Chapter 288 Reality
"Is there such a thing? How come I didn't know about it?" After listening to Luo Yang's story, Song Yuanchao asked in surprise.
After taking a puff of his cigarette, Luo Yang fiddled with the half-smoked cigarette butt in his hand and sighed: "My sister is a very strong-willed person. She didn't say a word when she got home from work when she was wronged. She was always smiling at home as if nothing had happened. Not to mention you, even I just found out about it a few days ago..."
A few days ago, Luo Lin forgot to bring her keys when she went out. Luo Yang didn't have classes that day, so he took the keys and went out, intending to give them to Luo Lin who worked in the song and dance troupe.
When he arrived at the dance troupe, Luo Yang was planning to find someone to ask Luo Lin where to give her the key, but at this moment he accidentally overheard a conversation between several members of the dance troupe who were taking a break. Luo Yang didn't care at first, but when he heard them say Luo Lin's name, he stopped immediately, hid aside and listened carefully.
Hearing this made Luo Yang's stomach almost explode. Not only did these members of the troupe discuss Luo Lin in private, they also belittled her as worthless, saying that Luo Lin was a loser who got in through connections, that she was not professional and had no skills, and yet she still expected to make a name for herself in the troupe. It was simply a dream.
As they spoke, they deliberately made exaggerated fun of the way Rowling usually asked for advice from others. Listening to the giggling, Luo Yang became so angry that his face turned ashen and his fists turned white.
If the other party was not a woman, Luo Yang might have rushed out and beat them up. It was with great difficulty that he suppressed the anger in his heart.
Next, Luo Yang did not ask Luo Lin for help, but slowly searched for Luo Lin in the troupe. When he finally found Luo Lin, he saw Luo Lin wearing a blue cloth shirt and sleeves, working on the stage construction with ordinary employees of the troupe.
Looking at his sister carrying props like an ordinary employee, with dust all over her head and sweat on her face, Luo Yang felt a pang of sadness in his heart. He never thought that his sister, who had always been as proud as a swan in his eyes, would be like this at work. This contrast was really unacceptable to Luo Yang.
After hiding in the distance and staring blankly for a long time, Luo Yang finally did not look for Luo Lin and quietly left.
When Luo Lin went home that day , Luo Yang pretended nothing had happened and asked Luo Lin about her situation at work, but unexpectedly Luo Lin said nothing. She still smiled and told him as usual that the unit was good, that the teachers and colleagues took good care of her, and that her professional skills were improving rapidly. Although there were still some shortcomings now, she might be able to perform on stage in a few days.
Luo Yang almost cried when he heard Luo Lin's answer. If it wasn't for his reason telling him not to tell everyone what he saw and heard today, he would have almost told the truth.
Forced a smile, Luo Yang chatted with Rowling for a while, then found an excuse to return to his room in a depressed mood.
Closing the door and lying on the bed, Luo Yang didn't sleep well the whole night. He really wanted to tell his sister that if he couldn't stay here, he would find another place to stay. He didn't care about the bad job in the song and dance troupe . However, as a brother, Luo Yang knew Luo Lin's character and temper very well. Although Luo Lin was a girl, she had a strong will since she was a child. Not only could Luo Yang not change her decision, but even Luo Yanhua, the head of the family, couldn't do anything about her.
Moreover, Rowling loves singing and performing from the bottom of her heart, otherwise she would not have been selected by the art troupe and embarked on the path of literature and art.
It was basically impossible to make Rowling change her original intention, but Rowling's experience in the song and dance troupe made Luo Yang feel very uncomfortable. After thinking for several days, Luo Yang finally came up with a solution, which was to find another suitable path for Rowling. This was the origin of his idea of making tapes.
After listening to Luo Yang's story, Song Yuanchao's face didn't look very good.
Putting aside his relationship with Luo Lin and Luo Yang, as Luo Lin and Lin Yuhang's wedding is approaching, they can be considered relatives. Moreover, he and Luo Yang have become friends in the past two years. Even if there was no previous relationship, just based on his friendship with Luo Yang, Song Yuanchao would not have stood idly by.
In addition, when in Chuncheng , Song Yuanchao and Luo Lin spent some time together to take care of the seriously injured Lin Yuhang. During this period, he had a very good impression of Luo Lin, not to mention that Luo Lin was also a good friend who grew up with Lin Yan. It was reasonable for Song Yuanchao to help.
These things that happened in the song and dance troupe are not surprising. Where there are people, there are underworld. The same is true for corporate units, not to mention the literary and art circles, which seem glamorous on the surface but are actually full of bad things.
What happened to Rowling was not unexpected, and it was normal for her to be excluded and suppressed under such circumstances. Unless Rowling used her family connections to directly find the leader of the troupe, perhaps the situation would have improved a lot.
But Luo Lin would never do that. During the days in Chuncheng, Song Yuanchao had understood Luo Lin's character. She was a very strong person, not the kind of dandy who relied on her family background. But if she didn't do that, she would inevitably face the current situation. To completely change, she had to use another way, that is, to make more efforts and hard work, so that everyone would know her excellence.
But this road is not easy to walk, it may take several years, and it may never succeed. Compared with the professional actors in the song and dance troupe, Luo Lin's professional ability is too weak. Facing these strong opponents, she has no chance of winning.
I have to admit that Luo Yang's idea is good. The Yanjing Song and Dance Troupe mainly performs folk songs and dances, and Luo Lin has a lot of shortcomings in this regard. But in popular songs, everyone is on the same starting line, and Luo Lin's shortcomings in folk singing are more suitable for popular songs. Luo Yang wants to use audio-visual products to open up a new way for Luo Lin, which may be successful.
"Tell me, what do you want me to do for you?" Thinking of this, Song Yuanchao asked readily.
"I have already figured out the company's affairs. I know a friend whose elder works in the Ministry of Culture. Through his connections, I can get channels. Production and distribution should not be a problem." Luo Yang had been thinking about this matter for several days and immediately expressed his thoughts.
It is impossible to set up a private audio-visual company or record company at present, but it is possible to set up an individual similar to a studio. Then, under the name of this individual, you can work in a formal audio-visual company, and then carry out the next step of operations through the audio-visual company.
The channel is ready. Yanjing Audio and Video Company is a third-level company under the Ministry of Culture. Although Luo Yang, a child of a large family, does not know anyone at Yanjing Audio and Video Company, it is not a problem for him to directly find the relationship in the Ministry of Culture. This face has to be given because of the status of the Luo family.
After the relationship is established, the next step can be taken. Expenses are not a problem. Luo Yang has money. It is far from enough to start a video company, but it is not difficult to pay for Luo Lin to produce a tape. Even if he does not make any profit, he is willing to do so.
But these channels and connections are not enough, the key lies in the final tape. Since it is a tape, there must be songs. Luo Yang's plan is to let Luo Lin sing some songs currently on the market as a transition. The popular songs on the market nowadays are all from Hong Kong or the Taiwan Strait. It is not too difficult to pick some suitable songs for Luo Lin, and this is also the most convenient way.
Song Yuanchao agreed with this point. In fact, such situations were common among mainland singers in the early 1980s and even in the late 1980s and early 1990s. For example, the big sister in the singing world who was later known as the descendant of Yehenara, spent a long time in the early days of her debut covering songs by Hong Kong and Taiwan singers, and then made similar cassette covers to sell them.
After all, the concept of intellectual property rights did not exist at the time, so as long as people could become famous, why couldn't they use such means? Anyway, Hong Kong and Taiwan had no control over the mainland, and many famous mainland singers made their debut in this way.
Luo Yang told his plan, then he glanced at Song Yuanchao and hesitated, then said a little embarrassedly: "By the way, Yuanchao, can my sister use the song you sang last time? If possible, I would like my sister to sing it, do you think it's okay?"
Song Yuanchao was stunned for a moment before he realized that the song Luo Yang was talking about was "When You Are Old" that he had sung at the school's New Year's Eve party. This song was quite famous in Imperial University of Peking, and later the student union also re-covered it. However, after leaving Imperial University of Peking, it was not widely circulated outside, and not many people knew about it.
This was not the age of well-developed media as in later generations, and there were not many ways to transmit information. If a song was not distributed through professional channels, even if it was considered a good song, it would be difficult for people to know about it without such channels for promotion.
"Okay, why not? Of course no problem!" Song Yuanchao agreed readily. It was not a big deal. Besides, he was a plagiarist, so the song was not his in essence.
"That's great, Old Song. Friendship is friendship and business is business. Just tell me how much this song costs and I'll give it to you!" Luo Yang grinned happily and said to Song Yuanchao seriously.
"What's the point of talking about money?"
"No! How can I have the face to use it without giving you money? Besides, you know I am not short of money now, so you must give me the money!" Luo Yang said directly without waiting for Song Yuanchao to finish speaking.
Song Yuanchao thought about it and nodded: "Okay, give me 100 and you can take this song."
"100? Brother, are you sure? So cheap?" Luo Yang widened his eyes in surprise.
"Haha, that's the normal official price. If you don't believe it, go ask someone you know in the Ministry of Culture." Song Yuanchao said cheerfully. Luo Yang looked at Song Yuanchao doubtfully and said that he would ask. If the price was too cheap, he would not accept it. In his opinion, the price Song Yuanchao gave him was basically free.
But in fact, Song Yuanchao was not talking nonsense. The price of songs in the current mainland market is so cheap that even 100 yuan per song is already a sky-high price.
In 1984, a song called "The Full Moon on the 15th" became popular all over the country, but few people in later generations probably know how much the song was sold for.
This song was actually sold for only 16 yuan, so there is a joke in the literary and art circles of later generations, "The full moon on the 15th costs 16 yuan", which refers to this story. So from this point of view, Song Yuanchao asking Luo Yang for 100 yuan was already the maximum he could get.
