Huayu 1995

Chapter 78 Offering Unsolicited Favors (Fifth Update, Seeking Monthly Tickets)
If yesterday's air force performance was an accident, then today's air force performance is difficult to explain scientifically.

Su Chao suspected that his reputation in the fish world was already ruined.

Because he was in a hurry, Su Chao didn't teach the old men how to do Tai Chi.

They didn't go back to the courtyard either.

He rode his bicycle to deliver the fishing bag to Xiaolin Musical Instrument Store in Liulichang.

"You went fishing again early this morning?"

Little Red Riding Hood wasn't surprised to see Su Chao again, since very few people visited before they opened their shop.

"Yeah, the sun's already high in the sky, and you guys still aren't up!"

Su Chao showed no awareness of disturbing others.

"Where's the fish?"

Little Red Riding Hood yawned. She had finally gotten a summer vacation, so why wasn't she sleeping?

Moreover, she is still growing and developing.

If her development is delayed, who can bear the responsibility?

"Fish," Su Chao said without changing his expression, "There were a few stray cats around when I was fishing, so I threw the fish to them to eat. I didn't catch any big fish today."

"What are you doing getting up so early to go fishing? Can't you just get some sleep?"

Lin Zhimeng appeared at the second-floor window.

"Fishing is, of course, for the fish..."

Su Chao looked up and saw the morning light shining on Thor, making his hair look golden and his face so fair it was almost translucent.

"You bought breakfast again?"

Thor was speechless. The little fisherman always came with a purpose, offering unsolicited favors.

Could it be that they're trying to borrow money this time?
"Sweet tofu pudding, and sweet cakes..."

Su Chao raised his hand.

"thank you!"

Little Red Riding Hood helped take it; she didn't have as many brains as her sister, she was just genuinely hungry.

Su Chao had breakfast with them.

Breakfast is definitely necessary.

Instead of going back to eat with a bunch of grown men, I'd rather eat here.

At least it's pleasing to the eye.

Thor has a great physique, Little Red Riding Hood is adorable, and both of them are top-tier in terms of looks.

However, Su Chao had no intention of persuading them to enter the entertainment industry.

What kind of wonderful place is the entertainment industry anyway?

He chose to enter the entertainment industry for two reasons: firstly, the system was the best fit for the entertainment industry; secondly, although he was reborn, he did not become a business prodigy.

People only see the business empires created by Pony, Jack, and others, and think that they can do the same.

However, there is also survivor bias involved.

Many more business leaders have become defaulters or even fled abroad.

This group also includes people with powerful backgrounds.

What makes Su Chao think he's one of the successful few, rather than a homeless dog?

There's another point that's even more important.

He has no background.

This is especially important for doing business in this era.

Unless you're looking for a wife with connections.

Once he achieves success, he'll dump her and marry someone twenty or thirty years younger than him.

However, spending the best twenty years of his life constantly having to be mindful of others' moods was something Su Chao, a reborn individual, could not tolerate.

If you happen to meet a woman who's good at playing games, she'll tell you, "Giving birth is already hard enough, so don't worry about whose baby it is, okay?"

Therefore, Su Chao decided to rely on his own efforts.

Everyone says the entertainment industry is corrupt, but that's because a portion of the industry has been exposed.

Some industries that haven't been exposed may be even worse.

What can the poor do?

The only option is to enter the game yourself and try to win by a stroke of luck.

"Sister, I need to ask you for a favor."

"What's wrong? You don't mean you want to borrow money, do you?"

Lin Zhimeng had expected it, and sure enough, it came. This tofu pudding wasn't for nothing.

"Hey, how did you guess? But this is the second thing I need your help with."

"..."

Lin Zhimeng realized that she had underestimated Su Chao.

Little Red Riding Hood was completely dumbfounded, her mouth agape.

"Lend me your motorcycle for a ride later, I'm going to film a music video, Jiang Shan's 'Dreamy Water Town'..."

Su Chao really wasn't showing off on purpose.

If you borrow someone's motorcycle, you should at least explain what you're going to do with it.

"Wow, you're going to film a music video? I really love that song! Could you get me an autograph?"

Little Red Riding Hood's eyes were full of stars.

Su Chao's shattered image was instantly pieced back together.

It remains high-end and sophisticated.

"Of course, I'll have her send you a blessing."

These are all minor issues.

"Just wish her she won't fail her college entrance exam next year."

This is a joke from a top student about a struggling student; Little Red Riding Hood's grades are clearly not very good.

"Sister~"

My great mood was completely ruined.

"If I get the chance, I'll find someone to tutor you." In Su Chao's eyes, things like learning, which can be solved with training, are no big deal.

"That works too. I tutor her, but she's never focused. Even when I hit her, she just grins."

Thor should forgive Su Chao for pushing his luck a little.

"That motorcycle..."

Su Chao could also take the bus, but that would involve a lot of transfers and would be quite troublesome.

And who can resist riding a motorcycle?

He genuinely wanted to ride the motorcycle; he wasn't trying to take advantage of Thor.

"Go ahead and ride, but don't go too fast."

Since Su Chao was there to do something worthwhile, Thor did not refuse.

The two sisters have a music store to look after, so they rarely go out. Even if they do go out, they can simply take a car.

"Don't worry, I value my life the most, and there's nothing else about borrowing money..."

Su Chao shamelessly...

Since you've already mentioned borrowing money, we have to take care of it while we're at it.

Otherwise, it would be disrespectful.

With only a few thousand yuan on him, Su Chao wouldn't even be able to afford enough songs to release an album, let alone pay attention to the random shop this month.

Su Chao plans to make money in three directions.

First, the treatment in Casablanca needs to be mentioned again.

"Goodbye" brought a lot of popularity and customers to the karaoke bar.

Consumer enthusiasm is visibly high.

If Su Chao were to premiere the more classic "The Moon Caused the Trouble" in a karaoke bar, the effect would undoubtedly be even greater.

To make him enjoy the same profit-sharing treatment as Wu Xiubo and Sha Baoliang is simply an insult to him.

Even though Yan Siyuan and Sister Hong treated him very well, Su Chao still had to argue for this benefit based on reason.

He'll eat anything, he just won't suffer a loss.

Secondly, according to his agreement with Red Star Production Company, the budget for the first album was 15 to 25 yuan, with the final amount to be determined based on the quality of the songs.

If only "Goodbye" is the main single, then Chan Kin-tim might keep the production budget at the base level of 150,000.

But now that we have "The Moon Causes Trouble," it has to be produced at the highest level.

As stipulated in the agreement, Su Chao increased the budget for songwriting, composition, and arrangement to 20%.

The initial agreement set the price at 12%, which is the industry standard.

Now Chen Jiantian probably understands why Su Chao values ​​this so much; Su Chao is perfectly capable of creating his own work, so naturally he wants to maximize his own profits.

Su Chao can request the Red Star Production Cooperative to prepay this money.

20% of 250,000 is 50,000 yuan.

Even after taxes, it's still tens of thousands.

The creation fee of 50,000 yuan for ten songs seems like a small amount, but it's actually not that much.

After all, other people only release one single when they release an album.

If you spend 20,000 to 30,000 yuan to buy a single hit song, then that's considered high quality.

If you buy the remaining songs casually, and add a couple more old songs, you might not even be able to spend all 50,000 yuan.

Only Su Chao has managed to produce three songs of excellent quality so far.

Chen Jiantian is probably regretting it now. He shouldn't have given all the audio and video copyrights to Su Chao for the sake of the extra 17% royalty rate.

This is the bittersweetness.

Besides these two ways of making money, the third way is to borrow money from friends.

Actually, there is a fourth type.

That means once he makes "The Moon Caused the Trouble" a hit, many wealthy and famous singers will come to him asking him to write songs.

He offered a high price and resold the singer's future classic songs on the spot.

Again.

Money can be earned back, but if you lose your conscience, you can earn a lot more!

"How much do you want to borrow? I have a batch of goods tied up in Hong Kong. If you want to borrow too much, I don't have any."

Lin Zhimeng is now somewhat afraid of Su Chao.

This guy always does unexpected things; if he wanted to borrow two million, we might not be able to come up with it.

"Sis, do you have 50,000? I'll pay you back as soon as I release my album and see the money coming in."

Su Chao thought about it and decided that 50,000 yuan would be about right.

With the money from several sources combined, we can officially start considering releasing an album.

The remaining seven songs don't all need to be classics.

It's good enough as long as it's passable.

The market is only so big, and Red Star Production Company's distribution capabilities are limited. Coupled with rampant piracy, it's considered incredible for a record to sell a million copies these days.

Last year's top seller, Andy Lau, sold three million copies of "Forget Love Potion".

Of these three million copies, some are due to the album's truly outstanding quality, but a significant portion is also because it belongs to Andy Lau.

Many people buy albums because of the name "Andy Lau".

Even if all ten of Su Chao's songs were classics, the sales would only be in the millions at most.

He could easily be compared to Andy Lau.

Then Liu Dehua's family has been wasting all these years.

When Su Chao left, he didn't take the 50,000 yuan with him. After all, even if someone runs a music store, they wouldn't keep that much cash in the store.

We agreed to pick it up tomorrow morning.

Thor isn't worried about Su Chao defaulting on her debt; she participated in the recording of the song "The Moon Caused the Trouble" yesterday.

Although she thought the lyrics were shameless, to be honest, she quite liked Su Chao's new song.

I like it better than "Goodbye".

Su Chao arrived at the MV shooting location, which is the area around the West Causeway of the Summer Palace.

He was surprised to find that the music video director was Huo Jianqi.

Hey, here comes my "Postmen in the Mountains and Dogs"!
(End of this chapter)