Chapter 166: Times Records
In Yanjing, on the sixteenth floor of Jinding Building, in an office of Times Records, manager Li Yizheng was sipping the Blue Mountain coffee that his secretary had just made, and opposite him, a beautiful woman with short ear-length hair and a shrewd beauty was casually reclining on the sofa on one side.
"Sister, you are a CCTV celebrity, but it is rare to come to my small company, say, what advice?" Li Yi put down the coffee cup in his hand and asked with a smile.
Sitting across from him was Li Xiaoling. A few months after coming back from Fu'an, there have been interview tasks in Taiwan, and they have been busy, and they have not had time to complete the "task" assigned by their friend Jiang Ya, until two days ago, when they happened to go home and saw the CD on the TV stand, they slapped their heads and remembered this matter.
When the demo of "On the Moon" came out, Jiang Ya once asked her to recommend it to the record company on her behalf. The reason why she found her, Jiang Ya was naturally not on a whim, she knew that Li Xiaoling had a younger brother, who was the vice president of a company called Times Records, and she was in charge of the record signing, so she pushed this job to her.
After listening to "On the Moon", Li Xiaoling also agreed with this song in her heart, so after hearing Jiang Ya's words, she agreed with her mouth. She is a very principled person, if it weren't for the fact that the song was really good, even if she had a good relationship with Jiang Ya, she wouldn't help her with this.
"You kid don't want to go to the house to uncover the tiles for three days, right, what is the name recorded, what is said so ugly, be careful that I tear your mouth." Li Xiaoling glared at her younger brother Li Yi fiercely and said.
"Don't, sister, I was wrong, I was wrong, hehe." Li Yi was reprimanded by her sister, but she was not angry at all, and said with a smile. If the female secretary saw that Mr. Li, who has always been serious, actually had such a childish side, it is estimated that the glasses would be shattered.
"Hey, seriously, I'm looking for you today, and I'm really on business." Li Xiaoling said, took out the demo of "Over the Moon" from her handbag, got up and came to Li Yi, and put the CD in front of him.
"Yo, what's this?" Li Yi looked at the simple disc on the table, which was only contained in a white plastic box, and asked with a smile.
"Don't ask, just listen." Li Xiaoling smiled and sold a pass.
"Yo, cd, what's the song?" Li Yi asked with a smile. In fact, he only took a look at it for the first time just now, and he knew that the disc in front of him was a demo disc, and he specialized in the art industry, and he had been in this industry for several years.
"What nonsense, if you listen to it, you can hear it, hurry up." Li Xiaoling and her younger brother are not so polite, from childhood to adulthood, Li Yi can be said to be her "managed" big, don't look at this kid now as a manager, there are five people and six people, but in front of her, he is also trained to be honest.
"Okay, I'll listen, hehe." Li Yi said, skillfully picked up the CD on the table, then turned the chair lightly, opened a set of landscape professional desktop speakers on his side, and stuffed the CD in.
In a moment, accompanied by a gentle drum rhythm, a guzheng sounded like flowing water.
The sound of the zheng is clear and clean, although the rhythm is simple, but it is like a clear spring, flowing into people's hearts, ironing people's internal organs and organs comfortably.
"Sounds good!" Li Yi leaned his head lightly on the executive chair, closed his eyes and listened to the zither, and just after listening to two sentences, he couldn't help but praise it from the bottom of his heart.
As the manager of the record company who is responsible for signing records, Li Yi's ears are not poisonous, and there are dozens of new songs that pass his ears every day, if not a hundred, how about a song or music, and whether there is any popular potential, he will know as soon as he listens to it.
This zheng, accompanied by soothing midi drums with bass drums, exudes a clear and transparent texture, and the melody is simple, but it is very charming and very durable. Li Yicai listened to a few words and was fascinated.
Judging from the intuition of a professional musician, Li Yi immediately discovered the value of this song!
A crack of silk scraping ended the splendor of the zheng, and then, a low and shocking drum beat led to the melodious flute sound.
The new flute is like smoke, ethereal, but it seems to point directly to the hearts of people. It moves like a flowing cloud above the nine heavens, whirling gracefully, but the sound hooks people's souls, and it is extremely lingering.
"Wonderful! The translucency of the previous Zheng sound and the ethereal of this flute, the two are real and virtual, and the combination of the two actually has such an effect! Listening to the flute that was like a stroke of genius, Li Yi praised it in his heart.
The melody is still a few simple paragraphs, but it seems to be full of spiritual surnames, which makes people feel unstoppable after listening to it!
Suddenly, the sound of the zither rose again, but it was no longer quiet before, but became jumpy and flying, like a goddess scattering flowers, and like flying through the clouds, and people wanted to dance with the sound of the zither!
A kite, a flute, a simple melody, but it seems to have infinite magic, people can't stop listening to it, and they are deeply immersed in it!
The sound of the flute became more and more high-pitched, and after turning a higher key, it was like a dragon soaring above the nine heavens, becoming more and more uninhibited, and the sound of the zither followed closely behind, circling and harmonizing. The chorus of the zither and flute is wonderful!
Although it was not the first time she had heard this song, Li Xiaoling still closed her eyes in enjoyment. The sound of the zither and flute is simply magical, and people want to engrave them in their minds. Of course, the high-end sound of the landscape in Li Yi's room also contributed to it, and the high-quality sound with almost no distortion reproduces the charm of the two instruments almost perfectly.
The tune of more than three minutes, to the ears of the two, seemed to be extremely short, and it seemed to be over at once before it was too enjoyable.
And when the music ended, Li Yi didn't say anything, immediately pressed the replay button and played it again.
This time, he listened more carefully, and at the same time, the look of admiration on his face became stronger and stronger.
Looking at the expression on her brother's face, Li Xiaoling knew that her trip was not in vain today. Although I don't know much about this, I know that this piece is really good. Li Xiaoling has always been very confident in her level of appreciation, and she feels that since she thinks it sounds good, then others should not be wrong.
At this moment, looking at her brother's performance, she knew that this trip was the right one. Just look at the guy's way and know that he's interested in this tune.
Sure enough, after listening to it for the second time, Li Yi let out a sigh of relief, and his mouth was still smacking, as if he was recalling the aftertaste of the music.
"How? How does it feel? Looking at her younger brother's expression, Li Xiaoling asked with a smile.
"Sister, who wrote this song?" Li Yi looked at his elder sister and asked with a serious face.
"You don't care who wrote it, you can say what's going on." Li Xiaoling asked with a smile.
"Honestly, yes, very good!" Li Yi nodded seriously and said.
"Hehe, do you need to talk about it? Can your sister's vision be bad? Hey, Xiaoyi, this is a song written by one of your sister's students, she asked me to recommend it to the record company, I think the fat water will not flow into the fields of outsiders, so it will be cheap for you. How about it, you have to put this song out, it must be hot, what a good song. Li Xiaoling said with a smile.
"Hey, the song is good, but ~~" Li Yi showed a look of embarrassment on his face.
"What is it? I said don't go around the bend, I can tell you clearly, this is your sister's student's thing, and that student is with your sister Ya~~ Forget it, don't talk about it, in short, I can tell you, don't play any careful, if it's really a good thing, you can't let people suffer. Li Xiaoling said, glaring at Li Yi fiercely.
"Sister, what do you think of me, I didn't mean that." Seeing that Li Xiaoling was a little suspicious, Li Yi hurriedly explained with a smile.
"Then you still don't give me a good word? You don't even want such a good song, what are you waiting for? Li Xiaoling said with a disapproving look.
"Hey, sister, you didn't do this, there are some things you don't know." Li Yi said, shook the CD box in his hand, and asked, "Sister, that, Sister Ya's student, he wrote this song?" ”
"Ah, just this one, how many more do you think there are?" Li Xiaoling asked rhetorically.
"There are too few songs. Sister, to be honest, this song is good, but now you also know that the market is mainly pop songs, like this kind of casual music, which belongs to the niche, to release a whole CD is okay, to release a single, it will be difficult. Li Yi said frankly.
He was telling the truth. Although the song is a good thing, from the company's point of view, Li Yi has to consider the company's interests first. It is also true that this song is pushed as a single, which is too difficult, but the surname is not strong.
"Hey, I don't know that anyway, just say it, do you want this tune." Li Xiaoling didn't want to listen to him talk about those things in the industry, and she didn't understand it, so she asked directly.
"Well, let me think about it." Li Yi said, gently clasping the table with his hand, thinking in his heart about the possible surname of this song.
Li Xiaoling didn't interrupt his train of thought, she knew that each line had its own rules, and as a layman, she just had to fulfill the obligation of recommendation, but as for the final result, it was not something she could influence.
"That's it, sister, I want the tune. However, the push single may not have a big surname, and it just so happens that the company is also preparing to make a casual music disc in the near future, so I'll see if I can add it to it. As for the price of the contract, I can't give you an answer now, and I still need to make another argument, so I'll tell you the result next Monday. Li Yi looked at his elder sister and said. He made up his mind in his heart, and his words were not muddy at all, and at this moment, he really showed the capable side of a company manager. At such an age, he is in his current position, and Li Yi's subordinates also have a few moments.
"Okay, that's it, I'll wait for your news, if there's nothing to do, you can get busy first, and I'll put the CD here for you first." Seeing that the task was completed, Li Xiaoling didn't continue to stay, she still had an interview task waiting for her.
Sending the old lady to the door, Li Yi turned around and returned to his desk and played the song "On the Moon" again.
Listening to the heavenly voice, there was also a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
"What kind of person can write such pure music? And it's so well combined with fashion, if you have a chance, you want to see it. Li Yi leaned back in his chair and shook slightly, enjoying the music, but his heart became interested in the composer he had never met.
(To be continued)