Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 37: You Get What You Pay For
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"Mr. Zhou, you are too polite."

"Take it. If you don't, I'll be angry."

"Okay, then I thank Mr. Zhou."

……

Shen Lang hung up the phone, shook his head and smiled.

This Zhou Jianhui is quite good at winning people's hearts.

You must accept the red envelope and be polite.

He estimated that the album "Meeting" was more aggressive than others and could sell 100 million copies across Asia.

In the first round of competition among the four little divas, Stefanie Sun will take the lead.

It’s not that Elva Hsiao and Cai Yilin are not strong, it’s that there are always stronger ones among the strong, and they have cheats in their hands.

Elva Hsiao: ???

Cai Yilin: !!!

"It's time for me to do my own thing."

Shen Lang had already recorded his new single last week.

The only thing left to be filmed is the MV.

The reason for the delay these days is that he is writing the MV script, because this time he wants to use the original MV of the song.

I wrote and revised it and finished it last night.

He raised his phone and was about to call Gao Yuanyuan and Ning Hao when Zhou Xun called first.

"Sister Xun, if you don't call me again, I will call the police. You've been missing for so many days." Shen Lang started joking after the call was connected.

"You heartless guy, if I don't call you, won't you call me?" Zhou Xun complained harshly.

"You finally have a vacation, I'm afraid of disturbing your rest." Shen Lang said with a smile.

"Slippery..." Zhou Xun snorted and said, "The matter I told you last time has come to fruition. The director and others have to hold a meeting to discuss it, so it has been delayed until now. I accept your offer and conditions. You write the song for me as soon as possible, and then I will give it to the director and others."

"Then let's go to our company's recording studio in the afternoon." Shen Lang thought for a while and said.

"You've already finished writing it?" Zhou Xun asked in surprise.

"It will be ready soon. I'll be quick." Shen Lang said with a smile.

"Okay, see you later." Zhou Xun hung up the phone.

Shen Lang didn't expect that there would be further development to this matter.

I went to the room to get paper and pen and returned to the living room.

Leaning on the sofa, thinking about which song to copy.

"Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind" is a "god-defying" TV series.

The cast is very strong, with Zhou Xun, Luo Xiqiong, Chen Kun, Lu Yi, Li Xiaoran, Liao Fan, Sun Honglei and others co-starring.

After becoming popular in the drama, in the following years, they won various domestic and international film and television awards one after another.

Four Best Actor winners and three Best Actress winners, how impressive!

however……

Although Shen Lang was born in the 90s in his previous life, he had never watched this drama.

There are no related theme songs or ending songs in my memory.

Fortunately, I heard Zhou Xun talk about this drama before. It mainly tells the story of Chen Zikun, a clerk at Huaxin Watch Shop in Shanghai in the 1930s, and Fang Ziyi, the daughter of the shop owner, who loved each other. However, because of his acquaintance with An Qi, he was implicated in a life-and-death lawsuit.

The title and content of the play clearly indicate its theme and style. With its poignant love story and tragic ending, it shows the unpredictability of love and the helplessness of those seeking love.

This reminded Shen Lang of another drama, "The Story of a Noble Family", which is also a love drama set in the 1920s and 1930s.

He has seen this drama and is familiar with the theme song.

In fact, many people are familiar with Sha Baoliang’s "Hidden Fragrance".

"Then let me do a transplant!"

That’s right, Shen Lang wants to take away Sha Baoliang’s pension.

Recall the good lyrics, music and arrangements and write them down one by one on paper.

This song is really good, and 10 is a big profit for them.

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In the afternoon, Shen Lang and Du Ting arrived at the company first.

"Sister Du, you said 10 yuan a copy, is that too cheap or too expensive?"

"It depends on how you understand it. If you sell it cheaply, it depends on the quality of your songs and the high sales. One song can drive the sales of hundreds of thousands of albums, so 10 is too few. If you sell it expensively, it depends on the cost. An album has ten songs, and it costs 100 million just to buy the songs, and then there are the MVs, post-production, and publicity, so the cost is 150 million or more. How many copies do you need to sell to make back the cost and make a profit?"

"That makes sense." Shen Lang was too lazy to think about it. Anyway, the copyright remained in his hands, which was the most profitable thing.

Du Ting has seen songs that sold for more expensive prices than this, and she has also seen songs that were bought at a bargain price and sold out.

This is really not a good review.

Just like some people don’t like the song “Ten Years”, while others regard it as a classic.

Whether it is worth it or not, it is fine as long as the parties involved think it is okay.

"When the petals leave the flower
The fragrance remains
The fragrance disappears after the wind and rain

No one came to smell it..."

In the recording studio, Shen Lang sang passionately.

Du Ting and Lao Qi sighed outside the recording studio.

This is another masterpiece.

Doesn't he have any bad songs?
"Brother Qi, help me burn it onto a blank tape. I need it." Shen Lang came out of the recording studio after singing.

"Passed in one try?" Du Ting opened her mouth wide.

"It's fine for the demo to be recorded like this. Let them play the lyrics and melody. If they really want to buy it, we can start the formal recording." Shen Lang explained.

“Demo” literally means “demonstration” and refers to the preliminary effect of the trial singing before the formal recording of the song.

Not all singers can read music, so we need to find someone to sing in advance and lead the singers.

It is usually completed by the creator of the song or a singer who specializes in singing demos.

After waiting for a while, Lao Qi handed the tape to Shen Lang.

"Thanks."

Shen Lang was holding the tape and just walked out of the recording studio with Du Ting when they ran into Zhou Xun who had just arrived.

"Sister Xun, you came at the right time. The demo has just been recorded." Shen Lang directly gave her the tape and music score.

"Ah...is it done?" Zhou Xun asked in surprise.

"It's so fast. Inspiration gives you the hair on your forehead first, and when you can't catch it, it gives you a bald head. And that is very difficult to grasp, like the wind, it happens in an instant." Shen Lang said with a smile.

"What kind of metaphor is that..." Zhou Xun pouted, put away the tape and sheet music, and said, "Then I'll take the director and his friends over to Beijing first, and come back to you when the results are out."

"There's no rush. Let's have dinner together tonight." Shen Lang made an invitation.

"Well, I want to eat hotpot. You find a good place and wait for me." Zhou Xun left in a hurry.

Half an hour later, Han Sanping, Gao Chengsheng and Zhao Baogang, who were discussing which TV station to sell "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind" to, got Shen Lang's song.

These three are the producer, producer and director of this drama.

He is also a big shot in the mainland film and television circles.

Among them, Han Sanping is a well-known figure in the Beijing circle.

In 94, he was transferred from Emei Film Studio to Yanjing Film Studio as director.

At this time in the city of Yanjing, there was a Beijing circle group led by veterans Zheng Xiaolong, Ye Daying, Wang Shuo, Ma Weidu and Ye Jing in the front, and hard-working lackeys such as Feng Xiaogang and Zhao Baogang below.

Han Sanping, who has just arrived, may be famous, but in order to develop his career and future in the Beijing circle, he is determined to integrate into it.

But Wang Shuo was too vulgar and Feng Xiaogang didn't want to associate with him, so he found an opportunity to raise 300 million yuan for Feng Xiaogang to remake Wang Shuo's novel "You Are Not a Vulgar Person" published in 92. The name of the movie is "Party A and Party B".

Han Sanping rescued Feng Xiaogang at the most appropriate time and has since become a backbone of the Beijing circle.

Now, he has countless resources at his disposal, and the drama "Like Fog, Like Rain, Like Wind" is one of them.

"Now that you've got it, let's play it for us to listen to." Han Sanping said.

"I've never heard a song that costs 10 yuan." Gao Chengsheng said with a smile.

"Xiao Zhou, let him go." Zhao Baogang had no objection.

In fact, the reason why Shen Lang was agreed to be given a chance was because of Zhou Xun's face, just to go through the motions and reject him on the grounds that he was not suitable.

They are not fools. They spend 10 yuan to buy a song without the copyright and MV.

This thing can be done with 3 yuan, and it is done very beautifully.

Spend 1 yuan to find a big name in the music industry to write a song, and spend 2 yuan to find a talented singer like Tu Honggang or Sun Nan to sing it.

"When the petals leave the flower, the fragrance remains
The fragrance disappears after the wind and rain, no one comes to smell it

If love tells me to go on

I will fight till the end of love..."

and many more!

Han Sanping, Gao Chengsheng and Zhao Baogang all sat up straight.

It is not an exaggeration to say that “you’ll fall on your knees upon hearing it” when describing this song.

(End of this chapter)