This star just wants to make more money

Chapter 52 We are under a lot of pressure

Song Shi was confused: "What do you mean by rap? President Wen, what are you talking about?"

The number 30 is correct, but what is rap?
Yesterday, Song Shi actually had his maximum price in mind at 25. The 15-day expedited payment was just to give Xu Feng room to bargain and to dampen his arrogance. But who knew that this guy agreed directly and asked for an extra 5 yuan from him, which made Song Shi depressed for the whole night.

He said 15 days himself. As a director with several works on hand and so many actors in charge, he couldn't just contradict himself and say to Xu Feng, "We still have plenty of time. I was just teasing you, right?"
In the end, I could only hold my nose and admit it.

But Xu Feng is a pop music composer, what does that have to do with rap?
Hearing that Song Shi's doubts did not seem to be fake, Wen Youjian slowed down his tone a little: "I just saw a rumor. Now this news is spreading widely on the Internet. You should confirm it as soon as possible."

Song Shi was puzzled and could only say, "Boss Wen, the composer of the ending song is Xu Feng, a young man who has become quite famous recently. He is quite good and there won't be any major problems. Don't listen to those groundless rumors."

"I've heard his songs. He's really a good young man." Wen Youjian had obviously heard of Xu Feng's name and songs. His tone suddenly relaxed. "It seems that those rumors on the Internet are indeed true."

Song Shi glanced at the actors who were chatting and eating outside, rubbed his stomach, and said, "Even if there is an accident, we can still buy his ready-made songs. It's okay if they don't fit the theme, at least they are not bad. Is it a big deal for you to call me? I thought something serious had happened."

Wen Youjian sighed: "Old Song, it's not that I'm neurotic, but I don't need to reiterate to you how important this TV series is to you and me, right?"

"That old witch Huang Lan spent a lot of money to buy the copyright to adapt a popular martial arts novel. I heard that she also invited many big-name stars. I heard that several big actors who are famous for their acting skills were eliminated. It's obvious that she is sniping us."

"Our themes are similar. If the quality is not good, all the traffic will be sucked away! By then, we may lose everything, including our investment and reputation!"

"Money should be spent wisely."

Song Shi took a sip of tea, thinking about the scene that Xu Feng participated in shooting yesterday, and he felt confident: "The shooting went smoothly, and this time it will be foolproof!"

Wen Youjian sneered, "Is it really foolproof? You could have paid hundreds of thousands last time? I'll come over and take a look and verify your results."

"Just come, it's no big deal... Okay, by the way." Song Shi shook his head with amusement, hung up the phone, went outside to get a box lunch and started eating.

……

About half an hour later, two cars arrived one after the other from the far side of the set.

One is an executive sedan that looks like it’s worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the other is a cheaper online-hailing car.

"What a coincidence." Song Shi found a trash can and threw the lunch box in his hand. "You two came at about the same time. It's a good opportunity to explain the misunderstanding about rap and let Old Wen take a look at the scene."

"It just so happens that the filming will be completed in these two days."

Song Shi patted himself, walked to the door and welcomed the two people in.

"Let me introduce you. This is Xu Feng, a rising star in the singing circle, a very down-to-earth young man." Song Shi had a fake smile on his face. "This is Mr. Wen Youjian, the biggest investor in our TV series."

"Hello."

"Hello……"

Everyone knows how embarrassing this kind of situation is. Song Shi didn't spend much time on business bragging. He patted Xu Feng on the shoulder and asked in a joking tone: "There are a lot of rumors about you on the Internet recently, which scared our Premier Wen."

Xu Feng was stunned, thinking to himself, I just moved and haven't been online for the whole morning, so how come rumors popped up?

"Director Song, what's the rumor? I can clarify it when I have time." Xu Feng put his bag on the table and asked. Song Shi said, "I don't know where it came from, but it said that you were going to write a rap song as the ending song for our TV series, and it scared Old Wen. It just so happens that we are going to wrap up the filming in the next two days."

If the younger generation is prejudiced against rap, then the older generation can be said to be prejudiced.

To put it bluntly, in most cases, the status of rappers in the minds of these investors and directors is like sitting at the same table with dogs.

Many people’s first impression of rap is a will-o’-the-wisp boy holding a microphone and yelling some embarrassing words on the stage.

Xu Feng glanced at the two people's faces, hesitated for a moment, and clarified: "Uh... Director Song, this may not be a rumor."

"See, Old Wen, I told you this is a rumor..."

Song Shi was halfway through his words when he suddenly came to his senses and turned to look at Xu Feng, his eyes almost popping out: "What did you say?! It's not a rumor?"

What I mean is that you really plan to write a rap song as the ending song, right?

Wen Youjian's face suddenly became serious: "Young man, this is no joke. We don't need you to rack your brains to come up with a stunning song. As long as you don't make any mistakes, it will be fine. If that doesn't work, we can just use your previous songs... I think "You Once" is pretty good."

What the crew wants now is a safe landing. The importance of whether the song fits the theme can really be put at the back of the list.

Xu Feng said as a matter of course: "Director Song paid 30 yuan and has not yet asked for the subsequent copyright. Of course I have to produce a work worthy of this bid."

If you just pick a random song to deal with it, and the system determines that the task completion rate is less than 100%, then you don’t know what will happen.

Song Shi felt the difficulty of communication for the first time, as if he was talking to a cow: "..."

Brother, ancestors, are we talking about the same thing?

What they meant was that it might not be a good idea to use a rap song as the ending song, but Xu Feng said that his previous three songs were not worth the price he offered, so he had to write a new rap song?
Why do I always feel that Xu Feng’s thinking is different from that of ordinary people?

Song Shi held his breath for a long time, and finally shook his head helplessly: "Forget it! Let's not talk about this. Xu Feng, you continue to look for your inspiration. President Wen and I have some private matters to discuss."

Now he has completely given up hope that Xu Feng can produce a work within 15 days.

Anyway, there is an existing song to back him up, so he can do whatever he wants.

Wen Youjian looked at Xu Feng's relaxed back, shook his head and laughed, "Young people are quite contractual. They took your money but didn't serve you pre-prepared food. It's an unheard-of personality. Don't mention it, I kind of like it."

"If the food he cooks is worse than the pre-prepared food, he won't get the money. If there is no ability to match the work, it's nothing." Song Shi also said, "Let the young people polish it more. I still say that we are not a big crew. We are lucky to have such a firefighter."

"The TV series will be released soon, let's think about how to promote it... What a pity, if we had a song that we can show off, the promotion work would be much easier."

Now the attacks on Xu Feng on the Internet have begun to rekindle because of the ending song issue. To be on the safe side, the crew will not publicize this before the song is completed.

"Come on, come on. Our publicity plan has already been finalized. Why are you worrying about it? You should think about what to eat for the wrap party!"

(End of this chapter)