Chapter 75 of Volume One: Song Stolen

  After a while, the middle-aged man with glasses returned to the room, dialed a number on the phone on the table, and said in Mandarin with a Shanghai accent: "Xiongzi, the new song is ready."

  "Is it written? That's great! The new album is just missing the title track, I'll come over to record the song tomorrow." A young man's voice came from the other end of the phone, full of surprise.

  "No need to wait until tomorrow, come over and record the song right away, then send it to the radio station for its premiere at 8 pm tomorrow night." The middle-aged man said without hesitation.

  "Li Shu, why are you in such a hurry? Didn't you contact the radio station half a month ago?" The middle-aged man asked, puzzled.

  "Don't ask so many questions for now, I'll take care of the radio station. What you need to do is come over and record a song right away. I'll get Ah Feng to prepare the accompaniment first, hurry up and come over."

  "Oh, okay, I'll be right there." The other person replied, still with some doubts in their mind, but didn't dare to ask more questions.

  After hanging up the phone, the middle-aged man took out a white paper and wrote and drew on it. If Lu Li were here at this moment, she would find that the middle-aged man was writing the score and lyrics of "Gong Xi Fa Cai" on the paper.

  After finishing writing, the middle-aged man walked out of the house again and came to a recording studio. There were several people inside discussing something.

  A middle-aged man coughed and said, "Xiong Zai's new song is ready. Here are the sheet music and lyrics. This is a demo tape of this song. You all take a listen."

  When a middle-aged man brought out this demo, it was just Lu Lian's song "Gong Xi Fa Cai".

  After finishing, several people in the recording studio all heard that the production level of this song was rough, but thinking about what the middle-aged man said about the demo tape, they let it go.

  "After turning off the player, the middle-aged man said: 'Alright, put these materials here. You guys need to finish the accompaniment for this song before 4 pm today, and then wait for Xiong Zai to come over before 7 pm to record the final product.'"

  "Don't worry, Li Ge, no problem." The leading man patted his chest and guaranteed after hearing the middle-aged man's words.

  After hearing this sentence, the middle-aged man turned around and walked out of the recording studio, with a subtle and mysterious smile hanging at the corner of his mouth, saying in a low voice: "Lu Li? Not bad."

  Several people in the recording studio heard the middle-aged man's request and also began to carefully look at the materials provided by the middle-aged man to accompany him.

  A middle-aged man walked out of the recording studio and into an office, handing a document to his secretary. He whispered a few words to her, and then saw the beautiful female secretary nodding and walking out of the office. The middle-aged man lit a cigarette and sat behind his desk, puffing out smoke rings.

  At around three o'clock in the afternoon, a young man with a bobbed haircut and a handsome face came to the office and respectfully said to the middle-aged man: "Li Shu, I'm here."

  The middle-aged man nodded after hearing the shout and said, "Xiong Zai, Ah Feng and others have already done the accompaniment in the recording studio. You can go over now to take a look at the score of the new song. Time is tight, I hope you can withstand the pressure and record the song well."

  "Ah, Uncle Li can rest assured, I won't let you down." The young man known as Xiong Zai replied respectfully and carefully glanced at the middle-aged man before slowly backing out.

  Speaking of this middle-aged man Liu Li, he is a legendary figure in Xiangjiang and even the entire Huaxia entertainment industry.

  Liu Li started out as a songwriter and began writing songs for many singers in the entertainment industry at the age of 18. Due to his classic lyrics and compositions, he gradually made a name for himself in the entertainment industry after years of hard work.

  As the saying goes, "Desire is a bottomless pit", people's desires are endless. After Liu Li achieved some success, he didn't want to work for others and face their expressions anymore. When his contract with the company expired, he decided to go solo and start his own business. With the money he had earned from years of hard work, he opened a small entertainment company called Tian Xi Entertainment Company.

  Later, Liu Li signed many fallen small stars and relied on his excellent songwriting skills to make many people famous, bringing a lot of profits to the company. The influence of Tian Xi Entertainment in Hong Kong was also growing.

  Now the most valuable people in Liu Li's Tian Xi Entertainment are Liu Li's nephew Liu Xue Xiong and the royal production team including Liu Li, who almost single-handedly support the entire Tian Xi.

  Don't underestimate the influence of a popular star, Liu Li's entertainment company may be similar to Jay Chou's JVR Music International, which almost relies on Jay alone, and of course, the behind-the-scenes production team is also indispensable.

  Perhaps Liu Xue Xiong's influence is not as great as Jay Chou's on Earth, but his value as a singer is also high. His annual album sales are very good and can bring sufficient profits to the company.

  While his team, apart from Liu Li who writes the lyrics and composes the music, also includes arrangers Fan Tian and Fan Di, two brothers, recording engineer Yu Feng, mixing engineer Wu Tianxing and others. Perhaps outside of Liu Li being well-known by the masses, the rest of these people are not very famous, but in the music industry when mentioning their names, everyone will give a thumbs up.

  Liu Xue-xiong, as Liu Li's nephew, after joining Tian Xi Entertainment, naturally received his uncle's strong support. He personally created several popular hot-selling albums, which made him a first-line singer today. Moreover, Liu Xue-xiong is handsome and has a good image, so he naturally gathered many fans.

  Liu Xue-xiong also deeply respected his uncle Liu Li-zun who had taken good care of him, knowing that without his uncle he would be nothing.

  It was only at this point that Liu Xue-xiong found it difficult to further advance into the ranks of first-line singers, and the reason for this is that he did not have a representative song. Although Liu Li is very good at writing lyrics and composing music, that was in his early years; in recent years, his inspiration has been somewhat exhausted, and the quality of the songs he writes has also declined.

  As the year-end is approaching, Liu Xue-xiong's new album's title song has not been written yet, and Liu Li is also secretly anxious. By chance, he heard Lu Li sing "Gong Xi Fa Cai" and thought the song was great but the production was too rough.

  Moreover, he dared to confirm that Huaxia had not released this song yet, and after searching on yy music net, he couldn't find it either. Liu Li's mind began to stir. Could it be that this song hadn't been officially released? The more Liu Li thought about it, the more excited he became. If this song could become the title track of Liu XueXiong's new album, then Liu XueXiong would definitely have a representative work, and his promotion to top-tier artist would be unquestionable.

  After having this idea, Liu Li walked out of the room for the first time and called the Entertainment Association to ask if such a song had been registered. After receiving a negative response from the other party, Liu Li returned to the room to call Liu Xue-xiong to record the song. Then he let the production team start making accompaniment, and finally let his secretary take the lyrics and music of "Gong Xi Fa Cai" to register with the Entertainment Association.

  Around 8 pm, Liu Li came to the recording studio again and asked: "How's it going, Xiong Zai, is it recorded yet?"

  "Li Shu, it's recorded, this song is really good, it seems that the new album will be a big hit." Liu Xue said excitedly in response to Liu Li's question.

  "Hmm, not only will the album sell well, but it can also send you to the ranks of first-line singers." Liu Li heard this and was very happy. Just now he had received a message from his secretary that registration was successful, and at this moment, he could be said to have completely let go.

  "Alright, let's not talk about that for now. Can you finish the post-production by 8 o'clock tomorrow?" Liu Li asked Yu Feng and the others.

  "Overtime is fine, why are you in such a hurry this time?" Yu Feng furrowed his brow and asked.

  "Xiong Zai's new album has been delayed for a long time, and this leading song will be sent to the radio station for its premiere tomorrow, so it's a bit urgent, I'm troubling you all at once." Liu Li said naturally without revealing the real reason.

  "It's okay, this song is good. We also want to get it done early, let's work overtime here tonight." Yu Feng agreed with Liu Li's words.

  Lu Li, who was busy with the relocation of Huawei's Weibo developers on the mainland, did not know about the events in Hong Kong. By the time he found out, the whole street was playing "Gong Xi Fa Cai", but it wasn't the version sung by Lu Li, instead it was a version sung by a Hong Kong singer named Liu Xue Xiong.

  The first to discover this matter was actually Lu Li's book fan, Liu Bi. Due to the previous "Condor Hero" incident, Lu Li and Liu Bi can now be said to have become friends. When Liu Bi told him on the phone that Xiang Jiang had also released a song called "Gong Xi Fa Cai", which was exactly the same as his own song, Lu Li didn't react for a while.

  "Lu Li, 'Gong Xi Fa Cai' is really your original work? You didn't just cover someone else's song, did you?" Seeing Lu Li remaining silent for a long time, Liu Bi asked on the phone.

  "Wipe it off, you actually said that, did you hear this song when I released it? It must be my original work." Lu Li said somewhat angrily, but still affirmatively.

  "Oh, I took a look, and it turns out that the other party officially released the song just one day after you leaked it." said Liu Bi.

  "Alright, I know, let me get a grasp of the situation first." Lu Li said after finishing this sentence, then hung up the phone.

  After hanging up the phone, Lu Li logged onto the YY music website and found that the song currently ranked first on the Mandarin New Song Chart was indeed "Gong Xi Fa Cai" by a singer named Liu Xue Xiong. Lu Li clicked to listen to the song and found that the lyrics and melody were exactly the same, but the arrangement was much better than what he and Gao Mu had come up with, and the production level was vastly superior. Now it seemed like he was the one who had covered this person's new song.

  The anger in my heart suddenly burst out. I'm furious! The first new song I've been working on has already been stolen by someone, this is unbearable.

  Lu Lian didn't think much about it and updated his Weibo status: Today, I received a call from Liu Bi saying that Xiang Jiang released a song called "Gong Xi Fa Cai", so I went online to listen to it. Honestly, no matter how you look at it, it seems like I'm covering someone else's song, but this song is indeed my original work.

  After posting Weibo, Lu Li opened a single chapter to talk about this matter.

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