Upon hearing this, He Shuyun understood what was going on.
He explained with a smile, "Although our main troupe can't give you 300 yuan per song, you can still get bonuses. Moreover, relatively speaking, our troupe's salary is higher. Bonuses are only temporary, but salaries are for life. Do you think I'm right?"
"We both agree with what you said."
Gao Yan smiled.
He Shuyun, who had been wearing a confident smile, suddenly frowned and asked in confusion, "Why?"
"You may not know me!"
Gao Yan explained, "Your cultural troupe's salary may be higher than that of the steel mill, but at the same level, it's not much higher. Besides, I'm the captain of the hunting team at the steel mill."
I usually take people hunting once every two days.
Each time, I'd receive dozens of kilograms of pork as a reward. If I joined the performing arts troupe, wouldn't I lose that pork reward? In today's society, pork is more important than money!
"How is that possible!"
He Shuyun exclaimed in surprise, "Why did the steel mill give you so much pork as a reward?"
Meng Yun also looked puzzled.
"how?"
Gao Yan smiled dismissively: "Because I've hunted a lot of wild boars too. Take yesterday for example, I hunted 10 wild boars."
According to regulations, our hunting team will receive 5 jin (2.5 catties) of pork as a reward for each wild boar hunted.
Because I personally hunted all of these wild boars.
So, I can take two-thirds, and the other team members will take one-third in total. Therefore, I will get more than 30 jin of pork!
Upon hearing this, both of them showed expressions of relief.
Rewarding five catties of pork for a wild boar is indeed not much.
But He Shuyun retorted, "You can't guarantee that you'll be able to hunt this many wild boars every time!"
"Hehe, it really works!"
Gao Yan said seriously, "My record is 66 wild boars hunted in one day. If I want to, hunting seven or eight wild boars a day is as easy as playing around!"
Now the two of them were speechless.
Gao Yan continued, "As for songwriting, an ordinary person probably wouldn't be able to come up with a good song even after a year or two. But coincidentally, I also have a certain talent for songwriting. I believe you inquired about me before you came to me. In such a short time, I have already written more than ten classic songs. In fact, if I wanted to, I could write one a day without any problem!"
"Don't you ever experience creative blocks?" He Shuyun asked enviously.
"At least I don't feel it right now!"
Gao Yan said, "Tell me, if I stay at the steel mill, I can get pork, the salary isn't low, and I can also make money by writing songs. Why would I want to go to your arts troupe?"
Upon hearing this, He Shuyun's cheeks twitched involuntarily. If he had such talent, he wouldn't have joined the performing arts troupe.
The writers in the cultural troupe did receive good salaries, but writing a song, especially an ordinary one, would only earn them a reward of 10 or 20 yuan. Writing a classic song, however, could earn them a reward of around 50 yuan.
But classic songs aren't as common as cabbage.
The key issue is that not every writer is good at writing lyrics and composing music.
If you complete a song alone, you can keep all the prize money, but if you complete it together, the prize money will have to be shared among everyone.
Take the writers in the main group for example.
Even the most amazing Mr. Nie has only written eight classic songs over the years.
Below Lao Nie, the slightly more capable ones have only written two or three poems.
As for the others, it's already good enough if they can write a classic song. Most of the songs written by writers can only reach the level of being good, but not classic.
For a moment, neither of them knew how to persuade Gao Yan.
At this moment, Gao Yan spoke up again: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether I go to the main troupe or not. If your singers need good songs, they can come to me privately. If these singers achieve success, they still belong to your art troupe!"
Meng Yun and He Shuyun's eyes lit up. Before they came, they were only thinking about how to persuade Gao Yan to join their cultural troupe. They had never thought of imitating the city's cultural troupe's approach!
"Hey, does your group have any members who want to release a new song recently? Just tell me about their vocal characteristics, and I can tailor-make a new song for them!"
Since everyone from the main group is here, there's no reason not to take advantage of the situation.
"What a coincidence! Two of our group's singers want to release new songs, but the writers' department hasn't been able to write any that satisfy them!"
He Shuyun then described the characteristics of the two people's voices in detail.
After listening.
Gao Yan stood up, took out paper and pen, and wrote down what he saw on the spot.
Five minutes later.
Gao Yan handed the notebook to He Shuyun: "Gentlemen, please take a look and see if these two songs are suitable?"
"So fast?"
Both Meng Yun and He Shuyun expressed their doubts.
But after they saw the sheet music and lyrics of the two songs, they were stunned.
Because with their discerning eye, they could tell that both songs had reached the level of classic songs.
And it perfectly matches the vocal characteristics of the two members of the group!
"So, how are these two songs?" Gao Yan asked.
"It's not just okay, it's absolutely terrible!"
He Shuyun said excitedly, "Comrade Weiguo, you are simply a genius! You can write two classic songs in just five minutes. I'm afraid the entire writers' department of our troupe combined can't compare to you alone!"
"You flatter me!"
Gao Yan was humble and genuine.
"Comrade Weiguo, may I take these two songs back to show the two singers? If they are unwilling to buy them privately, our troupe will pay for them!"
"OK!"
Gao Yan wasn't worried that the two would steal his songs, since he had many more songs like that in his mind.
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