Entertaining Children

  Chapter 1026 Co-creation

  The overseas release of "Wali" is settled, and the first thing Fang still needs to do after returning to China is to help Xiao Yao build a personal studio.

  Registration, as the legal person Xiao Yao has not returned to China, it is temporarily impossible to proceed, but in other matters, Fang can still prepare first.

  Since it is a personal studio, it must first of all need an office location.

  Regardless of whether Xiao Yao will return to Yanjing after graduation, he still has one year to graduate in Shenxi, and at least the next year will be mainly in Shencheng. Xiao Yao now runs a personal studio, and the location is set in Shencheng.

  In Shencheng, Xiao Yao has the closest cooperation relationship with Yin Xi’s studio and Tong Luo’s animation special effects company. In Yin Xi’s studio, there is also an office and a recording studio commonly used by Xiao Yao. The two companies are in the same creative park. For convenience, Fang still chose the location of Xiao Yao's personal studio here.

  The occupancy rate of this creative park is relatively high, but it is far from full. Whether it is renting or buying, you can find more suitable units in this park. Xiao Yao didn't want to have to pay rent so much, so Fang still chose the unit closest to Yin Xi's studio and bought it.

  The buildings in the park are prepared for enterprises, not residential buildings, so they have undergone a certain degree of decoration after they are completed. After buying the unit for the studio office, Fang still did not look for Chen Bella to do the decoration design like Xiao Yao did when he built the loft, but directly went to a very well-known decoration design company in Shanghai. Responsible for the fine decoration and layout of the office.

  In addition to the place to start a company, the most important thing is to have someone. Shencheng is a super first-tier city, and it is relatively easy to recruit talents. However, Fang still didn't plan to come out in person to conduct recruitment interviews one by one. Instead, he planned to leave the matter to the headhunting company and the heads of various departments to complete it himself.

For the person in charge of each department, Fang is still definitely looking for skilled and experienced hands in the industry, but she is not particularly professional in these aspects, so Fang still approached the headhunting company to place an order directly and ask the headhunting company. Look for some professionals who meet her requirements and who are likely to quit as candidates.

  After Xiao Yao returns to China, Fang and Xiao Yao will interview the candidates recommended by the headhunting company. After identifying the person in charge of each department, they will let the person in charge of the department set up their own team. It is up to them to decide whether they should still recruit people through headhunting companies or open recruitment.

  Although the various certificates and licenses of Xiao Yao’s personal studio have not yet been completed, there is no doubt about the orders still given by the headhunting company.

  China’s box office of "Wali" reached more than two billion. Some online media analysis said that Xiao Yao's share of income from it reached several hundred million. With such a large income, coupled with Xiao Yao's fame and the development potential he has shown, it is just right for him to open a personal studio.

  Although Fang is still not Xiao Yao who came forward to place the order, Fang is still a star agent who has been on TV. It is widely known that he is Xiao Yao’s agent. She said that Xiao Yao wants to open a personal studio, so there will be no fakes. What Fang still wants is a person in charge who can act on his own. There are a lot of requirements. The amount of remuneration promised when the order is placed is not small, which is not a small list for a headhunting company. After receiving Fang Li's order, the headhunting company was very actively engaged in this matter.

When Xiao Yao returned to China, the office of the personal studio had already been made up, and several well-known headhunting companies that Fang still placed orders also contacted some suitable candidates, waiting for the two to meet at an interview. . After Xiao Yao returned to China, besides going to school, the most important thing was to interview the heads of various departments of his own studio.

Since Xiao Yao took out his personal credentials and asked the agency company to help him run the company registration procedures after returning to China, when Xiao Yao and Fang still interviewed the head of the studio, the company's credentials and licenses were still not available. Come down. However, the headhunting company had introduced this situation to the candidates. Those candidates did not doubt that the office Xiao Yao said was still being renovated and the license was being processed. They still conducted interviews with Xiao Yao and Fang very seriously. communicate with.

The equity of a model agency, the equity of a two-person fashion brand, the equity of a musical instrument company registered in the United States, the copyright of a bunch of songs and MVs, the entire ownership of a short film, and the majority of the ownership of an animated film. Full ownership of the image copyright of the characters in the movie, and then a partial ownership of a live-action movie that has been filmed but has not yet been released. As soon as these things were put out, let alone the relevant professionals in the film and television industry, even the professionals of the multinational corporations and the world's top 500 companies were shocked by Xiao Yao's wealth.

  All these things are to be integrated into Xiao Yao’s personal studio. In addition, Xiao Yao also plans to invest in a small partnership with Zhao Rui and others to establish a film and television production company. After revealing these two pieces of information, the relevant people who were hired by the headhunting company became more interested in Xiao Yao's small studio.

  Headhunting companies are responsible for identifying candidates and persuading them to have intentions and participate in interviews, and they do not necessarily guarantee that both parties can reach an agreement. The interview is a two-way selection process. The other party is more interested, so Xiao Yao can choose a wider range.

  After interviewing all the candidates recommended by the headhunting company, Xiao Yao has several candidates for each position who feel satisfied in all aspects. After a lot of selections among the best, Xiao Yao and Fang still finally identified very satisfied candidates.

  Headhunting company is the common name of "senior management personnel recruitment agency", which is mainly a recruitment service organization that helps companies or organizations search for senior management talents and talents for key technical positions. The people they recommend are not necessarily all incumbents, but they are basically helping to dig out incumbents.

  The candidates selected by Xiao Yao are basically all incumbents. After the two parties reached an agreement, those people still had to resign from the original company and deal with some resignation procedures, and they could not start immediately. However, although all the formalities of Xiao Yao’s personal studio have been completed at this time, and all the licenses and certificates have been obtained, the decoration of the office has not been finalized, and those people will not be able to work normally when they come. Fang still didn't care about it.

  Of course, the failure to work normally does not mean that it cannot work at all. Since the two parties have reached an agreement, Xiao Yao and Fang still promised to delegate authority to them to form their own departmental team. When those people handled the resignation procedures of the original company, they also began to identify members of the studio's own team in advance.

  Youfang is still watching the decoration and materials of the office. The person in charge of the logistics department will come to help check it out when he has time. After finishing the main frame of the studio staff, Xiao Yao just let it go. After that, Xiao Yao invited Sun Tingting to Shencheng, and spent his free time with Sun Tingting in his office and recording studio in Yin Xi's studio, doing music for the debut of their music group. Preparation.

  On the second day after the premiere of "Wali" in China, Xiao Yao once suggested to Sun Tingting to form a two-person performance group. Although Xiao Yao was on a whim, since Sun Tingting agreed and the two of them had agreed, it must be the same. Xiao Yao also said at the time that if nothing happened in the second half of the year, the two would hold another concert tour together. Regardless of whether the concert will be held in the second half of the year, it is always right to prepare some songs first.

  Sun Tingting's return to China after going to the United States for a visit is still earlier than before. After returning, Sun Tingting mainly dealt with some of her own affairs.

  No matter what happens in the future, Sun Tingting will definitely not give up on music. After receiving Chambers's diploma, Sun Tingting has several options including continuing to study, applying for band musicians, and becoming a teacher in a private conservatory. After the four concerts, Sun Tingting has gained a little reputation in the domestic classical music circle. It doesn't seem to be too suitable for him to go to an ordinary music and art college or to become an ordinary musician in the orchestra. . Sun Tingting is also not very interested in entering a private conservatory as a violin teacher. She felt that although she learned well and pulled well, she might not be able to teach well.

  After some consideration, Sun Tingting decided to continue her studies, and at the same time, if she had the opportunity, she would slowly develop into the show business circle.

  Sun Tingting's further study is not to go to China or some foreign music school to study, but to find two master musicians to apprentice. Of these two musicians, one is the internationally renowned violinist Lu Siyuan, that is, the neighbor of her family, the music director of her four concerts, and the other is a very famous composer in China. Sun Tingting is going to follow Lu Siyuan to continue to hone his violin playing skills, and at the same time continue to learn composition and arrangement with the composer.

There is definitely no problem with Lu Siyuan. The other composer has heard of Sun Tingting's concert on the spot and recognized Chambers school very much. He has a very good overall impression and impression of Sun Tingting, and he received a very smooth reception. Sun Tingting is a student.

This kind of teacher-student relationship is different from the teachers and students in the school. There is no specific curriculum setting. Moreover, Sun Tingting is an adult who has obtained a Chambers diploma, not a child of the kind of enlightenment, and does not need tutoring. She supervises and stipulates the necessary practice time every day. She and the two teachers study more in terms of asking for advice, communicating and discussing. The time for studying is not very strict, but relatively free. So after hearing that Xiao Yao had temporarily dealt with the affairs of his own studio and was about to start composing the music for the duo, Sun Tingting immediately flew to Shencheng.

  Before Sun Tingting came to Shencheng, she thought it was Xiao Yao who wrote the tune, and wanted to practice together with the two of them. Unexpectedly, after coming, she discovered that Xiao Yao was going to take her to create together.

  Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting’s music group name was taken by Sun Tingting, called "Secret Garden", the English name is the same as a previous music group. After Xiao Yao heard this name, he had already thought of moving some works from this music group in this previous life.

However, although Sun Tingting said that Xiao Yao was responsible for the division of labor between the two in the group, and she was only responsible for the violin performance. Xiao Yao did plan to produce some works from the “Secret Garden” group in the previous life, but Xiao Yao could I didn't plan to let Sun Tingting really do nothing in terms of creation.

  Sun Tingting also learned composition and arrangement when she was in Chambers. Her own re-arrangement of "Faded" added a very powerful brass instrument, which is not only very thoughtful, but also very effective. From this point of view, Xiao Yao feels that Sun Tingting's talent in this area is quite good.

  Xiao Yao felt that perhaps the classic songs he had brought over from his previous life were too good and seemed to be too enchanting, making Sun Tingting less confident in this aspect, so there was such a division of labor arrangement. It’s actually not difficult to convince Sun Tingting, as long as what you bring out is a semi-finished product, let Sun Tingting work with him to perfect and create together.

  Art is actually a more subjective thing, and so is music. No one stipulates that a note must be followed by that note, as long as the combination is comfortable to listen to and feel good, it does not mean that the melody and arrangement that must be exactly the same as the original version of the previous life are the only and best. For example, when Xiao Yao was four years old, he played part of the melody of the two songs "The Most Beautiful" and "The Night I Miss You" for Xiao Siqi. In the end, the two songs written by Xiao Siqi were not exactly the same as the original version of the previous life, but the effect was achieved. It's the same.

  As far as the music level of the two is concerned, this kind of creative ability and distinguishing ability are sufficient. Xiao Yao also didn't require that the works of the two of them had to be exactly the same as the previous life, as long as the works he and Sun Tingting produced were good enough and comfortable.

  Ten thousand steps back and said, even if the music that the two changed is really not as good as the original version of the previous life, Xiao Yao doesn't care. Anyway, this combination of them was created for the two to be able to work together properly. The work was almost too close. The combination was not popular, and the two of them did not rely solely on the combination of works and commercial performances.

  The co-creation of the two people usually involves Xiao Yao first producing a melody, and the two of them expand together, and then arrange the composition together after completing the entire melody. This method is neither as simple as Xiao Yao directly copying the original version of the previous life, nor as difficult as completely original a piece of music. The two played with gusto.

  When signing the "Wali" theatrical distribution agreement in North America and Europe, Xiao Yao agreed to participate in some publicity activities. "Wali" was released in the United States in mid-October, and his publicity activities in the United States began in early October.

  Xiao Yao returned to China in early September, and in early October he was going to the United States to promote the release of "Wali", so he returned to China for about a month. In the first half month, Xiao Yao was mainly the person who interviewed and decided on the main frame of his studio, and in the second half month, he was mainly engaged in music creation with Sun Tingting.

  In the past half month, the two have created a total of four songs, plus the four songs from the previous Sun Tingting concert, this combination can be regarded as eight songs.

In Xiao Yao's mind, the number of tracks for an album is at least ten. These eight tracks are obviously not enough for the first album of the combination, but the promotion period is coming soon, and the promotion activities negotiated in the contract cannot Absent, Xiao Yao could only put aside the music composition of the group and set off again to fly to the United States.

  (End of this chapter)