Chapter 19: Theme Song
As a popular little girl in the film and television industry, Su Jinxiu is not short of money, she has several high-end properties in the city of Kyoto, including a villa.
However, her favorite place to live is Green Harbor, although her house here is only an ordinary commercial house of 100 square meters, but she likes the environment and life here.
Just like now, she can go for a walk in the community by wearing a hat and mask, and few people here can recognize who she is, even if someone really recognizes her, these people are generally of high quality and will not bother her too much.
This kind of ordinary daily life is what she enjoys the most.
Especially just now, on the way home, she saw a pair of young couples laughing unscrupulously, hugging without worries, and the expression of natural emotions made her very envious.
Moreover, she had always thought that the beautiful girl who laughed out loud, she seemed to have seen it somewhere, but she couldn't remember it for a while.
"Strange, why do you always feel like you're in touch with that girl just now...... Perhaps, try to make a new friend...... Well, after all these years, I hardly have any friends around......"
Such an idea suddenly popped into Su Jinxiu's mind, and she did not reject it, in her opinion, everything was just natural.
When she got home, after Su Jinxiu washed up, she changed into civilian clothes and read a book in the soft sofa.
I had just read a few pages when my phone suddenly vibrate.
It was a message from Lin Ming.
Lin Ming is a well-known TV drama director in the industry, and recently he is preparing to shoot his new drama, a grassroots entrepreneurial history work adapted from a well-known novel, the crew has been initially formed, and Su Jinxiu has also confirmed that she will play the heroine, as for other roles, they are almost negotiated.
As a director, Lin Ming usually occasionally communicates with the heroine Su Jinxiu about the relevant plot design and character portrayal, Su Jinxiu is very dedicated, and will seriously discuss with the other party every time.
However, the message sent by Lin Ming today was not to discuss the plot, what he sent was a song.
"Xiao Su, listen to this song, I think it fits well with our TV series, you can listen to it, and then give a suggestion, I want to use it as the theme song. ”
Su Jinxiu was stunned for a moment, the TV series has not yet been filmed, and the theme song is about to be set? However, she still clicked on the link to the song.
The link jumps to a new beginning of music, and then information about the song is revealed.
"Hmm, the title of the song does match the TV series......" Su Jinxiu lightly clicked to play.
Soon, a passionate and uplifting melody sounded, which immediately stirred her emotions.
However, the passionate melody is fleeting and random, and the music returns to its normal gentle rhythm.
To the beat of drums and guitars, a calm and slightly vicissitudes voice sang.
"You and I are mortal, born in the world. Running around all day long, there is no time to be idle. ”
The first lyrics hit Su Jinxiu's heart.
This kind of simple and straightforward but precise lyrics can touch people's souls the most.
In the entertainment industry, Su Jinxiu has seen and heard too many singers and musicians who are called geniuses, and those people have many excellent works, with gorgeous rhetoric and wonderful melodies, but those works are only excellent, and if you listen to them once or twice, you will be left behind, and you will not be able to leave any impression at all.
However, after listening to the first sentence of today's "Mortal Song", Su Jinxiu was convinced that he might never forget this song for the rest of his life.
Because this song has the most straightforward lyrics and the simplest melody, it has resonated with the soul of the listener.
Even if a star like Su Jinxiu, looking at the entire human society, is just an ordinary member, she also needs to work tirelessly every day to film, and it is difficult to have her own leisure time......
This is a problem shared by all people in the world.
Therefore, "Mortal Song" can easily enter the hearts of listeners.
Read on.
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"Life is so short, why bother to fall in love, the lover is gone, who to cry out to for injustice. ”
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"When have you ever seen that the world has changed for people and has the face of dreams, is it considered to have spring?"
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Soon after listening to a song, Su Jinxiu actually had a feeling of loss, she was stunned, and directly paid for this "Mortal Song", and then began to play it on a loop.
Every time she listens to it, she seems to have new insights.
After listening to it seven or eight times in one breath, she suddenly remembered that she didn't seem to have replied to Director Lin Ming about her opinion.
She picked up her phone, thought about it, and wrote seriously: "I think "Mortal Song" is a very classic work, whether it is lyrics or melody, it is very good, and the thinking and philosophy contained in this song are indeed very suitable for our TV series, after all, the main line of the story is the history of mortal grassroots entrepreneurship, I think using this song as the theme song is a great plus for the TV series." ”
Soon, Lin Ming replied with five words: "The hero sees the same thing." ”
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Lin Ming is a very happy person, and after deciding to use "Mortal Song" as the theme song of his TV series, he sent someone to contact the staff of the Music New Beginnings website the next day.
Because when Chen Feng uploaded "Mortal Song", almost all of his relevant information was filled in, so he could only contact him through the website.
The new starting point of music is naturally very welcome to such things, and the work on his website was selected as the theme song by the big director, which is definitely a selling point worth promoting.
Moreover, the website is very optimistic about the work of "Mortal Song" itself, and many staff members of the website, including senior leaders, have already added this song to their own song list, and the previous arrangement of "Mortal Song" and "No Longer Ordinary" homepage banner advertising PK is also a decision made by the leaders of the operation department, the purpose is to better promote this song.
Sure enough, "Mortal Song" did not disappoint everyone, and was so quickly caught by a famous director like Lin Ming.
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When Chen Feng received a call from the website of the new starting point of music, he was accompanying An Ruohua to buy things in the supermarket, these days, he and An Ruohua are rarely resting at home, and both of them are enjoying this daily state of living at home.
The call was from a supervisor of the copyright department, and when he heard Chen Feng's voice, the other party was still a little excited, and even spoke with a trill.
"You are Mr. Chen Feng, I am Zhu Yonghe of the Copyright Department of Music New Beginning, yes, there is a TV series director who wants to use your "Mortal Song" as the theme song, and I need to negotiate with you about related matters, I don't know if it is convenient for you......"
Zhu Yonghe is very familiar with the business of copyright operation, and he quickly explained the relevant things roughly on the phone, of course, more details need to be negotiated and signed in person.
At the same time, Zhu Yonghe also proposed a copyright agency agreement to Chen Feng, with this agreement, New Beginning of Music will participate in the copyright operation, promotion and protection of Chen Feng's works throughout the process, and they will participate in the negotiation with the TV crew with Chen Feng to help Chen Feng get more rights and interests.
In addition, they will also vigorously market and promote Chen Feng's works, and at the same time, they will also actively participate in rights protection actions to protect the copyright rights and interests of Chen Feng's works.
Of course, the premise that New Start Music is willing to do so much work is that they want to take away 30% of the copyright income of Chen Feng's works!
"Sancheng, it's a bit much......" Chen Feng thought for a moment, and finally rejected Zhu Yonghe's proposal.
Zhu Yonghe was suddenly a little anxious, and he immediately said that the specific sharing ratio could be discussed, and if Chen Feng had any requirements, he could also put it forward for negotiation.
Chen Feng thought seriously for a long time, and finally proposed: "The copyright agency agreement can be signed, but the new starting point of music can only be taken 20%, and the agreement can only be for the work "Mortal Song", not for all the future works of Chen Feng. ”
This requirement gave Zhu Yonghe a little headache, and Chen Feng's words were very dead, if he didn't meet these conditions, he would never sign a contract.
In the end, Zhu Yonghe could only say that he was going to ask a higher leader and would give Chen Feng a reply as soon as possible.
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After hanging up the phone, Chen Feng continued to accompany An Ruohua to the supermarket.
An Ruohua just heard the content of Chen Feng's call, and couldn't help sighing: "Don't say three percent, even if it's two percent, I think it's too high, it's not easy for you to write a song, why should the website take so much directly?"
Chen Feng smiled and said, "Two percent...... In fact, it is acceptable, after all, as individuals, we have limited ability, and we will be very passive when negotiating copyright with some large companies, and it would be better if a big website like Music New Beginnings helped us to negotiate. ”
An Ruohua pursed her lips, although she was a little reluctant, she also knew that what Chen Feng said was very reasonable.
"The most important thing is that in the event of some infringement in the future, the legal system of the new starting point of music can be much more powerful than ours, and they will be the main force in maintaining copyright income in the future. ”
An Ruohua sighed helplessly and said, "Okay, who made us so weak......"
Chen Feng stretched out his hand and grabbed An Ruohua's shoulders, wrapped his fingers around a few strands of her hair, and said indifferently: "Actually, if I really sign a contract with them, the most important thing for me is that I will avoid a lot of trouble, and I don't need to go into battle in person if anything happens in the future, so that I can have more time to create with peace of mind, and I can better accompany you to go shopping, go to the supermarket, cook, walk, and do a lot of happy things...... In this way, it's worth it to share so much of the benefits, right?"
When An Ruohua heard this, her face couldn't help but turn red, and she gently punched Chen Feng.
"Hmph, I don't need you to accompany me!"
Chen Feng smiled: "Really, without me, where can you be really happy and happy when you do things?"