China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 33: In order to make a TV series, you wrote an entire album?

"Director Li, please use your magical powers. I'm just a worker. I can't withstand this kind of blow."

Hu Yanbin said with a grimace.

He signed with a record company when he was sixteen or seventeen, and became popular in his early twenties.

Last year, "Civil and Military" sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

This year's upgraded version of "Cultural Relics" sold better than last year's record.

He must have made a lot of money, and he is definitely considered a success among his peers.

But a worker is a worker after all, and there is no comparison with a boss like Li Yu who starts his own company.

In just a few simple words, Director Li let Hu Yanbin know that young people should not be too frivolous.

Director Li was very satisfied and felt that he had contributed a small amount to the education industry in China.

Director Li got into Hu Yanbin's sports car and asked his assistant to take the luggage to the hotel reserved in advance.

Hu Yanbin drove Li Yu on the road in a sports car.

Not to mention, it feels really good to watch the scenery on both sides of the road receding, giving people a feeling of excitement.

"Director Li's first film in his career was a great success. He also got a good car and drove it."

Hu Yanbin said.

"I'm not particularly interested in cars. Cars are just a means of transportation, as long as they can be used."

Li Yu replied calmly.

What sports car to buy? Prodigal stuff.

In the final analysis, a car is just a consumable. How about buying a slightly better sports car without starting at RMB 1.8 million? And it starts to depreciate from the moment you buy it home.

This amount of money could buy one-third or one-quarter of a courtyard house in the capital.

Li Yu is not interested in hoarding cars, but is very interested in hoarding houses and courtyards.

He had already thought about it. After filming the ghosts, he would build two courtyards.

There is no way, Li Yu is just so vulgar.

Except for his area of ​​expertise in directing, he doesn't know much about circles other than the entertainment industry.

Hoarding a house is the most profitable and safest investment for people who don’t know how to invest.

As the host, Hu Yanbin was very attentive to entertaining Li Yu, a guest from afar.

He brought Li Yu to eat the famous Li family cuisine.

Lijia Cuisine is very famous in the Magic City area and requires a reservation in advance.

It is said to be the top palace banquet, and the chef of the restaurant is a descendant of the chef of the Imperial Kitchen of Empress Dowager Cixi.

After actually tasting it, Li Yu personally felt that the taste of most of the dishes was moderate, without merit or demerit, and not as amazing as imagined.

In fact, it’s right if you think about it seriously.

Modern people's taste buds have been bombarded by all kinds of modern industrial flavors and fragrances.

Isn’t it a bit boring to try dishes made with a hundred-year-old recipe after you are used to eating dishes made with modern seasonings?

Let the chef in the imperial kitchen cook the stock all day long, and the taste will not be as good as a housewife adding two spoons of MSG.

Of course, everything has advantages and disadvantages.

When used in moderation, this thing is called technology that changes life; when used too much, it is called technology and hard work.

"Yan Bin, I plan to ask you to help me record songs for my new work "Ghost" this time, but this time there will be a little too many songs.

There are more than a dozen songs in total, some are duets between men and women, some are lyrical, and some are more rap-oriented.

You are a professional in this regard. Just like last time, I only provide lyrics and a basic melody framework, and you fill in the rest. "

When it comes to business, Li Yu is fully focused and his expression is very serious.

Hu Yanbin took a thick stack of music scores from Li Yu's hand, and he was greatly amazed!

How did Li Yu, a director, become more productive in the field of music creation than he, a professional music creator? A few months ago Li Yu released several songs of good quality.

Among them, "Destiny" included in the upgraded version of his "Civil and Military" has the highest quality.

Due to the popularity of Full House, the song Destiny has been playing in many streets and alleys across the country recently.

Hu Yanbin is definitely one of the biggest beneficiaries.

Because of the popularity of Destiny and Full House, his upgraded version of The Civil War sold tens of thousands more copies.

Now the song "Destiny" is still in the top ten of the mainland pop songs popularity list.

In front of Destiny are heavyweights such as "Dongfeng Po", "Meet", "Dusk" and "Secret Fragrance".

"Director Li, I want to ask the question again. Is your main job really director?
  You actually wrote an album in order to make a TV series? "

Hu Yanbin looked at Li Yu's score and fell into deep thought.

After taking a closer look, he was even more dumbfounded.

Because most of the melodies and lyrics of Li Yu's more than a dozen songs are of good quality, and they are not filled with water or nonsense.

After Hu Yanbin became popular, the media dubbed him a musical talent and the best music producer in the mainland.

Now Hu Yanbin believes that Li Yu is more suitable for these titles given by the media than himself.

"Yan Bin, with your ability you should be able to handle these dozen songs, right? I believe in your talent."

Li Yu asked seriously.

"Director Li, regardless of my talent, compared with you, I feel like I am not a qualified music producer."

Hu Yanbin couldn't laugh or cry.

It's easy to get hit when you're with Li Yu.

He is very talented in writing melodies and writes great lyrics.

Isn’t it irritating that such a person is a director?

Fortunately, Li Yu has no idea of ​​entering the music scene, otherwise Hu Yanbin feels that he may not be able to keep his title as one of the new generation of outstanding music producers in mainland China.

When talking about specific cooperation matters, Hu Yanbin, who had tasted the benefits last time, felt that the previous cooperation model should be continued.

“Director Li, just like last time, you just need to pay for the production costs.

I will record these songs for you for free, but you have to give me the copyright to use these songs. "

Hu Yanbin said seriously.

This kind of cooperation model is acceptable to Li Yu.

Producing a dozen songs is no easy task.

Now Hu Yanbin is very popular. Both Yan Danchen and Luo Jin have received many commercial acting orders. As a singer who is currently more popular than an actor, Hu Yanbin is no exception.

Now Hu Yanbin sings a few songs and helps stand up and down the stage, and the appearance fee starts at ten or two hundred thousand.

If you are not afraid of taking high risks and not being able to get money, you can go to a remote place and get jobs worth hundreds of thousands per job.

Recording more than a dozen songs will undoubtedly delay Hu Yanbin's time to make money.

The copyright of the song should compensate for this loss.

"I have no problem. I will stay in the Magic City for a few more days. We will sign a contract in two days."

Li Yu readily agreed to Hu Yanbin's proposal.

"Director Li, happy cooperation!"

Hu Yanbin was very happy. He helped Li Yu record songs for free and got the copyright to use more than a dozen songs. He definitely won't lose!

With his musical aesthetic, he could find that several of these dozen songs had the potential to become popular.

Having more high-quality songs on hand will definitely help my career, and I will be able to hold better concerts in the future.

Unlike some singers who can sing all the songs in their career and not be satisfied with the two or three hours of a music concert.

(End of this chapter)