Although Jiang Xinhai is young, he is not easy to deceive.
Faced with Li Yalin's deception, she subconsciously wanted to refuse.
But before she could say anything, Li Yalin reached out his hand to stop her from continuing, saying:
"I know you and Chi Chi are both 18 years old and full of youthful energy. I understand your mentality very well. However, please don't rush to refuse me. I have absolutely no ill intentions. Listen to me and it's not too late to refuse me later, okay?"
Jiang Xinhai hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Li Yalin put his fingers together and said:
“If you want to make singing your lifelong career, you must first understand the circles and channels.”
"Circles and channels?" Jiang Xinhai repeated with a frown.
Li Yalin nodded: "Yes, these two things, the former determines how far you can go, and the latter determines how fast you can go."
Jiang Xinhai shook his head slowly.
She didn't quite understand.
Li Yalin smiled and said, "You'll understand once you gain more experience. The entertainment industry is so small, and the top tier is only the size of a palm."
He stretched out his palm and drew a circle on it.
"If you go up, I will come down. If I go up, you will go down. If you want to stand on it firmly, you need someone to support you." Li Yalin said.
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This is not quite what Jiang Xinhai imagined.
"What happens if someone supports you? What happens if no one supports you?"
Li Yalin smiled and said, "Let me give you an example. Who is the most popular person recently? Ruan Qingzhu, and she is the apprentice of the Queen Yingzi."
"She is Yingzi's apprentice?" Jiang Xinhai was a little surprised.
"Only people in the circle know this. They held a banquet at Guihonglou, and invited some of the biggest names in the circle to witness it. I was lucky enough to be there. Ruan Qingzhu knelt down and kowtowed eighteen times on the spot. After that, he officially became an initiator."
When Li Yalin talked about this, the expression on his face seemed very fascinated. He envied Yingzi's queen-like demeanor and her boldness in commanding the world.
"Uh..." Jiang Xinhai found it a little hard to accept.
She didn't want to kowtow to anyone except her parents.
Li Yalin smiled and said, "It was because of this drinking party that Ruan Qingzhu got to know the well-known songwriters and producers in the industry. Yingzi also paved the way for her, and her first album was a huge success."
Li Yalin continued, "As I said earlier, your circle of influence determines how far you can go. When you reach the end of the road, you'll definitely clash with the older generation of superstars. Their accumulated popularity is something you'll never be able to catch up with, so what should you do?"
"What should I do?"
"Look, Ruan Qingzhu doesn't have this kind of worry. She's Yingzi's apprentice, and her achievements are Yingzi's achievements. You say she's in this circle, who dares not give her face?"
Jiang Xinhai nodded: "That makes sense."
He looked at Jiang Xinhai and said, "Ruan Qingzhu is the artist signed by our company.
"If you join our company, we can easily help you find a partner and recommend many big names to you, so that your career path will be smoother."
"Then what is the channel you just mentioned?"
"Channels, I won't mention the technical terms, they're all the ways you can become famous." Li Yalin leaned back in his chair, picked up his teacup, opened it and blew a breath. "Our company knows the director of the Spring Festival Gala. When the time is right, you'll know how fast you can rise after your last Spring Festival Gala performance."
He slowly shook his head and drank tea, as if waiting for Jiang Xinhai to make a statement, but also seemed not to care what she thought.
"How about it? Tell me what you think?"
Jiang Xinhai looked at him and said seriously, "I thought that as long as the songs were of good quality and the fans liked them, they would become popular."
Li Yalin smiled.
"Who told you this?"
Jiang Xinhai paused and said, "That's what I think, and Chi Chi also said so."
"He doesn't understand."
Li Yalin made a brief comment.
"He wrote 'Heart Too Soft', 'Love Water' and 'Sad Pacific' purely by luck.
"It just so happened that superstars Liu Yuhua and Ren Xianqi were short of songs for their albums, so the company helped him arrange them. The demos were sent to the two superstars, and they were both quite satisfied, so they arranged for him to be on the albums.
"If he relies on himself, how long will it take him to make a name for himself? Think about it, he's so young, and he doesn't have a professional background. If the company didn't give him a platform, he would only be able to sing in bars his whole life."
Jiang Xinhai was silent, feeling a little sad for some reason, and then he said, "Really?"
"Yes, he has been working in the company for a year and has not produced any decent works. If the company hadn't provided him with a platform this time, who knows how long he would have been able to stay there."
Li Yalin seemed a little dissatisfied and added: "But he himself seems still not satisfied, thinking that he should have been famous a long time ago. He never thought that if the king hadn't sung those songs of his, he would have been famous?"
Jiang Xinhai said: "But he is very talented."
After listening to this, Li Yalin had no expression on his face.
"Your song 'Red Bean' does show some talent, a bit better than the average songwriter," Li Yalin said, "but you haven't seen anyone truly talented."
Jiang Xinhai hesitated to speak.
What she said about talent might be even more exaggerated than Li Yalin imagined.
Li Yalin stood up and said, "I'll introduce you to someone who is truly talented. Please wait a moment."
After saying that, he went out, and after a while, he came in with another person.
"Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Lu Ren, and this is Ms. Jiang Xinhai."
Jiang Xinhai stood up and saw the man Li Yalin brought in. He was wearing square-framed glasses and had thick lips.
He was wearing a black training suit and had a ponytail tied behind his head, looking very cool.
Compared to Chen Ya, he looks like an artist.
Li Yalin said, "Teacher Lu Ren is the songwriter for the queen Yingzi. Yingzi's popularity is largely due to his support behind the scenes."
Lu Ren nodded to Jiang Xinhai and said in a loud voice, "Hello!"
Then, he sat down on a seat at the side, let out a long sigh, and lay down on the chair.
"Yesterday, I got drunk with Qi Qing and agreed to write him a song while I was half drunk. Today, I suddenly feel like I'm carrying hundreds of millions of dollars in debt. The pressure is huge."
As soon as he sat down, he started chatting casually with Li Yalin, and Li Yalin smiled and said:
"You can do it. Others can't find Qi Qing to sing their songs. You are just showing off."
"Did I show off? I didn't! I'm really stressed out."
Lu Ren turned to Jiang Xinhai proudly, placed one hand on the table, and said:
"I listened to your demo of 'Red Bean'. Your breath is steady and your pitch is good. It's very promising. I've already thought of an inspiration for a song that would suit you better."
He tapped his fingers on the table, muttering to himself, "De de de, de de de de... Well, that's great. If you join the company, I can write a song for you in three months."
Li Yalin exclaimed: "Three months? That's fast."
"If it weren't for Qi Qing, I could have given it to her in advance." Lu Ren scratched his head.
"Three months?" Jiang Xinhai leaned forward and asked, "Is that a whole album?"
Li Yalin and Qi Qing looked at each other.
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