Although Zhao Huilian felt that the price of 150,000 yuan was a bit too high for a newcomer, she still chose to agree after thinking for a while, only 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, compared with the value that copyright sharing may create, it is obviously much inferior, because according to her detailed market forecast for the four songs, if there are two popular singers who can sing these four songs, a man and a woman, as long as it is matched with appropriate marketing promotion, the record will definitely be able to sell well.

The only thing she was worried about was setting a precedent for Gu Chen, there would be other songwriters who would come out and make a fuss, wanting to improve the salary, and now she had to prove whether Gu Chen was really worthy of her, or that Polygram made an exception, so before nodding her head to agree, she made a request: "You said on the manuscript paper that you still have classic songs of the same grade as those four songs, I don't know if I can take a look." ”

"Of course." Gu Chen did not hesitate to take out a stack of A4 paper from a bag on the table, the top one had staves and lyrics written on it, he gently put the whole stack of paper in front of Zhao Huilian, and said lightly: "Here are ten Cantonese songs, enough to produce an album, and the quality should be no worse than those four songs." ”

In fact, Gu Chen took a certain risk in doing this, because none of his songs have been registered for copyright, if Zhao Huilian uses his memory to memorize the songs, and then put him aside and refuses to admit it, he will probably have to make wedding dresses for others at the very least. The most important reason why he agreed so readily was of course a strong confidence in himself, and even if Polygram did it, he could have started all over again.

Another important point is that he believes in PolyGram, and PolyGram can become a famous large record company in the world (PolyGram Hong Kong is only a division of PolyGram) has its own pride and persistence, at least in his memory, Polygram has never done such a thing as killing chickens and eggs.

At the last point, Zhao Huilian didn't know that these songs in her hand that could become classics had not yet been registered for copyright.

Zhao Huilian was a little unimpressed with Gu Chen's words at first, in her opinion, with those four excellent songs, it would be good to have one or two more excellent songs among these ten songs, but the more she looked at it, the more frightened she became, originally she wanted to roughly read the first two or three, and the others would be seen later, but as she flipped down one by one, she couldn't stop at all, and she couldn't help but be fascinated, and hummed softly with the melody composed by the stave in her mouth, and when she finished reading the last one, more than half an hour had passed. She looked at Gu Chen with shocked and disbelieving eyes, as if she had seen a miracle that should not appear in this world at all, and after a long time, she said in an exclamatory tone: "There is no doubt that with these songs alone, you are fully qualified to be among the top songwriters in Hong Kong, but I didn't expect that the music department of Taiwan University of the Arts, which is not very famous, actually has such a big dragon as you." ”

Gu Chen smiled slightly, acting very blandly, he had expected Zhao Huilian's reaction, and there were ten songs in the song manuscript paper he handed to Zhao Huilian, namely: "Red Sun", "What Do You Want in Life", "Who Knows the Prodigal Heart", "The Days We Walked Together", "Pigeon Love", "Piece of Maple Leaf Love", "Let Everything Follow the Wind", "True My Style", "I Just Want to Go With You All My Life", "See You Again, It's a Friend". Each one is a classic that has been sung for decades, and anyone with a little musical knowledge can see the value of these ten songs.

At this time, Zhao Huilian did not hesitate any longer, and said briskly: "The copyright of the previous four songs can be bought out by our company according to Mr. Gu's request, I don't know ...... these ten songs."

Zhao Huilian's implication is naturally that she hopes that the ten songs in her hand can also be directly bought out at a price of 200,000 yuan each, but Gu Chen is not stupid, if he didn't have a tight hand on the previous four songs and continue to use the money, how could he have cheapened Polygram for nothing, and now he naturally wants to fight for the benefits he deserves.

"If I say that I want to sing these ten songs myself, what does Miss Zhao think?"

Zhao Huilian couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and then asked tentatively: "Mr. Gu, do you mean that you want to sign a contract with Polygram and become a singer?" ”

Gu Chen nodded, shook his head again, and said: "I think it is more appropriate to describe it as cooperation, I am responsible for writing and singing, Hong Kong PolyGram is responsible for production and distribution, the proportion of sharing is according to market conditions, the contract period is one year, during the contract period, Hong Kong PolyGram must produce and release at least two records for me, and when the contract expires, it depends on the specific situation to see whether to renew the contract." ”

Zhao Huilian's brows suddenly furrowed, such a contract Hong Kong Polygram (note: not Polygram, Hong Kong Polygram) has never signed with anyone, if it is made today, it will undoubtedly have an adverse impact on the company's future management. Another point is that I don't know how Gu Chen's voice is, if his voice is not good, even if Gu Chen's level of lyrics and composition is high, the company will definitely not agree. As for the release of more than two albums in a year, he doesn't care, if Gu Chen's voice is okay, the company agrees to sign a one-year contract, with Gu Chen's level of lyrics and composition, as long as time allows, let alone two, even twenty is no problem.

After a while, Zhao Huilian said: "The second request can be agreed to you now, but the first request requires that I don't have this authority, and I need to ask for instructions." ”

Gu Chen motioned for a please, Zhao Huilian said sorry, and left with her handbag. After a few minutes, Zhao Huilian returned to the coffee house and replied: "The first one is to ask my company to agree in principle, but the premise is that Mr. Gu can pass my company's recording test." ”

Zhao Huilian's face was a little embarrassed: "You know, no matter how good the lyrics of a song are, if the singer's voice is not good, the effect it shows will be greatly reduced, and the company's arrangement is also for the interests of both parties." Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't pass for the time being, Polygram has professional vocal trainers, as long as you go through a period of professional training, the voice will generally be ......"

"Actually, Miss Zhao doesn't need to explain so much to me." Gu Chen interrupted Zhao Huilian's words, and said with a confident smile on his face: "I can completely understand this request of Polygram, I will move back to Hong Kong in a few days, and I will live in Hong Kong in the future, and I will contact you at that time." ”

In his previous life, Gu Chen was very confident in his voice, and even his university tutor praised him for his very good conditions and magnetic voice, so he always thought that if he could meet a Bole when he was young and was willing to praise him, he would definitely not be worse than Zhang Xueyou, who was in the Chinese music scene in the 90s and was known as the 'God of Song'.

Zhao Huilian was puzzled: "Isn't Mr. Gu still in college?" ”

Gu Chen shrugged his shoulders and said a little arrogantly, "I don't think I can learn anything else from school. After a pause, he changed his words and said: "And I think this is the beginning of the rise of the Hong Kong music scene, and in the next 10 years, the Hong Kong music scene will usher in its most glorious period, and I don't want to miss this feast." ”

Zhao Huilian said in a slightly admiring tone: "I didn't expect Mr. Gu to have such an idea, in the past ten years, a group of powerful singers such as Chen Baiqiang, Rib and Tan Yonglin have brought Hong Kong music to Japan and South Korea, to Southeast Asia, and even out of Asia......"

The two chatted speculatively for half an hour, Zhao Huilian's assistant returned to the coffee house with the reprinted documents, Gu Chen read the two texts carefully, and after seeing that there was no problem, he immediately signed his name and sold the copyrights of the four songs "Song of a Thousand Thousand Que", "Woman Flower", "Can't Say Again", and "Who Will Decide the Right Mistake" to Hong Kong Polygram Company.