When he came to the company again the next day, there were more people in the department greeting Lin Yuan.
"morning."
After Lin Yuan dealt with the greetings, he found Wu Yong and asked him a question: "There are a total of fourteen ace composers on the tenth floor?"
"yes."
Wu Yong smiled and said, "Ace producers are all true masters of composition. Your schoolmate, Lao Zheng, is one of them. He is the senior who sat next to you in the last meeting."
"Does the salary for Ace get higher?"
This is the main point that Lin Yuan wanted to ask.
Wu Yong nodded: "The salary of the ace composer is definitely higher than ours. Their basic salary is 30,000 yuan per month, but the ace composer doesn't care about this basic salary."
Lin Yuan said: "I like it."
Wu Yong laughed: "Then you should strive to become an ace. However, the biggest advantage of an ace is not the basic salary. The real advantage of an ace is that they are qualified to negotiate with the company and can get a higher share of the revenue from the work."
A higher share
Lin Yuan asked: "What is the standard for an ace?"
"Hey, Ace is what we call it privately. Although it sounds a bit childish, it seems cool, just like Qu Dad. In fact, the company's ace composers have a special title, called senior composers, which is higher than us. We are just called composers, and the company's standard for evaluating senior composers is to have at least five representative works with more than 600,000 downloads."
Lin Yuan nodded to show that he understood.
Wu Yong patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder and said, "I just checked the download volume of "Born Like Summer Flowers". It has reached 600,000 today. So you and I are both four songs away from this goal. I wonder if your custom song from Qizhou has a chance of breaking 600,000... It's hard to say, because the custom style of impression songs is usually restricted by the original work, and it's easy to become a niche. The download volume of niche works is definitely not good, so don't hold your hopes too high. But the share of this order is good, you will definitely make a lot of money this time!"
"Um."
Lin Yuan seemed to be thinking about something.
Wu Yong said with emotion: "Don't think too far ahead. After all, you have just joined the company and have made a splash twice in a row. You still have a good chance of becoming a senior composer in the future. By then, you will be the fifteenth trump card of our tenth floor! Of course, I have to work hard too. You newcomers are really getting better and better. It took me four years after joining the company to write a song with over 600,000 downloads."
"OK."
Lin Yuan felt that he had to speed up the pace of releasing songs. Only by becoming a senior composer, the so-called ace, could he make more money.
Think of this.
Lin Yuan asked Wu Yong: "Can everyone take the order on the tenth floor, just like this time?"
"no."
Wu Yong said, "Orders are assigned by the boss, but usually the trump cards are given priority, and they are arranged in order. The same trump card will not be asked to take the order every time, so that everyone has a chance. Only when the trump card cannot handle it, the order will be postponed to other trump cards in turn. The order requirements for "Dragon Dance" are quite demanding, which resulted in all fourteen of our trump cards being eliminated. That's why Lao Zhou asked the entire department to try. This situation is rare. Generally speaking, one order can be completed with an average of five trump cards being postponed. After all, the business capabilities of the company's trump cards are relatively strong."
"Where's Qu's father?"
"Let's not talk about other floors. Anyway, there is only one Qu Dad on the tenth floor. You haven't seen him because he doesn't come to the company many times a year. But Qu Dad is not short of orders. If the offer from the invitation party is less than 10 million, they will not be interested."
"oh,"
Lin Yuan gradually got to know more about the company's situation.
He is a newcomer who just joined the company and needs others' advice on many things. This is why the supervisor asked Lao Wu to guide Lin Yuan.
…
Around noon.
Everyone in the composition department went to the cafeteria to eat.
Lin Yuan, whose wallet was emptied by coffee, thought about it and decided to find someone to eat with. He had already chosen the person.
Sun Yaohuo!
Sun Yaohuo became famous thanks to the Newcomer List. He was very grateful to Lin Yuan and said more than once that he wanted to treat Lin Yuan to a meal, but Lin Yuan was never available.
Today I can take advantage of the opportunity to make good on this meal.
However, it was not until Lin Yuan arrived at the Artist Department on the eighth floor that he found out that Sun Yaohuo had an announcement and was not in the company today.
When he was about to leave, a familiar voice called him: "Lin Yuan."
"Sister Zhao?"
Lin Yuan looked back and saw that it was Zhao Jue.
Zhao Jue smiled and said, "I didn't expect it was you. Are you here to look for someone?"
Lin Yuan nodded: "Yes, Sun Yaohuo is not here."
Zhao Jue said, "He's not here because of something. You haven't eaten yet, right? If you're free, come with me to eat. I'll also take you to taste the food in the high-level cafeteria."
Lin Yuan was worried: "Is the high-rise cafeteria very expensive?"
Zhao Jue didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "How can you spend money to eat with Sister Zhao? Let's go, I'll treat you."
"Thank you, Sister Zhao!"
Lin Yuan was very grateful.
The senior management cafeteria is different from the staff cafeteria. Dining here is quieter and less crowded. Several tables around Lin Yuan are empty. Moreover, most of the dishes here are cooked individually. The senior management basically orders the dishes in advance and eats them after the chef cooks them at noon.
“I often can’t finish it all by myself.”
Zhao Jue pointed at the four dishes on the table and said, "It's just right that you helped me share the burden. If it's not enough, I can ask them to make some temporarily."
"That's enough."
Lin Yuan is not a greedy person.
As soon as he took his first bite, he knew why this was a high-rise cafeteria.
Because the taste here is indeed better than that in the staff cafeteria, almost as good as the restaurant with an ice cream buffet that day. The staff cafeteria, which was originally very good in Lin Yuan's heart, was suddenly inferior.
Zhao Jue ate very slowly.
She would answer the phone from time to time, and seemed very busy, and her tone on the phone was mostly decisive and strong.
"That jewelry brand replaced our artist? It's not our artist's fault, right? Fine, don't fight for it. Now we're going to issue a notice that Xing Mang's artists are not allowed to endorse this brand in the future."
"The organizer of Muse Clothing complained that the artist from Xingmang was late? What did I teach you before? You thought you were famous? Don't use the excuse of traffic jam. Just fine me whatever you should. You are being too arrogant and taking advantage of me, right?"
"Did Li Xiao get his underwear photographed? Contact the PR department. Also, find the reporter who took the photo. I'll ask his boss to explain."
"… "
After answering several calls, she smiled apologetically at Lin Yuan: "I guess I disturbed you."
"No."
Lin Yuan didn't have breakfast, so he was a little hungry. But when Zhao Jue called him, he just focused on eating.
"You."
Zhao Jue looked at Lin Yuan with amusement and wiped the rice grains from the corner of his mouth with his hand: "Last time your mother called me to ask about you, I didn't expect you to lie. You earn less than 100,000 yuan, right? Your salary is less than 20,000 yuan."
Lin Yuan said: "Sorry to bother Sister Zhao."
Zhao Jue shook his head. He could roughly guess the reason, so he had no intention of blaming Lin Yuan.
Just at this moment.
Her phone rang again, but this call seemed very important, because Lin Yuan saw Zhao Jue's face change and he even stood up.
That’s not all.
The tone she used this time was not as strong as before, but rather a little restrained: "Yeah, yeah... I've been in touch with her... This girl is a little arrogant... Not easy to deal with... I know... Boss... Please don't let those people force me to sign a military order..."
Lin Yuan suddenly realized.
It turns out he is the company boss. This is easy to understand. Who dares not to take his boss seriously
Hang up the phone.
Zhao Jue seemed to have lost the mood to eat. He only picked up food twice in half a day and looked worried.
"Is there anything bothering you?" Lin Yuan asked with concern.
Zhao Jue smiled bitterly: "What's the point of telling you, just eat well."
Lin Yuan drank a mouthful of soup, then wiped his mouth: "I'm full, you can talk."
"… "
Zhao Jue put down his phone and said, "You know Bloom, right?"
Lin Yuan nodded.
This is Qinzhou's annual talent show. Xia Fan's dream is to become an excellent female singer, but she has failed to get in for two consecutive years. It is a program with a very high threshold.
"Then you should have paid attention to the game."
Zhao Jue said with a headache, "This year's Blooming has a very charming champion named Zhao Yingge. She is beautiful and has a voice talent comparable to what you had before. Most importantly, she doesn't have an agency behind her, so now all the entertainment companies in Qinzhou, big and small, want to sign her. Unfortunately, this girl is very arrogant. She said that if you want to sign her, you must produce a song that can be used as a representative work. As a result, I asked Lao Zhou to find seven or eight ace composers to write songs for her, but she didn't like any of them."
Lin Yuan commented: "You have a very high vision."
While working in the morning, Lin Yuan, out of curiosity about ace composers, listened to many representative works of ace composers.
I have to say.
Ace’s level is indeed very high, and each of his representative works can be called a classic.
At the same time, Lin Yuan was convinced that the representative works of these gold medal composers would have been extremely popular even if they were released in previous lives.
This gave Lin Yuan a deeper understanding of the strength of the Blue Star composers.
"But she's not targeting Xing Mang."
Zhao Jue's tone softened a little, as if he regarded Lin Yuan as a good person to talk to.
"Fortunately, the songs that Brilliant Silver Light and Sand Sea have produced have not impressed her yet, so up to now, the three of us are still competing - she has not considered any companies other than the Big Three."
Speaking of this.
Zhao Jue shook his head and said, "It's not that she doesn't like the songs written by top composers. It's mainly because top composers have limited energy. Most of them have long-term collaborations with singers, and sometimes they have to accept some custom works from the outside world. So the quality of the songs they write temporarily is definitely not good enough..."
Another call came.
Zhao Jue didn't want to answer, so he hung up the call and continued to talk to Lin Yuan: "You are a composer, so you should understand that even if you try your best, no gold medal composer can guarantee that every song is a masterpiece. A masterpiece often represents the highest level of an individual. Who dares to say that every work of theirs can reach their highest level?"
“Everyone says that the gold medal composer is amazing.”
"It's definitely amazing. After all, every gold medal composer in our Xing Mang has at least five classic songs. But if you average them out, you'll find that most of these gold medal composers are over 30 years old. Thirty is considered young!"
"That is to say, except for a very small number of geniuses, most of them would have to spend more than ten years to write a few works that could be considered masterpieces."
"Ten years! And there are only a few representative works!"
"This output is comparable to giving birth to a child, so Zhao Ying's request for a representative work is not something that can be fulfilled by just asking a top-notch composer to write a song for her."
Lin Yuan suddenly realized.
Sister Zhao provided him with a new perspective.
He only saw the power of the gold medal composer, but did not see how much time and effort everyone spent to produce a masterpiece-level song, just like he was working hard to complete system tasks in order to get a treasure chest.
"Harmful."
Zhao Jue suddenly smiled: "I've been talking to you for so long, I guess you're tired of listening. Thank you for listening to all my nonsense. Go back to work after you're full. I'll try to work out a few more songs with Lao Zhou. Anyway, the other two companies can't do anything about Zhao Ying for now, so let's slowly figure it out."
Lin Yuan asked, "She will sign if there is a song?"
Zhao Jue was almost irritated by Lin Yuan's frivolous tone: "Yes, a song is fine, but it must be a masterpiece. You know what a masterpiece means, right? "Born Like a Summer Flower" is your masterpiece - what? Can you produce summer flowers every day?"
Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "'Born Like Summer Flowers' has been released, she must have heard it."
Zhao Jue: “…”
Kid, are you serious
Lin Yuan was also a little worried: "Is "Flammable and Explosive" okay?"
Zhao Jue was confused: "What explosion?"
Lin Yuan took out his mobile phone email and checked it, then said, "I sent it to you."
Zhao Jue was even more confused: "What did you send me?"
Lin Yuan stood up and said, "Just consider it as a thank you gift for this meal."