Freelance Artist

  Chapter 7 Sorrow

  In the next two days, Lin Xi would bring Lin Zhibai with him when he went to work in the company.

  When he arrived at the company, Lin Xi would let Lin Zhibai go to work on the recording of "Sorrow".

   And when the time came to the third day.

  Lin Xi wanted to call his younger brother together before going to work.

  Lin Zhibai shook his head, "The song has been officially recorded, and I don't have to worry about the subsequent mixing and mastering."

"oh."

  Lin Xi nodded and said: "Then the production should be almost finished, have you signed the contract?"

"Um."

  Lin Zhibai complained: "The myth is very dark. I arrange the lyrics, music and music, and I only get 1.5 points."

   A contract must be signed before the song is released.

  Yesterday, the staff asked him to sign a contract. Lin Zhibai didn't expect any privileges, so he signed a contract according to the normal process, but it didn't prevent him from disliking the mythical contract black.

  Lin Xi laughed.

"First of all, you are a newcomer. Newcomers are not qualified to negotiate terms with the company. This involves a very real problem. There is no company composer or even a platform to publish your own works, let alone publicity resources. Excellent; secondly, the contract period is one year, and after one year the company will adjust your share according to your performance; thirdly, the top-ranked entertainment companies in Qinzhou adopt this standard contract for newcomers , there is no reason for you to break the unspoken rules of the industry.”

   "I understand the truth."

  Lin Zhibai looked at his sister: "This contract must be changed after one year?"

  Lin Xi thought for a while and said: "If the song enters the top ten of the season chart, the company will give bonuses according to the specific ranking, which can be regarded as a disguised increase in the share of the contract, but it must have the ability to enter the top ten."

   said.

  Lin Xi winked at his younger brother.

  Lin Zhibai said: "What if I make it into the top ten?"

  Lin Xi brushed his hair: "If you enter the top ten, then I will wash your underwear for a year?"

  Lin Zhibai: "..."

  Lin Xi went out happily.

   On the way, Lin Xi received a message on his mobile phone.

   "Remember to find me when you come to the company."

  The nickname of the sender is "Vice Minister Chen".

"receive."

  Lin Xi replied briefly.

   Shinhwa Group has 20 music departments. Vice Minister Chen is one of the general managers of these 20 music departments, and also the second in command of the company's large music department.

  Arrive at the company.

  Lin Xi went straight to Vice Minister Chen's office.

  Vice Minister Chen is a woman in her forties, sitting on the sofa in the office, reading documents, with a serious expression.

  Seeing Lin Xi enter the door.

  Vice Minister Chen showed a smile: "Sit down, I have something to tell you."

"You say."

   "The company held a meeting this morning, and the upper management discussed it for a long time. They want to reorganize the music department."

   "Reshuffling?"

  Lin Xi's face changed slightly.

  Vice Minister Chen poured two cups of tea.

   "The 20 music departments are too numerous and complicated to manage, so the management wants to reorganize the ten music departments that are lagging behind in performance, and then assign them to the top ten music departments."

   "Such a big move?"

  Lin Xi frowned, "What about the arrangements for the bottom ten executives?"

Vice Minister Chen motioned for Lin Xi to drink tea, "This is what I want to tell you. The bottom ten executives will be assigned to the top ten executives as their assistants. If this decision is implemented, you will be in a rather embarrassing situation, because The performance of your thirteen music departments has been hovering in the middle."

  Lin Xi took a sip of tea, pondering in his mind.

  If the company implements this decision, the tenth place will be the feng shui ridge of heaven and hell.

  Performance ranking within the top ten is safe, but performance ranking after tenth is dangerous.

   "Today is already August 20th."

  Vice Minister Chen tapped the document on the table with his fingertips, "I just saw your department's average performance ranking before August."

   "How many digits?"

   "Thirteenth place."

  Lin Xi squeezed the teacup slightly, "How much time is left?"

Vice Minister Chen said with a smile: "Don't be too nervous, this decision should be implemented in December, and you still have nearly five months to sprint your performance, as long as you make your annual performance into the top ten within five months , your department can be retained, and a large number of personnel will be supplemented from the abolished ten departments."

"I see."

  Lin Xi said softly: "This is a crisis, but also an opportunity."

Vice Minister Chen nodded, "Lin Xi, you followed me when you first joined the company, and finally took this position. If the department is abolished, you will be the deputy to the top ten supervisors. Deputy, but you should know how big the power and resource gap between the two characters is, I am restricted everywhere because I am the deputy manager of the music department."

"I know."

  Lin Xi smiled and said: "In name, you are the deputy manager of our big music department, but I always regard you as my master in my heart."

  Mythology is full of factions.

  In the Music Department, Lin Xi is considered to belong to Vice Minister Chen's faction.

  If Lin Xi's department is abolished, Vice Minister Chen will also be affected.

   On the other hand, if Lin Xi's wave is stable, then Vice Minister Chen's status and voice in the company will also be improved, which will bring more convenience to her work.

   The conversation is over.

...

  I have received the news, and I believe that the other nineteen music departments should have received the news as well.

In the next few months, the competition among the 20 music departments of Shinhwa Entertainment will be extremely fierce. Do I have to put all the composers in the department in a small dark room, so that I can’t write good songs to eat? ?

   At this time, the assistant followed.

  Lin Xi seemed to have thought of something, and asked, "Has the review of Lin Zhibai's song been completed?"

Before the songs of Shinhwa Entertainment are released, there will be a fixed internal review process, which is mainly used to confirm whether there is any possibility of plagiarism. If the similarity reaches a certain standard, it is suspected of plagiarism. Don't even think about releasing this song in the name of mythology. The old man is a person who cherishes feathers very much.

"Yes."

  The assistant followed suit, "The review has passed, and the song has been sent to your encrypted mailbox through the company intranet."

"Um."

  Lin Xi entered the office and prepared to listen to the song.

  As the head of the department, Lin Xi would listen to every song released by the Thirteenth Department of Music and briefly estimate the market.

   This is one of her jobs.

  Although the younger brother went through the back door and was arranged by the airborne supervisor, he did not pass the screening channel within the department, but the necessary procedures still had to go.

   Besides, Lin Xi was also curious:

  My younger brother, who briefly learned piano and guitar before the age of fourteen, ended up with something?

  Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

  When I feel tense like this, it seems good to be able to listen to songs written by my brother.

   Ask the assistant to close the door.

  Lin Xi opened the company's internal mailbox and saw the title of his younger brother's work.

   "Sorrow?"

   These two words inevitably make Lin Xi have some associations.

   Feeling inexplicably complicated, Lin Xi connected to the extremely expensive monitor speaker in the office and clicked to play.

  The prelude sounded.

   is the sound of the accordion.

   Sadness.

   Quiet.

  It seems to make people's heart feel a little sour unconsciously.

  Amidst the slow melody, the guitar followed, and a slightly thick human voice sounded.

  This melody...

  The lyrics…

  Lin Xi was in a trance for a while listening to the song.

   And when the verse transitions to the chorus, every line of the lyrics is like a knife piercing into people's hearts.

   There is no need for the singer to express anything hoarsely, Lin Xi's heart is full of waves, as if seeing a drunk young man on the wine table.

   whispered his melancholy.

   Tell his grief.

  Lin Xi's eyes suddenly flashed back to his younger brother's past three years. He filled a pot of wine and got drunk before drinking.

gradually.

  Her eyes are red.

   I don't know when the singing will end.

  Lin Xi clicked play again in silence.

She couldn't tell whether the lyrics of "Dissipating Sorrow" were some kind of heartfelt voice of her younger brother over the past three years, or the creation after artistic processing, but she didn't want to ask and dared not ask, for fear of touching the newly healed scar again and tearing it apart. There was a heart-rending pain in the flesh.

   And stand on the supervisor's point of view.

  Lin Xi also couldn't tell how this song would perform in the market.

   This has nothing to do with business ability. She has handled countless songs, but most of them are difficult to predict the market's response in advance.

  If the market is so predictable, there won't be a huge number of songs hitting the street silently every year.

  Who is not full of ambition when he releases a song?

  Especially for slow songs like "Sorrow", which has very little melody ups and downs and is almost purely lyrical, it is even more difficult to predict the market.

  The only thing Lin Xi can be sure of is that someone will definitely like this song, the difference is nothing more than how many people will like it.

  Because the song "Sorrow" sounds excellent to Lin Xi.

  So good that Lin Xi couldn't even believe that this is a new song by a newcomer!

   Is my brother a genius?

  Will this song become a performance that I have been thinking about?

  After listening to the song five times in a row, Lin Xi finally took out his mobile phone and called Lin Zhibai.

  The phone is connected.

  Lin Xi said softly: "The song is well written."

  Lin Zhibai smiled, "When will it be released?"

  Lin Xidao: "After the propaganda department has finalized the promotional copy, it can be released."

   Copywriting?

  Lin Zhibai said without hesitation: "Putting out the knife cuts off the water and makes it flow even more. Raise your glass to relieve your sorrow and worry even more."

  Lin Xi was startled.

  Passing this sentence carefully in my heart, the more I taste it, the more subtle it feels.

   Thinking of the heart-wrenching lyrics of "Sorrow" again, she said in a complicated mood: "My brother has grown up."

  Lin Zhibai didn't speak.

  Lin Xi thought for a while and suggested: "Many people know you, or you can post songs under your stage name, which can save you some trouble."

"also."

   "That's Xiao Heizi?"

   "This is not going to work."

   "How about calling him Brother Bai?"

  Lin Zhibai is helpless, Lin Xi will occasionally call him this, but it is only a stage name after all: "It's just as long as you like it."

"Ok, deal."

  Lin Xi hung up the phone, stood up suddenly, suppressed his smile, regained the majesty of the supervisor, and pressed the pager on the table with his fingertips.

"director."

  The assistant outside the door enters.

  Lin Xi said word by word: "Connect with various departments, the thirteenth music department is ready to release a song!"

"receive!"

  The assistant prepares to turn around.

  Lin Xi called his assistant to stop: "Give me the song data sheet of "Xiaochou", and the composer informed that he will release the song under his stage name."

"OK."

  The assistant quickly brought over the information sheet.

  Lin Xi took out a gel pen and filled in the information sheet for a while, then showed a satisfied smile, and handed it to the assistant:

   "Send it tonight!"

  The assistant ran out with the information sheet, and couldn't help but glance at the contents on the way.

  Song name: Xiaochou

   Lyricist: Baidi

  Composer: Baidi

   Arranger: Baidi

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