Comeback [entertainment]

Chapter 66

Originally, he would not eat potato chips, and he was more worried about Li Minde's health.

Fortunately, Li Minde only ate a few slices, and then put down the bag contentedly, like a child who is restrained and rarely able to satisfy his craving for snacks.

Yuanshang watched him fold the bag of potato chips with a small clip to prevent air leakage, and put it in the hidden hollow of the tea table base with care. He laughed for a while, and couldn't help thinking, if his parents were still alive, I am afraid that at this age, will he be a child like him?

Li Minde's voice was very deep, with the taste of an old man who had accumulated years of aging: "The copyright lawsuit between Xiaoyou and Mingcheng Film and Television is well known to everyone."

Yuanshang guessed the purpose of the other party's meeting with him all the way, and when he heard this opening sentence, he felt somewhat clear in his heart.

He looked into Li Minde's wise eyes and nodded: "Yes."

Li Minde knew that the other party heard his voice-over, sighed, and the smile on his face disappeared.

His ability to do entertainment work is limited, and he has been retired for a long time, so his influence is not as good as before.When the Internet developed in the early years, the major cultural industry circles were faintly chaotic. It was just that the Internet was linked to the economy at that time, and the whole country was stepping up construction. Internet support projects were the top priority, and ordinary people only If the needs of food and clothing can be met, how can the higher authorities have the spare energy to pay attention to this kind of spiritual and moral situation?

Under the social conditions at that time, such a choice had to be made, and it was a last resort.But one wrong step, one wrong step, and another had to be wrong. Seeing this mistake, it developed from a small hole to a monstrous hole, and no one was able to make up for it.

Yuanshang saw that he just sighed but didn't speak, but he knew what he wanted to hear, so he chose the words to describe himself one by one from learning that the song was plagiarized by Famous City Film and Television, to Song Tian's response, to the final judicial decision when the dust settled. come out.His tone was calm, and his position was objective, as if he was just an outsider telling a story that had nothing to do with him.But it was precisely because of this that Li Minde felt even more disappointed when he heard a series of reactions in society after the Four Seas Group issued a statement of condemnation.

Even when it came to Song Tian's apology to relieve his anger, he didn't see his mood getting any better.Li Minde shook his head, his eyes were empty, and he didn't know what he was thinking. He drank the tea in his hand without a sip, and asked after a long while: "After experiencing this kind of experience, you are not lacking in talent, and you haven't thought about going abroad. development?"

"Going abroad? Why? Money? Fame? I have these things now. Although there are not many, I don't lack them." The calm expression on Yuanshang's face was gradually replaced by a sunny and hopeful smile, "No industry can start from It has been developed and perfected from the beginning, and someone has to support and reform it. High-rise buildings are not built in a day. Although it takes time, it is not impossible. The people who built it have left, and it will really lose the opportunity to rise from the ground. "

There seemed to be a wonderful charm on the other party that gave people hope and vitality. Li Minde stared at Yuan Shang's expression, and the original powerlessness in his heart was gradually replaced by the strong expectation in the other party's words.He held his pocket-sized purple sand pot tightly, and the heat penetrated the wall of the pot and ironed his palms. Even the age spots on his skin and the gray hair seemed to give birth to infinite vitality.He looked at Yuan Shang with meaningful eyes and thought-provoking tone: "Building tall buildings takes more than time, and even if you try, you may not succeed."

The completion of high-rise buildings will inevitably block the light source of people living on flat ground. They may not all be willing to move into the building, but they may prefer a world where they can do whatever they want.If you take them from the mainstream to the outlier, then confrontation and division will follow.

Yuanshang didn't know how to write when he was afraid of words in his life, and the confident expression on his face even brought out a bit of arrogance: "But if I don't even try and spend my life mediocrely, I will wait until you are your age. , there will never be as wonderful conversation material as you."

The two looked at each other for a moment and laughed together. Li Minde patted his belly and said, "Well said!"

Immediately afterwards, they chatted all over the world, through the ages, the two seemed to have talked a lot, but it seemed that they didn't talk about any substantive points, but after watching Yuanshang leave, Li Minde, who stayed where he was, felt indescribably hearty.The old servant who took care of his body closed the door with a strange look in his eyes: "It's too much for you to talk to the children at home, and we talked for a long time today."

"Hey, those children." Li Minde couldn't help shaking his head when he thought of his grandchildren who were either childish or not utilitarian. When chatting with Yuan Shang, he couldn't feel the person sitting opposite him at all except for his face. is a young man.The other party's mature way of thinking and rich accumulation of knowledge kept the atmosphere from getting cold for a moment, and even Li Minde himself was taken as if he was several years younger.Thinking of what Yuanshang praised him for being rich in conversation, Li Minde couldn't sit still. He took out his mobile phone and wanted to find a few old friends to brag about, but before he could make a call, the old servant bent over, and from the gap between the tea table, the two A package of unfinished honey butter flavored potato chips was picked up with only one finger.

"..." The old servant looked like he was waiting for an explanation.

"..." Li Minde thought for a moment, the expression on his face was extremely calm and leak-proof, "This was brought by Yuanshang. He took a few bites and put it here, but I didn't touch a single bite."

The old servant smiled.

Li Minde tugged at the waist of his trousers, which was slipping a little, and nodded solemnly: "Really!"

*******

Qin Huo failed to follow him in, so he waited outside. When he saw Yuanshang being brought out, he immediately got up and took two steps forward. Concerned about the occasion and the people around him, he didn't dare to be too intimate, so he just reached out and held Yuanshang's hand. Hands, eyes slightly worried: "how is it? What did you say?"

Li Minde has no sense of existence in the eyes of the general public, but to the public in the literary and art circles, he can be called a famous name.This old man retired early and rarely showed up, leaving many legends in various production industries.Although Qin Huo had never met him before, he knew that he was fierce and resolute. In addition, on the way to the lounge just now, he happened to meet a few guests who were invited to leave and were approving in mourning. He became more and more worried about being left alone in the room on the original.

These high-ranking people spoke more obliquely than themselves, and they were in a cloud of confusion, but they seemed to have a feeling: "What did you say? Probably, our foundation's lawsuit can start?"

Since its establishment, the Foundation has continuously received requests for help from creators from all walks of life through various channels. Some of them who touched porcelain, reached out to the party, were persecuted with delusions, and those with too big brains, the projects left behind are still considerable.

Most of the original creators even compiled a very clear and powerful evidence list, but they often struggled for many years and failed to get a satisfactory answer. Of course, it is not without reason.The objects involved in the infringement range from some famous producers to large enterprises and large groups. Without exception, they are more powerful than the victims.

The victory of the last lawsuit was due to many fluke factors. After all, the original studio was too small, and more than 400 million yuan was invested in the bottomless market. If you were not careful, you might die halfway without even hearing the sound.

So even today, although the foundation has been born out of nowhere, it has not even established its first formal project.

*******

The deafening melody of "CHANGE" was played in the practice room, and the strong rhythm made every muscle of Jiang Xie tremble, until the chorus reached the highest point, and when he was about to make the biggest arc, the music stopped abruptly. In an instant, it was so quiet that a needle could be heard.

Squatting on the ground, sweat slid down his cheeks, Jiang Xie irritatedly smashed the floor, and turned his head to stare at the manager who came in: "What are you doing?!"

"Can you change the song? The music is played so loudly that I can hear it from the door. Are you afraid that someone will ask Song Dong Gaomi?" The manager shook his head while cutting the song, "Why can't you remember the lesson? The release of the album has been postponed, and the recording of the program has been reduced. Look at your announcement this month, and then look at the announcements of the previous two months. How is it different from being refrigerated?"

Jiang Xie snorted coldly: "Tch."

The newly established foundation of Yuanshang Studio appeared in such a coincidence that anyone would guess that it was the result of losing the lawsuit against Mingcheng. In addition, "CHANGE" became popular and music can be heard everywhere. Now the company can say Hearing the original color change, no one dared to raise this issue.Jiang Xie's album had already been recorded, and the release date was scheduled, but someone turned his back on him and sued his superiors that he said something bad about the company in private during the lawsuit. his activities.Cut, Jiang Xie thought, who cares?

Compared with himself, he is more worried about Yuanshang, the establishment of the foundation, even if he does nothing, it is enough to hurt some people. Recently, some small media often see people leading the way, and he has heard a few ears around him. The situation on...

Like him, Wu Xiaoyue was also dancing desperately.

The hair that grew a little was simply tied up by the headband, and the T-shirt on the upper body was completely wet with sweat, and the limbs swayed with the strong music in the dance room. Yuanshang looked from the window of the main door for a while, nodded and said: " Very good, very contagious."

Everyone in the production team followed behind. Seeing him satisfied, they high-fived each other happily. Although this group of people are usually a little proud of their talents because of their outstanding strength, they are quite friendly and valued in the face of Yuan Shang, who will never lose their creative ability.

Even George Lu, the only Chinese member in the team who has always been unsmiling, showed a faint smile because of this.

After glancing at the other party, his calm expression quickly returned, and Yuanshang remembered his previous curiosity again.There are members of various nationalities in Barlow's arrangement team. This is the only Chinese, and he is not ABC who grew up overseas. Chinese people, after returning to China with the team, have always shown a lack of interest in everything in the country.If Yuanshang hadn't caught him reading the newspaper that published the news of Mingcheng's lawsuit, he would almost have thought that he had lost his ability to communicate in Chinese.

After winning the lawsuit, George Lu's attitude towards Yuan Shang became inexplicably friendly, and he talked more obviously. Sometimes he would take the initiative to discuss the production and progress of the arrangement. He also gave a lot of opinions on the rhythm production of "CHANGE".

Yuanshang occasionally guesses the reason, but today is obviously not a good time. The topic has not even changed from Wu Xiaoyue's choreography. The folk singer suddenly proposed that he would terminate the contract.

Yuanshang didn't even have time to explain to the group of arrangers who couldn't understand Chinese, so he left in a hurry with George Lu's slightly worried eyes.

In the office, the young man who gave himself the stage name Matthew sat on the stool with a guitar in his arms, and the staff was so angry that his eyes were red. Yuanshang said in a stagnant atmosphere: "Why are you leaving?"

There are not many signings in the studio, and there are only two until now, so almost all the hard work has been spent in the training process.Matthew took the original route, and Yuanshang taught him how to grasp the rhythm and impress the audience. He almost regarded him as his student, and even laid out the road for him to take in the future.

Matthew lowered his head and didn't dare to look at his expression: "I have nothing to say."

The contract signed by the studio to the artist was not harsh, and the other party came with liquidated damages. Although it was not such a large sum, Matthew, who had not been popular in the past ten years, would never take it out easily.Yuanshang looked sideways at the application slumped on the table, smiled, and asked him, "Have you found the next one?"

Matthew was silent for a moment, and explained to himself: "I'm not young...you know... there are always classes in the studio, and I haven't moved much...I didn't take the initiative, over there..."

"Whose house?"

Matthew paused, then whispered: "...Famous City."

This son of a bitch, Song Tian, ​​seems to be living too comfortably.Yuanshang stared at Matthew for a moment, until he buried his head in his chest, then sneered, and signed the contract termination: "Go away!"

With the voice of broken conscience followed by reveries about the future and the future, Matthew thought of the famous city to poach the news that his person revealed in private, and forced himself to put his guilt towards Yuanshang behind him.He put the guitar on his back, leaned over to pick up the contract termination letter on the ground, hung his head and hesitated for a while, and left a sentence before leaving: "Mr. Yuan, I advise you to disband that foundation." Well, the people who come to dig me are not only famous cities...too many...you...can't afford to offend so many people."

Leaving the office in Yuanshang's oppressive aura, Matthew felt sad that he had broken his promise, but at the same time couldn't help explaining his behavior in his heart.The opponent is a huge market, and the studio is only so big. Even if it is replaced by the Four Seas Group, it may not be able to retreat under such a concerted effort.Gods fight, mortals suffer, what better choice can a small fish like myself have besides protecting himself?

He left along the base of the wall like a thief, and when he turned a corner, a pair of fat legs with high heels appeared in his sight.Matthew raised his head and looked at Xia Qiu, another signed singer of the studio who seemed to be waiting for him.

Xia Qiu was older than him and had been unknown for more than ten years. Like him, he wanted to be famous like crazy.

Feeling the other party's gaze across his face, and then landing on the contract termination, Matthew asked softly: "The people from other companies have also looked for you? What do you plan?"

Xia Qiu sneered, his heart was agitated, and he couldn't help defending himself: "I ask you kindly, why do you do this? I have a few classmates who are doing well in the conservatory of music, and they all say that those big groups have actions. What you said is true. Let's go together! Mr. Yuan is asking for trouble when he engages in copyright. After all, we are not even a star, so why bother to go into this troubled water?"

"Is it interesting to say so many high-sounding reasons? Get out!" Xia Qiu didn't wait for him to finish, and walked past him with a look of disgust. The thick female voice floated in the air, sharp and piercing like an awl, "Disgusting!" !"

***

Yuanshang called Song Tian, ​​and within three beeps, he quickly picked up: "Mr. Yuan? Last time we said goodbye, you impressed me so much."

"I'm also very impressed, especially Song Dong, I see the pitiful expression on your face." Yuanshang sneered, "Is this a declaration of war to poach artists from my studio?"

Song Tian chuckled twice: "You have something against me, how dare I?"

Yuanshang was amused by his attitude: "So you still remember? So now you suddenly find that you are very handsome, and you want to spread jade photos all over the country?"

"You can try it." Song Tian's tone sounded confident, "To tell you the truth, I'm just a small shrimp. I was entrusted by others to come out and get beaten. What can I do?"

He didn't get an answer, so he paused for a moment, listening to Yuanshang's slight breathing in the microphone, and then continued in a low voice: "Well, in fact, in terms of business, I also kindly remind you that it's not easy to focus on making money. Are you okay? Why bother to touch those things that shouldn’t be touched? It’s fine to set up a foundation to target famous cities. How about a heaven-shattering taste?"

Yuanshang paused for a moment, hearing that there was not much hostility in the other party's words, he couldn't help hesitating: "What do you mean?"

"Don't pretend, it's not a secret that you met Mr. Li." On the other end of the phone, Song Tian's voice was leisurely as if he was watching a show, "After you met him, there will be one more proposal for the conference that spread out." Copyright construction', the proposer is Mr. Li's student, could it be a coincidence? Now that the gods are fighting, mortals suffer, and the market can't move him, so why not move you!"

When he hung up the phone, Song Tian was still there and reminded in a strange way: "To cut off people's wealth is to kill their parents. I advise you to make your position clear early, and don't go into this muddy water!"

Song Tian listened to the beeping sound in the receiver, imagining the embarrassment that Yuanshang might have on his face now, and felt very happy.Humming to the rhythm of "CHANGE", he walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows to enjoy the scenery, and looked at a tall building that was not too far away, where the original studio was set up.

The door was knocked lightly, and the assistant came in, looked at his expression cautiously, and then said softly: "Dong Song, Matthew contacted the company just now, saying that he has received the contract termination letter."

"Matthew?" Song Tian asked, "Who?"

"It's the artist who sings folk songs in Yuanshang Studio!" The assistant wiped off his cold sweat, not knowing how to comment on his boss's poor memory, "Didn't you say before that as long as you can lure him to the company, you don't have to pay any attention?" Cost? Matthew said he could get to work right now and asked when those resources I had promised him would be available.”

Song Tian was not interested in such a small person at all, and when he thought of the other party's betrayal of Yuanshang so happily, he felt a little disgusted in his heart.He waved his hand and replied indifferently: "Let him wait first, and I'll talk about it when I think about it."

*****

Although Song Tian is cheap, he really didn't tell lies.

Not only contracted artists like Matthew, but even the ordinary employees of Yuanshang Studio have recently come to a lot of poaching activities.Wu Xiaoyue's side was even more exaggerated. The news that he was going to release a new song was leaked from nowhere. In the past few days, he has been answering the phone one after another without interruption.The other party tried every means to ask him to meet on the phone, and at the same time boasted and promised desperately, as if Wu Xiaoyue would be praised as a superstar by them in minutes as long as he was willing to draw a clear line with Yuanshang.

He counted all the sources of the calls, and found that the ones with the highest jumps were actually only three companies - Mingcheng Film and Television Company, Tianwang Entertainment Company and Universal Times Music Production Company.

If the influence of Famous City Film and Television is in the mainland, Tianwang and Universal Times are undoubtedly powerful on the peninsula and across the strait. Tianwang Entertainment has a long history and is one of the oldest entertainment companies in the peninsula. Universal Times Music Production, In the golden age of the Chinese music scene, more than half of the well-known excellent music on the other side was produced.

Just like Famous City, the two companies have been in constant lawsuits and disputes along the way. The director of Tianwang Entertainment is often scolded by the Peninsula media because of "inspiration crash", while Universal Times Music Production Company is even more awesome. Many of the music produced are directly covers of European, American, Japanese and Korean works.Buying copyrights is fine, but most of the time they didn't even buy copyrights. At that time, information was not developed, the public was kept in the dark, and no matter how much anger overseas singers had, they had nowhere to vent their anger.It can be said that most of the reputation of the Chinese music scene overseas has been tarnished in this way.

The three large enterprises joined forces, and there were many undisclosed fans standing behind them. The combined power should not be underestimated. Even the Four Seas Group was brought under a lot of influence.

"Dr. Qin, this is the fifth artist who proposed to terminate the contract this month. Like before, he signed the contract directly with liquidated damages."

Several of the company's few successful artists in recent years have left one after another. Assistant Mu sorted out the list, looked at the familiar names on it, and couldn't help but sigh: "What to do, the group's stock price has been affected, and the board of directors also has great opinions. , all request..."

Before he finished speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Yuan Shang who was standing by the window without any trace.Yuanshang was tall and tall, with his hands behind his back, and he was quietly watching the rushing traffic on the road outside the window. The sun was hitting him, making his aura at this time strong yet faintly desolate.

Assistant Mu shook his head slightly, and left quietly. After Yuanshang stood for a while, he felt a warmth on his back, and Qin Huo hugged him from behind.

He smiled, raised his hand and patted the back of Qin Huo's hand: "It seems to have caused trouble for you."

Qin Huo lowered his head and kissed his side cheek: "I'm very happy."

Yuanshang glanced at him, and the other party's calm face was full of seriousness, which made him feel much more relaxed.Turning around, embracing, and resting his head on Qin Huo's shoulder, his soft voice was low and dangerous: "I'm very angry."

"No, there's nothing to be angry about." Qin Huo wasn't worried at all, and took the opportunity to land wet and hot kisses on his ears and the side of his cheeks. His rare and fragile state made him distracted.

Then he heard the other party continue in his arms: "Song Tian said that my foundation is fighting with him in bed for fun, I have to let him know that sex is not so fun."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that Qin Huo's body, who was still absent-minded just now, froze for a moment. After a while, the other party's voice, which was obviously much cooler, fell from the top of his head word by word——

"Play, love, fun?"

Yuanshang raised his head and met Qin Huo's sharp eyes.

Qin Huo stopped kissing him, and his face was very serious: "I'm very angry."

"..." Yuanshang could only comfort him, "Don't be angry, there's nothing to be angry about!"

******

The news that a large number of artists of the Four Seas Group terminated their contracts could not be hidden from the eyes of the market, and the stock price began to fall. One can imagine what kind of situation has become on the Internet.

Mingcheng will not block the news this time, despite the speculations from the outside world, poaching artists is a normal business method of major companies, even if he is accused of avenging his personal revenge, it is nothing. , What an unwise act to fight against market capital.

So what if the Four Seas Group is large?There are so many ants that can kill an elephant, let alone these days, there is no one who can really cover the sky with one hand.

The three companies, together with the small businesses in the alliance, have made a unanimous plan. First, they will use their actual interests to prevent Sihai from coming forward to protect Yuanshang, and then together they will suppress Yuanshang, who is not yet a large-scale thorn in the side. When the banner figure has disappeared, other people in the industry will naturally go back and weigh their own weight. Without these bold people, no amount of shouting will cause trouble.

Such a market is a good market. If you make money together, what kind of moral model do you have?

Regaining the cigars he had shelved due to anxiety some time ago, Song Tian shook his foot and pressed the phone recording. In the recording, Yuan Shang's low, angry voice resounded in the office, recalling the situation when he was beaten that night, Song Tian The scalp felt numb for a while, then tightened.

"Dong Song! It's not good!!"

At the moment when he was dreaming and looking forward to the future, the phone on the desk rang loudly, and the assistant's voice was filled with an anxiety that made his intuition not good, and he reported quickly and quickly: "The chief and deputy directors of the screenwriting department just found the personnel together and said that Resignation, several members of the director team heard the news and said they were leaving. Matthew came to the company yesterday to ask for resources. After I told him what you meant, he posted on Weibo in the morning...in the morning! "

It was a big deal for the creative team to make a fuss about resignation. Song Tian frowned immediately, but he didn't take it seriously when he heard what Matthew said: "Just poke it, it's nothing to be afraid of."

"The key is! The key is that his article was written..." The assistant hesitated for a moment before shouting, "Now a large number of original singers have appeared on the Internet, clamoring to work with Yuanshang The studio has signed a contract! Sihai used the funds we gave the little singer to terminate the contract, and now he is prying our people!"