Fang Xing has an office in the music production department of Songshi Records.

However, you don't have to come to work every day.

If there is a job to be arranged, the agent Qiao Yinghong will send a WeChat notification in advance.

Yesterday, after a few gatherings with Shao Yu and Lu Ming, I received Qiao Yinghong's work WeChat, so I went to the office early this morning.

Qiao Yinghong came in with more than a dozen folders, spread them out in front of Fang Xing, and said, "This is the theme song project of the film and television drama received by the company, you can see if you can accept it." ”

Fang Xing tapped it with his finger and said speechlessly: "Fifteen copies, why are there so many?" ”

""Painting the Heart" is popular, and it is very popular, and the theme song of a movie like this is not necessarily a song a year. Such a good result, of course, will attract the attention of many film and television companies......"

Qiao Yinghong paused, arranged the folders neatly with her hands, and continued:

"This is still screened, seventy or eighty invitation plans sent by major film and television companies, and these fifteen theme song invitations have been screened out at the beginning, you can see if you can accept them."

"Suddenly there is so much work, I can't do it alone." Fang Xing looked at the invitation to the theme song tiled in front of him, a little confused.

"You don't need to do every project, pick what you feel has an idea to do. The company also has cooperation with other producers, and whoever can do it, just record a sample and try it. Qiao Yinghong explained.

"Okay, I'll take a look, and I'll talk about it when there's a suitable one."

Fang Xing said and picked up these documents and slowly flipped through them.

Qiao Yinghong added: "Some of these film and television dramas have trailers, which have been sent to your work mailbox, look at the trailers, maybe there will be more inspiration." ”

After explaining the work, Qiao Yinghong mentioned another thing: "By the way, the first installment of the major music platforms has arrived, and the company will settle this month, mainly for the share of "Nocturne" and "Wild Bird", which is about eight million. Have you figured out what to spend your money on? ”

Speaking of the last half of the sentence, Qiao Yinghong also used a joking tone.

Fang Xing heard that he could get the money, and there were some things that he could finally start preparing.

Since I didn't have the money before, I couldn't start many things that I wanted to do.

Now it's time to get started.

Fang Xing thought about it for a while and said, "Sister Hong, I'm going to open a studio, mainly to help the previous team members make songs, can you come over and help?" ”

So far, neither Lu Ming nor Guo Keda have signed a brokerage company.

Shao Yu originally had a brokerage company, so he was busy during this time and kept running announcements.

Lu Ming was preparing to take the Dongyin exam and learn falsetto tenor, so he didn't have so much time to run the announcement, so he simply didn't sign with the brokerage company.

Guo Keda's idea is very simple, anyway, he just followed Fang Xing's thigh, and he didn't sign a brokerage company.

Moreover, he is a social cow, although he has not signed a brokerage company, he is very familiar with the choreographers and directors of various programs, and he receives notices by himself, and he does not have to share money with the company, so he has a very nourishing life.

Fang Xing promised before that he would try to help them with songs.

So consider giving them a few songs, so that they can sing their own songs when they perform commercially in the future.

Qiao Yinghong heard Fang Xing say that she wanted to open a studio, and immediately agreed: "This is no problem, I will do the work of opening a studio, find an acquaintance to do it, and it will not take a week to do it." ”

Several of the singers under Songshi Records have opened studios.

For example, the studio of Yao Liying, the first sister of Songshi, is already very large, not much different from a company.

Fang Xingkai's studio also belongs to Songshi Records.

After this period of cooperation, Fang Xing felt that Qiao Yinghong's ability was good, so he hoped that she could come over and take charge of the work of the studio.

However, Qiao Yinghong is still Li Caiwei's agent, so she may not be able to come over, it depends on how she arranges it.

If you don't open a studio, give Lu Ming a few songs, and the songs will definitely be produced and released by Songshi Records.

In the case of Lu Ming and the others, it is difficult to get a share of the song.

If Fang Xing helps them release songs in the name of the studio, then the proportion of sharing will be according to Fang Xing's proportion.

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After talking about opening a studio, Qiao Yinghong went out to prepare the materials for registering the studio.

Fang Xing continued to read the fifteen film and television drama materials in front of him.

Since it is a theme song invitation, the invitation materials sent by the film and television company have a detailed introduction to movies and TV series.

From the synopsis, to the credits, and the team of Fuhua Dao and so on.

Fang Xing looked through a few copies, but he wasn't particularly interested.

In the film and television industry, not every project is a big production or a big investment.

Most movies and TV series are still based on small costs.

Therefore, the price of the theme song for these projects is usually not high.

At least it won't be like "Liao Zhai's Painted Skin", which gives such a high price, and there are more than 100 million publicity costs, which directly makes the theme song rush to the top of the hot song list.

The most important thing is that Fang Xing feels that the content of these film and television projects is quite average, so he is not very interested.

After reading the information on the fifteen theme song invitations, Fang Xing picked two slightly interesting ones to take away, and planned to take a closer look after going back.

When I went out to the front desk of Pine Stone Records, I saw a person talking to the front desk.

"Let me go in and find your general manager, and I'll just say a few words."

"I'm sorry, but I can't enter without an appointment." The front desk politely declined his request.

The man refused to give up and continued: "I have a cooperative project that has been crowdfunded to 1.5 million yuan, this project can be done well, and now I need a theme song. ”

"You can give me the information, and I will give it to the company department." The front desk said.

"No, I gave you the information a few days ago, but you returned it to me, my project is really good."

This person still refuses to give up, took out a book made of A4 paper, and said: "I made an animation, this is the background story I wrote for the animation, a total of 50,000 words, have you seen it?" ”

Fang Xing was a little curious, walked over and asked, "Show me?" ”

When the young man saw someone talking to him, he turned his head to look, his expression was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes began to glow: "Fang Xing, you are Fang Xing, I just want to find you." ”

He immediately stuffed all the information and background story books into Fang Xing's hand, and said: "This is the animation material I wrote, I hope you can help me make a theme song." ”

Fang Xing flipped through his animation project information and took a look, the name of the animation was "There Are Fish in the North Underworld".

The background of the animation is taken from Zhuang Zhou's "Getaway".

Seeing this theme, Fang Xing's heart moved, this animation is somewhat similar to the background of an animated movie on Earth.

However, this person just said that he had sent the materials a few days ago, but they were returned.

It shows that the company is not optimistic about this project.

Fang Xing took a look at the information of this project and knew what was going on.

Because there is no money at all for this project, it just raised 1.5 million yuan through crowdfunding on the Internet, and wants to make it into an animated movie.

1.5 million to make animated films, not even a fraction is enough.

Therefore, some time ago, the main creator saw that the theme song of "Painting Heart" became popular.

I thought of a way, hoping to make a theme song based on the background story of "There Are Fish in the North Underworld".

If the theme song is popular, continue to raise funds to attract film and television companies to invest in filming.

The idea is indeed ingenious, and if successful, it can be said to be a legendary experience in the film and television industry.

It's just that this kind of idea of small and big is not easy to succeed.

It is difficult to succeed in finding someone to make the theme song, and even if someone is willing to make the theme song, the theme song must be popular before there can be the next step of financing.

Therefore, in a normal eye, his idea is a bit whimsical.

Of course, if the quality of the song is not so high, he can actually spend two or three hundred thousand yuan to make a theme song.

It's just that a song at this price wants to be popular, and the possibility is very small.

When Fang Xing saw the title of "There Are Fish in the North Underworld", he had some ideas in his heart, so he was ready to take a look at the background story of this project first.

"What's your name?"

"Hello, my name is Liang Whale." The young man hurriedly grabbed Fang Xing's hand with both hands and shook it a few times.

"Leave me a contact information. I'll go back and look at this material and I'll contact you if I have ideas. Fang Xing said.

"Okay, I'll leave you a phone number." Liang Whale took out a pen and paper from the front desk, wrote a mobile phone number, and stuffed it into Fang Xing's hand.

Fang Xing left the company with the information and returned to his residence to continue reading.

Because of this animation project of "There Are Fish in the North Underworld", it is somewhat similar to an animated film on Earth in terms of background material.

Therefore, Fang Xing read this information first.

"There Are Fish in the North Underworld" is based on Zhuangzi's "Getaway", and it is indeed the story of Kunpeng from the background.

In the information, in addition to the text description, there is also a stack of original drawings of the animation design.

This Liang Whale is an animator, and he drew these original art manuscripts.

Judging from the style of painting, it is a bit of ink style, and a bit of the 2D comic style that is popular now.

The background of the story is the story of a young fish wandering into the world and being picked up by humans, and the end of the story is that the fish has grown into a huge kun, can no longer stay in the world, grows wings, and flies into the sky.

The background of this story is actually a series of stories between an alien life that fell into the world and humans.

There are many similar stories.

The freshness of this animation project is to put such a story in the background of "Getaway: There Are Fish in the North Underworld".

However, from the synopsis of the story written by Liang Whale, it is not exactly the same as the "Big Fish and Begonia" on the earth.

But there is a common problem, that is, such a fantasy-style animation must be written as a love story, and it is also a Mary Sue love triangle.

This makes the story unconventional.

Many years later, "Big Fish and Begonia" on the earth has a score of 6.9 points on Douban.

This score can only be considered moderate.

Moreover, the real highlight of "Big Fish and Begonia" is actually in the dubbing and painting style, and the story and lines are the entire animation that drags down.

Judging from the direction of the story of "There Are Fish in the North Underworld" written by Liang Whale now.

If "Big Fish" is produced as the theme song for him, judging from the content of the story, it is indeed appropriate.

It's just that this animation project hasn't been skimmed yet.

He made the theme song for him, and he had to use the song to finance it.

Even if he succeeds in financing, it will take him a year or two to make an action movie.

It's hard to say whether it will be made in the end.

In the film and television industry, countless projects are abandoned halfway through the year every year.

Animated films, in particular, may not be able to be made at any time, and then investors' money will be wasted.

Pine Records was right to return his project proposal, the project didn't even have a shadow in sight.

Moreover, Liang Whale found a record company to produce the theme song, but he couldn't make much money.

Fang Xing thought about it for a while, picked up his mobile phone, and dialed Liang Whale's phone: "Hello, it's Fang Xing." ”

"Hello hello, did my project pass?" Liang Whale's tone was full of surprise.

"You should know that this kind of project can't pass, right?" Fang Xing felt that he was too whimsical, so let him calm down first.

In fact, there is no need for Fang Xing to remind, Liang Jing also knows that this project has nothing but an idea.

His voice became low and he said, "I know, but I'm confident that I can do this animation project well." ”

Fang Xing directly told him his thoughts: "It's unrealistic for you to want to make an animated movie directly. Still, I like your style.

"So, I suggest you start with a five- or six-minute animated short film, with graphics and frame rate requirements lower.

"If you make an animated short film that I can make to my satisfaction, I can make a theme song for the animation as a stake in the project."

Liang Whale heard that there was still hope, and hurriedly agreed: "Yes, you can, in fact, I am already making animated short films." And when it was almost done, I approached a record label to make a theme song, which I really wanted to release with an animated short film and then raise money. ”

Fang Xing heard that he had already made an animated short film, frowned, and said, "I still have one more question. ”

"What's the problem?" Liang Whale hurriedly asked.

"Do you accept the advice from the script?" Fang Xing asked directly.

"This ......" Liang Whale hesitated a little.

"Let's be honest. I think the animated movie, the theme is about a Mary Sue love triangle, it's too vulgar. I think the feelings of animated films should be purer and more ignorant. If you agree with that, I'd love to be a part of this project. Fang Xing directly stated his position.

When Liang Whale heard this, his tone suddenly became excited: "Do you think so too?" In fact, I also think that the feelings of animated movies should be simpler and simpler. Although the intended audience is adults, the animation itself shouldn't be too mundane. ”

"Then the plot you wrote ......" Fang Xing glanced at the plot synopsis on the information again, and it was clearly a Mary Sue love triangle.

"This was actually written by a screenwriter I hired. He felt that the story had to be written like this to be interesting. I'm an animator and I'm really not good at scripts, so I asked someone else to write it. Liang Whale's tone revealed helplessness.

"If I propose to change the screenwriter, do you agree?" Fang Xing asked again.

"Yes, but I've already spent money on the current script......" Liang Whale felt that if this script was not used, it would be too much of a waste of money.

"If it's only a hundred thousand, it doesn't matter." Fang Xing said.

"Okay, I also think this script is too cliché, but I'm really tight on funds now, and it's hard to hire a famous screenwriter." Liang Whale was a little embarrassed.

"You send me the script and the animated shorts, and I'll talk about the rest of the story after I'm done reading it." Fang Xing made a request.

This request is actually a bit abrupt.

After all, the animated short film is only ready, and it has not yet been released, so it is a very risky thing to send it to strangers casually.

However, as soon as Liang Whale thought that Fang Xing was the current top stream, it was impossible to lie to him, so without much hesitation, he gave the script and the produced animated short film to the past.

The animated short is not long, only five minutes, which is a little longer than the movie trailer.

After Fang Xing finished watching this animated short film, his eyes suddenly lit up.

This animated short, due to the short time, is impossible to tell the entire story of the Mary Sue script.

Therefore, the content of the animated short film is completely produced by Liang Whale, and the main style of painting tells the story of a big fish wandering in the world, intersecting with humans, and flying to the sky with thoughts.

Judging from this animated short film alone, Fang Xing feels that it has done a very good job.

However, if this animated short was to be expanded into an hour and a half movie, there would be too much to add.

If you put the Mary Sue love triangle in the script, the whole story will be lowered by three notches.

Although I can't be sure if it will be a bad movie after it is made into a movie, the quality of the animated short films I have seen so far is very good.

Fang Xing feels that this animated short film is worthy of a song "Big Fish".

You can think of this animated short film as a MV for "Big Fish" and release it first.

After that, let Liang Whale make the movie "There Are Fish in the North Underworld".

When Fang Xing watched the animated short film, Liang Whale never hung up the phone.

He calculated the time, waited for five minutes, and made sure that Fang Xing had finished watching the animated short before asking, "Teacher Fang, how is it?" ”

"This short film is okay, I will make a song as the theme song and release it with this animated short. However, there is a precondition that the song is discounted by 2 million and invested in this animated film. ”

Fang Xing said this, paused, and added: "In addition, I will make another investment and join the main creative team of this project, and I will put forward some opinions on the plot when the time comes."

"Of course, now that you're talking about white teeth, you may think I'm asking a little too much.

"You can make a decision after hearing the demo of the theme song I made, and then we'll sign a contract."

Liang Jing hurriedly said: "No, no, Mr. Fang is willing to join the main creative team, I couldn't be happier." ”

Fang Xing saw that he was very sincere, so he said: "Then let's do it first, there are still some places in this animated short film that have not been perfected, you should improve it as soon as possible." When the time comes, it will be released along with the song. ”

"Okay, okay, I've been trying to find a way to raise money all this time, and the work on the animated short film has been completed, and now that the project is settled, I can concentrate on making animation." Liang Whale agreed.

After the call ends.

Fang Xing thought for a moment and sent a message to Lu Ming: Are you free tomorrow? A sample of the Songshi Records.

Lu Ming: If you are free, what time will you go?

Fang Xing: It's okay at 10 o'clock in the morning, I haven't decided on the recording studio yet, and I'll see if I can use the recording studio then. The score will be sent to you in the evening.