At this time, Li Qian's gaze swept over the few of them, smiling and nodding at each person as he looked at them. Then, smiling, he said to them: "I've heard all of your songs, and I like them very much. I also understand what you mean. Hmm, how about this? Although I don't have any suitable works on hand right now, but since you're all friends with Liao Liao, I'll make an exception and give you a blank promise, okay?"

  He turned his head to look at Chen Changsheng and said, "Director Chen can contact my agent later. I promised to help your company write four songs and we can sign a contract! However, although I have confidence in my own talent, I don't promise that the song will be a hit, so... haha... please don't expect too much, okay?"

  Li Qian's response made Liao Liao lower his head and hold back his laughter with all his might.

  All I can say is: Well done!

  You didn't directly pull people over to demand songs, did you? You're not making it impossible for me to get out of this, are you? Fine, I'll give it to you, but I'm only agreeing because I can! And the best part is, Li Qian also made a direct promise to the singer!

  Writing songs isn't free of charge, so go negotiate the price with my agent first.

  Anyway, you brought the person in, so I'll just agree to it in person. If the price can't be negotiated later on, then obviously, even if you shift all the blame onto me, do you still expect a few singers to have no complaints about you?

  And for singers who have been in the second tier for many years and are eager to climb up to the first tier, even if they don't make a single penny from their next album, they still hope to become popular! So, if Li Jian has already agreed to give them a song, but your company is being stingy and calculating, even pinching pennies on buying songs, which ultimately leads to dissatisfaction with the price and inability to get the song, whose responsibility is it?

  At this moment, Liao Liao held back his smile and looked at Chen Changsheng. He found that the expression on his face was indeed stiffened for an instant.

  "Serves you right!"

  Although he still sat there with a straight face, Liao Liao had already laughed so hard that he couldn't bear it. He couldn't help but think to himself, "Why does everyone think that just because Li Qian is young, he must be easy to bully? Chen usually says that he's quite clever. As a result, as soon as Li Qian arrived in the capital, he already couldn't resist plotting... But it's good, when the horse is brought out and shown off, they'll know absolutely not to treat Li Qian with the same eyes as a 17 or 18 year old kid!"

  But after all, Chen Changsheng is still Chen Changsheng.

  Although he was slightly outsmarted by Li Qian and even got turned around and put in a cage, he quickly regained his composure - after all, even if he couldn't avoid getting hurt, he could still get Li Qian's song, and he had also managed to figure out Li Qian's temperament, which was already a success, wasn't it?

  Then he immediately laughed and said, "Well, that's settled then! I'll go talk to your agent myself." He paused for a moment, his posture suddenly lower than before. Smiling at Li Qian, he said, "Qian Shao, you'd better be careful from now on!"

  …………

  After settling with Changsheng Records, Li Qian and Liao Liao could finally calm down.

  After bidding farewell to Chen Changsheng's office, Li Qian shook hands with several singers from Changsheng Records one by one before following Liao Liao to her exclusive lounge.

  Yes, exclusive.

  The music circle, or the entertainment circle, is a place like this. Maybe just a few days ago you were nobody. But as soon as one song becomes popular, you immediately have status, your performance fees immediately dare to rise by several times, it's as if money doesn't matter at all... Then, naturally, as long as you can bring benefits, everyone looks up to you! A dedicated driver, a dedicated agent, a dedicated rest room, even a dedicated vocal practice room... everything is available.

  So, by extension, it's not hard to know that a songwriter who can make someone popular is highly valued by singers and record companies!

  All the way to Liao Liao's exclusive rest room, Huang Wenjuan was busy pouring water and making tea.

  After all, Li Qian had seen her before and still had an impression of her, so he deliberately greeted her. Then, looking at this luxurious private lounge, he said to Liao Liao: "Not bad, your treatment is very high!"

  Liao Liao just smiled and didn't say a word.

  Although she has refused to perform commercially, her last album has already sold over 3 million copies and is expected to reach 4 million in about a year. Four million copies, although the company issues them at half price, one album actually sells for five yuan, but this is still an income of 20 million yuan. The production cost of this album was less than 700,000 yuan, and the promotional cost was around 600,000 yuan. The production cost of a cassette tape at the factory was even less than one yuan. After deducting all costs, just this album brought in a profit of at least 15 million yuan for Liao Liao and Chang Sheng Records.

  According to the contract she signed with the company at the beginning, her share was capped at 10%, which means that out of the company's income of 150 million, she only got around 40 million, and the remaining over 100 million were all pure profit!

  Anyone who creates such great value and profit for a company will be treated as a god of wealth! Not to mention Chen Changsheng, who is so clever and resourceful in doing things?

  The two sat down on the sofa, Huang Wenjuan brought water over, and then very consciously closed the door and went out, leaving this exclusive rest room completely to Li Qian and Liao Liao.

  As soon as she left, Liao Liao's expression changed instantly.

  She sprang up with a swish, walked two steps to Li Qian's side, and sat down beside him with a plop. With an inquisitive look on her face, she said, "Hey, hey, I heard from Xiao Jie that your little girlfriend came to pick you up, or is it the hotel where you're staying? How was it, did you have fun?"

  Li Qian looked at her with a black line on his face, "Please, can you pay attention to your image? You're a big star, the best female singer of the year, and you come here to care about my business, don't you think it's beneath you?"

  Liao Liao snorted, "Don't mention it! Those little things between men and women, anyone can guess... Anyway, I think it's not embarrassing at all, quite interesting actually!"

  Li Qian glanced at her and said, "So you're saying that you've experienced all those little things between a man and a woman?"

  "Uh..." Liao Liao stood still, his eyes fixed on the card shell.

  …………

  Although Liao Liao only received the song on New Year's Day, there were still a few songs that she had not fully grasped when she left, and in between, she also spent the Lunar New Year. For Liao Liao, she still had to participate in the Spring Festival Gala and other events, but it has to be said that Liao Liao is indeed Liao Liao. Even with just a month or two, it was enough for her to get a good grasp of the remaining songs.

  The two didn't go to the practice room, but instead stayed in the rest area. Liao Liao hugged his guitar and sang from start to finish for Li Qian to hear.

  Every time she finishes a song, Li Qian would give her some feedback, and in certain small areas, she would make some subtle adjustments to her singing or emotions - something that other singers or producers, especially those five girls from Wu Xing Wu Su, couldn't even imagine. For Li Qian and Liao Liao, completing a song was just that simple!

  Although it took some time for everyone to arrive at Changsheng Records, by the time lunch was due, Liao Liao and Li Qian had already finished recording four songs!

  And with the previous four songs, these eight songs are already at a level where they can be declared finished in terms of practice. They can directly enter the recording studio - even if there are still some minor issues, they can be fine-tuned during recording.

  Then Huang Wenjuan went out to buy a boxed lunch, and the two of them ate a simple meal in the rest room before continuing to practice singing.

  In the afternoon, when singing "Come Back", Li Qian finally felt something was wrong. Liao Liao might have been too into folk songs before and now had a hard time getting out of it, just like how he got himself into light rock music at first.

  This feeling. When singing folk songs, of course, there's no problem, and it gets better and better when singing pop or Chinese style. There's not much of a problem either, Liao Liao's good voice is here, although the singing method is a bit biased towards folk, it can still guarantee that the flavor is very rich, but when singing rock, it continues to be so heavy, obviously it won't work.

  Sing rock and roll! You have to be able to hold it in and also shout it out!

  However, it's still the same old saying: if you're naturally talented, then you're naturally talented - there's just no way around it.

  Although there was a small problem here, Li Qian heard it and nodded slightly. Liao Liao immediately understood, and the places that felt awkward before were all connected at once. Then, after just a few rehearsals, she quickly found the accurate entry point.

  Then... OK!

  At half past three in the afternoon, when Liao Liao finished singing "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" again, Li Qian passed through smoothly. The two of them were stunned for a moment before realizing that, well, the practice process for the new album had already ended.

  Although she sang all day, Liao's voice was very good, but at this time she was already tired. However, it seemed that the work had been pushed forward so much that it stimulated her not to be light. At this time, after finishing one round without any major problems, she immediately wanted to enter the recording studio - in a month, Liao's new album would be released, and Sheng Records attached great importance to it from top to bottom. Therefore, the accompaniment required for the songs on this album had already been done more than half.

  Li Qian had no choice but to accompany her into the recording studio.

  Yeah, of course, usually singing and speaking may not be noticeable, but once in the recording studio, Liao's vocal fatigue immediately became apparent. After just two takes, she came out to listen herself and said, "Let's call it a day for today's work!"

  So next naturally is Chen Changsheng's arranged dinner party tonight.

  Changsheng Records had a big group of seven or eight people, while Li Qian only brought one person, Qi Jie, who rushed over to join them.

  Li Qian was resolute in not drinking, and after everyone had tried to persuade him twice, they found that he really didn't drink, so no one dared to persuade him again. Liao Liao also had a recording recently and didn't dare to touch a drop of wine. Qi Jie usually drinks, but at this kind of social dinner table, she basically doesn't touch it either. So, the so-called welcoming banquet was simply eating, and after finishing the meal, they sent Li Qian and others back to the hotel.

  Back at the hotel, Qijie only went back to wash her face and tidy up a bit before coming over to knock on Liqian's door.

  Today, Li Qian is busy helping Liao Liao practice singing, but she has been running around non-stop, visiting two companies in a row. The price has already been negotiated, and whether it will be successful or not depends on Li Qian's decision.

  ***

  The second update! Two updates of 7,000 words are complete!

  There's a great god ahead, no matter how hard I chase, I still can't catch up. Behind me are pursuers, if I'm not careful, I'll fall behind. The knife can only continue to strive for monthly votes, seeking support! (.)