"So you were waiting for me here.
When I contacted Xingchen Dahai before, I told Xingchen Dahai that I wanted to set up a record department. It was Xingchen Dahai who asked me to go to major radio stations to look for new singers.
It is said that new singers have strong shaping abilities, greater potential and unlimited possibilities.
I have been following you since you participated in the ATV Asia Singing Contest.
I think you are very talented and have great potential. Your voice is unique, magnetic and highly recognisable. Your voice has a soft and delicate feeling without losing its strength and thickness.
This unique voice can make you stand out among many singers and become your unique signature.
In addition, I also found that your voice is highly plastic even though you have not received any training.
After training, you will be able to easily master songs of various styles and will not be limited to a certain style. In the future, the style of songs you sing will be more diverse and can meet the preferences of different audiences.
Huaxing established a record department and signed a singer. Xingchen Haihai promised me that they would write songs and produce albums for them.
If you sign with Huaxing, I can't guarantee that all the songs in your first album will be written by Xingchen Dahai, but I can at least guarantee that three or four songs in your first album will be written and composed by Xingchen Dahai.
As for your subsequent albums, whether Xingchen Haihai will write songs for you depends on whether you work hard enough.
These can all be written into the contract. If they aren't completed, the contract will be void." Cheng Shufen first analyzed Zhang Guorong's tone, her words expressing her optimism for him, and she waited for his response.
"Sign. Mr. Cheng, please give me more guidance in the future." When Zhang Guorong heard that Xingchen Dahai would write at least three or four songs for him for his first album and that it would be written in the contract, Zhang Guorong agreed without thinking.
All the songs from Starry Sea are classics. If there are three or four songs written and composed by Starry Sea in an album, it means that he is famous in Hong Kong.
“Take a look at the contract, and if there are no problems, sign it.
When you report to the company tomorrow, I will first find a few voice teachers to give you lessons and teach you pronunciation and singing techniques.
Afterwards, I'll contact Xingchen Dahai, and I should hear back around September. We'll record your album in October, and we'll be able to release it by the end of the year." Cheng Shufen took out the contract she had already prepared to sign and handed it to Zhang Guorong.
Zhang Guorong took it and looked at the details carefully. He saw that everything Cheng Shufen had said before was written into the contract. He also looked at the profit sharing in the contract and saw that it was 30% to 70% and the contract period was seven years.
A 30% to 70% split means that Zhang Guorong can get 30%, which is already a very generous condition in the industry.
Zhang Guorong had also heard about the black-hearted contracts in the circle. A 19% opening salary was considered good, and some even used to be based on a basic salary system, where workers would only get paid if they started working.
Only a very small number of big-name stars can enjoy a higher share of the profits. However, this contract not only clearly listed all the rights and interests, but also provided a high share of 30%, which was beyond Zhang Guorong's expectations.
He couldn't help but feel excited and his gratitude was beyond words.
After Cheng Shufen and Zhang Guorong signed the contract and he left, Cheng Shufen turned and walked towards another private room in the cafe.
"I'm sorry to have kept Editor-in-Chief Li and Editor-in-Chief Zhu waiting for a long time." Today, Cheng Shufen not only made an appointment with Zhang Guorong to sign a contract, but the two editors-in-chief of Ming Pao and Xiangjiang Publishing House also made an appointment with Cheng Shufen.
As for the purpose of the meeting, Cheng Shufen also knew that it was nothing more than to arrange an article through herself and the world's number one.
Cheng Shufen never imagined that not only would this "Starry Sea" (the world's number one) write lyrics and compose classic songs, but even his novels are now popular in Hong Kong.
The first novel, "Aliens," is now selling nearly 50,000 copies, and the second novel, "Inception," has sold 100,000 copies. In 1977, a novel could sell 100,000 copies, which is simply a jaw-dropping miracle!
In the relatively single 1970s, the fact that a novel could achieve such astonishing sales was undoubtedly a high affirmation of the quality of the work itself and a widespread recognition of the author's talent.
"Mr. Cheng, is there any news from the world's number one?" Editor-in-Chief Li of Ming Pao asked impatiently after seeing Cheng Shufen.
The publication of the world's number one novel in Ming Pao not only increased their newspaper sales to over 100,000 copies, but the sales of the world's number one novel in the newspaper were significantly higher than when the world's number one novel was not published, with an additional 10,000 to 20,000 copies sold.
Even when the world's first and second stories of "Inception" were published, Ming Pao specifically raised the price of the newspaper to 1.5 yuan per copy when the second issue was serialized. Although some people cursed, there were still people who bought it.
It is worth mentioning that the price of Ming Pao's novels is generally one dollar per copy. Only when Mr. Cha serializes his novels and publishes them in Ming Pao will the price of Ming Pao be raised to two dollars per copy.
Until Mr. Cha stopped writing, Ming Pao never raised the price of the newspaper because of the serialization of any author's work, except for this world first.
From this we can see that although the influence of the world's number one is not enough to compare with Mr. Cha's heyday, it is almost half of his ability.
Not only did Mr. Cha notice World No. 1 and urge Chief Editor Li to ask Cheng Shufen and World No. 1 for manuscripts, but Chief Editor Zhu of Xiangjiang Publishing House was also urged by his superiors to ask Cheng Shufen and World No. 1 for manuscripts.
"A few months ago, the world number one wrote back to me, saying he had an idea for a new book and was currently writing the manuscript.
I guess this novel is not short, that's why it took so long.
As you all know, writing a novel requires not only inspiration but also careful planning and polishing to create a truly exceptional work. The world's number one writer has always been rigorous; he won't sacrifice quality for the sake of a deadline, as evidenced by the quality of his first two novels.
I think that this time he spent so much time conceiving and writing the new book because he must have wanted to bring a brand new and shocking story to readers.
Tomorrow, I'll write to the world's number one again to urge him on the matter." Cheng Shufen asked Editors Zhu and Li to be patient.
"Thank you, Mr. Cheng."
"Thank you, Mr. Cheng."
When Chief Editors Li and Zhu heard that Cheng Shufen would write a letter to World No. 1 tomorrow urging them to submit their manuscripts, they both hurriedly expressed their gratitude.
"It's nothing. It's just a piece of cake, not hard at all." I'm not asking you to submit your manuscripts, I'm asking you to sing a song and to ask if you've finished writing the novel.
Cheng Shufen only thought about these words in her heart and would not say them out loud. She had to make Editor-in-Chief Li and the editor-in-chief acknowledge them.
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