Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 40 Two Songs

"How is it? Do you have a suitable song?"

Lu Shiyu looked at Wu Zhuo expectantly.

In fact, he had some favorite songs in mind.

He basically knows all the songs that Wu Chao has registered with the Music Association, including some that are more suitable for Fahrenheit's album.

However, he knew that Wu Zhuo was a very opinionated person, so he wanted Wu Zhuo to make his own decision.

“Yes, one of them is “Only Feelings for You” which I registered with the Music Association. You should know this song.

In my imagination, this song is a duet between a man and a woman, and it is a sweet Pop Dance song.

It is very suitable for us to sing, and as for who to find as the female singer, it depends on how the company arranges it. "

Wu Zhuo mentioned the first song first, hesitated for a moment, and then mentioned another song.

"Another suitable song that I haven't registered is called "Super Style". The melody is full of passion and energy. It's a dance song and very suitable as the group's debut song."

Hearing this, Lu Shiyu nodded. He knew the song "Only Have Feelings for You". The last time he went to Wu Chao to buy the song, he thought that if Wu Chao agreed to sell his song, he would give the song to the company's newcomer Tank to sing.

After a pause, Lu Shiyu asked expectantly, "How about you also take out "Blue and White Porcelain"?"

Wu Zhuo looked at him speechlessly.

This guy is really obsessed with this song.

Yes, in recent years, with the rise of Jay Chou, Chinese-style songs have had a very good market.

The quality of "Blue and White Porcelain" is very good. Both the melody and the lyrics can be regarded as top-notch songs of the same type.

It's not surprising that Lu Shiyu wanted this song.

However, this song obviously doesn't fit in with Fahrenheit's album. Putting it in is not only a waste but also out of place.

Wu Zhuo shook his head directly: "This song is not suitable! Let's just go with the two songs I mentioned! The company can arrange the song "Only Have Feelings for You" first, and I will hand over "Super Style" in two days."

Hearing this, Lu Shiyu looked regretful. He actually knew that "Blue and White Porcelain" was not suitable for Fahrenheit's album.

But for some reason, he just wanted to snatch the song from Wu Zhuo.

Sighing, he stopped talking about this topic and instead took the initiative to talk about the song prices of "Only Feelings for You" and "Super Style".

“‘Only Have Feelings for You’ is a good song, we are willing to pay you NT$500,000 as before.

As for the song "Super Style" you mentioned, I haven't seen the song yet, so I don't know its specific quality.

So I can only offer a price of NT$400,000."

As for the price, Wu Zhuo did not refute, but directly said: "The price can be based on what you said, but I need to state that I must have the signature and performance rights for these two songs, and the performance rights must also be authorized to the other three people."

In the division of song copyright, copyright is roughly divided into performance rights, recording rights, distribution rights, reproduction rights, authorship rights, and modification rights.

The right of authorship, as the name suggests, means that you are the one who wrote the lyrics and composed the music.

This permission may seem useless, but it is actually an important way for creators to gain fame.

However, because it does not bring direct profits, record companies are often not very eager to control the right to authorship after purchasing songs.

As for the performance rights, this is what the artist needs to have.

If you don't have the performance rights to a song, then you can't sing it in public.

But it’s different with the performance rights. If Wu Chao has this authority, even if he leaves Huayan in the future, he can still continue to sing the song, and even use this song to participate in commercial performances and other activities to seek benefits for himself.

Compared with the right to authorship, the right to performance is more valued by companies. Companies with a strong desire for control will basically not give the right to performance to artists.

However, this is Wu Zhuo's bottom line.

If Huayan is not even willing to give him the performance rights, then he will not give Huayan a single song.

Perhaps he had anticipated this, so Lu Shiyu didn't say anything more about it, and nodded without hesitation. "No problem, I'll give you both the authorship and performance rights!"

After discussing the song selection and Wu Chao's rights and interests, Lu Shiyu quickly had someone print out a copyright transfer contract.

According to copyright law, "Only Have Feelings for You" and "Super Style" are songs written by Wu Chao.

If Wu Chao does not sign the copyright transfer contract, Huayan will not have the right to use these songs.

It seemed as if Wu Chao took the initiative and the record company was asking him to do it.

But the fact is, if he did not sign this copyright transfer contract, all record companies, including HIM Records, would not produce these two songs for him.

This is the commonality among record companies nowadays.

They were clearly the passive party, but because of their strong strength, they automatically became the active party.

Wu Zhuo carefully checked the contract and confirmed that he had indeed retained his performance rights and right to be credited before signing his name.

"Happy cooperation!"

Seeing Wu Zhuo sign his name, Lu Shiyu showed a bright smile on his face and took the initiative to shake hands with Wu Zhuo.

Wu Zhuo shook hands with him, but he was not in a good mood.

From now on, he only has the right to sign and perform these two songs.

Oh! Plus NT$900,000.

It's really painful to have to give something that originally belonged to you to someone else against your will.

After taking a look at the copyright transfer document, Wu Chao just hoped that the two songs were not transferred in vain.

As long as these two songs achieve certain results, he will be more confident when he talks to the record company next time.

In fact, if these two songs continue to be as popular as they were in his previous life, he could even directly propose to sign Jay Chou's Alpha Contract next time.

At that time, we will find a way to get back the other copyrights of these two songs.

Next, it depends on what level these two songs can reach in this life.

Especially "Only Have Feelings for You", I hope it can be like the previous life, even if it doesn't become a nationwide hit, at least it will make Fahrenheit famous.

……

After leaving HIM Records, Wu Chao went straight back to Comic International.

As soon as I came back, Chen Huiying called me to her office at Comic International.

In addition to him, Calvin Chen and Wu Zun were also there.

Jiro Wang is recording "Kangxi Comes Here" and is not in the company now.

"Wu Zhuo is here. Did the conversation with Hua Yan go smoothly?"

In the office, when Chen Huiying saw Wu Zhuo coming in, her eyes looked a little resentful.

It’s still because of Wu Zhuo’s song.

Huayan Records wanted to invite Wu Zhuo to sang songs, and Ge Fuhong knew the news at the first opportunity.

After the other party found out about this, he was so angry that the company had such a mistake in the contract that he called her again and scolded her.

But Chen Huiying had no way to refute it.

She really didn't know that Wu Zhuo had creative ability before!
Not to mention her, even if Ge Fuhong came in person, the result would probably be the same.

But this matter was really her responsibility, so naturally she had to bear it herself.

Therefore, she felt a little resentful towards Wu Zhuo.

(End of this chapter)