Please make money.

Even if Alia marked an artist who does not exist on Blue Planet, since the artist participated, he still has the right to share the profits.

Unless she can get the authorization of the original work - but the problem is that the original works are not in this world, whose authorization should she get?

"Doesn't that mean I'll be the only one here?"

"There is another way, which is to hire them."

"What do you mean?"

"As for the top composers, you can use them as simple studio staff. You just need to pay a sum of money."

"It's weird, but if that gets around copyright issues, then yes."

In fact, this is one of the corporate systems of Victory Records, which is designed to protect the rights of creators as much as possible.

You and your colleagues are killing people together, but it is often difficult to tell whether it is your colleagues who are killing people or you who are killing people.

Just like Liu Chan, he said that a certain brave general had the style of me and Uncle Zhao at the Battle of Changbanpo, and that can't be said to be wrong.

Zhao Zilong of Changshan went in and out of Changbanpo seven times. Didn’t Liu Chan participate in it?

Therefore, Victory Records has an additional employment system, which is to treat colleagues not as human beings but as tools.

"The salary of a top composer is about 500,000 yen per month. The price they pay is that they have to accept this kind of in-house outsourcing, which can completely avoid copyright issues and also give full play to their abilities."

Just like the principal pianist Fujisawa Ame, she is really good at playing the piano, and outsiders may not be able to invite her even if they pay money.

But within Victory Records, unless she really dislikes someone and doesn't give them any face at all, if you ask her for help according to the normal process, she will still have to sit down and act as a tool, following the music.

Even if Alia was holding the shiny music sheet of two tigers...

Alia clapped her hands. "I totally understand all this!"

"That's good."

"Your record company is really good..."

"...?"

What's with this tone?

What's with this tone?

This attitude - is she thinking about something weird?

The director looked at Alia with confusion, who for a moment exuded the aura of a golden dragon, and was puzzled.

...I always feel that I am suddenly not facing employees but the boss. It must be an illusion.

The director cleared his throat and collected his thoughts.

"But the biggest advantage of gold medals is not the basic salary. The real strength of gold medal creators is that they are qualified to negotiate with the company and can get a higher share of the revenue from their works."

A higher share?

Oh, I see. It’s an appointment from the master, right?

Alia was very curious: "What is the standard for the gold medal?"

"Gold medal creators, in the composition department, are senior composers. The company's criteria for evaluating senior composers is that they have at least five or more representative works with sales exceeding 600,000, or first-week sales exceeding 50,000."

With sales of 600,000, it is indeed worth having some bargaining power.

Ailia nodded to show that she understood. You know, the cumulative sales of "Timeaftertime ~花舞う街で~" is only 140,000.

But there is another option, which is to spend 50,000 in the first week.

That also means that it is at least popular for a while and has enough popularity, but the target market is not large.

The director thought for a moment and said, "I listened to your three songs several times yesterday. First of all, the song "Stay By My Side" is definitely going to break 600,000, but the other two, the piano piece, is a little hard to say. The other one, "Timeaftertime～花舞う街で～", would be very suitable if it can be used as an impression song."

Impression songs refer to character songs in film, television and animation works. They are original songs specially created for a certain character's image and personality.

Based on the limited materials and relying on the producer's understanding of the existing materials at the time, the producer will completely turn what he understood at the time into a qualified finished product. If the understanding at the time is almost the same as the content of the finished film, then the impression song will naturally become the theme song.

But this is not the case in most cases. Usually a special theme song will be produced later.

That song is really a little magical. Anyone who listens to it can imagine a little girl kicking a ball.

If the song wasn't so warm and sweet, everyone would probably have thought it was some supernatural event.

Ailia was thoughtful, although she didn't care much about the so-called gold medal or not.

But what's going on with this illusion of wanting to achieve something?

The boss of Victory Records is something, he understands people's hearts very well and his classification is very appropriate.

I feel like getting all the achievements...

The director felt a little emotional, or perhaps expectant.

"Don't think too far ahead. After all, even if the composing group behind you...well, I mean, you just joined the company and you've come up with several good works in succession. You still have a good chance of becoming a senior composer in the future. By then, you'll be the pride of the composing department!"

Perhaps he was used to making empty promises, so even though the director knew that Bai Longyu was defeated, he still encouraged him out of habit.

"Director, are you a gold medal creator?"

"Of course! I'm the former principal pianist. I'm very good at this!"

"I see... that doesn't feel that difficult."

"Ah this——"

Alia felt that she had to speed up the progress of releasing songs. After all, if she didn't get all the achievements now, she might not have time in the future.

Then why not just take advantage of this opportunity and release a big album.

What I have achieved today is all due to my own efforts!

Utada Hikaru's album! Reissue!

……

……

At noon.

Everyone in the composition department went to the cafeteria to eat.

After a busy morning, Alia took out a demo of a song she didn't want to reveal its name, "Wait＆See～リスク～".

Rubbing her hungry stomach, Alia just walked out of the recording studio and saw Fujisawa Yu waiting at the door.

Huh?

Speaking of which, there is a big sister who sings, a girl with long black hair who plays the piano, and myself who is stuck in the middle.

What is this feeling of déjà vu? Is winter here?

Winter photo albums are always so white, making people feel uncomfortable.

On the winter streets, in the cold wind, the singing coming from them makes people stop.

On the screen, she was singing on the other end while I was watching quietly on this end.

The winter wind kept blowing on my way back to university.

To me, this kind of wind has always been ordinary.

At least, until now, she was living her special life while she lived her ordinary life.

They were not involved in any incident together, and the story was embellished by the white album like a cold winter.

No matter what time, it's here——

“…It hurts, it hurts so much!”

"Pain? Miss Ai, are you okay?"

Fujisawa Yu was shocked. Miss Alice must not get into trouble!

If she died, how could I see the posthumous works of those masters?

Alia rubbed her stomach and said, "No, I'm fine. I just have a little stomach problem. At this time, a high-quality set meal can cure it."

"...I'll treat you to a meal?"

"That's good." Alia nodded repeatedly.

Tianhai Ailia is a noble person. Upon hearing this, she happily plans to go there.

Perhaps because he needed help, Fujisawa Yu was sensible enough to take Alia to the high-end cafeteria.

The senior cafeteria is different from the staff cafeteria. Dining here is quieter and there are fewer people.

Several tables around Alia were empty, and most of the dishes here were made individually.

Basically, the senior management orders the dishes in advance, and then they eat at noon after the chef prepares them.

Alia used to be very satisfied with Victory Records' protection of the rights of creators, but now she is a little disdainful.

Humph, we can't share the wealth, but we actually cook for ourselves...

"Are you free recently?" While eating, Alia suddenly remembered that she could hire the other person as a tool.

"If you are free, I would like you to help me with the accompaniment. Of course, if you are not free, forget it."

"Not busy, of course not, just a small order."

Fujize Yu quickly put down his chopsticks and sat up straight: "It's okay, I'll just push it off, I'll concentrate on helping you with the music."

"What list?"

"Ah, it's a promotional song for NTT Communications, played purely on piano. They bought the rights to use the song a while ago, and I'm responsible for covering it."

"NTT?" Alia was stunned. She didn't expect to hear this name here. "What song?"

"It's an advertisement song for Donghuang, called 'I Caught a Cold in That Corner'. It's very suitable to be changed into a piano solo."

Alia narrowed her eyes slightly and fell into deep thought with a fork in her mouth.

"Emmm..."

394-Why do you talk so strangely?

Question mark - in which corner did I catch a cold?

Didn't you use this song yourself during the promotion of Tamagotchi?

Alia sent a text message to Ann and Yumiko, but it took several minutes before she received a response.

It turned out that NTT had taken a fancy to the copyright of this song and wanted to buy it from her.

And because these things were so small, they were never sent to her desk.

It's just an advertising song, what's the big deal? What? The chairman is also a singer?

Now it’s good, the chairman is really a singer…

Just as Alia was about to say something, she saw the director coming, and there was also a person who looked like a strong woman.

Fujizawa Yu quickly stood up: "Mom——"

“It’s called a job title in the company.”

"...Yes, General Manager."

Although the executive lady looks similar to Fujisawa Yu in terms of features, her temperament is very different.

If Fujisawa Yu is the type of girl with a slightly arrogant style, then the other person's mother is the typical elegant strong woman.

The director looked at Alia, then looked at the executive who had just returned from abroad, and sighed.

Well, I hope old friends won’t provoke each other, her temper...

Besides, you can't pull people away and whisper to them at this time. What would that mean? Would it be an eyesore in front of them?

Although Managing Director Fujisawa looks like a strong woman, she seems to love her daughter very much.

Alia and Fujisawa Yu originally ordered two high-end set meals, but when she came, she added six more dishes.

Then he pointed at the dishes on the table and said, "I ordered too much. It's just right that you can help me share some of the burden. If it's not enough, I can ask them to make some temporarily."

"This……"

"What? You don't eat on time, and you don't want to supplement your nutrition. What do you want?"