Chapter 166 Times Records
On the 16th floor of Jinding Building, Beijing, in an office of Times Records, manager Li Yi was siping the Blue Mountain Coffee that his secretary had just made. Opposite him, a beautiful woman with short hair with ears and shrewd hair was lying casually on one side of the sofa.
"Sister, you, a famous CCTV reporter, are rare to come to my small company. Let me tell you, what advice?" Li Yi put down the coffee cup in his hand and asked with a smile.
Sitting opposite him was Li Xiaoling. After a few months of returning from Fu'an, the station had been having interview tasks and was busy running around and never had time to complete the "task" assigned by his best friend Jiang Ya. It was not until two days ago that he accidentally came home and saw the CD placed on the TV cabinet. He slapped his forehead and remembered this incident.
When the demo of "Above the Moon" was brought out, Jiang Ya asked her to recommend it to the record company. The reason why she came to her was naturally not a whim. She knew that Li Xiaoling had a younger brother who was the vice president of a company called Times Records, and the person in charge was the record signing contract, so she pushed this job to her.
After listening to "Above the Moon", Li Xiaoling also agreed with the song, so after hearing Jiang Ya's words, she agreed. She is a very principled person. If the song wasn't really good, even if she had a good relationship with Jiang Ya, she wouldn't have helped her.
"You kid don't fight for three days and want to get out the tiles, right? What a famous reporter? It's so ugly. Be careful that I'll tear your mouth." Li Xiaoling glared at her younger brother Li Yi and said.
"No, sister, I'm wrong, I'm wrong, haha." Li Yi was scolded by her sister, but she was not angry at all. She said with a smile. If the female secretary saw that Mr. Li, who had always been serious, had such a childish side, she would probably have broken glasses.
"Hey, I'm serious. Today I'll look for you. I really have something serious." Li Xiaoling said, taking out the demo of "Above the Moon" from her handbag, got up and came to Li Yi, and put the CD in front of him.
"Oh, what, this is it?" Li Yi looked at the simple CD on the table, which was only in a white plastic box, and asked with a smile.
"Don't ask first, listen to it." Li Xiaoling smiled and kept her shut up.
"Oh, cd, what song?" Li Yi asked with a smile. In fact, he only took a look at it for the first time and knew that the CD in front of him was a demo disc, and he had a specialty in his profession. He had worked in this industry for several years. If he saw this kind of thing, there were eight hundred or eight hundred.
"What are you talking about? Just tell me to listen to it, hurry up." Li Xiaoling and her younger brother were not so polite. Since childhood, Li Yi can be said to be the one who "controls" her. Although this kid has become a manager now, he is only five or six people, but when he comes to her, he is still being scolded honestly.
"Okay, I'll listen, hehe." Li Yi said, skillfully picked up the CD on the table, then turned the chair lightly, opened a professional landscape desktop audio beside him, and stuffed the CD in.
After a moment, accompanied by a gentle drum rhythm, a guzheng like flowing water rang.
The sound of the zither is clear and clean. Although the rhythm is simple, it flows into people's hearts like a clear spring, ironing all their internal organs comfortably.
"It sounds nice!" Li Yi leaned his head lightly on the chair of the big class, closed his eyes and listened to the zither. After listening to a few words, he couldn't help but praise him sincerely.
As the manager who specializes in signing records in the record company, Li Yi's ears are not poisonous. He can pass new songs on his ears every day, but there are not a hundred or dozens. How about a song or music? Whether it has the potential for popularity, he will know at first.
This zither, accompanied by the soothing midi with heavy bass drum, exudes a clear and transparent texture. Although the melody is very simple, it is extremely charming and very pleasant to listen to. Li Yi was attracted after listening to a few words.
Judging from the intuition of a professional musician, Li Yi immediately discovered the value of this song!
A scrambled like a cracked silk ended the magnificence of the zither, and then a low and shocking drum sound led to a melodious sound of the flute.
The new flute is like smoke, floating, but it seems to point directly to the heart of the people. It moves like the flowing clouds above the nine heavens, whirling and melodious, but it also gushs the soul, extremely lingering.
"It's amazing! The translucent sound of the previous zither sound and the ethereality of this flute, both real and false, have such an effect when combined!" Li Yi praised the flute that was like a stroke of a magical stroke.
The melody is still simple, but it seems to be full of spirituality, making people feel unable to stop after listening to it!
Suddenly, the sound of the zither sounds came out again, but it was no longer as quiet as before. Instead, it became like a celestial girl scattering flowers, and like a chaotic cloud flying. I heard people want to dance with the sound of the zither!
A zither, a flute, a simple melody, but it seems to have infinite magic power, which makes people unable to stop and get deeply trapped in it!
The sound of the flute becomes louder and louder. After turning one tone, it is like a dragon flying above the nine heavens, becoming more and more free and unrestrained. The sound of the zither is closely attached to it, circling and harmonious. The zither flute sounds together, which is amazing!
Although it was not the first time that Li Xiaoling had heard this song, she closed her eyes with pleasure. The sound of the zither and the sound of the flute were simply magical sounds, which made people want to engrave them in their minds. Of course, the high-quality sound of the landscape in Li Yi's room also made great contributions, with almost no distortion and high-quality sounds, which almost perfectly reproduced the charm of the two instruments.
The song that lasted more than three minutes seemed to be extremely short to the two of them, and it seemed that they had not yet enjoyed it, but it ended all at once.
When the music ended, Li Yi said nothing, immediately pressed the replay button and played it again.
This time, he listened more carefully, and at the same time, the admiration on his face became stronger and stronger.
Looking at the expression on his younger brother's face, Li Xiaoling knew that her trip was not in vain today. Although she didn't know much about this, she also knew that this song was indeed very good. Li Xiaoling has always been very confident in her appreciation level. She felt that since she thought it was good, others should not be wrong.
At this moment, looking at her younger brother's performance, she knew that she had come right. Judging from the guy's appearance, she knew that he was very interested in this song.
Sure enough, after listening to it for the second time, Li Yi let out a long breath and kept sucking in his mouth, as if he was savoring the aftertaste of the music.
"How is it? How does it feel?" Li Xiaoling asked with a smile as she looked at her younger brother's expression.
"Sister, who wrote this song?" Li Yi looked at his sister and asked seriously.
"Don't worry about who wrote it for now, just say what." Li Xiaoling asked with a smile.
"To be honest, it's good, very good!" Li Yi nodded seriously and said.
"Hehe, then there's more to say? Can your sister's vision be bad? Hey, Xiaoyi, this is a song written by a student of Sister Ya. She asked me to recommend it to the record company. I think it's better to have a lot of money than outsiders, so it's cheaper. How about it? If you want to release this song, it will definitely be popular. What a good song." Li Xiaoling smiled.
"Hey, the song is good, but~~" Li Yi showed a look of embarrassment on his face.
"What? I said, don't go around the corner, I'll tell you clearly. This is the student of your Sister Ya, and that student will tell you. Forget it, I won't talk about it anymore. In short, I'll tell you, don't be petty. If it's really a good thing, you can't let others suffer." Li Xiaoling said, glaring at Li Yi fiercely.
"Sister, who do you think of me? I don't mean that." Seeing Li Xiaoling a little suspicious, Li Yi quickly explained with a smile.
"Then you don't want to give me some good words? You don't want such a good song, why are you waiting for?" Li Xiaoling said with a disapproving look.
"Hey, sister, you didn't do this, you don't know something." Li Yi said, shook the cd box in his hand and asked, "Sister, that, Sister Ya's student, he wrote this song?"
"Ah, just this one, do you think there are a few more songs?" Li Xiaoling asked back.
"There are too few songs. Sister, to be honest, this song is good, but now you know that the main popular songs on the market are still popular songs. Such songs that belong to casual music are originally niche. It's okay to make a whole CD, but it will be difficult to make a single." Li Yi said frankly.
His words are to be honest. Although the song is a good thing, from the perspective of the company, Li Yi must first consider the interests of the company. As a single, this song is too difficult and not very operational, which is also a fact.
"Hey, I don't understand those, so just say, do you want this song?" Li Xiaoling didn't want to listen to him talking about those things in the industry, and she didn't understand them, so she asked directly.
"Well, let me think about it." Li Yi said, gently pressing the table with his hands, thinking about the possibility of promoting this song in his mind.
Li Xiaoling did not interrupt his thinking. She knew that every line had its own rules and that she, as an outsider, could fulfill her obligation to recommend. As for the final result, it was not something she could influence.
"So, sister, I want the song. But it's unlikely that the single is going to be promoted. The company is planning to make a plate of casual music recently. I'll see if I can add it to it. As for the price of the contract, I can't answer you now. I need to argue again. Let's do this, next Monday, I'll tell you the result." Li Yi looked at his sister. He made up his mind and said without any delay. At this moment, he truly showed the capable side of a company manager. At this age, he has a few tricks to occupy his current position.
"Okay, then that's it. I'll wait for your news. If you have nothing to do, just do it first, and let the CD be put here first." Seeing that the task was completed, Li Xiaoling didn't continue to stay. She still had an interview task waiting.
After sending the old sister to the door, Li Yi turned around and returned to her desk, and played the song "Above the Moon" again.
Listening to the sound of nature, a hint of curiosity also appeared in his eyes.
"Who is it that can write such pure music? And it is so well combined with pop. If you have the chance, you have to meet him." Li Yi leaned on the chair and shook slightly, enjoying the music, but she became interested in the composer she had never met before.
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Chapter completed!