China Entertainment 2004

Chapter 8 Recording a Demo
At night, the Film Academy recording studio.

Huang Bai took the key and opened the door, "At this point, the students are all gone, let's hurry up and record a demo."

Jiang Yu followed Huang Bai in, still wearing a security uniform, and was dragged over by Huang Bai as soon as he got off work.

"Hey, have you gone back to practice?" Huang Bai asked.

"I've practiced, and I definitely sang better than last time," Jiang Yu replied confidently.

He swiped 200 negative energy points on Yang Li, which happened to be exchanged for two "Maiba level experience cards", which can be used for a total of two hours.

Recording a demo is definitely enough.

Although I don't know how "Mai Baqi"'s singing skills are, it is definitely better than Jiang Yu.

That's right, Jiang Yu is so self-aware of her own strength.

"Okay, try the sound first," Huang Bai handed the guitar to Jiang Yu, and began to tinker with the equipment in the recording studio.

He is a student of the dubbing department. He often comes here with some friends to record ring tones for mobile companies. He is very familiar with this recording studio.

Jiang Yu took the guitar, and slender fingers slid across the strings.

"Negative energy from Cork, +1!"

Huang Bai glanced at him, a little jealous.

Your sister, who is handsome, plays the guitar so handsomely.

If I had good looks, at least zero would be added to the appearance fee.

Jiang Yu looked at the income record and smiled slightly.

Grandpa is not only handsome, but also handsome.

"Do you want to use the Maiba level experience card, which is valid for one hour?"

"Yes."

Jiang Yu only felt that the whole person was refreshed, and it was a feeling of looking down on others.

At this moment, he only had Mai in his eyes.

No one can compete with him!

"That is the person I miss deeply and love day and night. How should I express it? Will she accept me?"

The music flowed from his fingertips, and Jiang Yu sang slowly, as if he had rehearsed it many times, and he no longer felt jerky.

Huang Bai looked at him in surprise, it seemed that this kid had really worked hard and made rapid progress.

After Jiang Yu sang solo, Huang Bai also picked up the guitar. The two had to rehearse a few times before recording the demo.

"Wen Jing, I borrowed the key from the teacher, let's finish the recording quickly, and I'll take you back to the dormitory... Hey, why is this light on?"

Li Wenjing's birthday will be celebrated in a few days. In order to please the goddess, Aibel wrote a song for the goddess, and invited the goddess to come and record it together, and planned to play it on her birthday.

Both of them are first-year freshmen. Facing Abel's affection, Li Wenjing didn't show it on the face, but she was still very happy in her heart.

Because of this, he followed Abel to the recording studio at night.

It's just that they didn't expect that the inside was already occupied by Jiang Yu and Huang Bai.

As soon as Abel entered the room, he saw a security guard who looked like a migrant worker, and the two were recording songs with their guitars in their arms.

These days, can even security guards and migrant workers sing?

"What are you two doing, who let you in?" Abel had already connected these two people with criminals in his heart, and spoke very bluntly.

Huang Bai stood up and explained with a good temper, "I am also a student of our school, in the dubbing department, and brought my friend over to record a song."

"Who are you? Can someone like you be admitted to the Film Academy? The security guard is also a student of the Film Academy? You also have a guitar, can you play it?"

Aibel scrambled for a while, and a good-tempered person like Huang Bai couldn't help but turn black.

Jiang Yu looked up at him, feeling a little familiar.

I don't know why, but this guy looks really bad.

"Whether I know it or not has nothing to do with you. Do you live by the sea? The pipe is so wide. There is a dung truck at the door. You have to taste the saltiness with a spoon."

Huang Bai laughed, Jiang Yu is so fun to swear at others.

"What am I..."

Abel was angry and funny, but he still couldn't think of a swear word to refute him, that was a thorn in his side.

"Negative energy from Abel, +30!"

In the end, I had no choice but to swear, "Your uncle, what are you talking about, a stinky security guard, believe it or not, I will beat you!"

"Pick me?" Jiang Yu stood up, "With your height, is it enough?"

"Fuck!"

This sentence directly breaks the defense.

The damage is huge and the insult is extremely strong.

"Negative energy from Abel, +99!"

Abel has a bad temper, and his height is the biggest hurdle in his heart.

Jiang Yu was sure to kill with one blow, and Abel exploded immediately, rushing over to strike.

"Ho!"

Disdainful, Jiang Yu stretched out a hand to press his forehead, and pushed back hard.

"Hey?"

Abel was surprised to find that he had just rushed over, and now he was sent back again.

This is the suppression of height.

As the saying goes, an inch is long and an inch is strong.

"What the hell!" Abel blushed.

He found that he could neither speak nor fight, which was very embarrassing.

The goddess was still standing behind her, and she couldn't get off the stage for a while.

Huang Bai hurriedly stood in the middle and smoothed things over, "We're all classmates, don't hurt your temper, or wait a while, we'll leave as soon as we finish recording."

Li Wenjing had seen enough excitement, and quietly pulled the corner of Abel's clothes, "It's late, I'll go back first."

Then he left the recording studio.

"You wait for me!"

Abel looked at Jiang Yu bitterly, left a harsh word, turned and ran away.

"Negative energy from Abel, +50!"

"Hmph," Jiang Yu dismissed.

Waiting for you to send me energy value?

Afterwards, Jiang Yu and Huang Bai rehearsed twice, and after confirming that there was no problem, they quickly recorded a demo.

Huang Bai was very happy, "With this demo, I can contact the production company."

"It just so happens that I know a producer from Warner Bros. It would be great if he would give us a record."

"Well, Brother Bai, thanks to you." Jiang Yu thanked.

"I should thank you. After singing songs for so many years, I can finally come up with a masterpiece in the future. However, friends are friends, and copyright fees must be clearly distinguished."

Huang Bai said seriously: "You wrote the lyrics and music, we will sing together, and I will be paid [-]% of the copyright proceeds. If there is a commercial performance, we will split in half, okay?"

Just as Jiang Yu was about to speak, Huang Bai stopped him again, "Don't answer in a hurry, go back and think it over before you speak."

"Yes," Jiang Yu nodded.

He knew that Huang Bai had good intentions, and he was afraid that if he didn't know the twists and turns, he would be in trouble if he went back on his word in the future.

In fact, Jiang Yu had been in the industry for many years in his previous life. Although he had never released a song, he knew something about it.

In fact, writing songs in China doesn't make any money at all.

Especially in 2004 when copyright awareness was relatively weak.

Most of the copyright income of a song comes from album income and the share of CRBT revenue with mobile companies.

The latter doesn't say much, just wait for the share.

Due to the rampant piracy of the former, the tapes and records circulating in the market are basically pirated.

In 2004, if you could sell 10,000+ genuine albums, you would already be in the top three on the sales list.

Therefore, for singers, the bulk of income is not copyright income, but advertising endorsements and various commercial performances.

Especially this commercial show.

Tianchao is really too big. After 2000, the city developed rapidly, and various shopping malls, factories, and playgrounds sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

When it opens, we must invite a celebrity to come and have fun.

A show costs tens of thousands of dollars.

Even if there is a show in one county a day, one county by one, and the whole Tianchao is run once, it will take three or four years!
It can be said that before the influx of hot money from the Internet, celebrities and singers from all walks of life were completely supported by commercial performances.

Even after 2020, there are still a group of past stars who are active in commercial performances in small eighteenth-tier cities.

If it weren't for Brother Dayi, Sister Straw Hat and her ilk, how could they live so well.

Huang Bai obviously understands the twists and turns. Compared with the copyright fee, the commercial performance fee is the real big one!
So he had to make it clear to Jiang Yu in advance that the villain should be the villain before the gentleman.

Otherwise, it would be too boring to fight for money in the future.

In all fairness, Huang Bai's conditions are already very kind.

Jiang Yu is not a money-grubbing person, nor is he the kind of short-sighted person.

Naturally no opinion.

His current goal is just to earn tens of thousands of dollars by relying on this song, so that he can take the exam with peace of mind.

The future is still far away.

(End of this chapter)