Chapter 17 Opportunities and Challenges
Reliving a life, with experience and vision far beyond ordinary people, although Li Mingcheng will not feel that everything is under control, but more or less will still have a trace of contempt for what he encounters and sees at the moment. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info At this time, his mental state is very close to that of a villain who has been successful in one day, wild and flamboyant.
So Scott Dylan joined hands with RCA to teach him a lesson in a timely manner, a loud slap on the head made Li Mingcheng suddenly sober up, even if he lives again, many things can't be changed, such as background, such as bloodline, with more than ten years of advanced consciousness can indeed change a person's soft power, but in terms of hardware facilities, it is not able to transform in one day, this is like a country boy who accidentally got the empowerment of a hidden master for a hundred years, although the internal force is majestic, But the bones of his body are still an ordinary person who is weak and can't help the wind, and he can't show his skills without a single skill.
The reborn is not a god, and the vision ahead of the times and the capital of the unpredictable prophet can indeed bring temporary convenience, but it does not mean that he can be invincible in the world. This is like the difference between a strategy and a plug-in, even if you read the strategy when you play the game, it will overturn in the gutter, because many things require hard power, and it takes real kung fu to be tempered.
In general, the blow of the trip to New York is actually a good thing for Li Mingcheng, through this blow Li Mingcheng gradually adjusted his mentality, self-confidence is a must, and conceit is forgotten.
So fate is really the most impermanent thing in the world. While people sit in front of the TV and complain about the vulgar bloody scenes in soap operas, they often subconsciously ignore that art is actually essentially derived from life, and the bloody scenes in real life are, to some extent, more speechless than dramas.
Confused and following Taylor on the way to Big Machine Records, Li Mingcheng always felt a sense of unreality like being in a dream. In other words, it seems that the illusion of dreaming several times in my life seems to be related to the girl in front of me. The first time was when she was just reborn, the second time was when she knew the girl's true identity, and the third and last time was a few minutes ago when she told him to sign up for our company.
Could it be that Taylor is the embodiment of Moilai? Or else he was so easily mixed into the fate of his own life.
Big Machine Records is headquartered in the suburbs far from downtown Nashville. It's a good fit for a nascent independent record label, with a struggling economy and a shabby office environment.
got out of the taxi and walked into the big machine record company with Taylor, which formed a strong contrast with the bright and spacious hall of RCA, Li Mingcheng suddenly reacted to something, the girl in front of him said that she wanted to meet her, but in fact, this was not her real purpose, or it was not the only purpose. Bringing him here should be what she wants to achieve more.
So Li Mingcheng, who had no reason, was a little lost.
Walking into the office building, Li Mingcheng hesitated for a moment about the empty state of the hall, but when he turned his head, he was relieved to see Taylor Li Mingcheng who did not have an abnormal look on his face.
Taylor whispered to him to follow me, then turned around and walked to the corridor on the right that didn't know where it led. Li Mingcheng didn't hesitate, and followed her into the depths of the corridor.
After walking about ten meters away, Taylor stopped in front of a door with a sign that read "Director's Office", turned his head and whispered to him: "Don't talk too much when you go in, you can answer whatever they ask you, Mr. Scott seems to be a little hesitant to sign you, don't let him make a bad decision because he said the wrong thing." ”
Li Mingcheng didn't speak, just looked at her and nodded solemnly.
Pop music is a commodity, whether it is achievements, popularity or awards, in the final analysis, it must be linked to the market, and Mr. Scott Li Mingcheng through RCA has clearly known the fact that his identity as a Chinese seems to be lacking in commercial value, and the Scott in Taylor's words should also be out of this consideration.
Taylor knocked lightly on the door, got a reply from inside the door, "Let's come in unlocked" and reached out and twisted the doorknob. The door opened with the sound of gear rubbing, Taylor pushed open the door and walked into the office first, Li Mingcheng followed her half a position behind her into the door.
Inside the office were three middle-aged men. Two older men in suits and leather shoes sat behind their desks, and younger, more casually dressed men reclined against them. Before Li Mingcheng and Taylor came in, they should be discussing something.
Seeing Taylor walk in, the man sitting in the boss's chair nodded to her and said hello, the man sitting next to him was very cold and unresponsive, but the man who stood was quite enthusiastic, turned to look at Taylor and then at Li Mingcheng, and then walked over with a smile on his face.
"Hey, Taylor, I knew you weren't going to let me down!" The man smiled at Taylor, then turned to Li Mingcheng and smiled at him and stretched out his right hand, "Nathan Chapman, Taylor's producer." ”
Li Mingcheng showed a just right smile, and hurriedly held his outstretched hand, "Leonardo, you can call me Leo." ”
"Of course I know your name is Leo," Nathan blinked, "I've seen that video of you, 'I'mYours', right, it's a good song!" ”
"Thank you."
When communicating with Nathan, Li Mingcheng paid more attention to the two men sitting behind the desk, secretly observing their expressions, and secretly guessing which one was Mr. Scott in Taylor's mouth, the director of Big Machine Records.
In front of the boss-level people who have been tested in the workplace for a long time and have already reached the level of perfection, Li Mingcheng's small movements naturally can't escape their eyes, and the middle-aged man sitting in the boss's chair cleared his throat, swept his fierce gaze towards Li Mingcheng, and then said lightly: "Scott Bocheta." ”
"You're Leo?"
Li Mingcheng's spirit was shocked, and the righteous Lord of the heart came. So he hurriedly responded: "Yes, Mr. Director, hello." ”
"Hello." Scott raised an eyebrow, "You wrote 'I'mYours'?" ”
"That's right." Li Mingcheng nodded.
"Oh, the song is great!"
"Thank you."
Scott paused, glanced at Taylor who was standing aside without a trace, and then looked at Li Mingcheng, "You, you're not an American, are you?" ”
Li Mingcheng was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally nodded and replied truthfully: "Yes, sir." I am from Huaxia. ”
Scott didn't speak again. There was a sudden silence in the office. All that was left was the crisp sound of Scott's fingers tapping lightly on the desk table to echo around the room, as if tapping on people's chests.
Nathan and Taylor looked flustered, and they could tell that they were a little worried. Scott's face was expressionless, his head bowed and lost in thought. The middle-aged man, who had never said a word from beginning to end, picked up the cup in front of him with both hands and took small sips of the warm coffee in the cup, as if he was in two worlds with the rest of the room.
Li Mingcheng stared at Scott, although he couldn't see Scott's face from his angle, he could determine what Scott was thinking now. He knew that Scott must be struggling with his situation.
On the one hand, there are high-quality songs that can be expected to be popular, and on the other hand, there are unstable factors that have never had a precedent in the market of Chinese people.
Li Mingcheng can imagine Scott's tangled mood at this moment, as the helm of a new company, if he can make a name for himself with a hit record at the beginning of the company's establishment, then the company's development will be predictably smooth, but in the same way, if the first few records released at the beginning of the company's establishment suffer Waterloo, then it is very likely that he will be greeted by a tragic situation.
When the weights at both ends of the scale are almost the same, the slightest bit of new strength will upset the balance. Li Mingcheng looked at Scott, who was silent, and felt that he should have encountered a good opportunity now.
What you need to do now is to tilt the scales in your favor and cast new weights.
Li Mingcheng glanced at Taylor, who was casting a concerned glance at him not far away, so he lowered his head and brewed some words.
Then he raised his head and said word by word: "Actually, I wrote a new song a few days ago." ”