’s enough to just eat it.

While waiting for the food, everyone started chatting.

The topics Chen Jiantian brought up were all centered around Shen Lingyou and "Too Soft a Heart," and his intention to flatter was quite obvious.

Shen Lingyou knew clearly what Chen Jiantian meant by this, but he refused to fall into the trap and kept changing the subject.

Zhan Hua on the side spoke intermittently, mainly because he couldn't get a word in. Facing Chen Jiantian's anxious look, he could only spread his hands to indicate that there was nothing he could do.

Since we ordered a lot of dishes, the waiting time was a little longer.

Seeing that there was no progress in the signing, Chen Jiantian gave up and changed the subject: "Xiao Shen, what do you think of the future of the record industry?"

Shen Lingyou took a sip of tea and said something surprising calmly: "The decline of the record industry is inevitable, and records will become collectibles."

Upon hearing this, Zhan Hua frowned and almost blurted out "That's not how you joke," but he finally held back and silently said the word "grace" in his heart. There was no need to compete with a child.

Chen Jiantian's expression changed slightly. He did not agree with what Shen Lingyou said, thinking it was a bit alarmist. However, he still asked, "How did you come to this conclusion? Is it because of the rampant piracy? Or is it another reason?" Shen Lingyou could not tell the truth. In the original time and space in 2024, the record industry was already half dead. After thinking about what to say and what not to say, he said, "The rampant piracy is only one of the reasons. The leading factor is 'technology'."

"science and technology?"

When this word came out, a series of question marks floated in everyone's head: What does this have to do with the rise and fall of records?
Shen Lingyou said slowly: "The development of the Internet is changing the face of the whole world. In 1991, an audio compression technology was born, Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer III, abbreviated as MP3."

"With the popularization of the Internet, it will bring about a digital revolution to traditional records, just like the cassette to vinyl and the CD to cassette, but it will be more violent and thorough."

Seeing that everyone was stunned by what he said, he smiled and said, "Of course, this is just my immature opinion. Who knows what will happen in the future?"

After listening, Hu Dajing spoke first and said, "Ling You, you know a lot, even about technology."

Shen Lingyou scratched his head and smiled, saying, "I understand a little bit, I understand a little bit."

Zhan Hua had a strange expression on his face, as if he was thinking about the possibility of what he said.

Chen Jiantian looked at him deeply, ended the topic, and said, "Yes, who knows what will happen in the future."

Shen Lingyou changed the subject and said, "Mr. Chen, are you interested in working with me again?"

"Ah?" His leap stunned Chen Jiantian. After a brief pause, he said, "Sure. How do you want to cooperate?"

Shen Lingyou took the schoolbag hanging on the back of the chair, unzipped it, took out an A4-bound booklet, and said with a smile: "I picked out ten songs and plan to release an album."

Chen Jiantian immediately became interested, and said with a gleam in his eyes: "Let me see."

Shen Lingyou handed him the booklet and said, "These ten songs only have lyrics and music. I don't have time to arrange the music for now."

Chen Jiantian took the booklet, flipped through it, and replied, "We at Red Star have plenty of people who can arrange music, it's no big deal."

Is there really a song? Zhan Hua became curious and tilted his body to look over.

"Class 2, Grade 3", "Waiting for You to Get Out of Class", "Gardenia Blossoms", "Running", "Goodbye Youth";
"Sad Pacific", "Later", "Old Boy", "The First Dream", and "The Wind Rises".

Seeing that he had read almost all of it, Shen Lingyou explained, "These were all written when I was in junior high and high school. They record my youth and my fantasies."

He believes that when writing a song, the principle of "reasonable and logical" should be adhered to. Even if one wants to make up a story to fit it, it cannot be too outrageous.

The first album, Side A is titled “My Youth”, which as the name suggests, describes the ignorance, immaturity and growth of student days; Side B is titled “My Fantasy”, which literally means fantasy about love and life.

perfect!

Moreover, all five songs on the B side are cover songs with Chinese lyrics based on Japanese tunes. "Sad Pacific" is "幸せ" by Kobayashi Sachiko, "Later" is "未来へ" by the group Kiroro, "Old Boy" is "ありがとう" by Ohashi Takuya, "First Dream" is "銀の龍の背に㹗って" by Nakajima Miyuki, and "The Wind Rises" is "ヤキモチ" by Takahashi Yu.

Some people get on the bus first and buy the ticket later, while others buy the ticket first and get on the bus. No matter which case it is not a problem at the moment because neither the Japanese nor the Chinese version has been released yet.

This is not a random choice, but it is of great use.

Because he is not only developing in China, but also in Japan, South Korea, the United States and other places, so these songs are just to fill in the gaps first. Once he becomes famous, he will fill in the Japanese version of the lyrics and release a Japanese album.

In a word, we need to make money from RMB, Japanese yen, Korean won and US dollar.

(End of this chapter)