Chapter 112 Competitor of Theme Song

"This song was...sent from Pine Stone Records."

Hearing Xue Tao's question, the assistant quickly pulled out the records on his phone.

The music is still playing, when the dolphin sound of the interlude appears.

Xue Tao had goosebumps all over his body, and said quickly: "Quick! Contact Mr. Luo, call Songshi Records, and ask the producer of this song to come over to discuss cooperation. By the way, what is the name of this song?"

"Well, it's called..."Painting Heart"."

Since Xue Tao has done soundtrack work before, you can even tell that the quality of this demo is higher than the industry average.

Zhuli hurried out to inform the producer of the film project, and then called Songshi Records.

These days, it’s because of the theme song of the movie.

Producer Luo Yuheng and director Xue Tao have quarreled countless times.

Luo Yuheng is a very hard-working person. When he was working as a producer, he sometimes lived in the office.

After hearing what the assistant conveyed, I rushed over immediately.

"I just heard from my assistant that we finally have a demo that you're satisfied with?"

Xue Tao didn't need to answer, because the demo of "Drawing Heart" was still playing in the conference room.

Luo Yuheng stood and listened for a while and said: "This song is really good, and the charm fits our movie story very well."

She commented, but did not make a decision immediately, but continued to listen quietly.

After all, we are choosing a theme song for a special effects blockbuster with an investment of over 100 million yuan, so we can’t be careless at all.

This song is a bit long, more than seven minutes in total.

After the song finished playing, Luo Yuheng looked at Xue Tao and asked, "You should be satisfied with this song, right?"

Although the two often quarrel due to their duties, they have been working together for almost a year.

Therefore, Luo Yuheng knew Xue Tao very well and knew that what he wanted was this kind of song.

"This song is good. I'll sign it with Songshi Records immediately. It doesn't matter if I spend a little more money. I'll quickly find someone to record the song." Xue Tao urged.

Since the project funds are managed by the producer, Luo Yuheng has to agree to spend money in the end.

"Okay, as long as you like this song, I will arrange for someone to talk to Songshi Records about the rest." Luo Yuheng was not as anxious as Xue Tao.

Anyway, the song is there, just talk about it according to the process.

Luo Yuheng thought for a moment, and since the director had relatively high requirements, he asked again: "Do you have any ideas about the singer?"

"As long as you can sing the dolphin sound in the interlude of this song, it doesn't matter to me who you choose. Of course, you can't choose someone too bad. A young singer probably won't be able to win this song," Xue Tao replied.

"Okay, let's wait until the people from Songshi Records arrive and then discuss it with them." Luo Yuheng just asked Xue Tao's opinion first, not to decide on a candidate right away.

For film and television songs like this, there is no necessary connection between the demo and the singer who finally sang the song.

To put it bluntly, the sample is just a trial package.

To give a singing demo is to record a trial version and show it to Party A who cannot read music scores, so that Party A can try out the melody of the song.

Therefore, record companies usually let unknown young singers in the company sing demos.

After all, how embarrassing would it be to have a famous singer sing a demo and then switch to another singer to sing it when the official recording begins?

…

This afternoon.

Fang Xing is recording the Cantonese version of "Men Should Be Strong".

In fact, the Cantonese version of Lam Zixiang's "Men Should Be Strong" is more powerful and powerful.

In terms of singing, Lin Zixiang is simply terrible. His real voice is C5, and he is inhumanly strong.

However, the Cantonese version still has certain limitations in terms of audience due to language issues.

It is also for this reason that Fang Xing chose to use the Mandarin version in the finals of "Tomorrow's Star".

Later, during the review stage, in order to attract votes, Liang Yusong promised that as long as Fang Xing won the championship, he would take out the Cantonese version of "Men Should Be Strong" as a thank-you gift and give it back to the audience for free.

Therefore, Fang Xing is still not making a penny while recording the Cantonese version of "Men Should Be Strong".

Fang Xing can be said to be the poorest top streamer at present, he only has traffic but no money.

Of course, after singing so many songs, it’s not impossible to earn a penny.

For example, if other singers cover ten songs from "Tomorrow's Star", they have to pay.

"Tomorrow's Star" broadcasts these ten songs, and Feifan Entertainment owns the live copyright of these ten songs.

In other words, Feifan Entertainment can freely use the live versions of these ten songs, but cannot perform adaptations and other operations.

The copyright of these ten songs belongs to Fang Xing.

If a singer wants to cover these ten songs, it is useless to contact Feifan Entertainment. He must find Fang Xing.

Of course, Fang Xing will not take care of these matters personally, but will be handled by his manager Qiao Yinghong.

besides.

The sales data of "Nocturne" and "Wild Bird" are very good, so naturally they made a lot of money.

However, the money was not bought by the audience, it would be in Fang Xing’s hands immediately.

After selling songs on major music platforms, there will be a repayment period, which can be as short as three months or as long as half a year.

After the money from song sales reaches the Songshi Records account, Songshi Records will settle the accounts according to the share ratio.

Therefore, if Fang Xing wants to get the money for "Nocturne" and "Wild Bird", it will take at least three months.

The Cantonese version of "Men Should Be Strong" was recorded around the same time.

Liang Yusong walked into the recording studio, stood outside the glass wall, and first asked the recording engineer: "How was the recording?"

The sound engineer gave a thumbs up and said, "Teacher Fang's vocal skills are incredible. It was no problem if I did it once, but it felt like I was being lazy, so I recorded it a few more times."

Liang Yusong raised his thumbs up and gestured towards the recording studio through the glass wall.

Fang Xing took off his headphones, came out of the shed, and asked, "Is something wrong?"

"There was a call from Jade Bird Media and they asked us to come over at three o'clock in the afternoon to talk about the theme song." Liang Yusong said the matter directly.

"So fast? Didn't you just hand it over this morning?"

Fang Xing didn't expect the results to come out so soon. Usually, this kind of invitation to sing in a film or television drama would go back and forth for several months.

"Blue Bird Media didn't say whether they have decided on our song. However, since they asked us to come and talk, it at least shows intention."

Jade Bird Media didn't give that detailed information on the phone, so Liang Yusong didn't know the progress.

"I've finished recording here, let's go over now." Fang Xing looked at the time and saw it was two-twenty, which is a good time to go to Jade Bird Media.

…

After tidying up a little, Fang Xing and Liang Yusong took the company's business car and went to Jade Bird Media.

Jade Bird Media is a well-known company in the film and television industry and has produced many movies with box office exceeding 100 million.

Don’t look at the Spring Festival and National Day festivals every year, there are often movies with a box office of billions or billions.

But in fact, the film industry is not that easy to mess up.

Every year, less than one-tenth of the movies produced in China are released in theaters.

The emergence of online platforms has given many low-cost movies the opportunity to be screened online.

However, there are not as many movie companies that can really make money as it appears on the surface.

Therefore, a company that can produce a movie with a box office of over 100 million yuan in one or two years is already very famous in the industry.

The film project prepared by Jade Bird Media for the National Day release this time has an investment of 150 million and is a large-scale production.

For this reason, the requirements for every detail are very high, and the theme song is naturally a top priority.

At two fifty in the afternoon.

Fang Xing, Liang Yusong, and Qiao Yinghong came to Jade Bird Media.

Luo Yuheng came out to greet them personally and enthusiastically brought the three of them to the conference room.

However, when he arrived at the conference room, Fang Xing found that there was another group of people in the conference room.

When Liang Yusong saw the group of people who had arrived first, he immediately smiled and stepped forward to shake hands and say hello: "Mr. Xu, long time no see. Come on, Fang Xing, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Xu Liren, the music director of Puxiang Records. Come on.

Come and get acquainted.”

Fang Xing stepped forward and shook hands with Xu Liren: "Hello."

Xu Liren held on to Fang Xing's hand, looked up and down, and praised, "Young man, I can hear your name every day these past few months, it's like thunder in my ears."

"Mr. Xu, you deserve the award." Fang Xing responded with a smile and behaved appropriately.

"I am very interested in some of the songs you sang on the show. If there is an opportunity, we can cooperate. The queen of our company likes your songs very much." Xu Liren said, stuffing two business cards into Fang Xing's breast pocket.

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Liang Yusong hurriedly pulled Fang Xing back to his side and said with a smile: "Fang Xing has taken on a lot of work now. When he finishes his work, he will definitely pay him a visit."

After he finished greetings, he changed the subject and said, "By the way, is Puxiang here to talk about the movie theme song too?"

Luo Yuheng nodded and said, "Yes, we are here to talk about the movie theme song."
To be continued...