From elementary school music teacher to superstar

Chapter 29 You Can't Fool Me

Chen Changhai snorted, but did not reply.

"Mr. Chen, I lost money to the company for the last album, and I'm worried."

Ling Xue said with a smile on her face, "The songwriter is a friend of mine, and the official contract has not been signed yet. Mr. Chen, can you see if this is okay? If the company thinks it's inappropriate, just treat it as my personal purchase."

She was actually quite nervous at first, but just now she accidentally discovered that Mr. Chen and Director Zhao had a silent eye contact, which seemed a little indescribable.

Ling Xue suddenly realized that the matter of her buying songs privately was actually not a big deal to put it bluntly.

First of all, she went there during the rest time, and the later commercial performances were not delayed.

The second thing is to spend the money in my own card. If the company thinks it can be used, it will be collected into the company's music library and given to her.

If it doesn't fit, just don't admit it.

Anyway, in front of the company, singers, especially newcomers like her, don't have much say.

It's not worth making such a big fuss.

But Mr. Chen looked very angry, and even used Liu Xiaojing to make an example of others.

This is somewhat intriguing.

Before returning, Ling Xue had already faxed the lyrics and music back, Mr. Chen and Mr. Zhao should have read it.

Leaving aside the price, the songs must be good songs.

She has released so many songs anyway, and she still has the confidence of this vision.

Ling Xue was a little suspicious, whether they kept the song on purpose, but they didn't want to sing it to her, but to others.

That's why I tapped first to prevent her from reacting too violently.

This is not impossible, during the period of her contract with Maggie, the songs she buys can only enter the name of the company.

The company has the right to assign who will sing.

Based on Ling Xue's understanding of Chen Changhai, this possibility is unlikely. Although Chen Changhai is a bit stingy and careful, he generally does a good job in face matters.

It is not possible to do this.

However, she still pretended to say that she wanted to classify the song as a private purchase. In this way, if the company really didn't want it, it could give her a name and prove that the song belonged to her.

At the same time, she lightly stated that it was her friend who wrote the song, which made the company fearful.

Chen Changhai didn't expect Lingxue to say that, he didn't know how to answer the words for a moment, he snorted coldly and turned his face away, ignoring her.

Seeing this, Zhao Guoxiong pretended to be angry and said, "Is Mr. Chen such an unreasonable person to ask you to pay for the song yourself? Do you want to spread the company's reputation?"

Looking at Chen Changhai, he said slowly: "Mr. Chen is angry, why don't you report to the company? The company has its own company plan. If everyone makes their own decisions like you, it will all be messed up." .”

Ling Xue didn't make any excuses, she just admitted her mistake sincerely.

Chen Changhai's face looked better now, so let her communicate with the copyright department of the company to finalize the contract as soon as possible. As for when to record the song, we'll talk about it later.

After Ling Xue and Liu Xiaojing left, Chen Changhai frowned and asked, "Old Zhao, are those two songs really good?"

"Mr. Chen, I don't dare to guarantee 100% that the song is not on sale. But..."

Zhao Guoxiong thought for a moment, "The songs are all good songs, and they are the kind of good songs that you don't get one in two years. They perfectly avoid the defects of the last album. I feel that they have the potential to become popular."

Chen Changhai nodded, and finally made up his mind, "Then follow what we discussed and use these two songs to make an EP album."

Ling Xue guessed right, Chen Changhai did not intend to sing the song to others, but he did have some ideas.

When "The One I Love" was released, he really wanted to make Ling Xue famous. There was still more than a year before the contract expired, and Maggie Records had enough time to plan and communicate, and renewal would not be a problem.

Even if the contract is not renewed, due to the increase in Ling Xue's status, after more than a year, the light commercial show can still help the company make a lot of money.

But the plan failed, and "The One I Love" hit the street, and now it's different.

With two high-quality title songs, the usual practice should be to collect some more songs, make up ten songs, and then release a normal album.

But if that's the case, by the time the album is released, it may be next year. If the album sells well, Ling Xue will be a little popular, and there will be less than a few months left before the contract expires.

Let's renew the contract at that time, Ling Xue's value has already increased, and the price to pay may be much higher.

Don't renew the contract, the singer I have cultivated with great difficulty, can't be cheaper than other record companies.

Dilemma, this is not Chen Changhai's style of doing things.

So, now that he has two high-quality songs, his idea is to continue to explore the way of female singers without making Ling Xue too popular.

Zhao Guoxiong actually disagrees with this kind of thinking about gains and losses, but Maggie has not been eaten by the four major record companies for so many years, but has grown a lot, which is inseparable from Chen Changhai's long-term thinking and long-term plans.

He still admires Chen Changhai in matters such as company management and trade-offs.

The two finally negotiated that in order to achieve the desired goal, the new album should still be released, but instead of making a normal album, they would make an EP album with only two songs.

Because EP albums are cheap, even if the sales volume is not low, the sales volume is not too high, which has a limited effect on improving the popularity of the singer itself.

Because the album sales list is ranked according to sales.

Moreover, only normal albums can participate in the record-level competition, and EP albums and singles cannot participate.

In other words, EPs and singles will not be called platinum records even if they sell 100 million copies.

"Okay Mr. Chen, then I will prepare the album next."

Zhao Guoxiong thought for a while and smiled, "Actually, that's fine too. After the album is released, it will be relatively easy for us to find a way to sign that friend Ling Xue."

A young man who is about the same age as Ling Xue can actually write songs like "Notepad" and "Goodbye, I'm Just a Stranger". God knows what other songs he will create.

Chen Changhai nodded approvingly, and said with a slight smile, "It's fine if you're in a bad mood today. In two days, you can ask Ling Xue about Lu Xin's contact information."

Ling Xue didn't know their plan, so she called Lu Xin as soon as she left the house.

"Hey, don't forget about the arrangement."

After connecting, she said directly.

Lu Xin's voice came from the microphone, "It was faxed the day before yesterday, go ask."

Ling Xue was taken aback for a moment. She had given Maggie's fax number to Lu Xin that day, and asked him to send it after finishing the arrangement, but she didn't expect it to be so fast.

"Mr. Lu, I gave you 10 yuan for two songs. You can't fool me."

She said in a joking tone, but she was actually a little disappointed in her heart.

The lyrics are the skeleton of a song, and the arrangement is the flesh and blood.

An individual can compose music, even if it is a hummed tone, as long as it is recorded and written into a score, regardless of its quality, it can barely be called a composition.

But the arrangement is different. Arrangement is a very professional thing. You need to have a good understanding of various instruments and collocations in order to be excellent.

It is by no means something that can be done easily.

It only took Lu Xin a day or two to send a fax, obviously he didn't pay much attention.

"Two songs for 10, you will miss this price in the future. You can read the arrangement first, I'm going to take lessons."

After speaking, the phone was hung up.

"What's the matter, Xiaoxue?"

Seeing Ling Xue in a daze after making the phone call, Liu Xiaojing asked.

"It's okay, let's go to the receiving and receiving office."

Ling Xue walked forward first, and the fax documents received by Maggie's company were all in the sending and receiving office. Maybe she was away a few days ago, and the people over there put them away first.

(End of this chapter)