This star is wrong

Chapter 112 Rivals of Theme Song
"This song was sent by... Songshi Records."

Hearing Xue Tao's question, the assistant hurriedly dug out the records on the phone.

The music is still playing, when the dolphin sound of the interlude appears.

Xue Tao got goose bumps all over his body, and said quickly: "Quick! Contact Mr. Luo, call Songshi Records, and ask the producer of this song to come over to discuss cooperation. By the way, what is the name of this song?"

"Uh, it's called..."Painting Hearts."

Since Xue Tao has done soundtrack work before, he can even hear that the standard of this demo is higher than the average level in the industry.

Help hurriedly went out to inform the producer of the film project, and then called Songshi Records.

These days, because of the theme song of the movie.

Producer Luo Yuheng and director Xue Tao have quarreled countless times.

Luo Yuheng is a very hardworking person. When he was a producer, he sometimes lived in the office.

Hearing what the assistant conveyed, he rushed over immediately.

"Just now I heard from my assistant that there is finally a sample that you are satisfied with?"

There is no need for Xue Tao to answer, because the demo of "Painting Heart" is still playing in the meeting room.

Luo Yuheng stood and listened for a while, and said, "This song is really good, and the charm fits our movie story very well."

She commented, but did not make a decision immediately, but continued to listen quietly.

After all, choosing the theme song for a special effects blockbuster with an investment of more than [-] million yuan, it must not be sloppy at all.

This song is a bit long, more than seven minutes long.

After the song was played, Luo Yuheng looked at Xue Tao and asked, "You should be satisfied with this song, right?"

Although the two often quarreled because of their positions, they had been working together for almost a year.

Therefore, Luo Yuheng still knows Xue Tao very well, and knows that what he wants is this kind of song.

"This is a good song. I'll settle it with Songshi Records immediately. It doesn't matter if you spend a little more money. Hurry up and find someone to record the song." Xue Tao urged.

Since the project funds are managed by the producer, Luo Yuheng finally needs to agree to spend the money.

"Okay, as long as you like this song, I will arrange for someone to talk to Songshi Records for the rest." Luo Yuheng was not as anxious as Xue Tao.

Anyway, the song is there, just talk about it according to the process.

Luo Yuheng thought for a while, and since the director had relatively high requirements, he asked again: "Do you have any ideas about who to choose as a singer?"

"It's fine if you can sing the dolphin sound in the interlude of this song. I don't care about the candidate. Of course, you can't choose too bad. I don't think the little singer of this song can win." Xue Tao replied.

"Okay, wait for the people from Songshi Records to come, and then discuss with them." Luo Yuheng just asked Xue Tao's opinion first, and didn't decide on a candidate right away.

Like this kind of film and television song, there is no necessary connection between singing the demo and the singer who sang the song at the end.

To put it bluntly, a sample is just a trial pack.

To sing a demo of a song is to record a trial version and show it to Party A who can't read the music score, and let Party A try the melody of the song.

Therefore, record companies usually let unknown young singers in the company sing demos.

After all, how embarrassing is it to let a famous singer sing a demo, and when it's time for the official recording, another singer will sing?

……

This afternoon.

Fang Xing is recording the Cantonese version of "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant".

In fact, the Cantonese version of "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" by Mr. Lin Zixiang is more powerful and powerful.

In terms of singing, Lin Zixiang is frighteningly strong, and his real voice is C5, so strong that he is not human.

However, because of the language relationship, the Cantonese version still has certain limitations in terms of audience.

It was also for this reason that Fang Xing chose to use the Mandarin version in the "Rising Star" finals.

Later, during the review stage, Liang Yusong, in order to solicit votes, promised that as long as Fang Xing won the championship, he would take out the Cantonese version of "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" as a thank you gift and give it back to the audience for free.

Therefore, Fang Xing is now recording the Cantonese version of "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant", but he still can't make any money.

Fang Xing can be said to be the poorest top class at present, with no money but no traffic.

Of course, after singing so many songs, it is not impossible to earn a penny.

For example, other singers have to pay to cover ten songs in "Rising Star".

"Tomorrow's Star" broadcast these ten songs, and Feifan Entertainment owns the live copyright of these ten songs.

In other words, Feifan Entertainment can enjoy the live version of these ten songs, but cannot perform operations such as adaptation.

The copyright of these ten songs is in Fang Xing's hands.

If there is a singer who wants to cover these ten songs, it is useless to find Fei Fan Entertainment, he must find Fang Xing.

Of course, Fang Xing will not take care of these matters personally, but the manager Qiao Yinghong will be in charge.

Besides.

The sales data of "Nocturne" and "Wild Bird" are very good, and they naturally made a lot of money.

However, the money wasn't bought by the audience, it would be in Fang Xing's hands immediately.

After the major music platforms sell songs, there will be a repayment period, which is as short as three months and as long as half a year.

After the money from song sales reaches the account of Songshi Records, Songshi Records will make settlement according to the share ratio.

Therefore, if Fang Xing wants to get the money for "Nocturne" and "Wild Bird", it will be at least three months later.

The Cantonese version of "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" was recorded at about the same time.

Liang Yusong walked into the recording studio, stood outside the glass wall, and first asked the sound engineer: "How was the recording?"

The sound engineer gave a thumbs up and said, "Teacher Fang's vocal skills are too outrageous. It's okay to play it once, but it feels like I'm being lazy, so I recorded it a few more times."

Through the glass wall, Liang Yusong gave a thumbs up and gestured towards the inside of the recording studio.

Fang Xing took off his earphones, came out of the shed, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Jade Bird Media called and said they wanted us to go over to talk about the theme song at three o'clock in the afternoon." Liang Yusong directly said this.

"So fast? Didn't they just hand it over this morning?"

Fang Xing didn't expect it to come to fruition so soon. Usually, this kind of film and television drama invites songs, going back and forth for several months.

"Jade Bird Media didn't say whether our song has been decided. However, since they asked us to go and talk, at least they have intentions."

Jade Bird Media didn't give that much detail on the phone, so Liang Yusong didn't know the progress.

"I've finished recording here, let's go now." Fang Xing checked the time, it is now [-]:[-], and now is the right time to go to Jade Bird Media.

……

After tidying up a bit, Fang Xing and Liang Yusong took the company's commercial vehicle to Jade Bird Media.

Jade Bird Media is a well-known company in the film and television industry, and has produced many movies with a box office of over [-] million.

Don't look at the Spring Festival and National Day files every year, there are often movies with a box office of one billion or several billion.

But in fact, the film industry is not so easy to mix.

Less than one-tenth of the movies produced in China every year can be shown in theaters.

With the online platform, many low-cost movies have been given the opportunity to be broadcast online.

However, there are not as many film companies that can really make money as they appear on the surface.

Therefore, a company that can produce a movie with a box office of over [-] million in a year or two is already very famous in the industry.

Jade Bird Media's film project prepared for the National Day file this time is a big production with an investment of 1.5 million.

It is also for this reason that the requirements for every detail are very high, and the theme song is naturally the top priority.

At two fifty in the afternoon.

Fang Xing, Liang Yusong, and Qiao Yinghong arrived at Jade Bird Media.

Luo Yuheng came out to greet them in person, and enthusiastically brought the three of them to the conference room.

However, when he arrived at the conference room, Fang Xing found that there was another group of people in the conference room.

When Liang Yusong saw the group of people who arrived first, he immediately came forward with a smile and shook hands to say hello: "Mr. Xu, long time no see. Come on, Fang Xing, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Xu Liren, the music director of Puxiang Records. Hurry up!" Come and get acquainted."

Fang Xing stepped forward and shook hands with Xu Liren: "Hello."

Xu Liren held onto Fang Xing's hand, looked him up and down, and praised, "Young man, these past few months, I've heard your name every day, it's like thunder."

"Mr. Xu is too much." Fang Xing responded with a smile, and behaved decently.

"I'm very interested in some of the songs you sang on the show. I have the opportunity to cooperate with you. The queen of our company likes your songs very much." Xu Liren said, stuffing two business cards into Fang Xing's chest pocket .

Liang Yusong hurriedly pulled Fang Xing back to his side, and said with a smile: "Fang Xing has taken on a lot of work now, and when he finishes his work, he will definitely pay a visit."

After exchanging pleasantries, he changed the subject and said, "By the way, is Puxiang also here to talk about the theme song of the movie?"

Luo Yuheng nodded and said, "Yes, we're here to talk about the movie's theme song."

"Is that so..."

Liang Yusong glanced at Xue Tao in the seat, and said, "Then the timing of our visit is not coincidental. Have you finished chatting? Or, I'll go out and wait for a while?"

Luo Yuheng waved and said, "No, let's sit down and chat together. We are more interested in the demos sent by the two companies, so we plan to choose one of them as the theme song for the National Day movie.

"Time is tight, so we won't talk about each of them individually, and finalize the song as soon as possible."

Liang Yusong heard what the producer of Jade Bird Media said, so he pulled out his chair and sat down.

After everyone sat down, Xue Tao sat up straight, looked towards Songshi Records, and asked, "Who is the producer of "Painting Heart"?"

Liang Yusong gestured to Fang Xing who was next to him: "Fang Xing is the producer. Of course, I will also check it out. Don't worry about the quality of the songs."

Liang Yusong has always been the face of Songshi Records.

Many companies came to Songshi Records for cooperation, and they all came for Liang Yusong's name.

Therefore, if the producer of the songs provided by Songshi Records is a newcomer, Party A may lack confidence.

That's why Liang Yusong added that sentence: "I will also check."

But in fact, he knew very well that the songs made by Fang Xing did not need him to check them at all.

However, this is what he knows, and Jade Bird Media doesn't know.

Xue Tao began to look at Fang Xing again, his eyes were full of curiosity: "It's a bit young."

He didn't know Fang Xing, even though Fang Xing was popular all over the Internet in the past three months, he couldn't help but he was busy with the post-production of the movie and didn't have time to watch the show.

Liang Yusong has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, and he knew Xue Tao didn't recognize Fang Xing as soon as he heard it. He said with a smile, "You're quite young, maybe Director Xue has never met a real person. But, have you heard of "The Lonely Brave Man" and "Fireworks" recently? "Easy Cold" these songs."

Xue Tao frowned, looked at the assistant at the side, and asked, "Does your mobile phone fight all day? Fight!" He sang it? "

The assistant nodded quickly, and whispered in Xue Tao's ear: "Yes, he is Fang Xing, who sang ten songs in "Rising Star", which became popular all over the Internet. "Nocturne" dominated the music chart for four weeks, and the top two Genius is topped off by SPK's new song."

Although Xue Tao rarely reads Weibo and other online platforms, he is not a primitive person.

He really doesn't watch talent shows like "Star of Tomorrow", but he still knows music charts like Music Billboard.

Dominating the Music Billboard for four weeks, this achievement has a high gold content.

Therefore, after listening to the other party, Xue Tao looked at him differently and said: "If this is the case, "Painting Heart" can be entrusted to you to make."

Hear this.

The expressions of the people next to Puxiang Records suddenly changed.

We haven't even started talking yet, and the song has already been decided?

Luo Yuheng quickly interjected: "Director Xue, wait a minute, we have to consider Puxiang's "Starless Night"."

Puxiang Music Director Xu Liren chuckled, and said, "Boss Luo doesn't need to explain, it seems that Director Xue has already taken a fancy to Songshi's song."

He has also been in the entertainment industry for so many years, so he can't see it.

Blue Bird Media called them over, obviously not because they were interested in the song, but because they were using them as tools to lower the price of turquoise.

However, Xue Tao's character is not such a sophisticated person. If he likes "Painting Heart", he just likes it, and he doesn't want to talk about other songs.

Luo Yuheng was a little embarrassed, and explained: "Mr. Xu, don't worry. This time, I actually want Puxiang and Songshi to cooperate. I hope that the queen Qi Xiuna will sing this theme song."

In the recording industry, Puxiang Records is larger than Songshi Records.

One of the reasons is that Puxiang Records has a queen named Qi Xiuna.

Jade Bird Media chose the theme song for the big production of the National Day file, and naturally hoped to invite an angel to sing it later.

In this way, during the publicity and distribution stage, the popularity of Tianhou can also be used to improve the publicity and distribution effect.

Xu Liren was interested when he heard this proposal.

If Qi Xiuna, the queen of Puxiang, is allowed to sing, then there will be more places to discuss.

Puxiang may even consider buying out "Painting Heart" directly with Jade Bird Media and producing it on Puxiang Records.

This situation is very common in the entertainment industry.

Because Jade Bird Media is Party A, under normal circumstances Party B will do what Party A says.

Fang Xing didn't want to do this, and said politely: "Sorry, I still want to decide the singer for this song."

Luo Yuheng was a little surprised, frowned and said, "Then Blue Bird should buy this song."

Fang Xing frowned, thought for a moment before saying: "Forget it, you guys think about other songs, I still want to be the master of this song."

Luo Yuheng did not expect this young man to be so tough.

Normally.

For a new music producer like Fang Xing, who has the opportunity to produce the theme song of a movie with an investment of over [-] million yuan, he should be respectful.

Seeing that Fang Xing's attitude was a bit too tough, Liang Yusong was worried that the matter would collapse, so he quickly eased the atmosphere and said, "Don't worry, let's discuss another cooperation plan."

Luo Yuheng had dealt with Liang Yusong before, so he naturally gave more face, thought for a while and said: "We hope that the theme song will be sung by Qi Xiuna, and we will record it as soon as possible and put it in the second trailer."

Liang Yusong turned his head and glanced at Xu Liren, and said, "How about we produce Songshi Records and ask Qi Xiuna to sing, is this a good plan?"

Xu Liren was actually not satisfied with this plan.

From his point of view, of course he hopes that the theme song of the movie will be released by their company.

Jade Bird Media didn't think so, as long as Qi Xiuna sang it, it would be fine as the movie's theme song.

Fang Xing interjected: "I originally hoped to choose the singer myself. If Jade Bird wants to choose the singer, it's fine. I will produce the song, and the singer will not participate in the share of the later stage revenue of the song."

Say this.

Luo Yuheng and Xu Liren's eyes widened at the same time.

Luo Yuheng thought it was a bit funny: "Mr. Liang, the newcomer you signed is a bit powerful."

Of course, the "powerful" in her words does not really mean praise.

Liang Yusong happily smoothed things over: "A newborn calf is a bit arrogant, so don't worry about it, Mr. Luo, let's talk slowly."

Luo Yuheng shook his head and smiled, looked at Fang Xing, and asked, "Young man, can you make the decision? Do you want to ask your boss first?"

Liang Yusong knew Fang Xing's temper too well, so he replied helplessly, "He can."

Luo Yuheng showed a surprised expression, he didn't expect Liang Yusong to pamper this young man so much.

She frowned, turned to Xu Liren from Puxiang Records, and asked, "What about Mr. Xu? What's your opinion?"

Xu Liren leaned in the swivel chair, pressed his fingers on his temples, thought for a moment, and said: "If the song is produced in Songshi, then we can only negotiate according to the market price. Qi Xiuna's minimum standard is to share 20% of the song."

This price is the price announced by Puxiang.

Of course, it doesn't mean that whoever asks Qi Xiuna to sing the theme song has to pay this price.

If it is to repay the favor, or if a friend asks her for help, there will be an additional friendship price.

But the announced price is 20% share.

Fang Xing thought about it for a while, and said, "Sorry, I've already talked about a singer. If the singer I've chosen is chosen, I don't need Jade Bird Media to pay extra."

Luo Yuheng frowned and asked, "Which singer?"

"It's the demo." Fang Xing replied.

When Xue Tao heard it, he directly agreed: "Yes, the standard of the demo is very high, and the official version will dig out the details, and that's it."

Luo Yuheng's expression collapsed, and he turned to look at Xue Tao.

The two have been arguing about the movie for almost a year.

Xue Tao said directly: "Anyway, this is my opinion. The singer who sang the demo, I agree. If Mr. Luo is not satisfied, you can figure it out."

Luo Yuheng understood Xue Tao's temper very well, and asked with a sigh: "Who is the singer who sang the demo?"

"Li Caiwei." Fang Xing replied.

Li Caiwei is a quasi-first-line singer, of course Luo Yuheng has heard of it.

It's just that in recent years, Li Caiwei rarely appeared on the show, so it made people feel outdated.

However, as a quasi-first-line singer, Li Caiwei's singing skills are still acceptable.

Luo Yuheng looked at Xue Tao and asked, "Are you sure you want to use Li Caiwei?"

Xue Tao replied very simply: "I knew after listening to the demo that she can sing well. I also hope that Mr. Luo will not direct the experts. If Mr. Luo insists on intervening, then I will also express my attitude. I want this song , how you can buy it is up to you."

This is not polite at all.

Luo Yuheng was used to it a long time ago, so he wasn't angry. He looked at Xu Liren and said, "Director Xue has settled on Li Caiwei. I'm really sorry. Why don't we talk again next time?"

"Then let's work together again next time."

Xu Liren stood up, shook hands with Luo Yuheng, then looked at Liang Yusong, and congratulated him: "Congratulations to Mr. Liang for getting this order and signing such a powerful newcomer."

(End of this chapter)