What earthy singer?Please call me a middle-aged idol

Chapter 65 From Marco's Trial

"why?"

Facing Zhao Mo's refusal, Mr. Xu expressed his incomprehension. He thought that the conditions he had given Zhao Mo were already very good.

"Because I plan to start my own studio." Zhao Mo said frankly.

He also thought about signing a good contract and finding a company to continue working.

But as his strength grows, he also has ambitions, but the most important point is that he doesn't like the feeling of being bound by capital, whether it's the previous life or this life.

This is why Zhao Mo has been rejecting entertainment companies such as Shanda and Huale for so long.

He spent his whole life in his previous life, but he still couldn't break free from the clutches of these behemoths. In this life, he didn't want to be held hostage again.

"It sounds ambitious to go it alone, but it's hard to succeed in the entertainment industry."

Mr. Xu shook his head.

In order for Zhao Mo to sign the contract, Mr. Xu once again released an attractive condition.

"If you sign to Penguin, we can make you a platinum singer within a year."

Mr. Xu's eyes were burning, and he didn't mean to be joking at all.

A platinum singer, as the name suggests, requires the singer to have a platinum album, and a platinum album sells 100 million copies.

Although Zhao Mo has created ten songs now, and each song is very popular, songs like "Free Flight" and "Love Trading" once became phenomenal songs.

But that doesn't mean platinum albums are easy for him.

For example, "Freedom to Fly" was included in Phoenix Legend's "Auspicious Ruyi" album in the previous life. Although the song "Freedom to Fly" became popular all over the country, the record company shipped 30 copies of "Auspicious Ruyi" within [-] days of its release.

"Forgetful Love" has sold 300 million albums in Asia, but Andy Lau had already been named the "Four Heavenly Kings" when he released this album, and the number of fans alone is incomparable.

Therefore, it is not a simple matter for Zhao Mo to release a platinum album.

As for whether Mr. Xu is always painting big cakes, Zhao Mo doesn't know, but he knows that Penguin has this ability.

Penguin made its fortune on the music platform, and later made a video platform. It has achieved good results in both fields of audio and video platforms, and their prestige has become the No. 1 in the field of communication software today.

This is also the capital that Penguin has mastered to enter the entertainment circle.

However, Zhao Mo shook his head again.

"But I think I can try it myself."

"Oh?"

Hearing this sentence, Mr. Xu was very surprised.

For a singer who has just entered the music scene, it would be a bit of a dream to rely on his own ability to release a platinum album.

Without the help of the record company, whether it is producing an album or promoting it, it will be difficult.

For a qualified album, the singer even has to try more than a hundred demos provided by the record company before he can choose the right ten songs. As for the title song, it is either original with painstaking efforts, or it is custom-made at a high price from a famous songwriter. .

Zhao Mo's creative ability is certainly not weak, but in Mr. Xu's view, a person's creative ability is always limited.

However, he read a kind of confidence from Zhao Mo's eyes.

"Since you are so determined, I can't force it."

Mr. Xu finally sighed.

"However... if you have the idea of ​​signing a contract with a brokerage company, Penguin's door is open for you at any time, but you have to do it early, because no singer will guarantee that he will be popular."

The meaning of Mr. Xu's words is easy to understand.

With Zhao Mo's current popularity, and Penguin wanting to enter the entertainment industry, he is thirsty for talents, so he can be given an S lottery and many other generous conditions.

But if after a year or so, Penguin has no shortage of artists, or Zhao Mo is no longer popular, then he is thinking about signing a contract, and he will definitely not get such a good treatment.

"Thank you Mr. Xu for your favor."

Zhao Mo laughed.

In the end, the negotiation ended with Zhao Mo rejecting the olive branch offered by Penguin.

Zhao Mo finally left the tea room.

He didn't ask Mr. Xu's previous question clearly, that is, if he rejected Penguin's invitation to sign a contract, would Penguin always remove his songs from the shelves.

There is no need to ask this question.

From Mr. Xu's attitude today, it can be seen that Penguin has not formed a death feud with him. Besides, it is not good for them to remove Zhao Mo's song from the shelves. huge.

Or, Zhao Mo was never afraid at all, even if Penguin Music platform will not release his songs again, then he still has other ways.

Although Penguin Music's market share in the music platform has exceeded 70.00%, and it has the leading position, but there is also a platform called emo music, which is a rising star, and it can also make a way out of Douyin. ...

There are always more solutions than difficulties.

After Zhao Mo left the tea room, Mr. Xu did not leave in a hurry, but stayed in the tea room to work.

I saw him take out the tablet from his bag and read the mail.

Mr. Xu took a sip of tea, but frowned again, and spat out a piece of broken tea. He took out a can of Coke from his bag, pushed the teacup aside, opened the tab of the Coke with one hand, and took a sip of the carbonated drink , showing a satisfied smile.

Just then, Mr. Xu's phone rang.

Caller ID is "Big Brother".

Mr. Xu hesitated, but finally connected the phone with a guilty conscience.

"Hello, Marco."

Immediately there was a scolding from the other end of the phone:

"Xu Zhiqiang, are you out of your mind? I asked you to start a project to enter the entertainment circle. What did you do? Why did you remove Zhao Mo's song? If this matter affects the credibility of our platform, how do you plan to solve it? ? Damn it, don’t you know that Douyin has been crazily grabbing copyrights with us recently, just to make its own music platform!”

Mr. Xu, namely Xu Zhiqiang said aggrievedly:
"Brother Ma, this matter was just my impulse."

In fact, the reason why Xu Zhiqiang ordered Zhao Mo's song to be removed was not to suppress him first in order to sign him.

The real reason is that Xu Zhiqiang was fighting bloody battles in the game last night, and his subordinates called him to make him lose the team battle. In addition, Shanda's signing of Zhao Mo was repeatedly frustrated, so he ordered to remove Zhao Mo's songs from the shelves in a fit of anger. instruction.

Think about it, you are drinking coke and playing a team battle, the secretary girl in the microphone is cheering you up crazily, but because of a phone call, you lose the game, and the secretary also said that you are sleepy and want to play the game, can you bear it?

Anyway, Xu Zhiqiang couldn't bear it.

The main reason is that he logged in to the game after 10 minutes, and the secretary's game ID showed that he was in the game...

So he kept changing the topic just now, instead of directly answering Zhao Mo's question about removing the song, he just wanted to make Liu Jifen lose face.

"Has Zhao Mo signed in then?"

"No……"

The person on the other end of the phone took a deep breath, and it could be heard that Brother Ma was trying his best to control his emotions.

"The plan to enter the entertainment industry is temporarily put on hold. You come to the peninsula first, and I will wait for you here."

"What are you doing on the peninsula?"

"There is a very good game called "Dungeon". I want to win the agency rights."

"You want to make a game?!" Xu Zhiqiang was surprised.

"Don't talk so much nonsense, you like playing games so much, hurry up and get over here."

"oh oh."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Zhiqiang just received a call from the person in charge of Shanda.

After answering the phone, it was Boss Shanda who wanted to talk to him about the acquisition.

In fact, Shanda seems to be a big company on the surface. Because the artists who have been cultivated to make money have committed crimes one after another, it is now in serious trouble and the capital chain is broken. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is about to go bankrupt.

Now Shanda is in urgent need of Penguin's takeover, so the boss of Shanda's tone on the phone is very humble.

But Xu Zhiqiang was scolded just now, and just now he found a place to vent, and he smiled coldly:
"Acquisition? You can't sign even one Zhao Mo, so what's the use of you!"

　Mr. Xu's character design is fun, so you guys will look even more awkward, of course I am also embarrassed.

　　(The timeline in the book is after 2020. After all, the prototype of "Idol Creation Camp" is "Creation Camp 2021", but don't be too realistic, just look at the overhead world and enjoy it.)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)