I'm the man behind the big stars

Chapter 404 Suppressed

A few days later, Lu Chen created a studio and started recruiting people online.

Lu Chen actually considered whether to start a small company directly, but after much deliberation, he finally decided to forget it.

Although the company is small, but things must be indispensable, it is better to create a studio to save worry.

Just two days after the recruitment announcement was sent out, many people sent their resumes.

However, after chatting with Lu Chen for a few words, those people didn't come to the on-site interview.

Lu Chen was a little puzzled, the treatment he gave seemed to be quite good, why did no one come.

It was only later that Lu Chen figured out that it was because the treatment he gave was so good that no one dared to come, because people thought he was making a big deal out of it.

Finding that no one could be recruited, Lu Chen simply withdrew the recruitment information, and then rented a villa in the next-door Lantian Community, using it as the studio's office.

Although the houses in Lantian District are not as luxurious and expensive as Baiyun District, they are not far behind.

As long as people see the office here, they will definitely have a very good first impression, and Lu Chen has inquired that there are many studios nearby, some of which are particularly famous.

The atmosphere of this community is also very good, with a strong atmosphere of culture and entertainment. Many people want to work in the studio of this community.

Lu Chen came here to rent a villa, mainly for the sake of gaining fame here.

After finalizing the location of the studio, Lu Chen posted the recruitment information again, but this time he lowered the salary.

If the salary is too high, others will think that he is engaged in pyramid schemes, so the salary should be lower.

Sure enough, it was much better this time. Not long after the recruitment information was posted, someone came to apply for the job.

One of the people who came was a resigned employee of a certain recording studio. His name was Cheng Ming. He saw on the Internet that Lantian Community had opened a recording studio, so he came to take a look.

After arriving at Lu Chen's office, the interview officially started.

Because Lu Chen had already read part of Cheng Ming's resume on the Internet, he asked directly, "How long have you worked in the last recording studio?"

Cheng Ming replied, "I have worked for two years."

Lu Chen continued to ask, "Do you know all the musical instruments?"

Cheng Ming replied, "Yes."

After hearing this, Lu Chen said directly: "Okay, you passed the interview, and you can come to work tomorrow."

Hearing this, Cheng Ming was stunned. Is it so easy?
The two of them only spoke a few words, and the interview actually passed. He still hasn't decided whether to come to this company or not.

Lu Chen's requirements for employees are not particularly high now, as long as they can play musical instruments, they can come to his recording studio.

Seeing that Cheng Ming didn't seem to react, Lu Chen said with a smile: "You can ask any questions you have. As for the salary issue, I have marked it on the Internet."

Cheng Ming said, "Boss, what does our studio mainly do?"

Lu Chen thought for a while, and then replied, "It's mainly to help me record new songs, and then do daily operations."

Hearing this, Cheng Ming thought for a moment in doubt, help him record a new song?In other words, the boss is also a singer?

To be able to open a studio in a place like Lantian Community where the land is very expensive, this person must be very rich, or his songs should be very popular on the Internet, and he has made a lot of money.

It's just that most singers already have their own studio before they become famous. Now that this person has created a studio, he should be a rookie singer.

At this time, Cheng Ming asked cautiously: "Boss, do you have any works?"

To be honest, he didn't want to ask this question either. After all, he felt that it was a bit offending, as if he underestimated him.

However, as a wage earner, he is very particular about choosing a job. If the studio is disbanded within a few days, he may not even be able to get his salary.

After hearing Cheng Ming's question, Lu Chen smiled. It seemed that this guy was worried that his studio would not last long.

Later, Lu Chen replied, "I only released two songs for the time being, one is the brightest star in the night sky, and the other is after tomorrow."

Hearing this, Cheng Ming was stunned.

What, the boss in front of me is actually Chen Yin?
Is that the singer who became popular on the Internet after only releasing two songs?
Lu Chen continued to ask at this time: "How is it? Do you want to come to my studio?"

After hearing Lu Chen's voice, Cheng Ming came back to his senses, and immediately said, "Come on, I'll come to work tomorrow."

Chen Yin is one of the most popular singers these days. If you follow him, you will be able to gain a lot, and maybe you will be able to get in touch with more big names in the music world.

After all, his reputation is so great, there must be many people looking for him to cooperate.

Seeing that he was coming, Lu Chen took out a contract and said, "You should read the contract first. If there is no problem, we will sign the contract today."

Cheng Ming immediately accepted the contract, and after looking at it, he found that the remuneration was the same as the online recruitment information, and the terms of the contract were relatively loose, even looser than his contract at the last recording studio.

Immediately, Cheng Ming picked up the pen on the table and began to sign the contract.

After signing the contract, Cheng Ming left the studio.

Not long after, a few more people came.

In one morning, Lu Chen recruited all the people. I have to say, being famous is really easy to do.

After the studio was set up, the first thing Lu Chen did was to get in the team. He didn't prepare to record a new song until the team was more or less in the running.

A month later, Lu Chen's team was almost done, so Lu Chen released a new song using Chen Yin's vest.

This time, the song Lu Chen released was not a single, but an album with ten songs.

After the release of his new album, the sales volume quickly exceeded [-] million. However, problems soon appeared.

Although Lu Chen has not signed a contract with any company, he still wants to use music platforms to release songs, and one of his most profitable channels is Leyin.com.

And this music network is a monopoly company in China, because it holds a large number of music copyrights, and many songs cannot be listened to without downloading their software, so their number of users is also the largest, and daily activities are good. Hundreds of millions.

If a person's song is not on this website, it will be difficult for this singer to become popular. Not only is it difficult to become popular, but some famous singers will soon lose their songs because they have not signed a contract with this company. It's not as hot as it used to be.

After all, people listen to songs on this platform. If they change platforms, people are not used to it, and other platforms do not have as many songs as this platform.

It is very difficult for people to switch platforms for a singer, unless they are true fans, or the singer's songs are very good, the kind that can go straight to people's souls.

When Lu Chen was in full bloom, Yang Yonghong, the CEO of Leyin.com, sent Lu Chen a message on the site directly, asking him to either sign a contract with Leyin.com, or remove all his songs from Leyin.com, and let him choose.

When Lu Chen saw the news, he felt very angry. The other party promised that after signing a contract with him, they would give him enough promotional resources, but the share was changed from [-]% to [-]% and the music copyright belonged to the website.

Faced with such an unreasonable contract, how could Lu Chen agree to it? He immediately refused.

As a result, less than an hour after his message was received, Leyin directly removed all his music from the shelves.

Fortunately, users who have already purchased these songs can still listen to them, but people soon discovered that Lu Chen's songs had been removed from the shelves.

People are used to this kind of thing. Usually, these songs will come back within a few days, because most singers will compromise. After all, leaving Leyin.com is a fatal blow to a singer.

However, others would compromise, but for Lu Chen, he definitely had no intention of compromising.

How could he easily hand over all the copyrights to the songs he composed, and he didn't write songs entirely for money, his family had plenty of money.

As a result, the sales of Lu Chen's first album were greatly reduced, and many people knew that there were these songs, but they were too lazy to search on other music websites.

After this incident happened, Lu Chen's studio suddenly became lifeless. After all, it was a blow to Lu Chen and the studio.

At this time, Cheng Ming and several others came to Lu Chen's office, wanting to see how Lu Chen was doing.

They guessed that Lu Chen should be in a bad mood at this time, after all, he was suppressed by the platform.

However, when Cheng Ming and the others came to Lu Chen's office, they found that Lu Chen was humming and writing songs at the same time, and he didn't seem to be affected at all.

At this time, Lu Chen saw Cheng Ming and the others coming in, so he put down the pen in his hand, and asked, "What's the matter with you guys?"

Cheng Ming replied: "Boss, haven't you been restricted by Leyin.com, why don't you seem to be in a hurry at all?"

Lu Chen said with a smile: "What am I worried about? If they like to remove my music, they will remove it. If I am not on Leyin.com, I can still develop."

This……

Cheng Ming and the others look at me and I look at you.

You must know that Leyin.com is the largest music platform, and if a work is taken off the shelves by this platform, more than half of its popularity will be lost.

At this time, Lin Zijie asked: "Boss, don't you plan to sign a contract with Leyin.com?"

Lu Chen said: "There is no need to sign a contract. My work is naturally up to me. How can I hand over the copyright."

Hearing this, Cheng Ming and the others were very surprised. Usually when encountering such a situation, singers would sign a contract with the platform. After all, others monopolize the platform. Without this platform, the future development of singers will suffer greatly. limits.

Especially singers like Lu Chen who have become popular but have not yet become big stars. Singers like them usually choose to compromise, after all, the future is more important.

Cheng Ming and the others didn't expect that their boss would be so hard-nosed that he would rather have his work removed from the shelves than sign a contract with Leyin.com.

It's just that his life may not be easy in the future. Lu Chen himself works alone, and there is no big company behind him. No one backs him up. No matter how talented he is, he will probably be buried.

At this time, Lu Chen said to Cheng Ming and the others: "Go and do your own business first, I will hold a meeting later to talk about this matter, and then I will talk about my plan."

Seeing that Lu Chen had already said that, Cheng Ming and the others didn't say anything, turned around and left Lu Chen's office.

At this moment, Tianyin Company.

Office of the Chairman.

After a busy morning, Shiyin plans to take a break, listen to Lu Chen's songs, and relax.

As a result, as soon as she entered Leyin.com, she found that Lu Chen's songs had been removed from the shelves of Leyin.com, and she could only find these songs in the music she had already purchased.

Shiyin was a little confused, why was she removed from the shelves?
She quickly realized that this should be a problem between the platform and the singer.

Perhaps Leyin.com saw that Lu Chen was developing well, so it used its monopoly position to sign a contract with him to obtain the copyright of those songs.

Thinking of this, Shi Yin frowned slightly.

She knows Lu Chen's personality better, and Lu Chen will definitely not agree to hand over the copyright of her work.

If this is the case, the problem will be big.

Lu Chen finally became popular, but at this time the work was removed from the shelves, which was equivalent to being directly stuck in the neck.

Shi Yin thought to himself, he didn't know how Lu Chen should solve it, and whether he should come forward to help him.

It was hard for Lu Chen to make up his mind to enter the entertainment circle, but he couldn't give up just because of the problem of the music platform.

Thinking of this, Shiyin decided to go to Tan Luchen at night to see what he thought.

the other side.

Lu Chen called the studio for a meeting, and then directly announced a big news, he planned to directly upgrade the studio into a company.

After hearing the news, the employees of the studio were very puzzled, why did he do this?What's the point of doing this?
Immediately afterwards, Lu Chen announced another news again.

He wants to build his own music platform!
After hearing the news, people were shocked.

He actually wants to create a music platform by himself!
Isn't this a joke?
Nowadays, most music copyrights are in the hands of Leyin.com, and people go to Leyin.com to listen to songs. He wants to create a music platform. It is not so easy, and I am afraid that there are not many users.

The employees of the studio thought that he was a little whimsical, after all, it is very difficult to break the monopoly of a company.

Of course, although they think this is impossible, the employees still admire his spirit of resistance. After all, most singers will choose to sign a contract without hesitation after being suppressed by the platform.

But he didn't do that. Not only did he not sign the contract, but he also planned to go out and create a music platform by himself.

It can be said that they have never met a singer with such backbone before.

Of course, the ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny, and the probability of success is too small.

However, if Lu Chen can inject a large number of high-quality songs into the new music platform, or attract other singers to the platform, there may be a glimmer of hope.

After the meeting, the employees didn't leave, they were all discussing in the conference room about the possibility of Lu Chen's plan.

And Lu Chen left the meeting room directly, came to his office, and then called his sister.

After the call was connected, Lu Yaoyao said with a smile: "Brother, aren't you very busy recently? Why did you remember to call me?"

Lu Chen said with a smile: "Isn't it normal for a brother to call his sister? We are relatives, and we should keep in touch with each other no matter how busy we are."

Lu Yaoyao said: "Stop coming, you haven't called home since you came out."

Afterwards, Lu Yaoyao asked: "Tell me, what's the matter with you?"

Lu Yaoyao vaguely felt that her elder brother had something to do with her, if there was nothing important, he would not call her, at most he would just chat with her on WeChat.

(End of this chapter)