It's hard to be an idol

Chapter 158 "Cake"

The two big companies that are most interested in Xu Lai now, the small companies are directly filtered out by SM company, after all, Xu Lai is their ambition in the past two or three years, and they need to push him out, the big companies It is more advantageous in this regard.

One of these two major companies is Universal Music and the other is Sony Music. Warner Music was not sincere enough and was directly excluded. Therefore, SM is more inclined to Universal Music. The two companies have already cooperated several times. Yes, there are three groups under the SM company that are signed to Universal Music, and they are more familiar with the company Universal Music.

Of course, Sony Music as one of the giants is also under consideration by SM, but Sony is slightly weaker than Universal globally, but Sony is more than a step ahead of Universal in terms of artist packaging, but Xu It seems that this musician's style doesn't need any good packaging, as long as the company is willing to promote it carefully, it's nothing.

However, the promotion of Universal Music is indeed inferior to that of several other music giants, but it enjoys a high reputation in the field of pop music, which will definitely help Xu Lai to release albums in the future.

Both companies can be said to be a good choice for Xu Lai. After all, Xu Lai is not just mixed with Europe and the United States. own opinion.

Now SM Company is very concerned about Xu Lai's opinion. Although Xu Lai may not be able to put forward any effective opinions, this is to show respect for Xu Lai. The senior management of SM Company is very tolerant towards Xu Lai. After all, in the history of their company, Xu Lai is the only artist who has been chased by several giant companies, and he has created another piece of SM company history.

Moreover, the stock of SM company rose again after Xu Lai's album hit the B chart. This is all because of the real benefits he brought to the capitalists. "If you have milk, you are a mother", this is the inherent concept of capitalists.

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Xu Lai doesn't know that his future has been paved so much in Sujiang for the time being. He just knows that he will go to Europe and the United States for a while to develop, but he doesn't know how SM Company negotiates with other brokerage companies. I am preparing for the shooting of the penultimate issue of "Singer-Composer".

Recently, because of the explosion of the new album, more and more variety shows and merchants approached Xu Lai, waving money to try to attract Xu Lai to attract a wave of traffic, Xu Lai paid a lot of money for these announcements They are very interested in variety shows, but SM seems to have another way of managing Xu Lai's people. For the time being, they don't plan to let Xu Lai frequently participate in variety shows to make money. What they want is to let Xu Lai have a few music variety shows Maintain his exposure online, and use his musical talents to lay a good foundation for himself.

When Xu Lai signs with a music company in Europe and the United States, and then returns after going to Europe and America to be plated with a layer of gold, if all goes well, then Xu Lai's income may be several times that of now.

If Xu Lai was just an ordinary idol artist, at this time, SM company probably planned to let Xu Lai "die" in the nanny car and various vehicles, but Xu Lai's most valuable thing is his musical talent, and only after that. He is a person, so there is no need to rush to make money. There is no need to make money now to lower Xu Lai's compulsion.

Of course, the possibility of Xu Lai earning a lot of money in Europe and the United States is not ruled out, but the majority of income in Europe and America is not accounted for by SM, so it can be ignored for the time being.

Xu Lai still doesn't know that the cake he created has been divided as soon as it took shape, and he is still working as an honest tool man.

The filming scene of "Singer and Composer" in Sujiang, all the singers and composers already know that this is the penultimate episode of the show, and the next episode will be the end of the entire variety show. I heard that there is also a scene of team competition, 4V4 The singer-songwriter battle is a bit like other music talent shows.

It's just that in this penultimate episode, one person will still be eliminated. Whether this person is Zheng Jun or the person challenged by Zheng Jun depends on this episode.

It is still unbelievable that Zheng Jun, an old senior, fell into the lower zone, but after watching the show, he still feels that it is time and fate. He is just a little bit unlucky. Zheng Jun is still quite interested in the mood now, and specially arranged an interview for him, and Zheng Jun's answer is like this.

"Actually, I don't care so much about whether I am eliminated or not. Anyway, I have filmed so many episodes, right? Elimination is fate, and staying is also fate. So, I still just want to sing well in this episode, no matter what wins or loses, so I am choosing When it comes to challenges, let me choose at the end? Just pick the rest and leave it to me, I don’t care.”

Zheng Jun seemed very open-minded at this time. When he started losing before, he still felt a little embarrassed, but after losing too many times, he felt that it was all right, but he heard that the equipment in the lower area was a bit poor, and the stools had no cushions.

"I have a bad back, please prepare a cushion for the chair in the lower area later?"

Zheng Jun suggested to the staff with a smile, and of course the staff said it was okay.

Before the filming of each program, of course, there is the second demo listening session that everyone looks forward to. The first priority is the live performance of the singers and songwriters, and the third priority is the meal time in the canteen, and the interaction between the singers and songwriters at other times. Everyone really didn't have the enthusiasm they imagined.

"I'll go first this time."

Zheng Jun took the initiative this time. He took his "broken acoustic guitar" with a very high appearance rate to the stage, and sat down and said to everyone.

"This song is called "The Funeral of Youth". If nothing else, I will sing it directly."

As always, Zheng Jun's style, the guitar accompaniment can't tell anything, I just feel that a lot of effort has been put into the lyrics, maybe it was stimulated by young people, right?Although I don't care about winning or losing, I still have a bit of a competitive spirit, so I will perform this one as the last one.

The second place is Hu Yanbin, followed by Wang Sulong. Both of them performed relatively smoothly, especially Wang Sulong, whose exclusive style of little love songs really catches people's ears. Other singers also walked up one after another. The last two left It was Liang Bo and Xu Lai. Liang Bo went up first, and Xu Lai was left to play last for the first time.

"The song is called 'Boy'."

Liang Bo has a quiet temperament and is very straightforward. He said the title of the song when he stepped on the stage, and sang directly while sitting down and playing the piano.

"It was unexpected that he fell in love with her"

"In an era of no hesitation"

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After Xu Lai watched Liang Bo’s live performance in the last issue, he went back and listened to a lot of Liang Bo’s songs, and found that his songs all have one thing in common—the melody catches the ears, and it’s easier for him to become popular with music Yes, if it wasn't for him wanting to settle himself down, it is estimated that his popularity is much higher than it is now.

However, there seems to be nothing wrong with his current appearance. Others say that he missed the best time to become famous, but he feels that he has truly become who he wants to be.

Let the music do the talking.

Xu Lai looked at the stubbornness revealed in Liang Bo's eyes through the mirror, and couldn't help but praise him in his heart. Anyway, he felt that in his situation, he might not be as firm as him.

The song "Boy" is pretty good, he likes it, and Liang Bo has the same attitude towards music.

(End of this chapter)