During class at school on Monday, Fan Nuoxuan and Li He told Li He about the terms they had negotiated with Lao Fan. Li He nodded in agreement. He was confident that he would be able to get better terms after the national finals.
The live version of "Gentleness" has achieved good playback volume on music platforms, and even reached the top ten of the new song list for a time. However, it may be that Li Hyuk did not sign a contract with the platform for authorization, and someone did some background work to directly win the live version of "Gentleness"
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Now when I search on Qin, the top ones listed are all plagiarized covers of "Tenderness" by other people. You have to search further down to find the band's own version.
I have to say that these platform methods are shameless and very effective. After all, Li Hyuk and Xinran Band are only attracting a small amount of attention now. If no works are released in the future, they will be forgotten soon, so they still need to continue to accumulate popularity.
When your popularity reaches a certain level, the platform will no longer manipulate you, but will kneel down to beg you.
What surprised Li He was that he actually received several messages requesting cover rights. When he opened them, he saw that they were all music anchors on major live broadcast platforms.
Apart from helping Li Hyuk and the band become famous, "Tenderness" did not bring any substantial benefits. This could be considered a small profit. Fan Noxuan negotiated with Li Hyuk on behalf of Li Hyuk and soon received a licensing fee.
, it can be regarded as creating value.
What surprised Li Hyuk the most was that the previously unknown "Bull Fighting" was also discovered. A popular rapper planned to use the song "Bull Fighting" in a variety show, so he approached Li Hyuk to authorize it.
In this way, "Bullfighting" also received a licensing fee, and after all the miscellaneous things, there was actually an income of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, which was considered a small profit.
One night over the weekend, Feng Xiaomo, the female anchor who had just transferred to station B for live broadcast, was interacting with fans.
"Today I bring you a new song, what new song? It's "Tenderness", written by Li He, the lead singer of the student band." Feng Xiaomo watched the barrage and chatted.
The barrage was very lively at this time, with many friends discussing it endlessly.
“Isn’t ‘Tenderness’ a song by the Warheads?”
"What a warhead band? It's clearly a song by an extraordinary band..."
"Whose song is it?"
"Stop arguing, the original singer is the band Xinran, and what you said is plagiarized."
"I don't care whether I plagiarize or not, as long as it sounds good."
"It's because of you low-quality audiences that you can hear fewer and fewer songs now."
The barrage kept making noise, and Feng Xiaomo was helpless. She had seen this kind of thing too many times. Every time a good new song came out, countless plagiarized songs would immediately come out. When she sang the cover, her fellow players would be confused because of the original song.
Quarrel due to plagiarism.
This time, the live broadcast platform issued a notice that in order to obtain cover copyright for a cover song, it must be the original singer. Only then did Feng Xiaomo’s team find Li He and obtain authorization.
I didn’t bother to explain at this time and just started singing.
"Walking in the wind, the sun shines today
Suddenly so gentle
The gentleness of heaven and the gentleness of earth
like you holding me
Then discover your changes
lonely future
How to survive the cold..."
As Feng Xiaomo sang, the quarrels on the barrage stopped, and everyone began to praise Feng Xiaomo for singing well, and then kept giving various rewards and gifts, and the debate about the plagiarism of the original singer and the cover stopped.
The same thing happened in the live broadcast room of other anchors. The cover of "Tenderness" achieved good results. This song is indeed a song that can be listened to recently. Not only is it listenable, it also sounds good. It sounds very good.
Otherwise, why would "Tenderness" cause such a big stir if there are so many plagiarized songs? To put it bluntly, since the 1990s, Chinese music circles have rarely heard such high-quality songs.
This cover storm was a powerful driving force behind the live version of "Tenderness", making the song once again hit the Q-list of hot songs.
When the staff of Q Sound saw that this song had been uploaded again, they were too lazy to put it down anymore. Once or twice is fine, but too many times would be too obvious.
So in mid-June, the live version of "Tenderness" finally suppressed the songs of many plagiarists, and it was now on the hot song list, and the ranking shot up very quickly, reaching the third place one week before Li Hyuk's birthday.
s position.
This song has received the respect it deserves, but the singer is not popular, and Li Hyuk and the Xinran band are still not well known to the public.
In addition, "Bullfighting" licensed to a rapper also achieved good results, and the rapper successfully won the current championship with "Bullfighting".
However, the rapper's version is still on the list on the music platform. As for Li Hyuk's version, you can't find it without searching carefully.
The campus singing competition has long passed, and the school has returned to calm. Li Hyuk usually lives an unassuming and quiet life, and soon many classmates no longer pay attention to him and the band.
Professor Sun, on the other hand, liked Li He more and more, and often invited Li He to his home. Professor Sun also liked to play chess, and Li He happened to be good at it, so Li He became Professor Sun's chess friend after going back and forth.
The two of them are good at chess and refuse to admit defeat. It can be said that they meet their opponents in chess and will meet good talents. Professor Sun's wife, who teaches traditional musical instruments, bluntly said that both of them are bad chess players.
"I'll come down here and eat your horse..."
"Hey, you kid, if you are so cruel, you won't be able to save your car..."
When Teacher Liang came out of the kitchen, he saw an old man and a young man opening another plate. He smiled helplessly and said, "You two, please stop, wash your hands and come over to eat."
"I'll just bypass you this time and wait until next time to fight..." Professor Sun saw that the situation was not right, so he threw the chess piece on the chessboard and washed his hands.
Li He said to Teacher Liang: "Teacher Liang, you see, the professor is cheating again."
"Both of you, you are both half-weighted. Let's not talk about the other. Hurry up and eat!" Teacher Liang said with a smile.
Neither Professor Sun nor Teacher Liang are from Shanghai. Teacher Liang is from Chang'an and his cooking has a northern Shaanxi style, mainly pasta. Li He is not picky about food and eats with relish.
During the meal, Teacher Liang asked Li He: "Li He, do you know how to play folk instruments?"
Li He replied: "Yes, I can play the flute, guzheng, erhu, and cucurbit flute, but I can only play, and my level is definitely not as good as yours."
"It's amazing to know so many musical instruments. At your age, I don't know as many as you. Are you interested in learning folk music from me?" Teacher Liang asked.
"Uh," Li He was stunned. He didn't expect that Teacher Liang was thinking of recruiting a disciple.
Professor Sun said from the side: "What's the future of studying folk music? Li He would be better off learning composition from me. Maybe he will become a talented composer in the future."
"Learning folk music from me is the right way. The inheritance of national musical instruments is the most important..."
"What our country lacks is influential composers. Learning composition from me is the most correct choice."
Seeing the two elders quarreling, Li He felt a headache, so he had to persuade him: "Second elders, second elders, stop for a moment and listen to me..."
Professor Sun and Teacher Liang looked at Li He at the same time. Li He looked at the two and said honestly: "I still want to try my luck in the pop music world, inherit national musical instruments, or become a composer, etc. I don't think I have that ability.
, can’t do it.”
The two elders sighed at the same time, and Teacher Liang said: "Hey, you young people always want to run into the entertainment industry. Who can think of inheriting the spirit of national musical instruments?"
"Yes, there are no great composers in China, and we can no longer hear beautiful tunes such as "Fishing Boat Evening Sing", "Mountains and Flowing Waters", and "Butterfly Lovers"." Professor Sun also sighed.
Li He was a little helpless. To be honest, if there were no composers and pianists like Beethoven and Chopin in this world, maybe he would really agree.
But the problem is, "Symphony of Destiny", "Für Elise", "Moonlight", and "Nocturne" are all world-famous songs, and he has no chance to copy them.
In my previous life, I was involved in pop music. If I don't engage in this field and try other fields, to be honest, sooner or later my genius will be exposed.
When he came out of his elder brother's home, Li He could see that his elder brother was disappointed and a little uninterested. However, Li He would not waver at all. He knew what he wanted. He should let others do such a great task as a master of music and art!
Besides, pop music can also achieve world-class influence. At worst, he copies a few English songs and then outputs them in reverse.
On his birthday, Li Hyuk did not go home to celebrate with his parents for the first time. Instead, he went to a skewers shop outside the school with his five brothers in the dormitory, Fan Noxuan, and the four girls from the band.