Entertainment 1998

Chapter 36 36, Sign a contract?
【Jiang Yulang】

Jiang Feng's stage name was given by Wang Fei.

One night a week ago, Jiang Feng, who had just finished recording a song at Baihua Recording Studio, was rehearsing his final work at school when a message suddenly appeared on his pager.

[Jiang Feng, for the song you wrote for me, do I need to use your real name when composing the lyrics? ]

Knowing Wang Fei's cell phone number, Jiang Feng was about to go downstairs to call her back and explain his thoughts. Otherwise, why don't you just mark it as [Anonymous]?

My buddy still likes performing and his ambition is not in the music industry!
But before I could go downstairs, the second and third messages arrived.

[Forget it, I'll just help you come up with a stage name. I like Gu Long's novel "The Twins of Heroes".]

[Jiang Feng is the most handsome man in the world in "The Twins", and you are not bad looking either, so why not call your stage name "Jiang Yulang" so that it can be distinguished from the name of the TV series you starred in.]

The queen of pop was so free and easy that she didn't even allow Jiang Feng to express his own views. She arbitrarily marked the composer of the song "The Day You Went Away" as Jiang Yulang.

But how did Wang Jinghua know about such a secret matter?

Jiang Feng was wondering when he saw Wang Jinghua take out a black Sony cassette player with an external speaker from her bag.

Putting the tape player on the table, Wang Jinghua pressed the play button.

"Well I wonder could it be?
When I was dreaming about you baby.
You were dreaming of me.
Call me crazy.
......"

The ethereal voice belongs to Wang Fei. The heavenly singing has a distant artistic conception, as if dragging people into a space that is both strange and familiar. I just want to listen to it quietly, think about nothing, and close my eyes.

To be honest, this was the first time Jiang Feng heard Wang Fei sing this song. He felt it was very good and that his hard work as a porter was not wasted.

The song lasted 3 minutes and 39 seconds. When it finished playing, Jiang Feng, who was listening to the song quietly, turned his head to look at Wang Jinghua.

"Jiang Feng, let's put it this way." Seeing Jiang Feng looking at her, Wang Jinghua sat down beside the bed and talked freely.

"The song was sung by Wang Fei. Since it's an English song, EMI Music, the music company Wang Fei signed with, released it as a single in the UK, where the company is headquartered. Well... in fact, this can be regarded as a way for our Chinese pop queen to test the waters in Europe.

Jiang Feng released the song a week ago, and in just this short week, "The Day You Went Away" has already topped the UK Pop Music Chart and the UK Pop Music Singles Chart.

As a music single, "The Day You Went Away" currently sells 85000 copies in the UK per week.

Of course, maybe you have no idea about the sales of 85000 singles in a single week. For example, Queen’s single "Bohemian Rhapsody" in its heyday sold 31 million copies in the UK in 236 weeks..."

Perhaps because she was afraid of forgetting, or perhaps because she was afraid of saying it wrong and making a fool of herself, Wang Jinghua was holding a cheat sheet in her hand as she spoke out these data. She was standing in dormitory 413, reading and introducing them at the same time.

Jiang Feng is patient.

He listened to her patiently and then said, "Boss Wang, if you have anything to say, please speak up."

"it is good!"

Wang Jinghua agreed and took out a packaged mobile phone and a thick stack of agreements from the black bag she brought.

"Jiang Feng, since you are a straightforward person, I will speak frankly.

After learning that you were starring in the TV series "Never Close Your Eyes" directed by Zhao Baogang, I became very interested in you and wanted to sign you to become the second artist of my company, the first being Chen Daoming.

It’s a pity that I didn’t see you twice when I came to Beijing Film Academy, and you didn’t reply to my pager messages.

Now, when I learned that you not only took on a TV series called "Love to the End", but were also the songwriter of "The Day You Went Away" Jiang Yulang, I couldn't sit still at the first moment.

No matter what, I will come and talk to you about my life ideals and career plans..."

As an entertainment agent, Wang Jinghua is basically qualified, well-informed, and has a keen eye. When others just saw the achievements of Chinese pop queen Wang Fei in the UK, she had already seen the person behind the song. Of course, Wang Jinghua is still a little young.

Seeing a good seedling, he was too impatient to act, not like Li Xiaowan, who was leisurely and laid out a long line to catch a big fish. Jiang Feng, don't you just want to see if you will be famous after the TV series "Never Close Your Eyes" is broadcast?

It’s okay, I’ll watch it with you.

With your class teacher Cui Xinqin here, you can't escape anyway, because I have prepared a super feast for your class. With Jiang Feng, I will sign other good seedlings. If Jiang Feng is not there, haha, then I will have to be picky.

"Jiang Feng..."

"Jiang Feng..."

"Oh... Mr. Wang, go ahead."

"How is it? What do you think of the entertainment industry path I planned for you? Let's learn from the Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong and become triple stars in film, television and music." In front of Jiang Feng, Wang Jinghua suddenly felt powerless, because the child in front of her always seemed to give people an absent-minded impression. When you stood next to him and talked to him, he would be in a daze.

"Um…"

Seeing that Wang Jinghua had finished speaking, Jiang Feng took a look at the contract. The income distribution ratio between the agency and the artist was 4:6, with Wang Jinghua getting 4 and Jiang Feng getting 6.

The contract stipulates that the contract period between the two parties is 5 years. After 5 years, Black Sea Red Sun Culture Co., Ltd. has the priority right to renew the contract.

Without looking at anything else but these two items, Jiang Feng pushed the contract back.

"Mr. Wang, I'm sorry, there is something you may not understand.

Our class teacher, Ms. Cui Xinqin, has a strict rule that students in the class must be cautious before signing with an agency. They must comprehensively examine the other party's qualifications and business capabilities to see if they can help themselves in their careers, rather than wasting their entire career just for the sake of a little profit.

So... I want to wait a little longer."

“Haha…, OK!”

Without much hesitation, Wang Jinghua smiled and put the contract into her bag when she saw Jiang Feng refused.

"Jiang Feng, you can inspect my company anytime you want, my company is right there anyway.

As for your desire to test my business capabilities, that's even easier. Don't you have a master tape of your own recorded music album? If you feel comfortable with it, please give it to me and I'll help you find a music company to produce it and distribute it nationwide."

"Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Wang, I may disappoint you, but I don't think now is the best time to produce this album."

……

After finishing the business discussion in the dormitory, Wang Jinghua left with her black bag, which also contained two bottles of drinks. It was said that these two bottles of drinks were bought by her for her son and husband.

But she kept the mobile phone that Wang Jinghua brought, saying that even if the deal failed, there is still friendship. It is very common for friends to give each other gifts.

What's more, Jiang Feng is about to go to Shanghai to film a movie. If he doesn't have a mobile phone, it will be inconvenient to contact him when he is away.

Faced with such a valuable gift, Jiang Feng's first reaction was to refuse it, but as soon as he stuffed the phone into Wang Jinghua's bag, Wang Jinghua took it out and put it back on the desk in the room.

After refusing like this four or five times, Jiang Feng had no choice but to accept the phone.

"Mr. Wang, how much did you pay for this phone? I'll just give you the money. I need it now anyway."

"Give money? What money? Didn't I tell you? This is my gift to you." Wang Jinghua waved her hand, turned around and went downstairs.

(End of this chapter)