Chapter 150 Yao Chi first appeared online, rekindled and revealed its true form

early december.

In an office of Huayue Film and Television.

Zhai Senlei, the music producer, is checking the report sent by the Finance Department last month and the estimated expenses for this month.

When he came across the expense of inviting singers to perform, he glanced at it casually and had no intention of spending too much time on it.

But the next second, his eyes fixed and his brows frowned.

In recent years, Huayue Film and Television has gradually begun to cut off many pure music projects. Unless they are singers or artists that they are very optimistic about, even if they want to invite them to sing, the most they can do is to test the waters with a single.

More energy and resources have been fully shifted to film and television, especially TV series. In addition to traditional TV series, the online drama market is also following the trend of the times.

For example, "Eternal Love of Jade Pool", which was released not long ago at the end of November, is being broadcast on iQiyi, and five episodes have just been uploaded.

The company’s most recent major work in the music direction can be traced back to Yuan Wanqing’s new album.

But it is obvious that Yuan Wanqing's comeback once again proves the correctness of the company's change of direction.

As a result, the music department gradually declined and was about to become a vassal of the film and television department.

As a music producer, Zhai Senlei had no choice but to do his job. All he could do now was to follow the company's instructions and try to tighten this part of the expenses.

But at this moment, he saw the contract quotations for the two songs on the report provided by the Finance Department.

One song "Light Chaser", 12.

One song "Light", 9.

These are all new songs signed by Yuan Wanqing.

This made Zhai Senlei look somewhat dissatisfied.

After all, Yuan Wanqing's new album, which has a total of ten songs, cost almost several million in total.

If the publicity and promotion costs are included, the number will be even higher.

But the final result was obviously not good.

According to his estimation, it will take until this time next year to recover the cost of Yuan Wanqing's new album, and only then can he make a small profit.

If Ying Zhicheng had not gone against the crowd and decided to try again, Huayue Film and Television might not have renewed the contract with Yuan Wanqing.

How long has it been since then?

Why are you inviting new songs again?
Moreover, these two songs were produced by the same producer.

Rekindle... Zhai Senlei frowned, having no impression of this name at all.

Logically speaking, if someone wanted to invite someone to compose a song, given Yuan Wanqing's status, she would have to find some well-known producers in the industry.

He suddenly approached an unknown guy, and it was not just a buyout, there was also a profit-sharing agreement. Although the proportion was very low, it still made him even more dissatisfied.

If the contract between Yuan Wanqing and the company had not contained detailed clauses stipulating that Yuan Wanqing would receive a guaranteed payment for signing songs on her own every month, Zhai Senlei would have stopped it long ago.

"Xiao Cao, come in."

Zhai Senlei called his assistant in and instructed, "Check the songwriter of this song called Reignite and report to me later."

"Ok."

After a while, assistant Xiao Cao came back and brought a copy of the document and the contract for Zhai Senlei to review.

"This songwriter named Chongran has worked with our company before." Xiao Cao said, "The theme song of Yao Chi Xian Yuan, "Annual Rings", was written by him, but..."

"But what?"

"The author of this song seems to be only 15 years old..."

"What?" Zhai Senlei was confused. He flipped open the copy of the contract that his assistant had given him and then fell into deep thought. "Are you sure there's nothing wrong with this?"

"That's exactly what's written in the contract... You'll have to ask Ms. Yuan Wanqing about the specifics. After all, she has the power to sign songs individually, and we can't control that."

"I see." Zhai Senlei frowned and handed the information back. "Go down. There's nothing else to do."

"Producer Zhai, the music department has a meeting at 10 a.m.," assistant Xiao Cao reminded.

"Oh." Zhai Senlei raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hand and knocked on the table, "Then leave the information about Rekindling here with me first."

……

As we enter December, the weather has become noticeably cooler.

Although they are still wearing the same school uniform jacket and trousers on the outside, the students have already changed their short-sleeved shirts into sweaters and long johns on the inside.

During the English class, Li Luo was bored and quietly handed the draft book to Yan Zhusheng.

[Li Luo]: "Eternal Love of Dream" seems to have been released and can be watched online. Have you seen it?
[Yan Zhusheng]: No, have you seen it?

[Li Luo]: I read a little.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Does it look good?
[Li Luo]: Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?

[Yan Zhusheng]: I listen to them all.

[Li Luo]: The truth is, the pictures are exquisite and the production is excellent.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Where is the truth?
[Li Luo]: The plot is a mess, it is really hard to swallow. I totally cannot understand the screenwriter's train of thought. Anyone with a bit of brains wouldn't be so stupid.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Does my mother sing well?

[Li Luo]: It's like a flower stuck in cow dung.

Teacher Dingxiang was explaining the text at the podium and learning the words of the new unit. She caught a glimpse of the small movements of the two people sitting by the window in the back seat.

However, Li Luo was the first in the class, and Yan Zhusheng's English was also among the top three in the class. Both of them scored 140+ in the English midterm exam.

So even though he saw Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng's little tricks, Teacher Ding didn't get angry. He just smiled and called out their names, "Li Luo, what sentence were we talking about just now?"

Li Luo was not panicked at all when his name was suddenly called. As he stood up, the memory palace in his mind began to synchronously play the text that Teacher Ding had just taught. He then answered fluently in English.

Teacher Ding coughed twice, motioned for him to sit down, and then continued explaining the question.

Well...she deliberately called Li Luo to answer the question.

It wasn't targeting Li Luo, it was just that when she first discovered Li Luo was absent from duty, she wasn't sure about this guy's English level, but she found that this guy answered questions fluently.

Several times later, I found him distracted in class, but when his name was called, he stood up and answered the questions, still perfectly.

This made Teacher Ding a little curious and a little excited, thinking that there must be a time when he didn't listen carefully? But this time, he saw Li Luo chatting with his deskmate passing notes enthusiastically, so how could he answer?

Is there really anyone who can take classes in two threads?

Li Luo had no idea what Teacher Ding was thinking. After answering the question, he behaved well for a while.

He was distracted in English class mainly because he had already taught himself all the content he was supposed to learn this semester. He even borrowed Xu Youyu's textbook and read through all the basic English books at the back.

For high school English, as long as your vocabulary is large enough, you can basically solve 99% of the problems.

For him, English class is the course with the lowest cost-effectiveness.

Instead of spending time in class, it would be better to spend time daydreaming and reviewing the online articles you read in your previous life, and then prepare an outline for writing in the evening.

Occasionally I would chat with Yan Zhusheng for a while, and the class would pass by just like that.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Have you read the comment section of "Annual Rings" on QQ Music?
When the get out of class was about to end, Yan Zhusheng handed over the draft book and asked Li Luo a question.

Li Luo frowned and felt a little uneasy.

[Li Luo]: What happened to QQ Music? Is it not well-received?
[Yan Zhusheng]: No, it’s about you.

[Li Luo]: I don’t think anyone would scold me, right? I’m just a songwriter, not the one who sings.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Have you never read the comment section over there?
When asked this by Yan Zhusheng, Li Luo recalled and it seemed to be true.

When he first released the song, he looked at the number of views and so on, but he didn't pay much attention to it afterwards.

Not to mention the comment section.

[Li Luo]: So what happened to the comment section?
[Yan Zhusheng]: It was after reading the comments that I realized you were writing a novel.

Upon seeing these words, Li Luo was struck by lightning and froze completely.

[Li Luo]: Wait! Could it be that my readers said something?

[Yan Zhusheng]: Yes, everyone is helping you promote your product. They are all very nice people.

Li Luo: “…”

Hey!
A hundred secrets and a sparse, a hundred secrets and a sparse!

Li Luo had planned everything, but he had never thought of this.

But soon, Yan Zhusheng continued to finish him off.

[Yan Zhusheng]: After the release of "Yao Chi Xian Yuan", the version of "Annual Rings" sung by my mother was also posted on QQ Music.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Now in the comment section there are both TV series viewers and your readers.

[Yan Zhusheng]: That’s why I wanted to ask you, have more people read your books recently?

When Li Luo saw the draft book handed over by Yan Zhusheng, the corners of his mouth twitched.

[Li Luo]: Is this the key issue?

[Li Luo]: Your mother must have also seen the content in the comment section, right?
[Yan Zhusheng]: I don’t know, I haven’t asked.

[Li Luo]: Then don’t ask! Don’t ask!
[Yan Zhusheng]: Oh, I don’t ask.

……

Huayue Film and Television, inside a recording studio.

Luo Fei was leaning on the sofa to rest, scrolling through his phone with great interest.

After a while, Yuan Wanqing, who had just finished a meeting, pushed the door open and walked in with a tired look on her face. She sat down on the sofa and let out a long sigh.

At this time, she noticed that Luo Fei was looking at her phone with the corners of her mouth curled up. She didn't know what she was laughing at, so she asked, "What are you looking at? You are laughing so happily."

"I found something interesting." Luo Fei patted her best friend's shoulder and reminded her, "Open your phone and take a look at the comments section of your song "Annual Rings". It's so interesting! Hahahaha~"

Seeing her laughing so loudly, Yuan Wanqing was confused and had some guesses in her mind: "Are there a lot of people here to complain about "Yao Chi Xian Yuan"?"

"More than that, you'll know once you see it."

Yuan Wanqing raised her eyebrows, a little curious, so she took out her cell phone and took a look.

When she clicked on the comment section, she was stunned for a moment.

[Holy crap! Is that true? Our Ran Ge has made it big. The songs he wrote for his novels can even be picked up by a TV series? ]

[My girlfriend complained about this drama to me today, and I watched an episode with her. When this theme song came out, I wondered why it sounded so familiar! ]

[I watched this with my wife. The young actor who starred in this drama was being marketed like crazy online. He was on several trending searches. The drama was not worth watching at all. The only good thing about it was the songs.]

[This song comes from "I'm Really Not a Star", it is an original song by the author of a novel, and it is also the theme song for a TV series in the book]

[I am dying of laughter, hahahahaha! The protagonist in the book gave this song as a favor, and in the end it was also used in a terrible fairy tale movie! I would like to call him the strongest prophet! ]

[But to be honest, Yuan Wanqing’s singing voice is pretty good, very flavorful, and the song is a good song, but it’s a pity that the TV series is so bad]

After reading the comments, Yuan Wanqing fell into deep thought for a moment: "Luo Fei, which novel is this one talking about?"

"This is it." Luo Fei shook his phone and showed it to Yuan Wanqing. "Look, the author's name is Chongran. Isn't this the stage name Li Luo gave himself?"

"Take a look at the song 'Annual Rings' sung by Zhu Sheng below. Many readers have commented that this is a song written by the author of the novel."

"Isn't that Li Luo himself?"

Yuan Wanqing read all these clues and felt a little confused.

"Li Luo is still writing novels?"

"It looks like the results are pretty good." Luo Fei clicked on the comment section of the novel, "Look at the comment section, there are hundreds of comments."

Yuan Wanqing came over to take a look and nodded. Then her face suddenly froze and she pointed at the comment that had been pinned to the top by readers: "This Sheng Sheng Bu Xi... can't it be Zhu Sheng? Her online name is always this."

Luo Fei raised her eyebrows and found that it was true.

[Sheng Sheng Busi]: It’s nice, I prefer Mo Qinghan, can you write more about her story?
"It seems that Zhu Sheng already knew about it." Luo Fei chuckled, "He is actually a loyal reader of the same."

Yuan Wanqing fell silent for a long time, then downloaded the Qidian Reading APP on her mobile phone.

"Let me see what he wrote."

(End of this chapter)