Chapter 176 Bet
As soon as he heard about the song, Chen Tianxiang and others immediately cheered up and looked at Zheng Rui with bright eyes.
"It's really raining in time. I just happened to be missing a title song. I'm going to make a Cantonese album next month." Chen Tianxiang said with a smile.
Anyone who is familiar with him knows that he releases an album every year, and he is also one of the singers in the music industry who can make a lot of money by releasing physical albums.
After several years of albums, he and the company decided to make a Cantonese album to give back to the fans in their hometown and reminded himself not to forget his original intention. Back then, he became popular in Cantonese.
Over the past decade, with the rise of Mandarin songs, he has not made all Cantonese albums for many years.
Zheng Rui couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "That might have disappointed Brother Xiang. This is a Mandarin song."
"Mandarin?" Everyone was stunned.
But then he felt relieved. After all, he didn't ask for any songs at the beginning. But they subconsciously thought that Zheng Rui could write Cantonese songs.
"Let's take a look first! If it's not suitable, I'll give you another Cantonese song. In fact, I already have a Cantonese song under the polishing, so Brother Xiang will appreciate it at that time." Zheng Rui took out the song score.
Chen Tianxiang smiled slightly: "It's okay! This song is all right."
He took it and said politely before he could read it. It was already very favorable for others to write songs, but he was still picky and picky, which was a bit unreasonable.
I saw that there was a long song title on the song score - "A Thousand Reasons for Sadness".
Speaking of familiarity with music, there are probably not many people in China who are better than Chen Tianxiang. They are more professional than Zheng Rui.
After watching it for a few seconds, Chen Tianxiang started to play this song automatically in his mind.
He savored it in his mind for a while, the joy on his face became stronger and stronger, and finally he was excited, and his hands holding the song score were getting stronger and stronger.
Finally, a ray of light burst out from his eyes: "This song is so well written."
Its melody is extremely beautiful at the beginning, and Chen Tianxiang likes it very much.
In fact, this is a song about love breakup, and the endless regret is fully expressed in the song. This song is quite different from Chen Tianxiang's usual song style.
"This song is not good for the album," Mr. Huang couldn't help but say.
He didn't know much about reading the music score, but after reading the lyrics for a while, he knew what style it was.
Mr. Huang attaches great importance to Chen Tianxiang's album this year and does not want any problems. Although a song with good quality looks very different, it will appear out of place in the album, affecting the sales and evaluation of the entire album.
After Mr. Huang finished speaking, he realized that he was a little sorry for Zheng Rui and quickly explained: "It's not that this song is not good, Zheng Rui, don't misunderstand it."
Zheng Rui smiled casually and said, "It's okay! Then we will work together next time!"
Chen Tianxiang immediately shook his head firmly: "Don't, I want this song. However, I won't put it on this album. I suddenly had a plan to release another single album this year, just this song."
"Single album? Are you crazy?" Tanye immediately spoke.
The physical album itself is in a downturn now, and you are still playing single albums? Even if you are the king of heaven, you may fail!
"No, you may not know the meaning of this song yet. Listen to me this time," Chen Tianxiang said.
Tanye and others were speechless and said to themselves: Didn’t you listen to you that time? The whole company has always attached great importance to your own subjective ideas.
The bigger the stars are, the harder they are to serve. Their personal ideas are very strong and they cannot tolerate sand in their eyes. Many times, what they believe is difficult to persuade.
Even East Asia Entertainment would not dare to disobey him too much if it were an existence like Chen Tianxiang.
"If you are afraid of failure, I can just pay my wallet by myself." Chen Tianxiang said again.
Tanye said depressedly: "The company is not so poor yet! OK, just say whatever you say!"
Since Chen Tianxiang insisted on asking for this song, the next step is to discuss the cost with Chen Youjun.
Chen Tianxiang is worthy of being a famous iron rooster in the circle and is more concerned about money. It is no secret that Zheng Rui’s songs are priced, but he still wants to be cheaper.
Zheng Rui didn't speak, watching them talk to avoid embarrassment.
Chen Youjun has seen many things with Zheng Rui. King Liu has seen him several times. He is naturally not afraid of this King Chen. When talking about the price, he will not give in.
In the end, the atmosphere was a little stiff. Zheng Rui was speechless. Logically speaking, Chen Tianxiang, you have made a lot of money! So the price difference of 200,000 to 300,000 is worth your dispute for half an hour?
Fortunately, he still has a sense of responsibility and did not talk directly with Zheng Rui, but kept putting pressure on Chen Youjun.
He knew very well that if he had talked to Zheng Rui like this, he would probably have no chance to cooperate next time.
"Oh! Can't you give some face? After all, I'm the king of heaven. If I sing it, this song will definitely be popular. The impact it brings will also be beneficial to your Zheng Rui, right?"
Chen Youjun is powerless to complain, but you still have the nerve to say that you are the king of heaven? Is there a king like you?
There is indeed nothing wrong with the rumors in the circle. No wonder so many colleagues who worked with you in the past were full of resentment and said that you are not a good partner and it is okay to be friends.
"No, Brother Xiang, you will make it difficult for my boss to be a human being in the future." Chen Youjun refused to give up a penny and did not raise the price, because you were the king of heaven.
After all, the songs given to Liu Tianwang and others are also the standard. You are cheaper. How do you think of them? Do you look down on them?
Moreover, your King Chen’s biggest income is touring concerts. The annual revenue of concerts is as high as hundreds of millions, and 20% of the electronic copyright income is not an exaggeration!
Finally, Zheng Rui couldn't help but speak, "Or why we'll start a bet."
"Gambling?" Chen Tianxiang and the others saw that Zheng Rui had spoken, and it seemed that they were impatient to wait, and a hint of embarrassment flashed across their faces.
"How to bet?"
Zheng Rui smiled and said, "We bet on its single sales. If the sales volume of gold records are not enough, you can give me the one million buyout fee. If it meets the standards of gold records, I still need 20% of the electronic copyright income. If the sales volume of the album reaches five million, I want half of the electronic copyright income, how about it?"
There are one million gold records, but if it were put in the past, it wouldn't be a big deal. But in today's music market, those who are physical are basically dead and not losing money are considered good. It's almost a miracle to reach one million. As for five million, it really scared Chen Tianxiang and the others.
Mr. Huang and others regard five million copies as a joke, but they didn't take it seriously. The main reason is to consider whether they can reach the level of a million copies of gold records.
You know, this is a single album! It will be criticized by people. What is it that you don’t use an album of songs to make money?
They thought for a while and nodded: "Okay! Just do what Brother Rui said."
Chapter completed!