Comeback [entertainment]

Yuan Shang no longer wants to recall how much he spent trying to convince those European and American producers, but he still remembers Barlow's ambiguous attitude towards the cooperation he proposed at that time.

The depressed mood caused by the previous copyright disputes is easily improved at this moment. His eyes are so bright that they can almost burn holes in the computer screen. General Yuan read the letter of intent from the beginning to the end, and then from the beginning to the beginning, every word Consider, sentence analysis.

This is a contract that has not been fully finalized, and notes that need to be discussed and revised are marked in many links. The content includes the music team, creative team, arranger team and marketing team of Barlow Production Company and the original Cooperation in the next few years.

Decades of development in advance, and the market encouragement that is completely different from the situation after development, have caused the entertainment industry to widen the gap that is difficult to ignore between different countries.With a mature market mechanism and rational talent cultivation, Yuanshang must seek mature and capable partners if he wants to continue to operate his studio well until it develops a scale that can shake the development of the industry.

And Barlow Music Production Company is such a production company that has recruited excellent teams from various industries in the music industry. Even Hurricane Records often outsources some projects to them for cooperation. Such a company has experience in music creation and production. It is currently beyond the reach of most domestic companies in the industry, and even the Four Seas Group dare not say that they can match their professionalism.

The current situation in China is still that the film and television industry is more profitable than music, and a penny is hard for a hero. The world is already very conscientious, but it is still impossible to focus all on music, which is almost a bottomless hole.Yuanshang still remembers how many objections Qin Huo received from shareholders within the company when the album "Start" was released. It is true that "Start" did not lose money and made money in the end, but this figure is far worse than that of some theaters. After the explosion, the big movie with nine-figure and nine-figure income is still not enough to watch after all.

But to make a good piece of music requires no less effort than shooting a movie. Considering the market return on investment ratio mechanism, making music is obviously not the best choice at present.

Original singers like Yuanshang only occupy a very small proportion in the market, and most of the singers who really support the entire music scene need a complete and mature behind-the-scenes music team behind them.There are dozens or even hundreds of people inside, including lyricists, arrangers, sound engineers, arrangers, producers, engineers, sound mixers, etc. It is a huge investment to support such a professional team. overhead.And because of the downturn in the music market, not to mention individual singers in China, even many film and television companies do not have this condition.

In fact, it may not be because they can’t afford the money, but from the investor’s point of view, it’s not as cost-effective to raise these behind-the-scenes artists as signing a team of lighting or make-up artists, at least the latter can come in handy in every project.

Excellent arrangers and producers have no way to find a stable job. Most of them can only gather and work independently to pick up some scattered orders, but except for a few already famous and well-known top of the pyramid, the rest of them are basically still struggling with meager income. dilemma.If things go on like this, those who change their careers will change their careers, and those who leave will leave, talents will wither more and more, and good works will be short-lived, forming a vicious circle.

Yuanshang is very anxious about this situation, but suffers from the meager strength. It is not so easy to support an industry from the root. With his current economic strength, he is even struggling to support newcomers who launch his own studio.

Qin Huo has done a good enough job in this regard. At least the Four Seas Group has opened a recording studio that is second to none in the industry, and has retained the music department, which is extremely narrow in the scope of other companies.It can be seen from the original that he intends to do something for this market, but as a layman, what the other party can see and improve is limited after all.Coupled with the fact that the professionals in the Four Seas Music Department have not reached the top level, this letter from Barlow can be said to have solved his current urgent needs.

work!work!work!

In addition to his own works, more people's works are needed. The Chinese music scene needs new blood and competition. This is why he was so empathetic and happy when he learned that Tang Min's new song became popular.

It's just that Tang Min undoubtedly failed to live up to this expectation.

******

"What the hell are you doing? Can you be more honest? Look at how many people have reposted this Weibo. The whole company is working together. You are the only one who can stand alone, right?"

The agent's fingers were moving "twitter" on the coffee table. When he spoke, he spoke in an aggressive tone, frothing, and used all his body language and expressions to show the phrase "hate iron but not steel".

Jiang Xie was expressionless. Anyway, he had the expression of a dead pig not afraid of boiling water: "Anyway, I won't turn."

The agent gave him a blank look, and simply reached out to grab the phone. Jiang Xie retracted his arms and sideways avoided him, with a firm expression on his face: "I advise you not to do this. If you want to transfer it, you use your own account. If mine is accidentally deleted by then, it will spread even worse outside, right?"

"you!!"

The agent's eyes became angry: "Who am I doing this for? Isn't it for you?! Who the hell do you want to have trouble with? Retweeting Weibo can make it difficult for you?"

Jiang Xie glanced at him disdainfully, lowered his head slightly, and turned his attention to the phone screen. A large group of artists under Mingcheng Film and Television who followed each other on the homepage of Weibo were frantically forwarding Mingcheng's explanation of Tang Min's music suspected of plagiarism.On the scanned document with the official seal of Mingcheng Company, there were a lot of hooligan-like denials written in black and white. "The company's seniors are all desperately flattering their stinky feet like they are blind.After they finished holding their stinky feet, a lot of fans below expressed their support indiscriminately, it was disgusting.

Jiang Xie sneered: "Whether I copied it or not, I'm not a deaf person, so I have to use strong words to make excuses. Wouldn't it be over if Tang Min just let himself be ridiculed and apologized?"

"Stop farting!" The agent hurriedly pulled him, "Are you still young? You have to learn from others to be a moral model. Let me tell you, we are the only ones here now, so don't say such nonsense when you go outside." No? Your new album is behind Tang Min, and it hasn’t been released yet! Be careful to make Song Dong anxious, and finally get a chicken ball! Turn it around!"

"Me! No!" Jiang Xie squeezed the phone tightly, his voice was stern, and he slid his finger down accidentally, and clicked on the hot list. When he saw the post that was at the top of the list, he was stunned for a moment. It took a few seconds before he hummed in relief.

Throwing the mobile phone into the manager's arms, his eyes burst out with a sneering gleam: "Fighting? In the end, I don't know who is fighting."

The manager picked up the phone and looked at it inexplicably, the anxious look on his face was instantly replaced by blankness.

The phone in Song Tian's office just stopped for a few seconds, and then rang again with a frenzy.The shock made the table tremble, and Song Tian, ​​who was sliding the mouse, had twitching veins on his forehead, and he simply unplugged the phone line.

After two breaths of silence in the office, the phone on the desk started to vibrate again, and the caller showed Tang Min.

When Song Tian answered the call, he was so angry that he cursed: "Can you fucking calm me down a bit!?"

Tang Min is old, but timid. He was already scared by the news he saw this morning: "Dong Song! The prosecution notices from all over the world have been posted, how can you let me calm down?"

"You're so worried!!!" Song Tian's thick voice silenced the secretary's office outside through the office door, "I still can't fucking believe that he can really sue for such a trivial matter Father! Stay quiet!!"

He hung up the phone, feeling so angry that his body was weak, and he focused his eyes on the computer screen. The notice of indictment posted by the Four Seas Group broke the previous situation of small-scale discussions on the Internet, and set off the first real conflict since the start of the plagiarism conflict. An uproar in the sense.

When it came to the law, the nature of the incident became serious at once. Many supporters who were originally on the side of the plain but whose voices were not loud enough became fierce in an instant. The passers-by who said ambiguous words seemed to be aware of the seriousness of this matter. Not daring to open their mouths to talk nonsense anymore, even those social news media that don't care about entertainment disputes have focused their attention on it.

These media who watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal were the real influential mouthpieces. Their attention made the scope of this matter spread beyond the fan circle.Website push, media headlines, and most of the ubiquitous places in people's lives are full of reports about this matter.In this way, not to mention other consequences, Song Tian's previous decision to deal with this matter coldly to make this matter go away as soon as possible came to nothing.

Such a large-scale and uniform exposure, Song Tian would never believe that Four Seas didn't spend money, but is Qin Huo crazy?Do you really want to make such a big deal known to everyone?

Sitting in the management position of the group, Song Tian really understands how much effort it takes to fight lawsuits between companies. Even he himself will not easily sacrifice the flag of the company's legal department if it is not necessary.Both parties are well-known companies in the industry, and they still cooperate on weekdays. A lawsuit is no different from tearing apart, just for a little singer's copyright?

Qin Huo is sick, right?

The prosecution statement was reposted frantically, and the account with the highest bounce on the list hit his eyes with countless exclamation marks——

[Wu Xiaoyue v: Support! ! !That's the way it should be! ! ! !Good luck with the prosecution! ! !Hit the ground running! ! ! ! 】Where did the starlet come from?Song Tian frowned, staring at the artistic photo of Wu Xiaoyue's unruly expression in the profile picture, even wanting to strangle him to death.

The representatives sent by Si Hai to negotiate before were fooled away by his orders. Song Tian acted like a piece of meat at the time, but now he began to take the initiative to try to contact Si Hai.The secretarial department of Sihai Foreign Affairs always has various reasons. At one time, Director Qin was in a meeting, and at another time he went out again. For two consecutive days, he said that Director Qin had left work before four o'clock in the afternoon. The closed door again and again slowly faded away.

After smoking one cigar after another, a cold voice finally sounded at the other end of the receiver.

Qin Huo's tone could not detect any emotion: "Dong Song?"

He only sat on half of the large office chair, and Yuanshang squeezed into the other half and was looking down at the physical terms of the cooperation agreement. Hearing this, he raised his head and exchanged glances with Qin Huo.

Catching his gaze, Qin Huo subconsciously subconsciously softened his indifferent expression when he answered the phone. He pointed to the phone and nodded again, indicating that the original caller was that "Dong Song".

Yuanshang and Mingcheng Film and Television had many disputes before and after, so he was not interested in Song Tian and continued to focus on the contract.Barlow has excellent arrangers and lyrics, but with the resources in hand, it is inevitable that they will be picky.His arranger team is very responsible for their own works, and they all have high standards for the performers' personal style and musical skills. This makes Yuanshang embarrassed and at the same time a little envious. When will he be able to do well in the domestic market? It's good to be so refined.

This group of arrangers comes from various countries, even Chinese. Barlow has been a baby for nearly 20 years, and now all of them are hall-level masters.Looking at their famous music in the past, Yuanshang found that each song was no worse than the works he created, so of course it was expensive, and almost a quarter of the cost of each song was prepared for them.

Rich returns depend on bold investments, and each of these works is a hit.

From Yuanshang’s point of view, arrangement is almost the most important part of a song. A well-known domestic singer-songwriter once said, “Composing is equivalent to giving birth to a child, and arrangement is equivalent to putting on suitable clothes for this child. The child is not very good-looking, you can also use the arrangement to modify him."Excellent arrangement can even capture audiences who do not understand the lyrics, which is one of the reasons why many foreign language songs can be widely sung in China.

It turned out that Barlow's arranger team was needed, and before that, he had to decide on the right person to cooperate with the other party for the first time.

The voice over there can be faintly heard through the earpiece——

"...There's no need to make it so ugly..."

Qin Huo didn't say much all the time, and he answered indifferently. After a long time, he hung up without hesitation.

Yuanshang looked up and asked him, "What's the situation?"

There were only the two of them left in the room, and the sun shone brightly on the spacious office. Qin Huo visibly relaxed a lot, hugged him, and with a little effort, moved from the chair to his lap.

"..." Yuanshang felt that it was strange to sit in such a slightly cuddly posture, but Qin Huo rested his head on his shoulders, and his soft hair brushed against the side of his face, which made him a little bit reluctant to break free.

Qin Huo, who always acted very clingy when no one was around, kept this posture and stayed quietly for a while before saying, "Song Tian said he wanted to see you."

"Why did he see me?" Yuanshang patted Qin Huo's head with his backhand, feeling the palm of his hand turned back affectionately, "Didn't you not be moved before?"

The warmth of the opponent's palm made Qin Huo want to just leave work and hug him for a nap. After struggling for a long time, he said in a low voice: "Before it was before, and now Sihai is suing. If the verdict is not good for Mingcheng , will directly affect the next singers released by their company. And Tang Min’s album, if the title song is confirmed to be plagiarized, it’s hard to say domestically, and there will be no hope for international music competitions.”

After all, there is a difference between civil condemnation and legal judgment in black and white.

Qin Huo said: "Song Tian must want to be private, what do you think?"

Yuanshang was slightly taken aback. What Song Tian said was private, did he mean an apology, or should he give him a sum of money, and then the two parties would not entangle each other, and wait for the heat of this matter to subside?

Probably the latter.

Yuanshang chuckled: "You let him die."

*****

Sihai's attitude of not agreeing to go private was completely beyond Song Tian's expectations. He was even ready to write a 200 million check to Yuanshang, but the other party refused to show his face. on his desk.

This time it's for real.

Song Tian stared at the file bag, and this idea suddenly flashed in his mind, followed by endless daze.

As for?

It's just a song.

After the news that the court date was set was released, more and more people who paid attention to the matter expressed their delight. The silent majority originally thought that this would be another fuss, but they did not expect the situation to develop like this. With energy, they began to come out to stir up wind and rain.

When they had the upper hand, those who were originally in neutral stopped talking completely, leaving only Tang Min's fans still stubbornly resisting, but facing the banner of the law, they inevitably weakened a lot of confidence, and could only scold the world He made a big fuss with Yuanshang, but he was far less confident than he was at the beginning.

Netizens’ stance fluctuates with the wind, vacillating. Yesterday, they might still be watching the excitement, but today they can be incited by an article with a clear standpoint, scolding famous cities for openly supporting their artists to copy music, which is a cancer in the industry.

"Too much bullying!!! Too much bullying!!!"

Song Tian looked at the familiar accounts that were getting more and more fierce, and he couldn't smoke anymore. He was so angry that he slapped the table and yelled at his assistant: "Who is this shitty singer and actor named Wu Xiaoyue?!?! Give it to him I will block him!!!"

The assistant was very helpless, he had already signed with Four Seas, how could his own company just block it if he said so?Not to mention artists from all over the world, there are even many contracted actors in their own company who stand neutral and don't speak.

Song Tian knocked his lighter on the mahogany table loudly: "And the propaganda department!! How do you do things?!"

The assistant lowered his head, quite embarrassed to say that almost all the sailors over there were mobilized, but the Four Seas Group is not a vegetarian, plus the indictment's Zhenhai magic needle, no matter how rhythmic the outside world is, it can't be disturbed storm.The two sides are evenly matched, and even Famous City is slightly inferior. There are not many marketing accounts willing to take up whitewashing work at this critical juncture, because posting it will have no effect other than being scolded.

Song Tian almost knocked a hole out of the table, and scolded his assistant so badly, but he also understood that the matter had come to an end, and being angry was useless.

In the terms of Sihai's lawsuit, Mingcheng Film and Television was required to publicly admit the plagiarism of the song, and the company and singer Tang Min made a public apology to the original singer of the song, Yuanshang, and paid 500 million yuan in compensation.

Every item here is beyond the limit of what he can bear.

Apologize?Song Tianzhen didn't know how to write these two characters.

His expression hovered between resignation and hidden anger. He was silent for a long time, fell back into the seat, and sighed wearily: "Go and find out who is responsible for this prosecution. After checking, go to the door and ask them to come out together." Have a meal."

How can the assistant not understand the usual methods used by his boss?Therefore, although this command was short, he immediately knew it in his mind.

******

After listening to Assistant Mu's report, Qin Huo frowned slightly.

"It's true, according to the news that the paparazzi bought it, it said that they have been playing together every day these days, and they haven't left anywhere." Assistant Mu pointed out the names of the clubs he had heard, and shook his head, "Is this still true?" It's just for fun, who knows how much I gave in private, Famous City is really willing to spend the money."

Assistant Mu also felt that there was something wrong with Song Tian. He could not afford to give millions of dollars in casual gifts. Here it is.

After he finished slandering in his heart, he was worried: "The domestic definition in this regard is a bit vague, and the Ministry of Justice also said that if the relationship between Mingcheng and Mingcheng were to get through, the final verdict would be hard to say."

Yuan Shang, who was sitting on the sofa drinking tea, paused, looked up at him with complicated eyes, and then smiled self-deprecatingly.

Qin Huo glanced at him quickly and worriedly.

As the trial date got closer, he did notice some clues. Famous City sought private mediation less and less frequently, and its artists who were much quieter after the indictment was posted were also bouncing around again.

It seems that they have some backing and reliance to make them no longer afraid of the final judgment. Qin Huo doesn't want to use dirty means to control the fair result that he should have enjoyed, but the reality doesn't allow him to think too much.

Song Tian bottomed out and rebounded, and now he is crazy. Not only is he doing crooked ways here, Qin Huo also heard from Assistant Mu a few days ago that there is a young artist named Wu Xiaoyue in his company who has been speaking out for Yuanshang. , was inexplicably squeezed out of the crew that is currently filming.

It was just a small crew with no chance of a big hit. Song Tian invested a large sum of money in order to replace him with an artist from a famous city. In the past few days, whenever there was an announcement event, he would not take it away. It was clear that he was deliberately rectifying .

Four Seas and Famous City have always had commercial competition, and this is the first time it has become so ugly.It feels like being chased by a mad dog, and the other party will not hesitate to jump on you and want to bite you at the opportunity.

A dog bites a person and can't bite back, but Qin Huo still thought about it. He took an opportunity to ask an acquaintance to come out, and made progress on the sidelines.

The other party didn't hide anything, and smiled mysteriously: "I can only tell you that Song Tian paid a lot of money this time, a lot of money!"

The money was not only spent on clearing up relationships, but also on suppressing public opinion. Famous City did not know how much it spent, and began to delete posts frantically on the Internet. All major social networking sites, as long as it is a topic related to this plagiarism incident, block it. , Deletion, deletion, even if they are found complaining, they don't care, and even contact well-known paparazzi everywhere, wanting to buy the important news that they have suppressed in their hands. go elsewhere.

Because the voices were suppressed so blatantly, many people were already outraged. Under the calm appearance, they rushed against the turbulent river. The recent situation on the Internet is almost explosive, and the roof can be overturned in minutes.

This is a huge force, but the enthusiasm of the masses is short-lived. Although they are passionate now, once this opportunity is missed, there is no possibility of coming back.

Song Tian looked at the angry accusations of countless deleted posts on the front page and was quickly deleted, and thought of the appearance of the guests at the wine table the day before when they were all red and patting their chests to confirm the ticket, he couldn't help sneering.Seeing that the court date is getting closer, and the peace and tranquility created by the famous city is becoming more and more realistic, he is more and more convinced of his previous cognition that there is nothing in this world that cannot be done with money except life and death.

What morality?What is right or wrong?It's just that the benefits are not enough. If 100 million is not enough, then 1000 million!One hundred million!He can smash those chattering mouths with money.

The starlet who dared to openly disagree with him was not only fired from the crew, but also snatched away all commercial activities and endorsements. Song Tian is confident that in the next few years, as long as he has memory, he will be able to make the other party lose money eat.

A lot of nonsense like ideals that the younger brother Song Gao always talks about is all fucking tricks to coax children.

Yipai basked in the sun and played with his mobile phone relaxedly. The dark screen was brilliantly illuminated by the sun, but suddenly lit up.

He glanced at the person on the caller ID, and immediately put on a polite and enthusiastic expression: "Oh, Judge Zheng, what are you doing today?"

After buying orders for a few days and giving gifts for a few days, when the other party said goodbye to him last night and went home, he hooked his shoulders and hung his back and reluctantly acted more like a brother than a brother. But now on the phone, he is obviously a lot weaker: "What, Xiao Song, what you said yesterday, I have thought about it now, and I still don't think it is very appropriate... The one you sent What...how about you take it back tonight..."

how? !

With excitement in his mind, Song Gao instantly sat up straight from the leisurely posture with Erlang's legs crossed, and his voice was full of disbelief: "What's going on? Didn't you agree to everything? How could you suddenly change your mind today? It's too bad Are you righteous?"

The other party was panting and wheezing, his voice sounded tense and embarrassed: "It's not that I won't help you... It's really... You can search the comments on the Internet to see for yourself!"

Song Tian's ability is only limited to the country, and recently he has only spent all his means here. He has no idea what he heard, but after turning on the computer to search, he instantly realized the deep meaning of the other party's words.

The country may not have the largest daily traffic, but it is definitely the most authoritative and most popular Central News Network. The headlines on the homepage are published daily as usual, and the headlines of foreign news reports are hanging high on the headlines of today's largest news newspaper in Europe and the United States— —

["The largest plagiarism incident in the Chinese music scene so far is about to be tried?More than a dozen famous musicians such as Mei Si, Eva, Paviklin, etc. have paid attention to the public"] The picture below is a picture of the hot list of the largest overseas social software. From top to bottom, ten Many places, from the famous female singer Meiss to the classical music performer Paviklin, without exception, all have the notice of indictment from the Four Seas Group a few days ago.

"Come on, believe in justice!"

"I wish this young man with talent and dreams a victory!"

"Resist plagiarism, even if it's not in my country, music has no borders!"

Central News Network, the largest newspaper in Europe and the United States, and more than a dozen names that Song Tian is extremely familiar with even if he doesn't pay much attention to news in the music industry.

There was a buzz in his head, the sky was bright, but he only felt that his eyes were dark, and he couldn't see his fingers.