Chapter 90: To the capital
There is no shortage of smart people in this world, and many people have discovered the potential of the Black Hole Band.
Why would the CBA officially choose a little-known small band for high school students, instead of choosing a first-class or even masterclass band with more fans and stronger appeal?
Isn't it because they came up with a top-notch song that makes people ignore all the gaps in between?
And after listening to a few songs released by the Black Hole Band before, many people found that this "Believe in Yourself" was not their short-lived genius, and so far, every song they have come up with is quite level!
Being able to come up with a steady stream of good songs is where their potential and value lie!
And the core value of the Black Hole Band is the boy named Cao Wu.
At present, all the works released by the Black Hole Band, the songwriter has Cao Wu's name written on it, what is this concept?
Let's take a look at these songs he wrote first!
"Stubborn" is the first song they released, which is more similar to the second song "All Choose C", and from these two songs, you can also find the traditional arrangement technique inherited from rhythm and blues, but it is different from the current popular psychedelic rock in China.
As for the subsequent release of "Dream Back to the Tang Dynasty", it has been reborn, almost to a level where it can start a sect.
You must know that psychedelic rock has dominated the domestic music scene for more than ten years, and the songs that can be written and the songs that can be arranged are basically written about the same.
Now half of the top 10 bands in China are engaged in psychedelic rock.
Two years ago, Lu Yuan, the guitarist of the domestic master flying band, expressed his opinion in public, saying that rock music has stopped.
Famous bands are repeating themselves, while most newcomers are imitating the successful trajectory of their predecessors, or engaging in some crooked ways to attract people's attention.
If rock music continues to develop like this, I am afraid that it will catch up with or even surpass those "little ruffians" and "musical illiterates".
The "little ruffians" in his mouth refer to the singers who play HiP-HoP, and the "musically illiterate" refers to those who play pop.
His grudge against HiP-HoP is due to the fact that he had a fight with a HiP-HoP.
As for pop music, he was purely out of contempt.
In his opinion, those people are "musically illiterate" who can only use a few 4536251 chord sets.
He called on all musicians to actively explore new directions for rock music and open up a broader world.
However, after two years of calling, it has had little effect.
Innovation comes at a cost, and just last year, several established bands, including the Flying Band, released new albums that explored change, but they were clean.
Even successful established bands have not been able to change the market, and newcomers are afraid to innovate casually.
Therefore, in the domestic music circle, the newcomers still rely on psychedelic rock, and the old people are still playing psychedelic rock, because the market still recognizes psychedelic rock.
However, this song "Dreaming Back to the Tang Dynasty" has dazzled all the musicians who hear it, because it is a new style, a new arrangement mode, and it seems to be quite popular.
At that time, some people began to try to contact the Black Hole Band, but found that the Black Hole Band had signed a contract of intent with a newly established Xinghai Music Culture Media Co., Ltd.
The state has national laws, there are rules, and if you continue to do it in an industry for a long time, you still have to pay attention to the rules.
Therefore, after confirming that the Black Hole Band already has an owner, most music companies stopped contacting and turned to other ways.
According to the information they received, all the members of the Black Hole Band are still in high school, so there is more room for maneuver.
There are already people in the circle who are imitating the arrangement mode of "Dream Back to the Tang Dynasty" to write songs, but the arrangement concept is not so easy to imitate. Several third-rate bands tried to write a few songs, but it was almost a copy of "Dream Back to the Tang Dynasty", which was soon reported for plagiarism by music critics and all of them were taken off the shelves.
However, even at that time, there were still few companies that wanted to make crooked moves.
However, when "Don't Pester Me" and "Believe in Yourself" came out one after another, and the news that CBA wanted to buy the exclusive rights to use "Believe in Yourself" as the theme song began to circulate, those music companies couldn't sit still.
A gold mine has been discovered, and no one cares about any rules and regulations!
Soon, someone from a music company went to Xiangcheng with a second-tier artist's contract to contact the Black Hole Band, wanting to poach people, but they came up empty.
Cao Wu took another two days off and was going to go to the capital, and the signing of a contract with the Basketball Association required the presence of band personnel.
Batu and Lele also wanted to go, but Qi Huimin and they resolutely disagreed with their behavior of asking for leave for three days and two heads.
In the end, everyone unanimously decided to let Cao Wu go to the capital to deal with the signing of the contract.
Cao Wu also felt that this was not good, and when he asked Lao Ma for leave, he was a little embarrassed.
It was not long after I came back from the provincial capital, and I had to ask for leave to go out, and the school leaders were not so busy.
But Ma Guanghua just criticized the fake note with a straight face and didn't say anything.
Cao Wu took a leave of absence for a valid reason, and he was able to sell his work to CBA as the theme song, which was also to win glory for the school.
As the head teacher of the Black Hole Band, Ma Guanghua should feel that it is right to be honored, but for some reason, he can't be happy, but he has some inexplicable emotions that make him very unhappy.
Cao Wu had to leave before he had time to prepare the materials for Qi Suona's live core, so he asked Mr. Liu Wanxiang to help him prepare the rest of the materials, and by the way, he helped him go to the patent office to submit the materials.
Applying for a patent is quite troublesome, and it is necessary to prepare a series of materials including a request, a specification, claims, drawings of the specification, and a description.
This requires the person who prepares the materials to be very familiar with the invention itself, and Mr. Liu can help him with this.
It also takes some time for the patent office to review it, so that when he returns, he will almost be able to receive the patent certificate.
In order to save time, Zhang Rong helped him book a plane ticket and flew to the capital overnight.
Niu Li also rushed to the capital in advance and picked him up at the airport with Cao Wenhao.
By the time I received Cao Wu, it was already more than two o'clock in the morning.
Niu Li stayed in a hotel near the Basketball Association, but Cao Wu didn't stay in a hotel, but went back to his rental house with his father.
This is also the task assigned by my mother.
Cao Wenhao rented a small apartment in an old community in the FT area, which is not large, but the location is in the fourth ring road, and the rent is not cheap.
As soon as Cao Wu entered the door, he sniffed and said with satisfaction: "Yes, except for the smell of stinky socks, there is no suspicious smell." ”
"Stinky boy, how can you smell of stinky socks?" Cao Wenhao scolded with a smile and brought his suitcase in.
"Dad, how much is the rent of this house a month?"
Cao Wu looked around curiously, and in his memory, he was not too impressed by this rental house.
He remembered that it was rented by the company, the contract was signed by Uncle Ni, and he would occasionally come to live, but the rent was paid by his father.
He himself seems to have been here when he was five or six years old, but it seems that the rent here will go up after the Chinese New Year.
Dad was too expensive, so he moved, moved a ring out, and then it was out of control, moving farther and farther.
"Four thousand five a month. Cao Wenhao carried the box into the bedroom: "After the New Year, the landlord wants to raise it to 6,000!"
"Tsk, six thousand is also very cheap!"