Huayu: Were you ever a top star before writing nonsense?

Teacher Long, real name: Long Junjie.

He played Zhao Yi (Curly Hair Bro) in "The Family of Shanghai" and was the voice actor for Prime Minister Bi Qian in the TV series "The Investiture of the Gods".

In addition, there are works such as "Blue Calla Lily", "Encounter on the Road", "Family Tradition", "Spark", and "Blood and Fire".

Shen Can brought stools for the two teachers.

"What are your thoughts? Tell me," Long Junjie said with a smile as he sat down.

Seeing that more and more students were gathering outside the door, Xu Ning went over and closed the dormitory door.

Wang Teng and Ke Qingchuan outside the door: "???"

Were you struggling to carry all those bags outside?

In the bustling corridor, the two felt as if they were in a world of swirling snowflakes, completely bewildered.

Inside the door.

Shen Can looked at the two teachers with a serious expression:

"Thank you both for taking time out of your busy schedules to worry about my future. I am deeply grateful."

Long Junjie and Xu Ning exchanged a glance, both seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

It's not surprising that these words came from a seasoned veteran.

But it's surprising to hear this from a freshman who has just entered university and has little social experience.

--Mature.

Shen Can possesses a maturity rarely seen in freshmen.

"You're worth it for me to do this," Xu Ning said with a smile.

"Last night at the military training base, I saw your talent firsthand, and I genuinely want you as my student. I'll be retiring in five years, and I won't lie to you, I hope to leave with a satisfactory record of my teaching career when I retire, and I want a proud student."

After Xu Ning finished speaking, he turned to Long Junjie and smiled, saying:

"Director Long, please don't blame me for taking what you love, it's just that I can't give it up."

"Hahaha..." Long Junjie laughed heartily and waved his hand.

He cursed Xu Ning under his breath, thinking, "He's such a sly fox. Now that things have come to this point, how can he possibly try to steal Shen Can away?"

This is a "general".

Fortunately, even though Shen Can transferred to the musical theatre major, that major still falls under the acting department.

Ultimately, they are performing arts students.

Of course, this is on the premise that Shen Can is willing to change his major.

Long Junjie turned to look at Shen Can. For some reason, he felt that the boy in front of him was not as simple as he seemed.

"Thank you for your kindness, teacher. I am willing to change my major, but..." Shen Can looked troubled.

In reality, Shen Can didn't care whether he stayed in the Department of Dramatic Literature or transferred to another department.

The reason is simple: he has a system, through which he can quickly master the knowledge and skills related to screenwriting, acting, directing, music, and other related professions.

not much differences.

Moreover, he had already studied the knowledge of the drama department, so there was little point in learning it again.

"Hmm..." Xu Ning hesitated for a few seconds, then asked, "What are you worried about?"

"Then I'll be frank, teachers. To be honest, I come from a rural area in this mountain city. My family is very poor. Our annual income is less than 8000 yuan. Last year, my grandfather suffered a stroke and needed money for treatment and care from my family... I'm very worried that it will be difficult for someone like me, without connections or resources, to succeed in music. I don't even have the money to produce songs."

Shen Can smiled bitterly, his face full of sincerity.

"No connections, no resources, and you think you can easily succeed by studying drama?" Long Junjie laughed, glancing at Chen Bo as he spoke.

"They're both difficult, just like everyone else."

Chen Bo: "..."

That hurts.

Xu Ning smiled and said, "That's easy. Our department will provide strong support for talented students. You have a senior who owns a record company. If you want to produce songs, you can go to her, and I'll introduce you."

Shen Can's eyes lit up.

He deliberately played the victim, just waiting for that sentence.

These university professors have astonishing influence and extensive networks, but they won't easily lend a helping hand to people who aren't related to them.

Shen Can's thoughts were: "They want me to change my major? Fine, but there should be some preferential treatment, right? Even headhunters know to raise salaries when they poach people, right?"

If there are no preferential treatments, then the transfer is a waste of time.

That being said, he didn't expect his little tricks to fool the two old gangsters; the important thing was to achieve his goal.

"Can I just be affiliated with a record company?" Shen Can asked again.

"It depends on your own abilities," Xu Ning said.

Shen Can nodded.

He understood what Xu Ning meant: you can build a ladder, but whether you can succeed depends on your own eloquence and ability.

The reason Shen Can asked this question was that he wanted to keep the song copyright in his own hands.

The significance of musical works lies in copyright.

In the future, singers will mostly release their songs on major music platforms, and very few will release records. This is one of the main reasons for the decline of record companies.

The rise of digital music and the mainstream adoption of streaming...

However, in 07, it was not easy for independent musicians to release their songs. Music platforms such as QQ Music, Kugou Music, and Qianqian Music did not have independent musician features and only cooperated with record companies.

This also forces independent musicians to work with record companies.

Regarding the collaboration methods between artists and record companies, Shen Can once wrote an entertainment article where he researched it in detail. There are generally seven collaboration models, but he will mainly discuss three:

First, artists sign directly with record companies. For example, Phoenix Legend signed with Peacock Records, and Jay Chou signed with Alfa Music.

In this model, the company handles all aspects of production, promotion, distribution, artist management, and record sales, while the artist only needs to be responsible for recording, commercial performances, appearing on shows, and attending events.

However, copyright is difficult for artists to control.

The copyrights to songs by Phoenix Legend are all held by Peacock Records.

The copyright to Jay Chou's early music is also held by Alfa.

When Jay Chou left Alfa, he had a copyright dispute with Jacky Wu (founder of Alfa Project), and their relationship took a sharp turn for the worse, turning from mentor and student into enemies.

In 15, Jay Chou and Hannah Quinlivan held three weddings, but Wu Zongxian was not invited to any of them.

Secondly, "affiliating with a record company" refers to independent musicians conducting music business under the name of the company they are affiliated with, such as signing performance contracts and releasing musical works.

However, independent musicians need to master their own tapes or hire independent producers to do so.

In this model, record companies are only responsible for distribution; large companies usually do not do this.

The advantage is that independent musicians can own the copyright to their songs.

Third is the DIY model, where singers record, produce, and promote their own music and build their own websites to sell it. Listeners purchase and download the music online, reducing physical costs but increasing server costs as well as the costs of website construction, maintenance, and optimization.

Shen Can prefers the third model the most.

It's 07 now, and there's no doubt that this model is quite ahead of its time.

But if done well, it has the potential to become capital.

If you can become capital, who would want to be subservient to others?

Unfortunately, the time was not right.

There's nothing he can do; he lacks popularity and funding...

"I'm willing to switch to studying musical theatre," Shen Can told Xu Ning and Long Junjie, expressing his decision.

"Okay." Xu Ning laughed heartily.