Yang Jingxing and others went out and found Fu Feirong standing next to him like a guard. Zhang Yanhao looked at Fu Feirong and spoke first: "How are you doing today? Let's go record a demo."

Yang Jingxing answered helpfully: "No problem, I tried it before coming here."

A few people took the stairs to the first floor. After entering, they found that the decoration atmosphere here was very different, with a warm and lovely style and various decorations. It was not like an office area.

Gan Kai introduced to Yang Jingxing that there are two recording studios here. The first one is for recording vocals and single instruments, and the second one is larger and is for recording orchestras. However, the two studios can be used together.

Through the large area of ​​soundproof glass, one could see that there were five people in the listening room of Shed No. 1. One of them must be known to both Fu Feirong and Yang Jingxing, and that was Cheng Yaoyao.

Cheng Yaoyao is dressed in business attire in the recording studio, complete with make-up, a neat hairstyle, fluffy white boots and purple thick pantyhose, a short down jacket on her upper body, and a white knitted hat on her head. She has a cute look.

She has a nice face, and she probably looks good without makeup.

When I saw Zhang Yanhao, someone opened the door. Zhang Yanhao asked: "Is the recording done?"

The sound engineer sitting in front of the machine said: "It's almost done."

Zhang Yanhao introduced Yang Jingxing: "This is our main sound engineer Chang Yiming. Do you know Du Yuhua from the editorial department, Zhao Ge, and Yaoyao? Her assistant Chu Xiaotong... this is Yang Jingxing, 402."

Chang Yiming shook hands with Yang Jingxing first: "Hello, I heard Sister Duan talk about you a few times."

Yang Jingxing shook hands and said hello one by one, and then extended his hand to Cheng Yaoyao who didn't pay much attention to him: "Hello."

Cheng Yaoyao smiled and stretched out a few nails for Yang Jingxing to hold lightly. Yang Jingxing introduced again: "Her name is Fu Feirong."

Several people nodded to Fei Rong, and Chu Xiaotong glanced twice. Fu Fei Rong then started to show off, with an indifferent and indifferent look on his face.

I first listened to Cheng Yaoyao's recording. It is a relatively dynamic and cheerful song, with a rhythm that has a slightly dance-like feel. The soundtrack has been prepared a long time ago, and Cheng Yaoyao's singing is also good and up to standard.

Yang Jingxing applauded: "This is written by Yitao, right?" Yitao is a stage name, and he is a relatively famous writer of lyrics. Yitao is probably in his forties, but he has always been at the forefront of the times. He wrote this poem more than ten years ago

Folk songs are popular, and now dance music is written, never falling behind.

Gan Kaicheng nodded: "It's him, the new album follows this style."

Zhang Yanhao said: "Thank you for your hard work. They came to record a demo and prepare it."

Gan Kaicheng looked inside the recording studio and said to Yang Jingxing, "Is Roland's synthesizer okay?"

Yang Jingxing said: "Okay." He looked at Fu Feirong and said: "Go in and sing "Girl"."

Gan Kaicheng followed him into the recording studio and explained to Yang Jingxing how to use the synthesizer. Then he looked at Fu Feirong who was standing next to him and pointed out: "Stand in front of the microphone... don't be nervous, just sing like you are in a bar."

Fu Feirong then stood in front of the microphone and faced the group of people in the listening room outside the soundproof glass who were staring at her from behind the machine. Gan Kaicheng closed the door and did not go out. He gestured to Chang Yiming and said, "Okay.

here we go."

Seeing Fu Feirong's chest rising and falling rapidly, Yang Jingxing said, "Take a deep breath and adjust."

After letting Fu Feirong adjust for a minute, Yang Jingxing started. The sound effect of Roland's professional synthesizer is also very good. They said that Roland's performance on strings is better than Yamaha's, and it is true. The texture of the piano sound is better.

full.

There was something wrong with Fu Feirong's singing at the beginning, and his voice was too low. Gan Kaicheng hurriedly made gestures and raised his voice, which made Fu Feirong's voice suddenly become louder.

As far as the requirements of a professional recording studio are concerned, Fu Feirong's performance in the early part was relatively poor. Fortunately, she didn't break anything. She worked hard to adjust her condition in the middle of the song and felt a little better.

After singing it once, Yang Jingxing looked at the reactions of the people in the monitoring room. Zhang Yanhao and Gan Kaicheng made gestures, and then Gan Kaicheng said: "Do it again." He encouraged Fu Feirong: "It was very good just now, you can adjust it again.

Pay attention to your breathing, don’t sing shallowly, pay attention to your emotions, you can close your eyes.”

After giving Fu Feirong another minute, Yang Jingxing started again. It seemed that asking Fu Feirong to close her eyes really had an effect. She sang much better this time. The acoustic structure of the recording studio allowed her voice characteristics to be fully expressed.

It came out, and it was fuller, more solid, and even slightly deeper on the original basis.

After singing this time, Yang Jingxing and the others were called out. Chang Yiming said to Fu Feirong who was hiding behind Yang Jingxing: "The sound is good, listen to it again."

After playing it through a very good monitor speaker, Fu Feirong raised her head and opened her mouth slightly and was dumbfounded. Can she sing so well? Of course, she is not that picky yet, so she was very picky about the many times in the demo.

Breathing errors and poor articulation were ignored.

But Fu Feirong's voice characteristics were not affected by those flaws, and the excellence of the song itself was fully reflected.

After listening to it again, no one spoke first. Yang Jingxing asked: "Director Zhang, what do you think?"

Zhang Yanhao looked at Gan Kaicheng and Chang Yiming: "What do you think?"

Chang Yiming asked Yang Jingxing: "New song? How to make the soundtrack?"

Yang Jingxing said: "I don't understand, I think that's it."

Chang Yiming asked Fu Feirong again: "Have you ever recorded a song before?"

Fu Feirong shook his head, and Gan Kaicheng helped and said, "No, it's my first time here."

Chang Yiming said: "It doesn't matter, take your time, the song is good and the sound is good."

Zhang Yanhao said to Yang Jingxing: "Since both of them say it's OK, then it's OK. Let's go down."

Going downstairs to the chairman's office, Zhang Yanhao asked Yang Jingxing: "Should I sign with you or with her?"

Yang Jingxing smiled: "Of course with her."

Zhang Yanhao said: "You don't understand what I mean. If I sign with you, you will be responsible for the company, and you will be responsible for her. If I sign with her, she will be responsible for the company, and we will be responsible for her."

Although Gan Kaicheng was from the editorial department, he also understood the legal procedures, so he explained it to Yang Jingxing. If the company signed a contract with Yang Jingxing, then Yang Jingxing would be Fu Feirong's agent. The company only had financial dealings with Yang Jingxing.

The company doesn't care what happens between Yang Jingxing and Fu Feirong. They can sign the contract themselves.

Generally speaking, only big-name agents with strong artist resources can enjoy this kind of treatment. Gan Kai gave Yang Jingxing two examples. Yang Jingxing had never heard of the agent's name, but the artists they had were all

The king of heaven and the queen of heaven.

Yang Jingxing was a little embarrassed: "Wouldn't this be inappropriate?"

Zhang Yanhao said: "There is nothing inappropriate, but I want to add a clause in the contract that your songs can only be given to our company... take a sample and you can take a look."

This contract is much scarier than Yang Jingxing's song-selling contract. It is a thick book with more than 100 pages. They said that the artist contract is a contract of selling one's body, but they did not expect that the contract signed by Yang Jingxing as a manager is no different from a contract of selling one's body.

For example, all activities of artists in the hands of managers must be approved by the company. There are many types of income sharing, including performance, advertising, or acting... These income categories are different, and different categories have different distribution methods.

, but for the most part, the company takes the lion’s share, and the remaining managers share it with the artists.

Moreover, the so-called clause that the agent is responsible for the company is even more shocking. To put it bluntly, the agent must obey orders.

Yang Jingxing read page after page very quickly, as if he were counting pages. Zhang Yanhao waited until Yang Jingxing saw some excessive overlord clauses and calmed him down: "Of course, these are all negotiable."

Yang Jingxing laughed: "It would be terrible if there was no room for negotiation."

After watching for a while, Yang Jingxing remembered: "I don't have much time, can you find someone from your company to be an agent to take care of Panpan's life?"

Fu Feirong, who had been quiet all this time, finally spoke: "I don't have to."

Zhang Yanhao said: "This is necessary, as long as you are willing, I don't care."

Yang Jingxing said thank you and then left, saying that he would go back and discuss it with Fu Feirong. Fu Feirong also wanted to discuss it with his family.

Gan Kai took Yang Jingxing and the others to the elevator and talked for more than ten minutes, mainly about the contract. He gave the most practical example. Duan Liying did not sign a contract with Hongxing, but Zhang Yanhao signed a contract with the company as an agent.

Of course, Duan Liying is the queen, and Zhang Yanhao’s purpose of doing this is to make the queen less constrained by the company, and to be able to make a lot of changes in the contract terms, so that Duan Liying can enjoy more favorable treatment than others.

And according to Gan Kaicheng, Zhang Yanhao didn't get any commission for being Duan Liying's agent, so Duan Liying hasn't left Hongxing Company for so many years.

Gan Kaicheng also said to Fei Rong: "Your current goal is to release a record. No matter how the contract is signed, you will not lose anything now! We will discuss other matters when there is room for bargaining." Looking at Yang Jingxing again: "

Old Duan must have put in a good word for you, otherwise it really wouldn't be that simple."

Yang Jingxing thanked the sincere Gan Kai for his submission and left. After entering the elevator, he looked at Fu Feirong: "They said you can do it, and then it's up to you."

Fu Feirong said again: "I listen to you."

Yang Jingxing shook his head: "No, you have to decide for yourself whether you want to be a singer or not. Listen first. Being a singer is not necessarily easier than opening a restaurant. It doesn't mean that you will become famous if you become a singer. Even if you become famous, you won't necessarily be popular.

It’s just so beautiful…”

Fu Feirong said: "I understand all these."

Yang Jingxing said: "When you go back, think about it carefully and discuss it with your sister-in-law and the others. This may very well be a matter that determines your life. Although you are young, your thinking is no longer childish..."

Fu Feirong laughed.

Yang Jingxing asked: "What are you laughing at?"

Fu Feirong shook his head and continued to laugh.

Yang Jingxing scolded: "Be serious, let me tell you, if you want to be a professional singer, or if you are lucky enough to become famous, there will be another life. Or you can continue to sing in the bar, which is fun and relaxing, or you can just listen to your music."

Sister-in-law, go study again..."

Fu Feirong looked at Yang Jingxing: "I listen to you, I know you are not allowed to harm me."

Yang Jingxing was more serious: "One thing you have to understand is that if I sign a contract with the company and we sign another contract, our rights and obligations will not be as simple as me writing a song for you... I will take your income."

A part, and not a small part.”

Fu Feirong said: "You can take it all, I have no objection."

Yang Jingxing smiled: "Look, you treat me as a friend, how can I still have the nerve to make money from you?"

Fu Feirong said: "I learned politics in junior high school. Distribution according to work. The more you work, the more you get. It doesn't matter. It's impossible for us to not be friends."

On the way home, Yang Jingxing continued to tell Fu Feirong all kinds of possible disadvantages, trying his best to persuade Fu Feirong to give up his plan of becoming a professional singer. But Fu Feirong was very determined.

After sending Fu Feirong to the restaurant, both the landlady and the boss looked worried, because it seemed that neither Yang Jingxing nor Fu Feirong were in high spirits.
To be continued...