Northern Myanmar: These players are acting strangely!

Chapter 98 Building a Platform? Ambitions to Enter the Music Market

Chen Xi took off his sunglasses and slowly removed his mask.

A delicate yet slightly aloof face was revealed.

Her features are like a meticulously sculpted work of art, with a touch of charm that comes with the passage of time.

Unlike Shen Yingying's youthful beauty.

The woman before him was more like a fine wine.

She has a tall and well-proportioned figure, and every move she makes exudes the unique charm of a mature woman.

Chen Xi coughed lightly, breaking the silence:

"you do not know me?"

She is quite aware of her popularity.

Although it's not as good as its peak, it has recently participated in several variety shows and even made it to the trending topics. Surely it shouldn't have lost this much of its fame?
Seeing that Chen Jiajun showed no surprise and didn't seem to be faking it, I couldn't help but become a little suspicious.

Chen Jiajun has absolutely no interest in the affairs of the entertainment industry.

For him, it would be more practical to spend his free time figuring out how to make money.

He stared at Chen Xi for two seconds, then shook his head:
"do not know."

Huang Bo, standing next to Chen Xi, stared wide-eyed the moment he saw Chen Xi take off her mask, and was so excited he almost spat out his soy milk.

He swallowed the soy milk in his mouth in a few gulps and excitedly reached out his hand:

"You...you are...that star from the super popular music variety show recently, Chen Xi!?"

Chen Xi smiled and nodded, finally regaining some face.

Huang Bo was still excited.

Chen Jiajun paused for a moment, then quickly regained his composure and got straight to the point:
"What do you need Shen Yingying for?"

Chen Xi then turned his attention back to Chen Jiajun and asked in return:
"you are?"

Chen Jiajun gave a concise self-introduction:

"Chen Jiajun, one of the founders of Seal Studio, is in charge of game development."

Chen Xi's eyes lit up:
"Game development?"

"So, you wrote the song 'What Can I Use to Keep You Here'?"

Chen Jiajun chuckled inwardly, thinking to himself how the credit for composing the song was being attributed to him.

He is certainly not the creator, but explaining that would be too complicated.

You can't exactly say you're cheating, that there's a system exchange shop where you can exchange reputation points for game data, and that music is just a small part of the game content, right?
To avoid any further complications, he could only grit his teeth and give a vague "hmm":
"what happened?"

Chen Xi adopted a very humble attitude and said sincerely:
"I'd like to ask, what was the inspiration for this song?"

What was your state of mind when you wrote it?

"..."

Faced with Chen Xi's barrage of questions, Chen Jiajun was inwardly groaning.

How could he possibly know what the creators were thinking?

Once you have enough reputation points, just click to redeem!

The system will do everything for him.

As long as he has enough reputation points, he can bring the entire entertainment industry from his previous life into the game, let alone a single song!
Of course, you can't say that.

His brain raced, racking his brains to come up with a plausible and reasonable excuse to deal with Chen Xi.

Just when he was about to run out of things to say.

The studio door clicked open.

Chen Jiajun turned his head and saw only that familiar profile.

I immediately breathed a sigh of relief; my savior had arrived.

He felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders and quickly waved:
"Mr. Shen, come here quickly, a client wants to discuss cooperation with you."

Shen Yingying walked in with a puzzled look on her face, but when she saw Chen Xi sitting on the sofa, she immediately understood.

"Hello, I am Shen Yingying."

Chen Jiajun quickly introduced:
"This is Chen Xi, a famous singer."

After the introduction, he didn't want to stay a second longer and quickly stood up:
"You guys chat, I'll go get back to work."

Before the words were even finished, the person had already slipped away to their workstation.

The hurried figure from behind looked like it was trying to escape.

Chen Xi watched his retreating figure as he fled, feeling utterly bewildered. Was he really that scary?

Shen Yingying shrugged, unfazed, and smiled as she tried to smooth things over:

"Don't worry about him, he's a tech geek."

"Just talk to me about company collaborations."

The two then began discussions regarding the performance rights to the song "What Can I Use to Keep You?"

About half an hour later, the talks ended pleasantly.

Shen Yingying handed Chen Xi a pre-prepared contract with a smile on her face:

"Ms. Chen, please take a look at the contract. If there are no problems, you can come over to sign it anytime."

After seeing off a satisfied Chen Xi, they left.

Chen Jiajun peeked out from behind the computer:
"Is it settled?"

Shen Yingying waved her phone:

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should work out."

"The contract will be signed in a couple of days."

"Ten years of performance rights, 800,000."

Chen Jiajun nodded. The amount of money wasn't much, but it was a pleasant surprise.

Shen Yingying seemed to suddenly remember something and said:

"By the way, the person in charge of Tianlai Music called me on my way here."

Chen Jiajun raised an eyebrow:
"copyright?"

He guessed the other party's intentions without even having to think about it.

He was willing to sell the performance rights, but he had no intention of relinquishing the exclusive copyright to the songs. He pondered for a moment:
"Forget about the platform, we'll keep the copyright ourselves."

Shen Yingying had known him for many years, and seeing his expression, she knew he must have other ideas in mind.

"What? You have other plans?"

Chen Jiajun didn't intend to hide it and nodded:
"The company account has some money left over."

"I think we can try to create our own music platform."

Shen Yingying's smile froze instantly, and she stared at him in shock:
"No, brother...you're not kidding, are you?"

"Our meager savings aren't enough for you to squander!"

Chen Jiajun understood what she meant, of course.

In today's music market, the major music platform giants have already divided up the market share.

Market share is not expected to change significantly.

At this time, newcomers who want to get a share of the pie are no less eager than those who joined the National Revolutionary Army in 1949.

Purely feeding kills.

Shen Yingying took a deep breath and pointed out the crux of the problem:
"If you want to create a music platform, what do you have to offer to compete with others?"

"Putting everything else aside, does it even have a copyright database?"

"The major platforms have tens of millions of songs in their music libraries, what about us?"

"Just that one song?"

Why should users pay for it?

"To build a platform, you need to invest astronomical sums in everything from buying copyrights and attracting new users to operations."

"We throw in a million or two, and we don't even make a splash."

Faced with Shen Yingying's series of probing questions, Chen Jiajun remained calm and patiently listened to her finish before slowly explaining:
"What I want to do is different from what's available on the market."

He stared intently at Shen Yingying:
"Our music is an exclusive resource that is not available on the market."

"If users want to listen, they can only come to our platform."

"Moreover, don't forget that we have the foundation of 'Bloody Golden Triangle', which allows us to deeply integrate the music platform and the game, thus securing a core user base in the early stages."

"..."

Shen Yingying still felt that the matter was a bit risky after hearing it.

In short, it wasn't enough to persuade her.

"You mean we're not just a platform, but also a music platform?"

"Brother, aren't you thinking too simply?"

Shen Yingying was so angry she almost laughed:

"Putting aside the quality of the music, how many songs do you think we could come up with in a year on our own?"

Yes, this song is a hit today, but what about the next one?

"And the one after that?"

Have you considered the issue of sustained output?

Chen Jiajun smiled calmly and waved to her:

"Of course I've considered it."

"Come here, I want to show you something."

Filled with doubt, Shen Yingying followed Chen Jiajun to his computer.

Chen Jiajun clicked on an app on his desktop. The app's icon was a seal's head.

He pointed to the screen:

"Look."

"These are samples I made."

"There are no detailed optimizations yet, so it looks rather rough."

"After you go in, there's a music library."

"The copyrights to these songs all belong to our studio."

"Isn't that enough?"

On the screen, a simple media player interface unfolds, with a densely packed song list on the left that seems to stretch as far as the eye can see.

Shen Yingying's eyes were filled with disbelief. Her hands trembled as she gripped the mouse and scrolled down.

Even dragging the scroll bar doesn't reach the end.

She had never heard of any of the songs in it.

Just by looking at the song titles, you can tell that they are diverse in style and all-encompassing.

"These...can all be played?"

Chen Jiajun laughed:
"of course can."

"However, these songs cannot be released all at once; they must be integrated with the game version and released gradually."

"I'll put together a detailed plan and send it to you later."

Shen Yingying ignored him.

Because she was already wearing headphones.

The moment the music started, she froze completely.

It was a style of music she had never heard before.

The arrangement is exquisite, the melody is catchy, and the lyrics are profound.

She subconsciously searched for the song title online, but naturally found nothing.

She changed to another song, and then another...

Every song is brand new, and their quality is so high that they are in no way inferior to any popular song on the market.

this moment,
Her doubts and anxieties were dispelled, replaced by an indescribable shock and excitement.

Perhaps... Chen Jiajun's idea can come true!
Could their Seal Studios really make a splash in the music market with this?

Shen Yingying looked completely captivated.

It seems we've taken another step closer to becoming capital!
(End of this chapter)