1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 13 No fight, no acquaintance, let’s start arranging music!

Gao Xiaosong felt that the song "Those Flowers" written by Jiang Xiaofeng was so special and groundbreaking because it was the first time in the history of China that a song was written for them.

You know, before this, all songs, including all poems, were written to a single her, as if love is such a one-to-one thing.

But this song created by Jiang Xiaofeng is called "Those Flowers". It is not about singing about a certain girl alone, but written to them, to the girls he met in his youth.

While listening to Jiang Xiaofeng's singing of the song "Those Flowers", Gao Xiaosong was filled with emotion. He couldn't help but think of the flowers he had encountered in his life over the years. Many of them had lost contact and did not know.

How are they doing?

"La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la, miss her

La la la la, la la la la, is she still driving?

La la la la, la la la la, la la la, go ahead

They have been blown away by the wind

Scattered in the end of the world

…

Are they all old?

where are they

That's how we are

They all run to the ends of the earth."

After singing the song, Jiang Xiaofeng stopped playing the strings and took a breath.

Gao Xiaosong quietly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand, then raised his hands and took the lead in applauding Jiang Xiaofeng, while praising: "Brother, your song "Those Flowers" is amazing, and your singing is also very good!"

Shen Qing also nodded and said: "Yes, Xiaofeng. I didn't expect that you, so young, could actually write a story about the passing of youth. It's really admirable!"

Huang Xiaomao also smiled and said: "The singing and writing are both excellent, I have nothing to say!"

Although Huang Xiaomao is not as exposed as Gao Xiaosong and Shen Qing, he has already secretly made up his mind to include the song "Those Flowers" in the album "Campus Folk Songs".

Without waiting for Jiang Xiaofeng to answer, Gao Xiaosong continued: "Brother, I apologize to you for my rudeness just now. It's because I'm blind and I'll punish myself with three drinks!"

After saying that, Gao Xiaosong started to pick up the wine bottle and pour wine into his own glass. Jiang Xiaofeng and Huang Xiaomao couldn't stop him even if they wanted to, and they didn't let him move at all, so they just let him go.

After finishing three glasses of beer, Gao Xiaosong said "uh", burped, poured another glass of wine, then raised his glass and said to Jiang Xiaofeng: "Xiaofeng, right? We don't know each other today.

Let's have a drink, and after finishing this glass of wine, the unpleasantness just now will be over, how about it?"

Jiang Xiaofeng was not a petty person, so he immediately raised his wine glass, clinked it with Gao Xiaosong, and said cheerfully: "Stop saying anything, let's do it!"

"Okay, done!" they both said in unison.

After saying that, the two of them drank the beer in their glasses in one gulp.

Later, Gao Xiaosong held a cigarette in his mouth, crossed his legs, took his mobile phone, and called a nearby restaurant to ask them to bring some food and drinks.

The four of them ate, drank, and chatted happily until the sun was about to set.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Gao Xiaosong bid farewell to Jiang Xiaofeng, Huang Xiaomao and Shen Qing.

When Gao Xiaosong saw a big shot like Huang Xiaomao actually driving a Lada, even though the car was not as good as his, he felt hahaha in his heart, and his vanity was greatly satisfied!

You know, Huang Xiaomao's wife Shi Ke is already a famous movie star in the mainland. She is a classmate of Gong Li, so it's no wonder Gao Xiaosong is so proud.

In the following days, Jiang Xiaofeng and Gao Xiaosong went to Dadi Records respectively and talked with Huang Xiaomao about money issues.

Jiang Xiaofeng had already sold a piece of "Drum Tower" for 1,000 yuan. This time, "Those Flowers", which was of a higher standard, naturally had a higher price.

However, Jiang Xiaofeng only agreed to sell a part of the copyright, namely the distribution copyright and the singing copyright. He did not sell it and kept it for himself.

Dadi Records originally mainly made records and basically did not carry out any brokerage business. We also agreed with Jiang Xiaofeng's opinion.

Jiang Xiaofeng also expressed to Huang Xiaomao: "Teacher Huang, I want to sing the song "Those Flowers" by myself."

Huang Xiaomao had no objection at all, and told him: "No problem, we have never thought about singing your songs to some singers from our company, just to respect you!"

Jiang Xiaofeng thought so. From the time he sold the song "Drum Tower", Huang Xiaomao wanted him to sing it himself.

Huang Xiaomao continued: "The record we are going to make is your record, your own record."

To be honest, after hearing what Huang Xiaomao said, Jiang Xiaofeng was quite touched that he could meet a record company that respects the singer so much.

In the end, Dadi Records bought the distribution rights of "Those Flowers" from Jiang Xiaofeng for 2,000 yuan.

In addition to buying two songs by Jiang Xiaofeng, Dadi Records also bought 7 songs by Gao Xiaosong at one time for a total of 9,000 yuan, with an average price of more than 1,000 yuan per song.

Gao Xiaosong was quite happy and satisfied with such a price, because before this, a record company in Shenzhen called "Xianke", under Shen Qing's lobbying, expressed its willingness to release records for them at 600 yuan per song.

money.

Of course, that was already last year, that is, early 1992.

At that time, Gao Xiaosong had been waiting for the record company to notify him to select singers and arrangers. It was not until he was called to sign autographs that he learned that the songs had already been recorded.

After listening to their singer's performance, Gao Xiaosong was very dissatisfied. He felt that the singer did not express what he meant at all, so he told the record company that his songs could only be sung by Lao Lang, otherwise they would not be sold.

Because Gao Xiaosong felt that Lao Lang was himself, neither of them needed to say anything, Lao Lang knew how to express what he wanted to express.

Xianke Records thought this young man was ridiculous. It was already good enough to buy his songs, but he still dared to give opinions. They simply said: I will give you 600 yuan for a song, and if you sign it, it will be none of your business.

If you don't want to, just pull it down.

Gao Xiaosong was not to be outdone. Although he was nothing at the time and had not yet made the first pot of gold in his life, he also urgently needed the money.

But Gao Xiaosong still had his own persistence and pursuit of music, so he rejected it directly.

Not to mention that Gao Xiaosong is already rich now and will not just "sell" his music casually for 9,000 yuan.

Gao Xiaosong didn't want to make the same mistake again. Before signing the contract, he made it clear to Huang Xiaomao: "It's like this. It doesn't matter whether it's money or not. It's mainly my own songs. If I want to sing them by myself, I'll sing them by myself. If I don't want to sing them by myself, I'll sing them by myself."

Do you think it’s okay to choose my favorite singer to sing?”

Huang Xiaomao said cheerfully: "Okay, our original idea was to let you sing by yourself and make a record of your own."

With Huang Xiaomao's words, Gao Xiaosong had nothing to worry about. He thought that after signing the contract, asking Lao Lang to sing his songs would fulfill their musical dreams.

However, after Huang Xiaomao bought the copyright of songs by Jiang Xiaofeng, Gao Xiaosong and others, he did not rush to let them enter the recording studio to record songs, but prepared to rearrange these songs.

Because the songs composed by Jiang Xiaofeng and Gao Xiaosong are both excellent in lyrics and music, but the arrangement is a bit simple and rough, and cannot be regarded as a qualified arranger at all.

Especially for the two songs composed by Jiang Xiaofeng, apart from the guitar accompaniment, there are no other instruments. He can play the guitar but not other music.

Huang Xiaomao's current task is to take the songs he bought back and let professional arrangers make new arrangements, and then let them record them in the recording studio.

Of course, as the producer of Dadi Records, Huang Xiaomao, in addition to being responsible for the arrangement of songs, will also be involved in a series of creative work such as guidance, recording, mixing, mastering, and post-production.

After Jiang Xiaofeng and Gao Xiaosong sold the songs, they took the money and went back to wait for news, waiting for Dadi Records to come back to them to record songs.

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