Early December.

In an office of Huayue Film and Television.

Zhai Senlei, who serves as the music supervisor, is checking the report sent by the finance department last month and the estimated expenditures for this month.

When he came across the expense related to the song invitation, he glanced at it casually, not intending to spend more time on it.

But the next second, his eyes narrowed and his brows furrowed.

In recent years, Huayue Film and Television has gradually begun to cut off many pure music projects. Unless they are very promising singers and artists, even if they are invited to sing, the most they can do is test the waters with singles.

More energy and resources have been fully transferred to film and television, especially TV series. In addition to traditional TV series, the online drama market is also following the trend of the times.

For example, "Yaochi Fairyland" was released not long ago at the end of November and was broadcast on iQiyi, with five episodes just uploaded.

The company's most recent major work related to music direction can be traced back to Yuan Wanqing's new album.

But obviously, Yuan Wanqing's comeback once again proved the correctness of the company's change of direction.

As a result, the music department gradually declined and was almost becoming a vassal of the film and television department.

As a music producer, Zhai Senlei has no choice but to find a job in his position. What he can do now is to follow the company's instructions and try to tighten this part of the expenses.

But at this moment, he saw the contract quotations for two songs on the report provided by the finance department.

"Light Chaser", 120,000.

"Light", 90,000.

They are all new songs signed by Yuan Wanqing.

This made Zhai Senlei look a little dissatisfied.

After all, Yuan Wanqing's new album, including ten songs, cost almost several million.

If you include the cost of publicity and distribution, the amount is even larger.

But the final result was obviously not good.

According to his estimates, it is estimated that the cost of Yuan Wanqing's new album will not be recovered until this time next year, and he will be able to make some small profits in the future.

If Ying Zhicheng hadn't decided to give it another try despite all the opposition, Huayue Film and Television might not have renewed the contract with Yuan Wanqing.

How long has it been since then?

Why did you start inviting new songs again?

Moreover, these two songs are actually produced by the same producer.

Reignited... Zhai Senlei frowned, having no impression of this name at all.

Logically speaking, if you want to invite a singer, given Yuan Wanqing's status, you have to find some well-known producers in the industry.

He suddenly found an unknown guy, and it wasn't just a buyout, but also a share-sharing agreement. Although the ratio was very low, it still made him even more dissatisfied.

If it weren't for the detailed terms in the contract Yuan Wanqing signed with the company, which stipulated that Yuan Wanqing would have a guaranteed amount of money to sign songs on her own every month, otherwise Zhai Senlei would have stopped it long ago.

"Xiao Cao, come in."

Zhai Senlei called his assistant in and ordered, "Check this songwriter named Zhongran and report to me later."

"OK."

After a while, assistant Xiao Cao came back and brought a copy of the information and contract to Zhai Senlei for review.

"This songwriter named Zhong Ran has collaborated with our company before." Xiao Cao said, "He wrote the theme song "Annual Rings" of "Yaochi Fairy Tale", but..."

"But what?"

"This songwriter seems to be only 15 years old..."

"What?" Zhai Senlei looked confused, opened the copy of the contract sent to him by his assistant, and then fell into deep thought, "Are you sure there is nothing wrong with this?"

"That is indeed what is written in the contract... You have to ask Ms. Yuan Wanqing for the specific situation. After all, she has the power to sign songs alone, and we have nothing to do with it."

"I understand." Zhai Senlei frowned and handed back the information in his hand, "You go down, there's nothing else."

"Producer Zhai, there will be a meeting in the music department at ten o'clock in the morning." Assistant Xiao Cao reminded.

"Oh." Zhai Senlei raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hand again, and knocked on the table, "Then you leave the information called Reigniting and put it here with me first."

…

As we enter December, the weather has turned significantly cooler.

Although the outside is still the same school uniform jacket and trousers, students have changed their short sleeves into sweaters and long johns inside.

During English class, Li Luo was bored and quietly handed Yan Zhusheng his draft book.

[Li Luo]: It seems that "The Fairyland of Yaochi" has been released and can be watched online. Have you watched it?

[Yan Zhusheng]: No, have you read it?

[Li Luo]: I read a little bit.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Does it look good?

[Li Luo]: Do you want to hear the truth or lies?

【Yan Zhusheng】: Listen to everyone.

[Li Luo]: The lie is, the picture is exquisite and the production is excellent.

[Yan Zhusheng]: What’s the truth?

[Li Luo]: The plot is a mess*, it’s really hard to swallow. I can’t understand the screenwriter’s brain circuit at all. Anyone who has more brains wouldn’t be so brainless.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Does my mother sing well?

【Li Luo】: Like a flower stuck in cow dung.

Teacher Ding Xiang on the podium was explaining the text and learning the vocabulary of the new unit. He caught a glimpse of the small movements of the two people in the back seat by the window.

However, Li Luo was ranked first in the class, and Yan Zhusheng's English was also among the top three in the class. Both of them scored 140+ in the English midterm exam.

So even if he saw Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng's little actions, Teacher Ding was not angry. He just called them by name with a smile: "Li Luo, what sentence did we talk about just now?"

Li Luo, who was suddenly called on, did not panic at all. When he stood up, the memory palace in his mind began to play the text that Teacher Ding just taught simultaneously, and then he answered fluently in English.

Teacher Ding coughed twice, motioned for him to sit down, and then continued to lecture.

Well...she just called Li Luo up to answer the question on purpose.

It wasn't against Li Luo, but when she first discovered that Li Luo had deserted, she didn't know the guy's English proficiency yet, but she found that the guy answered questions fluently.

Several times later I found him distracted in class, so I called on him and answered questions, still perfectly.

This made Teacher Ding a little curious, and he nodded, thinking that there must be a time when he doesn't listen carefully, right?

As a result, this time I clearly saw Li Luo happily passing notes and chatting with his deskmate, so how could I still answer him?

Is there anyone who can really teach in two threads?

Li Luo didn't know what Teacher Ding was thinking. After answering the questions, he became honest for a while.

He was distracted in English class, mainly because he had already finished studying the content he was supposed to learn this semester on his own. He even borrowed Xu Youyu's textbook and read through all the basic English books in the back.

For high school English, as long as the vocabulary is large enough, 99% of the problems can basically be solved.

For him, English classes are the courses with the lowest return ratio.

If you have the time to attend class, you might as well go through the online articles you read in your previous life when you are in a daze, and then prepare an outline for coding in the evening.

Occasionally I chatted with Yan Zhusheng for a few words, and the class passed by just like that.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Have you read the QQ music comment section of "Annual Rings"?

When get out of class was about to end, Yan Zhusheng handed over the draft book and asked Li Luo a question.

Li Luo frowned, feeling suddenly uneasy.

[Li Luo]: What happened to QQ Music? Are the reviews bad?

[Yan Zhusheng]: No, it’s about you.

[Li Luo]: There won’t be anyone scolding me, right? I just write the songs, and I’m not the one who sings them.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Have you never seen the comment section over there?

When asked by Yan Zhusheng, Li Luo recalled it and found that it was indeed the case.

When he first posted it, he took a look at the number of plays of the song, but he didn't pay much attention to it after that.

Not to mention the comment area inside.

[Li Luo]: So what happened to the comment section?

[Yan Zhusheng]: It was only after reading the comment section that I realized you were writing a novel.

Seeing this sentence, Li Luo suddenly felt a bolt from the blue, and his whole body froze.

[Li Luo]: Wait! Isn’t it my readers who said something?

[Yan Zhusheng]: Well, we are all helping you promote it. We are all very nice.
To be continued...