This star just wants to make more money

Chapter 191: Luck is really needed
Another few days passed.

The animation production is ready for the final promotion and publicity work.

They knew that they couldn't put all their eggs in one basket, so they didn't just try their luck at Luohe University's School of Art.

There are also several other universities within their choice range - these universities have also produced many famous "seniors".

There are some schools that are comparable to Luohe University School of Art, or even have a slightly higher ranking.

"College students are the most hardworking and willing to work hard." A staff member sat on a chair and sighed comfortably, "If it were someone else, it would take a long time just to negotiate the price."

"Well, not entirely... Look at Xu Feng. If he hadn't graduated yet, he would probably have been in trouble."

"Xu Feng has proved that he has the strength to pull this, there is no other way."

“But I can’t say for sure about the quality.” Another person was still a little worried. “Most people assured us that the work must be fine… but I always feel something is wrong.”

“Yes, for other technical positions, sometimes hiring college students can be very effective...but for music production, I feel that it still requires a certain amount of experience.”

"It doesn't matter, don't we still have Xu Feng?"

They are still very optimistic.

Until the last moment, they still didn't want to be killed by Xu Feng.

Of course, they don't want to be ripped off by a company like Wudong Group that raises prices arbitrarily, compared to being ripped off by Xu Feng.

"By the way, at this point in time, they should also be submitting their works, right? Has anyone handed in their works over there?"

"I gonna go see……"

The director finished the last bite of his lunch box, stood up and said, "It's just right, the lunch break is almost over, let's go to the meeting room and see if we can solve this problem today."

In fact, the requirements for their animation production team are not very high.

As long as the song sounds good at first glance, that's enough.

They can't ask for more from a group of college students who haven't graduated yet - if the professional team is scratching their heads over something, what can a makeshift team do?

But with so many "grassroots teams" in so many universities, even if we just take a chance, we can probably come across a decent work, right?
"There's only this last song left, hurry up and get it done! Then you can have a good rest."

The other members nodded and followed Chen Li into the meeting room.

Because everyone was confident, they were in a relaxed mood, and the person in charge of the music production team also opened his work email in front of everyone.

Sure enough, there were more than three pages of emails inside.

The senders were all the "top students" from various universities whom they had found before.

There was even a university's art school that sent more than ten emails directly.

The other party apparently put this project up for "open bidding" within their own team.

Seeing so many works received at once, Chen Li felt better - it couldn't be that there was not a single song that could be used, right?
So many works!

They might even have some room for selection and price-cutting.

"Come on, put them in chronological order." Chen Li waved his hand and urged, "Those who sent the files first must be the most confident. Let's see what masterpieces they can come up with."

The person in charge nodded, moved the mouse, and opened the audio file attached to the email.

The file size and song title look similar...it should be good.

Chen Li nodded again.

However, when this audio file was imported into the player and played in front of everyone, the relaxed emotions on their faces completely disappeared.

What the hell is this?!

The soundtrack is extremely monotonous, no different from beating a beat, very boring.

The lyrics are also very, very average, far-fetched and incomprehensible.

It's not even as good as those pop songs that sound good at first glance. From the first word, it makes people frown.

After listening to the entire song, the production team didn't see anything refreshing.

There wasn't a single memorable scene.

It's the kind that gets a maximum of 50 comments when it's released.

It's the kind of thing that gets quickly skipped in a playlist - not enough to make people angry, but just not enough to keep listening to it.

"This song is not very good." Chen Li shook his head. "Which university gave it to us? Why does it feel like a half-finished product? They don't think such a perfunctory thing can pass our test, right?"

Although their time limit is quite tight, they are not required to submit the manuscript in the next second.

If they listen to this stuff themselves, they can't possibly think it's worth the compensation offered by the company, right? !

What the hell……

It was this song that gave everyone present a bad impression of this university.

"They gave us a lot of songs, probably just to distribute to the students below to make." The person in charge frowned and said, "It's normal that there are good and bad works. Let's continue listening. With so many works, it's normal that there are some bad ones."

It was just a bad song, and they had encountered similar situations before.

But... we can't get used to this situation.

After responding to this email with a rather harsh critique, they opened another email.

"It's from the same university... Let's see if they can perform better."

After receiving the works just now, their expectations for the works submitted by these college students were suddenly lowered a lot.

Professional teams may not be able to meet their requirements, and college students may have some flashes of inspiration, but when it comes to maintaining the lower limit, professional teams are obviously better.

Not all college students are paper-thumping ace students who work hard for credits. On the contrary, these days, those who slack off probably make up the majority.

So, they may be able to solve the problem unexpectedly, but they may also produce work that is difficult to accept.

After the next song was released, this thought occupied everyone's mind.

It's a little better than the previous one. At least you can see that a little more effort was put into the accompaniment, but that's all.

"What's going on?" The person in charge closed the file and complained, "Could it be that the tutor we found took too much 'agency fees' and made the students lose motivation?"

"I don't think he would be so stupid... If you want to make this money, you have to produce some works. It's a waste of time to give so many works and you won't get a penny."

"Then it can only be that the students are too bad. Oh, next song!"

The people in the conference room had a little more mockery on their faces and a little more sarcasm in their voices, but there was still not much panic.

There are many works.

Even if the works produced by this entire university are not good, they still cooperate with other universities.

It can't be that there is no one left, right?

These are all universities with very good reputations. Even if they are not very good, they can't have no usable songs out of the dozen or twenty songs, right?

After five songs, the animation film production team's good attitude finally changed a little. The smile on Chen Li's face gradually changed from full of confidence to full of doubt.

"That's not right. How come these five songs are all of similar quality?" Chen Li frowned. "The best one is just ok, but it's far from the level we require."

"If we add the requirement of conforming to our theme, then all the songs are unqualified! And they are the kind that should be thrown directly into the trash. There is no value in re-working them!"

The entire production team no longer had the cheerful look on their faces. After quickly going through all the works sent by this college student, the conference room exploded.

What the hell is this!

Of the dozen or so songs that came through, most were noise garbage, there were barely two or three that were pleasant to the ear, and only one that barely matched the theme of their animated film.

It's still very, very reluctant.

To use this song, the production team is willing to pay a maximum of 3 yuan, no more.

As for the other songs... to be honest, the music producers should be the ones paying the animation company for using such crap.

"Forget it, let's just block this school." Director Chen Li's face looked a little grim, "There's no need to cooperate with them in the future."

What’s the use of having so many works?

What was sent here shows a bad attitude and has nothing to do with ability.

"Let's take a look at what others have sent us." Chen Li shook his head, "I don't believe other works will be like this."

At this point, many people already had a bad feeling in their hearts.

They had expected the lower limit to be low, but they didn't expect it to be this low.

They knew they had to rely on college students and take their chances, but they didn't expect that it would require much more luck than they imagined.

"Let's see the next one."

The person in charge quickly opened the email sent by a student from another university.

This university is also ranked among the best among all the universities they invited. Judging from the number of emails, it should be taking the path of small and fine rather than casting a wide net. Logically speaking, the works produced should be better than those of the previous group.

"bring it on……"

Chen Li looked at the screen seriously as the audio file was imported.

Music came from the speakers.

After listening to the entire loop, Chen Li slowly shook his head: "It is indeed much better than the previous songs that were just for show... But, you can tell at a glance that this song was made based on our requirements, like a test."

“It has no soul. It’s fine to listen to and it’s fine to finish listening to, but there’s nothing memorable about it.”

"It's the kind of song that was played in a movie theater or a promotional video, and no one would remember it when they asked about it afterwards."

“It’s actually similar to what we asked the team to do before.”

Everyone in the conference room looked at each other, but no one dared to speak.

In fact, if this song was put first, they would definitely be dismissive.

But after being bombarded with a few bad songs just now, they actually had a different feeling in their hearts - if all else fails, this one can also work.

"Listen to the others. There are so many more!"

They have said this sentence countless times since entering the meeting room.

But this time, there was no longer the ease and teasing in the conversation.

Because... they realized that there was indeed a possibility that no one had thought of before - none of the songs sent were usable!

"I don't think it's that bad." An employee smiled and tried to smooth things over. "I remember someone told us that they asked a senior who graduated earlier to assist with the design, didn't they?"

"Don't the graduating seniors have their own things to do?" Chen Li had no expectations for this kind of talk. "Assistance is just assistance at most. Don't expect him to really contribute much. It's just a talk to reassure us."

"Besides, would a true gold medal composer really be willing to help his juniors create songs without reservation? Just for the money?"

"If there are really good works, why doesn't he save them and release them with his old partners? The only things he can bring out are second-rate works."

"For example, if Xu Feng has a work like "Blue and White Porcelain" and he doesn't plan to sing it, who will be the first person he considers, Lin Shenghuan or you and me?"

"It's not that people like this won't work with us, but for a composer of this level, a good work of his can have better channels to expand its influence, which is something that no amount of money can buy."

"Of course, this example may not be appropriate... because Xu Feng is, uh, a little hard to judge."

"..."

After listening to the director's words, everyone in the conference room felt a little lost, like eggplants hit by frost.

What I had been looking forward to turned out to be like this.

The quality of subsequent musical works also verified the director's words.

The quality gap is huge.

The bad ones are very bad, and the good ones are not much better.

After picking and choosing for several hours, they barely managed to select four or five usable songs.

But compared with their psychological expectations, it was several levels lower.

Just when I was feeling a little depressed, a new email arrived in my mailbox.

Everyone was cheered up.

The person in charge didn't even read the title and directly clicked on the content of the email.

However, this email completely dumbfounded them - there was nothing in the attachment except a short essay of a few hundred words.

This is their reply to the letter they just sent to criticize the guy for writing a bad song!

The wording used in the reply was very impolite, accusing the production team of being too demanding and the time being too tight, and simply being unreasonable.

Chen Li was furious: "What's wrong with the young people nowadays?"

"Our requirements are high and the time is strict, but the money is high! The compensation is definitely worth it!"

"If you don't have the ability, just stay away! You want a lot of money, and you want things to be simple and easy. How can such a good thing be possible?"

never mind!

These college students are unreliable. I should ask those companies, or ask Xu Feng...

As this thought flashed through my mind, a new email appeared in my mailbox.

Chen Li was furious and was about to ask the person in charge to reject the email, but he suddenly saw that the sender's name was the person who had said before that he would ask his senior to help compose the music. Only then did he barely suppress his anger.

Luohe University...

Just listen to it.

However, there is no need to have too high expectations.

(End of this chapter)