Chapter One of the Night

Chapter 7: Alliance

Chapter 7 Alliance

Although neither of the two agents had seen the score nor heard the song, and had no idea what kind of song it was, the two artists had a clear attitude, one had a work and the other insisted on it, so the two still A simple and crude verbal agreement was soon reached on behalf of their respective artists.

“Short Hair” will be sung by An Xiaojing.

An Xiaojing and her manager are responsible for getting through the process of the record company and ensuring that this work is included in her first single release plan.

Don’t need to talk about money, whether the money is divided or not is something that the record company has to worry about.

It took only an hour or so since Xu Zhenghua sang, and things were quickly settled.

Of course, although Xu Zhenghua doesn’t know much about the record circle and the operation process of record companies, it is not difficult for him to imagine that the pressure will be on An Xiaojing’s side.

For herself, her weakness is not only a favorable advantage, but at the same time, it is also a helpless defect.

Because of her weakness, it would be difficult for her to pry the arrangement of the record company.

It is difficult for her to have real full autonomy in selecting songs.

Of course, think optimistically, because the work is good enough, and a newcomer has nothing to cherish, for the record company, it is easy to choose to give it a shot.

The big deal is that this newcomer is a complete failure.

There is nothing too pity.

In short, the alliance is reached.

When the two parties were about to separate in the dining room, Pang Yongxi specially warned: “If you have an idea about the symphony, you must call me, or go to our dormitory to find me, and we can communicate more.”

“it is good.”

The next thing is easy.

There is a Walkman in my mind. As long as I remember it, there is an original soundtrack that can be repeatedly “played” there. With this level of clear memory, for a piano professional, it is necessary to take it to the next level. It’s not too easy to copy the sheet music.

According to Guan Yulan’s request, he borrowed a small tape recorder and simply recorded his original voice singing, even if all the requirements for copyright registration were fulfilled.

It was easy to get it done in the afternoon.

The next morning, Xu Zhenghua got up early, rushed to the Copyright Registration Center of the Copyright Bureau, and met with Guan Yulan. Under her leadership, the copyright of “Short Hair” was successfully registered.

The protection period is one year, and you can renew after one year for another year.

After two years, if you need to continue, you need to register again.

But Xu Zhenghua felt that there was a high probability that he would not be able to use the follow-up protection.

Once a piece of work is published and released, the follow-up business belongs to the record company.

As the copyright owners at that time, they will care more about copyright protection than the original author – music products are a special kind of product, and creativity and copyright exclusive are its biggest profit.

A good album can be sold for decades, and various licensed uses can also be eaten for decades. For a record company with a long history, the money brought by this long-term copyright every year can even account for more than two-thirds of their total revenue that year.

As long as someone dares to infringe, they will sue directly to death.

After exiting the office of the Copyright Registration Center, not only Xu Zhenghua breathed a sigh of relief, but Guan Yulan was also very satisfied, and said, “After I went back last night, I still think about it myself, and your brain is still quite smart. If you can stand firm as a creator in the future, it will definitely be a plus for your future career as a singer. I will have a better talk with Oriental Star.”

She commented, “Good idea! Keep writing!”

That is.

Xu Zhenghua was just as good as those two words of praise, “It’s still thanks to your sister-in-law, or you let me do this kind of thing myself, I’ll definitely be a bag.”

It is probably because of this extra sentence, and Guan Yulan seems to be in a good mood today, so he saved Xu Zhenghua’s subway ticket money, “Get on the train!”

She said: “I have nothing else to do in the morning, let’s take you back!”

As the biggest artist under her hand, Jin Xiaoqing is not really popular, but all her acting income, the agency behind Guan Yulan can take 10% of it, and it is said that 6% of it will be returned to Guan Yulan.

This income has also allowed her to easily rent a house of more than 80 square meters in the imperial capital, and buy a car of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan.

According to what she had disclosed before, the record company has settled with Jin Xiaoqing for the sales of a single disc for the whole year, nearly 300,000 copies, and the sales of her album’s first 800,000 copies. The exact amount is unknown, but it must be the same. A lot of money.

In addition, she received some commercial performances last year, including running a bar or something. It is said that since her debut more than a year ago, these are already hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Anyway… Guan Yulan replaced her old second-hand broken car at the end of last year and bought this new one.

Basically, even if she only eats Jin Xiaoqing, her income should be more than white-collar workers.

Halfway through the car, she was chatting casually. She didn’t know how to think about it, but she suddenly came back, “By the way, did you forget to make a few copies of the sheet music?” When she got a positive answer, she said, “I’ll give it to you later. I have one, and I’ll take it for Xiaoqing to see if she likes it.”

She explained: “Xiaoqing is also preparing for her second album recently, and is inviting songs everywhere. Isn’t this song written for girls? What if she likes it? Both of you are brought by me. The artist, it would be great if the two of you can cooperate! Many things are very easy to talk about, and they are a perfect match, right?”

That’s just the best for you!

Not for me!

Jin Xiaoqing, no matter how popular, is still crushing my existence.

In front of her, what bargaining power do I have?

Will you help her, or will you help me?

She caught her eye and grabbed it. The song was signed to Oriental Star, but for some reason, her thinking suddenly changed, and she decided not to put it on her new album. Who am I to cry for?

It’s not worth wasting time!

As far as Xu Zhenghua’s mind is concerned, she has gone through all the possibilities before she can finish explaining the words.

So he laughed and said, “Sister, what are you kidding me? Sister Xiaoqing must be working hard now. She wants to make the second album sell better. She must still be happy to invite those big-name authors to invite songs! I count. It’s just a piece of shit, how could she like it? Besides, she should be annoying me a lot lately. If you show her my song, maybe she won’t even watch it, but will get mad at you. !”

Guan Yulan thought about it, nodded, and sighed, “Yes.”

So she gave up, and she didn’t mention it until Xu Zhenghua got off the bus.

…

“This place turns too hard, it doesn’t feel right, listen… Cut the unloved forks in one place, long and short, short and long, struggling inch by inch.”

The copyright registration of the song has landed, and An Xiaojing can finally get the score.

Of course,    classes are still required, but the special thing about the Conservatory of Music is that students have a lot of time for their own practice. She had made a special trip to the record company she signed with and submitted the copied sheet music. Now she is waiting for the company’s reply while starting to practice songs under the guidance of Xu Zhenghua.

Xu Zhenghua was a businessman in his last life, but he likes to listen to girls sing for himself, but in his own words, he is not very interested in singing. Although he has studied music in this life, his major is piano, and he is not an expert in vocal music. So, in fact, There is no ability at all to instruct others to sing.

He just listened to what An Xiaojing sang was different from the original, and then told her.

Not to mention, it worked well.

An Xiaojing looked like he was being taught.

But for Xu Zhenghua, there is no sense of accomplishment.

On the contrary, as the contact time got longer and longer, An Xiaojing showed more and more frowns and smiles, and people became more relaxed and lively, which made him feel more relaxed and happy.

Pretty girl, who doesn’t like to watch it!

Not to mention a beautiful girl in her twenties!

Her vocal talent is pretty good. After one night of self-study and a big class in the morning the next day, the song is almost mastered, and the next step is to understand the details.

But for Xu Zhenghua, he also didn’t feel much.

He only cares about when the record company will give news and whether this song can become An Xiaojing’s first single.

But the process on the record company side does not seem to be so fast.

(end of this chapter)