Chapter Eighty-Five: The Band Is Formed
Wu Weixin is in his early fifties today, his figure is slightly fat, he always has a faint smile on his round face, like a Maitreya Buddha, quick thinking, good speech, and pays attention to the feelings of others between words.
In the conversation between Lin Xuan and Wu Weixin, the other party often emphasized the words "content is king", and also told them in detail many of his ideas for producing this show.
After some conversation, Lin Xuan had a good impression of Wu Weixin.
As a variety show producer, Wu Weixin must first ensure the entertainment effect of the show, but he is pursuing things with entertainment effects, and he is trying to convey something to people through this, and he is a producer with great pursuit.
Several people had a good conversation, and the signing process was smooth.
The name of this show is "The Spring of the Band", according to Wu Weixin, I hope that this show can turn into a spring breeze and let the band living in the dark underground break the ground.
Huaguo had never featured a promotional band before, and it was a new venture for everyone.
Rock music is indeed a niche music genre at the moment, so the sponsors of the show naturally do not give too high a price and have a limited budget.
Wu Weixin offered Lin Xuan a price of 3 million, according to the budget ratio of the show, it was already very sincere, and Lin Xuan did not make a counteroffer, so he agreed.
Lin Xuan's participation in this show is not for money.
If he wants to make money, with his current popularity, he can definitely get a much higher price than this to participate in some popular music variety shows.
Qin Chu is the same, if he wants to participate in a popular music variety show, he can also get a higher price.
For Qin Chuge Lin Xuan, money is not the first thing, the most important thing is to give a voice to the band and make people pay attention to those who work hard to make music.
In the past, Lin Xuan was carrying a loan and needed money very much.
But now he is no longer short of money, the sales of three songs such as "It's Dawn" have exceeded 30 million, and the purchase of a song online is two yuan, and Lin Xuan has obtained an unprecedented high score of 60% and 5% for independent musicians.
Therefore, with these three songs, Lin Xuan can earn close to 40 million.
Lin Xuan couldn't help but sigh that perfect copyright is too important to the cultural industry, no wonder the big-name singers in Europe and the United States in his previous life were so profitable, with an annual income of hundreds of millions of yuan.
"Lin Xuan, I have been planning this show for a long time, and I have been waiting for Mr. Qin Chu to stand up, so I haven't started the production for a long time, and now I have invited Mr. Qin Chu, and then finalize some personnel and program details, and then we can start recording, we are scheduled to record the first episode of the show in half a month. ”
Wu Weixin said with a smile: "The first issue is not limited to the theme, there are a total of 36 bands, each band sings an original song that represents its own band style, and I look forward to your wonderful performance." ”
After speaking, Wu Weixin said hello to them and left with his assistant.
"Half a month later, we will start recording the first episode, and it takes time to develop a tacit understanding between bands, and we have to practice a lot during this time. Li Bi said.
Lin Xuan, Zhang Fei, and Li Xiong all nodded.
The tacit understanding between band members is an important criterion for judging the quality of a band.
Generally speaking, the lead singer and songwriter of the band are the soul of the band, but every other musician is also very important, the band is not a one-man battle, it is a group that supports and relies on each other.
A band without tacit understanding cannot be a good band.
"Time is tight, I'm going to call our keyboards right now. Li Bi said and directly picked up the phone, stood up, and walked to the door to call someone.
"You're looking for Babe. Li Bi came in after making a call, and Zhang Fei asked with a smile.
"Brother Fei, I know I can't hide it from you. Li Bi laughed.
Li Xiong's eyes lit up and said, "Bei Bei is good, he is definitely one of the best keyboard players in the younger generation." ”
Li Bi rolled his eyes and said angrily:
"This guy has nothing to say about his skills, but he is a little arrogant, I heard that I want to pull him to form a band, and directly said that I have passed the peak of creation, and there have been no good works in the past two years, he can come over to help me, but it is not okay to join the band and become an official member.
If I had been younger, he could have joined, and that was, and when I was younger, he didn't know where to play with mud.
In the end, I said that the lead singer of the band was Lin Xuan, and this guy agreed, saying that he liked Lin Xuan's songs very much. ”
Hearing this, Li Xiong and Zhang Fei laughed.
"Young man, outstanding strength, it's normal to be arrogant, it's precisely because Bei Bei is very picky that he hasn't officially joined the band so far, his skills are there, and there are a lot of bands that want him to join. Li Xiong said with a smile.
A few people chatted, and after half an hour, a tall, thin, inch-headed, young man of about twenty-six or seventeen years of age walked in.
"Brother Fei, Brother Xiong, Brother Bi, hello. ”
The young man walked in, greeted them with a smile, and then fell on Lin Xuan, his eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand and said:
"Hello Lin Xuan, my name is Beibei, I like your song "Life is More Than Present", it is the best folk rock song I have heard in the past few years. ”
"Thank you, nice to meet you. Lin Xuan smiled and shook hands with the other party.
Several people continued to sit down and chat, and Li Bi told Lin Xuan some things about Beibei, and the two gradually became familiar with each other.
Through conversation, Lin Xuan found that although Bei Bei was a little arrogant, he was not the kind of person who was annoying.
To be precise, Bei Bei is not arrogant, but has absolute confidence in himself, he will not take the initiative to belittle others, let alone show his arrogance on his face, and look at people with his nostrils, but if you ask him and who has better skills, he will not be hypocritically modest, and will directly say that his skills are better.
Lin Xuan likes Bei Bei quite a lot, sincere and cute, and straightforward expression is the characteristic of many rock musicians.
"Hahaha, since everyone is very satisfied with each other and is willing to play music together, let's discuss, what is the name of the band?" Li Bi said with a smile.
"The Flying Band?"
"Beyond the Band?"
"Horizon Band?"
"The Twinkle Stars?"
Li Bi and the others seemed very excited, said their names one after another, discussed them, and vetoed them all.
"Lin Xuan, you will be responsible for the songwriting part of our band in the future, and you are also the lead singer, the soul of the band, the style you are good at represents the style of the band, you can tell me your opinion. Zhang Fei looked at Lin Xuan, who had been silent before.
Lin Xuan didn't participate in the discussion before, he was just thinking about the name of the band, but now he thought about it again and said with a smile: "White Night Band, what do you think?"
"White Nights?"
Zhang Fei read the name again and said: "Day and night, there is light and darkness, there is heat and cold. ”
Lin Xuan took over the conversation and said with a smile: "The same is true of the human heart, and the same is true of the world, which is divided into two parts, and the beautiful and the ugly complement each other. ”
"There's a conflicting aesthetic to the name, and I think it's good. Li Xiong touched his chin and said.
It is also in line with the theme of rock music, criticizing ugly phenomena and inspiring people's beautiful yearning. Li Bi said.
Bei Bei also nodded, "I like the name." ”
Lin Xuan smiled and said, "Since this is the case, then our names will be decided, and we will all be members of the White Night Band in the future, I hope we can make good music." ”
"Definitely. Several people had eager expressions on their faces.