Chapter 75

Cao Zhan, an author of this level, is not among the top in the pop music industry, but he is definitely in the first tier. Of course, the reason he is not among the top few is not because his works are not good enough or that he cannot write something good enough.

However,

First, his works have a strong tendency towards literary style, and if you listen to them in chronological order, you will find that this tendency is becoming increasingly severe. Especially in recent years, his works have become more profound and more refined... By "refined," insiders in the music industry are simply amazed, but if you give it to a singer to make it into a record, I'm sorry, ordinary people can't hear anything profound in it; they just think, "Hmm, it's not very catchy!"

Second, since he debuted as a songwriter and composer, he has never written a song that could make someone famous.

Of course, even with such serious issues, in the domestic pop music industry, he is still a musician that no singer or record company dares to underestimate.

It's just that his price is not the highest.

Li Qian took that song "Love Me!" back and faxed it to Li Jinlong, who was busy recording accompaniment in Shuntian. After receiving it, Li Jinlong immediately called back, praising the work highly.

Then, by the afternoon of the same day, 120,000 yuan had already been transferred to Cao Zhan's account.

However, compared to Cao Zhan, Li Qian's current position in the music industry is hard to define.

He has very few works, having just debuted with only five songs.

But it is precisely these five songs that appeared on the same album and all made it to the Golden Melody Chart of China Radio! And they are currently ranked first, second, fourth, fifth, and sixth.

This clearly represents absolute creative strength.

What's even more surprising is that his only five known works so far belong to three different music categories: light rock, country, and Chinese style. This clearly represents comprehensive strength.

So, saying he is the top-tier, most elite songwriter and composer in the domestic music industry, no one would object. But even the top-tier people have a general price, and Li Qian's works have no price.

Moreover, except for a few particularly interested individuals, in the domestic music industry, although countless people, countless singers, and countless record companies want to contact him and get his works, even through indirect means, the number of people who can actually contact him is still very few.

Yes, the price that Liao Liao paid for those five songs is no longer a secret in the industry, but the problem is, facing him now, even 180,000 yuan per song would have people willing to snatch it!

Offering 80,000 yuan, are you trying to offend someone?

So, the next day, not long after Cao Zhan called to get Li Qian's account, 300,000 yuan was added to his bank card!

This is clearly a significant amount!

Even including the arrangement fee, in the domestic music industry, excluding the few who receive royalties, there are at most seven or eight people who can get this price!

Clearly, He Runqing likes the song "Half a Pot of Silk" very much.

However, when Li Qian checked his bank account and found such a large sum, he called Cao Zhan and said with a smile that it was too much. Cao Zhan just slowly said, "They're not too stupid."

Li Qian smiled.

Yes, they're not too stupid.

It could have been a good relationship, but because of the rigid way they invited the song, both Cao Zhan and Li Qian felt a bit uncomfortable, essentially offending two authors at the same time, and both are quite strong in terms of strength and status. This approach is clearly not smart.

Li Qian's response was to give them a song that is excellent in both lyrics and melody but did not achieve significant success in the market in the timeline he lived in.

Is "Half a Pot of Silk" a good work?

Of course, it is.

Will "Half a Pot of Silk" definitely become popular?

Not necessarily.

However, after receiving the work, although they could not possibly detect the small trap Li Qian set in the work, whether it's He Runqing or the musicians around her, they would only praise this Li Qian-style Chinese-style work with Zen meaning. But they also seemed to realize that their previous methods were somewhat inappropriate and could leave a bad impression, so they offered such a high fee for the song's usage rights.

Li Qian... accepted it with a smile.

At least he helped Cao Zhan repay a favor, got a large sum of money, and even dug a small pit for them... What more could he want?

Besides, in the absence of Teresa Teng, he was a fan of He Runqing.

However, the sudden addition of 300,000 yuan to his account made Li Qian's heart restless again.

Buy a car? Not buy a car?

...

...

At 8 PM.

After listening to the six songs that Wu Xing Wu Su had previously recorded again from the beginning, Li Qian could only sigh helplessly.

It's not that they are entirely sensual, but the key is that the taste is too low.

According to Li Qian's plan, in the current domestic pop music industry, where there has never been a successful female group, the new style album he is creating for Wu Xing Wu Su must have fast songs and slow songs, youthful style, and nursery rhymes. In other words, it has a strong inclusiveness and does not set a very clear path for the group.

But the taste must be high!

Just for this, just to unify the various styles of the entire album, he even took out a classic work that would surely amaze everyone upon its appearance and be sung for at least a few decades.

So, these low-taste works must not drag down the entire album's... class.

Think about it, in Wu Xing Wu Su's album, there are memories of childhood, encouragement and guidance for children, a more courageous love view for young girls, a charming Chinese style, vibrant young beauties, a grand and touching masterpiece that has been sung for a hundred years, and even some exotic flavors... At this point, if a song suddenly appears with lyrics about thighs and buttocks, it would really lower the class too much!

After much hesitation, Li Qian flipped to the third page of the simple song list and marked a check.

"Charge! Charge! Charge!" Leave this one.

Although it's just a very ordinary pop song and doesn't add much, under the shadow of the other powerful songs, it won't have a negative impact. It can fill the album and be ignored, save production costs for Huage Records, and save him a song... This is its greatest role.

However, with this one decided, plus the "Love Me!" from Cao Zhan and the five songs he had already given out, Wu Xing Wu Su's album only has seven songs.

So, at least three more are needed!

Yes, of course, Li Qian has already prepared these three songs, and even the arrangements are done. He just needs to wait for the previous five songs to be recorded, and then he can take them out along with Cao Zhan's "Love Me!".

After making the decision to keep "Charge! Charge! Charge!", Li Qian put down the songbook and pen, went over to turn off the portable player and speaker, poured himself a cup of water, and then sat back down, preparing to write a song before sleeping.

Since the contract with Huage Records has been signed, Wu Xing Wu Su has received new songs and is practicing them repeatedly, and Li Jinlong is recording the accompaniment in Shuntian. So Li Qian's schedule is much more relaxed compared to when he was recording the two demo songs. He only needs to go over once every two days to guide Wu Xing Wu Su on a song.

Plus the whole day on Saturdays and Sundays, this schedule is already quite fast.

Preliminarily, it will take at least two weeks for Li Jinlong to finish the accompaniment for the five songs, and that's without Li Qian sending them back for re-recording.

So, in addition to his busy studies, Li Qian finally has some time to write songs.

Moreover, although his pace has been suddenly accelerated recently, for some reason, Li Qian feels that his creative enthusiasm has become even stronger. The pieces of songs he has written recently, when he hums them back, even he finds them quite impressive. Speaking as a musician with a 20-year creation history, this is not just self-flattery.

Therefore, Li Qian has recently decided to try to piece together these scattered songs to find inspiration and strive to write his second mature work in this timeline as soon as possible.

Yes, his first work is called "Facing the Sea, Spring Warm and Flowers Bloom."

So, with some time before bed, he picked up his guitar and started to compose.

But before he could get his thoughts in order, he was interrupted by a noise from outside the door.

"Slow down, slow down, I've been growing this flower for ten years, don't break it..."

"Hey, no, put it here, here..."

Li Qian's highly excited mind suddenly wilted. These few words instantly disrupted all his thoughts and inspiration.

"When I get into university, I must buy a house near the campus and make the soundproofing top-notch!" he thought helplessly, then shook his head and started strumming again.

But, there was a crash.

"Ah... What are you doing, you're supposed to be professional movers?"

"Sis, it's the third floor, no elevator, and you only gave us 300 yuan. It's already good that we moved all this stuff up for you!"

"How do you talk to me like that!"

"Sorry, sorry, he's just a kid, doesn't know how to talk, don't be angry, it's just... well, 300 is really a bit low, how about you add 50 more? Oh, of course, of course, we'll pay for the broken item, definitely!"

"..."

Fine, Li Qian helplessly put down his guitar.

Then he drank some water, walked to the door, and looked out through the peephole.

Yes, the door opposite was open, and a few people were moving things in.

About a week ago, the young couple who lived opposite moved out, and Li Qian knew he was about to have new neighbors.

Thinking about it, he took his key, opened the door, and went out.

"Moving in?"

The woman directing the movers inside suddenly turned around, and the two of them looked at each other, both stunned. (To be continued)