The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 640
David Geffen reluctantly took over the score, and saw that the first song was "Right Here Waiting", which is also the famous "This Love Can Wait".It was originally a masterpiece of American rock lyric singer Richard Marx, but now Richard Marx is far from making his debut, so Xu Guanwu plagiarized it and gave it directly to Deng Lijun for her to sing.

Although the song "This Love Can Be Waited" was supposed to be a man's affectionate confession, it would feel a bit awkward if it was sung by a woman, but this song is an enduring English lyrical classic after all, even if Deng Lijun sings it first It won't be popular after one time, but Deng Lijun will be mentioned frequently when other singers become popular in the cover.

At that time, I don't know if it is the cost of the copyright of the cover song, even her record sales will be stimulated.This is why European and American singers often cover the songs of their predecessors, and many times it is not just a tribute.There is also the consideration that record companies want to boost sales of older records.

David Geffen finished watching the song "This Love Can Be Waited" in a short while, and then watched the next few songs with an unbelievable expression, "BEUTIFUL DAY", "MY LOVE", "YOU RAISE ME UP", "HOW DID I FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU", "Just One Last Dance", "Beautiful day", etc., each capital is a catchy classic song.

After reading all these more than 60 songs in one breath, David Geffen stared at Xu Guanwu with wide eyes in surprise, and was speechless for a long time.

Seeing his expression, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but feel very happy. Although these songs are the classic songs he plagiarized from his previous life, it is a bit unkind to bully David Geffen in this way, but since this is a golden finger arranged by God, Xu Guanwu There is no reason not to.It's like if one is lucky enough to travel to the world of "Dragon Babu", who can resist the desire in his heart not to go to Wuliang Mountain to get the martial arts cheats of Xiaoyao Sect?
"How about the quality of these songs? I just took out a small part, if not enough, our family still has a lot." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

David Geffen couldn't help twitching his face, as if he had been slapped hard with an invisible slap, "Xu, these songs were really composed by Hong Kong musicians?"

"Of course, otherwise, do you think it fell from the sky?" Xu Guanwu asked with a smile.

David Geffen smiled wryly. He knew that his attitude just now had offended Xu Guanwu, so there was a bone in every sentence, which made him a little uncomfortable.

"That's not what I meant," David Geffen quickly waved his hands and smiled, "I think these songs are really great. I really want to meet your Hong Kong musicians. Let's find a chance to discuss music together, shall we?"

Xu Guanwu chuckled, "Of course it's good, but let's not rush this matter. Let's release Teresa's album first. Do you think any of these songs are suitable?"

"Yes, yes, enough to make an album." David Geffen quickly responded, "Don't worry, I will help her make this album."

Xu Guanwu couldn't help feeling great when he saw his arrogant and condescending appearance. Hitting people with golden fingers was a joy, and they were so dazed and speechless every minute.

"By the way, Xu, can I discuss something with you, okay?" David Geffen shyly said to Xu Guanwu.

Seeing his shy and smiling eyes, Xu Guanwu couldn't help shivering in Lingling, it was so chilling. "Let's listen to it first." Xu Guanwu patted the goosebumps on his body and said.

"It's like this. You see, there are more than 60 songs here, and Teresa's album is only a dozen or so songs at most. Can the rest of the songs be sung by other singers in our company?" David Geffen tentatively asked, in a cautious tone.

Xu Guanwu waved his hand, "That can't be done, these songs are all sung for Terry She, other singers want to sing, and let them do the cover after the record is removed."

David Geffen was taken aback for a moment, and then he couldn't help but smile wryly.The first and cover songs in the music world are completely different concepts. Even if the sales of the first album may not be very good, the reputation is higher than the cover.And if you sing a cover, you have to pay the copyright fee for the first song. If this money accumulates, it can be quite a large sum of money.

"Xu, don't be so resolute, let's discuss it again. You see, many of these songs are not suitable for female voices. Even if Teresa reluctantly sings, it probably won't be well received. How about putting Transfer it to a suitable male singer to sing, and I promise to give you a pretty good reward." David Geffen said with a smile again.

Xu Guanwu smiled. He naturally knew that many of these songs were actually sung by male singers, such as "BEAT IT", "MY LOVE", "YOU RAISE ME UP", etc., but he still insisted on letting Deng Lijun Sing first, even if it sounds a little weird, the record sales may not be very high, it feels like a waste of money, but Xu Guanwu just wants Deng Lijun to sing first.

"It's really a waste of what you're doing." David Geffen couldn't help but said depressedly when he saw Xu Guanwu bit him to death but didn't let go.

Xu Guanwu chuckled, "I have plenty of good songs, and if I waste them, I'll waste them. If you have the guts, bite me."

David Geffen was completely speechless, "Okay, okay, since you insist, let's do it. Alas! What a crime!" David Geffen couldn't help but sighed to the sky.

He knows what a good song means to a singer. Often a good song can make a singer popular, prolong his artistic life, and earn a lot of money for the record company.

Record companies usually divide the collected songs into four grades. Grade A songs are super good songs with beautiful melody, which people will like after listening, like Michael Jackson's "DANGEROUS", Backstreet Boys' "AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME" and so on, B-level songs are generally good songs, with beautiful melodies, fascinating people, and have the potential to sell well, but they need to adopt appropriate promotional strategies. C-level songs are ordinary songs, and there are few popular songs. Potential, but might suit fans of a certain taste. D-level songs are rubbish songs, the kind of songs that make up numbers, randomly piled up in the album to make up numbers, and may be played on a loop several times without leaving any impression on people.

A record company releases an album, and if there is one A-level song in an album, it is quite a big deal. Most of the time, it is just two or three B-level songs paired with seven or eight C-level songs, and one or two D-level songs are added.Of course, if a superstar, like Michael Jackson, has strong control over his album, and he has a bargaining chip with the record company, he can add two more A-level songs to his album, or It is a B-level song, replace the D-level song in it.

And David Geffen found that among the more than 60 songs brought by Xu Guanwu, A-level songs accounted for more than half, and the rest were all B-level songs, almost none of C-level songs, let alone D-level songs. sing.

According to the method of using one A-level song and one B-level song for each album, Mermaid Records can release at least 300 albums. If the sales volume of each album reaches 6000 million copies, it will be a total of 60 million copies.At a profit of five dollars per record, that's a full $[-] million.This has not taken into account the worth of popular singers, and the sales of future concerts, collections, videos, etc. If calculated in a general way, these [-]+ songs can at least create a profit of at least one billion US dollars.

Although David Geffen is already a famous figure in the American recording industry, his worth is only tens of millions of dollars at the moment, so this billion dollars is simply an astronomical figure for him.Think about the world's largest record companies, the market value is only a few hundred million dollars.With these songs, Mermaid Records can become the most profitable record company in the United States and even the world in one fell swoop.

Imagine how glorious that would be, but now Xu Guanwu has ruthlessly shattered David Geffen's dream, making him regret it and wish he could slap himself a few times. If it wasn't for his bad mouth, as for Lost so much money?
Xu Guanwu was very happy to see David Geffen twitching his mouth. He was so arrogant yesterday that he didn't take bean buns as food. Now that he has been taught a lesson, he is finally honest, right? !
"In this case, Teresa's album will be produced by you. Work hard." Xu Guanwu patted David Geffen on the shoulder with a smile, and couldn't help laughing.

"Xu, do you know how much damage you have caused yourself by going your own way? At least hundreds of millions of dollars." David Geffen said bitterly.

"I know." Xu Guanwu nodded and smiled.

"Since you know, why do you still do this?" David Geffen asked almost madly.

"Because I like it." Xu Guanwu continued to be so angry that he didn't pay for his life.

David Geffen couldn't help but raised his head to the sky and screamed, wishing he could turn into a werewolf and tear Xu Guanwu to pieces.Fortunately, he used to think that Xu Guanwu was the best business partner in the world, but now he knows that Xu Guanwu is a complete devil, and it is really depressing for him to cruelly play with him in the palm of his hand.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry, obediently help Teresa make this album." Xu Guanwu saw that his angry eyes were already glowing red, and he couldn't bear to add fuel to the fire, "If Terry If Sha's album is successful, I will consider giving you some of the songs."

"Really?!" David Geffen said, his eyes lit up when he heard it.

Xu Guanwu smiled, "I keep my word."

"Okay, just wait and see my strength." David Geffen smiled confidently.

Xu Guanwu smiled slightly, and then left Mermaid Records with Deng Lijun.When he got out of the company, Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing up to the sky. Seeing David Geffen's face was swollen by himself, he felt so happy.

"See how he dares to underestimate Hong Kong musicians, hum! This time, you know how powerful he is." Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing.

"Awu, what happened just now, I don't seem to understand very well." Deng Lijun asked suspiciously.

Xu Guanwu chuckled, and recounted how he slapped David Geffen in the face just now, "Don't you think it's very enjoyable, seeing how he dares to be arrogant in front of me in the future."

Deng Lijun couldn't help giggling after hearing this, "Awu, you are so bad, you used this method to punish him. No wonder I saw his face turn blue and white just now, I thought he had malaria."

"Haha, malaria, that's right, I'm too desperate to make a fuss." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "Let's go, let's have a good meal to celebrate."

"Well, where to eat?" Deng Lijun eats western food these days, either hamburgers or pizza, or oatmeal with milk, or vegetable salad, and his appetite is ruined.Now that I hear that I want to eat well, I can't help but almost drool.

"How about going to Chinatown to eat Chinese food? I ate there last time I was here, and it tasted pretty good." Xu Guanwu thought about it.

"Okay, okay, I've been here for so long, and I haven't had a good meal yet." Deng Lijun clapped her hands and laughed.

Xu Guanwu blinked again, "Teresa, would you like to take Miss Zhong with you?"

(End of this chapter)