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Chapter 88 The Little Queen's Troubles (Silver Alliance Extra 910)

November 1st.

It is already late autumn in the capital, and the mornings and evenings are finally starting to get a little cooler.

After practicing his voice, Song Dao ran five full laps around the 1,000-meter track.

After several months of persistent training, his physical fitness has been greatly improved.

The aura has become completely different from the past.

The spirit is excellent!
With slightly damp hair, he came to the breakfast shop downstairs as usual.

I bought breakfast and carried it back to the community.

I guess the days of buying breakfast in person will become less and less common in the future.

Because some fans who live nearby have noticed that he often comes here for breakfast and has taken photos to show off online.

Fortunately, the security of the community is quite good and outsiders cannot get in.

Even so, Song Dao was also thinking about buying a house.

But when he thought about the balance on his card, he calmed down immediately.

Even if I could buy it now, I certainly wouldn’t be able to buy what I like.

Forget it, I’ll just order takeout from now on.

He did not use his real name when ordering takeout, and asked the delivery man to leave the food at his door after it was delivered.

I have unknowingly become a public figure that can be recognized by many people, and I have to be careful about my every move.

Had breakfast.

Song Dao drove to Yan Yu's studio.

Preparing to record "Don't Cry, My Friend".

For this one, he plans to use his real name.

He needs reputation now, lots of reputation!
No matter how powerful Shui Ji San Qian is, it is mostly limited to within the circle. For people who listen to the song, most of them really don’t care who the lyricist and composer are.

It’s just that for some reasons, the influence of the pen name has been magnified on the Internet.

If you want to gain more reputation as quickly as possible, you still have to attract attention to yourself.

Of course, cultivating people is also a path.

But Song Dao is still cautious about this matter.

Feiyang Lezhang has accumulated a large number of unsolicited resumes so far.

There was one person who was recommended by someone else, and there was also one who was recommended by an agency.

There are even some second- and third-tier singers who were once popular but are now a bit out of fashion and want to buy their songs.

Li Qingqing is handling these matters.

For those who have submitted resumes, Li Qingqing plans to find a time to make a collective appointment.

If there are really good seedlings, it is not impossible to keep them.

Although the company is small, it has a great figure like Song Dao. As long as Li Qingqing says he can train the person, she will dare to take the job.

As for those who invited me to sing, except for some film and television crews, all others were politely declined.

It’s not that I’m saying, “No one paid attention to my Feibao back then, so I won’t pay any attention to you now.” It’s not that childish.

But Li Qingqing felt that Song Dao really had no time to care about people outside.

There are several artists in our own company who are hungry for talent, but they don’t have a turn yet. How can we have the energy to create for outsiders?

Of course, if the other party is willing to sign the agency contract with Feiyang Lezhang, it is not impossible to talk about it.

It’s a pity that although many people really want to sing the song of Shui Ji San Qian, they also said that they need to consider adding the Feuillant movement.

In fact, it is also a polite refusal.

After all, the company is too small, and Lin Fei has always been under scrutiny from that year to now.

They wanted to sing the song of Shui Ji San Qian, but for the matter of signing a management contract with Fei Yang Le Zhang... forget it.

Song Dao arrived at the Rensheng Liucao studio, parked his car, and when he pushed the door open, he saw a person who surprised him very much.

……

Lin Fei held Sun Meiqi's hand and sat in the middle of the sofa, while Yan Yu sat on the single sofa next to them.

Sun Meiqi is actually wiping tears?
Song Dao was a little surprised and closed the door casually.

"Just lock the door." Yan Yu looked up at him, with a hint of sharpness in his eyes.

Of course it is not directed at Song Dao.

Because that sharpness disappeared the moment he saw Song Dao.

Become softer.

"You're here!"

Song Dao nodded and looked at Sun Meiqi who was trying hard to smile at him with tears in her eyes: "What's wrong with Teacher 7?"

"Sit down and talk." Lin Fei said.

Song Dao glanced at the sofa, picked up a chair and sat opposite them.

"Qiqi had a falling out with the company." Lin Fei said.

Song Dao was stunned for a moment, but not too surprised.

When we were recording the show, we often went shopping together.

When there is no film crew following her, Sun Meiqi will occasionally complain about her agency.

In addition, there are also some voices on the Internet saying that Sun Meiqi signed a skin-explosion contract with the agency.

There is no equality whatsoever.

She was too young to understand at the time, and even the copyrights of the songs she created did not belong to her.

In other words, once she fell out and left the company, she would not even be able to sing the works she had composed.

However, these are all rumors on the Internet, and Song Dao is not really clear about the details. Later, from Sun Meiqi's narration, he finally knew what happened and understood why Yan Yu had murderous intent in his eyes just now.

Those rumors on the Internet are basically true——

Before becoming famous, Sun Meiqi signed an unequal contract with this agency.

In fact, if it was just income inequality, she could still barely accept it.

After all, the company put a lot of effort into promoting her back then.

She understands the importance of repaying kindness.

The problem is that this inequality is a bit too serious.

First of all, her name was registered as a trademark by the company. This is not difficult to explain because "Sun Meiqi" is both her stage name and her real name.

The agency registered her under her stage name (pen name), which cannot really prevent Sun Meiqi from doing anything under her real name.

What is truly unequal is that after she became famous, the company treated her as a cash cow.

Without her consent, she was given a large number of endorsements, concerts and variety shows.

Completely disregarding her physical condition and mood.

For example, Sun Meiqi originally didn’t want to participate in this year’s Best Singer-Songwriter award.

"I was so tired. I was a little depressed during that time and even thought about committing suicide..."

"But there was nothing I could do. As soon as I said something, they used both soft and hard tactics, using the excuse of making me famous and doing me a favor to pressure me, using all kinds of moral blackmail."

Sun Meiqi choked up slightly and said, "After meeting you guys on the show, I felt that life had become a little more fun."

"Xue Lin is a new artist signed by my agency. When she signed the contract, I secretly reminded her not to make mistakes."

"So her family found a professional legal agent for her. Now her contract is about to expire, and she wants to leave. She wants to come to Sister Fei's place."

"The company was very unhappy and pointed the finger at me."

"They said I was the one who instigated it. Otherwise, how could a young girl have so many ideas? They asked her family to find a professional lawyer, and then they wanted to run away after becoming famous."

"I had a quarrel with my agent, and my contract was about to expire, with less than a year left, so I decided not to renew it."

"They threatened me in various ways. If I didn't obey, they would sue me in court and expose my so-called dirty laundry."

"She also said very directly that the hundreds of songs I wrote over the years do not belong to me anymore and I can no longer sing them after I am gone..."

When Sun Meiqi said this, tears started flowing again.

Pursing her lips tightly, she looked at Song Dao and said, "Teacher Song, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. You don't know how much I envy you for being in Sister Fei's company."

Song Dao felt a little sad after listening to this. It was indeed a parallel world. People who seemed different had similar destinies.

All I can say is that capital is like a monster. The closer you get to it, the easier it is to be swallowed.

Didn't someone as powerful as Lin Fei, who was at the peak of his career, also fall in front of this monster?

Although Lin Fei has not yet revealed what happened back then, as time goes by, Song Dao, who is in the "game", can already clearly feel the invisible force that can obliterate everything.

But fate is still a very interesting thing.

No matter how similar they are, their development trajectories are still different.

Yan Yu sat there, looked at Sun Meiqi and asked, "What do you think now?"

"I want to leave!" Sun Meiqi said loudly, "Even if I can't sing those 100 songs anymore, I don't want to stay there and be bullied by them!"

"It's true that they made me famous back then, but the money I earned from them over the years has already been repaid a hundred times and a thousand times over."

"They talked to me about the contract extension, and I didn't even bother about the share of the profits. I just wanted to have some autonomy."

"I'm a singer, not a robot, but they don't even give me a choice."

"She also said that it was all for my own good, and that it would allow me to make more money while I was still young."

Sun Meiqi said: "They raised my share from 10% to 25%, saying that this was already a huge concession. The company spent a lot of money to train me..."

Yan Yu sneered, "It cost a lot of shit, don't they know how you became famous? Is it really because of them?"

When it comes to Sun Meiqi's popularity, it cannot be said that it has nothing to do with the agency behind her, but it really has little to do with it.

The main reason is that she is beautiful and has a good voice, and she became famous as soon as she debuted.

Although the agency has done a certain amount of promotion, the vast majority of announcements and endorsements are proactively sought out by the other party.

Sun Meiqi whispered: "After all, they have paid a lot, and I am still very grateful for this.

But the thing is, I would rather they not increase my share and continue to keep the 10%.

But all announcements and endorsements must be approved by me.

There were a few ads that weren’t suitable for me, but they still forced me to shoot them…

Then my agent flipped out.

They called me shameless, saying that I was cocky because I was famous. They could make me famous, but they could also ban me...

Anyway, my contract is up, and even if there is a lawsuit, I will not stay there anymore."

The artist who seems glamorous and god-like in the eyes of fans has no status at all in front of his own agent.

No matter whether you have a temper or not, no matter what your personality is, if you dare to disobey, you will be suppressed madly.

There are many people who have paid a huge price for this and even ruined their careers.

"If you don't want to stay there, just leave. It's no big deal." Yan Yu said lightly.

Sun Meiqi gave a helpless smile.

She came to Lin Fei for comfort, but also because she wanted to join the Feiyang movement!
After more than two months of getting along, she has a deep understanding of Lin Fei, Song Dao, and the entire Feiyang Lezhang Media, and she also likes the atmosphere here very much.

And she also wants to sing the song of Water Strike Three Thousand!
It is true that you can create something yourself, but who doesn’t want something better?

But she was not the kind of ignorant person and did not want to cause any trouble to Lin Fei.

I just want to talk things over first, and once everything is dealt with, I will join in without hesitation.

Song Dao looked at Yan Yu and said, "This kind of thing is quite troublesome. Even if the contract expires and the previous copyrights are not given, there will be a lot of disgusting things waiting for her later."

Yan Yu said, "The copyright issue... well, it's a little difficult. After all, it's written in black and white. But it's not difficult to leave. Wait a minute, I'll make a phone call."

(End of this chapter)