Chapter 65 : Three Songs, Two Hundred Thousand in Hand
Chapter 65: Three Songs, Two Hundred Thousand in Hand
Facts have proven that good songs are good songs.
They can withstand the test of time.
As soon as 'Absolute Obsession' was released, it immediately exploded in popularity.
Within just a single day, it had reached the number one spot on the new song chart.
By the time Wang Xu called Chen Fan, it had already climbed into the top twenty positions on the hot song chart.
And it was still rapidly rising in speed.
There were several reasons behind its explosive popularity.
Firstly, the singer who purchased this song already had a certain level of fame. Secondly, their management company was willing to spend a large sum of money for promotion.
Of course, the most important factor was that the work itself was solid enough.
Under the combined influence of these factors, 'Absolute Obsession' became a hit.
Along with the rise of this song, a name also gained prominence.
Commoner.
Some observant netizens quickly noticed something peculiar on the music charts.
They found that the two recently popular songs were amazingly written by this so-called "Commoner."
Yet prior to this, this person had never even made an appearance on the internet.
This was quite mysterious.
As a result, there were all sorts of speculations online.
Some said "Commoner" was actually a professor from a music academy in the industry, and had to use a pen name due to their profession.
Others claimed that this "Commoner" was actually a long-dormant celebrity singer.
Of course, there were even more outrageous rumors, saying that "Commoner" was an underground musician or just a primary school music teacher...
In any case, Commoner's popularity had been hyped up.
While netizens gossiped, those within the industry had already taken action.
Everyone was secretly using their connections to try and find out who exactly this "Commoner" was.
However, no matter how hard they dug, they couldn't uncover any information.
Eventually, they all ended up at Wang Xu's studio.
At this point, Wang Xu and Li Changjun's dreams had essentially come true, as they had suddenly gained a high profile within the industry.
Even some typically arrogant musicians, singers, and managers began to approach them with smiles, trying to establish connections.
Between the lines, they were undoubtedly trying to inquire about the true identity of "Commoner."
Some even secretly hinted to Wang Xu and Li Changjun that if they could exclusively provide "Commoner's" information, they would receive certain benefits, or even opportunities to perform as guest singers at their artists' concerts.
Putting the money aside, being a guest performer at a concert was truly tempting.
After all, as ordinary participants in the music world, who didn't dream of one day performing on a bigger stage?
With their dreams seemingly within reach, Wang Xu and Li Changjun discussed it but ultimately declined the offers.
They weren't fools, they understood the situation clearly.
If they revealed Chen Fan's identity, it would mean the end of their relationship and any future association with him.
At the very least, if Chen Fan ever wrote new songs, he would never contact them again.
So after weighing the pros and cons, the two decisively chose to cling tightly to Chen Fan's thick leg.
They were convinced that by sticking with Chen Fan, the glory and wealth of their lifetime might just come from this young man.
After rejecting all the invitations, Wang Xu took out a prepared speech from his pocket, following the plan he had discussed with Chen Fan earlier.
"What we can tell everyone is that 'Commoner' is still a university student.
He just wants to quietly finish his studies and doesn't want to be disturbed.
So we kindly request that everyone give him some personal space."
"There's one more thing to tell everyone. 'Commoner' actually wrote three songs in total. You've all seen the performance of the first one."
"Now we have the remaining two songs. If anyone is interested, you can contact me. First come, first served."
Over the next few days, Chen Fan's three prepared songs saw the following results: 'Absolute Obsession' sold for 30,000.
The second song, 'Can't Help Falling In Love With You,' due to the influence of 'Absolute Obsession's' fame, sold for double the price at 60,000.
By the time the third song came around, there were several buyers interested, but after listening to the demo, they all became hesitant.
This was because the melody was simpler and quite different from most of the popular songs of the current era.
More importantly, it wasn't a love song.
The price of tens of thousands was not cheap.
For this reason, no one actually stepped up to purchase this song for a while.
Wang Xu contacted Chen Fan to explain: "It's understandable that they have reservations."
"According to them, if they could be assured that this song would explode in popularity like the previous two, they would gladly pay tens of thousands."
"But if they spend tens of thousands to buy it, and it ends up failing to make even a small splash after release..."
"Then those tens of thousands would have been wasted in vain."
Chen Fan thought about it and directly suggested to Wang Xu: "Tell the buyers..."
"They can pay a deposit of 10,000 first. If after release, this song fails to reach the same level of popularity or chart position as the previous two, then I'll sell it to them for just 10,000."
"But if this song also explodes, then they'll need to pay me at least an additional 90,000."
"That's a good solution."
Wang Xu relayed the message to Li Changjun, who then used it to promote the song.
This time, after hearing Chen Fan's proposal, the buyer almost immediately agreed without much thought.
In order to ride this wave of popularity, the management company that purchased 'Running' worked overtime on recording and promotional activities for the song's release.
Chen Fan was unaware of all these details.
After handing the songs over to Wang Xu and his partner, he became busy with other matters.
After a few days of consideration, the representatives from Wanwang finally dispatched someone to Yunhai.
The two parties had arranged a time and place to meet over the phone, and they were finally going to meet in person for the first time.
Chen Fan had arranged to meet the representative at a breakfast shop near the university district.
He arrived a few minutes early, just as he had ordered his breakfast, a black Audi A6 slowly pulled up in front of the entrance.
A middle-aged, portly man in a suit stepped out of the car.
He appeared to be in his forties, with a slightly balding head. After getting out of the car, he looked around in confusion.
"Over here."
Seeing the man looking disoriented outside the entrance, Chen Fan couldn't help but wave his hand.
The middle-aged, plump man froze for a moment, then walked inside.
"Excuse me, are you..."
"Mr. Ma, right? I'm the creator of Yuming.com."
Ma Mingde froze again.
"So it really is you."
"This is too..."
Chen Fan smiled. "Not what you expected, huh?"
Ma Mingde shook his head with a wry smile.
"To be honest, it doesn't match my impression at all."
"Before coming, I thought I would be meeting a computer engineer IT guy around thirty years old."
"I never expected that the creator of Yuming.com would be so... young."
Chen Fan smiled: "Since we've met, my name is Chen Fan. You can just call me Xiao Chen."
"Have a seat. You haven't had breakfast yet, right? Let's eat together."
Ma Mingde looked around awkwardly before dragging a chair over to sit across from Chen Fan.
"To be honest, this is the first time I've ever had someone choose a breakfast shop for business talks..."