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Chapter 40, Deadly Serial Calls [Please read and vote]

An apartment in Tiaobei, Formosa Province.

It was a dim night and the ringing of the landline phone in the living room interrupted Xiao Chong's thoughts. He put down the pen in his hand and stood up to answer the phone.

"Hello, who is it?"

"it's me."

"Boss..."

"It's been over a month, and Xiao Qi still hasn't written the title song for his new album?"

"Soon."

"If you really can't write one, forget it. Can't you just pick a song that already exists?"

"Give me a few more days, and I will definitely be able to write it."

"Okay, I believe you."

"thank you boss."

"Okay, get busy."

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After hanging up the phone, Xiao Chong scratched his already messy hair.

Ren Xianqi was his favorite disciple. In order to renew his contract with Luoshi, he tailored an album for him in June, "Dependence", which sold 6 copies in Formosa Province in one month, and the sales volume reached "double platinum" in two months.

However, despite such impressive statistics, Ren Xianqi still has not become popular and his contract renewal with Luoshi is still a little short of expectations.

So, in September, he began helping to prepare the second album.

This time, it took him just over a month to finish nine songs, six of which were written by him. It went very smoothly. The only thing missing was a hit song that could carry the album before it could be released.

He is also full of confidence. There are nearly two months left until the end of the year, which is plenty of time for him.

However, from November to December, and now December is almost over, this title song has not been written yet.

Since his debut, he has written popular classic songs for many singers in just a few hours or even minutes. Unexpectedly, he would be stumped by a song now.

Xiao Qi, your master will definitely stay in Luoshi for you.

Although Ren Xianqi was not favored by the company, with an average appearance, an average voice, and average creative ability, and had been assigned to do odd jobs such as serving tea and pouring water during the five years since he came to Luoshi, the company always believed that this beloved disciple had the potential to become famous, so he helped him when his contract was about to expire.

Just wait, just wait a little longer.

Just when he was at a loss, inspiration suddenly struck him. He ran back to his study at a speed of 120 miles per hour, picked up a pen and wrote on a piece of paper: Let me be sad, let me regret, let me hate the heavens for not understanding you, let me suffer, let me be tired, let me float with the wind, and let the world be free...

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Yanjing, noon.

Shen Lingyou was having lunch in the cafeteria. During the meal, he received a series of calls from Chen Jiantian, asking him to return the call one by one, to return the call quickly, and then to return the call immediately, and then to meet at the gate of the Central Academy of Drama.

"What is so urgent?"

Shen Lingyou finished the food on his plate in a few bites and rushed to the school gate.

Is there something wrong with the new album?

This shouldn't be the case. The production is OK, the stock is OK, and the promotion is underway. The next step is to start selling. On the way, he didn't expect what Chen Jiantian's series of calls were about.

But what is certain is that it is not a trivial matter, otherwise they wouldn't be so anxious.

I trotted to the school gate and saw Chen Jiantian smoking and pacing back and forth not far away.

It was indeed urgent. If Chen Jiantian had not been afraid of getting lost in the confusion and wasting time, he would have gone straight into the school to find him.

"Brother Chen, what's the matter..."

Seeing him appear, Chen Jiantian pulled him into the car before he could finish his words. He started the car and drove away from the Central Academy of Drama. Then he said, "Today, your album's title song "Goodbye Youth" will be premiered on the 3 o'clock afternoon program "Afternoon Avenue East" on Yanjing Music Radio. When I was having breakfast with their deputy director this morning, I accidentally pulled an interview for you. This is a very good opportunity to interact with the radio audience and better recommend your songs and albums."

This was Shen Lingyou's first time on a show and being interviewed, so he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, but he was soon overwhelmed by excitement and said, "But I don't have any preparation, such as a script or anything."

Chen Jiantian said confidently: "It doesn't matter whether you are prepared or not. Just improvise. These are simple questions. You are now like a blank sheet of paper. Don't worry about being tricked into giving you information."

That's right, no dark history, zero hype, zero scandals, which media would bother to dig into your background.

Chen Jiantian felt relieved and was thinking about how to promote his songs and album well on the show later.

The last time he released "Heart Too Soft", it was his first song, and the only method of promotion he chose was radio, mainly because he was not well-known and other methods had little effect, so he tried to control costs as much as possible.

Now that the song is a big hit, his popularity has also increased. Promotion cannot be limited to radio alone, and this time paper media has been added, that is, music or entertainment-related newspapers and magazines, and posters in audio-visual stores.

These are all Chen Jiantian’s personal resources. As the album’s partner, Red Star Production Company naturally has to do its part.

But these are his songs and albums, he certainly can't just hand them all over to others and not care about them at all.

It is true that “it’s never too late to sing a good song”, but he is just the opposite. He is the most “afraid of being late”. What he needs now is to become famous as soon as possible so that he can carry out a series of subsequent plans.

It was already 2:30 in the afternoon when we arrived at Yenching Music Radio Station, and there was still half an hour before the program "Afternoon Avenue East" was to begin.

Chen Jiantian contacted the responsible staff, and then took Shen Lingyou straight to the backstage.

Since it was a radio interview, with only audio and no pictures, there was no need to put on makeup, and I just needed to talk about the process.

The process is very simple, which is a question and answer session with the host, and the whole process takes about fifteen minutes.

This was Shen Lingyou's first time to enter the radio station. He had only seen it in some film and television dramas before.

What I remember most is Stephen Chow's movie "All's Well, Ends Well 1992", where I met Zhang Manyu on the radio wearing exaggerated costumes, and Chen Chichi's TV series "Love Apartment", with the iconic line "Welcome to listen to "Your Moon My Heart", I am a good man, I am Zeng Xiaoxian".

He looked around curiously, but didn't see much difference.

"Hello, I'm Wang Dong, the host of Afternoon Avenue East."

"Hello, Shen Lingyou."

This program reviews entertainment news, broadcasts popular hits, discusses fashion topics, and creates a rhythm of modern urban life for listeners.

The host Wang Dong is interesting, relaxed and wise. He attracts and delights the public with his unique and flexible presentation.

Since its launch, the number of listeners has been rising steadily, creating a peak in the afternoon listening period in the Yanjing Radio market and gathering high-quality listeners in this period.

"I like your new song very much. It reminds me of the youth I missed, our silent little years. In the white sky, snowflakes fall like butterflies, which is dreamy and real." Wang Dong had already listened to "Goodbye Youth" in advance, and was filled with emotion after listening to it for the first time.

"The green years that cannot be retained linger in the passing years." When Shen Ling was traveling and singing, he also felt that the years were like a song.

"Host, guests, get ready, countdown ten minutes!" At this time, the voice of the venue control came.

(End of this chapter)