System: Master Your Life

Chapter 76: Start by Breaking Through the Music Scene! Ning Yuhuan Really Knows How to Knit Sweaters


On Monday, Xu Lin took a day off.

He went out and completed all the procedures for the studio.

Actually, the procedures were a bit complicated and made Xu Lin run multiple errands.

For example, in the morning Xu Lin specifically rented an office and later went to handle all the procedures to establish the studio.

Xu Lin will also have to file taxes next year, not mentioning the manuscript fee revenue, which due to excess, needs additional tax payments.

Then there's the money transferred by Toutuo and the others, which is a large amount and requires taxation; everything that needs to be paid has to be paid.

Furthermore, in the coming period, Xu Lin's collaborative projects will be more extensive, involving greater economic activities later on.

Having a studio makes things much more convenient, reducing a lot of costs.

Meanwhile, on Monday, his mother also sent over the contracts she prepared for Xu Lin.

Because there were two types of collaboration modes: one was buying the performance rights of Xu Lin's songs, like Xie Ting's case, and the other was having Xu Lin write songs, so there were two different contracts.

Now, since Xu Lin registered a studio, the party A in the contract changed from Xu Lin himself to his personal studio.

Studio name: Dream Entertainment.

On Tuesday morning, Zhao Liangchen and the others also successively transferred a hundred thousand yuan to Xu Lin, while the wealthy Xie Ting transferred six million; moreover, this time the account used for the transfers was not Xu Lin's personal bank card, but his studio account.

After finishing classes at noon, since there were no classes in the afternoon, Rong Xiyi even wanted Xu Lin to take her out, but Xu Lin directly refused.

"I won't be free for the next few days. You should go play with Xia Xiyao."

"Xu Lin, what are you busy with?"

"Making money, what else? Otherwise, how would I have the money to buy you a big house? Do you still want a big room?"

"Xu Lin, you're teasing me again."

"Anyway, I won't have much time recently; I'll accompany you next week."

"Alright."

Rong Xiyi could only go play with Xia Xiyao.

Xu Lin wasn't joking; the following week, he was busy with matters regarding the songs.

If Xu Lin reflected on himself, he'd realize that he's becoming more and more invested in work-related matters.

Meaning, when it's time to have fun, he enjoys himself, and now that it's time for business, Xu Lin is focused on his career, distinctly separating the two aspects.

He has indeed changed.

After returning on Tuesday noon.

Xu Lin gathered Zhao Liangchen and the others into a small group.

Group nickname: Dream Entertainment Family Group.

Xu Lin: This small group exists for your discussions, feel free to speak and learn from each other.

Xu Lin: From now on, I'll be your mentor, so from this moment, just call me Master.

Xu Lin: Once a teacher, always a father!

Xu Lin: Everyone, say good afternoon to your master.

Zhao Liangchen: Good afternoon, Master!

Xie Ting: Good afternoon, Master!

...

Xu Lin: Alright, now begins the month-long challenge; let me see how far you can go. Later, everyone should privately message me their preferred song style and let me know.

So, everyone messaged Xu Lin saying what style of song they wanted.

For example, love songs, whether they should be sad or sweet.

Then there were folk songs, motivational songs, and青春songs.

Except for Xie Ting, as Xie Ting has already bought two songs from Xu Lin, so he doesn't need Xu Lin to write songs right now.

Thus, there are nine people requesting Xu Lin to write songs, making it a total of nine songs.

But Xu Lin is very serious about songwriting, refusing to produce anything substandard, otherwise it would undermine his abilities; Xu Lin definitely won't dismiss things casually, therefore any song ordered from him won't be a trashy one, not even an ordinary one.

Xu Lin wants people to know that anything produced by Mr. Xu is guaranteed to be top-notch.

In the future, the name "Mr. Xu" will be an absolute golden brand.

Regardless of Zhao Liangchen and the others' personal abilities, my songs cannot be bad.

Due to precise crafting, the nine songs mean Xu Lin has a busy period ahead.

When Xu Lin writes songs, he takes time to ponder over the melody, while for the lyrics, he generally writes twenty versions, choosing them one by one, and the final step is refining them.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Lin drank six bottles of beer to maximize his energy levels.

[Energy 100+/100: Energy blast.]

In this state, Xu Lin's energy remained highly elevated.

Xu Lin doesn't start immediately; regarding things he's unfamiliar with, he'll first learn before acting.

For example, if Zhao Liangchen wants a rap song.

Xu Lin first spent two hours listening to some top-ranked rap songs both domestically and internationally.

Initially, he listened to domestic rap; Xu Lin thought the lyrics were just mediocre; anyone who's listened to rap knows some rap lyrics can be quite silly, deliberately injecting trash or degrading rhetoric.

The reason is simple: those who've attended university generally don't engage with this much; in rap, a college education is considered high, and rap in the song realm is somewhat unorthodox compared to traditional styles; besides, rap originated from African Americans.

In the world civilization evolution process, African Americans haven't produced any scientists, so the implication is clear.

While foreign rap, notably in Europe and the U.S., has even worse lyrics because the culture there is more open and vulgar, so lyrics might include laundry powder and themes like sex — basically gambling, drugs, and vice. Some songs may sound good even if you don't understand them, but once you see the Chinese translation, you're left wondering what on earth?

"The world shouldn't be like this!"

My majestic Huaxia, with its five thousand years of brilliant and vast history, can't some powerful rap emerge?

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