Chapter 102 Invitation to Song
"Yan Liang?"
Chen Ziliang frowned, gave a cold laugh, and said, "And who is he?"
Agent Yan Wei said, "It's another member of Lu Yanhe's group."
"Heh." Chen Ziliang chuckled immediately. "Another unknown idol."
Yan Wei smiled and said, "This group was quite popular when they debuted, but their popularity has been declining ever since. Apart from Li Zhibai and Cheng Hai, who are relatively popular, they are all unknown idols."
Chen Ziliang sarcastically remarked, "If Hou Jun can't find anyone, he can't just send any cat or dog onto the stage."
He showed absolutely no remorse for abandoning his post at the last minute.
He didn't care about the show "Little Songs Gathering" to begin with. But on the episode that aired on Sunday night, he should have been the one receiving the most attention, but the show promoted a young idol named Lu Yanhe instead.
A simple, perfunctory song not only got bought onto the trending topics list, but also had several music critics invited to comment on it.
Chen Ziliang had long been dissatisfied with Hou Jun and his directing team.
This new song is a light rock song, and he originally wanted to use the show to promote it. However, Hou Jun kept telling him that the song was not suitable for the show. During rehearsals, Chen Ziliang couldn't get the same effect as in the recording studio, which frustrated him. If he recorded the song like this, the performance would definitely be a disaster, so Chen Ziliang refused to record it, even though it would be against his contract.
“However, in a way, we breached the contract, and Hou Jun and his group will likely come after us to cause trouble,” Yan Wei said.
"What's there to be afraid of? Aren't their other Northern Lights programs also inviting us? Just give their higher-ups a word, does Hou Jun really dare to sue us?" Chen Ziliang didn't take the breach of contract issue to heart at all.
For a popular singer like Chen Ziliang, breach of contract of this magnitude is commonplace.
Basically, no one will bring the contract to him to settle accounts.
If you cause trouble for him this time because of a breach of contract, will you still want to cooperate with him next time? It's okay if you don't, you'll still need to work with him on your platform. Since you share common interests, you won't go too far.
"Was that song really written by Lu Yanhe?" Chen Ziliang frowned slightly. "The songs we've been collecting lately have all been pretty mediocre. Don't you have any other songs?"
Yan Wei said helplessly, "Now many companies are collecting songs, and it is difficult for us to compete with others, especially well-known composers and lyricists. Their schedules are booked until next year or the year after, and we still can't get a chance to work with them."
Currently, major entertainment agencies are promoting new artists and collecting a large number of songs. Although Chen Ziliang is a popular singer and has been constantly collecting songs, he has high standards, and there are very few songs that can meet his requirements. Such good songs will also be sought after by others.
Chen Ziliang said to Yan Wei, "Since Lu Yanhe can write songs, let the company's people buy his songs."
Yan Wei glanced at Chen Ziliang in surprise.
Would you be willing to sing a song he wrote?
"If it's a good song and it can become a hit, why wouldn't I want it?" Chen Ziliang said.
Yan Wei then realized that she had underestimated Chen Ziliang in the past.
He thought Chen Ziliang was someone who was arrogant and looked down on others because he was popular and famous.
In fact, Chen Ziliang did have this problem.
However, he actually asked him to ask Lu Yanhe to buy the song.
It seems that Chen Ziliang is not someone whose high aspirations blind him to the truth, someone who would rather give up benefits than bow down.
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"Invitation to sing?"
On Tuesday noon, Lu Yanhe did not go to the cafeteria for lunch. Instead, he stayed in the classroom and waited for Li Pengfei to bring him his lunch.
He didn't want to experience that scene of being surrounded by onlookers again.
Then, Lu Yanhe received a friend request with the note "Music Director of Xinghe Performing Arts".
Chen Si.
Once I added them as a friend, they introduced themselves and their purpose.
They came to ask Lu Yanhe for a song.
In a voice call, Chen Si said to Lu Yanhe, "I watched the show 'Little Songs Gathering' and learned that you wrote the song 'Remembrance', so I contacted you to ask if you would be willing to write songs for our company's singers. I really like your musical style and would like to ask you to write a few songs. The price will definitely be fair."
Lu Yanhe was extremely surprised.
He hesitated for a moment and said, "I am not a professional composer. It took me a long time to write the song 'Remembrance'. I have not written any other works."
Chen Si: "Your first work is of this quality? You have a lot of creative talent."
Lu Yanhe said thank you awkwardly.
“I’m sincere, Yan He. I know you’re a singer yourself, but I heard you’re preparing for the college entrance exam and won’t be doing any performing arts work in the near future. If you create new works, I’d be very willing to buy them,” Chen Si said.
Lu Yanhe thought about it carefully, but did not refuse directly. He said, "Okay, I'll contact you again when I have created a new work."
Who knows if I'll end up writing songs in the future?
After hanging up the phone, Chen Si turned to Yan Wei, who was standing next to her, and said, "You heard that? He doesn't have any other works. To be honest, although the song 'Remembrance' is well-written, it's too youthful and not really suitable for Chen Ziliang. I gave you a few demos before. Have you heard them? He doesn't like them? Those were all carefully selected by me and they are very suitable for him."
Yan Wei said, "He wants to break through and wants songs of a different style. The songs you sent before were not much different from the previous ones, they were all the same style, and he didn't want to repeat them."
"He's only been popular for a short time and he already doesn't want to repeat himself? His popularity isn't even stable yet. Why are these young people always thinking about changing their style and trying to have more different looks?" Chen Si frowned, somewhat dissatisfied, and said, "To be honest, older singers used to sing for ten or twenty years before they started thinking about changing their style because their style didn't change and they lost fans. But now, he releases an album and wants to change his style. Does he think he's a chameleon? Constantly changing styles means constantly changing fans. You're his manager, are you just going to let him do this?"
Yan Wei smiled helplessly and said, "What can I do? You know his temper. If I say anything too harsh, he'll tell the company he wants to change his agent."
Chen Si: "He's too arrogant. You're the one who raised him up. Without you, how many years could he have lasted with his half-baked talent?"
“That’s true.” Yan Wei didn’t continue. “Alright, I’d still like to ask you to help us collect some good songs. On the one hand, we need to record a new album, and on the other hand, he hasn’t released a new single in a long time. He’s either covering other people’s songs or adapting old songs.”
"Sigh, it's just that his style isn't suitable for singing movie and TV OSTs. OSTs are the hottest market right now."
(End of this chapter)
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