As soon as the phone was connected, Fang Shengnan started shouting anxiously, as if she had made a big mistake.
"What's wrong?"
Fang Xiaole thought that his sister was also being urged to get married by his mother and called to complain.
"Didn't you say you wanted to sell 'Above the Moon' and 'Conquer' for five million? I've been talking to Li Zi from Sun Music these past couple of days, but not only have they not been able to get the price higher, but their bids have been getting lower and lower!"
"So how much are they offering now?"
"Two million six hundred thousand...they were only willing to pay one million three hundred thousand for one song."
Fang Shengnan said gloomily, "They must know I'm a newcomer to this industry. No matter how much I negotiate, they won't be willing to offer a higher price."
"I'm sorry, little brother." Fang Shengnan felt very guilty, and her tone was full of frustration:
"I might not be suitable for this line of work. Why don't you hire someone more professional? Otherwise, if I rely on you, I don't know how long it will take for me to help you earn enough to support your wife."
Fang Xiaole smiled and asked, "Aren't there still many people who want to buy songs?"
He wrote several popular songs for Lin Yao. Even if ordinary fans don't notice him as the "hero behind the scenes", professionals are definitely familiar with him.
If this company is unwilling to spend money, naturally there are others who are willing to do so. Sun Music is not the only record company in the music industry.
"But then I went to talk to several other companies, like Dajiang, Baifeng, and Shenxin. It seemed like the people at these companies had all agreed that the maximum amount per song was 1.3 million."
Hearing Fang Shengnan's words, Fang Xiaole couldn't help but frown.
The companies Fang Shengnan mentioned are all relatively large entertainment companies in the industry. Logically, the singers under these companies should be very interested in their own songs.
Before "Hua Xin" and "Invisible Wings" became popular, Tang Wan and Xu Fei bought the copyrights of several of his songs for more than one million yuan each.
This still includes the discount for "hush money".
And now, Lin Yao defeated the queen Yang Jiaxin with "Hua Xin" and took the first place on both charts. Other singers should have seen the value of his songs.
But why are they lowering the price of his songs at the same time?
"Sister, have you ever noticed what the market is like for other songwriters' songs?"
Fang Xiaole suddenly asked.
"Wang Linlin and I checked last night. Most of the songs that were recently bought by several major entertainment companies didn't cost more than 500,000 yuan. Only Shenxin Entertainment bought Qin Yuanxi's two songs, spending a total of over 5 million yuan."
Fang Shengnan replied.
Thanks to Tomo Yan and Lin Yao, Aiyao Studio still has many ways to obtain information.
Especially after learning that Yang Jiaxin bought Qin Yuanxi's two songs, Mo Yan specifically went to inquire about the specific situation, roughly knew the price of the two songs, and promptly fed back to Fang Shengnan.
"I see, then it's not directed at us."
Fang Xiaole sighed and said, "This is probably a collaboration between several major entertainment companies, trying to suppress the copyright fees for original songs in the entire Chinese music scene."
The Chinese music scene has indeed not been very prosperous in recent years. There are not many popular songs and creativity is lacking. More and more young people have turned to listening to foreign songs.
This has also led to a huge gap in market value between original Chinese songs and foreign songs. The copyright of some local original songs is only tens of thousands of yuan, while the copyright of foreign songs can be sold for one million yuan just for the right to be played on a certain music platform.
Many Chinese songwriters and composers are indignant about this, but there is nothing they can do about it, as it is determined by the market.
To put it bluntly, who told you that you don’t have the ability to write good songs that everyone likes to listen to?
Music has no borders. If you can write a song that becomes a global hit, why don’t you buy millions of playback rights from foreign music platforms?
However, Fang Xiaole did not have any delusion of changing this trend. Although he had a music library from his previous life on Earth, he could not guarantee that every song from his previous life would become a hit in this world.
And it has to be popular not only in the Chinese music scene, but also all over the world, which is too difficult.
Most importantly, there are conditions for opening the treasure house of memory.
It is impossible for him to get close to Lin Yao just to get more memories of his past life.
This is something Fang Xiaole would never do.
Since he and Lin Yao met, every contact they had was from the heart.
If you have other intentions towards such a beautiful girl like Lin Yao, it would be too unbearable.
Putting aside his complicated thoughts, Fang Xiaole told Fang Shengnan his speculation.
"Now that you put it that way, it seems to be true."
Fang Shengnan has also been catching up on her common sense about the music industry recently. She was previously feeling sorry for herself and was eager to help her brother earn money to marry Lin Yao, so she fell into a misunderstanding for a while.
Now after hearing what Fang Xiaole said, she immediately understood.
"So what should we do? Just agree to their low price?"
Fang Shengnan asked.
"No hurry, wait a little longer."
Fang Xiaole thought for a moment and smiled:
"Didn't you say that Qin Yuanxi's two songs sold over five million?"
Fang Shengnan said helplessly, "But Qin Yuanxi has been a gold medal songwriter for so many years, his level is there... Hey, little brother, are you thinking about something unpalatable?!"
Fang Shengnan seemed to have guessed something, and she exclaimed, her accent returning to her hometown dialect.
"Anyway, don't talk to them for now. Next week, well, at the latest the week after, what if my level in the songwriting circle can move up a level, or even get close to Qin Yuanxi? Then these companies that are trying to lower the price will naturally come back to talk to you."
Fang Xiaole didn't say it explicitly, fearing that Fang Shengnan would reveal it in excitement.
After all, no one knows yet that a new round of confrontation is about to begin between Yang Jiaxin and Lin Yao.
Perhaps after the release of "Courage", both he and Lin Yao's status in the music industry will be elevated to a higher level?
As for "Calories", this song was originally a "sex game" between Fang Xiaole and Lin Yao.
If Yang Jiaxin hadn't also wanted to release a fast song, "Calories" would most likely appear on the shelves of Aiyao Studio instead of on Lin Yao's new song playlist.
Fang Xiaole didn't have high hopes for this song.
"By the way, sister, did mom call you?"
After finishing the business, Fang Xiaole asked Fang Shengnan.
"No, what's wrong?"
Fang Shengnan asked curiously.
"I guess Mom will call you later. It's good news."
Fang Xiaole chuckled.
"Good news? Oh, it is! My mom called me and I hung up!"
Before Fang Shengnan could finish her words, she received a call from Song Yan and hung up the phone in a hurry.
"hey-hey."
When Fang Xiaole thought about the spell chanting that Fang Shengnan was about to face from the marriage-urging master Empress Song, he couldn't help but laugh again.
Sure enough, a few minutes later, Fang Shengnan sent a voice message in a rage:
"What the hell! Is that idiot Song Jiang getting married? Mom said she won't let me go home for the Spring Festival if I don't bring someone back. What should I do?!"
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