mijobooks Chapter 12: The Shock of Lao Xue Becoming a Musician
Chapter 12: The Shock of Lao Xue Becoming a Musician
He quickly added Guo Fan on WeChat.
After half an hour,
Guo Fan contacted me via WeChat and sent me a message.
"My team has agreed. Send me the name of the investment company, and I'll draft the contract."
"Guyi Media Co., Ltd."
Gu Yi quickly sent over the name of the investment company. The two companies were registered on Taobao last night.
Guo Fan was also very efficient.
An electronic contract was sent over in about ten minutes.
"If there are no problems, send it to me after you sign it."
These all have templates; it's basically just a matter of changing the name.
"Received, I'll get back to you in a bit."
Not long after, Gu Yi immediately contacted a senior lawyer specializing in film and television collaborations and arranged to review the contract online.
Lawyers charge by the hour, and senior lawyers in Shanghai charge between 2000 and 5000 yuan per hour.
The contract review took exactly one hour, and Gu Yi ultimately transferred 5000 yuan as a service fee.
"The contract terms are fine, and the division of rights and responsibilities is very clear."
Attorney Li earnestly reminded him.
"But I must remind you that the payback period for film and television investments is very long, at the earliest it will be three months after the film is released."
"If the cinemas delay payment, it could take six months or even a year. Are you sure you want to invest?"
"Thank you for the reminder, Attorney Li."
Gu Yi stared at the contract terms on the screen, nodded without hesitation, and hung up the phone.
After signing the electronic contract and sending it to Guo Fan,
Gu Yi took out his phone and calculated that he could probably earn 3000 million yuan. Suddenly, he felt excited.
After this matter is settled,
When Teacher Mo saw that he had finished his work, he came in and continued recording.
At 6 p.m., Xue Zhiqian was carrying his guitar and preparing to leave when he subconsciously stopped when he passed by booth number 5.
Just then, Mr. Mo, the recording engineer from Studio 3, came out for some fresh air and immediately waved and smiled when he saw him.
"Teacher Xue, are you done working?"
At that moment, Gu Yi, who was inside the studio, was rehearsing the chorus. His clear voice drifted out through the half-open door.
Upon hearing these lyrics, Xue Zhiqian felt goosebumps rise all over his body and instinctively moved closer to the door.
"How is it?"
Teacher Mo followed his gaze and looked into shed number five, then smiled.
"A song he wrote himself."
"These lyrics are absolutely amazing. The voice is clean and the emotion is so clear; it's more stable than many professional singers."
Xue Zhiqian sighed in admiration.
Teacher Mo nodded in deep agreement.
"I listened to it all afternoon, and the melody and arrangement are very creative. This song is definitely going to be a hit."
Xue Zhiqian was incredibly itchy-hearted, extremely curious about what the whole song was like, and for a moment he was somewhat restless.
But the door was already closed. He picked up his phone and quietly took a picture of Gu Yi inside the glass door.
"Teacher Xue?"
Teacher Mo looked at him strangely, but seeing that he hadn't revealed anything, she didn't bother with it further.
After all, Xue Zhiqian was a weirdo to begin with!
"Okay, I'll go now. Let's chat again sometime."
Xue Zhiqian suddenly remembered that there were other people next to him and felt embarrassed.
"good!"
Teacher Mo smiled and nodded.
Not long after,
On the way back,
Xue Zhiqian was still itching to try it.
He opened Weibo and followed Gu Yi's account.
He then quickly sent the photos he had just taken to a WeChat group called "Music Guru".
Deng Ziqi replied instantly.
"Old Xue, where did you meet such a handsome guy?"
"That's pretty good-looking."
Zhang Jie followed closely behind.
Although Xie Na apologized to Zhang Jie on Weibo in 2026 by tagging Xue Zhiqian, which sparked public outcry, their relationship was still quite good at that point.
At this moment, Zhou Shen jumped out.
"You know someone in the esports scene? Isn't this Gu Yi, the substitute top laner for the recent League of Legends world champion?"
If it weren't for the song "Big Fish," he wouldn't have been able to join the group.
"I just met him, we're in the same recording studio. I accidentally heard a couple of lines of the chorus, and it's about to explode!"
Xue Zhiqian quickly typed, wanting to get it all out.
"This is awesome! Looking forward to its release!"
Zhou Shen was also looking forward to it.
"To receive your praise, it seems I must have some talent."
Suddenly, Mao Mao appeared.
"I'll tell you when it's online."
Xue Zhiqian finally vented all the anger that had been building up inside him.
This group started with just him, Zhang Jie, and Mao Mao, but more and more people were added later. I'll add that young man from earlier when the time comes, then he'll be considered one of my people.
Xue Zhiqian looked at the WeChat group and muttered to himself.
At this moment, Gu Yi was unaware that he was being photographed outside the door.
In the following days,
He repeatedly refined the arrangement details.
After completing the first version, the song "Still Split" was also recorded in the meantime.
However, after he finished, he sent Zhang Yelei a message to listen to it and also sent her an invitation.
He smiled when he saw Zhang Yelei reply to his message shortly afterward.
"Done!!!"
Gu Yi then verified his musician status on both QQ Music and NetEase Cloud Music platforms.
The verification process is simple, requiring only your stage name and personal information. However, the most important aspects are information from other platforms and uploading a song.
Without hesitation, Gu Yi took a screenshot of a Weibo post with a million followers and uploaded it, then typed only a few words in the artist's profile.
"Gu Yi from the League of Legends IG team!"
The profile picture features his hand holding a guitar and half of his focused profile, exuding a sense of professional mystery.
Surprisingly, the review process was incredibly fast; the materials submitted in the afternoon were approved that very evening.
He immediately logged into the app and set a timer for the songs to be uploaded.
At this point, the platform's customer service even sent him a private message.
"Hello, would you like to request an exclusive rights application?"
"That way the revenue share will be higher!"
"Thank you, I'll contact you if I need anything!"
Gu Yi replied with a smile.
Because he comes from League of Legends, there's nothing he can change.
Going for an exclusive deal will only harm yourself.
He still needs his musical identity to exchange resources with Tencent.
In fact, NetEase Cloud's Cloud Ladder Program is very friendly to newcomers, offering 80% commission on exclusive content and 50% commission on non-exclusive content.
QQ Music's Rising Star Program only allows exclusive content to receive 50% of the revenue, while non-exclusive content receives 30%-40%.
It's obvious that NetEase Cloud Music is better for musicians.
However, copyright is a fundamental requirement, and many listeners have the following needs:
"I want to hear the original version, do you have it?"
As a result, Jay Chou's music copyright can only be listened to on QQ Music, and Tencent also acquired exclusive rights to many other singers' songs.
This results in QQ Music having more traffic, and musicians are willing to go to this platform even if their share of the revenue is smaller.
No matter how good the experience is, if you can't find the song you want to listen to, it's useless.
NetEase Cloud increased its revenue share because it couldn't compete with the competition.
However, the differentiation they created
Besides music reviews,
There are also daily recommendations.
As long as the tags are accurate and there are no violations, the system will recommend new songs to "niche users whose tastes match".
This way, the song could be pushed to hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands of people, and even 0 fans can get initial plays. Original works are more likely to go viral!
And so, Gu Yi officially became a musician.
Two days later, he began working on the second version of the arrangement, which included bass, drums, keyboards, a string orchestra, and choral harmonies.
Fortunately, the recording studio helped him contact a choir, and it took two days to complete the harmony recording. The interweaving of multiple voices made the song more layered.