Huayu 1995

Chapter 24 Are you teaching me how to do something?

After chatting for a while, Su Chao was called away by Sister Hong knocking on the door.

Five people have already requested "Goodbye," and some have even sent flower baskets in advance so that Su Chao can sing this song.

"I'll go sing right away."

Su Chao's eyes lit up; this was all money.

He can get 60% of a song for 50 yuan, and a flower basket costs at least 200 yuan.

"Be careful with Chen Jiantian. Nobody in this world is easy."

That's a pretty candid remark.

After all, Sister Hong and Yan Siyuan are partners, and Chen Jiantian is Yan Siyuan's friend, so there is no conflict of interest between them.

It was really unbecoming of her to be a female tyrant in the nightclubs to remind Su Chao of this.

"Thank you, sis!"

Su Chao expressed his sincere gratitude.

Of course he knew that Chan Kin-tim wasn't as virtuous and righteous as he seemed.

During his time with Beyond, Chan Kin-tim was a typical vampire.

Now that he's come to the mainland to create a utopia and become a godfather there, it doesn't change his nature as a businessman.

In fact, two years later, when Star Overseas was in crisis, Chan Kin-tim immediately resorted to the same old trick and seized Xu Wei's master tapes.

Humans are inherently complex animals.

Su Chao simply couldn't find a more suitable person to collaborate with on an album.

Big companies have many rules and regulations, and they're full of traps for you.

At the very least, Red Star Society aims to create a musical utopia; at least until it reaches a dead end, Chan Kin-tim is still willing to maintain at least a modicum of dignity.

Moreover, Su Chao only signs albums, not artists.

For someone with a systematic approach, putting together an album is incredibly easy.

"Sis, please keep an eye on things for me, make sure my backing track doesn't get leaked."

Su Chao is now quite familiar with Sister Hong.

Otherwise, people would definitely roll their eyes at him, thinking, "Are you trying to teach me how to do things?"

"Don't worry, Lao Xu is fine with this, but it's only a matter of time before he gets secretly recorded."

Sister Hong specifically instructed the security team today.

Let them see if anyone is secretly recording the scene.

This isn't entirely useless, but it still only addresses the symptoms, not the root cause.

As long as outsiders offer enough incentive, people inside the karaoke bar will secretly record and take the recordings out.

Pirated tapes will be around soon.

Fortunately, the karaoke room was quite noisy, so the recording quality wasn't very good.

Su Chao went up and sang "Goodbye" twice.

We received several bouquets of flowers.

When he came down to rest, he was drinking with several people in the booth area.

If you're going to be in this business, you'll have to work as a hostess sooner or later.

I thought they were rich women, but it turns out they're all singers in the music industry.

Today has practically become a gathering place for resident singers from all the nightclubs.

I wonder if any of these people are still performing in other nightclubs now that they've all come to Casablanca.

They all basically have the same goal.

They hope Su Chao will write a song for them, preferably one that is no worse than "Goodbye".

Some even offered a price on the spot.

Some people offered 3,000, some offered 5,000, and very few offered more than 10,000.

There's a reason why these people aren't popular.

Damn, there's no sincerity at all.

“Su Chao is one of us from Casablanca. Even when he’s helping a friend with their work, he’ll definitely give us priority.”

Just as Su Chao was chatting and drinking with Hu Dong and Liu Bei, Sha Baoliang suddenly patted Su Chao on the shoulder.

Su Chao was stunned.

He wasn't startled by Sha Bao Liang's sudden appearance, but rather by the fact that he discovered a song prominently displayed in Sha Bao Liang's personal shop.

"Hidden Fragrance"!
Although he couldn't create it, Su Chao knew perfectly well that this song would be the theme song for "The Story of a Noble Family".

I also know that this song is Sha Bao Liang's bread and butter for the rest of his life.

It's now lying in the Shabao Bright store.

within reach.

The price is a bit high – even with a 50% discount, it's still 15,000!

This once again confirms the arbitrary nature of the system's pricing.

These days, song copyrights aren't worth much.

Even in Hong Kong and Taiwan, for example, the creative cost of Jeff Chang's new song "Over the Fire" this year was only HK$30,000.

Liu Ruoying's "Crazy for Love" cost Chen Sheng 45,000 NTD, which is about 14,000 RMB.

The situation is even more exaggerated in the mainland music market.

Bian Liunian composed music for "I'm So Happy Today" and was paid three thousand yuan.

"A Letter Home" cost eight thousand yuan.

No matter how you calculate it, "Dark Fragrance" could not possibly sell for 30,000 yuan, unless you calculate it according to the prices in 2002.

Su Chao can't afford 15,000 for now.

He only has eight thousand yuan on him right now.

Even with today's karaoke bar earnings, there's still a significant gap to reach 15,000.

In fact, even if Su Chao could afford it, he wouldn't make the purchase.

Don't misunderstand, it's not that he couldn't bear to see Sha Bao Liang lose this only chance.

In fact, from the moment he saw Sha Baoliang, he already considered "Dark Fragrance" as one of his many representative works.

Once the duck is in your mouth, you can't let it fly away.

Su Chao's primary target now is Zhang Yu.

They've come all this way to the mainland, and we're so fortunate to have met them; we must make the most of this opportunity.

If Zhang Yu's personal store has "The Moon Causes Trouble," I'll buy it immediately.

Even if there isn't one, we won't let go of other good ones.

So what if you look down on "The Rain Keeps Falling"?

It is said that Zhang Yu was not happy during his university years. While dating Shiyilang, he also flirted with other girls, breaking up and getting back together four times. Each breakup caused Shiyilang great pain.

But what's amazing is that it's like there's a switch somewhere in Shiyilang; every time she's heartbroken, she can write a hit song!
When Zhang Yu cheated on his girlfriend for the first time, Shiyilang wrote with tears in her eyes: You said you wanted to escape, but you were destined to settle down...

This song made Zhang Yu an overnight sensation.

Later, Zhang Yu cheated on her again, and Shiyilang wrote while crying: You love him, but perhaps you also hate him...

They directly deified Zhang Yu.

When they got married, the media asked, "Was it because of love?"
Zhang Yu sighed; the moon was too round that day.

With tears in his eyes, Shiyilang immediately wrote a song: "I admit it's all the moon's fault, the night was so beautiful, you were so gentle..." This made many unfaithful friends no longer need to find excuses. Zhang Yu also wrote "Rain Butterfly" for Li Yijun, and he also participated in Peng Ling's "Caged Bird."

These are all products worth buying.

Anyway, Sha Bao Liang is in Casablanca, always hanging around under Su Chao's nose.

"Dark Fragrance" is like temporarily being stored with him.

As for whether it will be unavailable...

Haha, he only has this one decent song, and it's probably on every refresh, so there's no problem finding it.

Sha Baoliang was unaware of his tragic fate.

He pretended to be very familiar with Su Chao, leaving Hu Dong, who wanted to ask him to sing a song, feeling quite helpless.

The tower near the water gets the moon first.

Sha Baoliang definitely has an advantage over the others.

"Really, if you have the chance to write one for me, I won't treat you unfairly."

After they finished talking, Sha Baoliang pulled Su Chao away.

He only realized why he couldn't ask Su Chao to write a song when he saw others asking him to do so today.

Aside from occasionally praising Su Chao to his detriment, he didn't really offend the kid.

I originally wanted to ask a friend to arrange for someone to ambush Su Chao on his way home, so he would know what the dangers of society are.

We can take a break for now.

"Creative work requires inspiration, and I haven't had any inspiration lately."

Su Chao isn't actually eighteen years old.

He can clearly distinguish whether others have ill intentions towards him, and he remembers them clearly.

There is absolutely no reason to repay kindness with enmity.

Inspiration is such a thing...

Sha Baoliang was helpless; he couldn't force Su Chao's head down, pry open his mouth, and fill him with inspiration.

As soon as it was midnight, Su Chao went to the finance department to collect the money, and then ran away with Huang Bo and Lü Bu.

There were quite a few song requests today.

We also received quite a few flower baskets and bouquets.

In total, besides the five thousand yuan given by Chen Jiantian, there was an additional income of one thousand two hundred yuan.

If you can earn 1,200 a day, then earning 30,000 a month is not a dream. Wu Xiubo earned about that much at his peak, and in most months, they barely made 10,000.

Ultimately, it all comes down to originality.

Other people's new songs are released through the CCTV Young Singers Competition, television stations, and record companies.

Su Chao is different.

His new song was released in a nightclub.

Of course, there might not be as many tomorrow.

Yesterday's high earnings were due to the new song's first public appearance, which piqued everyone's interest.

The reason we made so much money today is because singers from other karaoke bars came to support us.

These people are all high-income earners.

Back in the courtyard, the work was basically completed.

The newly built toilet is not yet usable, but the newly rented house is already ready to move into.

The east room was used for sleeping and storing some things.

The main hall was used for training classes.

The five of them lived in two rooms, which was incredibly spacious.

The Guo brothers, Huang Bo, and Lü Bu lived in the east room.

This room is even bigger than the one Su Chao and Lü Bu used to live in, and it's a proper house, not a makeshift structure.

It's very comfortable to live here.

On their first day working with Su Chao, everyone improved their housing conditions.

A bright future is within reach.

Su Chao chose to sleep alone in the main room.

The original owner was in excellent physical condition; he could sleep comfortably with several desks pushed together.

I can sleep alone without disturbing others' rest, no matter how late it is.

Moreover, there are quite a few things in this room, so we need to be careful to prevent someone from picking the lock and stealing them.

Half-asleep, Su Chao was jolted awake by a sudden system notification.

What the hell?

If the host continues down this path, he will repeat the mistakes of his past life...

The system issues daily tasks.

fishing!

If the host spends one hour each day fishing, the system will reward the host.

The system can recycle the fish you catch and reward you with a certain amount of experience points.

At first, Su Chao was very angry.

Don't you think I'm tired enough?
Where would I find the time to go fishing?

Just like how eating fruit can help you lose weight, I'd like to ask whether you should eat it before or after meals.

But when he heard there was a reward, he immediately changed his attitude.

I'm sorry, it was my bad attitude.

The system assigns him daily tasks, such as fishing, which is not a random selection.

In his previous life, Su Chao was too stubborn, so he developed a host of health problems as soon as he turned thirty, including stomach issues, cervical spondylosis, back pain, and insomnia. The old Chinese medicine doctor advised him to find something to relax.

Su Chao chose to go fishing.

He quite enjoys fishing.

Even after he grew up, he still remembered his father taking him fishing in the ditch when he was a child, and the joy of pulling the little fish out of the water.

So he spent tens of thousands of yuan to order a fishing tackle set online.

They even considered their fishing needs when buying a car.

However, he never managed to find time to go fishing, until one night he was suddenly swept away and died.

This time is different.

The system will give you a reward if you fish for an hour.

There's a guaranteed minimum catch regardless of whether you catch anything or not.

Once you catch a fish, the system will give you extra rewards, including money and experience points.

Experience points!

The basic ones cost a hundred yuan each, the intermediate ones a thousand, and the advanced ones even cost tens of thousands.

If the system hadn't been worried that this host would completely transform into a fishing addict and stipulated that only catches within an hour would be rewarded, Su Chao probably could have fished by the water all day long.

Back from fishing, I'm a pro now!

(End of this chapter)