It was just a recording of a piano piece. Chen Feng had already had experience in this area. In addition, his company had a top-notch recording studio in the industry, so he just used it casually.
Now at Beauty Beauty, only Tina is preparing for a new album and will start a battle with Beyoncé at the end of this month.
Nowadays, the recording of Tina's new album is relatively smooth. Her album will contain a total of 12 songs, eight of which are her favorites and have been recognized by the producer and Chen Feng. These days, in addition to going out to do music from time to time, she
Apart from making money through announcements, I have been staying in the recording studio to record songs, and have recorded 5 songs intermittently.
It is estimated that it will take up to ten days to complete the recording of the other seven songs.
This does not include the two songs that Chen Feng has already given her. Because these two songs have received unanimous praise from everyone, the quality is much better than the eight songs that the company and Tina had worked hard to collect before.
Everyone has to admire him as a musician.
In the past, there were still some doubts about Chen Feng, a gold medal songwriter, in the circles in the United States. Even though Chen Feng was a well-known pianist and composer and wrote "To Miranda" which is now popular all over the world, because in
From the perspective of these somewhat arrogant songwriters, things are not the same. It cannot be said that if you create good piano music, you will definitely be able to create very good pop songs, and you will continue to produce high-quality songs.
But later, as Chen Feng helped Beyoncé, who had been going solo for a year, to release a song called "Halo", which indirectly made her famous, the doubts basically disappeared.
Tina, Tiffany, Blainey, and now Beyoncé have become popular, and there are already 4 diva and quasi-diva-level female singers. Such a songwriter is not considered a gold medalist.
So what kind of thing is that?
More importantly, Chen Feng later released "Letter to Mother", which challenged the "Piano Prince". The "Piano Prince" who took the initiative to challenge Chen Feng was directly pressed by Chen Feng's piano music.
There was friction on the ground, so that this "piano wizard" who had been active in front of the media suddenly became a young man, and soon disappeared.
It's not that he doesn't want to be in the limelight, but if the limelight comes out, his reputation will be completely ruined. He can only disappear silently and let the world's enthusiasm for him decrease as soon as possible. In this way, he will be completely unable to hold his head up when this happens.
After the incident gradually faded away, he, the "Piano Prince", could still make a lot of money.
Even the "Piano Prince" is not enough to beat Chen Feng in one song. Naturally, other music creators are not stupid enough to single out Chen Feng for a duel.
This cannot be blamed on the lack of backbone of local musicians, but because Chen Feng’s combat effectiveness in music creation is simply too strong.
On this day, Chen Feng brought Catherine to the company to record the piano song "Girl's Prayer". Originally, this song was renamed "To Catherine" by Chen Feng, but if it was released as a single, "Girl's Prayer" would obviously be more
It fits the theme of this piano piece and is also very artistic.
Therefore, when the piano music is officially released, it will still be released under the original name "Girl's Prayer", but of course it will also be noted on the title page of the album that the other name of this piano music is "To Catherine", and this should also be stated.
It was Chen Feng's sixteenth birthday gift to Catherine. This is undoubtedly a big selling point.
Of course, the sales of Catherine's first personal piano single are secondary, and more importantly, it is a souvenir for her. After the release of this piano single, Chen Feng and Catherine will not go out of their way to promote it.
What.
However, if the sales of this single can be better, the two of them will certainly be happy.
In the recording studio, Chen Feng made a gesture to Catherine inside through the glass window. Catherine in front of the piano took a deep breath and began to play "Girl's Prayer".
As expected, it definitely didn't work the first time. Catherine was obviously a little nervous. As soon as she played the song, it was obviously not as coherent and emotionally involved as when she practiced at home.
Seeing this, Chen Feng had to say to her through the headset: "Don't be nervous. There are only two of us here. I even kicked out the sound engineer. Why are you nervous? Just treat it as if you are at home. You can adjust yourself.
Once in a good state, do it a second time.”
Catherine nodded, then closed her eyes, silently adjusting her state. She had been suffering from illness for the past two years, so despite her young age, she had experienced the test of life and death, and her mind had become very mature.
Mentally, he is still very stable.
She followed the meditation method her father Matthew had taught her before, counting her breaths silently, and slowly stabilized her mentality.
It was much better when she played it the second time, but under Chen Feng's strict requirements, it still did not reach the ideal state. This continued several times, and when she played the seventh time, Chen Feng temporarily stopped her.
Let her come out of it.
"Master, can't I play it well these few times?" Catherine asked a little depressed.
Chen Feng smiled and comforted: "No. You played very well the second time and the fifth time. If you really have to choose, you can choose from these two times. But you have to know that this is a recording and release.
.You must choose the one that you played best. Ask yourself, are these two your best performances?"
"Of course not." Catherine said with a little pride, "When I adjust to the best condition, I will definitely play better than these two times."
"That's right. You don't have to rush. We have plenty of time anyway. It's your first time here today. Master will take you around the company. After you relax completely, come back and play again. Maybe you can show off your skills.
The best level yet.”
Of course Catherine had no objection.
So, Chen Feng took her to wander around the company. Although the original office environment of Meijia was not bad, it was not very good either. Later, with the joining of CEO Teren Laurent, the company conducted internal
Renovation and decoration, especially the purchase of this five-story office building at the end of last year for a total of more than 30 million US dollars. This is because it is relatively close to Beverly Hills, otherwise it would not be sold.
Starting from this price.
Because the housing prices in general areas here in the United States are really cheaper than in the Tang Dynasty. The reason is very simple. It’s not that they have a large area and few people, but because there is a property tax. The local government will adjust the market according to the market of each house.
The price stipulates a property tax of 1-3%.
Every homeowner has to pay property taxes based on the price of the property they own every year. If they fail to pay by the time limit, they are likely to be auctioned off by the local government. Many homeowners who were originally wealthy had to reduce their prices because they could not afford the property taxes.
Sold the house.
The more houses you have and the more valuable they are, the more property taxes you have to pay. This is also an important reason why many Americans would rather rent a house than buy a house, because the property tax is really painful. Moreover,
The laws here are generally very friendly to renters. During the rental contract period, the rights of the tenant are greater than those of the landlord.
Los Angeles is pretty good here. You only need to pay 1% real estate tax, but a property worth more than 30 million US dollars also has to pay 300,000 US dollars in real estate taxes every year, so the cost is really not affordable for ordinary people. Because
The more houses you buy, the more property taxes you have to pay each year.
The advantage of this is that it basically eliminates the possibility of real estate speculation. And if you rob the rich and give to the poor, the richer you are, the more taxes you have to pay. Of course, these taxes are meant to serve the public sector, such as education, medical care,
Public security, etc.
Chen Feng now owns two properties here, one is the office building of Meili Jiaren Company, and the other is a mountaintop villa.
However, the money for this office building came from Meili Jiaren Company, and the property tax was also paid by the company.
The recording studio is on the second floor, right on the original office floor. Chen Feng took Catherine for a walk on the second floor first, and then went to the third floor.
The third floor belongs to the artist department, including dance studio, practice room, conference hall, vocal room, photo studio, and some empty rooms are temporarily used as single dormitories, only for the company's contracted artists. If necessary, you can apply. However,
, no one has checked in so far. The reason is very simple, no one likes to treat the company as their home.
Moreover, there are not many artists who have signed contracts with Beauty Beauty. No matter how bad they are, the company will give them a subsidy of two to three thousand US dollars every month. Isn’t it nice to rent a house outside?
Therefore, the single dormitories on the third floor have been vacant.
Chen Feng took Catherine here to take a look, but saw no one except a black aunt cleaning staff.
Catherine asked with some confusion: "Master, didn't you say this is the artist department? Why is there no one there?"
"The company is currently filming another big production, and all the contracted actors have gone to participate in it together. As for the singers, they are relatively free. If they have nothing to do, they don't have to come here to report every day."
Catherine nodded after hearing this.
The fourth floor is now mainly used as a studio for indoor shooting. Different from the studio on the third floor which is only used for taking pictures, the studio on the fourth floor is mainly used for indoor shooting of some promotional videos. There are many suitable for video shooting.
Background layout.
Except for a large multi-functional conference room, the fifth floor is now empty. It was originally intended to be used as the company's administrative department, but Chen Feng rejected it because he thought it was troublesome to go up and downstairs, and Tre Laurent and Lisa were used to it.
The office on the first floor, plus there are only a few administrative staff in their company, there is no need to move around.
Unless the company further expands its recruitment in the future and the number of employees increases, the empty room on the fifth floor will definitely still be used.
"Master, your company is not small, but it seems that there are really few people. As far as I know, the only singers you have signed are Tina and Blainey, right? This is too few. As for the actors you have signed, I
I don’t know how many there are, but it shouldn’t be a lot. I think you should sign more people to expand the company.”
What Catherine said is not wrong. The CEO of Teren Lawen has been ambitious to expand his strength, but Chen Feng has vetoed it. The reason is very simple, his boss is a Tang Dynasty man. Now although their beautiful beauty company
It has already gained quite a reputation, but after all, the company is only so large and is far from being a giant.
It's still within the tolerance range of those capital giants. But even so, haven't they been jointly attacked by Warner and Paramount before?
If he starts to expand his power unscrupulously, he will definitely be strangled by the Hollywood capital giants. The combined power of these giants is very powerful, and may even lead to severe official suppression by the United States.
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At that time, no matter how awesome Chen Feng is, he will not be able to resist the power of a country. After all, he is on his own land.
Therefore, when it comes to strengthening one's own strength, we cannot rush it, we can only proceed slowly and boil the frog in warm water.
Fortunately, judging from the current development situation, it is still relatively good. The company has always been in a profitable state, and because it has brought in Teralen, a partner with a Jewish consortium background, it has avoided a lot of possible suppression.
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And now he has made good friends with the Marcia family. Through their connections, he has initially entered the upper class circle of Hollywood. Moreover, he has always tried to be as low-key as possible before and did not take the initiative to provoke people he could not afford to offend. In Hollywood
It can be said that I haven't made many enemies here, and I can still be slowly accepted by the Hollywood circle who only values success.
Anyway, he is not in a hurry. He has only been in Hollywood for a little over a year, so there is no need for him to be anxious. Besides, he is still young.
Chen Feng told Trelawen about these difficulties and strategies in private. After final consideration, he also felt that Chen Feng's strategy of playing it safe and steady was good. Others, Chen Feng, did not explain it much, including Lisa.
But now that Catherine asked this, Chen Feng still had to explain.
"Master, this is more valuable than more. Besides, now is not the time to expand the company?"
"When?"
"Maybe in two years it will be almost the same. By then, Master's company should also be a big company."
After thinking for a while, Catherine said: "I will be eighteen years old in two years. Otherwise, I will sign a contract with your company, Master."
Chen Feng was stunned and said with a smile: "What? Do you also want to be a star? Do you want to be a singer?"
Catherine shook her head and said: "I'm not sure. My previous dream has always been to be a pianist. But now I find that this dream is too narrow. I can do more and better. Therefore, I will definitely be a pianist in the future.
But I might try to do other things, including singing, acting, etc., who knows."
Chen Feng was a little envious of her coolness in thinking about it. He smiled and said, "That's okay. If you want to sing, act, and become a star in the future, just tell me. I will help you realize this wish."
"Thank you, Master." Catherine smiled sweetly, and her big eyes turned into crescent moons again.
The two came downstairs and went back to the recording studio, where they met Tina, who had just come over, and Old Hawke, the producer of her new album.
"Hi, buddy, long time no see." Old Hawk, a black guy, came up to greet Chen Feng enthusiastically.
"No! I'm not used to hugs from men." Chen Feng extended his hand to decline his warm hug and gestured with him in several ways that black brothers would uniquely greet each other.
"You are still as particular as ever." Old Hawke couldn't help but laugh after showing Chen Feng their greeting gestures.