The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 325 Artistic Director and Signed Singers

Once outside the villa and in his car, Xu Jiuyang whistled again.

Returning from filming the Tianlong series doesn't mean he's idle. On one hand, "Falling" is still being revised and needs to be published no later than next year before filming begins.

On the other hand, the Red Cliff project also needs to be followed up continuously. In addition to Angela's request, it is also because this is a project that has never been done in my previous life, and I am personally pushing it forward.

This is also why Son Ye-jin, Jun Ji-hyun, and Ha Ji-won are here. Son Ye-jin has been receiving various training sessions on set, and she always tries to please him whenever she sees him.

Since the three of them had stood together last time, when he summoned her to his bedchamber this time, he casually asked if Jun Ji-hyun and Ha Ji-won were there. Son Ye-jin immediately replied: Yes, yes, yes!
When they arrived, they found out that both of them had flown in from South Korea at the last minute, and that Ha Ji-won had even taken leave from the "Dae Jang Geum" drama crew.

Well, how about we call them and Li Jiaxin at the same time one day and see which one arrives first? I saw some gossip reports from Hong Kong before, and Li Jiaxin has officially joined Angela's fund. Many tabloids are mocking and predicting her downfall.

That's a really great cosplay.

Getting back to the main point, besides the two things mentioned above, there's another task he's been working on: he promised Li Yunxin he'd take some time to visit her record company and write a few songs for her, and that's what he's doing now.

They arrived at their destination quickly, entered the commercial building, and took the elevator up, where Kim Hyun-joo was already waiting at the front desk.

“Sir,” she greeted him with a slight bow.

"Hmm, how long has Yunxin been here?" Xu Jiuyang nodded and asked.

“Madam arrived a few minutes early and is currently in the conference room discussing matters with the art director,” Kim Hyun-joo replied.

Xu Jiuyang raised an eyebrow. He vaguely remembered that either Kim Hyun-joo or Kim Tae-hee had said that this artistic director was poached at a high price when Six Degrees Music was established.

I didn't ask much at the time, but now that I think about it, there are only a handful of really good music producers in China. I don't know who Yunxin poached. I've been browsing gossip online lately, but I haven't heard of anyone switching companies.

However, on the other hand, an art director and a producer are not entirely the same thing. Someone like Gao Xiaosong can serve as the art director of Alibaba Music.

However, Xu Jiuyang, who was filled with curiosity, was immediately met with a blow upon arriving at the conference room.

"Hello, Miss Yang." After Kim Hyun-joo introduced them, Xu Jiuyang extended his hand to Yang Yuying with a complicated expression, then quickly glared at Li Yunxin sitting next to him, whose eyelids were lowered but whose lips were slightly upturned.

"Hello, Mr. Xu." The sweet girl's smile had indeed remained unchanged for decades.

Well, this period of decades is calculated from someone's previous life. After all, in the two years after being reborn, sweet girl love songs were still circulating on the streets.

"Frankly speaking, I never expected Ms. Yang to come to Six Degrees Music as the artistic director." Xu Jiuyang tried his best to appear businesslike.

“Miss Li visited me several times to persuade me, and even sponsored my studies at music companies all over the world. I estimate that it will be difficult for me to release an album or hold a concert in the future, so I might as well write a few good songs and teach a few students, which can be considered as continuing my music career,” Yang Yuying replied humbly.

“Yes, as a teacher, cultivating a few outstanding students is a way to continue one’s career,” Xu Jiuyang nodded and said, then looked at Li Yunxin.

He was at a loss for words. If it were a male artistic director, there would be plenty of topics to discuss; if it were a typical female artistic director, they could talk about musical philosophies. But the person in front of him was...

“I’ll have the two singers we currently have signed come over to meet you, and then you can consider what kind of songs to write, how about that?” Li Yunxin said. “Okay.” Xu Jiuyang nodded immediately.

However, when the two signed singers arrived at the meeting room, someone who thought he wouldn't be affected couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Needless to say, all the signed artists were female singers. The moment he saw the artistic director, Yang Yuying, he already understood the nature of this music company.

That's true. Given Samsung's background and the current terrible copyright situation in mainland China, there's no need to set up a separate company to make music. They can just do what they did in the past: first, they can acquire the land by offering free content, and then start charging when the policies change. As long as they get the copyright, they can do whatever they want. As for whether it affects creative work... do investors even consider that?
So it goes without saying why Yang Yuying was invited to be the art director.

Similarly, the female singers they signed are probably similar to Yang Yuying, except... Lan Feilin? I don't recognize the name, but the girl with that name looks familiar.

As for the other one, that's even stranger. I don't recognize the name Fu Ying either, but that face... isn't it just like Chen Hao?
Of course, no matter how strange you feel inside, you still have to demonstrate your professionalism.

"Miss Lan is from Shanghai, right? And she's not even 20 years old yet. She's also very cute, which is perfect for a sweet or melancholic music style. Of the two songs I brought today, one should be very suitable for Miss Lan." After chatting with the two girls for a while, he said this to Lan Feilin first.

After a pause, he looked at Fu Ying again: "As for Miss Fu, based on your temperament, a fast-paced dance song might be more suitable for you, while my other song has folk characteristics. I'm not sure if it's suitable for you. I can show it to you first, sing a couple of verses and then make a decision."

"No problem, Ms. Xu," the two girls replied in unison.

Xu Jiuyang then took out four copies of sheet music from his bag, giving two copies to Lan Feilin and Fu Ying respectively, and handing the other two photocopies to Yang Yuying.

Since she's the art director, she definitely needs to understand the situation before giving her opinion.

The song handed to Lan Feilin was Lin Gougou's "Jiangnan," which wasn't released until 04, making it perfect for him to plagiarize.

Anyway, Lin Gougou has a lot of good songs and is a singer-songwriter. Being taken advantage of by him is nothing. It might even inspire his creative desire.

The song given to Fu Ying was "Mudanjiang" by Nan Quan Mama. This song was released a year later than "Jiangnan" and is considered Nan Quan Mama's representative work, as well as their only representative work.

After all, this is the only song that makes people think of them just by hearing the lyrics and music.

Anyway, this group was just something Zhou Yueban and his gang created for fun. They change members, disband, and reform every few days. Copying this song and letting this lousy group reincarnate early is a good thing.

"Thank you, Teacher Xu. I really like this song," the two girls said, bowing deeply after watching it.

"Director Yang, what do you think?" Xu Jiuyang frowned slightly, not giving a direct answer, but looking at Yang Yuying instead.

“Jiangnan is indeed very suitable for Xiaolin, but Mudanjiang is not as suitable for Xiaoying.” Yang Yuying immediately said, “As Mr. Xu said, Xiaoying is more suitable for dance music. Of course, if she insists on singing it, there is no problem, but the company’s positioning and promotion strategy for her need to be adjusted.”

Xu Jiuyang was slightly surprised. These words were quite insightful, pointing out the problem and providing a solution, even if it wasn't the best, it was at least feasible.

"Yunxin, what do you think?" He then looked at Li Yunxin.

"I have no objection. As long as Joyoung Oppa makes them famous, that's fine," Li Yunxin replied with a smile.

(End of this chapter)