Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 127, Bloody Investing

Half an hour later, we arrived at the store that Stefanie Sun mentioned.

The environment is very good, clean, spacious and bright, and well-arranged, giving people a refreshing and quiet feeling.

Not long after we sat down, Zhou Jianhui arrived. He didn't come to pay the bill, but to discuss business.

In the car, Sun Yanzi talked to Shen Lang about it.

Since we are discussing serious matters, there is nothing we can do with this light bulb.

Zhou Jianhui wanted to pour wine for Shen Lang.

Shen Lang waved his hand and said, "Mr. Zhou, I won't drink today. I have a flight back to Yanjing in the early morning."

Zhou Jianhui didn't force it, put down the bottle, and said, "Alang, I won't go anywhere else if I follow you."

The name has changed from "Xiao Shen" to "Alang".

Shen Lang smiled and said, "Boss Zhou, you go ahead."

Zhou Jianhui said seriously: "Are you interested in joining us Warner?"

What's going on? Shen Lang frowned and said, "I..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhou Jianhui raised his hand to interrupt him and said, "I know your contract with Xinsuo won't expire until October next year, but I also know you have no intention of renewing it with them. Let me put it this way, what Xinsuo can give you, we can also give you, and what Xinsuo can't give you, we can give you! In short, you decide the contract."

If you want to poach someone, you certainly won't wait until the other person's contract is about to expire or has expired before talking about it, because by then it would be too late.

Naturally, the discussion must be conducted in advance, not only to disrupt the other party's contract renewal with the current company, but also to interrupt other companies' opportunities to poach people.

Rather than saying that Warner wants to sign Shen Lang, it would be more accurate to say that Zhou Jianhui wants to sign Shen Lang.

The rise of Stefanie Sun has improved his status in Warner.

Now is a critical period. If he wants to gain more say, he must build another pillar for the company.

In Zhou Jianhui's eyes, this person must be Shen Lang.

Copyright is not necessary, as long as people join the company.

He believed that without relying on copyright, Shen Lang could also create higher benefits for the company.

Just as Shen Lang came to Tiaobei, he notified Sun Yanzi in advance.

As for Shen Lang, he was silent for a while before smiling faintly: "Thank you, Mr. Zhou, for your kindness. There are still more than ten months left. I will think carefully about how to choose the future path."

No way? It seems that he has his own ideas. Zhou Jianhui argued: "Nowadays, the record industry is getting worse day by day. The rise of digital music and the Internet has had a huge impact on the traditional record industry."

"With the improvement of people's living standards and the change of consumption concepts, consumers' demand for music has also changed. They are more inclined to choose high-quality, personalized music content rather than traditional physical carriers."

"Therefore, our company is adapting to changes in consumer demand and seeking innovation and breakthroughs. This will definitely put us ahead of other traditional record companies and give us an advantage in the new record market."

What he said was not wrong, but it was not enough to impress Shen Lang.

To be precise, no company could impress him, not even if they offered him shares.

When you live under someone's roof, you always have to bow your head.

Starting your own company is not something that is impossible.

Shen Lang exhaled lightly, picked up the wine bottle on the table, poured wine for Zhou Jianhui, and poured himself a glass, and said sincerely: "Mr. Zhou, it's all in the wine, really, thank you!"

Zhou Jianhui smiled with relief, clinked glasses with him and said, "Even if the deal doesn't work out, we still have friendship." He put down his glass, glanced at Stefanie Sun, and said, "There were some changes within the company a while ago, and Stefanie's new album was forced to be postponed. Now I have time, so I have to ask you for a hit song."

Without Shen Lang's help, they can only put some of the pressure on Sun Yanzi.

Why not buy a few more?

Expensive.

After the Olympic bid theme song "Together Towards the Future", the national football team's marching song "Chasing Dreams with a Childlike Heart", the Mandarin album "Waves", the Cantonese album "Same Time Next Year", and 12 awards on the Global Chinese Music Chart, the price of Shen Lang's songwriting has reached thousands of gold per word.

This thousand gold is not "1000" but "5000".

In other words, the starting price for a song is one million.

The entire album is made up of songs he wrote. The cost of purchasing the songs alone is tens of millions. Who can afford this?

Besides, not every singer is like Shen Lang, whose album is full of hit songs.

Just have one song to increase sales and build word of mouth, and the rest can be written by cost-effective musicians like Li Sisong, Li Weisong, and Bao Xiaobo.

After listening to Zhou Jianhui's request, Shen Lang looked at Sun Yanzi, smiled at her, and asked, "What kind of song do you want? Is a male and female duet okay?"

Sun Yanzi's eyes lit up, and she immediately asked back, "Singing with you?" Shen Lang nodded and said, "Otherwise."

Sun Yanzi was delighted and said, "Okay."

Zhou Jianhui was very satisfied.

The previous song "Marry Me Today" was extremely popular.

Shen Lang’s popularity has reached a new level at this stage. With his joining, there will be no worries about sales.

Shen Lang turned to Zhou Jianhui and asked, "When do you need it? I can arrange time to write it."

Zhou Jianhui thought for a moment and did not intend to change Stefanie Sun's plan to release an album. He said, "Before April, is that okay?"

Shen Lang smiled and said, "No problem."

After chatting for a while, Zhou Jianhui tactfully left on the pretext that he had something to deal with.

Shen Lang and Sun Yanzi also left after eating.

What can I do in these one or two hours?

The next day, Shen Lang appeared on the crew, as if he had never left, and most people didn't notice.

The filming is in full swing on the set.

In the camera, Yang Junyi pushed the door and entered the room.

Jia Jingwen saw him and asked, "What's the matter? Tell me!"

Yang Junyi stammered, "Zhiruo, I told you not to be angry."

Alyssa Chia raised her chin and said, "If you're afraid that I'll get angry, then don't say anything."

Yang Junyi looked helpless.

Seeing this, Jia Jingwen softened her voice and said, "Are you trying to ask me about marrying you?"

Shen Lang watched from behind.

The Zhou Zhiruo played by Alyssa Chia and the Song Qingshu played by Yang Junyi are quite interesting.

And this fun is something only he can understand.

Yang Junyi is an actor with great potential.

His acting is vivid, handsome and stylish, and he portrays the image of the impulsive and infatuated Song Qingshu with flesh and blood.

To be honest, he is also worth digging.

"Ka, this one is good, let's get ready to change the venue."

Lai Shuiqing shouted with satisfaction.

"Junyi, if you want to be famous, Song Qingshu, don't keep the best fighting scenes for yourself."

When Yang Junyi came over, Shen Lang started joking with him.

"I was just saying that. The best fight scene has already been given to you. I was beaten up by you in Shaolin Temple."

Yang Junyi was very grateful that he asked him to be the martial arts director of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" and play the role of Song Qingshu.

"We are all brothers, so I will speak frankly." Shen Lang put his arm around his shoulder and whispered, "If you have a hard time out there, come to me."

Yang Junyi was a little confused by his abrupt words, but still said, "Thank you."

Shen Lang had reasons to say this.

Zhouyi Film and Television is a company composed of writers, and its senior management has basically no management ability except for creation.

To put it bluntly, they only rose to prominence thanks to their scripts, and their resource allocation was very poor.

The three treasures of Zhouyi are Yu Bo, Yang Junyi and Zhang Jin. The company focused on Yu Bo and gave him almost 90% of the opportunities to play the protagonist, while Yang Junyi and Zhang Jin only played supporting roles and served as martial arts instructors in the crew.

Yu Bo was so famous that he bought two courtyard houses in Yanjing.

What about Yang Junyi and Zhang Jin? One quit the entertainment industry and returned to the martial arts team as a coach, while the other didn't make it to the limelight until 2013 when he was nearly 40 years old and starred in "The Grandmaster".

It’s no problem for Shen Lang to eat nine meals a day and drink spicy food every day.

(End of this chapter)