“Thank you, System Miss! I will work even harder to earn entertainment prestige points!” Su Yu expressed his gratitude excitedly.
“You should also step into the spotlight. You’ve seen how fast prestige points are accumulated as a behind-the-scenes worker.” System Miss rarely reminded Su Yu.
Hearing this, Su Yu fell into deep contemplation.
Yesterday, Sister Ling also said something similar, and now the System Miss reminded him. It seemed he really needed to plan his move into the spotlight.
However, his singing skill was currently only at an intermediate level, barely reaching that of a second-tier singer.
If he wanted to appear as a singer, improving his singing skill was a must.
There were indeed skill books in the System Mall. A basic skill book cost 100,000 chinese yuan, an intermediate skill book cost 1,000,000, and an advanced skill book required 10,000,000 chinese yuan.
As for top-tier skills, they surprisingly cost 100,000,000 chinese yuan each! Master-level skills were an astonishing 1,000,000,000 each!
Of course, in Su Yu's opinion, these prices were actually very worthwhile, as long as a skill reached master level, doing anything casually would allow him to earn back the expenditure.
Unfortunately, he was short on funds right now!
However, after the revenue share arrives next month, he could indeed buy an advanced singing skill book to elevate his singing skill to the level of a first-tier singer.
This way, he could transition from behind the scenes to the spotlight as a singer.
At noon the next day, Su Yu received another call from Li Dayue, informing him that Chen Yixun had completed his contract with the company.
This time, Li Dayue didn't ask Su Yu why he wasn't going to work, after all, he was “looking for inspiration.”
And Su Yu didn't hesitate at all, directly sending Li Dayue four songs: “red rose” and “ten years,” each with two versions of lyrics.
At this moment, Chen Yixun was eagerly waiting in Li Dayue's office.
After all, he was now a singer for Tianxing Entertainment, and one who had paid 28,500,000 in liquidated damages.
If Su Yu suddenly stood him up, he would truly be on the verge of tears.
Fortunately, Tianxing was efficient and straightforward, and Su Yu didn't break his promise.
When Li Dayue and Chen Yixun saw the songs Su Yu sent, they were both a bit stunned.
Ultimately, these were only two songs, but each had both a mandarin and a cantonese version.
If these were put into one album, they could easily be sold as four songs to make money.
Li Dayue's first impression was that Su Yu had fallen, and was starting to go down the path of cashing in.
But then he thought about it again and realized it wasn't right. After all, Su Yu was currently in the rising period of a lyricist and composer, and wouldn't be so shortsighted.
So the answer, perhaps, lay within these four songs, each with two sets of lyrics.
When they opened this Pandora's Box, a middle-aged man and an older middle-aged man spent the entire afternoon immersed in the stories and worlds woven by these four songs, forgetting the passage of time.
“As expected of Teacher Su Yu! These four songs are truly, truly too powerful!” Chen Yixun’s old face was flushed with excitement at this moment.
But this praise was indeed heartfelt, because these four songs had truly captivated him!
With the backing of these four songs, his plan to join Tianxing Entertainment and open up the mainland music market was solid!
“Ahem, do you still have money to buy songs now? Su Yu’s songs aren't cheap, you know. He signed a revenue-sharing contract with the company, so company singers have to pay for his songs too.” Li Dayue spoke up, rather unseasonably, to dampen his spirits.
“Uh… how does Teacher Su Yu share revenue with the company? How much does one song cost?” Chen Yixun's heart indeed sank halfway.
After spending nearly 30,000,000, his available funds were truly limited.
“The song copyrights are in his hands, the company splits revenue with him fifty-fifty, and the singer then splits the remaining fifty percent with the company. Of course, this is the current split. I estimate Su Yu’s contract with the company will change soon, after all, he has too many hit songs, and the speed at which he produces them is too astonishing!”
Li Dayue said with an envious expression. He wasn't envious of Su Yu's high revenue share with the company; after all, as a music director and gold-medal lyricist-composer, his share was even higher! He was envious of Su Yu's talent and astonishing creative ability!
Quality and quantity, they are highly valued everywhere, aren't they?
He dared to guarantee that as long as Su Yu said he wanted to change companies now, a large number of companies in the domestic entertainment industry would flock to him, scrambling to offer Su Yu better treatment!
Su Yu wouldn't even have to pay the liquidated damages for leaving Tianxing Entertainment himself!
Chen Yixun also gasped when he heard this. He really didn't expect that a new lyricist and composer like Su Yu had already achieved such a position at Tianxing Entertainment.
Now he was truly glad that he had personally called Su Yu back then, otherwise, how would he have had the opportunity to join Tianxing Entertainment at Su Yu's invitation and receive songs tailor-made for him by Su Yu?
“I don't have money to pay right now, how about deducting it from the song royalties first!” Chen Yixun said helplessly.
“That's no problem. Oh, by the way, Su Yu wrote a song for Ye Tianhou, Ye Mei, before, and in return, Ye Tianhou gave the company a guest slot for a concert. Su Yu recommended you to be this guest and promote your songs at the same time. Do you have any objections?”
Li Dayue only remembered this matter at this point, patted Chen Yixun's shoulder, and asked.
Objections? What objections could Chen Yixun have!
Even at his peak, he was still quite a distance from a Heavenly Queen like Ye Mei.
Moreover, because Ye Mei had old grievances with Tianshen Entertainment, she would never cooperate with artists under Tianshen Entertainment.
If Chen Yixun had wanted to perform at Ye Mei's concert before, it would have been almost impossible.
Who would have thought that now, just after joining Tianxing Entertainment, such a good thing would fall into his lap? It was simply incredible!
Since Su Yu asked him to promote songs, he had to live up to the opportunity Su Yu gave him.
He was just having trouble choosing a song. Should he choose “next year today” or “white rose”?
After all, since his debut, Chen Yixun had never fought such a 'rich' battle! It was truly a difficult yet happy choice.
In the evening, Su Yu was sitting alone on the third-floor balcony, watching the sunset, when his phone rang.
Well, as expected, it was Xie Jie!
today was the recording of the eighth episode of “The King of Singers,” and also the last episode of the regular season.
Because the ninth episode would be the resurrection round, a competition between all eliminated singers and substitute/challenger singers.
Only after the top four were decided would they qualify to enter the semifinals in the ninth episode.
“Brother Su Yu, thank you! Brother, I'm back to first place this round and have successfully entered the semifinals!” Xie Jie’s voice on the phone was still so excited.
“Then congratulations, Brother Xie! I've been bursting with inspiration lately and wrote another song that's quite suitable for you. Brother Xie, would you consider performing it in the semifinals?”
Su Yu said with a smile.