Volume 1, Heavy Life 02 Chapter 13 Liang Xiaoyue
Hearing Lin Ming say that he could write hundreds of songs, Liang Xiaoyue's eyes were full of shock.
Although Lin Ming already has more than 30 songs in his book, since he has not composed music, it is not of much value in Liang Xiaoyue's eyes. After all, even if the lyrics are also an important part of a song, whether a song is good or not depends more on the tune. We often see that some songs have excellent lyrics, extremely gorgeous rhetoric, and very good meanings. But because the tune is average, it is difficult to be accepted by the general public except for a very small number of listeners. Lin Ming actually often listens to this kind of niche songs, but after being reborn, what he needs is to use these songs to make a lot of money, not to become a star, so he gave up a lot of songs that he used to like to listen to, but were destined to be popular.
"You mean, you've written hundreds of songs of the same quality?" Liang Xiaoyue gasped, his eyes full of inexplicable brilliance.
It was like a poor beggar who suddenly saw a mountain of gold.
Lin Ming is now a mountain of gold.
In the eyes of music producers, a hundred songs with good quality and popularity mean that not only can a top first-line star be created quickly, but also a young music company can quickly emerge in a very short period of time and gain a foothold among countless old music companies in China.
Although in the past two years, Taomu Music has put forward the concept of music festivals for the first time in China, and has held two grand music festivals at the same time as the Midi Music Festival in the south and north the year before last, and has become a little famous. But at the end of the day, Peachwood Music is still just a new company that has been around for less than three years. Not to mention that compared with foreign record companies with a long history of tens or hundreds of years, even in China, whether it is scale or seniority, it is far from being comparable with those old music companies. Even the music festival was steadily suppressed by the Midi Music Festival. Although the Midi Music Festival is also held for the first time, it has been held for nearly ten years.
So as a young music company, turning a profit is not the ultimate goal of Peachwood Music. Becoming bigger and stronger is what they most desire to achieve. The reason why Liang Xiaoyue looked at Lin Ming as if he was looking at a treasure was because Lin Ming had works that were urgently needed by peachwood music.
Whether it's a novel, a movie, an anime or music, the audience always cares about the work, and if you get a good work, you can become popular, and after it becomes popular, you can get the inflow of funds, and it becomes logical for the music company to become stronger.
"Well, almost. Maybe it's not all, after all, I'll try to write some in the future. ”
Although Lin Ming didn't have much confidence in his memory, he was always able to come up with something new by checking and filling in the gaps. He is now going to be a paid music website, and the more good songs there are, the better. It's a pity that I didn't memorize the lyrics seriously in my previous life, and there are too few songs that I can recall. Otherwise, he would like to make a thousand heads.
Liang Xiaoyue's attitude was very solemn, and he said to Lin Ming seriously: "You have such a talent, it is simply a magical talent given to you by God. It's a pity that you don't take the road of music creation, although our company is not big, but it has developed well in the past two years, are you interested in coming to our company as a music producer? ”
This is inviting Lin Ming to go to work directly, although Liang Xiaoyue also knows very well that since they are Liu He's friends, the two must be about the same age, and they are estimated to be underage, but such a talented young man can indeed make him feel sorry for his talents.
Lin Ming shook his head and said, "It's okay to cooperate, but my mind is mainly on studying now." In fact, I only write songs to make money, and when I make enough money in the future, I may not write them. ”
Lin Ming never thought of becoming an entertainment star, and writing songs is not only an early accumulation of funds, but also a foreshadowing for a music website. After all, after the turn of the millennium, economic development is no longer like the self-made bosses of the 90s who could make a fortune by flickering. And the industrial return of funds is too slow, like the boss of the wholesale wealth in the nineties, empty-handed to bid for a piece of land, and then do not give money, first mortgage the land to the bank for a loan, and then start a building to sell the house, make money and then repeat the cycle of operation, it takes a very long time, and the return of funds is very slow. If it weren't for the crazy rise in housing prices in a few years, the real estate boss wouldn't be able to play this game for long.
Lin Ming didn't catch up with the good times of the nineties, but he caught up with the silver age of Internet development. It was in this era that Ma's father rode the wind and waves, created Taobao in 03 years, and it only took 10 years to catch up with Wang Shoufu, who took 25 years to become the richest man. This is evident in the speed of the Internet's economic development.
Liang Xiaoyue said: "Don't be in a hurry to refuse, I can discuss with the other two shareholders and give you a certain share." It's a work shareholding, and the copyright of the song still belongs to you, but the distribution right is left to the company, what do you think? ”
This is quite sincere, as long as Peachwood Music has the right to distribute, in addition to the part of the money that Lin Ming deserves, he can also get a share of the company's equity. As long as the shares are not less than 10%, basically all his songs, in the case that the company needs to invest a lot of money in production, packaging, and publicity in the early stage, he has almost zero investment, but he takes the lion's share. In fact, Liang Xiaoyue values not only Lin Ming's works, but also Lin Ming's creative talent. When you are fifteen years old, you can create so many high-quality songs, and you will have to be older in the future? As long as it is cultivated properly, not to mention standing on the top of the world, the top of China will definitely not be a big problem.
Lin Ming hadn't spoken yet, but Liu He on the side glanced at him. Lin Ming may not know the inside story of Peachwood Music, but Liu He, as a student of Liang Xiaoyue, is naturally clear. How can a company that has been established for less than three years hold such a large-scale music event for two consecutive years if it has no foundation?
In fact, the other two bosses, including Liang Xiaoyue, are both rich second generations in their thirties. Not only do they have business talents, but they are also musicians, and they are senior musicians, and in order to make peachwood music, the three of them have burned nearly 10 million. Ten million is still quite valuable, if Lin Ming can participate, even if he only gets a small share, he can immediately become a millionaire. In 02, even Lin Ming and Liu He's father, the two department-level cadres, had a salary of only about 2,000 yuan, plus some subsidy income, only 40,000 or 50,000 yuan a year. Although in that era when prices were not high, forty or fifty thousand yuan was enough to ensure a family's life for a year, but Lin Ming was a millionaire this time, and the difference between them was naturally different. Moreover, Taomu Music has grown stronger and stronger, and the company has turned losses into profits, and the estimated dividends shared every year have caught up with the sum of all the revenues of Lin Changqing and Liu Weimin. This deal is simply a wealth that fell from the sky, and if you don't take it for nothing, you won't take it for nothing.
But Lin Ming didn't say anything, hesitated for a while, and said: "This song can be discussed, I also have some ideas myself, if I can talk about it, I think I can try it." But the details of this, I still have to find a time to discuss in detail, the purpose of my coming today is mainly to compose the music for that song. ”
"Okay. It is indeed inconvenient to talk today, and the other two shareholders are now home, so it is not appropriate to call them over so late. Liang Xiaoyue nodded and said: "Today, I will score the music first, I will call a few people to help with the soundtrack, and I will personally handle the accompaniment of this song." ”
As he spoke, he stood up and said to the chubby recording engineer: "Old Song, please help call He Zijian and them, they shouldn't have left yet, rehearse in the rehearsal hall, and call them to Studio 1 on the thirteenth floor." ”
"Okay, Mr. Liang." The sound engineer walked out the door.
Liu He hurriedly said at this time: "Teacher, what is the price of making a tune?" We're all students, and we can't afford to go into battle in person. ”
Peachwood Music is a commercial company, and it is natural to help others make music accompaniment. Especially for a professional-level music producer like Liang Xiaoyue, the fees are very high. Ordinary stars cooperate with him and ask him to be the music producer of their own albums, and the whole album may be charged in tens of thousands. Although what Lin Ming wants to do is only the accompaniment part of a song, which accounts for a small proportion, the price will definitely not be too low, at least a few thousand yuan. In 02, one or two thousand yuan was equivalent to one or two months' wages of an ordinary working family, and with Lin Ming and Liu He's combined net worth of no more than 100 yuan, they might not even be able to pay a fraction.
Liang Xiaoyue glanced at Lin Ming, smiled and said, "It's okay, it's free." ”
Taomu Music invested tens of millions, the company is located in the cultural square office building in the center of the city, at that time, the annual rent of the office building was not expensive, and the monthly rent of a Grade A office building in the city center was only 20-300,000 yuan. Peachwood Music only rented 12 to 14 floors of three floors, the decoration is simple and bright, plus the decoration and equipment, it cost less than 2 million in the first year, and only need to pay the hundreds of thousands of rent every year after that. Lin Ming's current location is on the twelfth floor, which is used for recording and rehearsals, except for a few recording studios, the largest area is the rehearsal room, although there are sound insulation measures, but heavy metal music is constantly coming from it, and it is obviously used by someone.
Lao Song went over there to call people, and Lin Ming followed Liang Xiaoyue to visit Taomu Music Company by the way. Because the whole floor is peachwood music, so the elevator entrance is the front desk, and go up to the thirteenth floor along the elevator, which is dark, and obviously people have left after work.
Liang Xiaoyue turned on the light, and the glass door at the elevator entrance was locked. Liu He was puzzled: "Teacher, if you just make a tune, is it necessary to use the studio?" ”
Liang Xiaoyue opened the door with the key and explained: "You said on the phone before that you had to get the song out today and use it tomorrow?" If you're in a hurry, you'll have to work overtime tonight, maybe even overnight. There is no rush to do accompaniment, even if there is a tune as the key, but it also needs to be constantly revised and found the right rhythm point. In the process of creation, you need to keep playing all the time to find that feeling. The rehearsal hall is too small and stuffy, which will confine people's thinking to a small space, which is not conducive to creativity. That's why I'm calling you to the open studio to facilitate this kind of divergent thinking. ”
Liu He suddenly realized: "There is still this kind of saying. ”
In fact, there was one thing that Liang Xiaoyue didn't say, he actually wanted Lin Ming to see the strength of his company. You must know that there are very few music companies that have their own studios in 02.
Strictly speaking, a studio is a place that simulates a live music scene. Unlike the rehearsal room, which is just a small music space, the studio will be larger, but certainly not as good as the live one. Because the audience below is all the company's musicians, it is used to observe and comment on the live performance of the band, so naturally it is impossible to be big.
Liang Xiaoyue opened the door, there was still a large white modern cultural wall inside the glass door, bypassing this white wall, walking along the dark corridor for less than ten meters, after turning on the light, he saw an empty studio. The studio in the office building is certainly not as big as the scene, but it is also quite luxuriously furnished, with a platform of less than ten square meters on top and twenty seats below, on which various musical instruments are placed. When you look up, you can see that there is a lighting arrangement on the top, and the entire studio is surrounded by sound and even on the ceiling. It's equivalent to a small analog concert structure, and it seems that there is no reason why Peachwood Music can become bigger in the future.
Because even if it is just a mini studio, the cost of these professional-level speakers alone is at least two or three hundred thousand. The average music company will definitely not spend so much money to make a place that is not usually used.
Lin Ming saw the strength of the Taomu Company, and still felt that it was very reliable. Not only did he know that the future Peachwood concert would be a hit, but also because he now saw the potential of this company. If he can pull Peachwood Music into his paid music website plan, it will definitely be very helpful to his plan.