Start with a pop song

Chapter 4 Hot Search
7:30 p.m.

At this time, most people who have been busy all day have just finished their meals.

The nightlife in big cities hasn't even started yet.

Hu Wei, who was waiting in the backstage lounge of the bar, turned on the audio-visual system and prepared to watch some videos of interest to pass the time.

Big data understands him very well.

The recommendations are all kinds of beautiful young ladies.

Once the beauty filter is turned on, everything is stunning.

No matter whether it is true or false, it is enough to be pleasing to the eye.

Hu Wei graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music and pays close attention to information about his alma mater, so he often sees videos related to it.

I just scrolled through a few pretty ladies when I saw a video of a young man singing on the stage with a guitar.

The video is not very complete and has not been edited at all. The picture is a bit shaky and the quality looks a bit rough.

He wanted to swipe away quickly, but the sound of singing instantly made his thumb hover above the phone screen.

"This is a ruthless world and you are ruthless. You treat love as a transaction of money."

The moment this line of lyrics appeared, it was like a bullet, hitting Hu Wei's heart accurately.

He looked around carefully and saw that several band members were checking their phones like him.

Silently he took out his headphones and put them on.

Listen carefully.

After a while.

He had a complicated expression on his face.

I thought I could let it go.

After all, more than two years have passed and he is gradually getting better.

Although the income from singing in the bar every day would not make him rich, it was more than enough to support himself.

But this song suddenly brought him back to the night two years ago when it was pouring rain.

The air in the old basement was so stuffy that it was hard to breathe.

A broken fan as old as the one in the basement was whirring.

Accompanied by the girlfriend's hysterical roar.

"Yes, I cheated on my wife, so what? Yes, it was the investor of my TV series, the local tycoon you look down on the most, very rich!"

"One meal is enough to support your living expenses for a year!"

"A pack of cigarettes can buy you one!"

"He rented me a house for 28,000 a month! With an elevator and housekeeper service, I paid for a year!"

"I admit that I am vain, but I want to ask you, who doesn't want such a life?"

"Hu Wei, wake up, stop daydreaming about music. Stay at home every day writing and releasing songs. The little money you earn is not enough to support yourself, let alone spend it on me!"

"Do you still think you are the musical genius of the Central Conservatory of Music, with countless girls surrounding you?"

"Break up!"

"I can't live another day like this!"

"I have such a nice house but I can't live there. I have to come back to this shabby doghouse to act with you. I've had enough!"

"..."

He remembered that day he was wearing a pair of big shorts, shirtless, and his hair was messy.

I watched my ex-girlfriend venting without saying a word.

The basement was extremely hot and stuffy, but my heart was cold.

He couldn't believe how his girlfriend, who was always gentle as water, could say such harsh words.
How could he feel so comfortable with cheating on his wife and even think that it was all his fault?

You said there is no future with me and you see no hope, I can accept that.

Break up and find someone better, and no one will say anything to you!
But do you really not feel any guilt for being a mistress behind your boyfriend's back?

Why can you be so... self-righteous?
As expected, the two broke up.

And he, with his head lowered and his waist bent, chose to sing in a bar.

With a deep, hoarse, and highly recognizable smoky voice and a handsome face full of stories, he has been singing here for two years.

It's like a fish in water.

As for the musical dream, what is that?
Can you eat?
But at this moment, the song sung by the clean-cut big boy on the phone screen with a magnetic voice tinged with sadness made his heart ache again and again.

I took a look at the poster and found out that he was a student of Central Conservatory of Music.

“This original song is of pretty good quality!”

“It’s also great for a bar!”

"After all, many people who come here drink to relieve their sorrows. If I can be easily impressed, I'm sure I can be impressed by more people!"

Hu Wei pondered.

I sent a private message to the junior who posted the video.

"Hello buddy, my name is Hu Wei, and I also graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music. I want to ask you for a favor. Can you help me contact the person singing in the video?"

It's not a big problem to just sing it.

But Hu Wei is a person who particularly respects creation, and he also wants to get to know his junior named Song Dao.

After posting it, I saw that not many people commented on the video, so I thought about it and invested two thousand yuan in traffic.

One hundred yuan has about 5000+ viewers.

Two thousand yuan, about 100,000 traffic!
He admitted that he was a little impulsive.

But I don’t regret it!
This original traumatic emotional song is likely to become a hit.

Hu Wei, who empathized with the lyrics and had great awe for creation, felt that he had many reasons to let more people see this video.

Then it was time to go on stage. Hu Wei took off his headphones and put away his old cell phone.

Carrying a guitar, he walked out of the lounge with several band members.

Half an hour later, at around eight o'clock in the evening, this video went viral!

……

After singing the song, Kong Xi kept bowing to express his gratitude in the face of thunderous applause.

He walked briskly backstage.

After looking around, he found that Song Dao had left, so he politely said goodbye to everyone and returned to the house he rented off campus.

She appears cheerful and lively in front of others, but is actually a relatively quiet girl when she is alone in private.

The songs he created are all of a relatively quiet folk style.

My cat can do backflips, which is her famous work.

The name is a bit funny and contains some jokes, but the content is quite literary.

The reason why she became popular is partly because of her good looks and the quality of her songs, but more importantly, it’s because her name is interesting.

He became an internet celebrity in a short time after being made fun of in various ways by a bunch of stupid netizens.

Students in art schools often mature early.

Especially girls.

After becoming famous, various notices came one after another, and it became unrealistic to live in the dormitory like before.

No matter how good the relationship was originally, now that you are famous, someone will always feel uncomfortable seeing you busy all day and making a lot of money.

Kong Xi is very smart. She moved out of the dormitory after becoming famous.

I would invite my roommates to dinner every now and then, and give them small gifts when I had time.

Since the distance is far and the person is generous enough, the relationship is naturally maintained quite well.

She had originally planned to invite them to dinner today, but after hearing about the song Song Dao composed, she changed her mind and postponed the date for a day.

I plan to talk to a senior about cooperation.

Recently the company gave her a "big job".

I wrote an episode for a fantasy drama with a huge investment and the male and female protagonists are both top-tier.

It is said to be a fantasy drama, but in fact it is a love drama in ancient costume.

A group of gods do nothing all day long but fall in love.

And still abuse.

Kong Xi wanted to refuse at that time.

Her songs are all in folk style, she can't write other genres.

Especially since she has never been in love, how can she write a sad song?
But the agent said that the other party specifically asked her to "sing"!
It would be best if the song has both lyrics and music, so that it would be more eye-catching. If that doesn't work, let the company find a way to get a new song.

Anyway, as long as it’s sung by Kong Xi, they will recognize it!

"Xixi, they are optimistic about you because you are very popular now, especially because your fans are very cohesive. To put it bluntly, they are optimistic about your current traffic!"

“As for how the song is written, does that matter?”

"You're a professional anyway, just write whatever you want according to the plot. It's fine as long as it's not too bad. It's not a theme song, so what are you afraid of?"

"One million! That's a whopping price!"

"If they only want the right to use the music and you are the only one who can write the lyrics, compose the music and sing the songs, then you can get 400,000 before tax just from this!"

"Four hundred thousand, baby!"

"You have to understand one thing. Your current popularity may last forever, but it may only be temporary. You have to seize the opportunity to make money, okay?"

The profit sharing method in Xiaguo is generally 40% to 60% if you upload your work to a music platform as an independent musician.

The platform takes 40%, and the lyrics, music and singing share the remaining 60%.

If you take care of all the processes, then 60% of the pre-tax income will be yours.

If the lyrics and music are separated, the composer can get 15% to 25% of the 60%.

The singer takes the bulk of the rest.

Of course, this varies from person to person. Particularly awesome songwriters or singers with big names have bargaining power.

The specific profit-sharing model shall be agreed upon separately.

It is not uncommon for those unknown songwriters to sell a song for thousands of dollars in order to become famous or survive.

For a case like Kong Xi's where the film and television company only wants the right to use the song, it is definitely a great deal.

According to the 60:40 profit-sharing contract she signed with the company.

It is true that you can get a lot of money at once.

Her company is the conscience of the industry!
If it were a newcomer in other companies, even if he became popular, he could only get 20% to 30% at most.

After all, the company has to package and operate its artists and also have to staff them with various staff.

Many companies even deduct the cost of lyrics and music from the artist’s 20% fee!

So she is very grateful to her company and is also interested in this cooperation.

As her agent said, this time the customized invitation was because the film and television producers were more optimistic about her current traffic.

It would be more accurate to say that it is publicity expenses rather than buying songs.

After completing the recording and uploading it to the music platform, she can still enjoy the subsequent profits it brings with the company.

But the problem is, she has been holding it in for more than a month and has written several versions over and over again, but she still can't get that feeling.

The TV series has been finished for a long time and is about to be broadcast on the Internet and TV channels, but she still has no idea at all.

He looks like an e person, but in reality he is almost becoming an i person.

She had known about Senior Song Dao for a long time, but he only had eyes for Miao Xiu and never interacted with other girls.

In Kong Xi's opinion, Senior Song is a talented person. Many teachers say that he has good creative ability and is proficient in many musical instruments.

Today's song, which may have been created in just three days, also allowed her to witness the strength of her senior.

So I started to think about it.

Of course, if she hadn't had to, she wouldn't have wanted to go to Song Daoyuege for help out of desperation.

"Just give it a try, what if it works?"

While Kong Xi was browsing the internet on his phone, he was thinking about how to tell his senior about this.

If so, how much money would be appropriate?
I'm a bit famous, so I should have some initiative, right?
As a result, I came across Song’s performance tonight.

Then I fell into the comment section and couldn’t get out.

Forget about the singing appointment for now.

……

Nine p.m.

The barrage guy of that video is too busy to handle it——

"Fuck, how much of a stimulus did this take? To be able to write a song like this?"

“This song is awesome!”

"You curse again!"

"It hurts my heart, old man."

"No, how do you know my girlfriend just ran off with a rich, greasy middle-aged man?"

“I feel offended!”

"Did you install a camera in my house?"

Open the comment section, it’s even more lively!
"I'm Song Dao's schoolmate, and I'm going to tell you something really big, Song Dao just broke up with his girlfriend three days ago!
It is said that his girlfriend forced him to confess his love at the graduation party, but she signed with a big company a few days ago and broke up immediately.

The first sword coming ashore is to kill the person you want first.

This operation is very cool.

The news spread throughout our school forum.

But this is not important. What is important is that this song was actually written by Song Dao in just three days after his breakup.

I just want to ask you guys, are you awesome or not? "

"Am I the only one who thinks this guy is a jerk? How can a breakup be one person's fault? Is it wrong for a girl to choose the life she wants? Instead of reflecting on his own problems, he threw dirty water on an innocent girl and even wrote a song to get revenge. What a jerk!"

There are a lot of replies under these two comments. Some students from the music conservatory came out to reveal the truth, some passers-by revealed their mental journeys, and there were also many people who sympathized with the "female protagonist" and spoke for Miao Xiu.

Information about Miao Xiu and photos taken previously were also quickly posted online.

The reason why this incident quickly sparked heated discussions is certainly related to Hu Wei's transfer, but it is more because the singer is very handsome and the quality of the song... is quite good!
The lyrics are very touching to people who have had similar experiences, and they can resonate and empathize with them almost just by listening to them once.

At the same time, the gossip and lyrics that were leaked "hurt" those girls who thought they could make their own choices.

"You changed into the new clothes he bought."

"Look at you driving away in your car."

"You treat love as a monetary transaction."

These straightforward lyrics made them break down immediately.

Without even using the navy to fight, they just started cursing in the comment section.

By the time the internet trolls hired by Lu Wen arrived, the comment section of the video was already in chaos.

In just one or two hours, there were over 100,000 likes and over 10,000 replies in the comment section.

With the help of the internet trolls, the popularity is still rising rapidly.

It’s almost become a trending search topic!

Most netizens are actually silent.

Not to mention commenting, I'm too lazy to even click the like button.

If many people’s pain points had not been touched, there would not have been so many replies.

So when the water army began to launch a massive attack on Song Dao, the "tap water" netizens immediately became angry.

Arguing with those who set the rhythm.

But it's a bit unbearable.

The unified argument of those internet trolls is "love is freedom; Song is so low in character that if you can't get the man, you'll destroy him; this kind of man is too scary, ladies must be careful and so on."

It rises to the moral level and mainly involves personal attacks.

It is extremely difficult or even impossible to defeat others in an online debate.

Not to mention fighting against these organized water armies.

It hasn't become a one-sided situation yet, mainly because too many people resonate with this song.

They all have strong emotions in their hearts that they find difficult to express to others.

Faced with the rhythm of the water army, this group of people didn't care at all.

You criticize yours, and I talk about mine.

For a while, people were forwarding this video in all kinds of social software groups, forums, and places with high traffic.

Ten p.m.

This video ranked among the top 30 most searched videos.

——A musical genius broke up with his ex-girlfriend and wrote a song to criticize her.

(End of this chapter)