Chapter 88

Rewind?

Rewind the tape of life?

Of course, Xiaoni Li was well aware that Guan Yaling's "rewind" meant she wanted to listen to Lin Zai's works again.

But after having a distant encounter with the reborn Lin Zai, what touched Xiaoni Li more deeply was that the man she had long missed seemed to be brought up again.

If only life could be rewound.

If she could live again, she would probably choose a more relaxed path.

"Is there a celebrity duet segment in the Oriental TV program later?"

"There's no celebrity duet, but there's a mentor duet segment in the later stages."

"Then you'll have to duet with him, right?"

"If he makes it to the end, I'll have to duet with him out of necessity! Sigh..."

"Stop pretending you're unwilling. You must be looking forward to a musical collaboration with him, right?"

"Hehe, his musical talent is really outstanding! Whether it's singing or composing, he amazes me! Listening to him sing, I feel a bit enchanted. Sister, was this... uncle so talented back then?"

"The Lin Zai of today is not the Lin Zai of back then."

"Right, he's changed a lot! I always thought only women would undergo a complete transformation after having a child, but I didn't expect men to become a different person after having a child. By the way, who gave birth to his child? That really saved his life!"

Regarding this matter, Xiaoni Li didn't want to comment, so she changed the topic and asked, "When is Lin Zai's next recording?"

"That will be a long time from now. The initial six rounds of the competition have been recorded, and there will be a break before the semi-finals. It will be at least a month and a half from now."

Xiaoni Li frowned slightly.

"Sister, do you want to hear him sing live? When you return to the country, I can arrange for him to rehearse at Butterfly, and you can come and see then?"

"Let's see. My schedule will be very full after I return, so I might not have time to go."

"You really work hard."

"Of course, how else would I earn money!"

"You're already a billionaire, haven't you earned enough yet?"

"Not yet."

With not many years of youth left, Xiaoni Li felt a sense of urgency. While she was still at the top, she had to earn enough money for the rest of her life.

"Sister, don't always think about work. When it's time to rest, you should rest well. Your health is the capital of the revolution. If you ruin your health, you won't be able to enjoy life in the future."

"Alright, stop nagging me. I'm going to sleep, my neck hurts." Rubbing her neck, which had an old injury, Xiaoni Li prepared to close her laptop and go to sleep.

"Alright, go to sleep quickly, good night!" Before hanging up, Guan Yaling asked one more question, "If there's any new news about Lin Zai, should I call you to inform you?"

"No need. If he has any new works, just record them and send them to me."

"Sure, I'm also looking forward to his new works!"

...

That afternoon, the Believers band went to see a special performance of Huayin Laotong. After the show, Zhang Hao found Zhang Jiale and discussed the idea of combining Laotong with their band's rock music.

Zhang Jiale found these young people's ideas interesting.

At the second special performance of Huayin Laotong, the audience was half the size of the first one. It seemed that the fewer performances there were, the fewer students would come to watch. This promotion effort was far below Zhang Jiale's expectations.

Zhang Jiale, who worked in the internet industry, was well aware of the importance of attracting attention. If Laotong could be combined with the rock music that students loved, it would definitely attract attention.

However, could these young people really do it well? Would they not completely ruin the already limited acceptance of Laotong among students?

With these doubts, Zhang Jiale did not immediately agree. He needed to think it over and then give Zhang Hao a reply.

...

October 20th.

The 5th day after the opening of the Arts Festival, 10 days before the band competition.

That afternoon, Lin Zai was at home diligently composing and writing songs, registering original music online.

This basic work he had to do.

These days, whenever he had free time, he would register new songs on the website of the Original Music Association.

He had already obtained the original registration stamps for more than 500 songs, both domestic and foreign.

In short, any classic songs he could think of, he registered them first.

"Ring ring ring—"

The phone rang.

It was a call from Lu Chen.

Putting down his work, Lin Zai answered the phone, "Hello, Chenzi?"

"Brother Shan, where are you? Are you free now?"

"I'm free, I'm at home. What's up?"

"Then get out quickly. Dongzi and I are coming to pick you up. We found a great place, very suitable for us to rent and set up a company! Do you want to come and take a look?"

"Sure, I'll go out now."

Putting down the phone, Lin Zai tidied up and went to the east gate of the neighborhood to wait for Lu Chen.

Lu Chen was extremely enthusiastic about setting up the Beyond record company. These days, he had been looking for a suitable office space, eager to rent it, register the company, and start their own label.

Lin Zai's music had greatly stimulated him, and this fat Lu boss was eager to return to the embrace of music.

Lin Zai had also carefully considered the matter of setting up a record company these past few days.

They had discussed several core issues and were almost in agreement.

First, who would be the legal representative of the company.

Lin Zai himself could not be the legal representative, and he could not even appear on the list of shareholders to avoid being used to attack the company, which would affect its future.

Lu Chen was the legal representative and largest shareholder of the Qilixiang Catering Group. If he took on the role of legal representative for another company, it would affect Qilixiang. If the Beyond record company had problems, Qilixiang would also be implicated, so Lu Chen could not be the legal representative.

Moreover, the record company was funded by his personal money, and the investment was not small, 2 million yuan. If his family found out, it might cause conflicts, so Lu Chen wanted to secretly set up the company and not appear on the list of shareholders.

In the end, Lu Chen recommended a trustworthy person to be the legal representative.

This person was "Dongzi" — Lu Dong, who was coming to pick up Lin Zai.

Lu Dong was Lu Chen's cousin, the same age as Lu Chen's younger brother Lu Yang, 32 years old, and married.

He and Lin Zai had known each other since childhood and had played together.

This guy was not a good child when he was young. Influenced by Lin Zai, he was once obsessed with rock music, but later he became more interested in computers.

He studied computer technology at Chang'an University of Technology and worked in Chang'an for 7 years after graduation, becoming quite familiar with the development of the internet in China.

Three years ago, Lu Dong returned to Donghai and joined the Qilixiang Group, setting up the online marketing department for Qilixiang.

Unfortunately, the internet development in this area was not so advanced, and there were few people ordering meals online, so this business did not take off.

Qilixiang eventually adopted a more traditional catering marketing model and shut down the online marketing department, which had burned two years of money.

Lu Dong was then idle and had been planning to set up a new internet company.

Lin Zai had previously discussed this with Lu Chen, wanting to make Beyond a more modern internet music company rather than a traditional record label.

The piracy situation in this world was too severe. Running a traditional record label would have very limited profit points, barely enough to cover the company's daily expenses, let alone development.

Instead of letting others pirate their music online, they could put their original music online to increase the influence of the Beyond label.

Once they reached a certain scale, they could try paid downloads to explore a new music charging model.

There was no Apple in this world, and the international market had not yet developed a model for charging for music downloads through apps.

This model, given the severe piracy in China, had almost no hope of being promoted.

Under the impact of piracy, the development path of Chinese pop music would become increasingly difficult, but even in such a harsh environment, if a feasible model could be explored, significant returns could still be achieved.

After all, everyone understood the principle of draining the pond to catch all the fish.

Before the pond was completely drained, cultivating the rational consumption habits of true music lovers and re-filling the dried-up pond, even if the amount was small, would be a sustainable development path for Beyond Records in the future.

Lu Chen strongly supported this idea and introduced Lu Dong.

They had discussed this over dinner before.

Lu Dong was very interested in Lin Zai's ideas after hearing them.

After discussing with his wife, Lu Dong also contributed 150,000 yuan in savings to join the internet music company.

In the end, they decided that Lu Dong would be the legal representative and CEO of the company, holding 10% of the shares, and would be the main force behind the company.

The remaining 90% of the shares would be held by Bai Ge, who would be the largest shareholder.

Brothers should be clear about accounts.

Lin Zai had clearly explained to Lu Chen that the early stages of the company would be the most financially demanding. Any initial profits would be reinvested into the company. Once the company reached a certain scale and started to generate dividends, half of the dividends from Bai Ge's 90% shares would go to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen claimed that he would give his half to Bai Ge as a dowry for their daughter, and he would divide the profits later.

That afternoon, the three of them went to Canghai Building, 10 kilometers from Huaxin Neighborhood, to see the office space for rent.

This was a 400-square-meter office space with multiple work areas.

A record company had previously rented this space for about five years but eventually went bankrupt.

The overall environment for the record industry was getting worse, and more and more companies were going bankrupt.

Renting the office of a bankrupt company was not a good omen.

However, the rent here was indeed cheap, only 60,000 yuan per month.

More importantly, the previous company had already renovated a high-end recording studio and practice room, and had a lot of music equipment that could be sold to Lin Zai and his team, saving them a lot of money and effort.

After seeing the space, Lin Zai was very satisfied. A simple renovation and a consultation with a feng shui master, as Lu Chen suggested, should solve any problems.

After seeing the space, the three of them went to a restaurant downstairs for dinner, discussed further, and decided that Lu Chen and Lu Dong should look around again. If they couldn't find a better space, they would take this one!

After dinner, Lu Dong drove Lin Zai back to Huaxin Neighborhood.

After saying goodbye to the two Lus, Lin Zai walked home and called Bai Ge, who was practicing at school.

"Old Dad, are you done?"

"Done, how's your practice going?"

"Pretty good, we're getting more and more in sync, but Zhang Hao, the idiot, has a bad voice. His cold is getting worse."

"If his cold gets worse, tell him not to strain his voice and take care of it."

"Got it, he's not straining his voice. We're mainly practicing, and he's just sitting there with a runny nose."

"Ha ha."

"Tonight, the Sand Painting Club is having a special performance at the small auditorium for the Arts Festival. The 'Unforgettable Day' we made for Huang Ying will also be shown. Do you want to come and watch?"

"Sure, I'll go to the practice room to find you now."

"We're still practicing in C3. You don't need to rush over. The Sand Painting Club's performance starts at 8 PM, so there's still over an hour."

"Got it. Have you eaten? If not, I can bring some food over."

"No need, we've already eaten. We ordered takeout from Qilixiang just now, and Zhang Hao, the big idiot, paid for it as an apology for not being able to practice."

"Ha ha, don't always take advantage of Zhang Hao."

"We're not taking advantage of him; he offered to pay. If you don't believe me, I can switch the phone to him."

"Let's talk later, I see Zhenzi."

"Zhenzi? Hey, if she's free, call her to come watch the sand painting with us!"

"Sure, I'll ask her. Bye."

After hanging up with Bai Ge, Lin Zai waved to Sun Yuzhen, who was riding a small motorcycle towards him.

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