Chapter 887: Twists and Turns (Ten Thousand Two)
Li Xixuan made Ma Lilian a cup of coffee, and then gave Chu Qiankun and them a new cup of tea, and then left the office again.
Hong Guotao, who finally sat down, kept staring at Ma Lilian, up and down, especially on his face.
Ma Lilian was not dissatisfied with Hong Guotao's eyes, but kept responding with a smile, and Chu Qiankun didn't express any opinions, silently drinking the new tea that Li Xixuan had just made for him.
Of course, Hong Guotao's eyes staring at Ma Lilian were clear, and the reason why he paid so much attention was because of his curiosity.
"Miss Ma Lilian is from the United States?" Finally, after looking at least three rounds, Hong Guotao frowned and asked.
"I was born in the Pearl of the Orient, my mother is Chinese, and my father is from the United States, so I have dual citizenship. ”
Ma Lilian said very frankly and did not hide anything.
"I really can't see it, your appearance is completely Chinese!" Hong Guotao was amazed.
"Who said that mixed-race people must be like foreigners?" Chu Qiankun put down the cup in his hand: "As long as you sing well, it's fine." The song you heard last night was sung by Sister Lian, if you don't believe it, I can ask her to do it live. ”
Chu Qiankun summoned Ma Lilian to Dongzhou to let her meet with Hong Guotao in advance and arrange for her to appear in "We Are Singers" this Friday.
He wants to use this show to make Ma Lilian start again, and let her go from home to abroad.
At the same time, with the help of the program "We Are Singers", the original masterpiece "See You Again" was officially launched.
In this way, we can make this all-English song have the blood of China at the root.
When this song becomes popular all over the world, people will inevitably talk about the creation of this song, and they will inevitably talk about the Chinese music scene, which should feel good.
"No, no!" Hong Guotao waved his hand again and again: "But I have a question, Miss Ma is completely Chinese, how to make others believe that she is a singer from Hollywood?"
This question is very realistic, before Chu Qiankun only said that he was a singer from Hollywood, and did not say the name of the singer, so everyone felt very mysterious, but there was no way to understand it.
However, once Marilian stood in front of her, her Chinese face made it difficult for people to believe that he was a singer from Hollywood.
"Don't worry, these questions will disappear as long as Sister Lian sings. Chinese people sing English songs in spoken language, there will always be some differences: "Besides, we just need to explain that we are mixed-race, and we are not deceiving the audience, what is there to be afraid of." ”
"Okay. Chu Qiankun said so, and Hong Guotao could only nod: "There is another question, where is the rap singer?"
Half of the songs I listened to last night, there are a lot of rap parts in them, such a large proportion, it's impossible to use recordings, right?
"Haha, he's in the sky!" Chu Qiankun pointed to the ceiling: "He will fly to Changsha tonight, along with my Hollywood partner, Jason, the founder of Jason Music." ”
"Is Jason coming over this time?" asked Marilyn curiously.
"Well, one is to accompany Wiz, and the second is because this is the world premiere of "See You Again" and he needs to be there. The next step was to release the song abroad through his studio. The song will soon hit the billboards, and the summit is just around the corner. ”
"It's not just Billboard, it's music charts from other countries, you all have a chance to make it to the top. So you have to prepare yourself, and in the next period of time, you must not only arrange the recording of "We Are Singers", but also fly all over the world under Jason's arrangement. It's going to be hard. ”
In his previous life, "See You Again" topped the music charts of more than 20 countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Germany.
On the Billboard Top 100 singles chart in the United States, the song won the championship for a total of 12 weeks, and was played billions of times around the world.
Now this song has been released by him more than ten years in advance, although the network environment and the music market are very different.
However, even if the spread is not as brave as in the previous life, it is extremely terrifying to be able to reach half of the results.
Such an achievement, put in the current music market, is a nuclear bomb.
How can the fireworks from such a large-yield nuclear explosion not blow up Marilyn and Wiz, how can it not push Jason to a higher level, and how can it not let the name of the stars spread all over the world?
As for the original creator of the song, 7+1, how could he not rush out of the country and start to make trouble in the foreign music market.
In fact, 7+1 has been exported once a long time ago, but at that time it was accompanied by the saliva song "Little Apple".
The saliva song is a divine comedy, which generally comes and goes quickly.
With such a song, it is difficult to say what kind of status and value he will leave in the music world, and as the original creator of the song, it is difficult for people to remember it all the time.
But songs like "See You Again" are different, and he will leave a strong mark in the history of songs.
Moreover, because its original creator is a Chinese, it has caused a wave of topics.
"If you are not afraid of hard work, you are afraid that it will not be hard. Ma Lilian smiled, she was not afraid of being busy, but she did not want to be idle at home.
After returning to the Pearl of the Orient from the United States with Sister Pei, they had a showdown with Flowstone Records.
At the beginning, the management of Flowstone Records was definitely unwilling, not to mention that Ma Lilian still had great commercial value in the Pearl of the Orient market.
is Sister Pei, the company's gold agent, they will not let her go easily, it is one thing to have a conflict with a certain executive, and it is another thing to let her leave Flowstone Records.
The negotiation on the first day was fruitless, and the two of them who had a complete rest on the second day and had a good jet lag came to Flowstone Records again.
This time, without saying much to the other party, Sister Pei directly took out the original songs that Chu Qiankun gave her, but only took out two.
Everything always has to be reserved, and it is impossible for Sister Pei to take out all the hole cards.
What is the quality of the song, as the management of the record company, it is natural to know it as soon as you hear it.
Pei Chiling and Ma Lilian said very directly that as long as Liushi Records is willing to let them go, these two songs will be left to them for free.
As for who wrote these two original songs and how they got them, I'm sorry, I have no comment.
The high-level management of the flowing stone did not agree on the spot, but asked them to go back first, and then inform them when they had discussed it.
This waited until the next day, and the management of Flowstone did not deliberately perfunctory them and delay time.
In the past day or so, they did hold a meeting to discuss the termination of the contract between Sister Pei and Ma Lilian.
not only discussed, but also went to inquire about the copyrights of the two songs that Sister Pei showed up, and this query found something very interesting.
Because they found out that the ownership of these two songs turned out to be in Ma Lilian's name, and the copyright of the third song was also in her name.
After some discussion, the management came up with an opinion, that is, it was easy for the two of them to leave, but they had to leave all three original songs on Flowstone Records.
After some consideration, Sister Pei and Ma Lilian agreed to this condition.
However, just when they were all happy and both parties were ready to fulfill the agreement, the executive who had a conflict with Sister Pei suddenly repented and put forward a new opinion.
His new conditions are also very simple, that is, the three original songs are too few, he wants to break up peacefully, and he wants to terminate the contract early.
Sister Pei and Ma Lilian have to come up with at least five songs to fully make up for the loss of Flowstone Records, which is fair.
Regardless of the purpose of this executive, the condition he put forward was for the sake of Flowstone Records.
Coupled with Sister Pei and Ma Lilian's insistence on leaving Liushi Records, there is no personal relationship between them.
Everyone is optimistic about the success and hopes to squeeze the two of them before they break up.
was so unkind, I was stunned that Sister Pei and Ma Lilian were half angry.
When Chu Qiankun gave Sister Pei three songs, she was optimistic that she only needed two songs to get it.
It turns out that she underestimated the greed of human nature, as well as the shamelessness of some.
In addition to being angry, the two didn't agree to them, and in fact they couldn't, because they only had these three songs in their hands, so let them go and change two more songs.
As for the idea of asking Chu Qiankun for help and asking him to send two more songs, he was directly vetoed by the two of them.
So, they and the flowing stone entered into a part of patience, and the time passed again.
Just when they were preparing for a protracted battle, Chu Qiankun's phone call came and asked how the resignation was handled?
He needs Ma Lilian to go north immediately and participate in the recording of "We Are Singers" instead of 7+1.
At this time, Sister Pei stepped on the phone, resigned, and was embarrassed to tell Chu Qiankun the truth, and said her thoughts about wasting time with them.
Chu Qiankun just laughed at that time, it was time-consuming, if it was time-saving, why did he come up with those three original songs?
Just wait for Sister Pei and Ma Lilian's contract to expire, isn't it okay?
Anyone can have no shortage of time, he Chu Qiankun is short of time all the time, for him time is really money.
A lot of the time, he's willing to pay a little bit more and get a little bit of time in advance.
The meaning of the Flowing Stone Record, without Sister Pei's explanation, Chu Qiankun can know what they mean?
What kind of mindset do you have?
What do you want to achieve?
But the recording of the program waits for no one, the development of Ma Lilian waits for no one, and the operation of the Hollywood branch of Star Media waits for no one.
Even if he understood their intentions, he was willing to eat this loss, so he didn't say much, hung up the phone and found two songs and sent them to Sister Pei's mailbox.
There is only one message in the mailbox, that is, Ma Lilian's contract must be terminated quickly and cannot be delayed.
received two new songs from Chu Qiankun, Sister Pei and Ma Lilian were also full of emotion, is it really so easy to write songs now?
But why can't they write a good song?
Why is it so difficult for a creator like Flowstone Records or a co-creator to write a good song?
Why is it in the hands of Chu Qiankun that the original song is easier than the hen laying eggs?
Moreover, it is still a native egg, which has high nutritional value and guaranteed quality.
However, just like Chu Qiankun said, time is pressing, and there is no extra time left for them to sigh.
In order to prevent the other party from regretting again, in order to prevent the other party from making things difficult again under the pretext that the quality of the song is not up to standard.
The clever two came to the door with a lawyer this time, and signed a precautionary agreement before giving each other five songs.
However, this time the communication was much smoother, the other party did not have a desire to fill the moth, everything went smoothly, and the termination agreement was signed on the spot.
After the basic procedures were processed, Ma Lilian flew to Dongzhou first, and Sister Pei had to stay to deal with the aftermath.
After all, they have been in the company for so many years, and due to the particularity of the industry, they and the cutting of the flowing stone are not a contract, just turn around and leave.
It is also necessary to carefully and seriously cut some interests and obligations, otherwise there will be endless troubles.