Chapter 61 : Don_t Touch Inappropriately While Watching a Movie
Chapter 61: Don't Touch Inappropriately While Watching a Movie
"Are you planning to sell this song or publish it yourself?"
Chen Fan thought for a moment and said, "Publish it myself."
He had sung this song in front of many people before, and even to plug up a one-in-a-million chance of a leak, he couldn't sell this song.
The long-haired youth thought for a while and quoted a price.
Chen Fan shook his head.
"Too expensive."
The long-haired youth offered another price.
Chen Fan continued to shake his head, still too expensive.
At this point, the long-haired youth couldn't hold back anymore.
"Then you name a price."
Chen Fan uttered a number, almost making the long-haired youth spit blood on the spot.
Did this kid deeply learn the true art of price slashing from the old grandmother, cutting the price by half and still going even lower?
The long-haired youth smiled bitterly, "There wasn't much money to begin with, so did you really need to slash the price so harshly?"
"But I still need to eat, don't I?"
Chen Fan was equally uncompromising.
"You can see I'm just a university student. When I become popular someday, I definitely won't bargain with you then."
The long-haired youth still felt he was being ripped off and wasn't happy about it.
He stared at Chen Fan for two seconds, then suddenly spoke.
"What method did you plan to use to publish your song?"
"Huh?"
Chen Fan was caught off guard for a moment, then instinctively replied, "Wouldn't it be fine to just record an audio and upload it online?"
The long-haired youth suddenly looked at Chen Fan with great anticipation and suggested:
"Here's the deal: the price will be what you said, but the song will be released in the form of a music video instead. I'll produce the music video for you for free, but I'll require my studio's name to be included in the opening credits."
Chen Fan understood.
This guy, seeing that he couldn't make money, was now trying to find a way to get some exposure from another angle.
However, Chen Fan had no reason to object to this request.
It was just a matter of including a name, and the guy was even helping to produce a music video for free.
"Okay. Deal."
Seeing Chen Fan agree, the long-haired youth's face immediately brightened.
He had a feeling that Chen Fan's song might become a minor hit, and at that time, his studio might be able to ride the popularity wave of the music video and get some good exposure.
He quickly printed out a contract, they signed it, and the money was transferred.
Seeing the payment received, the long-haired youth's attitude toward Chen Fan clearly became much more enthusiastic.
"When can we start recording the song?"
"Wait a minute, I need to transcribe the score first."
The guy picked up a guitar and looked at Chen Fan.
"You sing it line by line, and I'll try to figure out the score..."
This guy certainly lived up to his artistic, long-haired appearance, his hands did have some skills.
Chen Fan hummed the tune, and the long-haired youth kept trying to pluck out the notes, sometimes having to go back and modify it.
It took nearly half an hour of this back and forth.
Finally, the complete score was worked out.
The long-haired youth stood up and stretched lazily.
"Buddy, do you have time right now? If possible, we can go to the recording studio immediately."
"After recording, I'll mix and polish it for you in the afternoon, and hopefully it can be uploaded online by tonight."
Chen Fan nodded.
"No problem, the sooner the better."
So the two of them entered the recording studio.
Since this was a slow, sentimental song, there was no difficulty in singing it.
Therefore, Chen Fan performed quite well, only needing three takes to complete it perfectly.
The long-haired youth gave Chen Fan an "OK" hand signal.
Taking off his headphones, Chen Fan walked out of the recording studio.
"You performed even better than before. I have a feeling your song might become a hit."
Chen Fan asked directly, "Boss, what's the earliest it can be published?"
"Hey, don't call me boss. Just call me Wang Xu."
The long-haired youth smiled at Chen Fan, "Looks like you're in a real hurry, huh? Okay, I'll work overtime this afternoon and try to get it uploaded before 8 PM."
"Good."
"Then I'll head out first."
"Brother, if you have any good songs in the future, you can come find me again."
Chen Fan stopped and asked with feigned curiosity:
"You guys still buy songs here?"
"Yeah, we buy them. But I can't afford really expensive ones. However, I have a partner who isn't here today."
"This guy has connections with musicians all over the country. If you really have good works, he can help get them sold."
Chen Fan's heart stirred.
"How are the fees calculated?"
"Do you really have more good songs?"
Wang Xu became interested.
"If you really do have other works, we can definitely help recommend you to various musicians. As for the price, how about giving us a mid-range price? 800 yuan per song, how about that?"
Chen Fan didn't know if 800 yuan was expensive or not.
But he urgently needed such a middleman right now.
So after a slight hesitation, he nodded in agreement.
"Okay."
Wang Xu extended his hand expectantly.
"Let me take a look?"
"What?"
"The new work?"
"I don't have any."
"Ah?"
Wang Xu looked at Chen Fan like 'hey buddy, you're not joking with me, are you?'
No point in asking if there was none.
Chen Fan smiled.
"Not having any now doesn't mean I won't have any in the future. Who knows, maybe one day I'll have a burst of inspiration and write a hit song in one go."
Wang Xu was amused by Chen Fan.
"Good brother, you've got spirit."
"You're welcome here anytime."
After leaving the music room, Chen Fan took a vehicle back to school by himself.
As he passed the school gate, he glanced at the Global Village internet cafe.
The "for sale" notice was still posted, indicating it hadn't been sold.
When he returned to the dorm room and was about to enter, he heard the sounds of foreign languages coming from inside.
Upon opening the door, wow, all five roommates were gathered around Ma Xiaoshuai's desk.
On it was a desktop computer, and the screen was currently playing the great Teacher Kowai single-handedly battling two strong men.
Whether it was her expressions, acting skills, or her passionate shouting,
Teacher Kowai could truly be called a dedicated and talented actress with both moral virtue and artistic talents.
As the screen reached an exciting part, the innocent Han Xu, watching this kind of film for the first time, was greatly shocked.
His face flushed and neck bulging as he stared at the screen, his entire breathing becoming somewhat rapid.
One hand unconsciously reached out and groped toward Sun Hao next to him.
"Oh shit..."
Sun Hao was really getting into the movie when suddenly his butt was ambushed.
He jumped up like a startled little rabbit, bumping into Luo Wenjie in front of him.
The tea in Luo's hands spilled all over Ma Xiaoshuai and Wu Di's pants.
"Damn it. Who was that? Can't a guy even finish watching?"
Wu Di looked at his wet pants with annoyance.
"I've said it so many times, don't touch each other while watching this stuff."
"Can you manage your spongy thing properly or not?"
Luo Wenjie was amused.
"Your statement has a problem. If that thing could be managed properly, how would there be so many people in this world with functional disabilities in that area?"
Han Xu looked embarrassed as he bent over and rushed red-faced to the bathroom.
Sun Hao laughed and joked, "Everyone understand, it's the Fifth Brother's first time watching, so it's normal he can't handle it."
By this time, Luo Wenjie had changed into a new T-shirt and couldn't help speculating.
"Do you guys think they're really doing it or just acting?"
"Of course it's real."
"The chicks from that island nation are really open."
"Then do you think when movie actors get to the intense scenes, the male actors will react?"
Wu Di snapped his fingers.
"That's a good question. I think they definitely would, after all we're all men, and only men truly understand men."
Sun Hao also nodded, "Those female actresses are so beautiful, if there's no reaction, can they even be called men?"
"I also think there must be a reaction..."
Chen Fan didn't join these three guys' "men's talk".
He directly squeezed past Ma Xiaoshuai.
"When did you get this back?"
Ma Xiaoshuai wiped the tea off his face and said with a smile,
"I just moved it in this noon."
"Aren't you going to use the computer? Use this one for now."
"Thanks so much. You're more caring than my own brother."
"Enough, my mom doesn't want another son."
Chen Fan smiled and deftly logged into his email.
"You have eleven unread emails..."
Seeing this, Chen Fan immediately sat up straight.