Chapter 24 New Love and Old Love
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Lu Feng now has two songs in his hands.
A song called "Why Not" has a fresh style, somewhat similar to Jay Chou's "Simple Love", and the arrangement is not too difficult.
With the help of Lu Feng's powerful musical memory, he almost finished the arrangement after working on it for quite some time.
As for “Guest,” the arrangement is a little more complex, but the main output is piano, plus guitar, bass, and some drums.
After a day of hard work, Lu Feng was exhausted, but he finally made a preliminary version of the arrangement of the two songs that was barely acceptable.
"Lu Feng, you are really a genius..."
Before dinner, Daolang brought a friend over, originally wanting to talk to Lu Feng about the arrangement of two songs.
Who knew that Lu Feng actually finished it by himself.
This greatly surprised Daolang, and at the same time he was extremely delighted!
It was already surprising that he could compose lyrics and music by himself. Daolang did not expect that Lu Feng also had a talent for composing music.
This is already a mature music producer!
"Teacher, I'll just do it casually, but you have to make the final decision."
Lu Feng doesn't dare to call himself a genius.
He still has some self-awareness. After all, these two songs were all plagiarized.
Perhaps because he was reborn, his memory was much better than in his previous life.
The songs that he used to practice frequently were firmly engraved in his mind, and he could even play out the simple musical notations... Of course, forget about arranging the music, as that was too difficult.
Because he knew that his talent was limited and he relied entirely on being a plagiarist, when Daolang gave him some advice on singing, he agreed without hesitation.
After a few years, his talent was gone, but at least his singing skills were still there.
"You are quite modest."
Daolang laughed and didn't take it seriously, then introduced his friends to Lu Feng.
"This is my agent, Li Songqiang, who is also the general manager of the Jiuyu Tianxia agency. You can call him Uncle Li."
"Remember to sign a licensing contract with him for the copyright of your two songs...I think it will be able to earn you some pocket money every month."
In this era, it is difficult to make it in the Chinese music scene. In addition to the rampant piracy and the sluggish record industry, which has caused the entire music industry to encounter a business bottleneck, there is another important reason.
That is, the singer's copyright is not respected.
Many management companies will force singers to own their copyrights when signing contracts, while singers only have the right to perform and cannot receive any dividends from the copyrights.
Isn't this bullshit?
Is this equivalent to writing a song with great effort and then giving it to a company to make money?
Talented people are mostly arrogant and proud. Who can tolerate such an unfair contract?
If it weren't for Daolang's protection, if Lu Feng wanted to make it in the Chinese music scene, he would probably have signed this kind of contract.
If you are not popular, it means that your talent is not recognized.
If he gets angry, he will probably vomit blood.
Anyway, you can't please either side.
In this era, it is really difficult to be a new singer.
"Uncle Li, I'll leave it to you from now on."
Lu Feng still respects Li Songqiang very much.
Daolang's songs became popular all over the country, and Uncle Li was an important driving force behind them.
[Jiuyutianxia] sounds like a small company, but that’s because they have never thought about expanding... There are only a few singers under this company, and besides Daolang, there are his friends and apprentices.
If you are not one of us, you cannot enter this company.
However, Jiuyutianxia has a very wide network of contacts and has strategic partnerships with Taihe Maitian and Universal Music.
After joining Jiuyu Tianxia, Lu Feng had the distribution channels of Taihe Maitian and Universal Music.
As long as the quality of the songs is good, he will definitely be able to gain some fame.
As for whether it can make money?
Don’t think about it!
After the shrinkage of the ringback tone SP business, Daolang’s revenue has plummeted by 80% in the past two years, not to mention a small and unknown person like Lu Feng!
However, as long as we can survive these two years, after 2009, the aftermath of the subprime mortgage crisis will slowly subside, and the economy will begin to recover. China, as the engine of the world economy, will see all kinds of commercial performances springing up all over the country.
A new era is coming!
A large area of new leeks are waiting for him to harvest!
Although the road ahead is bumpy, the future is full of hope.
However, before that, we need to build our reputation!
"Lu Feng, I know you're going to study at the Shanghai Theatre Academy soon. When you get to Shanghai, if you have any creative needs, you can call me. Our company also has partners there, so it shouldn't be a problem to borrow a recording studio for you."
Li Songqiang has long curly hair like an artist, and the temperament he exudes is similar to Daolang.
There is a kind of heroism of a frontier poet.
However, there was an occasional glint in his eyes, revealing a hint of businessman's shrewdness.
"Thank you, Uncle Li."
Lu Feng shook hands with Li Songqiang, then looked at Daolang silently.
"Okay, it's getting dark, you should go home."
Daolang laughed.
Lu Feng quickly packed up his things, left quickly, and went to Reba's house for dinner.
After Lu Feng left, Li Songqiang retracted his gaze and said to Daolang very seriously: "Your new student is a promising talent. His commercial value is greater than all your previous students combined."
If Lu Feng was only talented in music, Li Songqiang would at most say he was good.
However, Li Songqiang looked at Lu Feng himself. He can't say that he is extremely handsome, but he is also extraordinarily handsome. Among the group of singers, he is definitely a standout.
Not to mention, Lu Feng was admitted to the Shanghai Theatre Academy, and he will definitely be able to become an actor in the future.
There are many singers whose songs are popular, but they are still unknown and their commercial value is almost zero... Even if the management companies want to promote them, they can’t.
This kind of waste would never happen to Lu Feng.
As long as the song becomes popular, Li Songqiang swears that he will immediately find all kinds of connections, even if it means spending money to become a sponsor, to arrange for Lu Feng to film an idol drama, so that he will become more popular than the song.
Li Songqiang is not afraid of losing money.
As a singer-songwriter who is also so handsome, his commercial value is extremely high, so this little initial investment is nothing at all.
As long as Lu Feng becomes famous, he can make his money back immediately by taking on some commercial performances!
"Lu Feng recorded a demo this afternoon, you can listen to it."
Daolang smiled. He was a hands-off boss when it came to business matters, and left everything to Li Songqiang so as not to affect the purity of his music.
"Then listen to it."
After listening to Lu Feng's two songs, Li Songqiang couldn't help but smile even more happily.
“The song ‘Guest’ is great, and full of stories.”
"In this era, literary youth are rampant, and the Internet is full of petty bourgeois sentiments. If a song wants to become popular, a sense of story is very important."
"Not to mention, Lu Feng has a melancholy prince-like temperament... When paired with the song 'Guest', it's a killer for those sentimental little girls."
"I feel like our company is going to have another ace singer!"
Li Songqiang was very happy.
In recent years, he has been looking for ways to break through the business bottleneck in the pop music industry, but he always felt that something was missing.
Life is a bit confusing.
In addition to helping Daolang plan concerts, he is also studying the commercial monetization methods of some internationally renowned singers.
Gradually, he began to realize that in addition to the commercial development of song copyrights, the development of the singer's own commercial value is also very important.
You cannot simply view a singer as a commodity, but rather you have to view him as a brand.
Manage a singer in the same way you manage a brand.
However, there are too few singers who meet these conditions.
He saw the possibility of this new way of operating in Lu Feng.
"The song 'Guest' has such a strong storyline, it would be a waste if it didn't have a beautiful and sad MV."
"I'll find someone to produce the MV right away. When the time comes, as long as Lu Feng shows up in the MV, I will definitely make him famous all over the country!"
Daolang's world tour concert is actually a farewell party.
After this concert tour ends, Daolang will retire.
This made Li Songqiang feel sad, as if he had lost his former love and felt empty inside.
But at this moment, after seeing Lu Feng, he felt that he had found the new love of the second half of his life, and he was full of energy again.
The whole person looks like 20 years younger.
(End of this chapter)
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