Huayu 1995

Chapter 85 The Wheat Farmer (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Is Cantonese more refined?

Yes, that's true, at least in this day and age.

There are even scammers who can fool female college students even with broken Cantonese.

Moreover, Su Chao didn't start with the Cantonese version.

He sang "The Moon Caused the Trouble" several times to create a fixed impression of the song among the audience.

This song is in Mandarin.

It should be something like, "I admit it's all the moon's fault."

Then, Su Chao personally shattered this preconceived notion.

This resulted in a huge impact.

In addition, he created the illusion for the audience that he had changed the lyrics on the spot!

Anyone with a brain knows this is impossible.

Unfortunately, the atmosphere has reached this point.

The shock was real.

In fact, Su Chao received more than just two versions of lyrics from the system.

It's the third edition!
Mandarin version, Cantonese version, and chorus version!

Although the chorus version is also in Cantonese, the lyrics are different from those of the solo Cantonese version.

86,000, what a bargain!
"He..."

Chen Jiantian was dumbfounded. He pointed at Su Chao, who was on stage saying "Please don't fall in love with someone like me," and looked at Zhang Yadong, the temporary producer of the single.

"I don't know, I just recorded the Mandarin version for him."

Zhang Yadong's eyes were also wide open.

He is completely innocent.

Throughout the entire recording process, he never heard Su Chao mention that there were other versions of this song.

Okay, he didn't ask.

But who would have thought he also hid a Cantonese version?

"So where did he get this word from?"

Chen Jiantian's fingers even began to tremble; he didn't know why he was so excited.

It's most likely not from anger.

He has overestimated Su Chao's talent step by step on multiple occasions.

I think he's probably similar to Xiao Ke.

However, it now seems that Su Chao's compositions are slightly more complete than Xiao Ke's.

In fact, both of them are in the early stages of creating their works.

Su Chao only wrote three songs.

I can't even put together enough for an album.

Xiao Ke has just completed his self-titled solo album, "Xiao Ke," which contains 10 songs.

He wrote the lyrics and composed the music himself, served as the producer, and completed all the arrangements and piano performances.

However, after the album sample was produced, the company's evaluation score was not high.

I just passed the passing grade of six.

However, Su Chao's performance will definitely not just be passing.

This kid is fucking talented.

It was beyond his expectations!
"Actually... we won't need the Cantonese lyrics for the time being. We can't have both Mandarin and Cantonese lyrics on one album."

Zhang Yadong didn't feel that Su Chao had deceived him.

Why should someone tell this temporary producer about a song they wrote themselves? At most, they can just admire Su Chao's creative abilities together with Chen Jiantian.

"The problem is that the creation process is too slow, and there's not much content in stock."

Chen Jiantian sighed.

"Haste makes waste; give him enough time to create a good song."

Zhang Yadong said gently.

"Why do we need so many good songs? One or two hit singles are enough."

Chen Jiantian is only thinking about Su Chao releasing an album as soon as possible.

"He didn't seem to say that he had to write them himself. He could just give him a few songs from the company's library."

Zhang Yadong thought for a moment and then offered his suggestion.

As one of the top record companies in mainland China, Red Star Production Company has no shortage of creative talent and naturally has its own music library.

Xu Wei, Xiao Ke, and Gao Xiaosong have all submitted songs.

"Oh right, Xiao Ke submitted a song a couple of days ago."

Chen Jiantian's eyes lit up.

At worst, he could just open his music library to Su Chao and let Su Chao pick a few songs.

"Shouldn't we settle the creation fee for Su Chao's three songs? It's not appropriate for him to bring this up himself."

Bringing up money can hurt feelings.

Zhang Yadong is just that understanding.

No wonder women like his type.

He knew that Su Chao and Hongxing had only signed a contract for one album, and whether they could continue to sign contracts depended on whether both parties were satisfied with each other during the collaboration.

Other signed singers accompanied Chen Jiantian this time.

Therefore, he didn't put it too bluntly.

"I understand, I will talk to him!"

Chen Jiantian sighed again, feeling like he was about to lose his hair from worry.

Waiting for Su Chao's first album...

No, there's no need to wait for him to release an album. After today, many record companies will come looking for Su Chao.

It could even include people from the three major record labels.

He can only hope that Su Chao has some conscience and that he can establish a further personal relationship with Su Chao.

It's a pity he didn't have a daughter!
In the private room where Lü Bu and his group were, everyone was worshipping their principal.

The principal is awesome!
There's simply no way to describe it in words.

Even Zhang Ziyi, who used to secretly compare Su Chao and Chen Kaige and thought Su Chao was unlikely to be as good as Chen Kaige, no longer thinks so.

Principal, do you have no limit?

Whether there's a lower limit or not is unknown, but the upper limit is certainly being constantly broken.

Lin Zhimeng hadn't expected this either.

She went to help Su Chao record a song yesterday, and was exhausted after a long day. Today, she lent her motorcycle to Su Chao and then took the bus in the sweltering heat to the bank to withdraw money for him. And then…

This guy actually had a trick up his sleeve!
They say a woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea, but this guy is even more outrageous than a woman.

"Ladies and gentlemen, next please welcome my good brother Huang Bo and my friend Xu Wei. The three of us will be performing Cui Jian's 'Nothing to My Name' for you!"

Su Chao has been singing for a long time.

I can't keep singing tonight.

Listening to a song too many times can lead to immunity and even feelings of boredom.

This is exactly what wake-up alarms are like in the mobile phone era.

No matter how much you love a song, once you set it as your alarm clock, even if you later change it to another ringtone, you will still feel annoyed when you hear it.

In addition, he also needs to leave some opportunities for others.

Xu Wei had a brief talk with Yan Siyuan today, and he will occasionally come to Casablanca to perform.

Firstly, it's for a living, and secondly, the atmosphere in Casablanca is indeed quite nice.

There are difficult customers, but not that many.

Xu Wei's appearance is considered relatively safe.

Like Huang Bo, no one, male or female, has ever harmed him.

Su Chao accompanied Huang Bo and Xu Wei on their final journey, marking the end of his new song launch event tonight.

However, Su Chao did not leave the karaoke bar.

So many older brothers and sisters came to support him today, and quite a few people even sent large flower baskets.

Both out of courtesy and reason, he had to offer a toast.

There are also many singers, actors, and friends in the industry who require him to personally handle social interactions.

This is essentially about building a network of connections.

In addition, he currently has more than 50,000 yuan on him, so he naturally wants to take this opportunity to do some shopping.

Chan Kin-tim is anxious about his album.

Su Chao himself felt a sense of urgency. He had been in Beijing for almost two weeks and still hadn't collected enough songs for an album.

That's so embarrassing for someone who's reborn and has a cheat code.

To be honest, quite a few musicians came here today to hear the premiere of his new song.

Most of them were just there to watch the spectacle.

Firstly, I was curious about whether Su Chao's debut in the karaoke bar had any effect and whether there were any lessons to be learned.

Secondly, he hoped to invite Su Chao to write a song.

Su Chao neither agreed nor refused.

It was only a subtle indication that he found songwriting more difficult than other songwriters.

The hardship of vomiting blood.

So, it's not impossible to get him to write songs, but you should be prepared to spend a lot of money.

And it also depends on whether he has inspiration.

Su Chao wandered around and met many musicians.

However, only three songs were purchased.

There was no way around it; although he said he only needed two or three good songs and the rest could just fill in the numbers.

But when it came to actually going to collect the money, he started to complain about everything.

Some of these songs I've never even heard of.

He felt that spending thousands of dollars to buy fish was less worthwhile than buying fish at the market.

People who strive for perfection probably all share this common flaw.

Other perfectionists can accept making do because they have no other choice but to accept it.

Su Chao, on the other hand, was like a farmer in a wheat field.

He looked at the rows of wheat, thinking that all he needed was enough money to go to the fields and harvest them.

Of course, he also has to consider market issues.

For a first album, it would be good if it could sell a million copies. After all, last year, Zheng Jun, who was promoted by Red Star Production Company with all his might, only sold 50 copies of "Naked".

If a genuine cassette tape costs 12 yuan, that would be a total sales revenue of 600 million yuan.

After the publisher takes 55%, approximately 270 million is left.

Expenses for molding, advertising, returns, etc. must also be deducted.

If I end up with 150 million, that would be pretty good.

After deducting production costs and other related expenses, Zheng Jun will finally receive his share of the royalties from the 150 million.

It was only after contacting people from Red Star Production Company yesterday that Su Chao learned that most of the album sales figures for singers were exaggerated.

This can be used as a selling point to guide people to buy, and it can also enhance the image and commercial value of singers and record companies.

Anyway, the tax authorities don't care about that; they only levy taxes based on actual sales revenue.

Zheng Jun's so-called 50 sales figure actually only amounts to about 35 copies.

No wonder he said he only earned tens of thousands of yuan.

According to Su Chao, from the group he spoke with yesterday, Zheng Jun earned about 17 yuan, of which 10 yuan was needed to pay back the money he had advanced.

But no matter what, Su Chao can't spend hundreds of thousands to buy ten songs, otherwise he'll definitely lose everything.

The three songs I received today are all very cheap, with discounts available, some even up to 80% off.

Zhang Yadong's "Only Love Strangers" and "Bored" are priced at 28,000 yuan.

Sha Baoliang's "Dark Fragrance" is priced at 15,000 after the discount.

There's also a song by Han Hong called "Hometown," which only costs 12,000 yuan.

My hometown is Shigatse, where there is a beautiful river...

He felt quite guilty holding Han Hong's songs.

After all, Han Hong, like him, is a future philanthropist.

Even though he liked "Hometown" in his past life, he managed to control himself this time.

More importantly, the song doesn't match the album's style.

As for the two poems Zhang Yadong wrote for the princess.

At worst, he could charge her more money later to help the princess "create" "Red Bean".

Su Chao's conscience only allowed him to feel guilty to this extent.

The sandbags are shiny, that's one thing.

This guy always talks in a sarcastic or sarcastic tone at karaoke bars.

Su Chao felt no guilt whatsoever when he got his copy of "Dark Fragrance" back from him.

(End of this chapter)