Entertaining Children

  Chapter 359 Job Change and Copyright

   After marveling at this amazing coincidence between past and present, at the end of this phone call with Yan Ke, Xiao Yao, who was rather embarrassed, also proposed to find a weekend for the four people to get together, but Yan Ke refused. Except for Xiao Yao in the capital of Yanjing, Yan Ke, Yu Gang and Chen Jiwei are in different cities in three different provinces of China. They are still ordinary high school students, and their personal and economic freedoms are not high. It's impossible to take advantage of Xiao Yao's time to take advantage of the weekend to fly around the country in a plane. Since the three of Yan Ke and others were inconvenient, Xiao Yao did not force it.

  After returning to the normal school life for a while, Xiao Yao, who had no academic pressure, felt that his life was a bit boring, so he wanted to do something quietly and eagerly.

   Thinking of doing something, Xiao Yao also remembered one thing he hadn't finished yet, that is, the string version of the song "faded" has not been recorded yet. When he participated in the electronic music program at the beginning of the year, he had already told Gong Chen that she would help him record the string version of the song. It's just that the recording of the show didn't end at that time, Gong Chen couldn't get out for the time being, and Xiao Yao himself was not in a hurry, so he put it on hold.

  Before the recording of the last episode of the show’s "Championship Night", the "Golden Disc" award held an award ceremony, and then Sun Tingting's "exit", Xiao Yao will accompany Sun Tingting before she goes abroad. When Sun Tingting went abroad, Xiao Yao began to prepare for the art examination of the Acting Department of Shencheng Theater Academy. This time has been delayed for a month or two. The programs that Gong Chen participated in have already ended. It shouldn't be a problem for Xiao Yao to find her a weekend to record the string version.

  Since Xiao Yao had not contacted Gong Chen’s agent during the show, nor did she have the phone number of her agent, Fang still did not contact Gong Chen’s agent. Instead, he dialed Gong Chen’s personal mobile phone.

  Gong Chen won three single-period titles in "Cool Electronic Music", and of course became the most eye-catching singer in the last issue of the show "Champions Night". In Xiao Yao’s thoughts, Gong Chen should have skyrocketed in popularity through this program. At this time when the program has only been a month, it should be very busy. The string recording version should be arranged by herself in accordance with her schedule. , I didn’t expect that after Xiao Yao contacted Gong Chen, Gong Chen said that he was relatively free lately and could come to help her record at any time.

After the electronic music program ended, Gong Chen did indeed increase his popularity with his amazing performance. Gong Chen’s agent and record company really wanted to take advantage of the heat to help Gong Chen go further in his singing career, but he was helpless at the end of the program. After that, the record company still didn't have any outstanding songs suitable for Gong Chen. The two songs Xiao Yao sang to Gong Chen on the show were for participating in the show, and the copyright of the songs is still in his hands. After the show is over, let alone give her the official version of the single, just to arrange for Gong Chen to sing these two songs in other commercial performances. You must first buy the copyright from Xiao Yao or get Xiao Yao’s. Only authorized.

  Gong Chen's AMG record company did not try to contact Qi Jia Studio to buy the copyright of these two songs from Xiao Yao's hands. But Xiao Siqi has been thinking about digging Gong Chen from AMG company, where would it be so easy to make AMG do what he wants? The hotter Gong Chen is, the harder it will be for him to dig in the future. After AMG contacted him, Xiao Siqi did not directly refuse, but shied away on the grounds that the copyright of the song was in Xiao Yao's personal hands, and that it did not belong to the studio. When AMG proposed to discuss with Xiao Yao personally, Xiao Siqi gave two reasons why Xiao Yao did not have an exclusive agent and that he was preparing for Shen Yi Yi test not suitable for bothering him and distracting him. Dragged it down. He couldn't make a decision for Xiao Yao, only temporarily delayed.

  AMG feels that instead of using those ordinary songs to consume Gong Chen's rare image in the show, it is better to wait for the appearance of outstanding works to be amazing again. Therefore, during the period after the show ends, AMG has no plans to give Gong Chen an album or single while it is hot. It just arranges for her to appear on a few variety shows to further consolidate her popularity. Therefore, Gong Chen was not very busy during this time.

After the art test of Shen Opera was over, AMG wanted Gong Chen to come out and contact Xiao Yao as a private person to find out if he intended to sell the copyright of those two songs, but he didn’t expect Xiao Yao to rest for a few days. Gong Chen, who later contacted him, didn't find Xiao Yao, but Xiao Yao called her first. I heard that it was a matter of recording the stringed version of "faded", which had already been agreed upon. Gong Chen, who had asked him and was not too busy, naturally said that he could be there on call.

When Xiao Yao took the initiative to call her to continue to record the string version of "faded", and when she said that she could save her time, Gong Chen was very happy at first, which shows that Xiao Yao really appreciates her very much. the sound of. But after thinking about it, this also shows that Xiao Yao attaches great importance to this song. Gong Chen immediately has no confidence in persuading Xiao Yao to sell the copyright of this song.

  Xiao Yao always has the temperament to do as he thinks. After hearing that there was no problem with Gong Chen's schedule, he immediately agreed with Gong Chen to record on the weekend. The location was naturally in the recording studio of his own studio.

  To use the studio's recording studio to record, Xiao Yao naturally wants to say hello to Xiao Siqi, so as to avoid any conflict with the studio in the use of the recording studio. Xiao Yao, who is still a student, uses the studio's recording studio on weekends. In order to take care of him, Xiao Yao has priority to use the recording studio on weekends, so Xiao Yao dared to make an appointment with Gong Chen. When recording on the weekend, I will tell Xiao Siqi later that even if the original recording studio has been used for the weekend, Xiao Siqi will make adjustments for him, as long as Xiao Yao tells the studio staff in charge of the recording studio or Xiao Siqi himself in advance. . Xiao Yao is at home now, so naturally he will find Xiao Siqi directly.

  Xiao Siqi knew that Xiao Yao had a special preference for the song "faded", and had no problem with Xiao Yao using the recording studio. However, since Xiao Yao mentioned that Gong Chen should come to record, Xiao Siqi also told Xiao Yao that AMG wanted to buy the copyright of the songs sung by Gong Chen in the two electronic music programs.

   Xiao Yao naturally sees that Xiao Siqi does not really want him to sell the copyright of these two songs to AMG. In fact, Xiao Yao himself does not want to hand over "faded" to others for distribution. But after Gong Chen arrived on the weekend, he would definitely bring up this matter, and they would still have to face it then.

"I know you have always wanted to dig Gong Chen, but relying on the copyright of these two songs, I am afraid that you can't force a company as big as AMG to let Gong Chen leave, right?" Xiao Yao said, "The music circle is so big, it's not except No one in our studio can write songs for Gong Chen. I think the current situation is that on the one hand, AMG really failed to find a good song for Gong Chen during this period, and on the other hand, Gong Chen was me in the show. Those two songs developed the hollow and psychedelic characteristics of Gong Chen’s voice, allowing people to see the other side of Gong Chen’s voice. Whether it is AMG or Gong Chen himself, I may have some superstitions now. But this It won’t last long, right?"

"Of course I know this. Your father, I am not such a domineering person. If people don't sign our studio, they won't sell the copyright to them. Besides, you were really preparing for the art exam at that time. I just dragged it and didn't. Explicitly refuse to say not to sell." Xiao Siqi smiled bitterly, "Whether it is me or Mr. Shen, I did not write songs and make albums for singers from other companies, and did not require that our works must be released by ourselves."

"It's mainly Gong Chen's situation. I'm particularly entangled now, and I'm particularly unwilling." Xiao Siqi continued, "You said that if Gong Chen is determined not to sign our studio, it's fine. If we don't think about it, we can just take it. It’s okay to give them the copyright. I know you also like that "faded" very much. At most, we cooperated with AMG to publish it. But her current attitude is ambiguous, she only considers, neither says she is willing to change jobs, nor does she say no to change jobs. I'm afraid that if the copyright of these two songs is given to AMG, she changes from wanting to quit to not wanting to quit, then how wrong we are!"

"Yes," Xiao Yao nodded, and then proposed, "If she mentions the copyright of these two songs with us on the weekend, we will let her express her opinion by the way. You know that the ownership of my songs must remain with her. On hand. If she doesn’t want to quit, I’ll authorize these two songs to her. For commercial performances, we will charge a fee. If it is released, we will distribute it jointly and the revenue will be shared by both parties. If she is willing to quit, she will have to do it anyway. Let’s leave. Of course, we’ll do it ourselves after she comes. Anyway, these two songs are still the most suitable for her to sing, and the female singer in our studio can’t sing either. But we have to let her speak first before we tell her. This result."

   "This can only be done." Xiao Siqi nodded helplessly.

On the bright side, Xiao Yao recorded the string version of this "faded" just for his own fun, and did not mention anything about the release. Therefore, Gong Chen's recording should be only a personal help, but he should be Gong Chen. When I appeared in the recording studio of Qi Jia's studio this weekend, I brought my agent and a business manager from AMG's business department who specializes in song copyright acquisition. Looking at this battle, Xiao Yao knew that the copyright issues of those two songs must be avoided.

"This is Manager Tian of the Commerce Department of our AMG company. He wants to talk to you about some business matters, so he came with me." After introducing his agent Zheng Yuzhi on a regular basis, Gong Chen was quite a bit more. I am embarrassed to introduce the humanity of the Ministry of Commerce to Xiao Yao.

"I know, it's for the copyright of those two songs, right?" Xiao Yao smiled, "After the art exam, my dad has already told me. But before talking to Manager Tian, ​​my dad and I I want to talk to you alone first. Can you?" Xiao Yao is not sure if Gong Chen has told AMG that Qi Jia Studio wants her to quit, so he doesn’t want to talk about the hopping in front of the manager of the AMG Department of Commerce. thing.

   "Maybe it's performance cooperation or something, I'll go and see it together." Gong Chen's agent whispered to the manager Tian of the Ministry of Commerce.

  Manager Tian is only responsible for the purchase of the copyright of the song this time. The singer’s own commercial performance is arranged by the agent, so he nodded without any objection.

   "Ms. Zheng, Gong Chen, go to my dad's office to talk. He is waiting in the office." Xiao Yao said to Zheng Yuzhi and Gong Chen. Zheng Yuzhi's performance obviously knew what Qi Jia's studio wanted to dig Gong Chen.

   "Still, arrange for someone to greet Manager Tian, ​​and then you will go to my dad's office." Xiao Yao said again, and then took the two to Xiao Siqi's office. Fang is still preparing for the broker qualification exam. Xiao Yao also wants her to participate more now on these business things.

  (End of this chapter)