Beijing, headquarters of Changsheng Records.

Liao Liao pushed the door in, and tilted his butt to the sofa, with a sad face.

Then, her assistant Huang Wenjuan also pushed the door in, glanced at her, and didn't dare to say anything, so she ran to the water dispenser and took a cup of warm boiled water, and then brought it over and carefully put it on the coffee table.

"What did Mr. Zheng say?" she asked.

"No play!" Liao Liao said.

Huang Wenjuan said "oh", and didn't dare to ask deeply, so she cautiously walked to the side and sat with her.

After Liao Liao released her first single, she began to work as an assistant to Liao Liao, and after a year of getting along, they are all girls in their early twenties, and their personalities are also compatible, and the relationship between the two is quite good. And she also knows that Liao Liao's mood has not been good recently.

Her first single sold well, especially her unique voice and wide vocal range, which was praised by music critics, so the company actively gave her Zhang Luo to release an album, and even the boss personally made a decision and gave 800,000 production funds, which is only weaker than the four big names in the company. But now, the album has been in preparation for more than eight months, and fifty or sixty songs have been collected just by collecting songs, but there is still a long way to go before the album really takes shape - there are only five songs that have really been decided!

Looking at this posture, it is considered efficient to be able to complete the production of the album by the end of the year!

All kinds of gossip in the company have long been flying all over the sky, and to be honest, there are far more people waiting to see her jokes than hoping for her success, and there are many more!

In this situation, who is not worried?

In fact, to put it mildly, even Liao Liao himself admitted that Mr. Zheng treated himself well. And she also understands in her heart that the attention of the company's senior management, the support of the album producer Sister Zhao, and the 800,000 production funds personally approved by Mr. Zheng are a good opportunity for her to rise.

The reason for this is nothing more than two points.

First, Changsheng Records is only a medium-sized record company in the industry, although the so-called four major brands, each of which has at least one record sold to the platinum level, but all four of them are male singers, and before Liao Liao signed in, none of the female singers in the company could make a name for themselves, so the company's development is actually seriously deformed;

Second, the company's current structure, in addition to the boss of Mr. Zheng, is headed by artistic director Du Xiaoming and deputy directors Zhao Meifeng and Sima Jie, who are known as the company's troika, and manage nearly 20 singers of all sizes below. But among the troika, Director Du Xiaoming alone brought three of the four top brands, which is too strong, Sima Jie has almost no power except for bringing a newcomer who has just signed a contract, just like a miscellaneous person, naturally it is indisputable, but Zhao Meifeng also has a platinum-level singer under her after all, so she still wants to fight.

So, after Liao Liao signed a contract, she only released a single to test the waters, and was hit by Zhao Meifeng, who not only helped her get 800,000 production funds from Mr. Zheng, but also personally served as the producer of Liao Liao's new album, making it clear that she wanted to do her best to praise Liao Liao.

But the problem is that Liao Liao is obviously not a too obedient person.

Moreover, she has her own unique set of standards for choosing songs, and it is useless to persuade anyone!

So, her album got stuck.

If she can't satisfy herself, no matter what the producer says, she'd rather die!

…………

Neither of them spoke, and the quiet pin drop could be heard in the lounge.

After a long while, Huang Wenjuan couldn't stand it, so she had to take the initiative to speak, saying, "Or, Sister Liao Liao, you will lower the standard a little?"

Liao Liao turned his head to look at her, looking absent-minded.

But the little assistant couldn't help but continue: "Look, the company has helped collect so many songs, and there are really only five songs that can be used? But you see, it's not a problem for us to stop so old, I recently heard that not only other people in the company, but also Mr. Zheng and Director Du, they also have a lot of opinions about you, and if you drag it out like this, I'm afraid that it will ...... then."

Liao Liao took a deep breath, got up from the sofa, and walked back and forth in the lounge.

As soon as she stood up, Huang Wenjuan also quickly stood up and said, "Anyway, we already have five high-quality songs, and they are all selected by you personally, any one of them can ensure excellent quality, so ...... Otherwise, the remaining five songs, let's choose the general among the lame, pick a few similar songs, make up the number first, and then release the album?"

Liao Liao looked back at her, obviously a little moved.

What kind of situation is the situation in the company now, Huang Wenjuan knows, and she knows even more.

And she also knows that it is obviously not okay to continue to drag on like this, maybe one day Mr. Zheng will be unhappy and directly cancel the album project, and then it will really become a joke.

So, she motioned to Huang Wenjuan to continue.

Huang Wenjuan received the signal of encouragement, and immediately increased her confidence, and hurriedly continued: "When our album is released, there are five high-quality songs that have been produced as a foundation, how can the sales not be much worse?

This line of thinking ...... Apparently it makes a lot of sense.

Liao Liao nodded at first, but soon, she couldn't help but shake her head.

At the same time, that feeling of agitation reappeared on the face.

Walking back and forth in the lounge for a few steps, her eyes met the expectant gaze of the little assistant, and she suddenly said, "I wondered, why is it so difficult to find a good song?"

Although it's just a small assistant, after all, it's familiar, and once the words are spoken, you can be a little bolder. At this time, Huang Wenjuan couldn't help but pout, "I said sister, we have collected seventy-three songs, don't you know how many people in the company are greedy, I heard someone blowing the wind to Director Du last time, saying that we dominate so many songs, and we don't need it, it is better to use it for other singers! If it weren't for Sister Zhao in front of me, I estimate that in addition to those five, those songs would have been snatched up long ago...... Everyone wants to grab it, and it's not a boutique?"

Liao Liao shook his head and said, "You don't understand!"

After two more steps, she said, "There are still good songs in those songs, but the problem is ...... I always feel that something is missing, so when I say good songs, there are a few songs, but when I say that I am good, I ...... No way!"

"Teacher Mianmian's "Cloudy Day" is not a high-quality product? People are big names in the lyrics and music industry, and it is said that in order to get this song, even Mr. Zheng came forward in person. There are the most people in the company staring at this song!"

Liao Liao shook his head, "That song is too little a woman and not suitable for me." You don't understand this, I told Sister Zhao a long time ago that I don't want that song, Sister Zhao kept it for others, it has nothing to do with me!"

Huang Wenjuan has no tricks now. She knew that this would involve the struggle for personnel and resources within the company, and it was really not something that she, a little assistant, could talk about. So, she had to avoid talking about it, and just said: "But now, we really don't have any other songs to choose from!

Liao Liao walked back and sat down, and said helplessly: "Mr. Zheng said, these are the songs I can find, if I am not satisfied, let me go out and invite the songs myself!"

Huang Wenjuan was speechless when she heard this.

Let yourself invite the song to ...... Isn't that the same as letting you go!

Although it has only been a year since she entered the record company as an assistant to Liao Liao, Huang Wenjuan still has some understanding of some situations in the music circle.

In fact, strictly speaking, this circle is not big.

The top producers and songwriters in the circle have fixed partners, and those producers often only produce albums for a few or even a certain person, and those top lyricists and songwriters often give priority to their old acquaintances once they have works.

And it is said that those top producers, regular partner lyricists, and songwriters, once they reach a certain level, they will not simply take the guaranteed manuscript fee and production fee, they can even participate in the sales dividend of the album.

Therefore, the convention in the music industry is that behind a popular singer, there is often a strong producer and a circle of songwriters who are close to fixed.

Therefore, there are so many good things, and there are too few that can be circulated.

Of course, it's not that there are no good works for lyricists and composers who don't reach that level, and there are. Among the best works that appear in this circle every year, those top songwriters account for at most half, and the remaining half will be the occasional burst of inspiration from some ordinary authors, and even new authors.

But the problem is, firstly, those good works may not be your turn to pick, and when you know and hear them, they have often been set and bought, and even some have already been released into records, and secondly, even if the song is the first to be delivered to your company as soon as it is released, can the vision and realm of the person who chooses the song really be able to pick it out in the first place?

Moreover, once the work becomes popular, obviously, the status of the songwriter will immediately rise, and it will not be easy to find someone to invite songs.

To put it bluntly, even if people have good works, they will first provide them to big-name singers, firstly, they hope to sell them at a higher price, and secondly, they also hope to use the fame and strength of big-name singers to make their works more popular, right?

So, how many chances can a fledgling singer and semi-newcomer like Liao Liao have to get a work that satisfies her or even surprise......s her? She's so demanding!

Too popular...... No.

The lyrics and music do not reach a certain level...... No.

...... that does not conform to your own aesthetic style and taste No.

So, in eight months, out of seventy-three songs, she only selected four. plus one of her own dozens of songs, she selected one of the best, and together, she only made up enough for five songs.

Want to ...... again Nope.

The producer Sister Zhao and Zhao Meifeng couldn't find her, and even the big boss Zheng simply let it go.

…………

After walking a few more steps in the room, Liao Liao suddenly stood down, and then she looked back at Huang Wenjuan and asked, "Do you have paper and pen?"

Huang Wenjuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately took out her work log and a gel pen from her pocket and handed them over. Then I saw Liao Liao take it, turn to a blank page, and start writing after a little hesitation.

Huang Wenjuan was a little excited at first, which meant that she had a sudden inspiration, but when she looked over, it was full of one ...... First name.

Brushing and brushing, she wrote more than a dozen in one go, and then slowed down, and after thinking about it, she wrote another name or two - Huang Wenjuan, the assistant, has been working for a year after all, even if she didn't know anything about the music industry before, she practiced a little in a year, so she quickly figured out what these names were for.

All are songwriters.

And they are all famous songwriters in the circle.

So, she was a little dumbfounded.

Ten minutes later, twenty or thirty names had been written in the small book, and as far as Huang Wenjuan knew, the top songwriters in the circle had almost been wiped out.

Then, holding the notebook in his left hand, Liao Liao began to bite the pen.

After biting for a while, she crossed out a person's name in the notebook, and after biting for a while, she crossed out another one.

In a short time, there were only seven or eight names left in twenty or thirty people.

Huang Wenjuan watched secretly from the side, and soon understood: those who were destined to be impossible to receive the song, those who were semi-retired, or those who had already obtained other people's works but were not ready to use them-such as Mianmian-these people were all crossed out by Liao Liao.

After thinking for a while, Liao Liao spread the notebook on the coffee table and said, "It's them!"

Huang Wenjuan felt like she was going to die, and asked, "Sister, what do you want to do?"