Chapter Ninety-Nine: Selling Yourself

Yang Jingxing and a few people went out and found Fu Feirong standing next to him like a guard. Zhang Yanhao looked at Fu Feirong and spoke first: "How is your state today? Let's go record a sample." ”

Yang Jingxing helped answer: "No problem, I tried it before I came." ”

A few people walked up the stairs to the first floor, and after entering, they found that the decoration atmosphere here is very different, warm and lovely style, and various decorations are not like office areas.

Gan Kai presented Yang Jingxing with an introduction: there are two recording studios here, the first is for recording vocals and single instruments, and the second is for recording orchestras, but the two studios can be used together.

Through a large area of soundproof glass, you can see that there are five people in the listening room of Studio No. 1, one of them, Fu Feirong and Yang Jingxing, must know each other, it is Cheng Yaoyao.

Cheng Yaoyao is all commercially dressed in the recording studio, with thorough makeup, exquisite hairstyle, fluffy white boots and fuchsia thick pantyhose, a short down jacket, and a white knitted hat on her head. She has a good face, and it is estimated that she will look good without makeup.

I saw someone inside Zhang Yanhao open the door. Zhang Yanhao asked, "Is it recorded?"

The recording studio, sitting in front of the machine, said, "Almost. ”

Zhang Yanhao introduced Yang Jingxing: "This is our chief recording engineer Chang Yiming, Du Yuhua and Zhao Ge of the editorial department. Yaoyao knows everything, right? Her assistant Chu Xiaotong ...... This is Yang Jingxing 402. ”

Chang Yiming shook hands with Yang Jingxing first: "Hello, I heard Sister Duan talk about you a few times." ”

Yang Jingxing shook hands one by one and said hello, and then stretched out his hand to Cheng Yaoyao, who didn't pay much attention to him: "Hello." ”

Cheng Yaoyao smiled and stretched out a few fingernails for Yang Jingxing to shake lightly. Yang Jingxing introduced again: "Her name is Fu Feirong. ”

Several people nodded at Fu Feirong, and Chu Xiaotong glanced at it twice. Fu Feirong began to play a big name, and she was indifferent and ignored.

I listened to Cheng Yaoyao's recording first, and the result was a more dynamic and cheerful song, with a slight dance music rhythm. The soundtrack has been done a long time ago, and Cheng Yaoyao's singing is also good.

Yang Jingxing applauded: "This is written by Yi Tao, right?" Yi Tao is a stage name, and he is a relatively famous author of words and sentences. Yi Tao is estimated to be in his forties, but he has always stood at the forefront of the times, writing popular folk songs more than ten years ago, and now writing dance music, he has never lagged behind.

Gan Kaicheng nodded: "It's the style of his new album." ”

Zhang Yanhao said: "After working hard, they came to record a sample and prepare. ”

Gan Kaicheng looked inside the recording studio and said to Yang Jingxing, "Roland's synthesizer is okay, right?"

Yang Jingxing said: "Okay." looked at Fu Feirong and said: "Let's go in and sing "Girl". ”

Gan Kaicheng followed into the recording studio and told Yang Jingxing how to use the synthesizer, and then looked at Fu Feirong, who was standing next to him, and pointed: "Stand in front of the microphone...... Don't be nervous, like singing in a bar. ”

Fu Feirong then stood in front of the microphone and faced the group of people staring at her behind the machine in the soundproof glass outside the listening room. Gan Kaicheng closed the door and didn't go out, and after gesturing to Chang Yiming, he said, "You can start." ”

Seeing Fu Feirong's chest rising and falling rapidly, Yang Jingxing said, "Take a deep breath and adjust." ”

After letting Fu Feirong adjust for a minute, Yang Jingxing said to start. This Roland's professional synthesizer also sounds very good, and they say that Roland's performance on strings is better than Yamaha's, and that's true. The texture of the piano sound is more fully revealed.

Fu Feirong's singing is a bit of a problem, and her voice is too small. Gan Kai hurriedly gestured, and lifted and lifted again, which made Fu Feirong's voice suddenly louder.

As far as the requirements of the professional recording studio are concerned, Fu Feirong's performance in the early part was relatively bad, but fortunately, she didn't break the jar, and she worked hard to adjust her state in the middle of the song, and she felt a little.

After singing it again, Yang Jingxing looked at the reactions of the people in the listening room. Zhang Yanhao and Gan Kaicheng gestured, and then Gan Kaicheng said, "Do it again." He encouraged Fu Feirong again: "It's very good just now, you adjust your breathing again, don't sing shallowly, pay attention to your feelings, you can close your eyes." ”

gave Fu Feirong another minute and Yang Jingxing started again. It seems that letting Fu Feirong close her eyes really has an effect, and this time she sang much better. The acoustic structure of the recording studio makes her sound characteristics more fully expressed, and on the basis of the original, it is fuller and more down-to-earth, even slightly deeper.

After singing Yang Jingxing this time, they were called out. Chang Yiming said to Fu Feirong, who was hiding behind Yang Jingxing: "The voice is good, listen to it again." ”

played it again with a very good monitor, Fu Feirong tilted her head and opened her mouth slightly, she was stupid, did she sing so well? Of course, she is not so picky now, so she ignored the many breathing errors and poor speech in the sample.

However, Fu Feirong's vocal characteristics were not affected by those flaws, and the excellence of the song itself was fully reflected.

After listening to it once, no one spoke first. Yang Jingxing asked, "Dong Zhang, what do you think?"

Zhang Yanhao looked at Gan Kaicheng and Chang Yiming: "What do you think?"

Chang Yiming asked Yang Jingxing: "What about the new song?"

Yang Jingxing said: "I don't understand, I think that's it. ”

Chang Yiming asked Fu Feirong again: "Have you ever recorded a song before?"

Fu Feirong shook her head and Gan Kaicheng helped, "It's not the first time to come." ”

Chang Yiming said: "It's okay, take your time, sing well, and have a good voice." ”

Zhang Yanhao said to Yang Jingxing: "Since both of them said okay, then okay, I can go down first." ”

went downstairs to the chairman's office, and Zhang Yanhao asked Yang Jingxing: "Do I sign with you or with her?"

Yang Jingxing smiled: "Of course it's with her." ”

Zhang Yanhao said: "You don't understand what I mean, sign with you, you are responsible for the company and her." Sign with her, she is responsible for the company, and we should be responsible for her. ”

Although Gan Kaicheng is from the editorial department, he also understands the legal process, so he explained it to Yang Jingxing. If the company signed a contract with Yang Jingxing, then Yang Jingxing can be regarded as Fu Feirong's agent. The company only has economic dealings with Yang Jingxing, as for what to do between Yang Jingxing and Fu Feirong, the company doesn't care if they sign the contract themselves.

Generally speaking, only those agents with strong artist resources have this kind of treatment, and Gan Kai presented Yang Jingxing with two examples. The agent's name Yang Jingxing has never heard of, but the artists in their hands are all kings and queens.

Yang Jingxing was a little embarrassed: "Wouldn't this be inappropriate?"

Zhang Yanhao said: "There is nothing inappropriate, but I want to add a piece of your song to the contract, I can only give our company...... Take a sample and take a look at it. ”

This contract is much more terrifying than Yang Jingxing's contract for selling songs, and it is thicker than a hundred pages. They said that the artist contract is a deed of sale, but they didn't expect that the contract signed by Yang Jingxing as an agent is no different from the deed of sale.

For example, all activities of artists in the hands of agents must be approved by the company. There are many kinds of revenue sharing, such as advertising, or acting...... This kind of income classification is different, and different classifications have different distribution methods, but most of them are shared by the company with the majority of the remaining agents.

Moreover, the so-called clause that the broker is responsible for the company is even more shocking, to put it bluntly, the broker has to obey his orders.

Yang Jingxing read page by page quickly, as if he were counting several sheets. Zhang Yanhao waited for Yang Jingxing to appease when he saw some excessive overlord clauses: "Of course, these are negotiable. ”

Yang Jingxing smiled: "It would be too terrifying if there was no room for negotiation." ”

After watching it for a while, Yang Jingxing remembered: "I don't have much time, can I find another person from your company as an agent to take care of Panpan's life." ”

Fu Feirong, who had been quiet, finally spoke: "I don't need to." ”

Zhang Yanhao said: "This is necessary, as long as you are willing, I don't care. ”

Yang Jingxing said thank you, and then said goodbye, saying that he would go back and discuss it with Fu Feirong. And Fu Feirong also has to discuss it with her family.

Gan Kai presented Yang Jingxing, and they went to the elevator and talked for more than ten minutes, mainly about the contract. He gave the most practical example: Duan Liying did not sign a contract with Hongxing, but Zhang Yanhao signed a contract with the company as an agent. Of course, Duan Liying is the diva, and Zhang Yanhao did this to make the diva less bound by the company, and to be able to do a lot of articles in the terms of the contract, so that Duan Liying can enjoy better treatment than others.

And listening to Gan Kaicheng's meaning, Zhang Yanhao did not get a commission as Duan Liying's agent, so Duan Liying has not left Hongxing Company for so many years.

Gan Kaicheng also said to Fu Feirong: "Your goal now is to release a record, no matter how the contract is signed, you will not lose anything now! looked at Yang Jingxing again: "Lao Duan must have said good things for you, otherwise it's really not that simple." ”

Yang Jingxing thanked the sincere Gan Kai and said goodbye, and looked at Fu Feirong after entering the elevator: "They said that you can do it, and then it's up to you." ”

Fu Feirong said again: "I listen to you." ”

Yang Jingxing shook his head: "No, you have to decide for yourself whether you want to be a singer, you listen to it first, being a singer is not necessarily easier than opening a restaurant, it doesn't mean that you will be popular if you become a singer, even if you are popular, it may not be so ......beautiful."

Fu Feirong said: "I understand all this. ”

Yang Jingxing said: "Go back, think about it yourself, and discuss it with your sister-in-law, this is likely to be the thing that will determine your life, although you are young, your thinking is no longer naΓ―ve......"

Fu Feirong laughed.

Yang Jingxing asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Fu Feirong shook her head and continued to laugh.

Yang Jingxing reprimanded: "Be serious, let me tell you, if you want to be a professional singer, or if you are lucky enough to become popular, it is a different life, or you can continue to sing in the bar, fun and relaxed, or simply listen to your sister-in-law and go to study again......"

Fu Feirong looked at Yang Jingxing: "I listen to you, I know that you can't harm me." ”

Yang Jingxing was more serious: "One thing you have to understand: If I sign a contract with the company, and we sign a contract again, the rights and obligations between us are not as simple as me writing songs for you...... I'm going to take a portion of your income, and it's not a small part. ”

Fu Feirong said: "I don't have an opinion on you taking it all." ”

Yang Jingxing smiled: "You see that you treat me as a friend, how can I be embarrassed to make money with you." ”

Fu Feirong said: "After studying politics in junior high school, we will be distributed according to work, and we will not be friends if we have more work. ”

On the way home, Yang Jingxing continued to tell Fu Feirong that it might be bad, and he simply tried his best to trick Fu Feirong into giving up her plan to be a professional singer. But Fu Feirong behaved very resolutely.

After sending Fu Feirong to the restaurant, the proprietress and the boss were worried, because it seemed that Yang Jingxing and Fu Feirong were not elated.

Yang Jingxing said: "The people in the company said that she was willing to help her make a record. ”

"Really!" The proprietress jumped up happily and grabbed Fu Feirong's shoulders excitedly: "Panpan, Panpan, it's good to have your life." "The tears are coming down.

And the twenty-three or four-year-old boss was also dancing happily: "Call Mom...... Sit down, Yang Jingxing, thank you!"

Yang Jingxing said: "Don't be happy first, there are many things I want to explain to you clearly. ”

The boss and his wife were startled and looked at Yang Jingxing in fear.

After Yang Jingxing's long rambling for a long time, the boss laughed again: "What's the matter, it's useless for me to be a brother, so it is much better for Panpan to be a singer from so much hardship than to follow us and smell the smell of oil smoke." ”

The proprietress also said: "We don't expect her to be a star, she likes to sing, so let her sing...... We have never seen the world, but we also know that we do things without success, and we do not endure hardship in any industry. ”

Yang Jingxing said: "I'm relieved if you think so. But you'd better discuss it and I'll come back tomorrow. ”

The proprietress said, "You can't go and have dinner first!"

Fu Feirong also smiled: "Go and pick up Yu Xinting, they are happy." ”

Seeing that the time was only five o'clock, Yang Jingxing called Yu Xinting, and the girl shouted happily after hearing the good news, asking if there was bacon to eat again. Yang Jingxing called Qi Qingnuo again, and Qi Qingnuo asked very specifically and carefully, and he could see it: "You are not selling people, you are selling yourself." ”

Yang Jingxing said: "The contract has not been signed yet, and I hope to negotiate it." ”

Qi Qingnuo was worried: "They won't give in to this kind of thing...... I asked my dad at night. ”

Then Yang Jingxing went back to school to pick up people, Fu Feirong listened to her sister-in-law's words and went with her, but sat in the back. Yu Xinting, An Xin and Qi Qingnuo were waiting at the school gate, and Yu Xinting waved when she saw the car, and Qi Qingnuo kept smiling.

Qi Qingnuo opened the front door first and asked Yang Jingxing: "What about the contract?"

Yang Jingxing opened the glove box and asked Qi Qingnuo to take it out and look at it himself. Yu Xinting happily asked Fu Feirong what the interview was like in the back.

Fu Feirong said: "I just asked some questions and then recorded a song, and they said it was okay." ”

Yu Xinting asked, "What are you singing?"

"Maiden. ”

Yu Xinting grinned: "That's definitely okay." ”

Fu Feirong suddenly thought in shock: "I saw Cheng Yaoyao." ”

Yu Xinting was envious: "Really, you have all seen it?"

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