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." β
Yang Jingxing helped answer: "No problem, I tried it before I came." β
A few people took the stairs up to the first floor, and after entering, they found that the decoration atmosphere here is very different, warm and lovely style, all kinds of decoration, not like the office area.
Gan Kai presented Yang Jingxing with an introduction, there are two recording studios here, No. 1 is for recording vocals and single instruments, and No. 2 is larger and is for recording orchestras, but the two studios can be used together.
Through the large area of soundproof glass, you can see that there are five people in the listening room of the No. 1 shed, one of which Fu Feirong and Yang Jingxing must know, it is Cheng Yaoyao.
Cheng Yaoyao is dressed up in business in the recording studio, with thorough makeup, exquisite hairstyle, fluffy white boots and fuchsia thick pantyhose, a short down jacket on her upper body, and a white knitted hat on her head, which is cute. She has a nice face, and I guess she will look good without makeup.
Seeing Zhang Yanhao, someone inside opened the door. Zhang Yanhao asked, "Is it recorded?"
The sound engineer sitting in front of the machine said, "Almost. β
Zhang Yanhao introduced Yang Jingxing: "This is our chief recording engineer Chang Yiming, Du Yuhua and Zhao Ge from the editorial department. Yaoyao knows everything, right? Her assistant Chu Xiaotong ...... This is Yang Jingxing, 402. β
Chang Yiming shook hands with Yang Jingxing first: "Hello, I heard Sister Duan talk about you a few times." β
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." β
Cheng Yaoyao smiled and stretched out a few fingernails for Yang Jingxing to shake lightly. Yang Jingxing introduced again: "Her name is Fu Feirong. β
Several people nodded to Fu Feirong, and Chu Xiaotong glanced at it twice. Fu Feirong began to play a big name, with a cold face and ignorance.
I listened to Cheng Yaoyao's recording first, it is a more dynamic and cheerful song, with a slightly dance music rhythm. The soundtrack has been done a long time ago, and Cheng Yaoyao's singing is also good and qualified.
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, never lagging behind.
Gan Kaicheng nodded: "It's him, the new album goes in this style." β
Zhang Yanhao said: "It's hard work, they came to record a sample and prepare." β
Gan Kaicheng looked inside the recording studio and said to Yang Jingxing, "Roland's synthesizer, okay?"
Yang Jingxing said: "Okay." looked at Fu Feirong and said, "Let's go in, just sing "Girl". β
Gan Kaicheng followed into the recording studio, still told Yang Jingxing about the use of the synthesizer, and then looked at Fu Feirong who was standing next to him, and pointed out: "Stand in front of the microphone...... Don't be nervous, it's like singing in a bar. β
Fu Feirong then stood in front of the microphone and faced the group of people who were staring at her behind the machine in the listening room outside the soundproof glass. Gan Kaicheng closed the door, didn't go out, and after gesturing with Chang Yiming, he said, "You can start." β
Seeing Fu Feirong's chest rising and falling rapidly, Yang Jingxing said, "Take a deep breath and adjust." β
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 expressed.
Fu Feirong's singing is a bit of a problem, and her voice is on the small side. Gan Kaicheng hurriedly gestured, lifted and lifted, which made Fu Feirong's voice suddenly louder.
As far as the requirements of a 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 can adjust it again, pay attention to your breathing, don't sing shallowly, pay attention to your feelings, you can close your eyes." β
gave Fu Feirong another minute, and Yang Jingxing started again. It seems that getting Fu Feirong to 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 it is fuller and more solid on the original basis, even slightly deeper.
After singing this time, Yang Jingxing and the others were called out. Chang Yiming said to Fu Feirong, who was hiding behind Yang Jingxing: "The sound is good, listen to it again." β
After playing it on a monitor speaker with very good effect, Fu Feirong tilted her head and opened her mouth slightly to listen stupidly, 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 again, 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." β
Chang Yiming asked Fu Feirong again: "Have you ever recorded a song before?"
Fu Feirong shook his head, and Gan Kaicheng helped: "No, it's the first time I've come." β
Chang Yiming said: "It's okay, take your time, the song is good and the sound is good." β
Zhang Yanhao said to Yang Jingxing: "Since both of them said okay, that's okay, let's go down." β
went downstairs to the chairman's office, Zhang Yanhao asked Yang Jingxing: "Do I sign with you or with her?"
Yang Jingxing smiled: "Of course it's with her." β
Zhang Yanhao said: "You don't understand what I mean, sign with you, you are responsible for the company, and you are also responsible for her." Sign with her, she is responsible for the company, and we are also responsible for her. β
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, they sign the contract themselves.
Generally speaking, only those with big names with strong artist resources have this kind of treatment, and Gan Kai gave Yang Jingxing two examples. I haven't heard of the agent's name, 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 clause in the contract, your song can only be given to our company...... Take a sample and take a look at it. β
This contract is much more terrifying than Yang Jingxing's contract for selling songs, a thick book, more than 100 pages. They said that the artist contract was a deed of sale, but they didn't expect that the contract signed by Yang Jingxing as an agent was 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 performances, commercials, or acting...... This kind of income classification is different, and different classifications have different distribution methods, but most of them are the company's lion's share, and the rest of the agents are divided with the artist.
Moreover, the so-called terms of the broker's responsibility for the company are even more shocking, to put it bluntly, the broker has to obey.
Yang Jingxing read page by page quickly, like counting several sheets. Zhang Yanhao waited for Yang Jingxing to appease Yang Jingxing when he saw some excessive overlord clauses: "Of course, these are negotiable. β
Yang Jingxing smiled: "It would be too terrifying if there was no room for negotiation." β
After watching it for a while, Yang Jingxing remembered: "I don't have much time, can I find another person from your company to be an agent and take care of Panpan's life." β
Fu Feirong, who had been quiet, finally spoke: "I don't need to." β
Zhang Yanhao said: "This is necessary, as long as you are willing, I don't care." β
Yang Jingxing said thank you, and then he was about to leave, saying that he would go back and discuss with Fu Feirong. And Fu Feirong also has to discuss it with her family.
Gan Kai presented Yang Jingxing 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 a diva, and Zhang Yanhao's purpose is to make the diva less bound by the company, and can make many 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, there is no loss to you now! Look at Yang Jingxing again: "Lao Duan must have helped you say good things, otherwise it's really not that simple." β
Yang Jingxing thanked the sincere Gan Kai and said goodbye, and after entering the elevator, he looked at Fu Feirong: "They said you can do it, and then it's up to you." β
Fu Feirong said again: "I listen to you." β
Yang Jingxing shook his head: "No, you have to decide for yourself, whether you want to be a singer or not, you listen to it first, being a singer is not necessarily easier than opening a restaurant, and it doesn't mean that being a singer will be popular, even if you are popular, it doesn't have to be so beautiful......"
Fu Feirong said: "I understand all this. β
Yang Jingxing said: "Go back and 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, but 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: "You 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 another life, or you can continue to sing in the bar, fun and relaxed, or simply listen to your sister-in-law, and then go to study......"
Fu Feirong looked at Yang Jingxing: "I listen to you, I know that you must not harm me." β
Yang Jingxing is 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 I write songs for you...... I will take a part of your income, and it is not a small part. β
Fu Feirong said: "You take it all, I don't have an opinion." β
Yang Jingxing smiled: "Look, you treat me as a friend, how can I be embarrassed to make money with you." β
Fu Feirong said: "If you study politics in junior high school, you will be distributed according to your work, you will get more for more work, what kind of relationship do you have, it is impossible that we will not be friends." β
On the way home, Yang Jingxing continued to tell Fu Feirong that all kinds of possible things were not good, and he was simply trying 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 she could do it and was willing to help her release a record. β
"Really!" The proprietress jumped up happily, grabbed Fu Feirong's shoulders and excitedly said: "Panpan, Panpan, your life is so good." "The tears are coming down.
And the twenty-three or four-year-old boss was also dancing happily: "Call Mom...... Sit, sit, Yang Jingxing, thank you so much!"
Yang Jingxing said: "Don't be happy first, there are many things I want to explain to you clearly." β
The boss and his wife were startled and looked at Yang Jingxing in fear.
After Yang Jingxing talked at length for a long time, the boss laughed again: "What's the matter, it's useless for me to be a brother, let Panpan suffer so much from snacks, it's much better to be a singer than to follow us and smell the smell of oil smoke." β
The proprietress also said: "We don't expect her to be a star, let her sing if she likes to sing...... We have never seen the world, but we also know that we do things without hardship. β
Yang Jingxing said: "I'm relieved if you think so. But you'd better discuss it, and I'll come back tomorrow. β
The proprietress said, "I can't go, let's have dinner first!"
Fu Feirong also smiled: "Go and pick up Yu Xinting and them, I'm happy." β
Looking at the time, it 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." β
Yang Jingxing said: "The contract has not been signed yet, and I hope to negotiate it." β
Qi Qingnuo was worried: "They won't give in to this kind of thing...... I asked my dad at night. β
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, 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 was happy with Fu Feirong in the back and asked her what the interview was like.
Fu Feirong said: "I just asked some questions, and then I recorded a song, and they said it was okay." β
Yu Xinting asked, "What are you singing?"
"Maiden. β
Yu Xinting grinned: "That's definitely okay." β
Fu Feirong suddenly remembered: "I saw Cheng Yaoyao." β
Yu Xinting was envious: "Really, you have all seen it?"
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