Chapter 35: Li Dai Tao Jiang
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It took Lin Yangyang two days to find the sign of Maizi Entertainment at the door of a dilapidated warehouse with almost all the paint peeling off its walls on the North Eighth Ring Road in Kyoto.
After confirming with her friend again, Lin Yangyang walked in and asked Han Mingze, Xiong Zijian, Qi Siyu and Gu Linlin who were rehearsing a song: "Excuse me, are you the Big Bird Band?"
Han Mingze put down his guitar and said, "I'm the lead singer and lead guitarist of Big Bird. Who are you and why are you looking for us?"
"Hello, I'm Lin Yangyang, the external relations producer of the "Singer" program production team. On behalf of our production team, I'm here to invite the Big Bird Band to be the accompaniment for our program." Lin Yangyang said as she looked at "Xu Kai" who had taken her two days to find.
"You want to sign us to be the accompanist for The Singer?"
After hearing the purpose of Lin Yangyang looking for them, Han Mingze, Xiong Zijian, Qi Siyu and Gu Linlin were all stunned!
Even though they're having a miserable time, as people in the music industry, they still know the news they need to know.
For example, "Singer", a large-scale music competition program, claims that "music has no additional meaning and is just the purest music program."
As far as they know, all the signed musicians are the top in the industry, and any one of them is a household name to them.
Therefore, Han Mingze and others who are well aware of the current situation of the Big Bird band really find it hard to believe that this huge pie will fall on their heads.
"Not only that, we also want to invite you to be a music producer to train and guide our contestants." Lin Yangyang looked at "Xu Kai" and said.
"Let me be a music producer? To train and guide those top singers?"
Seeing that Lin Yangyang didn't seem to be joking, Han Mingze was so excited that his whole body was shaking: "I, Han Mingze, have finally gotten my reward after all the hardship!"
Xiong Zijian, Qi Siyu and Gu Linlin were happy for their teammates when they heard what Lin Yangyang said. However, they were puzzled. How could Han Mingze, who had no outstanding talents in composing, writing lyrics, arranging, recording, mixing, mastering, post-production and other creative work, be chosen by the production team of the "Singer" program? "We are not very famous in the circle. I wonder why you chose us?" Han Mingze asked calmly.
Of course, Lin Yangyang couldn't tell "Xu Kai" and the others the truth that Yang Xinchun didn't want them to say, so she could only say something nice: "I heard that you have absolute pitch and are a music producer who has been overlooked. The purpose of our Singer is to look at the ability instead of fame."
"We believe that with the strength of you and the Big Bird Band, you will definitely make a big splash after participating in the recording of our "Singer"."
Who would have thought that as Lin Yangyang kept praising, "Xu Kai", whose face was originally filled with unconcealable pride, turned pale.
What Lin Yangyang didn't expect was that "Xu Kai" suddenly said: "I'm sorry, we are not interested in "Singer" at all."
As soon as "Xu Kai" said this, Lin Yangyang suddenly panicked!
Xu Kai is not important.
The important thing is, if Xu Kai cannot be signed, Yang Xindong will not be on their show "Singer".
Lin Yangyang said quickly: "We are very sincere. Um... In this way, we can offer you and the Big Bird Band an appearance fee of 500,000 per season. How about it?"
500,000? Except for Gu Linlin, everyone else took a deep breath, and then they all showed greed, even though they had never seen a 50,000 yuan appearance fee! Among them, Han Mingze was the worst, as he was almost going crazy with poverty.
But Han Mingze knew that the lead singer of the Big Bird band with absolute musical sense that Lin Yangyang wanted to find was Xu Kai, not him.
Not to mention 500,000, even if it was 5 billion, Han Mingze could only watch!
Han Mingze put on an expression that said, "Don't use money to humiliate me." "You want us to accompany you to do a season of the show for 500,000 yuan? Are you kidding me?"
After taking a look at this shabby warehouse that should have been demolished long ago, and then taking another look at "Xu Kai" and others who exuded a shabby air from top to bottom and inside out, Lin Yangyang really wanted to spit in the face of "Xu Kai" who had no fame at all but acted like a big shot.
But when she thought of Yang Xindong's strength, fame and popularity, Lin Yangyang swallowed her anger, went out and called Ouyang Changlin, and reported "Xu Kai's" attitude to Ouyang Changlin.
Ouyang Changlin was silent for a while, then said, "As long as Xu Kai is willing to come, even if he wants 5 million, we will give it to him. Yang Xindong is worth our money."
After receiving Ouyang Changlin's order, Lin Yangyang came back and said to "Xu Kai": "The price is negotiable. I really came here with sincerity."
"Then 5 million is fine. If you are willing to pay 5 million, we brothers will accompany you to make a season of the show."
Han Mingze's original intention was to scare Lin Yangyang away by asking for an exorbitant price.
But what Han Mingze never expected was that after thinking for a while, Lin Yangyang agreed immediately: "Okay, 5 million!"
Han Mingze and the others were stunned! Fearing that "Xu Kai" would reveal his true intentions, Lin Yangyang asked to sign a draft contract with "Xu Kai" first.
Of course, Han Mingze did not want to and did not dare to sign this draft contract.
Therefore, Han Mingze made another unreasonable demand: a 30% advance payment must be paid before signing the draft contract.
During their recording of "Singer", they had to be picked up and dropped off by car, and they had to be arranged to eat and stay in a five-star hotel.
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But what shocked Han Mingze and the others was that Lin Yangyang actually gritted her teeth and agreed to everything, completely putting Han Mingze in a difficult position.
Finally, Han Mingze could only say half-truthfully, "We, the Big Bird Band, can agree to your being the accompaniment, but Xu Kai cannot agree to being the music producer."
"Although Xu Kai is a little clever, he has never attended a professional music school, nor has he received guidance from a famous teacher. He only relied on luck and recklessness to gain a little fame in the early music circle. How can he be the music producer of the high-end music competition program "Singer"?"
Seeing that "Xu Kai" still had some self-awareness, Lin Yangyang's gloomy face finally eased a little.
After discussing with "Xu Kai" for a while, seeing that "Xu Kai" was determined not to be a music producer, Lin Yangyang could only ask Ouyang Changlin for advice again.
Ouyang Changlin thought about it, then called Yang Xinchun personally and told her the whole situation.
What Yang Xinchun mainly wants is Xu Kai, and while it would be great if Xu Kai could be Yang Xindong's music producer, it wouldn't be a big deal if he couldn't.
So Yang Xinchun said to Ouyang Changlin: "As long as you can sign Xu Kai and arrange for Dong Dong to record a song with Xu Kai, Dong Dong will be on your Singer."
Ouyang Changlin immediately told Lin Yangyang what Yang Xinchun meant.
Lin Yangyang then accepted all the conditions proposed by "Xu Kai" and asked the financial department of the "Singer" program production team to deposit an advance payment of 1.5 million into Maizi Entertainment's account.
Things came to this point. Xiong Zijian and Qi Siyu, who knew nothing except music, were completely confused, while the quirky Gu Linlin found that the matter was becoming more and more interesting.
In short, Xiong Zijian, Qi Siyu and Gu Linlin, either passively or actively, did not step forward to stop Han Mingze.
Han Mingze suddenly had an idea and thought that they might be able to use someone else's trick to make the 5 million, or at least the 1.5 million advance payment.
With this idea in mind, Han Mingze drafted a temporary contract in the name of Maizi Entertainment. Whenever there were any personal issues in the contract, Han Mingze added the Big Bird Band.
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During this process, Han Mingze was also very nervous. He even thought about it: if Lin Yangyang raised any objections, he would overturn the table and kick Lin Yangyang out.
But I don’t know whether it was because of lack of experience, or because she did not doubt the identity of "Xu Kai", or because it was just a draft contract and not a formal contract. Anyway, Lin Yangyang did not see any problems with the draft contract until the end, and signed the draft contract on behalf of the "Singer" program production team.
Han Mingze somehow signed Xu Kai's name and stamped it with the official seal of Maizi Entertainment.
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(End of this chapter)
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