Huayu 2007, Cultivation Superstar

Chapter 46 "A Little Sweet", Half Pension Insurance

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On a rickety bus.

Li Xiaoqin and Lu Feng were pressed together by other people and could hardly breathe.

The bus ride from school to the city center on weekends is so scary that I almost got pregnant from the crowd.

"Brother, let's go back to Kunshan together for the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

The Mid-Autumn Festival is in two days. In previous years, Lu Feng would go to his grandmother's house in Kunshan during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"I may not be able to go this year. I have a lot of things to do next."

Lu Feng replied.

Seeing a look of loss on Li Xiaoqin's face.

Lu Feng couldn't help but add: "Although I can't celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with you, I have prepared a mysterious gift for you."

"What mysterious gift?"

A hint of anticipation appeared on Li Xiaoqin's face.

"You'll find out soon enough."

Lu Feng smiled mysteriously.

The bus swayed and wobbled, and finally arrived at the station half an hour later.

"Brother, what is this place?"

Li Xiaoqin looked around and saw that it looked like a high-end shopping mall with many office buildings in front.

She muttered to herself, Brother, you won’t take me out to buy clothes again, right?
If that were the case, she would definitely refuse.

Because, this week alone, Lu Feng took her out to buy three or four new sets of clothes, and her closet was almost full.

"You come with me."

Lu Feng smiled and took Li Xiaoqin's hand, but instead of going to the nearby shopping mall, they walked around in the office building and then took an elevator.

Came to the 15th floor.

This is Universal Music’s branch in Shanghai.

Jiuyutianxia is a label under Universal Music. Li Songqiang has a good relationship with the president of Universal China and they had greeted each other long ago.

If Lu Feng needs to record any songs, please feel free to come here.

After Lu Feng came up, he greeted the front desk and went straight to the A&R director's office.

——The A&R department is basically equivalent to a full-time nanny hired by the record company for the singer. If the singer has any needs, they will go to this department to coordinate.

During this period, Lu Feng came to Universal Music several times, finished recording the song "If It Were Then", and sent the demo to Reba to listen to.

Reba expressed great satisfaction.

"Sister Wendy, your new hairstyle looks great. When I walked in just now, I almost thought I saw Lin Chiling."

"Haha... Lu Feng, you have good taste. I'll keep the recording studio for you. There's a guy named Xue Zhiqian from Shangteng Entertainment who came early this morning and wanted to use your recording studio, but I didn't bother to pay attention to him."

Lu Feng's few words made Wendy extremely happy, and she personally took him to the recording studio.

"Sister Wendy, when is my turn?"

Outside the recording studio, Lu Feng saw a melancholy handsome guy with a Chow Chow afro hairstyle, dyed yellow hair, and a sad face.

Seeing Wendy coming over, Xue Zhiqian couldn't help but stand up, his face almost crying.

I've been waiting for the whole morning, and the recording studio is clearly empty, why won't they let him record?

"Wait until Lu Feng finishes recording, and it will be your turn next. Lu Feng is very quick, it will take at most two hours, you can go downstairs and have lunch first."

Wendy was too lazy to say anything more to Xue Zhiqian and just turned and left.

Jiuyutianxia, ​​where Lu Feng is located, and Shangteng Entertainment, where Xue Zhiqian is located, are both record labels under Universal Music.

——Shangteng Entertainment is a record label established by Shanghai Media Group and Universal Music, specifically to recruit singers from "Super Boy".

Logically speaking, even if Wendy has a good relationship with Lu Feng, she cannot treat Xue Zhiqian as a transparent person.

But the problem was that Xue Zhiqian's boss was a jerk. In 2006, after Mr. Chen arrived, Shangteng Entertainment began a massive layoff, laying off more than half of the company's agents, leaving many singers without an agent.

——That Mr. Chen is the producer of Andy Lau’s “Forget Love Water” and “Chinese”. He is known as the “Pope” in the circle. His status in the circle is as high as ten floors. Therefore, no one dares to say anything when he messes around in the company.

Mr. Chen looked down on Xue Zhiqian and preferred Wang Xiaokun, the champion of "2006 Super Boy", which resulted in Xue Zhiqian sitting on the bench in the company until his death.

During this period, Xue Zhiqian was recording new songs and preparing to release a new album. The company was so stingy that it was unwilling to even give him 5000 yuan for publicity, so Brother Qian had to pay for the publicity himself.

Even cattle and horses would cry at this treatment.

Later, Xue Zhiqian transformed himself into a joke teller on Weibo out of helplessness.

The company is such a rip-off, what can he do?
Universal has completely banished Shangteng Entertainment. Xue Zhiqian came to record songs without spending a penny, and they didn't kick him out, which was already a great favor to him.

Therefore, Xue Zhiqian would endure any small discrimination he encountered.

Lu Feng knew Xue Zhiqian's situation.

Even a talented person like Xue Zhiqian has ended up in such a mess, which is enough to prove how difficult it is to make it in the Chinese music scene in this era.

After traveling through time, he didn't want to be a singer because he saw the lesson of Xue Zhiqian!
"Brother Qian, this is my girlfriend. She really likes your song 'Serious Snow'."

"Lu Feng, stop joking with me. You are my elder brother. I beg you to hurry up. I'm afraid that someone else will cut in line later."

Lu Feng is extremely popular now, almost as popular as Xue Zhiqian was in 2006.

When you walk into the mall, you can hear the song "Guest" everywhere, and you can also see Lu Feng playing the piano handsomely on the big screen.

Every time Xue Zhiqian saw it, he felt so envious that he wanted to cry.

——I really don’t know how much publicity Jiuyutianxia spent on Lu Feng. For such a soul-stirring publicity, it must be at least dozens of times of 5000 yuan, right?

In 2006, when "Serious Snow" was released, he was also the focus of everyone's attention, as if he would ascend to become an immortal at any time.

He thought that this was the beginning of his career and the place where his dreams would set sail.

However, he never expected that "Serious Snow" would be his peak.

What he didn't expect was that a year later, when he came to Universal Music to record a song, he would still be discriminated against.

Life is so hard.

He really wanted to quit the entertainment industry and open a hot pot restaurant downstairs. If that didn't work out, selling clothes would be acceptable. If that didn't work out, he could just go tell jokes under the overpass.

But after thinking about it, Xue Zhiqian still wanted to sing.

After sighing for a while outside, Xue Zhiqian prepared to go downstairs to have a meal, but before he could turn around, he heard some sweet singing coming from the recording studio.

"what's the situation?"

"Lu Feng, he's actually recording a love song, and it's so sweet? A duet? Are you kidding me? Didn't he just appear as a guest?"

Xue Zhiqian was stunned on the spot.

Isn’t Lu Feng the same as me, specializing in singing sad songs and going for the depressing handsome guy route?
Did he transform so quickly?

Sing sad songs when you’re heartbroken?

Just because you have a new girlfriend, you immediately change your style and sing sweet songs?
This guy is so awesome that he can switch styles at will?

……

"We've already agreed to spend next weekend together. Your little emotions are for me."

"I don't know why. The wound hasn't healed yet, and you broke into my heart like this."

……

A song called "A Little Sweet".

This is half of the pension insurance that Lu Feng gave to Li Xiaoqin.

Although song copyrights are not valuable in this era, it doesn’t matter. After a few years, these song copyrights will gradually become valuable.

At that time, he can drag Li Xiaoqin to sing this song at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, New Year's Eve Concert, or various variety shows to earn some pocket money.

Li Xiaoqin's vocal conditions are actually very good. After all, she is the fifth generation Du Liniang. Although she majors in Kunqu Opera, she doesn't feel too much pressure when using it to sing pop songs.

With the help of a million tuners, recording a simple love song is not a problem.

(End of this chapter)