A song costing a thousand yuan was a price that left Liang Liang very disappointed.
This is quite different from his expected price.
This is a sad story. It all started with a few songs he wrote, and now those songs are like women in the sex industry, lined up waiting for customers…
Pshaw! That's getting off-topic.
"Sister Ge! You're a top-tier figure in the industry..."
"Xiao Liang! Don't say that. I'm at most a second-tier singer." Ge Anping was very modest, knowing his own limitations.
"Who said that? I think you are a top-tier singer, especially your song 'Why Are There So Many Tears in My Eyes'. It is so tender and moving, it brings tears to my eyes. Every time I hear it, I am moved to tears."
Liang Liang spoke nonsense.
Ge Anping looked smug; her song "Why Are My Eyes Full of Tears" was indeed her masterpiece to date.
It's also the only song she can be proud of that belongs to her.
"However, it seems that apart from this song, you don't have any other representative works. You sing other people's songs all the time."
This is true. Ge Anping became famous by singing other people's songs; she doesn't actually have many of her own songs.
"Among my songs, there are two that are very suitable for you to sing: 'A Damp Heart' and 'Crazy for Love.' The mood of these two songs matches your voice quite well. You don't object to that, do you?"
Ge Anping nodded; she really had come today specifically for these two songs.
"If you have these two songs, I think you'll be a true big sister figure. If you were to release an album, both of these songs would be worthy of being the lead single. If you put these two songs in, the album would definitely sell two or three hundred thousand copies without any problem. I'm not exaggerating, am I?"
"It's hard to say. The song has to become popular first, and as for the album, it's even harder to predict."
"Don't lose confidence. With your voice and singing style, these two songs are bound to become hits once they're released."
Ge Anping found it a bit strange. Wasn't this supposed to be about buying and selling songs? How did it veer off to something else?
"Back then, you were a big shot. If people in the industry asked you how much you bought those two songs for, what would you say? You'd tell them it was a thousand yuan a song. What do you think they'd say? They'd definitely say, 'What idiot sold those songs for a thousand yuan?' And back then, did songs worth a thousand yuan even match your status?"
Ge Anping started blinking. This guy had been going around in circles for so long, but now he'd come right back to where he started.
"So what you mean is?"
"I don't want to be called an idiot or be called an idiot. As the saying goes, a fine saddle is a fine horse. A singer of your status should have a song that matches your appearance fee."
Wow, they've actually started talking about appearance fees. This kid knows his stuff.
Ge Anping's current appearance fee is four thousand, which is already top-tier among second-tier singers; any higher and she would be considered a first-tier singer.
Spending four thousand yuan to buy a song seems a bit expensive.
"This isn't about the money; it's a symbol of status and a reflection of artistic value. I think with your long experience in the entertainment industry, Sister Ge, you must know what's good for you. If you really don't, then I'm sure someone else does. Four thousand yuan bought all the copyrights to a song; what's there to hesitate about?"
Back then, the copyright of a song wasn't divided into such detailed categories. Paying money once meant buying all the rights to a song, and people still thought it was too expensive.
Do we really have to wait for Liang Liang to separate the song's usage rights and publishing rights and sell them piece by piece?
“You’re right. I agree to your request. My song is settled. But they’re different from me. Their appearance fees are much lower than mine. You should give them a discount.”
Liang Liang suddenly felt like he had dug a hole for himself. Apart from Ge Anping, everyone else here was a third-tier or even lower-tier singer, and their appearance fee was only half of Ge Anping's.
That was too hasty!
Having made a promise he couldn't keep, Liang Liang had to bear the pain and give these people a price befitting their status: 2,500 yuan per song. Not a penny less.
Even so, they weren't entirely satisfied; their appearance fee was only two thousand yuan.
Ge Anping bought "A Damp Heart" and "Crazy for Love", Su Yunshui bought "Snow Is Burning", Zhang Jiajie bought "The Rain Keeps Falling", and those long-haired guys bought "Wanderer's Love Song".
Liang Liang only retained the right to perform the songs herself; the rest were sold to others.
These songs brought him an income of 15,500 yuan, which is enough to build a new house in the countryside.
Ge Anping and the others left satisfied. Before leaving, they left Liang Liang's pager number and their contact information, saying that they would contact Liang Liang again if he had any good songs in the future.
This has established connections with these people in the industry, making future collaborations easier.
But the next time he sells another album, things won't be so good; at the very least, he'll have to sign an album revenue-sharing agreement.
After seeing these people off, Liang Liang left 500 yuan and sent the rest of the money home through the post office. He also mailed a letter back to his parents, telling them what the money was for and that if possible, they should renovate the house now so he could move into the new house when he returned for the New Year.
Then at noon, I treated the dance troupe to a meal at a restaurant on the opposite commercial street.
After lunch, the dance troupe began preparing for the afternoon performance at the cinema.
Li Zhizhou is a writer for the arts and culture section of the Lianwan Evening News. Last night, he and his girlfriend went to the cinema hoping to watch a movie and enjoy some time alone together, but when they arrived, they found that the theater had been booked by a song and dance troupe.
Left with no other choice, he spent ten yuan to buy two tickets.
He was heartbroken over the loss of that instrument.
The movie tickets for two people only cost three yuan, while a song and dance performance cost ten yuan. This cost him an extra week's worth of cigarettes.
It would be strange if he didn't complain.
He planned to write a negative article about the dance troupe to vent his frustration at spending an extra seven dollars.
In the pre-internet era, newspapers, magazines, radio, and television were the four kings of information dissemination and propaganda, playing a guiding role in public opinion.
The arts and literature section was a very important section of the newspaper at that time.
For ordinary citizens, any instructions from city officials and the mayor are as vague as smoke in the wind. Almost no one wastes time on the front and second pages of current affairs; they mainly buy a newspaper to read the culture and sports sections.
Let's see how many games the Lianwan City football team has won, and let's see which celebrities in the entertainment industry have any new developments.
Therefore, a newspaper's sales depend almost entirely on what eye-catching news its culture and literature sections have.
Publishing a report detrimental to this song and dance troupe in such a section would have a huge impact on the troupe's reputation.
With this in mind, Li Zhizhou led his girlfriend to the performance venue of Bi Sheng's dance troupe.
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