Chapter 405 was suppressed(1/2)
A few days later, Lu Chen created a studio and started recruiting people online.
Lu Chen actually considered whether to directly establish a small company, but after much deliberation, he finally decided against it.
Although the company is small, things are definitely inevitable, so it is better to create a studio to save worry.
Just two days after the recruitment announcement was sent out, many people submitted their resumes.
However, after those people chatted with Lu Chen for a few words, none of them came to the on-site interview.
Lu Chen was a little confused. The treatment he gave seemed pretty good, but why no one came.
Later, Lu Chen realized that it was because the treatment offered was so good that no one dared to come, because people thought he was trying to make a bigger deal.
Finding that he couldn't recruit people, Lu Chen simply withdrew the recruitment information, and then rented a villa in the Lantian Community next door as the studio's office.
Although the houses in Lantian Community are not as luxurious and expensive as Baiyun Community, they are not far behind.
As long as people see the office here, their first impression will definitely be very good. Moreover, Lu Chen asked about it and found that there are many studios nearby, all of which are particularly famous ones.
The atmosphere of this community is also very good, with a strong cultural and entertainment atmosphere. Many people want to work in the studios of this community.
Lu Chen came here to rent a villa mainly to take advantage of the reputation here.
After deciding on the office location of the studio, Lu Chen posted the recruitment information again, but this time he lowered his salary.
If the salary is too high, others will think that he is engaged in pyramid schemes, so it is better to have a lower salary.
Sure enough, things were much better this time. Not long after the recruitment information was posted, people came to apply.
One of the people who came was a resigned employee of a recording studio, his name was Cheng Ming. He saw on the Internet that a recording studio had opened in Lantian Community, so he came to take a look.
After arriving at Lu Chen's office, the interview officially began.
Because Lu Chen had already seen part of Cheng Ming's resume online, he asked directly: "How long have you worked at the last recording studio?"
Cheng Ming replied: "I have been working for two years."
Lu Chen continued to ask: "Do you know all the musical instruments?"
Cheng Ming replied: "Yes."
After hearing this, Lu Chen said directly: "Okay, you passed the interview, you can come to work tomorrow."
Hearing this, Cheng Ming was stunned. Is it so easy?
The two of them only exchanged a few words, and the interview passed. He had not yet decided whether to join this company.
Lu Chen's current requirements for employees are not particularly high. Anyone who can play an instrument can come to his recording studio.
Seeing that Cheng Ming didn't seem to react, Lu Chen said with a smile: "If you have any questions, you can ask them. As for the salary issue, I have already marked it online."
Cheng Ming said: "Boss, what does our studio mainly do?"
Lu Chen thought for a while, and then answered: "It's mainly to help me record new songs and do daily operations."
Hearing this, Cheng Ming thought for a while and helped him record a new song? Does this mean that this boss is also a singer?
To be able to open a studio in a place like Lantian Community, where land is so valuable, this person must be very rich, or his songs must be very popular on the Internet, and he has made a lot of money.
However, most singers already have their own studio before they become famous. If this person creates a studio at this time, he should be considered a new singer.
At this time, Cheng Ming asked carefully: "Boss, do you have any works?"
To be honest, he didn't want to ask this question. After all, he felt that it would offend others, as if he looked down on him.
However, as a wage earner, he is very picky when choosing a job. If the studio is disbanded in a few days, he might not even be able to get his salary.
After hearing Cheng Ming's question, Lu Chen smiled. It seemed that this guy was worried that his studio would not last long.
Later, Lu Chen replied: "I have only released two songs for the time being, one is The Brightest Star in the Night Sky and the other is After Tomorrow."
Hearing this, Cheng Ming was stunned.
What, the boss in front of me is actually Chen Yin?
Is that the singer who became famous on the Internet after only releasing two songs?
Lu Chen then continued to ask: "How are you doing? Do you want to come to my studio?"
After hearing Lu Chen's voice, Cheng Ming came back to his senses and immediately said: "Come on, come on, I'll come to work tomorrow."
Chen Yin is one of the most popular singers in recent times. If you follow him, you will definitely gain a lot, and maybe you will be able to get in touch with more big names in the music industry.
After all, since he is so famous, many people will definitely come to him for cooperation.
Seeing that he was coming, Lu Chen took out a contract and said, "Please take a look at the contract first. If there are no problems, we will sign the contract today."
Cheng Ming immediately took over the contract, then looked at it and found that the benefits were the same as mentioned in the online recruitment information, and the terms of the contract were relatively loose, even looser than the contract he had at the previous recording studio.
Immediately, Cheng Ming picked up the signature pen on the table and began to sign the contract.
After signing the contract, Cheng Ming left the studio.
Not long after, several more people came.
In one morning, Lu Chen recruited everyone. It must be said that it is really easy to get things done when you are famous.
After the studio was established, the first thing Lu Chen did was to get the team together. After the team was almost fully integrated, he was ready to record new songs.
A month later, Lu Chen's team was almost in sync, so Lu Chen released a new song under the name Chen Yin.
This time, the song released by Lu Chen is not a single, but an album with ten songs.
After the release of his new album, sales quickly exceeded 10 million, but problems soon arose.
Although Lu Chen has not signed a contract with any company, he still wants to use music platforms to release songs, and one of his most profitable channels currently is Leyin.com.
Leyin.com is a monopoly company in China because it holds a large amount of music copyrights. Many songs cannot be listened to without downloading their software. Therefore, they have the largest number of users and have good daily activity.
Hundreds of millions.
If a person's songs are not on this website, it will be difficult for the singer to become popular. Not only is it difficult to become popular, some relatively famous singers will soon have their songs removed from the shelves because they did not sign a contract with this company.
It's not as popular as it used to be.
After all, people have listened to music on this platform. If the platform is changed, people will not be used to it, and other platforms do not have as many songs as this platform.
It is very difficult to get people to switch platforms for a singer, unless they are true fans, or the singer's songs are very good and can penetrate people's souls.
Just when Lu Chen was enjoying great success, Yang Yonghong, CEO of Leyin.com, directly sent Lu Chen a message on the site, asking him to either sign a contract with Leyin.com or Leyin.com remove all his songs and let him make his own choice.
When Lu Chen saw the news, he felt very angry. The other party promised that after signing a contract with him, he would be given enough promotional resources, but the share would be changed from 73% to 50%, and the music copyright would belong to the website.
Faced with such an unreasonable contract, how could Lu Chen agree? He immediately refused.
As a result, less than an hour after his news came back, Leyin.com immediately removed all his music.
Fortunately, users who had purchased these songs could still listen to them, but people soon discovered that Lu Chen’s songs had been removed from the shelves.
People are used to this kind of thing. Usually, these songs will come back within a few days, because most singers will compromise. After all, leaving Leyin.com is a fatal blow to the singer.
However, for others, he would compromise, but for Lu Chen, he definitely had no intention of compromising.
How could he easily hand over all the copyrights to the songs he composed himself? Moreover, he didn’t write songs solely for money. His family had plenty of money.
As a result, the sales of Lu Chen's first album were greatly reduced, and many people knew that these songs existed, but were too lazy to search for them on other music websites.
After this incident happened, Lu Chen's studio suddenly became lifeless. After all, this was a blow to Lu Chen and the studio.
At this time, Cheng Ming and several others came to Lu Chen's office and wanted to see Lu Chen's condition.
They guessed that Lu Chen must be in a bad mood at this time, after all, he was suppressed by the platform.
However, when Cheng Ming and others came to Lu Chen's office, they found that Lu Chen was humming and writing songs at the same time, seemingly not affected at all.
At this time, Lu Chen saw Cheng Ming and others coming in, so he put down the pen in his hand and asked, "What can you do?"
Cheng Ming replied: "Boss, aren't you restricted by Leyin.com? Why do I see that you are not in a hurry at all?"
Lu Chen said with a smile: "Why am I anxious? If they like my music, they can take it off the shelves. If it's not on Leyin.com, I can still develop."
this……
Cheng Ming and a few others look at me and I look at you.
You must know that Leyin.com is the largest music platform. After a work is removed from the platform, more than half of its popularity will be lost.
At this time, Lin Zijie asked: "Boss, don't you plan to sign a contract with Leyin.com?"
Lu Chen said: "There is no need to sign a contract. My works are naturally decided by me. How can I hand over the copyright?"
Hearing this, Cheng Ming and the others were all surprised. Usually when encountering this kind of situation, singers would sign a contract with the platform. After all, others have a monopoly on the platform. Without this platform, the singer's future development will be greatly affected.
limits.
Especially singers like Lu Chen who are popular but have not yet become big stars. Singers like them usually choose to compromise. After all, their future is more important.
Cheng Ming and the others did not expect that their boss would be so stubborn and would rather have their works removed from the shelves than sign a contract with Leyin.com.
It's just that his life in the future may not be easy. Lu Chen is a solo worker and there is no big company behind him. No one will support him. No matter how talented he is, he may be buried.
At this time, Lu Chen said to Cheng Ming and the others: "You should go do your own thing first. I will hold a meeting later to talk about this matter and then talk about my plan."
Seeing that Lu Chen had already said this, Cheng Ming and the others said nothing more, turned and left Lu Chen's office.
To be continued...