Chapter 429: Signing

Meng Cheng was silent, he needed to think. The background of the company is not yet clear to the outside world, and everyone thinks that they got a loan and then founded this company.

In the industrial and commercial registration, the name of the registered legal person is also Mengcheng, and it is wholly owned.

It's just that secretly, he has a secret agreement with that person, and the other party occupies 70% of the shares, but he doesn't make industrial and commercial changes.

For Chen Yongren, Meng Cheng is indeed very optimistic about him, whether it is the quality of the songs or the strength of his person, he has great potential for development. If you sign it, the company will definitely make a profit.

But so far, it is only limited to making steady profits and not losing money, and Meng Cheng does not have too many expectations for Chen Yongren's future development. This mainly comes from the previous experience of the original owner, who has not released an album or a single for many years.

Although only relying on the copyrights of the songs created on "I Am a Singer" can indeed guarantee the company, it is not enough for him to fully explain to Chen Yongren and explain his details to him.

"There are some things I can't tell you right now, but what I can say to you is that more than 80 percent of domestic affairs can be resolved.

Of course, if there is a vulgar message in the work, it will be in the remaining 20 percent. Meng Cheng said affirmatively.

Vulgar works? Chen Yongren couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart, he had thousands of songs in his head, not to mention that all of them were of high quality, at least they were of the middle and upper level. And they all have a certain status in that world, can these songs have any vulgar messages?

Although Meng Cheng had already expressed his position, he still couldn't convince Chen Yongren. Of course, Chen Yongren does have a lot of songs in his head, but Meng Cheng naturally can't know these things.

However, Chen Yongren did not plan to continue to get to the bottom of the matter, as for who the company's major shareholder is, it doesn't really matter, as long as it can solve the problem.

"Mr. Meng, if the company wants to sign me, I hope to sign a one-year contract first. After thinking about it again, Chen Yongren still decided to sign with Kuyun.

However, a one-year contract does not exist in this world, and the shortest contract of all artists is five years, and the longest is ten years.

This is also a very strange thing, generally speaking, newcomers and popular people are about five years, and those who are almost mixed are more than five years, or even ten years.

Although he knows the rules of this world, Chen Yongren doesn't want to stay in this company for so long.

"A year is a bit short, isn't it? Normally, you can only release three or five singles at most in three months, and you can only release one album at most in a year. Meng Cheng hesitated.

"I have ready-made songs, and if the production and orchestra behind the company can keep up, I can make sure that I can record an album in half a month, and I can record five albums a year.

And the quality of all the songs will not be much worse than Daoxiang. Chen Yongren said confidently.

It is a song that is a headache for others, but it is trivial for Chen Yongren, and the only thing that may make him difficult is to choose which song is better.

"Is there a ready-made one?can you show it to me?" Meng Cheng was stunned for a moment and said.

Chen Yongren nodded, then found a stave in Meng Cheng's office and drew it directly.

For this song, Chen Yongren still chooses the song of Chou Dong in that world, "Fireworks Are Easy to Cold".

Meng Cheng held the stave and lyrics, while Chen Yongren sang the song in a low voice.

Meng Cheng's first reaction after reading the lyrics and listening to Chen Yongren's singing was that this song will definitely become popular, and the quality of this song is also at the top level.

And this song also made Meng Cheng even more excited. The more songs Chen Yongren comes up with, the more beneficial it will be for the company.

In addition to saving the trouble of choosing songs, you can also enter the production stage as soon as possible. Because it is original, it will save a lot of the guidance process of the lyricist, and the original creator knows better than anyone what kind of effect needs to be created in which link.

It's just that Meng Cheng, whose appetite has been suspended, can't help but increase his appetite a little after seeing these two songs.

"A one-year contract is really too short, at least five years, right?" Seeing that Chen Yongren wrote a classic song all at once, Meng Cheng couldn't help but be excited and said with a deal.

"Mr. Meng, to be honest, you don't have the capital to bargain with me, I can pick a company casually, I think there are still a lot of people who know the goods.

My bottom line is one year, if I can, I will sign, if not, I can't do it.

And I believe that three albums a year are enough to keep Kuyun Music on the right track!" Chen Yongren said.

"I agree to sign a one-year contract with you. Meng Cheng replied quickly, when it came to this, he could only sign it, although it was a pity that he could only sign for one year, but since Chen Yongren had a guaranteed ticket to release three albums within a year, he took a gamble, and then swallowed his spit and asked, "Do you have any other styles of songs?"

This song alone can make the first album a big hit, but the problem is that once the singer is finalized, the rest is not very easy.

Therefore, Meng Cheng intends to build Chen Yongren into an all-round singer, so the first album is particularly important.

Of course, if Chen Yongren's later song can't satisfy him, Meng Cheng can only temporarily suppress the song of fireworks. Then go through the company's channels to find other new songs.

Daoxiang will be the title song of the first album, and Fireworks Yi Leng will remain as the title song of the second album.

Of course, even if Chen Yongren comes up with more excellent works, Meng Cheng will only let him put three songs in the first album, and the rest of the high-quality works will be kept in the next album.

After all, a singer is a long-term career, if the first album is too good, and the subsequent album is too much worse than the first album, the singer is tantamount to going downhill, and then his fame is getting lower and lower, and finally he gradually quits the entertainment industry.

Chen Yongren then wrote three songs of different styles one after another, and as soon as these three songs came out, Meng Cheng was even more surprised.

An album consists of about ten songs, and in less than half an hour, Chen Yongren took out three more songs, plus the previous ones, which is almost enough for an album.

Moreover, the styles of these songs can be said to be completely different styles.

In this world, although the state has very strict control over piracy, if it is discovered, it will impose heavy penalties. But as in that world, as long as it is profitable, there will always be people who are willing to take risks.

albums, that's what only hardcore fans buy. For an ordinary person, they only like to listen to songs that make them like it.

There may only be one or two songs on an album that can be recognized by them, so it is completely unnecessary to spend a lot of money on an album.

They prefer to choose a collection of classics from the stalls, which are of poor quality, but at least cheap, and where they can find more than half of their favorite songs.

Diversified, multi-style. This is also a problem that is a headache for major music companies today.

If you want the album to sell well, in addition to trying your best to improve the quality of the songs, you must also add some other factors as much as possible.

And this is no secret, it has long been public news in the circle.

The same album, the same artist, with more than two different styles of songs, sells far more than a single style of album.

came up with a few high-quality songs in a short period of time, and they were in different styles, which once again gave Meng Cheng hope.

It's just that he has been in the circle for so long, and Meng Cheng is still very clear about some situations.

"Qin Feng, the songs are all good songs, as long as they are released, they will be popular.

It's just that I don't recommend that you put these songs in one album. Meng Cheng persuaded with a smile on his face, it was just a temptation, but he didn't expect to dig up a treasure.

"Mr. Meng, if you want to do it, you can make a high-quality album, and only in this way can you quickly get the recognition of fans.

I know your concerns, but don't worry, I have enough songs in my head to come out with different styles of songs for two albums. Chen Yongren smiled and shook his head, he knew Meng Cheng's worries, but Chen Yongren couldn't tell him the truth, and he didn't dare to tell Meng Cheng directly that he could make as many albums as he wanted in his life.

"I know you have a strong creative ability, but there will always be a time when Jiang Lang is exhausted, if the first album is too exquisite, and the second album is not as good as the first album, it will still have a great impact on you at that time.

Moreover, every artist will have an album in their hands, and I want you to think about it. Meng Cheng continued to persuade.

A high-quality album is indeed a great help to sales and popularity.

But the question is, can the follow-up keep up? If the follow-up can't keep up, then the singer will start to go downhill, which is a very serious problem.

In the same way, this means that no matter this world or that world, if all singers have high-quality songs in their hands, they will always press for a period of time, and when the new album is released, they will be properly included. The so-called trickle of water flows for a long time, not all at once.

"Mr. Meng, if I can't get the songs of the second album before the first album is confirmed, and I am making appropriate adjustments when the time comes, how about it?" Chen Yongren knew that Meng Cheng's worries were for his own good, so he didn't say anything more.

Besides, Chen Yongren may not be able to say anything about Meng Cheng now, so he can only delay it first, and wait until the time of recording the album to come out with the songs of the second album, and then he still doesn't believe that Meng Cheng will continue to insist on his ideas.

"Okay, we'll talk about that later. Let's talk about the contract first. Meng Cheng nodded, paused slightly, and continued: "The company is newly established, and the current investment is relatively large, and the cost is relatively large, so I can't give you too many benefits in terms of contracts.

But what I can guarantee is that although it may not be better than others, it will never be worse than them. ”

Chen Yongren nodded, he didn't have much hope in terms of the company's treatment, what he really cared about was the issue of sharing.

After all, the songs he took out were all high-quality products in that world, and after Daoxiang's verification, the sales in this world would never be too low.

"In terms of network sharing, it will be signed according to the current mainstream, 1:1:1:1, the album will be divided into six and four, and the others who need to use the company's channels will be divided into six and four, and those who do not need to use the company's channels will be divided into two or eight. Meng Cheng said the four most critical parts.

1:1:1:1, this is the network sharing aspect, in this world, the price of downloading a song on the network is two dimes, and the sharing is the operator takes five cents, the company takes five cents, the singer takes five cents, and the copyright author takes five cents.

And Chen Yongren's songs are all original, and the copyright is also in his own hands, so if it is divided by the network, Chen Yongren can take half of it, that is, a dime share.

Don't underestimate the share of this dime, this is just a download, and if a song is more popular, the number of downloads will reach millions, or even tens of millions.

Faced with such a big piece of cake, some music companies will also have their own ideas. For example, except for some gold medal lyricists, most of the works created by the Big Four have been bought out of copyright at a relatively low price. In this way, the Big Four can get half of the share, and the operators and singers can take the other half.

The album is six or four points, and this is also relatively normal. After all, every time an album is released, the company needs to invest a lot of manpower and material resources to produce and publicize.

You must know that these expenses are all paid by the company, and the singer gets 40%, which is 40% of the net profit.

If these costs are deducted, the profit that the company can get is estimated to be about 20%.

And six or four points, this is already the treatment of a first-line star, and if the proportion of the share wants to be higher, it can only be a super first-line star of Dinghong. Their works basically sell well without much publicity.

The latter one is six four and twenty eight, this is also acceptable. So he doesn't have much opinion on this aspect, he can only say that compared to other artists, this is already a pie-in-the-sky contract.

"Okay, I agree. Chen Yongren nodded and said.

"It's a contract, and if it's okay, just sign it. By the way, my advice is to record it as soon as possible, and then launch it on major websites to make as much fame as possible and make some foreshadowing for future albums. Meng Cheng took out a contract from the computer, printed it out after revision, handed it to Chen Yongren, and said.

"I can record at any time on my side. With that, Chen Yongren turned directly to the last page of the contract and signed his name and time.

Chen Yongren happily signed his name on the contract, and he didn't even read the content of the contract, which still shocked Meng Cheng, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Sign the contract without looking at it?"

"Hehe, since we have cooperated, trust is the foundation. I showed you my new song before I could register it, if I couldn't believe you, why should I talk to you so much?" Chen Yongren smiled, showing that he didn't care very much.

said that he didn't care that it was fake, although Chen Yongren didn't look at the contract carefully, he also roughly swept the contract period and the sharing aspect. After making sure that there were no problems with these two aspects, he signed his name.

"That's right, cooperation is trust. Meng Cheng nodded secretly, I have to say that Chen Yongren's behavior made him have a good impression of him again.

Then he said: "In this way, I will ask the technicians to work overtime, first make the accompaniment of the fireworks that are easy to cold, let's go to dinner first, and if we can, we will start recording in the afternoon." ”

Chen Yongren nodded and agreed.

Chen Yongren is now in the hot spot, and several original songs have detonated the Internet. While the heat is still there, Meng Cheng naturally doesn't want to wait for a while for the audience's enthusiasm to pass before going to the heat.

As for the accompaniment, it didn't matter at all, he could have the technicians remove the voices from the show of the talented singer, leaving only the accompaniment. Besides, there is no need to rush the accompaniment now, just to give Chen Yongren a reference.

If they're not in a hurry, they might ask the band to make the accompaniment first and then record it. It's just that now only post-synthesis can be done.

After a light lunch, we returned to the office of Kuyun Music.

The technicians had already prepared the accompaniment to the song, and there were five or six people in the studio who were constantly debugging the equipment.

Because the equipment is all new and has not been used once, the commissioning time is a little longer.

However, being able to work still makes these technicians full of motivation. After all, for every song they record, they can also get a corresponding bonus.

Of course, another important factor is that after learning that Chen Yongren signed a contract with Kuyun Music, and was going to record songs in the afternoon, this also made many staff members excited. They have become fans of Chen Yongren.

At more than two o'clock in the afternoon, after the equipment was debugged, Chen Yongren entered the recording studio alone, wore a headset, and started the first recording with the accompaniment.

It's just that Chen Yongren obviously hasn't entered the state at this time, although he insisted on singing the first time, Chen Yongren still excluded the first recording.

After a five-minute break, Chen Yongren began to record for the second time, which was slightly better than the first, but there were still many things that Chen Yongren was not satisfied with.

Until more than ten o'clock in the evening, it had been recorded for eight hours, and of the eight hours, almost four hours were recorded, and Chen Yongren sang no less than 20 times. There are satisfactions and dissatisfactions.

Technicians are naturally well-informed, and they know which part is better to sing, so they directly make markers.

When Chen Yongren walked out of the studio, the technicians began to separate and synthesize the previously marked segments in order to achieve the best results.

After an afternoon of recording, Chen Yongren's stomach had already protested, and he was physically and mentally exhausted, and he felt like he wanted to fall asleep. Take a look at the latest chapter of "The Legend of China Entertainment: Claw Book House" to read for free for the first time.