A grand feast for the Chinese entertainment industry

Chapter 118 Joke
November 15th, Friday, direct flight to Singapore.

The group was large, including Lin Jianlu and his eleven-member dance troupe, with Lao Xue also accompanying them. Originally, Lin Jianlu was supposed to sit in first class with him, but after boarding, Lin Jianlu noticed this and immediately called the flight attendant to upgrade Liu Xiaoli to first class. Lao Xue was distracted for two seconds, but then not only did he help with the upgrade procedures, he also gave up his seat next to Lin Jianlu to Liu Xiaoli.

Hmm, see, I wasn't wrong, was I?
It was probably Liu Xiaoli's first time experiencing an upgrade, and she was a little bewildered. After being invited over by the flight attendant, she sat down next to Lin Jianlu and noticed that all the seats were quite far apart. After thanking the flight attendant, she quietly asked Lin Jianlu, "Is this alright?"

Lin Jianlu waved her hand, "From now on, whenever you travel, fly first class, and I'll reimburse you."

So she stopped talking.

The plane landed in the afternoon. Lin Xilei had also flown over in the morning. She didn't know how long she had been there, but she had been waiting at the airport. There were three or four cars in front of and behind her. Instead of going to the hotel, they all rushed to the performance venue. They were going to do a site inspection in the afternoon to get used to the stage.

It's still the same old friends.

For the Chinese music scene, Singapore is a considerable market. Whether it's Taiwan or Hong Kong, everyone values ​​it highly. Naturally, most singers who have become successful have a certain fan base here—basically everyone who can come has come, even singers like Lin Yi-Lin and Karen Mok.

The former has been quite popular in recent years and has a big name, so he's here to enhance his image; the latter's last album was a flop, so he's here to gain some recognition.

It's practically impossible to catch Lin Jianlu in Hong Kong, but this time when they ran into her backstage, Chen Shuhua and Su Huilun couldn't get a hold of her; the two of them practically surrounded Lin Jianlu.

They're all working on new albums, and they've all already gotten a song of absolutely top quality.

But one song isn't enough, bro!

"Hey, I already talked to Brother Zongsheng last time, I'm not in debt anymore! Don't think you can threaten me like this just because you're girls..."

"Hey, Zongsheng, don't pretend you can't see me! They're surrounding me!"

What to do? They just stubbornly cling to you, making it impossible for you to escape. Although the backstage area is bustling with activity, most of the people are just watching the show. At this point, neither Chen Shuhua nor Su Huilun dares to step forward.

Finally, he reluctantly agreed to write another poem for each of them.

But, "Let me emphasize, it's not about owing me money, it's about buying me drinks! And you can pay me whenever you have the money, no rushing me!"—Oh my, finally got rid of him.

But when no one was looking, he pulled Zhou Huajian aside to talk, and like a thief, handed him a few pages of sheet music folded into a ball. "Here, as promised, see if you like it."

Wow... thank you, thank you!

He immediately unfolded it to read, exclaiming, "Moonlight! Wow, such classical lyrics!"

He mentioned during a previous dinner that he wanted to try R&B and invited Lin Jianlu to write a song for his new album. Of course, I agreed, given our good relationship. Actually, he's not opposed to writing songs for anyone. His income from songwriting isn't low. He still has almost two years left on his contract with Rock Records for a major album, but even with all the songwriting, production, and singing in that contract, he only gets 15% royalties. However, when he writes songs for others, his combined royalties for lyrics, composition, and arrangement are already as high as 12%. If he's willing to produce the album for someone else, he can directly get 15%. Or, to be even more extreme, if he produces Chen Shuhua's new album, he could get 16%!

This is the absolute highest score in the Chinese music scene!
As for your claim that Michael Jackson received about 21% of the profits—please, there's only one Michael Jackson in the world. That achievement was built over more than a decade, with several albums selling tens of millions of copies.

Ge Fuhong and Zhang Aijia have had preliminary talks with Zhao Mingxin of Sony Columbia. If they sign the contract for the English album with them, Lin Jianlu's singer contract can get up to 16%, and the songwriting and production contract can also get 16%, totaling 32%, which is already a high price in the entire record industry!

Of course, once those three songs are finished, the two of them plan to talk to Zhao Mingxin again.

Even if we can only gain one more point, it will be a huge sum of money in the future.

Of course, this doesn't constitute a job hopping arrangement, so the signing bonus will be symbolic, but not much—if Lin Jianlu were willing to break his contract and switch jobs, Sony Columbia would not only be willing to pay the full penalty for breach of contract, but would also negotiate an additional, very large signing bonus. A very, very large sum.

Lin Jianlu simply didn't want to earn that money.

There are less than two years left, it's just one album, why bother!

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"Hey, your backing dancers are all so beautiful!"

"Hmm, even prettier than you?"

"You're so annoying! Why don't you just confess and tell me if you slept with them or not?"

"To be honest, I didn't."

"Really?"

"real."

"I don't believe you! You know how much of a womanizer you are? I don't believe you could be surrounded by so many beautiful, well-built, and talented dancers and not be tempted!"

“You know me. See that one? Yeah, the super white one, I get an erection every time I see her.”

"Pfft... You're so annoying!"

"Just telling the truth!"

"Then did you see if I got hard?"

"Hard! It hurts so much!" "Pfft..."

"What are you two talking about?... Ah Lu, everyone's watching the dancers you brought, they're all so beautiful! And they all have amazing figures!"

“Look, look, even Sister Shuhua said that, right?... We were talking about his womanizing. He said it himself... See her, that one, the really fair one! Ah Lu said that every time he sees her..."

"puff……"

The three of them huddled together and whispered. They had already met the Rock Records guys backstage at those two shows in Taiwan, so it wasn't too strange. Right now, everyone was passing around the new song that Wakin Chau had received.

Incidentally, a bunch of old perverts are looking at beautiful women.

Conversely, when I first entered the backstage area of ​​Rock Records and saw so many singers and superstars' backup dancers at the same time, I actually looked back at them much more enthusiastically than the singers looked at them.

Finally, Lin Jianlu left his two wives and returned to the girls—actually, there was no need to comfort them anymore. Last time they went out, many of them were nervous and made some small mistakes on stage, but in fact, as time went on, they gradually stopped being so nervous.

This time, it was just that there were some familiar singers backstage.

Instead, he leaned closer to Liu Xiaoli and whispered, "So, you're divorced and free now. Have you found someone you like over there? I can help you set them up."

Liu Xiaoli was stunned, feeling shy and embarrassed. She could only look at Lin Jianlu helplessly and whisper, "Don't joke with me! I have no idea how to answer your jokes."

Ok.

It's good that she doesn't want to get married. At least she won't have a father-in-law.

He rubbed his nose and made a quick getaway.

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We had a simple dinner together backstage.

There have been numerous examples in the industry where singers, especially during performances, are extremely cautious about everything they put in their mouths. For example, the Rolling Stones have a dedicated person who books the restaurant in advance, and the kitchen has someone closely monitoring the entire process from purchasing materials to packing them into lunchboxes, ensuring that no problems arise.

If something goes wrong and the concert falls apart, the Rolling Stones' reputation will be ruined.

After dinner, we went on stage.

She sang three songs in a row, and during a break to catch her breath, she also chatted with the fans in the audience for a few minutes.

Long, white legs shone brightly on stage once again.

To be honest, there's no shortage of dynamic dances. In Europe and America, backup dancers and even singers themselves have always competed with outlandish costumes. But at least until now, in the Chinese music scene, a dance that purely and blatantly uses bare legs as its selling point is truly a first.

Hit the G-spot!
When he returned from the stage, Su Huilun quietly told him that even the singers backstage had run to the side to look at those long, white legs, "They're so sexy! They danced so well!"

Lin Jianlu laughed and whispered in her ear, "It's mainly those legs, so white and long!"

Su Huilun covered her mouth and chuckled, then punched him with her fist.

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Two matches, one in Singapore and one in Kuala Lumpur.

Every show was sold out. The concert lasted for more than two hours, featured about 30 songs, and had more than ten singers, almost all of whom were unknown artists. When you think about it, such a concert is indeed very entertaining for music fans.

That's why Rolling Stones can do this every year and make a fortune.

This time, Rolling Stone, already boasting a star-studded lineup and immense appeal, has added Lin Jianlu, an Asian superstar who has skyrocketed to fame in just over six months, and he has also brought along a legendary dance troupe with incredibly long, white legs and explosive stage effects.

As a result, its reputation exploded.

It is said that as soon as the Singapore show ended, the Bangkok promoters bought a special edition in the largest local newspaper, posted photos of the performance, and the remaining two thousand or so tickets were sold out in less than four hours.

Lin Jianlu's big white legs and energetic singing and dancing are that effective!
After the performance in Singapore, Su Huilun secretly slipped into Lin Jianlu's room that very night—there was an acquaintance staying next door, and the hotel's soundproofing wasn't always reliable, so what could she do?
Just shut your mouth!

After the performance in Kuala Lumpur, it was Chen Shuhua's turn.

Yes, they were both very excited—it seemed like they were inexplicably thrilled by having an affair.

The next morning, the large group of people and many cars set off together. They had booked plane tickets for Liu Xiaoli and Li Xiaoran to fly back home. Lao Xue was in charge of leading the group, and they all returned to the capital together. As for Lin Jianlu, she was going to stay in Taiwan for a week with the Rock Records singers.

Chen Shuhua said the house was all cleaned up, and the two of them had moved a lot of their belongings there. They had even slept there separately. They were just waiting for Lin Jianlu to come back so they could have a little ceremony and officially settle down there. Tsk tsk tsk, the legendary little family of three is about to become a reality.

(End of this chapter)