"Zhaoyang, your silver medal certification has been issued."
Zhang Shulan brought some good news.
Having won silver medals in less than six months, if this trend continues, the gold medal won't be far off.
"Didn't you just apply for it recently? How can you be so efficient?" Li Zhaoyang had never seen such efficiency before.
Doesn't it usually take a few business days?
Zhang Shulan: "As long as you're willing to spend money, the problem you had a second ago can be solved for you the next second."
Money can solve 99% of the world's problems; if it can't solve the remaining 1%, then it's because there isn't enough money.
“That makes sense.” Li Zhaoyang suddenly felt that there wasn’t a big problem.
"Then Director, you'll have to get back to work." After helping Zhao Yang with the lyrics and music awards, Zhang Shulan called Zhang Xincheng to her office.
"Xiao Zhang, the dates for the International Music Exchange Festival have been set."
"Yes." Zhang Xincheng nodded: "Sifanglou just announced the date of the exchange festival. It starts on September 5th, which is about a week away."
Zhang Shulan rested her elbows on the table and asked, "This year's exchange festival is being held in the United States, and the number of places is different from last year."
Last year's exchange festival was held in China, with five slots available for each region. In total, each festival allowed at least several hundred lyricists and composers to exchange musical insights.
Perhaps the official US music scene felt it wasn't grand enough, so this year's festival quota rules were changed. Instead of allocating quotas by region, each music company now has two quotas.
Zhang Shulan had already learned about this rule before.
"Has someone been chosen as the director?" Zhang Xincheng asked.
Zhang Shulan: "Liu Yiling is the only trump card for Wanxia. She will definitely take up one spot. We want to give the remaining spot to Zhang Xiaohu, but his songwriting skills are not very stable."
Some people's songwriting skills are so-so that you might say they're low-level, since they can occasionally write hit songs, but if you say they're high-level, most of the time their works aren't very good.
Zhang Xiaohu falls into this category. His works are often subpar, but he occasionally produces a hit song once or twice a year.
These songwriters and composers can earn a very considerable income.
However, it is not suitable for participating in music exchange festivals.
Zhang Xincheng: "In my opinion, the last spot should go to Zhao Yang. His English song and the song 'Sunny Day' directly established his status, and he is still a silver medalist."
Zhang Shulan: "I originally planned to give the spot to Zhaoyang, but considering that he has just written two masterpieces, he probably won't be creating anything new in the short term."
Zhang Xincheng: "That's true..."
"Knock knock knock—" Just then, there was a knock on the door. Li Zhaoyang appeared there at some point and said, "Director, will the Chinese music scene also be here for this music exchange festival?"
"Yes." At this international music exchange festival, official music circles from various countries will attend, and it's rare for anyone to be absent unless there are special circumstances.
"Then give me the last spot." The crackdown order issued by the Chinese Music Writers Association was still fresh in Li Zhaoyang's memory.
He doesn't consider himself a gentleman or a saint, so he doesn't feel any guilt at all when he does bad things.
Zhang Shulan knew Zhao Yang's thoughts. Before the lawsuit, Zhao Yang was truly surrounded by enemies, and even the authorities intervened to crack down on him. He was at his wit's end.
"Okay." Zhang Shulan hesitated for a few seconds before agreeing: "However, we need to prepare at least one piece for the exchange festival. Zhaoyang, do you have enough time?
Li Zhaoyang didn't nod, but instead asked about the rules of the exchange festival: "By the way, is this music exchange festival the same as a competition?"
Zhang Shulan was about to nod when she realized the mechanism was different, so she shook her head and said, "No, the competition has an advancement mechanism, but the exchange festival does not. It's a place where songwriters and composers exchange music. If someone issues you an exchange challenge, you have to accept it once. If you don't accept it even once, you will be expelled and you won't be able to participate in the music exchange festival again. Moreover, the rewards for the exchange festival are very generous. Last year's champion will receive full promotion for all their works for a month, and there will also be resource allocation. Even the rewards for the top ten are very considerable."
In this way, the lyricists and composers participating in the exchange festival will have at least one manuscript or more.
"So there's no limit to the number of challenges? The more manuscripts I have, the more challenges I can issue to others?" Li Zhaoyang's eyes lit up. Wasn't this an exchange festival tailor-made for him?
When it comes to the number of manuscripts, who can beat you?
"Yes, the final ranking will be based on the number of wins in the exchange and the quality of the songs." Zhang Shulan stood up and patted Zhaoyang on the shoulder: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. This kind of exchange is to promote the progress of music. If you really can't finish the manuscript in a week, then we'll consider replacing you with someone else."
"Okay, then I won't disturb the director and supervisor's work discussion any longer."
Li Zhaoyang walked out of the office, closing the door behind him, and returned to his private office.
Sitting in front of the computer, he kept thinking about one thing.
What would happen if he challenged songwriters and composers in the Chinese music scene?
Despite being from the Chinese music scene, she was ultimately forced to develop her career in the American music scene.
Now, coinciding with the music exchange festival, it feels like it was all destined.
After gathering his thoughts, Li Zhaoyang opened the system panel to check his reputation.
Name: Li Zhaoyang
Age: 22
[Occupation]: Silver Medal Lyricist and Composer
[Reputation]: 3.48 million
"Prepare a few pieces first."
After much deliberation, Li Zhaoyang purchased five music treasure chests.
[Ding! 1.5 million reputation points have been successfully deducted. The host has received five music treasure chests.]
"Open them all." This was the first time Li Zhaoyang had ever bought so many treasure chests at once.
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