After lunch, the AEON Mall began to liven up, with the sounds of various musical instruments and a cacophony of voices filling the air.
The musicians living in this building have started to emerge.
These musicians sleep in the morning and then get up in the afternoon to practice singing, playing instruments, or writing lyrics and composing music.
It was in this environment, amidst a hail of bullets and various noises, that Liang Liang entered Liu Wen's room.
There were only two people in Liu Wen's room at this moment: Liu Wen himself and Da Huajiao, who had volunteered to be Liu Wen's tail for the past two days.
"Xiao Liang! I'm so annoyed by this silly boy. Quickly bring out your song so I can hear it. I've seen through him. If I don't give this silly boy an explanation, I won't be able to sleep well tonight."
The big sedan chair's reaction at this moment was like a kitten taking a dump—completely over the top! This guy ran out like a gust of wind, and in the blink of an eye, he came back with a wooden guitar.
This is for Liang Liang to hold as accompaniment.
The original version of the song "We Are Different" was accompanied by an acoustic guitar, but Liang Liang believes that the reason why many people say the song is "uncool" is absolutely related to the acoustic guitar accompaniment.
The background music for this song is actually quite bad.
However, since this is not a formal performance, Liang Liang doesn't have high requirements. As long as there is accompaniment, it's fine. It's better than him banging his chopsticks on the table while eating skewers in Guangzhou.
Liang Liang took the acoustic guitar, tuned it, and then played the intro. After the intro ended, he began to sing.
So many years of brotherhood,
Who knows you better than me?
So many difficult things,
Time and temper have been smoothed out.
Time flies by.
This lingering feast
Just because we are still here
My heart remains in the same place
The lyrics are like a simple sketch, and the melody is straightforward and easy to remember.
Liu Wen was a little confused. The melody of the song was not bad, but the lyrics were too plain.
…
We are different
Everyone has different circumstances.
We are here.
Waiting for you here
We are different
Although we will experience different things
We all hope that
Will we meet again in the next life?
If you don't know the relationship between the author and the performer, you might think the lyrics were just written randomly.
The songwriter and singer are longtime friends. They started by singing in nightclubs, then moved to the YY platform, and eventually made a name for themselves.
This straightforward tone perfectly proves that there's nothing fishy about their long-standing friendship.
Of course, whether they forgot their original intentions and their friendship capsized after they became famous is something Liang Liang doesn't know.
Because he was reborn shortly after they officially became famous.
"This song is more suitable for singers with a rough voice. I sang it a few times, but I could never get the simple and honest feel out of it, so I never sang it in public. But after seeing Brother Feng, I felt that this song was more suitable for him to sing."
Liang Liang's words were agreed upon by Liu Wen, who also felt that the song was more suitable for the "Big Flower Sedan Chair" performance.
"I'll give you half an hour to learn this song and sing it for me. Do you have the sheet music? Give it to him!"
The sedan chair bearer was dumbfounded: "Commander! Half an hour? Isn't this a joke?"
"You need several days to learn such a simple melody? You might as well go home and farm!"
Liu Wen said irritably.
This guy paged him in the middle of the night that night, and then bothered him all day today. It would be strange if he didn't make things difficult for him.
Liang Liang chuckled and handed the sheet music to Da Huajiao, adding a reassuring remark: "This is easy! You'll definitely learn it in half an hour!"
The woman in the big sedan chair rolled her eyes, picked up her guitar, and went to the side to learn.
The melody of this song is really very simple; any singer can basically sing it after humming it three or four times.
After reading the sheet music, Da Huajiao began to try singing.
Back then, the singer Da Huajiao was still playing rock music. When he sang, it caused quite a stir, and countless heads popped out of the windows of the AEON building.
"What song is this? It sounds pretty interesting!"
"Who sang this? They sang it really hard. If they sang it at night, no one in Haikou would be able to sleep."
This way of speaking sounds like someone from the capital.
"It sounds like a singer from the Pacific Arts Troupe, but this song... how should I put it?"
Those who were just sticking their heads out of the windows were relatively well-behaved; some of the more restless ones had already run to Liu Wen's room to peek through the crack in the door.
This prompted Liu Wen to voice his opinion again.
"Go back to your room and practice. I need to talk to Xiao Liang about something."
Liu Wen wanted to talk to Liang Liang about something, and even an idiot could guess what it was about.
The man in the big sedan chair could naturally guess that it was for buying songs, and naturally, it was for him.
He happily took his guitar and sheet music back to his room to practice.
"How much does this song cost?" Liu Wen asked bluntly.
"Mr. Liu! You've been to Hong Kong, and you now have a strategic partnership with Jinmeng, so you naturally know the current market value of my works in Hong Kong. How about 50,000 per piece?"
"How much? I'll carve you a wooden gun, you might as well go rob a bank."
Robbing a bank with a wooden gun? You're just asking for trouble!
"Hong Kong is so developed, can we in mainland China compare? Our per capita income is less than 110, which is a huge disparity..."
Upon hearing this, Liang Liang quickly poured out a bottle of wine: "President Liu! Let's not go by this ratio. If we go by this ratio, I won't sell it. I'll keep it for myself to sing."
According to the price of 110, this song would be worth 5,000 yuan. Half a year ago, he would have been overjoyed to sell it for that price.
But he's not selling now.
“What you said makes sense. The standard of living on the mainland is indeed not as good as in Hong Kong, so it’s unrealistic to follow Hong Kong’s rates. However, a 20% discount is more reasonable. Can your Pacific Group accept this price?”
“I can’t accept it. If I have to spend 40,000 yuan to buy a song, I might as well quit my job as manager.” Liu Wen was uncompromising.
"Mr. Liu! If you can't accept this price, then there's no point in negotiating. You once said that my name isn't Lei Feng."
"Kid! I'm not going to waste my breath on you, I'll keep the 20,000!"
"That won't do. You haven't even offered half the price. That's absolutely unacceptable."
"Not halfway done? Then it's halfway, 25,000. You said it yourself, so you can't go back on your word!"
Liang Liang scratched his head, feeling as if he had been tricked.
"Kid, don't be ungrateful. There's no such market price in our country anymore. If I were to offer you this price, I'd be at risk of being investigated by the authorities."
"But the number 25,000 doesn't sound good either. In the North, we call anyone who takes 25% of the total number of 250 '250'."
"Then it's 24,000, I'll save another 1,000."
Liang Liang wanted to slap himself. Wasn't he just being a smart aleck?
Another thousand taels of silver are gone.
"But I don't have any money on me right now. I'll write you a check when we get back to the company."
The song was sold, but we still haven't received the money.
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