Chapter 173 A New Project That Looks Very Reliable The person who contacted Wu Mu was Yang Rongfa. Naturally, he approached Wu Mu about composing music for their new TV project. The two parties, who had already met once, did not have any disagreement on who should sing the song this time. But there are new differences in song licensing and performance fees. "Your performance fee for one song is 800,000, and your licensing fee is million!?" Yang Rongfa was undoubtedly a little stunned. His ideal price is $500,000 for each song's performance and $600,000 for each song's licensing. This price is slightly lower than the market price, mainly because Wu Mu has never sung a film or TV OST and there is no precedent. In addition, this is director Wang Ren's first drama, so it naturally has popularity and fame, so the price was slightly lowered. But it was just a little bit of pressure! But Wu Mu’s asking price was almost doubled! Why is this! Basically, everyone who seeks work from Wu Mu will have this idea.
Because Wu Mu's asking price was completely mismatched with their expectations. In their minds, Wu Mu was a man who had suffered a fall from grace after all. Even if his popularity recovered a little, there was absolutely no reason for it to be higher than before. But Wumu can actually be taller than before. Why? Of course, your project alone can't bring me many extra points. Wu Mu muttered to himself. It's a normal variety show with make-up shots, so for the sake of the points for being on the show, it doesn't matter if he asks a lower price. But Wang Ren and his team's project required him to pay for the points, so he would be letting himself down if he didn't offer a higher price. Although this amount of money is just a small amount compared to the limit on the performance card, it is the money that you deserve and there is no reason not to take it. However, his offer undoubtedly made Yang Rongfa frown. If it was just a song, he could just ask a little more, it would not be something he couldn't afford. But a TV series has at least three to five songs, and the difference when combined is not small. Maybe you will have to spend tens of millions on the song. Is it worth tens of millions to invite Wu Mu to sing and write songs? Can he earn back tens of millions of dollars in profits? Yang Rongfa couldn't make a decision for a while and said he would think about it before giving Wu Mu an answer. Wu Mu didn't care. It was normal for projects in the industry to go back and forth for a long time. He originally thought that this time it would take several days again, but he didn't expect that Yang Rongfa would reply to him that same evening. They agreed to his offer. After signing the contract, he officially took over the job. As a TV composer, he only needs to write the opening and ending credits, theme songs, character songs, or climax interludes in the middle, etc. He does not need to be responsible for the usual music, so he does not need to follow the group. You just need to write suitable songs according to the script and the finished film. In addition, the projects over there are still in the preparation stage and it is still too early for them to officially start, so even if you take on this matter, you won’t have to do anything in the short term. However, after signing the contract, they took the initiative to send him the script of the drama so that he could understand what the story was about and have a better idea of what to write the song about.
"He who disappeared?" Wu Mu looked at the title of the script and felt a little curious. It sounds like the suspense crime film that has been popular in recent years. With Wang Ren's style of making experimental avant-garde films, can he make this kind of suspense crime film well? He opened the script and looked at it. It is indeed as he thought, a suspense crime film. The general story is that in the 1990s, a small northeastern city called Anfeng had a dismemberment murder case, and then a steel factory worker named Wang An, who had worked diligently all his life, was about to be laid off. In order to make merit and stay in the factory, he actively helped the police investigate the case, but ignored the abnormal changes of his son Wang Chuang and did not realize that Wang Chuang was also involved in the murder case. It took Wu Mu half an hour to finish reading it, and he pondered for a moment. This script story is quite good. It’s not a particularly novel or shocking story, but the structure is complete, and the style is more realistic and somber, which is in the strike zone for literary and artistic directors like Wang Ren. This is undoubtedly good news. The better the films they take, the more points the system can add. A few days after Wu Mu took on the new job, Wang Ren and his team also started promoting their new project. One piece of heavyweight news after another was revealed. The total investment is million yuan, and they want to make a high-quality drama in which every frame is like a movie. The main cast is full of big names. The male lead Wang An is played by Cui Fu, a veteran actor who has won the Golden Horse Awards and Golden Image Awards. Wang An's son Wang Chuang is played by Zhou Yu, a popular and talented actor. The female lead is played by Sun Yueqing, the most popular young actress of the new generation. Wu Mu's name was also released. then "Here? You're not making games, but taking private jobs here?" “When will the game come out? When will the game come out? When will the game come out?!” "This bastard is definitely going to collect money and run away. Let's all come together to boycott him!" "Wu Gou, stop being that B star and go play games!" The gaming brothers who had already reached a consensus did not tolerate him at all and started scolding him directly. But no matter what, it has brought a lot of heat to Wang Ren and his team's new project, and this new project seems to be popular even before it is filmed. Looks very reliable. But Wang Ren's company soon let him know that not all of them were reliable. There is still some makeshift team behind the scenes. After the official announcement of the cast, Wang Ren’s company organized a meet-and-greet with the main creators. Wu Mu was also considered the main creator, so he went there too. then He was slightly stunned when he saw a man sitting at the head of the table, accompanied by Yang Rongfa. He was a burly man with a gold chain around his neck and a woman in his arms, looking like a gangster. What the hell is going on? Everyone around was dressed in proper suits and looked upper class, so how come this gangster who didn't fit in suddenly appeared? Someone saw his confusion and whispered to him, "This man is called Li Hu. He is the biggest investor in the film. I heard that he alone contributed more than one-third of the million yuan." Wu Mu didn't care how much he invested. He was mainly curious, "What is the origin of this person?" The person next to him looked around and lowered his voice again, "He opened an online loan financial company and has been investing in various projects in the circle for a long time. I don't know if he wants to whitewash himself or he simply likes to make TV movies."
Open a financial company? Wu Mu frowned slightly. Is Director Wang Ren so short of money for his project that he would even accept money from a company like this? It's not a good reputation to take money from such a company. But it is also possible that they think it is easy to fool people from outside the circle. A long time ago, there were various cases of people in the circle deceiving coal bosses to invest. This matter has nothing to do with me anyway. After Wu Mu learned about the man's background, he didn't care. He turned his gaze to the person who was answering the question and said with a smile, "Xiao Yue, long time no see." Next to him, Xiaoyue, the film's leading actress, Sun Yueqing, the most popular young actress of the new generation, looked him up and down, with a look of amazement, "You really have changed from before." (End of this chapter)