Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 158 Almost overturned
On the second day, the theme of recording a new episode was to promote the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, so the game segments set up by the program team were basically all conducted on ice and snow.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, all recordings were finally completed.

Because there were still a lot of work matters waiting to be dealt with in the country, I didn't stop at all after get off work.

Shen Juan followed the team directly to Vienna International Airport, first took an Air France flight to Paris Charles de Gaulle, and then transferred to a flight back to China.

"Official advertising shoot for the endorsement, live recording of the third public performance of Idol Producer, and the company's annual meeting. Since Dior didn't spend money on your magazine cover this month, after finishing these tasks at hand, the next period of time will mainly focus on variety show recordings and movie shootings."

"The filming of The Longing for Life is scheduled to be twice a month, three days each time. As for the film crew, the scenes of other main characters are almost finished, and they are just waiting for you, the male lead, to join the crew to complete your individual scenes and scenes with other actors. Because it is a concentrated filming, the schedule is still quite tight."

"As for the schedule for next month, it is still in the planning stage. The company is currently discussing cooperation with Republic Records under Universal as you suggested. If the communication goes smoothly, it is expected that they will sign an exclusive music contract that will last for many years and involve multiple music albums."

"So when the album you have already completed is officially released next month, it may even receive additional promotional resources from Universal."

"Then we might have to go to the United States and start your first overseas music tour in your life."

"Are they willing to make concessions on copyright?" Shen Juan was a little surprised, but of course more delighted.

Yangyang Jin nodded, "Of course they are willing, but the prerequisite is that they need to get a larger share of the album revenue. We will suffer in the short-term revenue."

"Then there shouldn't be any big problems on my side. Let the company fight for the specific share ratio."

Copyright is very important for original singers.

Song copyrights can be mainly divided into lyrics and music copyrights (which belong to the creators), from which the share of revenue accounts for a small portion, and recording copyrights (usually belonging to record companies), from which the share of revenue accounts for the majority.

If you just want to make a name for yourself through music, and then take on some commercial performances to make some money to make a living, then of course you don't need to consider the extremely complicated and tedious copyright issues. It is enough to just eat your own piece of cake.

However, as a time traveler who is fully aware of the future popularity of the songs he holds and the importance of song copyrights, and who has "inexhaustible" creative inspiration in his mind, he naturally has to put a lot of thought into the issue of copyright ownership.

After all, most of these record companies at home and abroad are unscrupulous capitalists who exploit singers and original musicians as their main means of profit.

Let me give you a less appropriate analogy to help you understand:

The lyrics and music of a song (child) were both written by Shen Juan (biological father and biological mother), but Shen Juan had a conflict with the record company (stepfather) and they were going to separate and divorce. As a result, according to local laws, the court would award the child to the stepfather who had no blood relationship with the child at all.

Who can I go to for justice?
So, if Shen Juan wants to truly control the songs he created in his own hands, so as to avoid conflicts with the company in the future or not being able to sing his own songs when he plans not to renew the contract and start his own business, he must firmly control the recording copyright in his own hands.

Good is good
Perhaps it is because Universal is considering that there are too many record companies seeking to cooperate with Shen Juan. In the face of the vast market interests behind Shen Juan that are visible to the naked eye, there are always people willing to break the rules and give up the recording copyright. Universal is not the only option before him.

Or perhaps it is because they are currently in contact with Taylor Swift, another top-tier singer who has had a conflict with her former agency and is troubled by the ownership of her songs. She has also expressed the need to control the copyright of her future album recordings. Under the impact of global streaming media, the entire industry system is gradually undergoing changes and blood transfusions.

Anyway, after several rounds of discussions, the top management of Universal decided to accept Shen Juan's signing request.

This means that Shen Juan has now successfully helped himself obtain this important right that many big-name singers at home and abroad have not been able to obtain by relying on his high traffic and the influence and popularity he has established in East Asia and even Europe and the United States over the past six months.

Everything is going in the best direction.

During the long flight, Shen Juan took a nap and woke up. He found that he could not fall asleep for a short time, so he simply took out his mobile phone to browse the news about himself.

First, the crew of "Go Go Squid!" officially changed its name to "Dear, Loved!" and announced the first list of main creative members on the official blog to warm up and attract traffic.

Director: Li Qingrong, Xiang Xujing.

Screenwriter: Mobao Feibao.

Starring: Shen Juan, Yang Zi.

Special guest appearance: Hu Yitian.

Such a "star-studded" cast instantly sparked controversy and discussion among many fans.

The little spring rolls have finally got the serious romantic idol drama they have been looking forward to for a long time. The only flaw is that the traffic status of the heroine is too low, and after removing the child star filter, she doesn’t look that good either. Acting with Shen Juan feels like putting flowers on cow dung.

And Yang Zi’s fans were, of course, delighted.

There is no need to say much about the male lead Shen Juan.

Currently he is one of the only five top-tier players with 20w super topic sign-ins, second only to Yi Yang Qianxi and Wang Yuan, and currently ranks third in the domestic entertainment industry.

As for Hu Yitian, a Little Thing Called First Love also pushed him to the second top throne, just one step away from the top star.

The 10 sign-ins in the super topic even suppressed the long-established top stars Li Yifeng and Yang Yang.

Therefore, being able to film with two super popular artists at the same time this time is definitely a great honor for me!
It’s not shameful for me to play the second role to Shen Juan!

Of course, there were also a small number of black fans who took the opportunity to complain that Shen Juan’s traffic was diluted and faked, which was discovered by the industry, resulting in the downgrade of film and television resources and he was reduced to filming with Yang Zi.

It is called the Pingdingshan Mountain Flow Appearance Record.

Then some fans of the original novel expressed their dissatisfaction openly or secretly, believing that Shen Juan, who was less than 20 years old, was unable to portray the mature temperament of the original male protagonist Han Shangyan.

The drama hasn't even started filming yet, but it's already said that this drama will most likely become another IP adaptation in the domestic entertainment industry that ruins the original work.

In short, with the release of this rather explosive official announcement, the domestic entertainment fan circle was abuzz with discussions, with many people communicating with others and even arguing with each other with their own opinions. But Shen Juan didn't have too many thoughts.

Some things you see so many times, you get used to them.

After all, netizens can never have exactly the same information as the person involved, so they often produce some doubts and suspicions that seem to make sense but actually do not hit the point at all.

Instead of focusing on discussions about these topics that are destined to never get answers that can convince everyone, it is better to focus on things that have practical value and meaning.

For example, the promotional song he created before.

Just today, at the Geneva Motor Show, the McLaren Senna GTR concept car, named after the legendary F1 driver Ayrton Senna and limited to 75 units worldwide, was officially unveiled.

At the same time, McLaren Senna's official promotional video and video background music and promotional song "Brand New Thing" were also launched simultaneously on YouTube and other platforms.

(Original singer: Zayde Wolf, average quality)

It instantly attracted many car fans and music fans from home and abroad as well as netizens who loved to join in the discussion.

[This roar at the beginning almost scared me to death]

[The song is really exciting when paired with the roar of the engine. The styles of the new songs Alex has released recently are really different. Whether they sound good or not, or whether you like them or not, is not the point, but it feels like he can handle any type of style, which is the most valuable thing about him.]

[Senna is so beautiful, incomparable beauty, British car design is still top-notch as always. ]

[If death comes, let it come suddenly, irresistibly, and completely. I don't want to spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. - Ayrton Senna]

[Although the lyrics are very relevant to the theme of the new car launch, I still prefer the first few songs. This kind of exciting song feels a bit noisy and not very comfortable to listen to.]

[The previous Pokémon theme song moved fans to tears, and this McLaren promotional song is giving people a boost and making everyone excited. I bet Alex is definitely a playboy who can handle girls with ease, because he is very good at pulling other people's emotions. ]

[Am I the only one who noticed that LeBron James also appeared in this song? Plus, Alex also called himself the King in the Chinese rap songs he sang before, so could he really be a fan of The King James? ]

[I don't think so. Didn't Alex go to the NBA All-Stars a while ago? If he is really a fan of James, he should have taken a photo with him, but if I remember correctly, he only posted Westbrook on Instagram. ]

In general, there are both praises and criticisms, and there is considerable controversy.

The number of views is also much lower than that of "Celestial".

Shen Juan could totally understand.

After all, not all netizens like this kind of exciting song that makes their blood boil and their spirits excited.

In this era, pop music is king.

This kind of passionate song is just like rap, it has a limited audience.

And there are two very important reasons:
Firstly, his energy in the recent period was basically concentrated on the production of his personal album, leaving very little time and resources for this song, and the production was a bit rough.

Secondly, McLaren suddenly designated the style and theme of the song at the beginning of this year, requiring Shen Juan to write a song that is not only suitable for promoting racing cars, but also suitable for introducing new products, and that can make people excited.

This is a bit tricky.

Because before that, he had never even heard of the name Senna.

When talking about F1, the earliest figures he could think of were Schumacher and Raikkonen, who have become vegetative.

So are all the British people's demands so high?

My buddy is a good value-for-money guy, so it was good enough for him to write songs for a low price, but he made a lot of "excessive" requests.
You should know that 95% of the advertising songs and promotional songs on the market will not have so many restrictions: if you listen to them separately, you can't guess that they are advertising songs at all.

Anyway, Shen Juan was quite speechless.

If you have to pay enough money, or create a global IP like Pokémon that has amazing popularity and can help me attract traffic, then it’s fine for me to make so many requests.

But the problem is that the money you give is not much, and McLaren is not as well-known as BBA worldwide!

Do you really think of me as a cow or horse that eats grass and squeezes blood?

Of course, this is not entirely a bad thing for Shen Juan, whose career has recently entered a golden period of growth and whose heart is more or less inflated.

At least it made him realize that the music library in his mind was not enough to support him to master all types of music styles, complete all types of work, and select suitable songs for each theme brand. In the future, he needs to be cautious when taking on tie songs that need to fit the theme.

I was lucky this time and didn't crash.

What about next time?

If he continues to take jobs without regard for his own feelings like this, one day he will end up like Jay Chou, who released a shit song that shocked the whole country and caused his own image to collapse.

He left everyone with the impression of a greasy middle-aged man.

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