After the final song, Fang Zhao and the orchestra took their curtain call.
Fang Zhao stood on stage and bowed to the audience.
It was over.
He hoped that the first answer he handed in would satisfy them.
His first concert, 10 compositions, 10 stories that belonged to him. At least at this moment, the audience was listening to Fang Zhao's story.
Before this, for example, the four movements of the "100-Year Period of Destruction" series, when people first heard them, they did not think of Fang Zhao's own story. They were built on the virtual idol Polar Light. The emotions and feelings conveyed through audio and video were the stories of Polar Light's virtual character, not Fang Zhao's.
Any good work was just a story told by the author. Now, no matter how the audience listened to the concert, they would know the background of these 10 compositions and the story behind each one.
Fang Zhao looked forward to more opportunities like this in the future.
He was very happy.
After the curtain call, Fang Zhao had just returned backstage when he received a call from Duan Qianji.
"Did you see the status of the music list?" Duan Qianji asked.
"I saw it." Fang Zhao was holding an electronic music list in his hand. There were already three, no, four songs on it. The status of the list was a solid circle.
While Fang Zhao was on the phone with Duan Qianji, another song was marked with a solid circle.
In other words, the status of these four songs had changed from "copyright unsold" to "sold." They might not have been sold out so quickly, but they had definitely been booked.
"Four of your 10 compositions have already been booked," Duan Qianji said.
Fang Zhao had signed with Silver Wing as a composer. Silver Wing was his management company, in charge of copyrights and sales. If it had only been to inform Fang Zhao that four songs had been sold, Duan Qianji would not have needed to personally call to explain.
When Fang Zhao had signed with Silver Wing, he had added that he had to be approved before any sales, including the 10 works for this concert. If Fang Zhao was not satisfied with any of the buyers, he had the right to reject them.
If there were no special circumstances, if someone fancied Fang Zhao's compositions, they would contact Silver Wing to purchase them, but they would still need Fang Zhao's approval before they could officially change the status of the compositions.
But now, without Fang Zhao's notice, not only had the status of the compositions been changed, but it had been for four songs at once. Fang Zhao knew that Duan Qianji was not someone who would go back on her word. There had to be a reason for her to change the status. This phone call was to explain.
Therefore, Fang Zhao did not get angry. Instead, he waited for Duan Qianji to continue.
"Shanta has taken a fancy to 'Expedition'," Duan Qianji said.
Fang Zhao understood why Duan Qianji had changed the status of "Expedition" in advance.
Actually, this was within Fang Zhao's expectations. He had guessed that Shanta would take a liking to "Expedition," so he had no objections. Even if Duan Qianji sold it to Baiji military district at a low price, Fang Zhao could accept it. At the very least, Baiji military district still intended to purchase it. In the past, when Yanzhou military district had fancied the "100-Year Period of Destruction" movement, they had directly requisitioned it.
Seeing that Fang Zhao did not object, Duan Qianji continued to explain.
"'Encore' has been chosen by the Inter-planetary Fund. This was also the first one booked. Before the song was over, they came over to discuss it. We couldn't reject their offer. The price was higher than we expected, and they said that it would be used for charity. So, under their strong request, I changed the status of 'Encore'. "
The Inter-planetary Fund had welfare organizations that cooperated with the government, hospitals, orphanages, and so on. Every year, the Inter-planetary Fund would film public service announcements for these organizations. Two a year, one in the first half of the year, and one in the second half of the year. Now, the Inter-planetary Fund wanted to use "Encore" as the soundtrack for their public service announcements in the first half of the year.
Fang Zhao nodded. "Understood."
Fang Zhao could not find a reason to reject the Inter-planetary Fund's offer. If it was used for charity, even if it was just a friendly price, Fang Zhao would still agree. However, it was clear that the Inter-planetary Fund did not lack money and had no intention of suppressing the price.
"'Zh' was the third to be booked. The one who contacted us is Huangzhou Geography Channel. They wish to use 'Zh' in an educational documentary about ores. The price they offered is also very reasonable. This is a good thing for you and will be beneficial for your future career development. From what I know, this educational documentary produced by Huangzhou Geography Channel is considered a premium grade. It has many uses, can be archived, and has a long lifespan. This kind of opportunity is hard to come by. "
Fang Zhao still had no way of rejecting this offer. However, how had Huangzhou Geography Channel contacted him so quickly?
Recalling that Xue Jing had told him that he would be bringing along a few old friends, Fang Zhao decided that he would ask Xue Jing later on if it was a recommendation from a great master. Otherwise, why would someone who prided themselves on being pretentious and only picking great masters like Huangzhou Geography Channel pick his work?
"As for the fourth song, 'The Power of Life,' it was booked by Huangzhou Life Sciences Research Institute. I think it was recommended by Prof. Fan Lin from the Academy of Sciences HQ. This year is the 400th anniversary of the Huangzhou Life Sciences Research Institute. This song might have an important use."
Huangzhou Life Sciences Research Institute was a branch of the Academy of Sciences HQ and was also an important research institute.
When Duan Qianji mentioned these four, Fang Zhao really could not find a reason to reject them. Without a doubt, these four buyers were not purely commercial organizations. They would also maximize the value of these four works.
Duan Qianji chuckled. "Oh, right. Fiery Bird's sound effects team head, Hua Li, took a liking to the first song. Do you have any objections?"
"Mmhm." While Duan Qianji was speaking, Fang Zhao had already received a message from Hua Li. Hua Li informed Fang Zhao that he was very interested in the first song, "Empty," and was in negotiations with Silver Wing to purchase it.
After obtaining Fang Zhao's approval, Duan Qianji changed the hollow circle at the end of "Empty" to a solid one, telling everyone who was holding the music list that this song had been booked.
Thus, many people who had come to listen to the live concert had not even walked out of concert hall number one when they discovered that half of the 10 songs on the electronic music list in their hands had already been booked!
What kind of speed was this?!
For a composer who was still in the early stages, this kind of speed of sales was really astonishing.
Perhaps it was because of the speed at which these five songs were sold, but the remaining five songs did not stay for long before all of them changed to solid circles.
After the performance ended, Zaro walked out with a face full of anger. Barbara, who had been with him, did not have a good expression either.
Why?
They had not been able to buy a single song!
Zaro had been faced with a difficult choice. Zaro's agent had told Zaro that their funds were limited and that there was no need to buy a few songs, so one song would do.
Zaro had his eyes on the music itself, but his agent was different. He had analyzed the songs from a commercial perspective and treated the money spent on each song as publicity expenses. The objective of this trip to Yanzhou had been achieved.
However, after picking and choosing and hesitating for a long time, by the time Zaro had made his decision, there was nothing left!
As for Barbara, she did not face the same dilemma as Zaro. She only bought what she liked the most, and she had her eye on "Encore." However, there was someone with quick hands who had directly bought this song! She had not even made a call to Silver Wing!
She had wanted to quote a higher price to buy "Encore" back from Silver Wing, but unfortunately, Silver Wing had said "sorry."
Barbara's status was special. To prevent Barbara from hating Silver Wing, Silver Wing's people had also told Barbara who the buyer for "Encore" was. Because of this, Barbara had a belly full of anger that she could not vent.
The Inter-planetary Fund!
The Inter-planetary Fund also had important business dealings with the Lakalina family. Even a simpleton like Zaro could admit defeat. Of course, Barbara knew what was the wisest choice.
Sullen!
Barbara had not felt this way in a long time.
As they left the venue, they had learned their lesson and were not as high profile as they had been when they had entered. They avoided areas with reporters.
If an entertainment reporter had photographed Zaro and Barbie together, they would probably have come up with another 800 words of melodramatic news.
Of course, the most important thing was that these two were not in a good mood. When they were in a bad mood, they did not want to deal with reporters.
They looked at each other as if they had stepped in sh * t.
"Go, go, go! Hurry up and go back. I don't want to stay in Yanzhou! "Zaro picked up his pace and left.
Barbara waved her hands as if to chase away some unpleasant smell. After a while, she lifted her chin and gestured to the assistants and bodyguards beside her. "Let's go back."
After the performance, Fang Zhao was like Ha Wen. He could not leave immediately. When the buyer of the music rights negotiated with Silver Wing, Fang Zhao had to be present.
Only one person from the Inter-planetary Fund remained to negotiate the contract. The others had already left, so the negotiations went very quickly.
Duan Qianji personally handled the matter on planet Baiji, so there was no need to worry.
Fiery Bird's side did not take long to reach an agreement. There were professionals to negotiate the deal, while Hua Li discussed composing matters with Fang Zhao and expressed that there would be more opportunities for collaboration in the future.
Buy it if you like it. Hoarding it would definitely be of use. Fiery Bird made games. Even if it could not be used in games, it could still be used in advertisements.
There were many products, and so were the advertisements. Although the company's music library was already stocked up, buying whatever you liked was how Hua Li had always been.
On the other hand, Xue Jing's side took up quite a bit of time. Ming Cang had originally intended to chat with Fang Zhao, but he had not expected to see Xue Jing with quite a number of industry veterans. Ming Cang did not want to disturb them. He greeted Fang Zhao and congratulated him on his successful performance.
"Fang Zhao, this is an old friend from Huangzhou, Lin Xun, or Professor Lin. He is the one who recommended your song 'Zh' to Huangzhou's Geography Channel. This time, you have to thank him. "Xue Jing pointed to Lin Xun and introduced him to Fang Zhao.
"I only look at the quality of works and only recommend the most suitable ones. Not bad, young fellow! "Lin Xun's usually stern face revealed a faint smile.
The style of Fang Zhao's performance this time was not simple. There was gentleness, hardness, subtlety, grandeur, mellow, and mellow emotions. There were also blood-boiling fervor. Fang Zhao was able to show refinement in the subtlety and also show boldness in the roughness. Furthermore, the quality of every song was very good. One could see Fang Zhao's composing attitude. Combining all these factors together was what satisfied Lin Xun and the other industry veterans.
Lin Xun and the others were still willing to lend a helping hand to this kind of junior.
People who were close to Xue Jing might have different personalities, but their attitudes and values towards music were more similar. They were willing to see even more outstanding juniors rise up. So what if they surpassed themselves? For this industry, this was a good thing! At least it proved that the ability of the composers of this era had not regressed!
Other professional evaluation groups present at the venue also gave their evaluations of Fang Zhao's concert one after another.
All in all, they acknowledged that this was a high-quality concert. Even Lin Xun, who liked to give pointers at length, gave a rare favorable review, although his praise was not obvious.
Xue Jing was satisfied. He was happy that this young composer Fang Zhao had officially taken his first breakthrough step in the industry.
On planet Baiji, Shanta was also happy when he saw Silver Wing's reply.
This time, not only had he used Fang Zhao's concert to advertise, he had also bought a piece he had taken a liking to at a discounted price.
Of course, he was not someone who didn't know what was good for him or bullied others. This time, he had made Fang Zhao suffer a loss and made less money. In the future, when Fang Zhao wanted to buy power ore, he would also sell it to Fang Zhao at a discounted price.
Apart from this, those who had been suppressing their anger and waiting for the concert to find fault with the quality of the works were not in a good mood.
After listening to the first song, they felt that... there was not much to say.
Even if it was not a style they liked or a genre they were good at, they still had the basic ability to differentiate.
Therefore, after listening to it, even if they did not like Fang Zhao's style, they could not say that it was bad. If they pretended to understand and blindly gave pointers, it would only lower their own value.
Next song, next song, next song, next song.
Then, the next song, and the next song, and the next song...
Ten songs were over.
"All right, let's discuss where to start and how to approve it."
The people who had been paid to write negative reviews gathered together to discuss how to approve it so that it did not look like they were hired haters. If they really wanted to nitpick, it was not that they could not find fault, but they had to disguise it. After all, they were professionals and had to maintain their appearances.
In Yanzhou, at a certain film company that had just finished listening to the concert online.
"Come, let's first have a small meeting to decide which song to take. I feel that there are a few songs that are more suitable for the movie we are currently producing."
"Actually, I feel that there are quite a few songs that are not bad, especially those that have the same style as the '100-Year Period of Destruction.' They are very suitable for our movie."
"We have to pick one song and find someone to rearrange it into three. We can use the soundtrack and trailer as well."
"After confirming it, we can lower the price. We can also use this concert to hype up the movie. Look at the news before the concert. How exciting it is. It's a pity we have nothing to do with it. But looking at the entertainment news in Yanzhou, the hype has not died down yet. Who knows, we might be able to catch up. "
Half an hour later, the small meeting ended. They had finally decided on a song.
"Xiao Li, prepare to contact Silver Wing."
"Uh..." Xiao Li stared at the screen.
"What's up?"
"No... no more."
"What do you mean?"
"That's right, no more to buy."
Xiao Li enlarged the screen for the others to see.
The circles behind the 10 songs on the list had all turned solid. In other words, all 10 songs had been sold.
The team member called 'Xiao Li' scratched his head. "Half of this was sold before your meeting, and the other half was sold during the meeting."
"That fast?!" The others were in disbelief.
"Could it be Silver Wing's doing?"
"Has the buyer been announced?"
Xiao Li checked the news online and glanced at Silver Wing's official status on the platform. There were no new updates. He shook his head. "Not yet."
Just as he finished speaking, he saw a new notification.
"Wait, there!" Xiao Li hurriedly said. "Silver Wing just released it. They say all 10 songs have been sold."
Not only were the people who wanted to buy the songs surprised, but the netizens were even more shocked.
Half an hour after the concert ended, Silver Wing officially put out an official announcement: All 10 of Fang Zhao's songs have been sold.
There were all sorts of thank you messages, but no one was interested. Their focus was on the 10 songs. Was Silver Wing telling the truth?
"My classmate is a fan of Fang Zhao's. He bought online tickets and just finished watching the concert with them. It was okay, but it shouldn't be this bad, right? I heard that newcomers usually only sell one or two songs after their first concert, and it takes a few months for them to sell out. "
"Fang Zhao is different. He's a crossover artist and has a lot of fans. It's possible that rich people will spend a lot of money to buy them. Didn't this happen often in the past? "
"I just want to know how much they sold for." For the majority of the netizens, the most direct way to judge a good or bad song was to see how much the other party sold it for.
"The prices won't be made public, but I heard they were sold for a high price."
"Rumors can't be trusted."
"Hype! Definitely hype! "
"It's just a commercial trick. Buying and hyping up their own songs. It's not like Silver Wing hasn't done this before. "
"I've seen this kind of trick many times. Hyping up the price and tricking a bunch of dumb * ss companies into buying."
"I wonder which dumb * ss companies got scammed."
Another 20 minutes passed.
"Dumb * ss companies are here. [Photo] "
The photo posted by this netizen was a new Silver Wing official announcement on their social media platform, announcing the buyers of the 10 songs from the concert.
“Woc！ Inter-planetary Fund, Baiji military district, Fiery Bird, Huangzhou Geography Channel, and Huangzhou Life Sciences Research Institute? "
"My dad asked me why I'm watching the news on my knees."
"Tsk — these 'dumb * ss companies' are pretty high class."
"If these can be called dumb * ss companies, then what are the other companies? Paramecia?! "
"I can understand Inter-planetary Fund, Baiji military district, and Fiery Bird, but why are Huangzhou Geography Channel and Huangzhou Life Sciences Research Institute joining in the fun?"
"Now that I think about it, I suddenly feel like attending their concert."
"Ah — I regret not buying tickets!!"
Among the announced buyers, there were a few film and gaming companies. They couldn't compare to Fiery Bird, but they still had some global reputations. Usually, this would be a topic of conversation, but here, when the first five were listed, everyone's gaze was fixed on those five and nothing else.
Just like before the concert, when Barbara's umbrella lights were turned on on on the red carpet outside the concert hall, the degree of brilliance and the ability to attract attention was not something others could compare to.
Too dazzling!
One look and nothing else could be seen!
But no matter what, even those companies ranked at the bottom could not possibly be the "dumb * ss companies" that everyone was talking about.
Very quickly, the wind direction online changed.
The reviews given by professional review groups were mostly good, but audiences who didn't understand music could only look at a few keywords to determine whether these reviews were good or bad. After that, they continued to watch the fun!
Videos of the concert would not be released online so quickly, so people who hadn't attended the concert could only learn about it through the news online.
Over in Yanzhou, many reporters were up late at night, organizing their news reports.
There were also reporters doing interviews outside.
It was already past 10 p.m. in Yanzhou, very late, but there were still many places that were still lively.
A reporter was looking for an interview target near the university town. He was in charge of interviewing university students in the area.
"This student, are you attending the concert?"
"No, three consecutive days of team battles. I just woke up and have to go foraging for food."
...
"Student, do you know Fang Zhao?"
"Yes, we used to listen to his' 100-Year Period of Destruction 'before exams!"
...
After interviewing a few people, this reporter heard some students discussing Fang Zhao's concert. After asking, he found out that they had watched Fang Zhao's concert online and surfed the internet in their dormitories. They had felt hungry, so they had come out for supper.
The reporter asked these students to express their thoughts.
"I was still in secondary school when I listened to the '100-Year Period of Destruction.' Back then, I was studying for university, so I often listened to it. Tonight's concert was also very good. My favorite is' Expedition '!" a student said.
"I like 'Encore'! I never thought that Fang Zhao could produce such a style, "another person said.
The reporter turned his microphone to the next student. This was probably the first time this student had been interviewed by a reporter, so he was a little shy.
"Me? I like 'Enemy Attack,' 'Counterattack,' 'Legion,' and 'Expedition.' Yeah, it's good for studying. Also, I get quite excited listening to it. "
This kid is interesting, the reporter thought. He asked again, "Excited? Then what exactly did you feel when you listened to it? Or should I say, did the music give you any ideas? "
"What kind of feelings? Ideas? It's hard to say. I don't know how to say it. My language isn't good, so I don't know how to organize my words. "
"Just put it simply. Use your own words."
"Uh, to put it simply, when I listen to it, it feels like..."
"Yeah yeah!" The reporter gave him an encouraging look.
"Sleep your ass, wake up high!"
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