Huayu 2007, Cultivation Superstar

Chapter 24 New Love and Old Love

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Lu Feng now has two songs in his hands.

The song "Why Not" has a fresh style, somewhat similar to Jay Chou's "Simple Love", and the arrangement is not too difficult.

With the help of Lu Feng's powerful musical memory, he almost finished the arrangement after working on it for a long time.

As for “Guest,” the arrangement is a little more complex, but the main output is piano, supplemented by guitar, bass, and some drums.

After a day of hard work, Lu Feng was exhausted, but he finally managed to make a preliminary version of the arrangement of the two songs, which was barely acceptable.

"Lu Feng, you are truly a genius..."

Before dinner, Daolang brought a friend over, originally wanting to talk to Lu Feng about the arrangement of two songs.

Who knew that Lu Feng actually finished it by himself.

This greatly surprised Daolang, and at the same time he was extremely delighted!
It was already surprising that he could compose his own lyrics and music. Daolang did not expect that Lu Feng also had a talent for arranging music.

This is already a mature music producer!

"Teacher, I'll just try it out, but you'll have to make the final decision."

Lu Feng doesn't dare to call himself a genius.

He still has some self-awareness. After all, these two songs were all copied.

Perhaps because he was reborn, his memory was much better than in his previous life.

The songs he used to practice frequently were all firmly engraved in his mind, and he could even play out the simple musical notations... Of course, forget about arranging the music, as that was too difficult.

Because he knew that his talent was limited and he relied entirely on being a plagiarist, when Daolang gave him some advice on singing, he agreed without hesitation.

After a few years, his talent was gone, but at least his singing skills were still there.

"You are quite modest."

Daolang laughed and didn't take it seriously, then introduced his friends to Lu Feng.

"This is my agent, Li Songqiang, who is also the general manager of [Jiuyu Tianxia] Agency. You can call him Uncle Li."

"Remember to sign a licensing agreement with him regarding the copyright of your two songs... I think it will earn you some pocket money every month."

In this era, it is difficult to make a living in the Chinese music scene. In addition to the rampant piracy and the sluggish record industry, which have caused the entire music industry to encounter a business bottleneck, there is another important reason.

That is, the singer's copyright is not respected.

Many agencies, when signing contracts, will force the singer's copyright to belong to the company. The singer only owns the performance rights and does not receive any copyright dividends.

Isn't this nonsense?

Is this equivalent to writing a song with great effort and then giving it to a company to make money?
Talented people are mostly arrogant. Who can tolerate such an unfair contract?

If it weren't for Daolang's protection, if Lu Feng wanted to break into the Chinese music scene, he would probably have signed this kind of contract.

If you are not popular, it means that your talent is not appreciated.

If he gets angry, he will probably vomit blood.

Anyway, you can't please either side.

In this day and age, it’s really hard to be a new singer.

"Uncle Li, I'll leave everything to you from now on."

Lu Feng still respects Li Songqiang very much.

Daolang's songs became popular all over the country, and Uncle Li was the important driving force behind them.

[Jiuyutianxia] sounds like a small company, but that's because they have never thought about expanding... There are only a few singers under this company, and besides Daolang, there are his friends and apprentices.

If you are not one of us, you cannot join this company.

However, [Jiuyu Tianxia] has a very wide network of contacts and has strategic cooperation with Taihe Maitian and Universal Music.

After joining "Jiuyu Tianxia", Lu Feng had the distribution channels of Taihe Maitian and Universal Music.

As long as the quality of the songs is good, he will definitely be able to gain some fame.

As for whether it can make money?
Forget it!
After the shrinkage of the ringtone SP business, Daolang’s revenue has plummeted by 80% in the past two years, not to mention a small and unknown person like Lu Feng!
However, as long as we can survive these two years, after 09, the aftermath of the subprime mortgage crisis will gradually subside and the economy will begin to recover. As the engine of the world economy, China will see various commercial performances springing up all over the country.

A new era is coming!
There are a lot of new leeks waiting for him to harvest!
Although the road ahead is bumpy, the future is full of hope.

However, before that, you need to build your reputation!
"Lu Feng, I know you're going to the Shanghai Theatre Academy soon. If you have any creative needs when you get to Shanghai, you can give me a call. Our company has partners there, so it shouldn't be a problem to borrow a recording studio."

Li Songqiang has long, slightly curly hair, a style typical of an artist. He exudes a temperament similar to Daolang, with the heroic spirit of a frontier poet.

However, there was an occasional glint in his eyes, revealing a hint of businessman's shrewdness.

"Thank you, Uncle Li."

Lu Feng shook hands with Li Songqiang, then looked at Daolang silently.

"Okay, it's getting dark, you should go home."

Daolang laughed.

Lu Feng quickly packed up his things, left quickly, and went to Reba's house for dinner.

After Lu Feng left, Li Songqiang withdrew his gaze and said to Daolang seriously, "Your new student is a promising talent. His commercial value is greater than that of all your previous students combined."

If Lu Feng was only talented in music, Li Songqiang would at most say he was good.

However, Li Songqiang looked at Lu Feng himself. He couldn't say that he was extremely handsome, but he was also extraordinarily handsome. Among the group of singers, he definitely stood out like a crane among chickens.

Not to mention, Lu Feng was admitted to the Shanghai Theatre Academy, and he will definitely be able to become an actor in the future.

Many singers have hit songs, but they themselves are still unknown and their commercial value is almost zero... Even if the agency wants to promote them, they can't.

This kind of waste would never happen to Lu Feng.

As long as the song becomes popular, Li Songqiang swears that he will immediately find all kinds of connections, even if it means spending money to become a sponsor, to arrange for Lu Feng to film an idol drama, so that he will become more popular than the song.

Li Songqiang is not afraid of losing money.

As a singer-songwriter who is also so handsome, his commercial value is extremely high, so this little initial investment is nothing at all.

As long as Lu Feng becomes famous, he can make his money back immediately by taking on some commercial performances!

"Lu Feng recorded a demo this afternoon, you should listen to it."

Daolang smiled. He was a hands-off boss when it came to business matters, leaving everything to Li Songqiang so as not to affect the purity of his music.

"Then listen to it."

After listening to Lu Feng's two songs, Li Songqiang couldn't help but smile even more happily.

“The song ‘Guest’ is great and full of storytelling.”

"In this day and age, artistic youth are rampant, and the internet is full of petty-bourgeois sentiment. If a song wants to become popular, a sense of story is very important."

"Not to mention, Lu Feng has a melancholic prince-like aura... When paired with the song 'Guest', it's a surefire hit for those sentimental little girls."

"I feel like our company is going to have another ace singer!"

Li Songqiang was very happy.

In recent years, he has been looking for ways to break through the business bottleneck in the pop music industry, but he always felt that something was missing.

Life is a bit confusing.

In addition to helping Daolang plan concerts, he is also studying the commercial monetization methods of some internationally renowned singers.

Gradually, he began to realize that in addition to the commercial development of song copyrights, the development of the singer's own commercial value is also very important.

You cannot simply treat a singer as a commodity, but rather as a brand.

Manage a singer in the same way you manage a brand.

However, there are too few singers who meet these conditions.

He saw the possibility of this new way of operating in Lu Feng.

"The song 'Guest' has such a strong storyline, it would be a waste if it didn't have a beautiful and sad music video."

"I'll find someone to produce the music video right now. When the time comes, as long as Lu Feng shows up in the music video, I will definitely make him famous all over the country!"

Daolang's world tour concert is actually a farewell party.

After this concert tour, Daolang will retire.

This made Li Songqiang feel a little sad, as if he had lost his former love, and his heart felt empty.

But at this moment, after seeing Lu Feng, he felt that he had found the new love of his life, and he was full of energy again.

The whole person looks like he is 20 years younger.

(End of this chapter)