After failing the college entrance examination, he became a big star

Chapter 180 Ceiling

There are two basketball courts in the park, and the ground is still made of plastic.

"57, 58, 59, 61, [-]'s arm is bent, this doesn't count, [-]"

Li Kai and Li Kai walked and chatted. When they came to the court, Hu Jia was lying on the ground doing push-ups. Sweat was dripping from his forehead like rain. Holding the basketball and holding a can of drink in one hand, counting in his mouth while drinking.

Looking at the scene that looked like a big salute, Li Kai couldn't stop laughing, and secretly gave Xue Bing a thumbs up. On the way to the company this morning, Xue Bing vowed to bring back yesterday's place. I really wished.
He Jingyun looked at Hujia and then at Xue Bing, feeling a little helpless.

She had already heard from Hujia about yesterday's boxing competition, and right now, Hujia is doing push-ups one after another, which is obviously punishing, so she knows without thinking about it, there must be something else in the competition.

"One hundred!" Hujia let out a long cry, and immediately kicked his legs and bounced off the ground.

Xue Bing's eyes widened immediately: "You're only sixty, what about your character?"

Hu Jia wiped the sweat off his forehead casually, and said with a sneer, "You count to five, and return two, as if I never went to elementary school."

Xue Bing shook his head and said bad character.

Hu Jia was so angry that his teeth were itchy, and he raised his fist in protest. Xue Bing glanced at her: "Why, if you are not convinced, come again if you are not convinced?"

"Go, one-on-one, one-on-one, five balls!" Before Hu Jia could agree, Xue Bing threw the ball to Li Kai, and winked at Hu Jia by the way.

Hu Jia originally wanted to say something, but he swallowed the words when he received the hint from Xue Bing's eyes.

The corners of He Jingyun's mouth were slightly curved, and she smiled slightly: "Hu Jia, don't be fooled, Li Kai's basketball is really good."

"I'm afraid of him." Hujia showed disdain, and then smiled playfully: "Jingyun, you won't be reluctant, right? The loser has to do a hundred push-ups."

He Jingyun rolled her eyes and didn't bother to pay attention.

Li Kai tossed the basketball and said with a smile: "Sister Hu, is there really a competition? Bingzi and I are singled out, and we can win once or twice out of ten times."

"I fought with Xue Bing all afternoon, and he beat me once just now." Hu Jia didn't show any weakness. He originally wanted to say that Xue Bing didn't win once, but suddenly remembered that she was seen doing push-ups just now, so he changed his mind in time. Cheng won once.

Xue Bing coughed dryly, turned his head and left the back of his head to Li Kai.

"Okay, then let's compete, ladies first." Li opened his eyes and bounced off the floor, Hu Jia caught the pass, and he was not polite, retreated beyond the three-point line, and said while shooting: "I lost a hundred push-ups, Plus, buy four more drinks."

Li opened his head and nodded.

Hujia dribbled forward, Li Kai stepped forward with his arms outstretched, and before he could get close, Hujia made a jumper, three non-sticks!
Changed to Li Kai, after entering the three-point line, he turned around and dribbled away Hu Jia, and directly succeeded in a three-step layup.

On the side, He Jingyun shook her head secretly. It was Li Kai who taught her how to play basketball at the beginning. She knew Li Kai's skills very well. Hujia and Li Kai are no better than each other. If they insist on basketball, isn't this just looking for abuse?

Xue Bing drank his drink, there was no surprise on his face, but there was an unpredictable gleam in his eyes.

Next, Li Kai made a mid-range jumper, a cut to hit the board, a three-pointer, and three more goals.

At this time, Xue Bing said lightly: "If you don't look at the face of hatred and the face of Buddha, it will be ugly to shave your head."

Li opened his eyes and understood in seconds. He had intended to give up the ball, so he casually shot a hollow shot outside the basket.

When Hu Jia dribbled the ball into the three-point line, Li Kai just blocked it symbolically. After being bypassed by Hu Jia, he didn't chase. Hu Jia came to the basket and scored!

"Yeah!" Hu Jia waved his fist and shouted, "One hundred push-ups, four bottles of drinks!"

Li was confused, and He Jingyun was also confused, so Xue Bing sighed and said, "The rule is, if you win one of the five balls, sister Hu will win."

Li Kai was stunned on the spot, He Jingyun was also dumbfounded, Xue Bing smiled foolishly, and Hu Jia was triumphant.

In the end, Li Kai still gave up, did a hundred push-ups, and went to a small shop in the park to buy four bottles of drinks.

Then, the four played a 2VS2 match. Xue Bing and Hu Jia were in a team. Li Kai and He Jingyun paired up. She, she shoots directly.

At the beginning of five o'clock, the sky gradually darkened, and the four of them left the stadium and walked towards the cafeteria.

The two women are in front, while Li Kai and Xue Bing are behind.

Li Kai patted Xue Bing on the shoulder, and said with emotion: "It's ok, Bingzi has also learned to forget his righteousness."

Xue Bing chuckled: "I got back the match yesterday with profit. From the beginning of five balls, a tie, to four and a half balls, I won six games in a row."

Li opened his eyes, and continued, "I'm sorry if you win by yourself, and I will do it for you if you take profits. As the saying goes, parents use it to pay off debts, and brothers use it to sell you. !"

After finishing speaking, he patted Xue Bing on the shoulder again: "I tell you, brother Zhang is very angry, and the consequences are very serious."

Xue Bing cast a glance: "It's just a hundred push-ups, four bottles of drinks, it's really the same."

"How about face? Losing to a woman, how can you let me have the face to touch basketball again in the future?"

Not giving Xue Bing a chance to speak, Li Kai changed the topic: "But, for the sake of brother's lifelong happiness, it doesn't matter if you lose face once."

Xue Bing was a little dazed, and saw Li Kai pointing at Hu Jia's back, and the next moment, he reacted, his face turned red.

Seeing his anxious expression, Li shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "You don't have 300 taels of silver here, I didn't say anything, it's tacit, come on!"

Xue Bing was choked, and his face turned even redder.

After dinner, Li Kai and He Jingyun returned to the recording studio. Fang Qiong handed over a contract, divided into four points, and it was done!

Sales below gold, one point, above gold, below 80, one point, gold to platinum, one point five, platinum to 125 million, two points, 125 to 150 million, two point five, 150 to 175 million, three 175 point, [-] million to double platinum, [-] points, above double platinum, [-] points.

This is Li Kai's share, and He Jingyun's share is much simpler. Below gold, four points will be deducted, and between gold and platinum, two points will be deducted.

Li Kai read it twice, signed it, and He Jingyun also signed it, in triplicate.

It took nearly four hours at night, and the recording of the song "If there is love in the sky" was completed.

On Wednesday, He Jingyun recorded three more songs.

On Thursday morning, He Jingyun recorded another song. So far, except for the first title, all nine songs of the album have been recorded.

At lunch, the four members of the band did not have a piece, Hu Jia and Xue Bing went somewhere, only Li Kai, He Jingyun and Fang Qiong.

Fang Qiong specially asked for a small private room.

"I heard the news that the money from Full Power Records was given to me." Fang Qiong didn't move his chopsticks in a hurry, and his face was a little serious. Full Power Records was originally a second-tier record, but it was promoted to the first-tier last year. At one point, Fang Qiong had a plan He jumped to the job, but it was only the position of the deputy director of music. After hesitating again and again, he gave up.

However, Fang Qiong has a good personal relationship with the executive vice president of Full Power Records, Mr. Qian!

Li Kai and the two looked over, and Fang Qiong said in a low voice: "Someone sent a message to Full Power Records. If the singers under the label ask Li Kai to make an appointment to sing, the five giants will target all the singers under the label."

He Jingyun was slightly startled: "Huage too?"

Fang Qiong nodded: "These days, another big guy in the circle stood up to support Ge Guangyao, and it was Xu Hao."

Huage Records has two long-term songwriters, and Xu Hao is one of them. He Jingyun has never seen it, but she has heard of the name, and her face turned cold.

Fang Qiong saw it, sighed softly, and said: "If the five giants don't reach a unity, how can we talk about banning Li Kai's works? Counting Ge Guangyao, the four major composers of five songs, just happen to be with the five giants. Related, either sign a long-term contract, or simply become a shareholder."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Kai again: "I guess, all the first-tier record companies have either approved it, or they have all received such rumors."

Li Kai nodded silently, his face unchanged, he had already thought of this, there are two steps to banning a songwriter without a contract.

The five giants are the first hurdle, as long as one of them does not approve, it will directly die.

And all first-line record companies are the second hurdle, with a total of more than [-] in the country. It is almost impossible to single-mindedly approve, so they can only resort to coercion and temptation.

For the relatively large first-tier companies, the temptation outweighs the threat, while for the medium-sized and relatively small companies, the threat outweighs the temptation.

"The five songs in my debut album all topped the two charts this week. They were first, third, fourth, sixth, and eighth on the Billboard, and second on the Golden Melody Chart. Third, fifth, seventh, eighth"

Li opened his eyes and said while thinking: "It's hard to split these five songs into five albums, but splitting them into two albums is enough to break out two platinum or even double platinum albums, plus last year's seven songs. The song is enough to make three albums, go platinum or even double platinum, so five albums, can't offset the deterrence of the five giants, don't all the first-tier record companies have ambitions?"

Fang Qiong's eyes flickered slightly, and she quickly understood the meaning. The giants had both cooperation and competition, but between the front line and the giants, there was less cooperation and more competition.

Among the first-line record companies, they are willing to maintain the status quo and do not seek to go further, so it cannot be said that there is no such thing, but there are definitely very few.

The gap between the first-tier record companies and the giant records lies in the overall gap in the number of singers. The first-tier record companies can't keep the first-tier mid-upstream singers, especially those who are on the rise.

The root of it lies in the resources of songwriters!

It is a consensus in the circle that songs make singers.

In other words, whoever has the same songwriter resources as the five giants, that is, the top songwriters, will be able to retain those first-line mid-upstream singers who have the potential to hit a higher level, and will have the opportunity to challenge the five giants qualifications!

Although Li Kai is only a small coffee in name, the circle has long agreed that he is comparable to the top Chinese coffee, and with the success of his new album, many record companies directly regard him as a big coffee.

Getting Li to open his eyes is equivalent to having the hope of hitting the giants. Could it be that more than [-] first-line record companies are not tempted by this temptation?

Even if most of them are unwilling to take risks due to the deterrence of the five giants, there will always be a small number of ambitious people who will dare to take risks!
Fang Qiong hesitated for a moment, and said with some uncertainty: "Recently, in the company, I heard a saying that songwriters, like singers, have peaks and troughs, even if they are big names in the circle, they are at their peak. , can create about ten classic songs within a year, thirteen is the ceiling, and the peak period cannot last for too long, at most one or two years"

Speaking of this, she looked at Li Kai: "I'm talking about the peak period. Some songwriters can be at the peak for a longer period of time, and the classic songs that can be created in a year during the peak period are usually around five."

Li Kai's eyes flashed, he didn't show up early, he didn't show up late, but it was probably not accidental that he appeared at this time.

This statement does not completely deviate from the facts. Top songwriters like Luo Dayou and Li Zongsheng in the previous life on Earth will learn many songs in a year, but the ones that can be called classics may only be five to ten!
From this, it is likely that the rumors sent to those first-line record companies also included this statement.

"It's true that there are no omissions, it's a pity." Li Kai smiled, but he didn't say anything, he just said in his heart: "It's a pity, I am not a person who can understand it with common sense."

After the meal, the three of Li Kai returned to the recording studio. Li Kai finished writing the rest of the score. At one o'clock, the band four also came. Li Kan looked at Fang Qiong and said, "I wrote seven songs last year. Classics, I have five songs in my own album, a total of twelve songs, and it took more than half a year to count, this time, I wrote three songs for Jingyun, the first two, do you think they are classics?"

Fang Qiong nodded without even thinking about it. If the two songs "Big City, Little Love" and "If There Is Love" are not classics, it's not that the director agreed to share the bet share after listening to the first title of Murphy's album, and The conditions are not harsh!

Li Kai said with a smile: "Based on this calculation, there are already fourteen poems, surpassing the ceiling of thirteen poems."

Fang Qiong froze for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

Li Kai said again: "Then do you think I can still create classic songs?"

Fang Qiong blinked.

Li Kai handed over the score: "This is No. 15, wait for your review, whether it is considered a classic or not."

On the music score, the name of the song is "Song of Thousand Thousand Que"!
(End of this chapter)