ECG -Chapter 113 Help Me Buy a Song

Yang Qianyi hesitated for a moment, but still said it, “You know, albums usually have around 10 to 12 songs. Three albums would be more than 30 songs, so I wanted to discuss with you…”

Lin Hao interrupted her before she could finish. “President Yang, I’ve already prepared all the songs for them, but I suggest we go with a high-quality album route. Each CD should only have six songs.”

Yang Qianyi said that was fine too.

“In the future, there will be more and more high-quality albums released. The era where there was only one main hit song and the rest were just thrown together to fill up the album is coming to an end.”

Yang Qianyi nodded unconsciously, then remembered that Lin Hao couldn’t see her and quickly said, “I understand. We’ve also been considering this.”

“I already wrote the songs for them long ago. They can be delivered at any time! As for the price, we have a contract. Let’s just follow the contract.”

After Lin Hao finished speaking, Yang Qianyi fell silent.

She began secretly regretting it. She shouldn’t have said those words just now. Although she hadn’t finished saying them before Lin Hao interrupted her, it was obvious he had already understood what she meant.

On the surface, it seemed like he had rudely cut her off, but in reality, he was giving her a way to save face. They had already signed a one-year contract. No matter how many songs she wanted, they could simply follow the contract.

If they wanted to bargain just because they were buying so many songs at once, then what was the point of having a contract? This really was her being the one who broke the rules.

Yang Qianyi gave a bitter smile. “Alright. Send over the full scores by express delivery. Once I receive them, I’ll arrange the payment.”

She had started using formal honorific language again, as if she had suddenly gone from being friends with him to being business partners.

After hanging up, she still felt a little uncomfortable, but after thinking about it again, Lin Hao wasn’t wrong. She was simply taking things for granted.

She casually called Qin Ruoyun.

“Ruoyun, you guessed right!”

Qin Ruoyun was playing golf. She tossed the club to the caddy beside her. “He just rejected you directly like that?”

“No. He didn’t even let me finish speaking.”

“Oh?” Qin Ruoyun became more and more interested in Lin Hao. “What did he say?”

“He said to take the high-quality route. He suggested putting six songs on one CD album.”

“That’s no problem. Isn’t that what the two of us discussed before? The era of filler albums will eventually come to an end!”

Yang Qianyi smiled bitterly. “That’s true. It can also save us a large amount of money, and the price of each album won’t drop much.”

“Help me buy a song!”

“A rock song?”

“Why would I want rock? A pop song. Something suitable for my voice is enough.”

“You just released an album!” Yang Qianyi was a little puzzled. Qin Ruoyun was probably one of the singers who released the fewest albums after becoming famous—she only released one on average every two years. What was going on today?

Qin Ruoyun curled her lips. “It’s too bad. When I saw the sales figures, I lost my appetite completely!”

Yang Qianyi giggled. “It’s already pretty good. Pirated copies are everywhere now. Your sales rank in the top five nationwide. Aren’t you satisfied?”

After hanging up, Qin Ruoyun fell into thought. Then she began to look forward to this new song.

Lin Hao hadn’t even left the campus yet when he received another call from Yang Qianyi. He found it a little strange.

“Lin Hao, I want to release an EP for Ruoyun. Could you trouble yourself to write her a song?”

“Qin Ruoyun?”

“Mm!”

Lin Hao thought about it. If it was a single, rock probably wasn’t very suitable.

Qin Ruoyun’s voice had the magnetism and explosive power of a Western Black singer. Whether she sang rock or pop, she would perform extremely well. It was just that most of her previous songs had been rather plain, and only her debut hit had been decent.

“No problem, I’ll send them together with those 18 songs by express delivery! By the way, how has Han Ying been doing recently?”

Yang Qianyi smiled. “Not bad. Cheers, Friend is currently holding steady at second place in sales!”

“Good, then let’s leave it at that?”

“Mm, goodbye!”

After hanging up the phone, Lin Hao couldn’t help but feel fortunate. When he first met Yang Qianyi, he had already been mentally prepared because of Qin Ruoyun, so before the winter vacation he had uploaded applications for several songs suitable for her. The copyrights had also already been approved.

Lin Hao took a bus there. Although he had some money now, because he had been used to being frugal in his previous life, in this life he naturally didn’t feel the need to be too extravagant.

Fifty minutes later, he walked into this Hai Zhiyun Music Store.

The store was very large. The first floor alone was more than one thousand square meters. Since it wasn’t the weekend, there were very few people at this time. Only a middle-aged woman was looking at a guzheng in the traditional instruments section.

One-third of the first floor was for traditional Chinese instruments, while the rest was filled with Western instruments.

He glanced at the wide wooden staircase and guessed that the second floor was probably all pianos. Most large music stores were arranged this way.

A big-eyed female salesperson came over to receive him. Lin Hao took out a piece of paper and handed it to her.

“Take a look first and see whether you have these instruments.”

She took it and looked over it. Her eyes immediately lit up.

“Sir, please wait a moment. I’ll check carefully!”

Lin Hao nodded and, with his hands behind his back, began admiring a saxophone inside the glass display case in front of him.

It was a French Selmer alto saxophone in E-flat, priced at 48,000 yuan. Judging by its appearance, it had probably been sitting there for a long time. Although it was behind a glass door, some dust had still gotten inside.

“Sir, the only thing we don’t have in stock is one of the guitar distortion effect pedals. Everything else is available!” The female salesperson’s face was full of excitement.

This was a huge order. She wondered whether this handsome young man in front of her was really going to buy everything, or if he was just asking.

“Oh?!” Lin Hao was stunned.

The brands and models of instruments he had written down would normally require most music stores to place an order. Yet this store actually had them all in stock. It really did have impressive strength.

“Sir, I suggest changing the Mustang multi-function amplifier to a Roland one. Although it’s a little more expensive, the quality is much better!”

In his previous life, Lin Hao had been too poor. For rehearsals, he could only use domestic Mustang amps, so he had naturally written down Mustang without thinking. Now that he had money, he really should use something better.

So he nodded.

“Alright, change them all to Roland.”

“Sure!” The female salesperson was so excited that her heart was pounding.

This month’s bonus would definitely be quite substantial. And there was also that saxophone—after more than two years, it was finally being sold!

“If the price is suitable, I’ll place the entire order today. Please call your boss over,” Lin Hao said softly.

“Alright, please wait!”

The girl agreed and went upstairs. For such a large order, it made sense that the customer wanted to speak with the owner. Since she had received him, the sales wouldn’t get away from her anyway.

Not long after, a woman in her mid-thirties came down the stairs.

She wasn’t very tall. Her hair was tied up, revealing an elegant, fair neck.

“Hello!”

Before even reaching the bottom of the stairs, the woman had already revealed a smile and extended her hand from a distance.

“Liu Ya, General Manager of Hai Zhiyun.”

Lin Hao lightly shook her hand.

“Hello, Lin Hao.”

Although Liu Ya maintained a professional smile on her face, she couldn’t help feeling suspicious inside.

This order was not a small amount of money. The boy in front of her looked to be at most twenty-two or twenty-three years old. Did he really have the financial ability?

She discreetly looked him over.

The clothes and shoes on this boy’s body probably didn’t even add up to 200 yuan. Someone like this wanted to buy equipment worth hundreds of thousands?

Although she was doubtful, she still smiled and invited Lin Hao to sit in the rest area. The big-eyed female salesperson from before brought over two cups of instant coffee.

“Mr. Lin, I checked. As for this Fender model 011-7400 electric guitar, we don’t have the Japanese-made version. We only have the American-made version, and the price is a bit higher.”

Lin Hao’s eyes lit up.

The American-made one was of course better. It was just that they were usually difficult to buy, which was why he had settled for the Japanese-made version.

“How much?” he asked.

“I’ll give you a discount on the whole order. We happen to have two of this model in stock. The retail price is 12,900 yuan.”

Lin Hao nodded.

The price wasn’t outrageous.