From elementary school music teacher to superstar

Chapter 11 This is Business

"Mr. Chen, do you still remember Ling Xue's song "Dream", which sold well?" Zhao Guoxiong asked suddenly.

"Dream" is Ling Xue's single released last year, which sold more than 20 copies.

"Of course I remember." Chen Changhai nodded, "Speaking of which, you deserve credit for discovering Ling Xue. Your singing skills are really good. She sang the song "Dream", which is amazing."

That song is majestic and requires a lot of breath and technique, and most people really can't sing it.

Because of this, he was even more depressed. The songwriter was not bad, and the singer was good, so why couldn't he sell the sales.

Zhao Guoxiong frowned and said in thought: "I don't know Mr. Chen, have you found out that the ten songs in "The One I Love" this time, although the style is slightly different, but the approach is almost the same as "Dream"."

"what do you mean……"

Chen Changhai seemed to realize something.

"It's my fault. They wrote the song after listening to Ling Xue's "Dream". After I got it, I thought it was suitable, and they were very grand. But now that I think about it, I'm afraid it was a mistake."

Zhao Guoxiong sighed, ""Dream" is a good song, and it's a new voice, so when it first came out, the response was pretty good.

However, fans are not professionals. When they listen to this type of song, they feel fresh after listening to one song, but they will become impatient after listening to it too much. "

There is another sentence that Zhao Guoxiong did not say. It is difficult to produce high-quality songs with such an atmosphere. The ten songs in "The Person I Love" are all good songs from a structural point of view, but they are still high-quality songs. There are some gaps.

In fact, it is four words: not good enough.

Most people buy songs, and the first element is good listening.

This is a very simple truth. As a producer for many years, he certainly knows it, even Chen Changhai knows it.

But they didn't know how to fall into the tubular vision at the beginning. Maybe the single "Dream" gave them the illusion that they could fight a good battle with it.

Unexpectedly, it failed completely.

……

As soon as Ling Xue entered the director's office, she was choked and coughed a few times, and then found in the smog that it was Director Zhao who opened the door for him, and Director Chen was sitting on Director Zhao's office chair.

"Director Zhao, President Chen."

She greeted the two of them and stood at the door holding her breath.

"Lingxue is here, sit down."

Zhao Guoxiong went to the window and opened it, fanned the smoke in the room, and Liu Xiaojing who followed him also helped to ventilate the room. After a long time, the room was finally not so suffocating.

Chen Changhai coughed a few times in embarrassment, Zhao Guoxiong didn't smoke just now, he smoked alone.

"Ling Xue, I discussed it with Director Zhao. If the album fails, it will fail. Don't worry, take a break, and then the company will arrange some other work for you first."

After Ling Xue sat down, he thought about it and said.

After Zhao Guoxiong's analysis, he also realized that "The One I Love" may have really chosen the wrong direction.

However, it is true that the album was rushed, but Ling Xue still has value as a singer.

Ever since "Dream" was released on the shelves last year, there have been invitations for commercial performances. Because of the preparation for the album "The One I Love", Chen Changhai blocked them all.

Now that the album is sold out, let's go to commercial performances and make money.

It's just that the price may be lower than last year, and there's no way around it. A singer's worth is based on album sales.

But no matter what, even if the album fails, in the long run, the company will definitely make money from Ling Xue.

Ling Xue frowned, and said: "Mr. Chen, I know that this album has cost the company money. If you want me to go to a commercial performance, I have no second choice, and I will go when you are called."

"But I want to implore Mr. Chen..."

She paused for a while, "I'm really not willing to beg the company to give me another chance to release the album after I've made up for the lost money from commercial performances!"

"The One I Love" hits the street, even if it goes to a commercial show, there is a high probability that they will not be allowed to sing songs from this album, and they may still sing "Dream".

There are many singers on the market. With one and a half famous songs, they have been in the commercial performance market for 20 years.

The value is getting lower and lower.

As a singer, it's long gone.

Ling Xue didn't want to do that, and just relying on "Dream" with a sales volume of 20, she wouldn't be able to hang around for a few years even if she wanted to.

"This is..."

Chen Changhai laughed dryly, then turned to look at Zhao Guoxiong.

It is impossible to release another album. Maggie is not Yuda, nor Tianle, and she doesn't have such a rich family background to toss about.

Zhao Guoxiong gave him an analysis, if he could receive a suitable song and grasp the direction, Lingxue had a chance of success.

But how can the right song be so easy to receive, and take another risk?That's not his character, Chen Changhai.

Maggie only has a medium scale, and what she relies on to survive in the cracks of the four major record companies is to be cautious.

Besides, there is only one and a half years left in the contract between Ling Xue and the company, let her run commercial performances to make some profits for the company.

At that time, the fame will also cost a little, and the spirit will also be lowered. When it comes to contract renewal, the company will be able to take a greater initiative.

At that time, I looked at the market situation of female singers before deciding whether to release a new album.

This is business.

Zhao Guoxiong is well aware of Chen Changhai's twists and turns.

However, if he is asked to produce another female singer album, he is still not sure.

Zhao Guoxiong said: "Don't worry about Ling Xue, judging from the failure experience of this album, the new album must at least have one or two songs that can explode.

Otherwise, if you fail again, it will be difficult. "

"Yes, for songwriters like Mu Yi, the company has always invited songs, and the ones they invite are songs by female singers."

Chen Changhai took over the conversation and continued, "As soon as the song is in hand, I will ask Director Zhao to help you make a new album. You know, the company really wants to open up the situation of female singers."

"Okay, thank you Mr. Chen, thank you Director."

Ling Xue let out a long breath and said slowly.

She understood that Chen Changhai was just perfunctory to her, and it was not just Maggie Records who asked Mu Yi and the others to invite them to sing.

But almost none were available.

Muyi's songs all have priority cooperation partners, and only the leftovers will be passed on.

And even if this is the case, some of the rumors that spread out were robbed by people.

But she didn't know what to say, because these days she has been thinking about what caused the album to explode.

In the end, I came to the same conclusion as Zhao Guoxiong. It's not necessarily that the songs in "The One I Love" are bad, but they are not suitable and have not been recognized by the market and fans.

Therefore, if you want to save yourself, you must get better and more suitable songs.

After leaving the director's office, Ling Xue said to Liu Xiaojing, "Sister Jing, help me find an agency that collects songs for artists."

Liu Xiaojing opened her eyes wide, "What are you going to do?"

"I want to try collecting songs from the market myself."

Ling Xue said slowly, she would definitely not be able to see the songs that the songwriters voted for the company, nor could she see the company's music library.

You can only try to find it yourself.

She doesn't have a lot of money, but even if she can have a title song that can be sold, the album sales will not be so bad that she can't watch it, she has to do something.

　Don't worry, the protagonist will come out in the next chapter.Please ask for a recommendation ticket, everyone.dog head smiling face.jpg
　　


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