The bard joins the entertainment industry

After leaving the company, Chen Shuo asked Shu Chang: "Changchang, do you want to buy it?"

"Even though I have been in the industry for so many years, I haven't saved much money now." Shu Chang shook his head and said, "Let's wait until next year.

After joining the company this year, Brother Qi found me a few commercial performances, but I haven’t saved much money yet.

After "Baolian Lantern" is broadcast next year, my reputation should increase a lot, and I will be able to make money by then. "

Chen Shuo thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's okay, anyway, your literature department is not like the performance department, where you have to stay in school for the first two years.

Act first, become famous, make money, and everything will be easy to talk about. "

The three of them chatted and came to Jingwen Records and entered Chen Shuo's office. He said, "You guys can play in the office first, and I'll go find Brother He first."

"Okay, you go ahead." Liu Yifei waved her hand to let him do what he wanted, and then she and Shu Chang flipped through the albums on his shelf.

You know, with Jingwen's convenience, he has collected a lot of signed albums, many of which are collector's editions.

After He Zhengyang met Chen Shuo, he put down his work and said, "You came just in time. You shouldn't be busy next time, right? We should prepare the second album quickly."

Chen Shuo sat down in front of him and said: "Except for some sporadic scenes, I no longer need to stay on the set all the time.

Is the arrangement ready? "

"It's done. You can listen to it later."

"Then when do you start recording songs? Do you want to start playing in the afternoon?" Although Chen Shuo is no longer in the crew, he still has a lot of things to worry about.

One is the final performance, the other is looking at houses, and also preparing for Li Xiaoyao's interview.

"Don't worry yet." He Zhengyang said, taking out a card and a document from his desk drawer, pushing it in front of Chen Shuo, and said: "This is your share last year, it was settled at the end of December.

It's just that you were in the mountain city at that time, and I never had time to give it to you. "

Chen Shuo picked up the card, looked through it, and asked, "How much is the total?"

He Zhengyang said: "12.41 million yuan."

"How much?" Chen Shuo was surprised and asked.

"12.41 million yuan." He Zhengyang said lightly again.

Chen Shuo couldn't help but ask: "Didn't you say that the album sales were less than 4 million copies before? I calculated at the time that after tax, I could get about 4 million at most. How can it be so much more now?"

Seeing the surprised look on his face, He Zhengyang smiled and explained: "Don't you think that domestic sales are all?

Don’t forget, our company’s business is not just domestic.

We have partners in Southeast Asia, Japan, the United States, and even Europe and the United States.

As long as the album is not too limited, we can sell it all over the world. "

When Chen Shuo heard this, he suddenly realized that he almost forgot that the country was not everything.

Seeing that he had figured it out, He Zhengyang said: "Actually, foreign albums do not sell as much as domestic ones, but there are very few pirated copies in Europe, the United States, and Japan. We did not implement the ultra-low price strategy, but followed the local market. selling.

In this way, the profit of an album will be higher. Selling one album there is equivalent to selling three or five albums in China.

That’s why your share of this album will be so much. "

"Is this after tax or before tax?" Chen Shuo couldn't help but ask.

"After tax, the company has paid all the taxes for you. You can spend the money as you like." He Zhengyang clicked on the document on the table again and said, "This document is your income details from this album. Domestic and foreign, record sales, CD sales, tape sales, unit price in each country.

Sales volume in each region, tax payment details, etc. are all listed in detail.

You can ask someone to take a look. "

Chen Shuo picked up the file and flipped through it, and found that the total sales of this album had reached nearly 100 million.

Moreover, the overseas sales volume is not large, just over one million, but the profits created are greater than the nearly four million domestic albums.

This made him sigh again. Sure enough, doing this business was simply making money.

After putting away the documents and cards, he suddenly felt very motivated, stood up and joked: "Brother He, hurry up, let's finish the album quickly, and then go make money."

"Haha~" He Zhengyang smiled, stood up and said: "You kid, do you know how to be positive now?

But the quality of your new album is really good, much better than the previous one.

And your share of this album is also high. By this time next year, you will definitely get more money than you do now. "

For a newcomer who has made so much money from his first album, the company will naturally not treat him as invisible.

For this second album, he was directly given a 10% share. At the same time, he wrote all the songs in the album himself, and in the end he received nearly 10% of the copyright.

In other words, he will eventually get 40% of the proceeds from this album.

Generally, singers who have been famous for a long time are not qualified to obtain this condition.

But who gave him the ability? Not only can he write it himself, but he can also become popular when he sings it. The company is willing to give it to him.

He made more than 12 million yuan from one album, but the company made even more. Even if all costs were removed, the company still had a net profit of nearly 50 million yuan.

The next album, Visible will be even better.

If Jingwen is stingy and unwilling to give, of course someone will be willing to give it. If nothing else, companies such as Taimai and Rolling Stone are all watching eagerly.

When Chen Shuo turned around and joined another company, Jingwen would not be able to earn a penny and would be ridiculed by his peers.

The two arrived at Chen Shuo's office, picked up Liu Yifei and Shu Chang, and headed to the recording studio together.

There are many singers in Jingwenzhong, and they have their own recording studios, and the equipment is definitely top-notch in the industry.

After entering the recording studio, He Zhengyang flipped through the music score and asked, "Which song should I start recording first?"

"Start with "Mortal Eyes" first." Chen Shuo said: "Try to record it first today, and then record "Peerless", "Water Moon", and "Tian Wai Tian" tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

These songs are going to be used by Zhouyi, and the post-production of "Shuiyue Cavetian" and "Legend of the Spiritual Mirror" is about to be completed. "

"How does Sissi understand this song?" He Zhengyang nodded and asked Liu Yifei.

"I feel a little confused." Liu Yifei said a little embarrassedly: "Chen Shuo said there should be a touch of confusion and a touch of sadness, but I am really confused and don't know what he wants."

"Then you go in and sing it first." He Zhengyang thought for a while and said.

"Okay." She didn't have any stage fright, nodded and walked into the shed.

After putting on the earphones and trying the sound check, Liu Yifei made an "OK" gesture to everyone.

The sound engineer saw this and started playing the accompaniment. When the point was reached, he prompted: "Come in!"

Liu Yifei got the hint and started singing:

"...

How can I see clearly~

You look like a dream~

It’s not easy to keep you~

The relationship between water and the moon~

…”

Listening to the singing coming from the headphones, the sound engineer didn't make any move. Instead, he waited for her to finish singing and then waved her out.

Then I played it to her again.

"Do you feel something is wrong?"

Liu Yifei thought for a while and said: "It seems that there is no emotion."

The sound engineer waved his hand and said, "Chen Shuo go in and sing again."

"Okay." Chen Shuo responded and went in to sing again.

"...

How can I see clearly~

You look like a dream~

…”

When he finished singing and played it out, his singing voice was cold and ethereal, and a sense of desolation could clearly be heard.

"I'll try again." Liu Yifei thought for a while, then went in and recorded again.

This time she listened directly to her ears in the studio, while Chen Shuo and others listened together outside.

Chen Shuo and Shu Chang could clearly hear that she had used the ape cry technique to increase the sadness in her voice.

The sound engineer listened, applauded, and said through the microphone: "Very good, I have a feeling, but your feeling is too floating, and your emotions are too full.

The sound is more solid, the feeling of sadness is less, and there is a sense of confusion and sadness.

Understand it based on the lines, how can I see your dreamy figure clearly.

The other person is like a dream, so you can't see clearly, and you feel confused.

But the other person is the person or thing you want most, but you can't see right from wrong, and you feel helpless and sad.

Imagine doing it again. "

After Liu Yifei understood what he meant, she did it again.

"The effect has been achieved. According to your current understanding, let's go through it one sentence at a time.

Let’s start with the first sentence, okay! "

"How can I see clearly~" Liu Yifei immersed herself in the artistic conception of the lyrics and sang slowly.

Helplessness, confusion and a touch of sadness can clearly be heard in the singing.

"Okay, why, don't be so fast between how and what, delay a little, and do it again.

Very good, next sentence, it’s not easy to keep you~

Yes, the emphasis is on 'think', and then the sound is slightly stretched at the end.

…”

The sound engineer took the trouble to help her smooth out every sentence and correct every detail.

At the same time, the composed music is also being adjusted to the state that best suits Liu Yifei's voice.

After finishing it once, he said again: "Come on, do it all again."

After the entire song was sung three more times, the sound engineer gave her a thumbs up to come out.

"The effect is very good. You have understood the artistic conception of the song and mastered the singing skills. Come and drink some water."

Chen Shuo handed her a water glass, asked her to moisten her throat, and asked, "How do you feel?"

Liu Yifei took a sip of water, moistened her throat, took a few more sips, and said with a smile: "I'm very happy. Before I came to the studio to record, I couldn't feel anything wrong in some places.

But once inside the shed, all the flaws were suddenly magnified. "

"Okay, you take a break first, I'll go in and record it again." Seeing that the sound engineer was waiting, Chen Shuo took the water glass and put it on the table, letting her and Shu Chang chat.

I went into the studio and recorded it formally.

As the level increases, the effect of the bardic performance also increases, from the initial heart-clearing and uplifting at level 1, to the ecstasy at level 5, and the suggestion at level 7.

At level 9 and level 11, Chen Shuo gained two performance effects: exhilaration and fear respectively.

Uplifting: Resonating with the audience through performance and reinforcing the audience's current emotions.

Fear: Inspiring fear in the audience through performance and weakening their willpower.

Of these two performance effects, whether one is good or bad depends entirely on the current mood of the audience, while the other is more reflected in the bad aspects.

Fortunately, there is a threshold before and after level 10. Before level 10, it is just elite level, and after level 10, it is model level.

At the same time, the control ability has also improved to a higher level.

He can selectively and directionally stimulate the effect of bardic performances.

And what kind of effect is stimulated is also closely related to his performance. If his performance is not scary, it will be difficult to stimulate the fear effect.

The reason why people couldn't put it down after listening to the last album was because he sang every song to perfection and inspired the performance.

Then the effect of each song is superimposed with the effects of other songs, making the audience feel the most after listening to the entire album.

The main theme of his new album is "ancient sadness", and the whole album has a touch of sadness.

As he sang it with concentration, a perfect prompt passed by, activating the suggestion effect.

The artistic conception of the song "Mortal Eyes", guided by the performance effect, aroused a sense of desolation in the recording engineer's heart.

Immersed in it, after a while, he came back to his senses and gave a thumbs up to express approval.

Later, Liu Yifei was asked to go into the studio and record a chorus version with Chen Shuo.

It wasn't until after six o'clock in the evening that the song was finished recording.

"Thank you for your hard work, brother, thank you for your hard work, Teacher Wu." After it was confirmed, Chen Shuo thanked He Zhengyang and the sound engineer for their hard work.

"Thank you, brother, thank you, teacher Wu." Liu Yifei also bowed and said, "It's all because of me that I have kept you busy for so long."

"It's nothing. Originally, we worked hard to record until nine o'clock. I didn't expect that you and Chen Shuo both performed so well and the recording was finished now." He Zhengyang waved his hand and smiled.

What he said was not a lie. He had indeed come with this plan before.

At the beginning of the year, Chen Shuo didn't know enough about the effects of minstrel performances. He couldn't activate the effects every time, let alone achieve the desired effect in one go.

In order to pursue perfection, he recorded in the studio until after 12 o'clock.

What's more, today's main focus is to see Liu Yifei's performance. I thought she had never recorded a song before, so she would have to adapt for a day and wait until tomorrow to see the results.

I didn't expect it to be completed in one afternoon.

"Now that we've finished recording the song "Mortal Eyes" today, let's call it a day. Let's continue recording it tomorrow."

"Okay." Chen Shuo nodded and said, "I'm going to check out the house tomorrow morning, and I'll come back after lunch."

"Okay." He Zhengyang said: "I feel that your current level has improved a lot, and I think the recording speed will be faster this time."

"I feel the same way."

After leaving the recording studio together, Chen Shuo was not going to go back to the office. He said goodbye to He Zhengyang directly: "Brother He, let's leave first."

He Zhengyang waved his hand and said, "Let's go, I'll go back to the office to pack up and go home."

It's an unexpected blessing to be able to go home early today.

Thinking about Liu Yifei's performance, she may not be as good as Chen Shuo, but she is still talented.

Especially the changeable voice. A little girl who usually spoke with a milky voice was able to produce such a vigorous voice, which surprised him and made him very happy.

He wanted to sign Liu Yifei, but Chen Shuo insisted on waiting until the album was effective.

There was nothing he could do.