Chapter 3130 3132 [Art pressure as a pedestrian]
Acquisition was completed quickly.
Rod Stat is willing to stay on as the manager of the record company, after all, Xiang Nan has given him too much.
Annual salary of 150,000 pounds, plus 2% profit sharing.
At the same time, the per capita annual income in London was only 30,000 pounds.
Rod Start knew the good and the bad, so he readily agreed.
In fact, the main reason why he wanted to sell Delos Records was because the company didn't make money.
He was afraid that if he didn’t sell it again, he would lose even his capital in the end.
And now that there is money to be made, why doesn't he stay.
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On the day the transaction was completed, lawyer Anthony Rayner introduced Xiang Nan to Rod Start.
Xiang Nan also met Rod Stat himself for the first time.
I have to say that his appearance is in line with the appearance of ordinary middle-class white men.
Especially a pair of eyes, bright and sharp, full of taste.
"This is my friend, he is very interested in music, I hope you can help him." Anthony said to Rhodes.
"Boss, I want to remind you that when doing business, you still have to consider your interests first. I don't recommend you to act on your emotions." Rhodes said to Anthony when he heard this.
He doesn't want the company's business to involve too many personal emotions, because it can easily lead to emotional, and eventually lose everything.
He himself is a good example. Back then, for the sake of his friends, he worked hard to make his child famous. As a result, he wanted to change jobs as soon as he became popular, which caused him to lose a lot of money.
With such a lesson learned from the past, he naturally does not want Anthony to be emotional and repeat his mistakes.
"It's okay, let's try it." Anthony insisted.
After all, he is not the boss, he is just a lawyer on behalf of him. And his boss Xiang Nan insisted on being a singer, what can he do.
Rod Stat also had no choice but to nod in agreement, and then looked at Xiang Nandao, "Since you said you are interested in music, let me ask you, can you play an instrument, can you write lyrics and compose music, have you ever attended a music school?" Well, do you have relevant acting experience..."
Being a singer is actually not an easy task, because the competition in this industry is too fierce.
In European and American countries, vocal music is a compulsory subject in schools. In the United States, children must master two musical instruments in order to graduate from high school. Therefore, it is not uncommon to be able to play the guitar and the violin.
Moreover, in European and American countries, if children like to engage in literature and art, they will have many opportunities since childhood.
Such as participating in the church choir, participating in the school choir, performing in various activities in the community...as long as you are willing to perform, there are many opportunities to learn and perform.
Unlike the mainland, children still focus on academic performance, and the older they get, the less extracurricular activities they will have. No matter how much I loved literature and art when I was young, I still had to compromise for my grades in the end.
Therefore, in European and American countries, there are many people who are versatile and have rich performance experience. In this way, it is naturally more difficult to stand out.
So Rod Stat is not very optimistic about Xiang Nan.
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Seeing that he looked down on him, Xiang Nan was not angry.
If it were me, I would hate being plugged into a relationship.
So in order to win Rhodes' favor, he quickly took out a few songs he wrote, including "weareyoung", "sugar", "youarebeautiful" and so on.
"Mr. Starter, these are some songs I created myself, please read them over." Xiang Nan said.
Because songs can be divided into good and bad, it doesn’t mean that a good song is written. Those students of the conservatory of music, who don't have a stack of songs in the drawer, but there are not many songs that can be used.
It is not so easy to write a song. First of all, it must be pleasant to the ear. No one will spend money on a noise.
The second is to be creative and to bring freshness to the audience. Otherwise, even top singers who always repeat their routines will be quickly abandoned by the market.
In addition, it must also be artistic. Even if a salivary song is popular for a while, it is difficult to be popular for a long time. After this gust of wind, it will be unsustainable.
So if you can, it's better to make some deep songs.
It's like the Beatles' "yesterday", Pink Floyd's "wish you were here", Bob Dylan's "Knockonheaven'sdoor", decades have passed, and they are still sung endlessly.
But Rod Start didn't think that Xiang Nan could have such strength.
But for Anthony's sake, he still took a look.
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After watching the first song "Idugupadiamond", Rod Start realized that he seemed to have misjudged it. This song is clearly a good song.
He then continued to watch, from "sugar" to "rolling in the deep". Rod Starter's eyes hardly leave the score.
Seeing this, Xiang Nan knew he was on the safe side.
It's no wonder that he produced top-notch songs, all of which had won awards at the Grammys.
As long as Rod Start knew what to buy, it was impossible not to see the value of these songs.
Of course, if he really doesn't know the goods, Xiang Nan has to consider whether to change the manager.
After all, he doesn't want to cooperate with a blind man who has no aesthetic level.
After about half an hour, Rod Start finally finished reading Xiang Nan's songs, and then he looked up and down Xiang Nan in surprise, "Are you really writing these songs?"
"Why, have you seen these songs elsewhere?" Xiang Nan asked.
"No." Rhodes shook his head.
The quality of these songs is really too high, like gold buried under the sand, it cannot be hidden at all.
If he had actually seen these songs, he would have bought them and put them out.
"That's right, I wrote it." Xiang Nan nodded and said.
"Unbelievable." Rhode looked at Xiang Nan and couldn't help shaking his head.
Xiang Nan wrote these songs really well, but he had never heard of him before.
Xiang Nan seemed to fall from the sky, which really made him unbelievable.
"Are these songs available? Are you willing to sign him?" Anthony didn't understand music creation, and seeing Rhodes say this, he couldn't help asking.
"Of course, unless I'm stupid." Rhodes said immediately, and then said in surprise, "I never thought that with your talent, you would be unknown for so many years."
Xiang Nan can write such a good song, it stands to reason that he should have been discovered by the record company long ago. How could I have been wasted until now, and I still have to rely on the back door.
"I wasn't interested in this before." Xiang Nan waved his hand.
Rhodes nodded, and didn't ask any more questions, "These songs are very good, that's good, then I'll sign you."
"Thank you, thank you very much." Xiang Nan smiled.
"Dan, congratulations~" Anthony also breathed a sigh of relief, congratulated Xiang Nandao, and then shook Rhode's hand, "Thank you for helping me. Cultivate him well, he will not disappoint you .”
"Don't worry, I will." Rhodes nodded.
(end of this chapter)