The next afternoon, Li Qian met their four top male singers in the conference room of Changsheng Records.

  Zhou Feng, Duan Yixiong, Huang Mai, Lin Xiufeng.

  Among them, Zhou Feng should be considered the real pillar of Changsheng Records before Liao Liao's rise to fame. He was discovered and promoted by Chen Changsheng, and before Liao Liao became popular, he was also Chen Changsheng's most proud capital. He is very handsome, with a delicate voice, and has been walking on the slow and sentimental road for six years since his debut at the age of 22. He has released five studio albums, with the highest one winning two platinum awards, and the other four also easily winning platinum records. Even looking at the entire domestic music scene, he is an absolute force to be reckoned with.

  According to Liao Liao, he has been thinking about jumping ship for the past two years. In fact, everyone knows that he has already reached the top at Changsheng Records and can't improve his reputation or album sales without relying on a major record label. However, Chen Changsheng is too clever and good at manipulating people, so Liao Liao hasn't been able to leave with dignity. Just then, Liao Liao's emergence gave Chen Changsheng a perfect excuse to keep him - look, as long as the songs are good, even a small company can produce big stars.

  This time, taking the opportunity to get four works from Li Qian's hands, Chen Changsheng made a painful decision and directly proposed to sign another three-album contract with him, but for the sake of one song by Li Qian, he gritted his teeth and signed the contract.

  Xie Yixiong is slightly older, and it's said that he has been in the industry for over a decade. He was poached by Chen Changsheng from another record company at a high price shortly after Changsheng Records was founded. Before Zhou Feng, Xie Yixiong was the one who carried the entire Changsheng Records on his back. In recent years, he has been in decline, and it's likely that he no longer has much desire to continue striving. According to Liao Liao, he has recently started serving as the company's artistic deputy director, seemingly preparing for his retirement. However, this time, he received four songs from Li Qian, and even if he no longer has ambition, he still naturally wants to stand out with one of them.

  After all, if he can make a comeback in the end, who knows, he might still have a few more years of making easy money. With so much money to be made, he is naturally unwilling to retire directly.

  To know, behind-the-scenes musicians, unless they can get a share of the profits like big-name artists, their income is really incomparable to that of the stars on stage.

  Huang Mai is quite special, he's about the same age as Xiong Yizhong, but his debut was only four or five years ago, even later than Zhou Feng's. It's said that he was originally an underground singer, and Chen Changsheng discovered his hoarse voice, so he signed him up to make an album. Unexpectedly, it became a huge hit, and the first album smoothly won a platinum record.

  Although he has been in the industry for a few years, he has already released three albums. Only one of them is a platinum record, but it's enough to make him one of the four heavenly kings in a mid-sized record company like Chang Sheng Records.

  As for Lin Xiu Feng, he debuted only a year earlier than Liao Liao, and currently has only released two albums. However, his second album successfully obtained a platinum record, and his image as a charming rogue seems to be well-received by certain fans, so it's said that Chen Chang Sheng has high hopes for his future development.

  With these four people gathered together, they basically covered all the singers of Changsheng Records.

  Last time over. Li Qian mainly came to see Liao Liao, so with the four people just a brief acquaintance, even didn't leave any deep impression, met and couldn't even call out each other's names. But this time, Chen Changsheng and Liao Liao accompanied him, and the few of them chatted for a while in the conference room, basically Li Qian was responsible for asking questions and listening, they four people took turns talking, trying to let Li Qian quickly understand their own music path, strengths and style.

  Of course. In the end, what really makes a difference is singing.

  They chatted in the conference room for about an hour or so and then changed places, coming to the practice room.

  There are guitars for those who play guitar, and pianos for those who play piano. The four of them take turns performing, each singing two to three songs, striving to showcase their strengths and advantages in front of Li Qian, so that Li Qian can tailor-make masterpieces for them.

  Li Qian held a small notebook in his hand, earlier he was chatting and taking notes at the same time, now he was listening and taking notes at the same time. Others felt embarrassed to look, but Liao Liao didn't care, directly turning her head to take a peek.

  Zhou Feng, narcissistic and self-absorbed.

  Xie Yixiong, steady and powerful.

  Huang Mai, vicissitudes, old man.

  Lin Xiu Feng, Playboy, Love Song.

  Liao Liao almost burst out laughing on the spot - if the people opposite, who were singing a sentimental song, had seen this, it's unknown whether they would have spat out a mouthful of old blood on the spot, especially Zhou Feng.

  Li Qian frowned and glanced at her, she quickly sat up straight.

  After the four people have sung, Li Qian said that he already has a plan in mind and will write the song soon. At the latest by the end of September, he will definitely deliver it. In October, he will be responsible for supervising the recording of these songs.

  With these words from him, whether it was Chen Changsheng or Zhou Feng and the others, they all felt a sense of relief in their hearts.

  No doubt, the theme song for the next album is already set.

  It's almost noon, Chen Changsheng naturally wanted to invite everyone out for a meal, but Li Qian firmly declined and left. He got into Liao Liao's new Mercedes-Benz and drove around the construction site to inspect the quality of the renovation work. Then, with Qi Jie leading the way, they all arrived at the house that Qi Jie had rented for Li Qian.

  Li Qian saw that the house had already prepared all the necessities of life, so he took the key from Qi Jie and announced his formal move-in - of course, the new address still needed to be slowly familiarized.

  After finishing all that, everyone found a place to eat and had a meal. Li Qian bid farewell and left, got into his own off-road vehicle, and drove straight to Huairou Film and TV City.

  …………

  Afternoon at two o'clock, the hottest time.

  Li Qian had just finished the phone call and parked the car, then walked to the gate to wait.

  Before long, the two girls ran out hand in hand. Seeing Li Qian standing at the door, Wang Jingluo even let go of Shen Tiantian and took big strides to run over. Then she forcibly stopped one step away from Li Qian, smiled and said: "You've gotten really dark!"

  Li Qian smiled and opened his arms.

  She carefully snuggled into Li Qian's arms, carefully sniffing the familiar yet strange scent on Li Qian's body.

  For about ten or twenty seconds, until she heard the sweet footsteps behind her, she blushed and struggled out of Li Qian's arms, laughing and saying: "Fortunately, I didn't go out with you. I don't want to get that dark."

  Then he turned his head and pulled up Shen Tiantian's hand, saying: "Ah, my best friend now, career partner. Ms. Shen Tiantian."

  Li Qian smiled and stretched out his hand, "Tiantian hello, Xiao Lu has mentioned you many times!"

  Shen Tiantian had always been curiously sizing up Li Qian, and when he extended his hand, she readily shook hands with him. "I'm the one who's long heard of your great name!" she said. After releasing her hand, she didn't avoid Li Qian and instead turned to Wang Jingluo and said: "Perfect image, except for being a bit dark, there's no other flaws... Alright, I admit that this rich guy you're leaning on is pretty good-looking!"

  Li Qian was somewhat perplexed, while Wang Jinglu turned around and slapped her, "Don't talk nonsense!"

  Xin Zhi was just a joke between the two girls, and Li Qian also laughed it off, only asking Wang Jinglu, "Do you have a show this afternoon? Let's head back to the city now?"

  The two girls said in unison: "Yes."

  Wang Jinglu added, "Yesterday our group leader just gave us a task, still acting as a little maid, just a few shots, it's about to be our turn, and it will be over soon."

  Li Qian smiled and said: "Alright, you guys take your photos, I'll just wait over here, is that okay?"

  Wang Jinglu first nodded excitedly. But soon said: "You're by my side, I'll definitely be nervous."

  Li Qian smiled and said, "That's good, you get used to it first. Once you're used to it, you won't be nervous later on, otherwise you'll always be nervous."

  As soon as he finished speaking, he habitually took out his ID card and was about to go through the procedures for visiting the ward when his mobile phone suddenly rang. He took it out and answered it, and Qijie's voice came on -

  "It's no good, I'm almost done for. In less than an hour since you left, at least twenty phone calls have come in. The news is spreading too fast! Sony, Warner, EMI, and many other record companies, as well as several singers, they all know you're back in Shuntianfu already, and they're all calling one after another... what to do?"

  I don't know if it's because of anxiety or what, but this time Qijie's voice was a bit loud, and both Shen Tiantian and Wang Jinglu next to her heard it clearly. Wang Jinglu was fine, having already gotten used to it and become immune, but Shen Tiantian looked stunned, unable to help turning her head to ask Wang Jinglu, "Record company?" Wang Jinglu shook her head, smiling but not speaking.

  Li Qian thought for a moment and asked: "How did you answer?"

  "Exactly as you said, I replied that you were just passing by to pick up your girlfriend and would return to Jinan Prefecture after picking her up, and wouldn't be back until before school starts. But they didn't believe me! Especially since the news must have come from Changsheng Records, everyone knows that you met with four male singers from Changsheng Records in just one morning, and they all guessed that you were going to write songs for them. Some people even asked me if you had decided to invest in Changsheng Records... You don't know, some people kept telling me that they hoped you would at least listen to their conditions before investing in Changsheng Records, no matter what conditions Changsheng Records offered, they could guarantee that they would be absolutely more generous..."

  Li Qian listened and listened, and couldn't help but rub his eyebrows - this was indeed a bit tricky.

  "Whatever, let them guess all they want. I'm definitely too busy to see them now, just try your best to explain it to them. Anyway, we'll deal with whatever it is in September."

  Li Qian said so affirmatively that Qi Jie didn't say anything else. The two chatted for a few more sentences before hanging up the phone.

  At this time, Shen Tiantian, who had been staring at him and eavesdropping on the phone calls between the two of them, couldn't help but ask: "Hey, handsome, is your family very rich?"

  Li Qian was taken aback by her question, then smiled and said, "My family? Very poor..."

  Shen Tiantian snorted, "Believe you? Don't be ridiculous!"

  …………

  Wang Jinglu and Shen Tiantian's new play is another ancient costume drama, but it is said to be a historical positive drama.

  Of course, in fact, what drama is to them, has no impact at all, because they are just showing their faces in the camera lens and serving as a background wall, even the 83 version of "The Legend of the Condor Hero" starring Tony Leung Ka-fai as Little Beggar is not as good.

  But roles are roles, and the two girls put on their costumes and waited seriously, despite being hot and sweaty, but still excited and serious.

  Since the last time Yu Bojun and Cao Tingluo appeared, they coincidentally met Wang Jingluo and directly put them in the crew of "Datang Knife Guest Row". These two young and beautiful girls have gained some fame among the group leaders here, and no one dares to provoke them. Even their group leader, Lao Meng, is very helpful in helping them get roles. After finishing "Datang Knife Guest Row", it's been less than half a month, and they've already put the two girls in three crews. Today's is already the fourth one.

  Of course, Huairou Film and TV City is a place for filming ancient costume dramas, so no matter whether it's a historical drama, a romance drama or a martial arts drama, their roles in the play are all maidservants, palace maids and the like.

  Li Qian found a cool place to wait and watch them perform, while also carefully observing the filming situation of this crew - whether in the previous life or in this life, the quality and requirements of TV series filming are not comparable to those of movies. Art design, costume configuration, camera and other technical aspects are not to mention, just talking about the performance of actors, the requirements are also different by a huge margin.

  Generally speaking, when filming a movie, even if the actor's level is high, it's rare to have what's called "one take pass". The tone, speed, expression, action and everything else will be scrutinized by the director, and nothing can be off. But for TV dramas, the requirements are much simpler. As long as you do what the director asks for, that's basically OK. Not to mention Wang Jingluo and Shen Tiantian, even the male and female leads rarely get scrutinized too closely.

  Even in the previous time and space that Li Qian had experienced, for a long period of time, all popular TV dramas were about the male lead yelling and the female lead crying. Don't underestimate the audience of these TV dramas - whether they are old people, children, or young adults, they are more likely to accept this straightforward and exaggerated performance style.

  In short, the audience demands that you must be flashy.

  So for a long time, whoever performed more extravagantly was more popular.

  So, in the entertainment industry, if movie stars are like pop stars who release albums, then TV stars are probably like lounge singers in bars and nightclubs. The former become superstars once they're popular, and one album can support them for life; the latter, no matter how popular they get, are still just underground singers.

  Li Qian has acted in TV dramas and also appeared in a few movies, but after all, he is actually a person from the television circle.

  Of course, this life is still likely to take a relatively easy TV series as the starting point, but TV series, even if he dies, will only prepare to shoot a few more. Shooting films, shooting good Chinese-language films that can be popular in the entire Sinosphere and even globally, competing with Hollywood films, and even rivaling them, is Li Qian's ultimate goal.

  So, doing some group performances and getting used to the scene is not impossible, but Li Qian obviously won't let Wang Jinglu get stuck in the TV circle like this.