(To be revised)

In the house she provided, I stayed for three days at a time, reading books, reading newspapers, watching TV, and writing scripts every day. On the afternoon of the third day www.biquge.info pen ~ fun ~ pavilion, I finally finished writing the script of "Popular Garden".

After I finished writing, I walked around a few lively neighborhoods not far from the community, and then found a tea restaurant with few people to sit down and drink tea and read the newspaper. Less than ten minutes after sitting down, waves of people followed. These people arrived sooner than he had imagined. When he thought about it, he was already being targeted, and then messages were sent to all kinds of people who needed it.

It is no wonder that I heard that there are more than 100,000 people who have been incense and officially registered as members of the Xiangjiang 97 Society alone, and it is estimated that there are more than one million people including their relatives and various marginal people. You must know that in the 80s, Xiangjiang had a population of only 5 million! With such a huge force, the police should also be a little afraid of it, and it is not for nothing that Xiangjiang has been popular in television, movies, and police dramas for many years.

It is estimated that the day after tomorrow June 4 will be the final of the Miss Xiangjiang election, and the media's energy is mainly focused on reporting on the participating beauties.

Cheng Weiliang did not hide this time, picked a few companies, and made an appointment with them to meet and meet the time and place.

After drying those people for so many days, it's time to get in touch. So tonight I had a meeting and conversation with three small record companies in Xiangjiang.

It was nearly twelve o'clock in the evening when we got back to the cabin, and everyone else was asleep. Cheng Weiliang lay on the somewhat shaky wooden frame bed, thinking of the three meetings tonight and the telephone conversations of other companies a few days ago, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but sneer.

These people in the Xiangjiang pop music circle really regard him as a mainland native hat who has never seen the world and is just a little talented! At the beginning, they all said that the company appreciated your talent, and they fooled how strong the company's strength was and how many superstars it had cultivated. Do you really regard him as the kind of ignorant boy and girl who recklessly signs a long-term contract to sell himself in order to become famous?

It is said that the rules in the industry are like this, and the newcomer will spend a lot of resources to cultivate in the early stage, so the contract period is relatively long, and the proportion of record royalties is also in accordance with the rules of the newcomer.

After the watershed in 83 and 84, the Hong Kong music scene relied on a large number of adaptations of pop songs from Europe, America and Japan, opening the prelude to the golden decade of Cantonese pop music. Before this, the Xiangjiang music scene did not have so much influence on Taiwan Island and Nanyang. In this way, you really dare to fool me as a complete newcomer? Then I have been singing on the street for more than ten days, and I have been trying hard to attract the attention of the media and attract the attention of the audience for several days, just to be an ordinary newcomer to your record company?

These greedy capitalists are completely ignoring the popularity he has brought about by his exposure in the media these days, completely ignoring how many young fans his songs have attracted to the hotlines of radio and television stations, and completely ignoring how many fans have searched the record stores all over the city these days for a song! Obviously, he only needs to record his existing songs and arrangements, and he can achieve gold sales or even platinum sales without much publicity, but he just puts on a picture of how much money and resources I need to spend in order to make you famous as a newcomer, and you should sign this kind of contract!

These profiteers are really too deceitful! But it doesn't matter, I still have time for you!

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Chen Shufen ordered tea and meals with the waiter standing next to her. I chatted with Cheng Weiliang for a while about food, weather, life in Xiangjiang and other gossip. Then he pondered for a while and said, "Mr. Cheng, I don't know what you think of Xiangjiang's current music?"

Cheng Weiliang was stunned, he didn't expect her to ask him such a big topic, and said with a smile: "Miss Chen, your topic is a bit big, I'm just a non-professional music lover, just write a few songs based on feelings." ”

"Mr. Cheng was humble. I think you have a very keen sense of touch, and your songs are closer to the pop trends of Europe, America and Japan than Xiangjiang in terms of style. She looked at Cheng Weiliang's eyes, paused, and said: "For example, those two songs "", ", are very special, maybe not so many people in Xiangjiang have accepted this style now, but this form of electronic dance music and rap rap, when singing, can mobilize the music cells of the whole body and shake to dance." This style may be very popular with some young people. ”

She picked up the coffee on the table, took a sip, and continued: "Your lyrics are bold and straightforward, even extreme, such as the song ", which does not have the elegance, classic, and connotation of the words of famous people in Xiangjiang! Your stage style is not as calm as Xu Xiaofeng, Guan Zhengjie, and Luo Wen's generation, you are a little similar to Xu Guanjie and a young singer I recently signed, Zhang Guorong, they are all singers who don't like to stand on the stage, but like to jump and bounce and walk around the stage. ”

Cheng Weiliang sat there, quietly listening to the other party's statement, thinking for a while. I only heard her say: "The fashion trends in the entertainment industry are always changing at any time. Zhang Guorong, do you know him as a person? He made his debut in a singing competition in '77, but he has not been taken very seriously, and people don't seem to like him very much about typhoons, but I signed him this year. I'm convinced that people's tastes will change over time, and his voice and stage performance style will one day be sought after by young people, and earlier this year's "The Wind Continues to Blow" has already achieved better results than his previous records, and now he just lacks a song that will make him popular. When I am a singer, I have always believed in my own vision, and once I see it, I will do my best. Mr. Cheng, I am also very optimistic about you, your conditions, your talent, I don't want to miss it. ”

Cheng Weiliang smiled, this woman is worthy of being the gold medal manager who made Zhang Guorong and Anita Mui two kings and queens popular in later generations, and her vision and courage to support newcomers are first-class. treats the artists under him, and is also very good at emotional investment, and gets along well with them in private. Zhang Guorong and Anita Mui have both publicly said that Chen Shufen is a very important person in their lives and careers, and without her, they would not have achieved what they are today.

"Ms. Chen, but I sing Chinese songs, and Xiangjiang is dominated by Cantonese songs, and Chinese songs are basically invisible. I heard that even Miss Teresa Teng's new song in Xiangjiang is going to be sung in Cantonese. ”

Chen Shufen listened, took another sip of coffee, and then said: "Your style is different from hers, and most Cantonese TV drama songs are different now, your uniqueness will make you have a considerable number of solid fans in Xiangjiang." Maybe it's not as popular as Cantonese songs, but when it comes to record sales, you don't necessarily lose. Moreover, I believe that your song style is more representative of the trend of the future music scene. Maybe in three or two years, Xu Guanjie, Luo Wen, and Xu Xiaofeng's new albums may not be as good as the sales of your new songs. Anita Mui, who ranked first in the Rookie Singing Contest, Alan Tam of the Wenna Band, and Leslie Cheung, plus you, I am optimistic that you represent the trend of the new generation of Hong Kong music scene. ”

"Mr. Cheng, if you develop in Xiangjiang, our Huaxing Records is your best choice. Behind Huaxing Records, stands TVB, an advantage that is incomparable to other record and entertainment companies. TVB covers more than 90% of the audience in Xiangjiang all year round, as long as you join Huaxing, the company will promote your songs on TV, and it is easy for your songs to spread all over Xiangjiang. Also, you have a good appearance, don't you like to act on the set? TVB can let you participate in TV dramas, and when the time comes, you can also play the leading role. ”

It's really amazing, from talent appreciation, human care, to the company's strength crushing other companies, plus the diversified development of a TV series, if the treatment is not bad, what newcomer can resist the temptation to join Huaxing Records?

Cheng Weiliang secretly sighed that this Chen Shufen was pure and seductive, and she was really a gold medal manager's eloquence, and it was difficult for ordinary people to refuse her.

But unfortunately, he is not a newcomer who runs headlong into it without knowing anything. Huaxing Records and TVB, both of which are well-known companies that pick on or squeeze artists. Especially TVB, if you sign an actor contract with them, it is estimated that you will not have to go anywhere in a few years, just listen to their transfer. After Andy Lau became popular, he wanted to have more time to make movies, but no. Zhao Yazi and Zheng Shaoqiu took a salary of more than 100,000 yuan to go to Taiwan Island to film, and TVB said that it needed you, so they had to throw down the Taiwan Island drama halfway and rush back to Xiangjiang to shoot with a salary of tens of thousands.

Freedom is what Cheng Weiliang cares about the most. That's the core reason why he has to fight the record company. He didn't want to sign a contract, so he had to be at the mercy of the company. If you want to go east, you can't go west; if you are asked to perform 10 times a day, you will be tired to death, and you will have to keep me smiling in front of the camera; if you are allowed to fly to Taiwan Island today, to Southeast Asia tomorrow, and to Japan the day after tomorrow, you will not be able not to go; if you are asked to shoot a TV series for a few days and nights, you will have to be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible to continue filming! In short, if you are a newcomer, if you want me to support you vigorously, you have to hand over your freedom, and your daily itinerary must be arranged by the company.

Fame, fortune, freedom.

Newcomers to the entertainment industry, in order to become famous and profitable, have to hand over most of their time to the company. If I don't follow my arrangement, how can I make the best efforts to support you? If I don't support you, how can you become famous? If you are not famous, how can you make a lot of money?

In the entertainment industry, the artist's fame, fortune, and freedom are usually contradictory, and the artist must make a choice.

But Cheng Weiliang is greedy and wants to get all three!

wants to use the resources of the record company to promote him to be famous and profitable, but he doesn't want to be bound by the company's strength.

Some people say that this is the exclusive right of big names, and when you become popular in a few years, you can make this kind of request.

But Cheng Weiliang didn't want to wait, and now he wants this kind of big-name treatment.

In his appeal, freedom comes first, followed by fame, becoming a big singer, and finally recording interests.

During the negotiation, for the sake of freedom, the interests can be slightly conceded, anyway, he only thinks about getting the first pot of gold, he never thinks about making a lot of money in a short period of time by recording, making movies is his long-cherished wish in his past life and present life!

Only by being a big singer can he officially enter the entertainment circle of Xiangjiang and let people in this circle take him seriously! Instead of being a dead runner and humbly taking a movie script that will sell well in later generations, he must muster up the courage to hand it to a passing director and beg him to take a look. Maybe he will throw it away, laugh at your mainland boy for not being able to do it, or praise it after watching it, and then throw you a few thousand yuan to buy it and give it to someone else to direct. In the Xiangjiang film and television industry, screenwriters have no status.

For those demands, it is precisely the reason why he has been racking his brains and jumping everywhere since he crossed to Xiangjiang for a month. He had to have the capital to negotiate with the record label.

Cheng Weiliang leaned back in his seat, various thoughts flashed in his mind, looking at Chen Shufen, who was still speaking words of persuasion, he suddenly interrupted her and asked, "Miss Chen, your company does have an advantage, but-"

Seeing that he didn't say anything right away, Chen Shufen couldn't help but say, "But what? ”

"Let's put it this way, I'm a person who likes to be free and doesn't want to be constrained. I've heard that signing a record company usually takes a few years, and the daily itinerary is also arranged by the company, so there is less personal space for individuals. I don't know if it's true? If I say, I just want to sign a year's contract first, I don't know if your company will accept it?" Cheng Weiliang saw that what this gold medal manager said was also sincere, and TVB TV is indeed a great help, working in the TV station for a period of time, you can meet many people in the industry and accumulate contacts, which will be of great help to him to make movies in the future, so he decided to test whether Huaxing Records can accept his conditions.

"This ...... Newcomers do have to obey the company's arrangement, especially during the publicity season when the new record is released, and most of the work arranged by the company is to better package and promote the artist and increase the popularity of the artist. If a job is missing, it can lead to a loss of record sales, and both the company and the artist will suffer. You can rest assured, when the popularity increases greatly in the future, and then the record is released, there will not be so much work spent on promotion, and the free time of the artist will also increase. Chen Shufen pondered slightly, thought for a while, and said: "As for the common contract for newcomers in the industry, if you think it is long, how about we change it to adulthood? 1 year is too short." There are also record royalties, and the share we can give you is much higher than that of the average newcomer. ”

Cheng Weiliang saw that after thinking about her for a while, although he was tactful about the degree of freedom, it was basically equivalent to refusal, and he didn't need to think about it for a year. He expected this result, because not many record companies could agree to the conditions he proposed.

(To be continued.) )