readsfreenovel Chapter 242 Just Consider the Unfilial Son Dead 9
Chapter 242 Just Consider the Unfilial Son Dead 9
Once the New Year was over, time flew by. In March, Liu Yuxi received her share of the profits from the platform and used it to buy the 200-square-meter apartment she had her eye on near the Third Ring Road.
Then she found a renovation company to renovate the apartment. The apartment she bought was in a complex of 11-story buildings with one apartment per floor. Her apartment was on the 9th floor, a four-bedroom, two-living room unit with no obstructions in front or behind, and it had natural light all day.
It was a bare-bones apartment when I bought it. The original owner bought it as an investment and it had been vacant ever since. Now that he needs funds for his business, he is thinking of selling it.
Liu Yuxi reserved one master bedroom, one secondary bedroom, and two other rooms. One room was used as a gym, and the other served as a dressing room and studio. Well, she only reserved space for a computer desk in the dressing room, since she didn't spend much time working.
The wall between the living room and the balcony was knocked down, going all the way to the end. Her balcony wasn't the kind of floor-to-ceiling window that people often see later; there was a wall less than a meter high below, and the window was above. Liu Yuxi had the renovation company turn this less than a meter high wall into a "flower wall," with a wooden base and various wooden flower pots hanging on it in a staggered arrangement. She could grow flowers and vegetables in the future, and then put a lounge chair on the balcony—it would be so comfortable!
As for drying clothes, there is a balcony in the south-facing secondary bedroom she reserved. She doesn't really like drying clothes on the living room balcony, feeling that it would be a little awkward when guests come over.
It's not that she doesn't want to buy a villa, but she doesn't have enough money to buy one near the Third Ring Road yet. This one large apartment alone cost her over ten million yuan. Once this place is renovated and aired out, she'll move in and rent out the small apartment in front.
If conditions permit, she still prefers to live in a large, airy house. She only needs a housekeeper to come and clean once a week. She doesn't usually create trash, and she has a bit of OCD, so everything is placed in a fixed location.
The reason she doesn't live in a big house in the real world is because her mother says there are few people in the family, and a big house would feel empty. There's no need to argue with the old lady, right? It's not like she can't live in a small house.
But in this world, there's no one she needs to worry about. She can do whatever she wants. After discussing the renovation plan with the renovation company, she returned to her small two-bedroom apartment.
Watching the renovation progress over the past few days, she compared different options and ultimately chose to sign with Sihai Company, with the agreed-upon terms remaining the same. Before signing, she specifically confirmed with them whether Lin Ling'er had clarified the matter of the notebook.
Only after learning that Lin Ling'er had explained things to them did she sign the contract. Now she only needs to write four songs a year, and she gets a fixed salary of 20,000 yuan per month—she's ecstatic!
After signing the contract, she took a day to go to the company, mainly to learn about the existing artists in the company's artist department. She got a list of artists from the company and then went home.
Wang Zihan and Liu Hanyu have been considering signing with entertainment companies recently. However, very few entertainment companies have contacted Zhao Lei. Even when they do, the terms they offer are quite harsh. It's obvious that they are all trying to ride his popularity and make a quick buck from him.
When the three learned that Liu Yuxi had signed with Sihai Entertainment, they also signed with Sihai Entertainment. Originally, Sihai Entertainment had not planned to sign Zhao Lei, since the company's artist department had a very poor evaluation of Zhao Lei. He was only famous because he was lucky to have encountered a good project, and he had basically no potential for development.
However, considering that Zhao Lei was mentored by Liu Yuxi, what if Liu Yuxi writes songs for him in the future? So, Zhao Lei was given a standard contract, but not much resources were planned to be invested in him.
As for Li Moxuan, he had already signed with another company, Orange Media, when Lin Ling'er signed with Sihai Entertainment. It was said that his family had a distant relative who was a high-ranking executive in that company. His family had originally planned to arrange for him to join Orange Media after graduation, but now that he had debuted ahead of schedule, they signed with him as well.
After signing the contract, all of them called Liu Yuxi. They were all young people who had worked with him before. Liu Yuxi gave them some advice, telling them to learn more and improve themselves after joining the company, especially Zhao Lei, whose foundation was too weak and he definitely needed to work on it.
They all agreed readily on the phone; whether they listened or not was up to them. Liu Yuxi searched for artist information and representative works one by one according to the list provided by the company's artist department.
Sihai Entertainment is considered one of the top entertainment companies in China, with multiple departments including artist management, film and television production, songwriting, and publicity.
The artist department has three top-tier artists, 12 first-tier artists, 38 second-tier artists, and even more third-tier and lower-tier artists. Two of the top-tier artists are actors, and only one is a singer. However, he has been famous for a long time and is relatively old. Therefore, Sihai Entertainment is currently actively promoting its own first-tier artists, hoping to cultivate another top-tier artist as soon as possible.
The songwriting department does have a songwriter, but he's not young and spends most of his time traveling for inspiration. He usually doesn't help unless the company is facing difficulties.
Currently, the company's artists' chart rankings mainly rely on the four diamond-level songwriters and the gold-level artists below them. Liu Yuxi also advanced to the gold level at the end of April.
Reaching Diamond level shouldn't be difficult for her; it's just a matter of time. However, she needs to release at least eight more songs. Considering the terms of her contract, well, let's just choose some songs. Reaching Diamond level as soon as possible will give her peace of mind when she gets paid.
After reviewing the profiles of five top singers in the artist department and listening to their previous works, I selected two songs for each of them based on their voices, registered the copyrights, and then took the works to the company.
Have Director Sun from the creative department contact the artist department to see which of these people is available to come to the company. After all, they are top-tier artists with very busy schedules, so they may not have time.
Director Sun, who had seen the work, spoke with great confidence to the artist department, giving off the impression that if they didn't come, they would regret it. He knew his stuff; he believed that Liu Yuxi's songs would be hits for anyone to sing.
While waiting for someone, the two chatted over tea in Director Sun's office. "Sister Liu, did you create these works just these past few days?" Director Sun was shocked. After all, having seen the works and recalling the five people Liu Yuxi had called, it was clear that these works were tailor-made for those five people.
“I had some inspiration before, but now that I’m working, I can’t just take a salary for nothing, right? Haha!” Liu Yuxi joked with him.
"Haha, if everyone else in our department could think like you, that would be great!" Director Sun laughed, but he valued Liu Yuxi even more. Don't talk about inspiration; inspiration and finished product are two different things. Who in the creative department is without inspiration?