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

Chapter 54
Li Kai went to the vocal music classroom of the Teachers College on time. He Jingyun still didn't show up all morning.

At noon, he contacted the producers of the two record companies, and in the afternoon, he met with them at two different locations at different times.

A third-tier company in the industry, Neolithic Records, is located in Danshi next door, and offered conditions to the Yun Kai Group and Li Kai individually. The contract period is two years, and the record will be divided into [-]%. it's the same.

If the Yunkai Group signs a contract, the total cost for the production and promotion of the first single will not be less than 10. Regardless of the performance, the total cost will not be less than 30 for the album to be launched in three months.

As for Li Kai personally, the total cost of testing the waters for singles is also no less than 10, but for the album project to be approved, the single score must exceed 5 within half a year.

The other is one of the three major record companies in Xijiang Province, Chenxi Records. The company is located in Nanshi. The conditions offered are that the contract period is the same for two years, and the record will be divided into 40.00%, and other income from travel, etc., [-]% [-].

In the case of the Yunkai group, the total cost of testing the singles is 20, and the passing line sells 7 copies within a year. Then, according to the single performance, the total cost of the follow-up album is determined, with a base of 25.

If it is just Li Kai, the total cost of testing the singles will be reduced by 14%, which is 6, and the sales of [-] copies will be sold within a year after passing the mark. The total cost of the follow-up album will also depend on the performance of the single.

As for the conditions offered by the two companies, Li Kai is not yet able to judge. After all, he does not know much about the contract standards of singers in the world music circle, and it is impossible to make a decision on the spot.

On the way home by bicycle, Li Kai thought about finding an insider to understand the market, and naturally thought of Xu Qiaoling
When Li Zhan got home, Li Ran asked him to call Xue Bing back.

As soon as the phone was connected, Xue Bing yelled strangely: "You really won the Youth Song Championship?"

Li Kai was so shocked that his eardrums trembled: "Didn't I tell you?"

"When did you tell me?"

"Oh, forgot."

"Hehe, I think you are pure-hearted. Your sister reported to me on the phone that you won the Youth Song Competition with a prize of 1 yuan. Are you afraid that I will ask you to borrow money again?"

If it were another person, Li Kai would really respond well to such a sensitive issue, but for Xue Bing, he would choose to ignore the law automatically, and said directly: "What do you want from me?"

"Two people called you again today, a woman named Xu Qiaoling, said that you have her contact information, waiting for your call back, the other is the producer of Dream Cube Records, surnamed Yang, left a copy machine number XXX. "

"Wait, I'll get a pen."

Li Kai took a paper to write down, and was about to say a few more words, when Xue Bing on the other end became anxious: "Oh, it's too bad, my stomach hurts, let's do this first, hang up."

A moment before the busy sound sounded, there were clearly two "bobo" sounds like opening beer.

Li Kai slapped his nose in disgust, and copied it to Xu Qiaoling. Soon, Xu Qiaoling called back, and she would not be able to leave the company until eight o'clock, so the two made an appointment to meet at 08:30.

After dinner, they went for a walk with the dog, and Li opened up his sister. There was no extra cost for walking the dog, but bloodletting was indispensable for walking the girl. Two reference books, a box of music tapes, and a lot of snacks cost more than 50 yuan.

When he came back, Li Kai didn't go upstairs again, and asked Li Ran to tell his parents that he would come back later tonight, and then rode away.

Eight forty-six.

Li Kai waited for Xu Qiaoling at the intersection of the West Ring Road, and then went to a petty bourgeoisie Mengqin bar. Xu Qiaoling told him that this bar used to be her home venue and she sang here for more than a year.

The two found Zhang Santai to sit down, and first ordered two glasses of draft beer and three snacks. Xu Qiaoling insisted that she invite them, and it was less than a hundred yuan, so Li Kai didn't argue with her.

Li opened his eyes and said with a smile: "You look good, what good things happened?"

It looks good again.

Xu Qiaoling's first reaction was speechless. After thinking about it, maybe it really is true. People are in good spirits on happy occasions. She blinked and said, "Guess."

"When your boyfriend proposes to you, it must be because the wedding date has been set."

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Xu Qiaoling's smiling face was suddenly covered with dust.

Li Kai just made a joke, as a professional female singer, it is too early to talk about marriage at the beginning of her career, even if she talks about love, she can only do it secretly, and the possibility of being banned by the record company is not ruled out.

There is no way, because of the characteristics of the industry, if you want to get some, you have to lose some.

Immediately, he guessed again: "Did the sales of the single exceed expectations?"

Xu Qiaoling picked up the wine glass and reached out to touch him: "Congratulations first, you won the Youth Song Championship as you wished."

"It's mainly due to the honor of my partner, you know, she is the lead singer." Li Kai took a sip of beer and said modestly.

Xu Qiaoling was noncommittal, but she knew that the songs sung by the Yun Kai group were all Li Kai's original songs, skipping the subject, she said: "You guessed it right, the sales of singles have exceeded expectations, and far exceeded. Zhou actually sold more than 12 copies, oh my god, I couldn’t believe it when I heard the news this morning, until now, I feel like I’m dreaming.”

Xu Qiaoling covered her forehead with one hand, her face flushed slightly, excited and excited.

Li looked at her with a smile, and was quite happy in his heart, but he was not surprised. "Short Hair" is a genuine golden song. Xu Qiaoling's slightly sad voice is more suitable than Gigi Leung, and it should be popular.

Xu Qiaoling took a sip of wine to suppress her spirits, and then, like a reservoir with its gates opened, she began to talk incessantly.

From the time when she came to Nanshi alone from a remote small county with her parents behind her back, until today's "Short Hair" topped the top ranking list.

These include the hard work of the first three years of debut, the consideration of gains and losses when making the first single after signing with Tianyi Records, the anxiety and suffering of the long wait after the release, the joy of the album project being approved after passing the pass line, and being canceled and changed to a single The disappointment of her, the change in the attitude of her colleagues in the company, the pressure she endured when she changed songs before the battle, and the despair of being told to cut off promotional resources after the release.
All these bitter experiences, apart from the little disclosure during the phone call with Li Kai, Xu Qiaoling kept everything else in her heart. Until today, she has achieved leap-forward results and is finally able to express herself freely.

Li Kai didn't interrupt, and listened quietly while eating snacks and drinking. As a person who had 36 rebuffs in his previous life and had to wait 16 years to make his debut, from Xu Qiaoling's words, he can naturally understand how difficult it is for this woman.

After almost half an hour, when it came to an end, Li Kai took two napkins and handed them over. Xu Qiaoling wiped the corners of her reddish eyes, sucked her nose a few times, and smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, I can't control it while I'm talking." gone."

(End of this chapter)