Chapter 55: Qingqiu Studio
"But my sister is going to transfer to Huhai on October 1st!" Ming Qinghou said worriedly: "Is it too late?" ”
"Of course, ten days is enough!" Wei Tingyu was full of confidence: "As long as you agree, we can go to the recording studio now!" ”
Ming Qinghou glanced at his sister and finally made a decision: "Okay, I support this matter!" But I have to accompany me throughout the whole process, otherwise I won't worry! ”
"That's fine!" Wei Tingyu looked at Ming Qingxue: "Then let's go to the recording studio now?" ”
Ming Qingxue nodded, and the two sisters followed behind Wei Tingyu hand in hand, leaving Los Angeles High School.
At this critical moment, it doesn't matter if you're absent from school or anything. With Wei Tingyu's current level, he can easily be admitted to a prestigious university in the college entrance examination, not to mention that he plans to be admitted to the directing department of Yenching Film Academy, and the requirements for cultural courses are even lower.
Wei Tingyu made a call in the taxi, which was Lin Bosheng's mobile phone. Uncle Lin is not only the owner of Linlang Street Musical Instrument Shop, but also a shareholder of a music studio.
Qingqiu Music Studio is very famous in Los Angeles, mainly engaged in music production and promotion, with a complete set of recording equipment and musical talents, many bands and singers will choose to record their own songs or records here, including many excellent albums.
"Uncle Lin, they are my classmates, I want to make a record for this Ming Qingxue, and I hope that Qingqiu Studio will package and produce this album for us. There are ten songs in total, and I'm ready to go. However, the time is very tight, and the recording must be completed before October 1st, and the price is negotiable! "Wei Tingyu and Lin Bosheng have a feeling of forgetfulness, and they get along very well and happily.
"Did you write the lyrics?" Lin Baisheng sounded the two tunes played by the young man in the store that day, and his eyes lit up.
"Of course!" Wei Tingyu snapped his fingers.
"Come on, then! I'll show you around the studio! Lin Bosheng said with a smile: "You guys are very lucky, the most recent record was recorded three days ago, and there is no need to queue up." ”
"In fact, if you just want to play a ticket and leave a souvenir for your youth, we have a "youth special" package service here, a song only needs 2000 yuan, three songs 5000 yuan, not only an electronic version, but also can fill 50 records, give to relatives and friends. A business manager surnamed Kang introduced.
"We're going to make a real album, a total of 10 songs, the kind that can be released." Wei Tingyu obviously felt the other party's "kindness": "Can you show us the main price list on your side?" ”
"Of course, we have a tiered package here, with different prices and different services, you can choose according to your needs!" Manager Kang smiled, I didn't expect a few middle school students to be so rich!
There are four album packages, the cheapest one costs 80,000 yuan, and the most expensive one costs 880,000 yuan, and each song costs tens of thousands of yuan on average!
It is true that Wei Tingyu has one million, but there will be publicity and distribution expenses after recording, and it is impossible for him to spend 880,000 yuan to record a song!
"Tingyu, I suggest you choose this 300,000 premium package, with senior band accompaniment, high-standard recording and post-production, and the hardware is actually not much different from the real top package." Lin Bosheng pointed out: "If you can trust me, I will arrange and supervise the production, how about it?" ”
The top packages are expensive in terms of software, such as promising famous producers, well-known arrangers, and well-known bands in the industry, which are difficult to measure in terms of value.
However, the songs prepared by Wei Tingyu did not only have lyrics and songs, but all he heard were mature versions with formal arrangements after release. Wei Tingyu weighed it: "Manager Kang, if you choose this 300,000 Gao Ji package, how much discount can I have?" ”
Manager Kang glanced at Lin Baisheng.
"Manager Kang, these young people are all my friends, just give a suitable price!" Lin Baisheng said with a smile.
"Well, since it's for Uncle Lin's sake, I will give you a maximum discount of 85%, and I will give you a discount of 5,000, for a total production cost of 250,000!" Manager Kang made a decisive offer.
Although it is estimated that it can be cut a little more, but the difference is not big, Wei Tingyu nodded: "Then let's go and sign the contract!" ”
After signing the contract with Manager Kang, he walked out of the office and came to the recording studio, where there were already four or five people.
The LOGO of Qingqiu Studio is a cyan fox, and these people are all wearing black shirts printed with the LOGO, obviously all of them are staff, and they all have a very unique hairstyle.
Lin Bosheng is introducing professional recording equipment to the Ming Qingxue sisters: "This is a condenser microphone, this is a microphone amplifier, we are now in the ace recording studio of Qingqiu Studio, the entire recording studio covers an area of more than 100 square meters, with natural reverberation ......"
"This is our ace tuner, Lu Peng, a very energetic young man, don't look at him young, he has been working here for eight years, and he is responsible for tuning singer Ye Nan's album "Old Record"!" Manager Kang introduced Wei Tingyu.
"This is our accompaniment, guitarist Hu Yang, keyboardist Zhang Yingjie, bass Song Lin, they are also our famous 'Flying Qingyang' band in Los Angeles!"
In fact, it is not much famous, and it sings at the Qingqiu bar under the Qingqiu Studio, and the band has been formed for five years and has not released an album.
At first, when they heard that they were going to record for a little girl, several people were not very happy, after all, they were all rock souls.
However, after seeing the true faces of Ming Qingxue and Ming Qinghou sisters, the original unhappiness in my heart disappeared.
In terms of the overall environment, Wei Tingyu is still quite satisfied, Qingqiu Studio has come up with the best recording environment and post-production team, which is also the best recording studio that can be found in Los Angeles.
"It's only ten days in total, which is actually very tight!" Lin Baisheng gathered everyone: "A total of ten songs, I hope that everyone can cooperate sincerely during this time, so that Tingyu can see the true strength of our Qingqiu Studio!" ”
"Okay, let's start recording! Let's start with "Flowing Years"! Wei Tingyu feels that the most suitable for Ming Qingxue's voice is Faye Wong's "Flowing Years", I hope the beginning can go smoothly.
Although Wei Tingyu has the module of "Basic Theory of Music", he is still very weak in arrangement, although he has heard mature versions of songs, but he cannot communicate with producer Lin Bosheng.
If Lin Baisheng arranges the music completely, even if the effect is not much weaker than the original, at least in terms of time, it is absolutely insufficient.
In this way, Wei Tingyu has only one way, which is to improve the level of the "Basic Theory of Music" module.
The good news is that there is no additional penalty for upgrading the three music-related modules to the second level, and 1000 influence is enough.
During this time, Wei Tingyu's influence rose to more than 2000 again, and he did not hesitate to upgrade the module of "Basic Theory of Music".