"Teacher Su Yu, my new album has already been recorded. Would you like to listen to it?" Chen Yixun had been quite low-key this month.
Ever since he became a guest singer for Han Zhuoma on the final stage of "The King of Singers," he had almost entirely devoted himself to his album.
Now that the MV and all the songs had been recorded, he finally appeared before Su Yu.
Although Su Yu was not the producer of this album, Su Yu's songs were its biggest selling point, and wasn't that why Chen Yixun transferred to Tianxing Entertainment?
At this moment, he only wished for October to arrive quickly so he could unleash his true value as The King of Singers.
"Then send me all the songs. I'll see if there's anything that can be added," Su Yu nodded.
Chen Yixun was someone he had scouted, so he was his person, and he naturally had to protect him.
In fact, all the singers at Tianxing Entertainment now wanted to be Su Yu's people, but such opportunities were very rare.
"Alright! I'll be at the company these next few days. Teacher Su Yu can just call me directly if he needs anything. I won't disturb Teacher Su Yu any longer."
After packaging and sending the songs to Su Yu, Chen Yixun politely took his leave.
Since it wasn't even nine o'clock yet, Su Yu immediately began listening to Chen Yixun's new album.
There was no need to say much about the first few songs: "ten years," "next year today," ""steady happiness"," ""your backpack"," and "red rose" were all songs Su Yu had gradually given to Chen Yixun.
Even Su Yu himself had forgotten that he had prepared five songs for Chen Yixun this time!
Although some of them were songs with one melody and two sets of lyrics, the quality of each song was absolutely top-notch.
Su Yu didn't listen to these five classic songs from Earth; instead, he started listening to the songs written for Chen Yixun by the Tianxing Entertainment Music Department.
Of the remaining five songs on the album, three were Li Dayue's works, presumably his previous stock.
This time, to help Chen Yixun establish himself in the mainland music scene, Li Dayue had truly done his best.
Li Dayue's works were still of acceptable quality; even if his creative ability had declined, his songs were still quite impactful.
It was the last two remaining songs that left Su Yu a bit speechless.
No matter how he listened, he felt these two songs were just fillers!
However, when he saw the lyricists and composers of these two songs, he became even more speechless!
Ehma, they were written by Chen Yixun himself!
No wonder! Su Yu had a general understanding of the lyricists and composers in the Tianxing Entertainment Music Department; their work, even if written with their feet, was of higher quality than these last two songs!
It's likely that Chen Yixun himself requested these two songs; otherwise, Li Dayue would have been crazy to agree.
Wouldn't this affect the quality of the entire album?
"Director Li, what's going on with those two songs Chen Yixun wrote himself at the end of the album? You just let him lower the album's standard?"
Su Yu called Li Dayue, immediately adopting a tone of demanding an explanation.
"The company gave him many songs to choose from, but he insisted on using his own works. What could I do?" Li Dayue replied, exasperated.
Indeed, it was exactly as Su Yu had guessed.
"This album must be a high-standard album; it's very important to me and to Tianxing. How about this: I'll give him two more songs, and his two songs will be removed! Just tell him I said so!"
Su Yu rubbed his forehead, feeling that Chen Yixun was starting to be troublesome too.
"You tell him. He doesn't listen to me at all! If he listened to me, he wouldn't have added his two songs. Alright, I'm processing my resignation here. I'm retiring next month! Do you know I'm retiring? Stop bothering me in the future!"
Li Dayue was firm for once!
And he wasn't lying to Su Yu; he was indeed discussing his resignation with Han Jianhua.
He was currently at Han Jianhua's office, gently but persistently trying to persuade him.
"If you resign, who will be the Music Director? Why do you have no sense of responsibility at all? You need to stick it out for another six months! After six months, when you get the Gold Producer award, then you can resign!" Su Yu almost laughed out of anger.
If Li Dayue resigned now, the position of Music Director would undoubtedly fall to him.
Where did he have time to be a Music Director now? So Su Yu was also anxious.
Gold Producer? Hearing this, Li Dayue was a bit tempted.
As Music Director now, he rarely released singles, and besides, with Su Yu around, his singles might not even win awards.
But the Gold Album Producer award held significant allure for him.
Especially the Gold Producers from the Huayin Award and Golden Melody Awards, their prestige was quite high.
To put it dishearteningly, since Li Dayue became Music Director, he had never won an award from these two prestigious music award ceremonies.
He Wei from Giant Shark Entertainment had won Best Album Producer, but he hadn't!
"Do you think Chen Gewang's album next month can beat Ye Mei's new album in November? If you continue to stay on as Music Director, I'll talk to Ye Mei and let you be the producer for her album this time! It's just a matter of writing two more songs for her. You need to think carefully!"
Seeing Li Dayue fall silent, Su Yu immediately drew another big picture for him!
If Ye Mei didn't release an album, Chen Yixun's new album had a very high chance of winning an award at next year's awards ceremony.
But if Ye Mei, the Heavenly Queen, also released an album, then it would be very, very difficult to say.
So when Su Yu painted the big picture, Li Dayue shamelessly felt tempted.
"You can persuade Ye Mei? You're not fooling me? I'm telling you, I'm getting old now, and my heart isn't too good!" Li Dayue's tone softened.
"Just tell me if you agree or not? In December, I also have to release an album for my senior, and all ten songs on the album will be my works. If you don't take on this producer role, I'll publicly recruit a Music Director on Tribe! How many people do you think will apply?"
A mix of carrots and sticks is the way to go! Is constant compromise Su Yu's personality? Of course not!
"Then I'll work for another six months?" Li Dayue tentatively asked.
"It's a win-win situation, what's there to hesitate about? Next year, Bi Huo, Xue Qing, and I will all release new albums! I'm not afraid to tell you, I plan to hit twelve consecutive championships on the season chart! There will be new songs or new albums released in the next nine months. You decide how long you want to work! You're a grown man, be more stable, more mature, isn't that good?"
Su Yu's words came like a barrage, directly stunning Li Dayue.
And when he heard that Su Yu actually planned to go for twelve consecutive championships on the season chart, he was even more astonished, his mouth wide open.
Crazy! He felt that Su Yu was truly too crazy.
But if he really stopped being the Music Director of Tianxing Entertainment, then wouldn't all of this no longer concern him? That couldn't be!
He, Li Dayue, wanted to retire gracefully in glory, not slink back home to retire like this!
I'll do it! I'm going to renew my contract for another year!