Entertaining Children

  Chapter 494 Responsibility

   "Really?" Mother Tang and Tang Jingjing both looked at Xiao Yao happily.

   "Yes," Xiao Yao nodded, then continued, "But I want you to promise me a few conditions."

   "You said." Mother Tang's excitement decreased a bit, but she still said with a smile.

"First of all," Xiao Yao bowed and looked at Tang Jingjing. "Although I promised to be your teacher, I am not used to hearing others call my teacher. So you have to promise me not to call my teacher in the future, but to call my brother. When you grow up, if you feel awkward to call your brother, you can just call my name, but don't call my teacher, okay?" This can be regarded as a little quirk brought by Xiao Yao from his previous life.

   "Okay," Tang Jingjing nodded again and again, "You are several years older than me. I will always call your brother from now on. Even if I grow up, I will always call that way."

   "Huh~" Mother Tang breathed a sigh of relief when she heard such a condition. She didn't lose her mind just because Xiao Yao agreed to be Tang Jingjing's teacher. Without knowing what Xiao Yao's conditions were, he didn't dare to say that "all conditions are agreed", just because he was afraid that Xiao Yao would make excessive demands. Xiao Yao's first request sounds strange, but it is completely acceptable.

  As a result, Tang’s mother didn’t finish her breath, Xiao Yao turned to her and said, “The next condition is the requirement of you and Jingjing’s father.”

"You just said that you know my situation. I cannot guarantee the teaching time for Jingjing, nor can I guarantee exactly how much she will teach her or how high her singing level will be. Only when the opportunity is right Teach her as much as possible under the circumstances," Xiao Yao said.

   "I understand this, and we also talked about this problem just now." Mother Tang said.

   "There is also," Xiao Yao continued, "Although I have become Jingjing's teacher, I am only responsible for teaching her music knowledge. I am not her agent, and I am not responsible for her current and future acting career."

   "This..." Mother Tang hesitated. This was a little different from her original intention of asking Xiao Yao to be Tang Jingjing's teacher.

"Of course, I will try my best to do what is beneficial to her acting career, but I don't make any guarantees." Xiao Yao continued, "For example, if I have a song that suits her, I will definitely give her the first choice. Come to sing. I will recommend her if there is a suitable performance opportunity, but I will not write an album for her specifically for the sake of packaging and promotion, do you understand?"

   "Understand, I accept it too!" Xiao Yao said so, which is more consistent with Tang's mother's original intention, and she immediately nodded and said.

   "This guy, I just don't want to tie myself up." Xiao Siqi commented on the side and turned to Fan Linxuan and smiled, "The two songs in your album back then were I asked for you."

   "I know, thank you boss." Fan Linxuan smiled and nodded, "But he can agree to this level, which is enough to show that he really likes this little girl."

"Also," Xiao Yao continued, "I teach Jingjing and will not charge any fees. I ask Jingjing to help me record songs, and I won't pay any compensation. But if the song can be released, you deserve it. Interest, I will not intervene. For example, the song recorded this time, I will hand it over to my dad’s studio to release the single after the press conference. The copyright of the song is naturally mine, but the singer deserves the revenue share. Talk to my dad’s studio by yourself, I don’t care."

"This condition is a bit too good?" Mother Tang frowned, "You are also teaching her when you ask Jingjing to record songs. We shouldn't ask you to be paid. You don't charge tuition, and you divide the singer's income. From Chengdu to us, I think we are taking advantage of you."

  "You don't care who takes advantage and who loses. Anyway, my conditions are these. There is no room for negotiation. If you agree, I will accept this student." Xiao Yao said with a smile.

   "Such a good condition, we must have agreed." Mother Tang said.

  "Okay, you are finished talking, should we talk about it?" Xiao Siqi said to Mother Tang again, "I don't know if you would like your daughter to sign a contract with our studio?"

   "Huh?" Mother Tang was surprised again, "Are you going to sign my daughter?"

   "Of course," Xiao Siqi smiled, "Your daughter has become my son's student. Isn't it normal for me to sign her?"

   "But she is only twelve years old. Is it appropriate to sign a contract at such a young age?" Mother Tang asked worriedly.

"Don't worry," Xiao Siqi smiled and comforted, "I'm not the kind of person who exploits children as money-making machines. Xiao Yao can write songs when he is five years old, but how do you think he grew up? For the girl’s age, I will provide her with a very loose contract. It will not stipulate how many activities she must attend and how many business performances she must attend. All announcements and performances will be in full respect for the wishes of the child and your parents. The next negotiation will not affect her studies and growth. I promise that this loose condition will continue until she reaches adulthood. After she reaches adulthood, we will negotiate new contracts according to the situation.”

"Now you sign a contract with the studio with loose terms, and you can get more benefits." Xiao Siqi continued, "Xiao Yao is a member of the studio, and his songs are usually released by ourselves. We release the songs of our own contracted singers, and the percentage of revenue the singers can get from the songs will be higher. Our studio is not only a music creator Xiao Yao, but also purchases some excellent works by other creators outside the company. Nobody It is stipulated that your daughter can only sing songs written by Xiao Yao? If our studio has works suitable for children of her age, we will give priority to singers under her own studio. In addition, if you want your daughter to try acting, we The studio also has resources in this area, but my wife is in charge of this area, and she happens to be coming tomorrow. You can talk to her about terms in this area."

"This Xiao Yao just said that he is not responsible for Jingjing's acting career. His father wanted to sign Jingjing with such generous terms. What are these father and son doing?" Mother Tang muttered in her heart and looked at Xiao Yao subconsciously. .

  "Don't look at me," Xiao Yao spread his hands together, "I said, I'm not Jingjing's agent, this matter has nothing to do with me, you should consider whether you sign the contract or not."

"Hey, you kid!" Before Mother Tang said anything, Xiao Siqi first expressed her dissatisfaction, "Are you in the studio? At this time, you should not help me persuade Mother Tang to let Jingjing and us Did the studio sign it?"

"At the beginning, I just said jokingly, whoever wins, I asked the studio to sign whoever, you really signed Lin Xuan, and when preparing for her new album, you said that I signed her because of me. , If I have to contribute two songs to her new album," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I don't want to give you the same reason to force me to write songs."

   "It turns out that the two songs in my album came from this way." Fan Linxuan sighed deliberately.

"In principle, I agree that Jingjing will sign a contract with your Qijia studio," Mother Tang said, "but we have to read the specific contract terms before we can make a final decision. I will notify Jingjing's father to come to Shanghai tomorrow, and we will Let's discuss it together." Anyway, Xiao Yao always wrote a song to Fan Linxuan. As Xiao Siqi said, signing a contract now is indeed a lot of benefits. As long as the contract terms are really loose and will not affect the children's academic and growth, then signing a contract now is a very good choice.

   "Okay, no problem." Xiao Siqi said happily.

  The next day, Ye Jiaying and Gong Chen, who were on the guest list invited by Yin Xi, came to Shencheng in advance.

After the two arrived at Yin Xi's studio, Ye Jiaying, who received a call from Xiao Siqi the night before, took the contract that he brought with him and discussed the terms of the contract with Xiao Siqi and Tang's mother and also Tang's father who also came temporarily. Gong Chen enthusiastically went to the recording studio to see Xiao Yao recording the little girl.

"Gong Chen, you have arrived early." As soon as Gong Chen opened the door of the studio's operating room, Xu Yuan greeted him with a smile, and joked, "Is it because you heard that your studio is about to sign a newcomer, worrying about your status? No guarantee, hurry up and see this new competitor."

   "What are you talking about? What's your status? I just heard that Xiao Yao was writing a song for a little girl, so just come over and have a look." Gong Chen said.

   "Have you both recorded your songs?" Gong Chen watched Xiao Yao recording songs for the little girl in the recording room while wearing monitor headphones. He didn't bother, but asked Xu Yuan and Fan Linxuan.

   "It's recorded." Fan Linxuan and Xu Yuan nodded together. Fan Linxuan smiled and said: "We two have better singing skills and experience than a twelve-year-old child. I don’t have to ask Xiao Yao to correct her English pronunciation like a child. The boss is also more experienced as a producer than Xiao Yao. Of course we recorded faster."

  Last night, Xiao Yao had listened to the songs Xiao Siqi helped them record, and said that they fully met their requirements, so their task has been completed. Today, they will come to the recording studio to watch Xiao Yao record the little girl.

   "Where are the recorded things? Let me listen first." Gong Chen demanded.

"It's at Xiao Yao's place." Fan Linxuan pointed to Xiao Yao who was sitting in front of the console. "He said that there is nothing wrong with our singing, but he has to add some sound effects in the later stage, so the audio files are all in him. Hand. If you want to listen, first come and listen to this kid's singing, it will definitely surprise you." After that, Fan Linxuan walked back to the console and picked up another pair of monitor headphones, beckoning Gong Chen to come over and listen.

  Gong Chen walked to the side of the console and appeared in Xiao Yao's vision. Xiao Yao turned his head and took a look. He was not surprised at Gong Chen's appearance. He just nodded lightly. As a greeting, he continued to pay attention to the little girl's singing in the recording room over the glass window.

   "Is this a twelve-year-old girl singing?" Gong Chen put on the monitor earphone and listened to a few words, and immediately became calm, took off the earphone on one ear, and asked Fan Linxuan staringly.

   "Of course," Fan Linxuan said with a smile, "Do you think Xiao Yao would accept students casually?"

   "How is it? Do you feel pressure and crisis?" Xu Yuan also smiled.

The two of them have been practicing and recording songs with Xiao Siqi these days. Although they know that Xiao Yao is guiding the little girl in the practice, it was only until today that she heard the little girl’s voice for the first time, and she was immediately affected by her. The voice was amazing, and they had the same expression as Gong Chen just now.

  "What pressure and sense of crisis do I have?" Gong Chen laughed, "The little girl sings very well, but her voice is completely different from mine, and there is no direct competition."

"And Fanfan's voice is not the same type," Gong Chen looked at Xu Yuan and said, "Her voice with a bit of dumb feeling is a bit like yours. Don't look at her current song is kind of lazy and a little bit lazy. Little melancholy songs, but when she grows up a little older, she can practice the high notes, maybe she feels like you when she sings rock and roll. You are not our company’s singer, you should be the one with a sense of crisis Right?"

   "Okay. Let's take a break and continue later." Xiao Yao pressed the switch of the microphone in front of him, and opened his mouth to Tang Jingjing on the other side of the glass window.

   Seeing Tang Jingjing nodding and taking off the earphones, he opened the door and walked out of the recording studio. Xiao Yao also took off the monitor earphones on his head, tapped his lips with his fingers, and started to think about something.

   "Brother, how did I sing just now?" Tang Jingjing, who came out of the recording room, came directly to the operation room and asked Xiao Yao when he entered the door.

   "Sing very well," Xiao Yao nodded in praise with a smile.

  The little girl listened to Xiao Yao’s praise, her face immediately bloomed, and then she turned to Fan Linxuan and Xu Yuan and said, "Hello, sister Linxuan, and sister Xu Yuan."

"Hello, Sister Gong Chen, this is Tang Jingjing." The little girl finally said to Gong Chen, who had met for the first time, "I like your song very much. Your singing is so beautiful, and the people are so beautiful. When you sing, it looks like seeing you I arrived at a fairy sister."

   "Thank you." Gong Chen smiled and leaned over, "You can really talk! But do you only like my songs? What about these two sisters?"

   "When we met yesterday, she already praised us!" Xu Yuan said on the side, "The words of praise are still different."

   "This little girl not only sings well, but also speaks well," Fan Linxuan commented with a smile, "It is estimated that she has a high IQ and EQ."

   "Well, don't talk anymore, take a break first. If you are thirsty and hungry, sister Minyi has something to eat and drink." Xiao Yao ordered.

   "Oh." Tang Jingjing immediately nodded obediently, and sat down on the sofa beside her.

"Minyi," Xiao Yao beckoned to Pei Minyi again, "I'm going to help Jingjing take advantage of these two days to also photograph the cover of the single. You can help me find the designers of Xi's sister. I’m looking for a light-colored dress of beige, light blue or ivory that is suitable for Jingjing. It seems to give people a hazy feeling. Ask them to find some alternatives for me and send it to my mailbox. , I pick it myself at night."

   "Okay," Pei Minyi nodded, and then asked, "Are you helping Jingjing take pictures by yourself? Would you like to bring you all the photographic equipment tomorrow."

"No," Xiao Yao said, shaking his head, "I plan to ask my teacher to help Jingjing shoot. After you find the designer, go to the studio to talk to my teacher Chen Xuan and say that I will ask him to give it to my students Take a single cover photo. I’ll design the renderings tonight and send them to him tomorrow. It doesn’t matter if he takes the shelf and doesn’t agree. He shot."

"I'll go! Help her find clothes, design single cover photos, and ask Chen Xuan to take pictures! This is what you said yesterday that you only teach her music knowledge and are not responsible for her acting career?" Xu Yuan looked at Xiao in surprise Remote way.

"I also designed costumes and masks for you and Gong Chen. I also designed and took Lin Xuan's album cover photos," Xiao Yao smiled to Xu Yuan, "Do you think I should be responsible for your acting career? "

   "Then you didn't find Chen Xuan to take pictures of Fan Fan." Xu Yuan said.

   "That's because Chen Xuan happens to be here, and my photography teacher has a higher level of photography than me. I can just be lazy." Xiao Yao said.

  (End of this chapter)