Zhou Yan looked at Anita Mui, but he didn't expect her to say this.

In fact, Zhou Yan did think about making "If Love Has Providence" into a song before, after all, its original version of "More Than Love" was a Korean song, which was later covered into several versions.

However, he has a lot of things to do recently, so he wants to do a good job of the soundtrack first, and then make the song when he has time and opportunity later, anyway, as long as the song comes out, there is no need to rush other things.

Now Anita Mui took the initiative to mention it, probably because she became interested in this song.

Zhou Yan said, "I did have such thoughts before, but on the one hand, I have been too busy recently to spare my hands, and on the other hand, I haven't found a suitable singer." ”

He laughed again, "I can't sing it myself." ”

"You can sing it to me." Anita Mui is really a very cheerful person, not dragging her feet at all, "You give me the tune, I'll make it into a song, I really like this tune so much, and the melody of this tune is very suitable for making a song." ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "I am personally willing to hand over the song to you to sing, but I signed a contract with Tomson, so in terms of work, Tomson is now the sole agent." ”

Anita Mui understood what Zhou Yan meant, and said with a smile, "As long as you are willing to give me the song to sing, in this way, I will let Huaxing contact Tomson directly." ”

"No problem." Zhou Yan nodded again, and then asked, "Sister Mei, are you going to make it Cantonese or Chinese?" ”

Anita Mui thought about it, shook her head and said, "I really haven't seriously considered this, but my next album is Cantonese, so there is a high probability that it will be made in Cantonese." ”

"Okay, I got it."

Zhou Yan didn't say much, in fact, he preferred Anita Mui to make it into Chinese, because he couldn't get involved in the Cantonese version of the lyrics.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, it is impossible for him to sell all the copyrights of the song to Hua Xing, if Anita Mui only makes it into a Cantonese version this time, he can take the song back in the future, refill the lyrics, and make it into a Mandarin version.

Not only the Mandarin version, but also the opportunity in the future, in fact, it can also be made into a Korean version and a neon version, and exported to the outside world.

Anita Mui was very happy to get Zhou Yan's consent, and then she looked at the time and said, "It's not early, I'll go first." ”

"It's already time to eat, stay and eat before leaving." Zhou Yan smiled and said.

Anita Mui shook her head, "While it's not too late, I'm going to contact Huaxing and tell them about the song." If you have time, talk to Tomson about it and let them be prepared. ”

It can be seen that Anita Mui is indeed very eager to give this matter a conclusion.

"Okay, I'll talk to the company in a moment."

……

After Yu Ran and they left after dinner, Zhou Yan called Xu Feng.

The call was received by a little boy, it should be Xu Feng's son, and when he heard that Zhou Yan was looking for Xu Feng, he shouted: "Mom, look for your phone." ”

After a while, Xu Feng walked over and picked up the phone, "Hey, which one?" ”

"Sister Feng, I, Zhou Yan."

"Zhou Yan." Xu Feng laughed, "Is there something wrong with calling me at this time?" ”

"Sister Feng, didn't I tell you two days ago that Director Hou asked me to give him a new movie soundtrack?"

"Well, I talked to him too, what's wrong?"

"I've written a tune for the movie, and it happened to be heard by Anita Mui, and she wanted to make this tune into a song."

Zhou Yan suddenly talked about Anita Mui from Hou Xiaoxian's movie, and the span in between was too large, so Xu Feng didn't react at once.

"You also know Anita Mui?" Xu Feng asked.

Zhou Yan explained with a smile, "I just met yesterday, and Teacher Li Bihua took her to my house to listen to the soundtrack of "Green Snake". ”

Xu Feng understood now, Li Bihua and Anita Mui are quite familiar, it should be that she took Anita Mui to meet Zhou Yan, and then Anita Mui heard Zhou Yan's song from Zhou Yan, and then wanted to make Zhou Yan's song into a song.

Although Xu Feng has not heard the song written by Zhou Yan for "Dream Life", since Anita Mui can take a fancy to it, it naturally means that the song is very good, and it must be suitable for making a song.

Xu Feng raised his eyebrows on the other end of the phone, Xu Feng had been thinking that Zhou Yan's songs were pure music, and if he wanted to spread it, it must be through movies, or make it into a pure music album, but the situation that Zhou Yan is talking about now suddenly opened Xu Feng's mind.

It seems that Zhou Yan's tunes can't be made into songs.

"Can you show me that tune?" Xu Feng asked.

"No problem, it was just recorded today, wait a minute."

After speaking, Zhou Yan went to get the big tape recorder at home, and then found the tape recorded today, put it in, and began to play it into the microphone.

Xu Feng held the microphone and listened carefully, and when the first sad melody was over, she knew why Anita Mui was able to take a fancy to this song, it was indeed very suitable for making a pop song.

went to the second paragraph, which strengthened Xu Feng's thoughts, because she heard Anita Mui's voice.

Xu Feng has a feeling that this song, even if it is not worthy of words, just let Anita Mui keep "ah~" like this, it is all good.

When the whole piece was over, Xu Feng said with a smile, "If I were Anita Mui, I would definitely want to sing it, and the style of this piece is still very suitable for her." Now what does she say on her side? Do you want to buy this song? ”

"She really wants this song, and I have already told her, I am now signing a contract with Tomson, and the work is all Tomson's agent, and she also said that she will let Huaxing contact you." Zhou Yan said.

"Well, I see, what about yourself, what do you think about the price?" Xu Feng asked.

"I don't have any idea about the price, but I can't sell all the rights to the song to them."

Xu Feng said with a smile, "It's the same as I thought, so let's do it, your business is gradually increasing, I will send you a special agent and assistant, and in the future, you can let him go directly to connect with these things." ”

Hearing that Xu Feng was going to send an assistant to him, Zhou Yan was not surprised at all, after all, Xu Feng was so busy, and it was impossible to worry about a little thing every day.

In fact, before this, Tomson was simply a film investment company, and the working model was simple, the boss paid for it, and the boss lady was responsible for organizing the filming and finding other companies to assist in the distribution in the later stage.

Now with Zhou Yan, the model has become a little more complicated, and Tomson also has the nature of a brokerage company, and he has to help Zhou Yan, an "artist", deal with various affairs.

Of course, they won't do record production, and Zhou Yan's album needs to be produced in the later stage, and it will be contracted to other companies to produce and produce.

"And where will my assistant work in the future?" Zhou Yan asked.

"Since it's your assistant, of course, it depends on where you need him for your work arrangement." Xu Feng smiled and said, "I will give him your contact information, and he will contact you later." ”

"What's the assistant's name?"

"Zhang Youan, he knows a lot about the record industry, you can find him for anything in music, and when it comes to movies, you can also tell him."

"Okay, I see, then I'll wait for him to call."

"Hmm."

After Xu Feng hung up the phone, she also smiled, she saw more potential in Zhou Yan.

This tune just now, made into a song, not to mention the explosion, the results will definitely not be bad. In this way, Zhou Yan's tunes have hope for the development of pop songs.

In this way, Zhou Yan's development route has become wider.

……

After talking to Xu Feng on the phone, about half an hour later, Zhou Yan's phone rang.

Zhou Yan ran to pick up the phone, "Hey, hello." ”

"Hello, is it Mr. Zhou Yanzhou? I'm your assistant Zhang You'an. ”

Listening to the voice, it was a man in his thirties and forties, with a thick Xiangjiang accent.

Zhou Yan smiled, "Hello, I am Zhou Yan, I will work hard for you in the future, did Sister Feng tell you about Anita Mui?" ”

Zhang Youan said, "I already know about this, and if the company receives a call from Huaxing Records or Ms. Anita Mui, it will be transferred to my side, and I will be responsible for docking, which Mr. Zhou can rest assured." ”

Hearing Zhang Youan's words, Zhou Yan nodded, the assistant that Xu Feng arranged for him, just listening to the voice, gave people a feeling of being reliable.

"Will you be coming to Yanjing recently?" Zhou Yan asked again.

"I still have some work to finish here in Shanghai, and I expect to arrive in Yanjing in three days, and I will contact you in advance before I go." Zhang Youan replied.

"Okay."

"I heard Mr. Xu say that you don't want to sell the copyright of the song to Huaxing, do you?"

"That's right."

"Is there anything else that needs to be taken into account in the negotiations? For example, the cost, or the percentage of the share, what are your ideas? ”

"No, you can talk about it."

"Okay, I see."

"Well, if there is a problem, we will communicate at any time."

……

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhou Yan received a call from Zhang Youan again, Huaxing Company had already contacted Tomson, and Zhang Youan had already talked to the people on Huaxing's side.

For the cooperation model, the opinions of the two sides have not yet reached a consensus, and Huaxing still hopes to buy out the copyright of "If Love Has Providence" at one time, and said that the cost can be a little higher.

In Huaxing's view, of course, it is necessary to get all the copyrights in hand, so that they can feel at ease, otherwise they may face some unnecessary losses later.

So, they'd rather pay a little more in the beginning.

Zhang Youan also adhered to the bottom line, saying that not selling out was the basis for them to continue talking.

In the music market now, there are many cooperation models, and it all depends on how the songwriter talks with the record company.

Ordinary unknown songwriters basically sell out their songs, because if you don't sell them out, those record companies don't want your songs at all, and you won't get much money in the early stage.

Many newcomers, in order to allow singers to use their own songs, and in order to be able to get money early, will choose to sell out their songs to record companies.

Some well-known composers will choose to sign a copyright agreement with the record company to agree on the subsequent sharing ratio.

If it is a share of the discussion, then as long as the latter song is still on sale, or someone sings it, the songwriter can share the money.

There are good and bad options for these two options, the former can sell his songs as soon as possible and get money, but the latter is more promising and long-term.

The second model is more suitable for high-quality works, because the more high-quality works, the more benefits can be generated in the future.

Zhou Yan is a real newcomer in the section of writing pop songs, but it is impossible for Huaxing to treat Zhou Yan as a newcomer, after all, Zhou Yan has already produced a lot of music works.

From the very beginning, when Zhang Youan negotiated with them, his posture was not low.

Our Director Zhou is a well-known musician with a lot of works, but there is just a song that your Anita Mui has taken a fancy to, and if you want to make it into a pop song, do you want to love it.

Of course, what happens in the end depends on whether the buyer's will is strong enough, that is, whether Anita Mui really wants the song.

If Anita Mui really wants this song, then Huaxing will definitely have to make concessions.

The song was sung by Zhou Yan, and the song was sung by Anita Mui, but in fact, by this time, there was no need for them to come forward in this matter, all that was left was for Huaxing to talk to Zhang Youan, and Zhou Yan and Anita Mui just wanted a result.

The result that Anita Mui wants is that Hua Xing gets the tune, and the result that Zhou Yan wants is to keep the copyright and get as much money as possible.

The two sides then tugged for two more days, and finally talked about the matter.

The agreement is very detailed, how to divide the follow-up songs in the album, how to divide if others want to cover them, and how to divide them if some people want to perform commercially...... A lot of regulations, Zhang Youan has done it clearly.

In this song, Zhou Yan gets a very small share of the share, and the basic fee is only 10,000 yuan, but what satisfies Zhou Yan is that in the copyright section, the control is still relatively good, and there will be no future troubles.

If Zhou Yan wants to make other versions in the future, it is also easy to operate.

When the two sides negotiated the agreement, Anita Mui was actually in Yanjing, but she never went to Zhou Yan's house once.

But on the morning after the agreement was negotiated, Anita Mui went to Zhou Yan's house.

When they met again, there was a subtle change in the identities of both parties, and they became collaborators.

Anita Mui was very happy to get the song, and after meeting, she even patted Zhou Yan's shoulder very boldly, "Ayan, don't worry, I will definitely sing this song well, and next, I have to find someone to write the lyrics first, and then strive to record it before August." ”

"Already decided to make a Cantonese version?" Zhou Yan asked.

Anita Mui nodded, "Well, the company also tends to make a Cantonese version, and it just so happens that I have a Cantonese album in November, so I can put it in directly." ”

Because she's going to release an album in November, she wants to find someone to write the lyrics as soon as possible and record them as soon as possible.

Zhou Yan also understood this, after all, Huaxing and they could not make another Chinese album specifically for Anita Mui, and it was not appropriate to put a Chinese song into a Cantonese album.

Anita Mui probably felt that Zhou Yan wanted her to make a Chinese version, so she said with a smile, "There will still be a chance to make a Chinese album in the future." ”

"Hmm."

Zhou Yan nodded, in fact, he had thought about letting Anita Mui sing a Chinese version, and then directly put it into "Drama Dream Life" as an interlude.

But the film "Dream Life" is too boring, you can put the song in, but if you put the song in, there is a sense of separation between the concert and the picture, not that the song is good, the picture is good, and it can be matched together.

In addition, it is a pity that after Anita Mui held a farewell concert last year, she will not hold a concert now, otherwise Zhou Yan can write her a Chinese version and let her sing at the concert.

"I'm coming over today, in addition to telling you about singing, I also want to say goodbye to you, and I'm going back to Xiangjiang tomorrow." Speaking of this, Anita Mui smiled, "Since the farewell concert ended, I have been a lot more relaxed, and it's time to go back to work." ”

"If you have time to come to Yanjing more in the future, I will open the door to you at any time." Zhou Yan said with a smile.

"No problem, if you have time, you can go to Xiangjiang to play, you shouldn't have been to Xiangjiang yet, right?"

Zhou Yan nodded and said with a smile, "Well, I really haven't been there, but I'm going to go over after a while, "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" is going to have a promotional event, and one stop is in Xiangjiang." ”

Anita Mui asked with a smile, "Then do you want me to cheer you on at that time?" ”

Zhou Yan smiled, "Sister Mei, you are such a busy person, how can you have time to participate in our small event." ”

Anita Mui waved her hand indifferently, "I'm not busy...... Anyway, after you arrive in Xiangjiang, remember to contact me, even if I can't go to cheer you on, we can meet when we have time, and I will take you to play in Xiangjiang. Yanjing is also good, but Xiangjiang and Yanjing are still very different. ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "I'm also looking forward to the trip to Xiangjiang." ”

……

After Anita Mui left, Zhou Yan wrote the song "Sanmao's Tale in the Army" at home for a while, and then rushed to Yanjing Studio with a meal.

Although he came to eat, Zhou Yan still went to the location to take a look as usual.

At this time, the morning's footage has been filmed, the staff are packing up their things, and the director Chen Kaige is talking to the actors.

Zhou Yan saw a familiar back from a distance, approached, and took a look at the side, and sure enough, it was Gong Li who came.

"Sister Li." Zhou Yan said hello with a smile.

Gong Li turned her head to see Zhou Yan, and she was also very happy, "Yohe, I haven't seen you for so long, you have grown meat." ”

Zhou Yan and Gong Li haven't seen each other for a year and a half, so Zhou Yan's changes are very obvious in her eyes.

Chen Kaige also smiled, "Oh, yes, Gong Li, you and Zhou Yan are also old comrades-in-arms." ”

Gong Li laughed heartily, "What comrade-in-arms, Zhou Yan is like my brother, I know he is here, and when I came here just now, I was looking for him." ”

The other people present were not surprised to see that Gong Li and Zhou Yan had such a good relationship, after all, in the movie "The Red Lantern Hangs High", Zhou Yan and Gong Li had an emotional scene.

Zhou Yan smiled, "Before in the crew of "The Red Lantern Hangs High", Sister Li helped me a lot, otherwise I, a newcomer who has never acted, really can't handle the role of Chen Feipu." ”

Gong Li smiled and said to the others, "I haven't seen him for more than a year, this kid is still so modest, you know that if he has no talent, it is useless to teach." ”

Jiang Wenli nodded in agreement, "Director Zhou must be talented, and the performance in "The Red Lantern Hangs High" doesn't look like a first-time actor at all." ”

Hearing Jiang Wenli call Zhou Yan to guide Zhou, Gong Li stroked her palms again and smiled, "Yes, yes, yes, now it should be called Zhou guide." ”

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, "Hey, you can call it anything, did Sister Li just arrive in the morning?" ”

Gong Li was still wearing a dress, and apparently she didn't film in the morning.

If she had filmed Zhou Yan, she would have known that Zhou Yan had seen the schedule of the filming arrangements on the set in the past few days.

"I arrived in a hurry, I didn't even have time to get to my accommodation, and my luggage was still in the car." Gong Li smiled.

Chen Kaige looked at the time and said, "It's not early, let's go to dinner first, it just so happens that Zhou Yan is here, let's have a small meeting after dinner." ”

(End of chapter)