Since 1983

"Oh woman, perfume woman..."

In the interview room, Su Yue looked at the buddy in front of him with pain on his face.

Long hair shawl, unshaven beard, eyes closed and singing affectionately, "Oh, woman, poisonous woman..."

He politely listened to the whole song, coughed twice, and said, "Uh, it's ok. We already know about your situation, go back and wait for the notification."

"Then have I lived?" The buddy looked disheveled, guessing that he hadn't had a full meal for a few days.

"We need to study, you go back first."

"No, if you think it's not good, I'll sing another song... Hey, I'm a singer-songwriter! Why don't you buy it first, and don't you value creation? Ten thousand yuan! Ten thousand yuan!"

Su Yue wanted to explain, but Xu Fei sent the security guards out, saying, "Don't waste time, the next one!"

"OK!"

The little assistant rattled out and went to the reception room.

There were already eight people sitting inside, all carrying guitars, five with long hair and two with bald heads, who could be seen playing music. After waiting for a long time, I was a little nervous. One of them held a cup and kept drinking water.

"Zheng Yun!"

"have!"

He put down his teacup, got up and followed out to a room. It's a very relaxed environment, with a sofa table and two people sitting opposite.

Su Yue looked at him a few times. He had long hair, was not tall, and was very handsome. He asked first, "Isn't it Zheng Yun? I have a little impression. I heard that Guo Chuanlin wanted to sign you. Why did you come here?"

Guo Chuanlin, who used to be the guitarist of the Black Panthers, later served as a manager, is called the fourth brother in the circle.

In 1987, Ding Wu formed the Panthers. The following year, Ding Wu left and formed Tang Dynasty, and Dou Xian'er joined as the lead singer.

Last year, Black Panther was spotted by Hong Kong native Chen Jiantian and joined Stone Records. At the end of the same year, Dou Xian'er left to form a dream band.

The music scene is such a big place, and Zheng Yun was not surprised, said: "Mr. Su, it's not that the fourth brother wants to sign me, but he introduced a Hong Kong boss who said he wanted to open a company in the capital and let me come over."

"Hong Kong boss?"

"Uh, it's that Chen Jiantian."

Chen Jiantian is well-known in the Hong Kong music scene, having brought Wang Jingwen and BEYOND. But as BEYOND went to Japan to develop, the two sides broke up, and this guy wanted to go north.

At the beginning of this year, Zheng Jun was preparing to go abroad. As a result, Guo Chuanlin called and said that Chen Jiantian opened a company in Beijing and wanted to sign you.

He was so excited that he immediately headed north, only to find out when he arrived that the company was still missing! So he drifted with his girlfriend for a few months, living a hard life.

"We haven't signed a contract yet, so we want to come and try."

Su Yue understood, and said, "It's fine if you don't sign a contract. Do you have any works?"

"Yes! Yes!"

Zheng Jun took out the guitar and hugged it in his arms, "The song I wrote is called "Naked"."

He tuned the strings, played a few notes, and advocated: "She seems to be as cold as ice, and she makes you lose your way. In fact, she is lonely in her heart..."

"My love is naked, my love is naked, you make me crazy..."

Ouch!

Compared with the previous perfume woman, it is simply a sound of nature. Su Yue was sure, after a song, he asked: "Is there anything else?"

""Back to LS"."

"Snowy mountains and green grass, beautiful lama temples, endless girls who laugh endlessly..."

Due to the limited environment, Zheng Jun suppressed the volume, but he could still feel the power inside.

After two songs, he looked at Su Yue anxiously, but Su Yue looked at another guy. He didn't know why, and moved his eyes accordingly.

Teacher Xu smiled and said, "Are you confident in making an album?"

"ah?"

"For an album, the lyrics and music are all written by you, do you have confidence?"

"I... yes!"

Zheng Jun reacted and couldn't control the ecstasy.

"Okay, let's study the contract. We usually sign for six years, and the company promises to release you three albums, and the profit is 37 cents. But you create it yourself, which involves royalties..."

Xu Fei thought for a while and said, "The company will be the sole agent and have full rights to use these songs. In the end, you can get 5% of the total profit."

"For example, if a tape makes five yuan, can I share twenty-five cents?"

"right."

These days, the company is absolutely strong, and artists are like rotten cabbage. Zheng Yun could feel the sincerity, and said without hesitation: "Okay, I will sign!"

At the end, he said embarrassedly, "Uh, this..."

"My surname is Xu."

"Mr. Xu, can I advance some money, I need it very much now."

"Can."

Xu Fei called an employee and said, "Take him to find Wang Jinghua."

"OK."

Zheng Jun left in a daze, and the interview continued.

What happened next was horrible. After watching six or seven episodes in a row, the two were devastated. Near noon, finally arrived at the last one.

I saw a thin and small man walking in, wearing glasses, saluting restrainedly, "Hi, I, my name is Li Chunbo, a musician of the Haizheng Art Troupe."

Su Yue took a look at this image, it was okay, and asked: "Looking at your information, you have a lot of experience, have you been in the art troupe?"

"Well, I did it for six years, and I wrote some songs, but no one liked it."

"Can I sing a song?"

"Yes, yes. It's just that I'm not mature enough to make you laugh."

Li Chunbo adjusted his glasses, plucked the strings and sang: "There is a girl named Xiaofang in the village, she is good-looking and kind..."

Su Yue frowned, what the hell?

Xu Fei was rather interested, and after the other party finished singing, he smiled and said, "This song is quite simple, tell me about your creative inspiration?"

"Uh, actually I don't have much inspiration. I wrote this song intermittently for a long time. At first, it was a girl I liked... Then I changed it and changed it, and it became like this."

"What do you think?" He asked Su Yue again.

Lao Su has always been a bold and unrestrained style, and he doesn't like soft songs. When "The Crooked Moon" came out, he said it was like a nursery rhyme, but he was slapped in the face.

But after studying in Japan, my thinking changed, and I thought it was okay after listening to the whole song.

"The lyrics are targeted and the tune is catchy. It is very suitable for groups like educated youths and has a certain degree of popularity."

"Then sign it?"

"I do not mind."

Old Su's attitude is that you can sign or not. Of course Teacher Xu signed it! This is "Xiaofang"!

In reality, Li Chunbo went south to Shencheng because he had nowhere to go for refuge in the capital. As a result, it was discovered and became an instant hit.

Right now, he also left in a daze. Xu Fei stretched his waist, and said with satisfaction: "Today is not in vain, I have gained a lot."

"Well, Zheng Yun alone is enough. I think your million-dollar hit will fall on him."

"You think 'Naked' is a million-dollar song?"

"What?" Su Yue was surprised.

"Ha, it's all right."

…………

That night, the dormitory building.

Considering Zheng Yun's special situation, Wang Jinghua arranged a place to stay before the contract was signed. No luggage, all the belongings in one big bag.

I chose A on the fifth floor.

Wang Jinghua borrowed a quilt from downstairs, and said: "You guys make do with it, buy a set tomorrow if you have time, don't forget to return this one."

"I've slept with it, and even little girls can't have it. I'll make a new one for them."

"Yo, you're quite a man. Let me tell you a few words."

She called Zheng Yun to her front and said, "There are few people now, so your girlfriend can stay here temporarily. In the future, when there are more people, I may assign you a roommate, and then I will coordinate it myself."

"Understood, thank you, Sister Hua!"

"Your situation is special, and the company has specially approved a subsidy."

She took out 2,000 yuan, and took out another 300, "I have to pay back the 2,000, and the 300 is a regular subsidy, which is given every month."

"..."

Zheng Jun took the money, recalled the months of hard life, and became more and more grateful to Xinghe.

After Wang Jinghua was sent away, he and his girlfriend looked at the house at 2,300 yuan, hugged each other and cried for a moment.

...

If there is no teacher Xu, he will stay until the end of the year, until Chen Jiantian rents two hotel rooms and establishes a company—that is, the famous Red Star Production Co., Ltd.

When we look back on the past, we always like to beautify the story, but that's exactly what happened.

In Chen Jiantian's narration, for Zheng Jun's album, Red Star invited many musicians and producers, and it took three months to complete it.

After Zheng Jun became popular, he switched to PolyGram within the contract period, and Red Star had to file a lawsuit.

But from this point of view, there were only two Red Stars at the time, one Chen Jiantian and the other Zheng Yun. From writing songs, arranging songs, finding a recording studio, renting a guitarist, and promoting, he is running by himself.

And all the royalties and performance fees added up to 30,000 to him.

Zheng Yun accused the other party of breaking the contract and went to court, but he didn't want the last penny, so he left the house. And it triggered a wave of contract terminations. At that time, the artist system, management, industry norms, etc. were not perfect.

So, a capitalist with a conscience is a capitalist with a conscience.

(besides……)