The reason why Zhou Yan was more impressed with those two scores was, firstly, because the author's name was Snoopy, which was quite special, and secondly, the scores were well written and the basic skills were quite solid, otherwise he would not have given them a triangle.
It’s just that the melody is too ordinary and has nothing new to make Zhou Yan’s eyes shine.
He did not expect that Snoopy was Tao Zhe.
This time, it can be said that Zhou Yan himself made a mistake.
Seeing that Zhou Yan didn't say anything, Xu Xiangjie said again, "If we want to sign Tao Zhe now, the price will be very high, maybe even bigger than signing Wu Bai. I've also heard that Rolling Stone has given a price Very good conditions. Tao Zhe has the qualifications to be on the stage. When Rolling Stone and Sony signed him, they also wanted him to move from behind the scenes to the front and become a singer.”
Zhou Yan pondered, "Then do you know why Tao Zhe rejected Rolling Stone and Sony?"
Xu Xiangjie shook his head, "I don't know the specifics."
Wang Zuxian on the side said with a smile. He said, "Tao Zhe's mother, Wang Furong, is an alumnus of me."
"Oh, Wang Furong also came from Guoguang Drama School." Xu Xiangjie nodded and asked Zhou Yan, "Teacher Zhou, what do you think about this?" Is Tao Zhe interested?"
Zhou Yan thought for a while and asked, "Can I meet him?"
"It depends on the situation. Tao Zhe is not always in Taiwan. He spends a lot of time in Los Angeles. I heard that many of his works are produced remotely. This is the same as Mr. Zhou. ”
Indeed, Zhou Yan often participates in music production remotely. The difference is that he is in China and produces music for foreign musicians, while Tao Zhe is in the United States and produces music for domestic musicians. .
"Try to get in touch first. If you can make an appointment, it would be best to make an appointment to meet in the next two days."
Zhou Yan has already thought about it. It would be best if he could meet with Tao Zhe. , but if you can’t see him, you must ask Xu Xiangjie to talk to Tao Zhe.
Although Xu Xiangjie said that it is more difficult to sign Tao Zhe now, and the Rolling Stones and Sony have both hit a wall, but no matter what, signing Tao Zhe now will definitely cost less than signing in the future. He does not want to miss this opportunity.
He also wanted to see what kind of harsh conditions Tao Zhe, a newcomer, could put forward.
"Okay, I'll contact you right away."
Xu Xiangjie was quite happy to have work to do, but he was afraid that the people he mentioned would not arouse Zhou Yan's interest.
In fact, Xu Xiangjie is also quite optimistic about Tao Zhe. Compared with Zhou Chuanxiong, Tao Zhe has more solid basic skills and has more diverse styles of music.
Although many of the songs written by Tao Zhe do not meet the taste of most listeners, he definitely has the ability to write good melodies. For example, the song in Du Dewei's new album "Discovering Love" just released in August The melody of "Secret" is very nice.
Zhou Yan looked at the time and said, "You can contact me now. I don't have much time in Taiwan."
Hearing this, Xu Xiangjie couldn't help but sigh. Although the two brothers of the Zhou family gave people The feelings are completely different, but one thing is very similar, that is, doing things quickly and resolutely, leaving no way for procrastinators to survive.
However, Xu Xiangjie did not raise any objections, nodded immediately, walked to the desk and started making calls.
After a while, Xu Xiangjie put down the phone and said to Zhou Yan with a smile, "He happened to be in Taiwan recently. I made an appointment with him to meet at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, is that okay?"
"No problem, where is the location?"
"It's in our company, I'll ask him to make a trip."
"Okay, I'll come over tomorrow morning."
Zhou Yan chatted with Xu Xiangjie for a while, and then asked for some Tao Zhe production After listening to the song, he went back with Wang Zuxian.
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The next morning, Zhou Yan arrived at Huanyin Company at nine-fifty.
When he arrived at the door of Xu Xiangjie's office, he heard Xu Xiangjie's voice coming from inside, "David, please make a trip this time."
"Mr. Xu was joking. Anyway, it's not far away, so I will Come here, you can’t let Mr. Zhou go find me, haha.”
“Thank you for your understanding. Mr. Zhou is very busy. I met with you today and will go back to the mainland tomorrow.”
"Actually, I'm going back to Los Angeles the day after tomorrow..."
Halfway through Tao Zhe's words, Xu Xiangjie laughed and said, "Teacher Zhou is here."
Tao Zhe originally had his back to the office door. When he heard Xu Xiangjie's words, he immediately stood up, turned his head and looked at Zhou Yan.
"Mr. Zhou." Tao Zhe took the initiative to say hello.
Zhou Yan also quickly looked at Tao Zhe.
Actually, Tao Zhe is a little older than Zhou Yan, but Tao Zhe dresses very young. Today he only wore a brown short-sleeved T-shirt on his upper body and a pair of blue jeans on his lower body.
He has long hair and a three-quarter length. Although he looks ordinary, he looks cool at first glance.
As an abc, Tao Zhe's Mandarin is pretty good, and his pronunciation level is at least better than most Xiangjiang people.
ABC’s Chinese proficiency depends entirely on his family. It can be seen that Tao Zhe’s parents are very concerned about his Chinese education.
In fact, this is understandable. After all, Tao Zhe’s mother Wang Furong sang Peking Opera, and Tao Zhe must have been influenced by it since he was a child.
After meeting, Zhou Yan said the same thing as Xu Xiangjie, "Sorry, I want to see you, but I have to make a trip."
Tao Zhe smiled and waved, "Mr. Zhou You're welcome, I'm very happy to see you. ”
"Sit down." Zhou Yan smiled, walked to the other side and sat down, and then went straight to the point, "Tao Zhe, I won't beat around the bush with you. I invited you over today just to talk to you about inviting you to join Phantom Sound." You must have had a premonition before you came, right?"
Tao Zhe nodded, "Actually, when Mr. Xu called me, I probably knew what it was about, but I didn't expect Mr. Zhou. You are also in Taiwan."
Tao Zhe didn't say anything else. If it weren't for Zhou Yan being here, Tao Zhe wouldn't have made the trip. At most, he would have just chatted with Xu Xiangjie on the phone.
There are too many companies contacting him, and it would be too time-consuming to meet with each one.
"Well, in that case, let's be honest with each other. What do you think about the signing?"
Tao Zhe put his hands on his knees, sat up straight, took a deep breath and said, "Actually, my conditions are very simple. I have told other record companies before when they contacted me. I choose a record company, and other conditions I don’t care, just don’t interfere with my creation, and don’t press me to release records.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yan nodded and said, “No problem.”
Zhou Yan said. It was so straightforward that Tao Zhe was a little surprised.
Whether it was the Rolling Stones or Sony who came to him before, he told them his conditions, but neither company gave in. Nowadays, both Rolling Stone and Sony are based on performance. They can neither give singers a lot of freedom, nor can they tolerate singers not releasing films for a long time.
For major record companies like them, no matter how good the singer is, if they don’t release any records, the benefits will be poor.
Tao Zhe licked his lips and said, "Mr. Zhou, you may not understand what I just said. First of all, do not interfere with the creation. What I want is complete freedom. You can neither help I can’t limit the style of my album when I choose songs. I have to decide all these things myself, even..."
At this point, Tao Zhe’s eyes moved slightly when he looked at Zhou Yan, and then continued. , "Even Mr. Zhou, you can't interfere."
When he said this, Tao Zhe was a little shaken, and this kind of wavering had never appeared when talking to other record companies before.
The reason for this wavering was naturally because the person sitting in front of him was Zhou Yan, an internationally renowned musician.
However, this wavering only lasted for a moment, and he firmed up his idea.
What about Zhou Yan? He has to lead his own album.
After hearing Tao Zhe's emphasis, Zhou Yan nodded and said, "I can guarantee this. As long as there are no principled issues with the album, Phantom Music will never interfere with you."
"What? Is it a matter of principle?" Tao Zhe asked.
“For example, if the song involves illegality, politics and other issues, we will intervene.”
Tao Zhe smiled and said, "Don't worry, this kind of problem won't happen. Even if it does, I will listen to the company's suggestions. If you agree to this condition, then I will talk about the second point. You can't force me to release an album. This means that I may not be able to release an album for two to three years or even three to five years. Can you bear this?"
Zhou Yan said readily, "No problem, I won't limit the signing period. It's up to you to decide how many albums you want to release, but one thing you need to know is that if you don't release an album, your income will definitely not be high, and the company can only guarantee it. Your basic income.”
“Of course I understand this. I didn’t sign with the company for a long-term meal ticket, just to eat and die every day. I personally also want to release an album soon. , but I can't compromise."
"Well, besides these two conditions, do you have other conditions?"
"Some other details depend on your company. Yes, as long as it’s not too outrageous, I can accept it.”
Zhou Yan nodded and said to Xu Xiangjie, "Tell Tao Zhe the conditions of Category A."
"Okay, David, let me briefly introduce the conditions of Category A to you..."
< br>It took four or five minutes for Xu Xiangjie to introduce to Tao Zhe the conditions for being an A-level singer.
This A level is not the highest level of Phantom Sound. There are S level and SS level above A level.
However, there are currently no SS singers in Phantom Music. Currently, only Wu Bai is in the S category, and the A category is a little lower than the S category, similar to Wang Lihong’s conditions.
In fact, Xu Xiangjie was quite surprised when he heard that Zhou Yan asked him to introduce the A-level conditions to Tao Zhe. He originally thought that even if Zhou Yan fell in love with Tao Zhe, he would not give too good conditions.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yan directly mentioned that Tao Zhe's treatment was the same as Wang Lihong's. You must know that the conditions Zhou Yan gave Wang Lihong before were already exceptional for a newcomer.
It can be said that Zhou Yan made another exception for Tao Zhe.
Xu Xiangjie could only attribute this to the fact that Zhou Yan went back and listened to the songs Tao Zhe had written recently. It was probably the songs Tao Zhe had written for others that moved Zhou Yan.
After hearing the conditions given by Phantom, Tao Zhe was very surprised. Excluding the freedom and release time, the conditions offered by Phantom were still better than those of Rolling Stone and Sony.
Originally, Tao Zhe thought that since Huanyin could give him enough space, he could lower his salary requirements. After all, people can't ask for everything.
Since you want freedom, it is normal for the treatment to be poor.
Seeing that Tao Zhe was silent for a while after listening to the introduction, Xu Xiangjie said, "Do you have any problems with this treatment?"
Tao Zhe came back to his senses and said immediately, "I don't have any problems. As long as Phantom can satisfy me in terms of freedom and release time, I can sign a contract with you now."
Seeing that things went so smoothly, Zhou Yan was also a little surprised. He thought that today There will be some twists and turns. After all, Xu Xiangjie also said that both Rolling Stone and Sony hit a wall with Tao Zhe.
In fact, this is the cognitive difference between Zhou Yan as a time traveler and others.
From the perspective of major record companies like Rolling Stone and Sony, they are neither charitable nor pursuing art. Since they open a company, they want to make money.
Although Tao Zhe has shown some talents and his potential can be seen, who could have known that Tao Zhe would become one of the leaders in the pop music scene in the future?
If they agree to Tao Zhe's conditions, they will be too uncontrollable.
Not to mention the degree of freedom, the speed of publishing films is really intolerable to those big companies.
Nowadays, as soon as a singer becomes famous, the company will quickly arrange for a large number of releases.
It is normal to issue one card a year, and there are also many people who issue two or three cards a year.
For example, Chris Chang, who stayed with the Rolling Stones for five or six years, during which time he released nine solo albums.
If it were not for military service and no films were released in 1990 and 1991, this number would have been increased.
Xu Xiangjie smiled and said, "Actually, if you know the situation of the band No. 43 Baojia Street, you will understand that Teacher Zhou gives his singers a lot of space, and he never rushes them. It has been several years since Mr. Zhou signed them, and they have just released one album.”
"Is that so?" Tao Zhe looked at Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan nodded and said, "That's true. I never interfere with their creation. For their first album, all the songs in it were composed by themselves, and I didn't even interfere with the arrangement. If If you're interested, you can come and listen to that album."
"We have it in our company. If you're interested, I'll give it to you later," Xu Xiangjie said.
"Thank you, Mr. Xu."
Hearing what they said, Tao Zhe was indeed relieved. Since there is a ready-made example, it shows that Zhou Yan and the others can indeed do what they promised.
"In that case, I will ask someone to draft the contract immediately. If there are no problems, we will sign it as soon as possible."
"Okay."
After the matter was confirmed, the three of them relaxed and Tao Zhe spoke. Said, "Actually, this is not the first time I have met Mr. Zhou."
"Oh, really?" Zhou Yan said unexpectedly.
“Well, yes, when you held a concert in LA before, I was lucky enough to attend one. In fact, I originally wanted to attend two more concerts, but I couldn’t buy tickets for the next two. . That concert was very sensational in LA, especially in the Chinese community. There had been discussions about Mr. Zhou in the LA music circle before, but after that concert, it became even more popular. ”
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At this point, Tao Zhe laughed again, "Of course, there are far more discussions about Mr. Zhou in the United States now than before, and the few pop songs Mr. Zhou wrote for American singers are indispensable." (End of Chapter)