Volume 2 The Commodity Society Chapter 116 Selling Songs
The New Year's Day art show of the No. 1 Middle School can be said to be very successful, and I was fortunate to watch the performance on the spot, especially Chen Feng's guitar playing and singing "Life with You", which allowed these audiences to truly appreciate the charm of live music.
The melody of "Life with You" spread in Xiushi City for the first time, but because Chen Feng's song was only played and sung once at that time, although the melody of the whole song is not very complicated and the lyrics are very simple, it is a little difficult for everyone to remember it word for word from beginning to end. At most, everyone hummed a short part of it, but it was a little difficult to sing it all.
Therefore, after this theatrical performance in the city No. 1 Middle School, what people want most is Chen Feng's song score of "Life with You". The charm of music is endless, and the next day, as soon as Chen Feng and Hongye went to school, they were called to the office by the principal.
When I arrived at the office, I found that there was another strange middle-aged man inside.
"Chen Feng, I came to you this time because I was entrusted by someone. Well, this is an old classmate of mine, Tao Zhixin, the manager of the development department of Hong Kong Xingyue Entertainment Company, who happened to visit relatives in Xiuzhou this time. After Jiang Zhongping introduced Chen Feng, he said unceremoniously to Tao Zhixin, "Old classmate, I called you, but I can tell you first, don't trick him into becoming a singer or star, he is still a junior high school student." β
Tao Zhixin smiled, did not respond to Principal Jiang's words, but came up directly, and shook Chen Feng's hand with a kind face: "Hello, I'm Tao Zhixin, if you don't mind." You can call me Uncle Tao. β
No matter how you say it, they are all old classmates of the principal, of course Chen Feng wants to give him a little face, so he shouted: "Uncle Tao is good!"
After Tao Zhixin sat down Chen Feng, he said with a smile: "Chen Feng, you must have guessed my intention to come to you this time." β
"Yes, do you want to buy the copyright of my song "Life with You" yesterday?" Chen Feng asked generously.
"Chen Feng. Are you really different from other people your age? Hehe, that's right. I happened to listen to your song "Life with You" at the scene yesterday, and I thought it was very good, so I wanted to buy out its copyright. I can give you the best price in the industry at the moment if you want. Tao Zhixin looked at Chen Feng with a sincere face.
Chen Feng shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm sorry, I wrote this song to my girlfriend." So, you can't sell it to someone else. It is not for sale. β
As soon as he said this, the two adults present were very embarrassed. Principal Jiang coughed dryly twice, deliberately making it look like he was concentrating on reading the newspaper, and didn't hear the word "girlfriend" spoken by Chen Feng. And Tao Zhixin didn't expect that as soon as he opened his mouth, he was resolutely rejected, and he didn't know what to continue to say for a while.
Seeing this, Chen Feng said with a grin: "But." I can sell you a few other songs that I wrote myself, and in my opinion, although they are not as good as "Life with You", they should be good compared to the pop songs of the moment. I don't want more, a song is 100,000 RMB, of course, this is only sold for the right to use. The copyright and authorship are still mine. β
When Chen Feng said this, Principal Jiang was holding a teacup and drinking water, and when he heard Chen Feng asking for 100,000 yuan for a song, the tea that had just been drunk in his mouth squirted out, coughing again and again, and after a while, he relieved himself and apologized to the two: "It's okay! It's okay! You continue, continue." β
Hearing Chen Feng's offer, Tao Zhixin was also taken aback. The first thing that comes to mind is that this son is too arrogant. However, he immediately thought of "Life with You". This song and Chen Feng felt too shocked to him last night, he is also a character who has worked hard in the entertainment industry for many years, he has never heard this song before, and afterwards he also called people to investigate, sure enough, there is no tune and lyrics similar to this song, it is original, he has seen a lot of stars, but like Chen Feng, who can have such musical skills at the age of fifteen, is only seen, it can be said that he is a young musical genius, such a teenager, his appearance is so photogenic, and the typhoon is so good, as long as he is cultivated a little, he can become a star without too much packagingγ This time he bought songs from Chen Feng is only secondary, mainly through this meeting, hoping to have a good relationship with Chen Feng, and even introduce Chen Feng to the star path, and can directly become his agent, so although Chen Feng's offer is almost a relatively high-end price in the circle now, he did not bargain with Chen Feng immediately. What's more, if it's really like what Chen Feng just said, the song he gave is better than the current pop songs, and the 100,000 yuan song is not very expensive.
Tao Zhixin nodded quietly: "Well, I accept your price in principle." β
When Principal Jiang heard that his old classmate actually agreed to the offer of 100,000 yuan, he almost spit out the tea in his mouth again.
When Chen Feng was also surprised, Tao Zhixin immediately turned around and said: "However, the song you gave must be as good as you just said that it is better than the current pop songs." β
"Don't worry, it's absolutely fine. Chen Feng said confidently, "Doing business is something you are willing to do, if you are not satisfied, you can don't, I will never force it." I'll bring a few songs with me tomorrow, and if you approve it, we can sign a contract with a lawyer right away. Pay the money with one hand, and pay the song with the other. β
Tao Zhixin thought for a while, then said: "Okay, let's make a decision, I'll come again tomorrow afternoon, and then you bring the song sheet, if it's good, we can sign the agreement immediately." β
Chen Feng said very happily: "Okay, then it's decided." I'll go to class first, and we'll see you tomorrow. β
After speaking, he said hello to Principal Jiang and left the principal's office.
As soon as Chen Feng left, Principal Jiang couldn't help but ask loudly: "Old classmate, I said that you don't feel distressed about spending your company's money." 100,000 yuan for a song, you actually agreed to come down?"
Tao Zhixin said to him: "Old Jiang, this student of yours is really amazing." At such a young age, he was so well-founded, and he was very decisive to kill. The grandeur of the general. β
"Of course, didn't I tell you? This son can be said to be an all-rounder, with good academic performance, and he broke three national track and field records for middle school students in the last sports meeting, and now he actually has made music, and he has a song of 100,000 yuan. 100,000 yuan, my current salary plus bonus. From the beginning to the end of the year, there are not 100,000 yuan. Principal Jiang said with some imbalance in his heart.
"Old Jiang. I don't believe that you are a dignified principal, and you don't have 100,000 snowflakes of silver a year. Tao Zhixin looked at his old classmates with a mocking expression.
Jiang Zhongping's face was embarrassed for a while, and he changed the topic and said, "You haven't answered my words yet." Is a song really worth 100,000 yuan for a student of mine? You can't make him happy on purpose, right? β
"What kind of person can I be?" Tao Zhixin said pretending to be angry, "As long as the songs he gives are really better than most of the popular songs in the world, 100,000 yuan is actually not very expensive in our circle." Of course I'll be happy to give it. Like the song "Life with You" he sang yesterday, let alone 100,000. It's 200,000, and I'll buy it. β
"That song is good, my old antique listened to him sing yesterday, and I was very moved. Principal Jiang said sincerely.
"That's it. You're a great student. If he wants to be a singer. I guarantee that within a year, he will be popular all over the country, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Tao Zhixin said confidently.
"Old classmate, I advise you to die of this heart, even if he agrees. His parents wouldn't have agreed. You probably don't know that his family is very rich, and his father is the CEO of our city's Xingwang Group, and his family has a billion assets. How could they let their children abandon their studies and enter the entertainment industry?" Jiang Zhongping said with some schadenfreude.
"Alas, that's a pity!" Tao Zhixin said with some disappointment, "With his excellent conditions in all aspects, if he doesn't want to be a singer." It's really a heavy loss in our entertainment industry. β
After Chen Feng returned to the classroom, Cheng Wei, the younger brother at the same table, immediately asked him for the score of "Life with You", and clearly told sΓΉ that the incomplete version of his song is now popular outside, and if the complete version of the song "Life with You" can be printed and sold on the market, he will definitely make a profit.
Chen Feng had to admire Cheng Wei's money-making brain, and even agreed to his proposal. Chen Feng released the song score of "Life with You", and took out the principal of 2,000 yuan from the class dues, and then found a printing shop on the street casually, and printed as much as he could. At last. I took the printed song scores and sold them at the same time at the gates of various middle schools in the city, and the tentative price was two yuan a piece. The reason why it is sold at the same time in several schools. Of course, it is to avoid being pirated for a long time and maximize their own interests. As for the proceeds, of course, all the proceeds will be confiscated to enrich the class fees.
Although Cheng Wei was a little reluctant to make such a selfless decision as Chen Feng, he also knew that when the boss gave him, he only had the qualifications to seriously implement it, and had no right to object.
And Chen Feng also announced the news to the whole class during the recess, and received a warm response from the whole class, everyone expressed their willingness to go to the gates of various schools to sell, and some people mentioned that it was best to ask Chen Feng to record this song on the spot, and then rip a few tapes, so that when everyone goes to the gates of each school to sell song scores, bring a tape recorder with them to play, and the effect should be better. It can be said that almost every household appliance such as a tape recorder has it, but there is no shortage of it. His suggestion was immediately approved by the whole class. So, Chen Feng said that he would record this song after returning home and use it for his classmates to rip, so he assigned a few people and Cheng Wei to be responsible for printing the song score, which was completed before class in the afternoon.
In class, Chen Feng searched in his mind for some "garbage songs" that would be popular in the future, and the first one found the classic saliva song "Mice Love Rice", which started on the Internet a few years later, and became popular all over the country, especially in the age group under 20 years old, Chen Feng had a very wide spread of this "garbage song" in his previous life It's disgusting, the content is empty, meaningless, just a few words to sing, and the melody is almost straightforward, so that people can't feel his sense of musicality at all, and it sounds like he is reciting limericks or slipping out of his mouth. At that time, because he could hear this song almost everywhere, Chen Feng had to doubt the IQ and EQ of young people in his country. Such a song can be famous, in Chen Feng's opinion, it is too unreasonable, but things that are unreasonable happen every day in the world, and this song being famous is obviously one of them. Selling such a "garbage song" can also bring you 100,000 yuan of "pocket money", which can be regarded as waste utilization.
In addition, Chen Feng chose two more songs, which are not very good in Chen Feng's opinion, but they are songs that can become popular. Three songs in total. For the first time they cooperated, Chen Feng certainly didn't want to take it out all at once. That's a bit of a loss.
In the afternoon, Chen Feng brought the tape he recorded and handed it to his classmates to rip it. And Cheng Wei and others also brought a large printed carton of song scores, more than 6,000 sheets. In addition, on behalf of the whole class, Chen Feng obtained the consent of the class teacher, Zeng Xiaobo, to switch the Chinese class of the third class in the afternoon with the class meeting. In this way, those students who voluntarily go to the gates of major schools in the city to sell song scores can wait at the gates of major schools before the end of school.
Soon, at the end of the second class in the afternoon, Chen Feng held a class meeting in advance, organized and arranged a list of students who went to various schools in the city to sell song scores, and basically three or four people from each school went together. There are about a dozen secondary schools in total.
Then, Chen Feng concisely told everyone some precautions and let them go.
If Chen Feng is not a celebrity now, especially in large, medium and primary schools, he is very famous, and many people recognize his appearance now, but he also wants to join in the excitement and experience the life of being a mobile peddler.
The next day of school, the results reported by each group were very gratifying, two yuan per song sheet, yesterday only in an hour after school, a total of nearly 4,000 copies were sold, especially in this school, nearly 1,000 copies were sold, almost all the students in the school had a copy. In this way, the harvest this time is equivalent to more than 8,000 yuan, and the profit after deducting costs is more than 7,000 yuan. As soon as this statistical result came out, it almost made the whole class laugh crookedly. Now the total class fee for the third and third classes of their junior high school is nearly 10,000 yuan, which is unthinkable in any school and class. There are even a few greedy guys who are clamoring to become a rich man**, but they were immediately taken down. The vast majority of students are still relatively sensible, and most of them just ask for the improvement of the welfare of the whole class in school, such as buying basketball uniforms for the basketball team in the class, ordering review materials for the high school entrance examination, hiring part-time workers to clean the classroom every day, buying a water dispenser for the class, and providing free mineral water every day...... Wait a minute.
These demands were written down one by one by Momiji, the life committee member, and the whole class voted on them after school in the morning.