Chapter 687

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Baina's two albums were sent to the jury, one of which was Lin Wanqing's "Dearest You". Baina's team is led by Zhang Deqiang, and Ye Zheng, as an important member of the creative team, has also met many people with Zhang Deqiang. At the same time, I also met Zhou Ke in the wheat field, as well as people from Shenlong Records, including Peacock Music and Blue Dream Records, which I have never met.

Some people learned that Ye Zheng came with Baina's team, and they came to find Ye Zheng on purpose. In three days, Ye Zheng has been staying with various music creators and producers, getting to know many people, and learning a lot of knowledge that cannot be learned in online books. At the same time, his creative ability also amazed everyone. When Ye Zheng chatted with them about songs, he could often say a piece of music casually, as if he was really a creative machine, and these things could be produced at will.

Genius, real genius, this is a consensus reached by all musicians! One day, he will surely become the top creator and producer in China! As a result, some music companies and top studios wanted to invite Ye Zheng to join, but all of them were rejected by Ye Zheng without exception. At the same time, Ye Zheng also conveyed a message. He wanted to start a music company. Hearing the news, everyone reacted differently, some people were amazed by Ye Zheng's courage and confidence, and some people felt that Ye Zheng had too much self-esteem. There are almost no people who are optimistic about him.

"I didn't expect you to do that, I guessed you might sell to multiple music companies, but I didn't expect you to start your own music company. Zhang Deqiang said: "Like many people, I just don't understand how you plan to do it. You must know that starting a music company is by no means a simple matter, including the creation and production of music, which requires professional people to do it. I don't know what the source of your confidence is?" Ye Zheng smiled: "Music production and promotion, I really don't know." This needs professional people to do, so I am also looking for my partner. If you'd like to join, I'd love to hear from you!

Zhang Deqiang was stunned for a moment, looked at Ye Zheng's confident expression, and sighed after a while: "We already have a high opinion of you, but we can't imagine that we still underestimate you! Can you tell me how strong your creative ability is?" "If you are willing to start a music company with me, I can tell you." Ye Zheng smiled. "Forget it, I'm the director and producer of Baina, and I can't go to another one with you. ”

"Then I can only tell you that my creative ability is very strong!" Ye Zheng smiled confidently and flatly: "As for how strong it is, I believe you will understand it in the future." "We'll see. Zhang Deqiang smiled: "But we will be competitors in the future." Ye Zheng smiled and nodded: "Yes, but you can still buy songs from me in the future." ”

"Oh, don't you use your work for your own company?" "I guess you haven't understood what I'm saying, but I'm very creative, really. Ye Zheng said seriously. "He's a genius, but he's not a self-aware genius! Think he's going to start a music company after making a few albums? Okay, I'm not going to say much about it, but I'm waiting to see his jokes!" The person who said this was Qiu Feng, the founder of China's top music studio, Dafeng Music Studio.

He went to invite Ye Zheng to join the Gale Music Studio, and was rejected, but he didn't accept it as calmly as others. Qiu Feng himself is one of the few platinum producers of Chinese music. With many honors, his Gale Music Studio has also created and produced a lot of excellent albums after its establishment, and now in addition to him as a platinum producer, there are several gold medal producers in the studio, which can be described as a strong force, comparable to ordinary music companies! In the music industry, there is such a rule. There are two levels of producers, gold and platinum, and if you produce a platinum record that has sold 1 million dollars, you can be called a gold producer. If you produce a five-platinum record that sells five million, you can be called a platinum producer. Unlike the rating of the record, there is no title of diamond producer. Qiu Feng is a platinum producer, and the annual sales of a record he once produced reached 6.2 million! I thought that it would be no problem for him to personally invite Ye Zheng in such an identity, and he did offer a good price. However, Ye Zheng had no intention of joining any company or studio at all, so he naturally rejected him.

Qiu Feng was already a little cautious, and when he heard the rumors that Ye Zheng was going to start a music company, he expressed such an opinion. As soon as his words came out, many people were not optimistic about Ye Zheng. After all, Qiu Feng is a well-known producer in the national and even global music industry, and many people will not directly oppose his opinions, even if they don't agree with him. In contrast, although Ye Zheng has created several good albums and can definitely become a gold medal producer, it is still much worse than Qiu Feng's identity.

The difference between white gold and gold is huge. Some creators and producers can make dozens of platinum records in their lifetime, but it is difficult to make a five-platinum record. Different identities carry different weights in words. In addition, many people are not optimistic about Ye Zheng's establishment of a music company, and for a while, everyone didn't care about Ye Zheng's idea, and even scoffed at it. Young people, it's better to suffer a little, and after Ye Zheng fails to start a business and understands the truth, wouldn't it be better to recruit him? Some music companies even think so. Ye Zheng knew all these things, but he didn't care.

In the past few days, he has seen a lot of people, said a lot of things, and understood a lot of things, and finally had time to go out for a walk on the third night, just when Xiao Qi called him and asked him if he had time to go to a place called Shengyuan Square to watch some rock PK organized by rock bands, Ye Zheng agreed. Shengyuan Square is not far from the hotel where Ye Zheng stayed, and Ye Zheng walked all the way to really feel the warm atmosphere of the music festival. Walking down the street, you can see street performers playing and singing on the side of the road, young people dancing in the street, and bands singing and selling their albums...... The people on the street stopped to watch, and there were some places with a good atmosphere of joy, and if there was any outstanding performance, it was a burst of lively applause and cheers.

Ye Zheng came to Shengyuan Square and found that there was more than one simple stage built large and small, and there were artists performing on each stage. There was a stage where a lot of people were around, and there were loud drum kits and bass sounds, as well as passionate shouts. Ye Zheng walked over and saw all the members of the Black Butterfly Band who were watching and cheering on the side of the stage.

"Hey!" Ye Zheng walked over and patted Zhao Tong's shoulder, Zhao Tong turned his head and said in surprise: "Hey, Brother Ye, you're here!" Recently, except for Xiao Qi, the other four people's name for you Ye Zheng has become Ye Zheng, Ye Zheng's age is similar to them, or even slightly younger, if you call Mr. Ye or something, it really doesn't fit their character. It's just called Brother Ye. "How's that?" Ye Zheng asked.

"It's the semi-finals now, we're in the final. Just now we sang "I Have No Far Away" and won the semi-finals! Brother Ye, you didn't see it, the scene just now was very popular, a new rock song, and after you carefully choreographed by Brother Ye, it was sung by Xiao Qi, and it instantly killed a blockbuster!" Zhao Tong said happily: "We are going to sing "Do As You Like in the semi-finals", and we will definitely win the first place!" "Hmm......" Ye Zheng nodded, but focused on the stage. It's a group of five men, all between the ages of 25 and 30, singing a rock song in the style of heavy metal.

Xiao Qi stood beside Ye Zheng at some point, and unceremoniously grabbed Ye Zheng's arm, Ye Zheng tried to get rid of it but was hugged by Xiao Qi, she saw that Ye Zheng did not continue to try to break free, so she said with a smile: "This band is a heavy metal style band, which is not the same as our pop rock form." Now, the market for heavy metal rock is not as good as pop rock, it's like a state of death, few people like to listen to this kind of stuff that is too noisy, and even some people who do pop rock reject heavy metal. But people who really like heavy metal rock are still sticking to it, and only those who know heavy metal rock can understand the enthusiasm and emotion contained in the noise that others don't understand!"

"Their singing skills are good. Ye Zheng nodded and asked, "What's the name of this band?" "It seems to be called...... Tang Dynasty Band!" Xiao Qi hesitated and asked, "Zhao Tong, is it called Tang Dynasty Band?" "Ah, yes, Tang Dynasty Band! A heavy metal rock band has taken a literary name, and I don't think it sounds as good as our Black Butterfly." Zhao Tong said. "Oh...... Tang Dynasty band. Ye Zheng nodded slightly, but his heart was quite shocked. A heavy metal rock band called the Tang Dynasty band? What a coincidence...... Ye Zheng stopped talking, and watched the performance of the Tang Dynasty band seriously, he felt very good, these people must have been doing heavy metal rock for some years, listening to their screams on stage, you can also feel their affection for heavy metal rock, "Well, I'll talk to them later." Ye Zheng said. At this time, the Tang Dynasty band's singing had also ended, and then a sexy little girl stepped down to collect votes from the audience, and then announced that another band won by a big score after counting the votes.

Several members of the Tang Dynasty Band seemed to have expected this, and congratulated the other band with smiles on their faces, and then walked off the stage and walked to the side. "Here's our battle for the championship tonight! Our local rock band Hutong Band in Zhujiang will play against the Black Butterfly Band from Hengyang City! The Black Butterfly Band who paid special attention to it just sang an original song "I Don't Have Far Away", which is a great rock music, right? Next, they will sing a new original song! It's called "Do What You Want"! What kind of song is this that the Black Butterfly Band dares to use as a song to compete for the championship? Let's listen to it!"

Amidst the applause and cheers, Xiao Qi walked to the stage and waved to everyone with a smile. Just now, she was still holding Ye Zheng's arm intimately like an ordinary girl, but now as soon as she stood on the stage, a kind of singer's temperament suddenly came out! The accompaniment sounded, and Xiao Qi began to sing. The appeal of "Do What You Want" is really undoubted, and Xiao Qi's stage charm is also very strong, she is the only female lead singer of these rock bands. There are few rock bands, and even fewer rock bands with female lead singers! The beautiful and temperamental Xiao Qi sang and shook on stage, which immediately ignited the crowd.

Subsequently, not only in front of this stage, but also in other places, the audience was also attracted a lot, swaying their bodies together, feeling the unique charm of rock and roll! Xiao Qi indulged in singing, waving his two hands, interacting with the audience under the stage, the crowd resounded with cheers, mixed with some whistles, and the big movement here even made a nearby stage have to stop singing, and even the singer who was singing came over to listen to the song. This is the charm of rock and roll, maybe you don't feel bored listening to rock when you're alone, but in this case, many people will be infected by this emotion and can't help but join in.

Ye Zheng especially noticed that several people in the Tang Dynasty band were also listening carefully, and there was a look of envy on their faces. That's right, envy, very clear emotions. "It's really a good pop-rock piece, even compared to the classics of the '90s. I don't know who wrote the song, whether it was written by their band themselves, or if they hired someone else to write it or bought it. The lead singer of the Tang Dynasty band, Cui Nian, sighed: "It would be great if we could also make such high-quality heavy metal rock music!" "No way, who made us not creative?" keyboardist Sun Zhe also sighed and shook his head.

"Do you need heavy metal rock originals?" a voice rang out from behind them. The five of them looked back in unison and saw a young man with a delicate face looking at them and smiling. "What do you mean?" Cui Nian frowned and asked. "I think I can provide you guys with original songs. Ye Zheng smiled: "Of course, I have to see your singing level again." "You are ......" Cui Nian couldn't figure out the identity of the young man, and he didn't know the meaning of what he said just now. "My name is Ye Zheng. Ye Zheng smiled and stretched out his right hand: "The author of "Do What You Want"!"

"You wrote this song?" Cui Nian said in surprise, stretching out his hand and shaking it with Ye Zheng. "I think the name Ye Zheng is a little familiar!" Sun Zhe scratched his head with some doubts, frowned and thought for a while, and said, "It seems to be ...... It seems that the songwriter of the "Blooming Life" album is Ye Zheng, and we talked about it a few days ago. ”

"How is it possible!" Cui Nian smiled: "That's a great creator!" "How is it impossible?" Ye Zheng raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "That's me." "Really?" Cui Nian's eyes widened. "It's like a fake. Ye Zheng found that he really seemed to have some fame in the rock circle, and just one "Blooming Life" made many rock musicians pay attention to him. The Tang Dynasty band is also a local band in Zhujiang, so Cui Nian invited Ye Zheng to their usual rehearsal place. Ye Zheng asked Xiao Qi, and Xiao Qi said that they would have to play here for a while, so they wouldn't follow to join in the fun.

"You must take them down!" Xiao Qi clenched his fists and cheered for Ye Zheng. Ye Zheng smiled, said goodbye to Xiao Qi and them, and then took a taxi to the rehearsal room of the Tang Dynasty band. After listening to a few songs sung by the Tang Dynasty band, Ye Zheng is still very satisfied with their singing ability, this is a band that has been concentrating on metal rock music for five years, and the singing ability is okay, but the five people have no creative cells, they can only sing other people's songs, and they can only be resident singers in local bars or song halls in Zhujiang.

Satisfied with them, Ye Zheng simply stated his plans and invited them to join his music company. This was definitely an unexpected surprise for the Tang Dynasty band, although it was still just an unestablished music company, but Ye Zheng's mature self-confidence that did not match his age made them trust Ye Zheng.

On the evening of the fifth day, Ye Zheng followed Zhang Deqiang and them to the venue of the Asian Music Festival Awards Gala, and they got the news in advance that at this Asian Music Festival, Baina's "Dearest You" won four nominations.

They were nominated for Best Song and Best Lyrics for "Encounter", Best Arrangement for "Black and White Duet", and Best Composition for "Right and Wrong". There are four nominations for an album, which is a great thing to celebrate. And Lin Wanqing was also nominated for Best Female Singer. Their luck is not bad enough to win a prize, at least one. Ye Zheng's two nominations were as expected. It's just that Zhang Deqiang's heart is not very happy. Because Ye Zheng is going to start his own music company in the future, and it will definitely be in Hengyang City, which means that they will become the most direct competitors.

Many people don't care about Ye Zheng, but Zhang Deqiang remembered the strong confidence that Ye Zheng showed when he talked to him that day, and he felt a little confused. He had a faint premonition in his heart, perhaps, Ye Zheng, a young man, could really make some achievements? Regarding the nomination, of course, it is just the gossip of the jury group, which has not been made public on the surface, and it will be announced by the host at the music festival. At six o'clock in the evening, the artists walked into the party one after another, and the awards party will last about two hours, and the estimated time is from seven to nine o'clock.

"Hey, Brother Ye!" Zhou Ke saw Ye Zheng, greeted him, and sat directly beside him. The seats here are all casual sitting, and many people are not in their own music company, so it is normal to sit and chat with friends.

"Old Zhou. Ye Zheng said with a smile. "When did I call Lao Zhou?" Zhou Ke smiled: "Okay, okay, compared to you, I can indeed be called Lao Zhou." Ye Zheng smiled and nodded: "That's right." "I heard you're going to start a music company?" Zhou Ke asked in a low voice.

"Hmm. Ye Zheng nodded, looked at Zhou Ke and asked, "What do you have to say?" Zhou Ke frowned and said, "I didn't expect you to have such guts." Anyway, you haven't given us the songs we bought in the wheat field, so you're going to start your own music company? Inevitably, you're a little anxious, aren't you? Although Qiu Feng's words are ugly, they are not unreasonable...... Listen to my brother, mix in this circle for two more years, learn more about things, and accumulate more capital, and it's not too late to make plans. Anyway, you are still young, and if you sharpen your creativity, it will be better to run a company in the future. ”

Ye Zheng smiled: "Zhang Ailing said that you should be famous as soon as possible...... And I said Lao Zhou, if what I know is correct, the contract between you and Mai Tian just expired yesterday, right? Now you are not a person from Mai Tian in the legal sense, what do you call your Mai Tian?" "The renewal contract is on my desk! A three-year renewal! I will sign it when I go back today!" Zhou Ke glared: "Is what I said wrong? Hehe, brother, I am an important person in Mai Tian, and they are reluctant to let me go." If it weren't for the delay of something else some time ago, the renewal of the contract would have been signed a long time ago...... Hey, what did you just say, Zhang Ailing, who is this person, why haven't I heard of it......?"

"A pancake seller on the outskirts of Hengyang...... Ahem, I said Lao Zhou, if you think about it, you won't sign the renewal contract, right?" "Why don't you sign it?" ”

"If you think about it again, if you miss this village, you won't have this store!" Ye Zheng said: "You run the music company, and I do the creation." Wouldn't it be better for the two of us to set up a joint venture than if you were to work for someone else?"

"Well, now let's say I promise you. Zhou Ke said: "Then tell me your specific plans? I am not reliable in the operation of the company, let me bring some people to be responsible for the production and promotion of the album, after all, I have always done this." But the company's business and management, I can't do it. And if you kid plans to start a music company, naturally you want to take most of the shares, and I only take a small part, how much can I earn? ”

"You have to believe that even if you only own 10 percent of the shares, in a few years your income will definitely be several times what you are now. Ye Zheng's words were full of confidence: "I will still find a way to manage and run the company." In fact, if Ye Zheng is allowed to take care of the company by himself, he will also have the confidence to give it a try. But he still has to go to college and has a lot to do, so he really doesn't have much energy to manage the company. So he plans to find someone again, this person, he also has eyebrows. "10 percent of the shares are tens of millions of dollars? You know, I'm talking about profits, not market capitalization! I also believe that you might be able to turn a music company into a company worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but it's another thing to make a profit. Zhou Ke thought that Ye Zheng didn't understand the concept. "I'm talking about profit. "How Ye Zheng also had a master's degree in economic management in his previous life, this truth is still clear. Zhou Ke opened his mouth, and found that he was a little speechless in front of the strong self-confidence shown by Ye Zheng, and nodded helplessly after a while: "Okay, let's assume that this is also true! Suppose someone will manage the company well! Suppose I can do a good job of production and publicity and other artist-related work! However, you said that you are in charge of creation? Hey, I said brother...... Aren't you, to put it mildly, a little too highly of yourself?"

Ye Zheng smiled: "Maybe it's hard for you to imagine, but creating this kind of thing is actually not as difficult for me as you think." Since our brother is talking, I have said so much to you. I might as well tell you that the song for the wheat field has been written for a long time, but it has not been given to you yet. "Huh?" Zhou Ke was stunned, a little surprised, he knew that Ye Zheng had sold some songs to Peacock Music and Blue Dream Records, and he was already shocked at the time, thinking that Ye Zheng probably delayed the song he wrote to Mai Tian, but he didn't expect that Ye Zheng had already created it. "Well, I'll sign the contract when I go back, I'll give the song to the wheat field, and then I won't sell the song to me for the time being. Ye Zheng said: "Having said that, my creative ability is really strong, Lao Zhou, you have to believe this...... Well, I might as well reveal it to you again. I'm definitely going to start this music company, and it's going to be this year...... I've written two albums and found an artist! And when I say good, not only the lyrics, but also the arrangement. ”

"This ......" Zhou Ke was dumbfounded. How long has it been since the last time Ye Zheng sold three albums to Baina? In three months, Ye Zheng sold five songs to Peacock Music, sold an album to Blue Dream Records, and then wrote the songs to be handed over to Mai Tian. That's at least 20 songs! In this case, he even said that he had already written two albums! Oh my God! Zhou Ke had a feeling of being struck by lightning! This news was too shocking, wasn't it? This creative ability was too terrifying, right? Also, what did he just say? The arrangement was also completed? What is the situation! He used to just sell songs, and he sold good lyrics and songs, and the sophisticated lyrics and songs of various styles have already surprised them musicians, and now he can still arrange music? And the arrangement of two albums was completed in such a short time?

What kind of work is that? Could it be that the singer Ye Zheng found is an old singer with excellent arranging experience, or he has already found someone who knows how to arrange music to work with?