Chapter 251 Let Benxi participate in the Voice
"Brother Xiao, can't you pay it back? You're almost late."

It is 8:05 now, and there are still 25 minutes before class starts.

Generally, this 25 minutes includes several things like getting dressed and washing, commuting from the dormitory to the classroom, and stopping by the cafeteria to buy two buns to satisfy your hunger.

Mu Xingwen is the humanoid alarm clock in the dormitory. After he was ready, he called Yang Xiao who was sleeping opposite him.

He was a little puzzled, how could Yang Xiao be present in all the classes this week?

It’s so strange!

Then he realized that it was probably because he and Zhang Jun had been punished by the head teacher a few days ago. Now he no longer dared to skip classes so recklessly.

Zhang Jun and Guan Songlong were also getting dressed at this time. The former said, "Old Mu, go to the cafeteria and queue up to buy breakfast. We will follow soon."

Mu Xingwen nodded and agreed: "Okay, no problem, I'll go first then."

Yang Xiao was awakened by the noise in the dormitory. He opened his eyes and shouted, "Old Mu, you don't have to buy it for me."

"What's up? You don't want breakfast?"

There was a northerner in the dormitory, and Zhang Jun's accent was occasionally distorted.

"I don't want to eat it now."

"You're not going to class again, are you? Today's class is taught by Teacher Chen, and I guess he'll take roll." Zhang Jun was a little confused, so he reminded him.

"Who said that? Of course I have to go."

Yang Xiao laid his head on the pillow and silently added in his heart, "But it's not me."

"Okay, then we'll go first, come quickly."

"By the way, if I'm not here, don't answer for me, remember that."

Seeing everyone about to push the door and leave, Yang Xiao seemed to remember something. After adding this sentence, he continued to sleep.

When the bell rang at 8:30, Teacher Chen called the roll as usual, but he did not count the number of students, he just went through the motions.

"Oh my god, Brother Xiao really didn't come."

"Damn it, this Friday has become his regular day of skipping classes."

Zhang Jun, Mu Xingwen and Guan Songlong looked at each other and felt something was wrong.

"Do you need help answering it for him later?"

"Didn't he tell me not to answer for him? He really committed the crime against the wind? He's not afraid at all, right?"

"How to fix it?"

Teacher Chen was holding a list on the podium, reading out the names in order that were familiar to everyone.

"Fan Xiaofang."

"To!"

"Wu Yunlei."

"To!"

"Yang Xiao."

Seeing that Yang Xiao's name had been called, the three of them were still hesitating when suddenly a slightly deep male voice responded from the row behind them.

Zhang Jun and others turned their heads and looked at the source of the voice. It turned out to be a strange man with ordinary dark appearance.

"Who is this dude?"

"do not know."

"How come he answered for Yang Xiao?"

"Uh, I'll ask later."

"I remember now. This guy seemed to have come to our dormitory yesterday to look for Yang Xiao. Do you have any impression of him?"

"That seems to be the case."

Some other people in the class also felt strange. It had been more than a month since school started, and everyone knew each other pretty well. Even if they couldn't remember each other's names, they were familiar with their looks.

Besides, Yang Xiao is quite famous in the class. He is the most arrogant skipper. Who doesn’t know him?

Now that a fake product suddenly appears, it naturally makes everyone feel uncomfortable.

But apart from looking at the man in surprise, they didn't say anything and pretended not to know about it.

Squad leader Hu Yuting also looked in Qi Jun's direction with suspicion, and it was unknown what she was thinking, and then she gave up.

At this time, Teacher Chen on the stage finished calling the roll and suddenly smiled, looking at everyone with a proud face:

"I never checked the number of people during roll call before. Today I feel like counting them. If the students are not here, it will be dangerous at the end of the semester~"

Everyone burst into laughter at Teacher Chen's humorous tone.

"so close!"

Zhang Jun and the other two were all shocked. Fortunately, someone came to help Yang Xiao, otherwise they would be in real trouble.

Qi Jun, who came to substitute for Yang Xiao, sat in the last row, while Zhang Jun and others sat in the second to last row, not far apart.

Zhang Jun looked at Qi Jun and whispered, "Brother, where is Yang Xiao?"

"I'm busy with something."

"Who are you?"

"friend!"

Well, I just asked for no reason.

Qi Jun's flawless way of speaking made Zhang Jun and the others speechless.

It was not until the end of get out of class that the latter went over and asked again and again, and finally got the answer from a "fellow villager".

Zhang Jun sighed: "Hey, Brother Xiao has too many new tricks. He won't come and let his fellow villagers take the class for him."

Guan Songlong joked: "What's the matter? If you have the ability, you can also ask your friends or your fellow villagers to take your classes for you."

"Damn, if this trick works, I think my best friends will also want me to substitute for them in class."

Zhang Jun shook his head and said, "Fuck! I can't learn this trick anymore."

From the beginning to the end, they never guessed that Yang Xiao was actually paying for the job.

I can only say that this is the benefit of the leading version.

On the other hand, our client Yang Xiao slept until about 9:30 before waking up naturally.

Then he got up, washed, and slowly went to the cafeteria to eat a bowl of pork offal noodles.

At about ten o'clock, Li Zhuofan came to Yang Xiao with a laptop.

"It seems that you are also a three-good student. You are going to skip class today anyway, but you still rush to attend the first class."

"Hey, let's go, Mr. Yang."

"it is good."

Yang Xiao stood up, walked out of the school gate with Li Zhuofan, then took a taxi and came to Shenzhen South Science and Technology Building.

Shiguang Culture Media Company and Qingsong Technology Internet Company are both on the 20th floor.

But the elevator floor Yang Xiao pressed was the 25th floor.

This is where Shiguang Cloud Music and Kuaiya Technology, two companies that were split off, are located.

In order to save trouble, Yang Xiao rented an office in the same building so that he didn't have to run around everywhere.

He took Li Zhuofan and went straight to Shiguang Cloud Music. Since he had called in advance, a girl who worked in administration was already waiting at the door.

"Boss Yang, this way."

Yang Xiao waved his hand and said to Li Zhuofan, "Okay, senior, you can go with her. She has arranged everything for you."

When Li Zhuofan heard Yang Xiao calling him this, he was a little surprised at first. Yang Xiao never called him like this before. What happened today?
He replied happily: "Okay, junior."

Hearing this, Yang Xiao smiled and shook his head without saying anything more.

The girl took Li Zhuofan to an office of about 20 square meters and said respectfully:
"Mr. Li, this room and the one next to it will be your [One Day] company's office space from now on. We have computers and some office supplies. If you need anything else, just tell me and I'll get it for you. Also, my office is the second room on the right in front. You can come to me if you need anything."

"okay, thank you."

Li Zhuofan nodded with satisfaction at this time, thinking that this sister's attitude was really good, and her smiling face looked very friendly.

Suddenly, he finally realized the meaning of "Senior" that Yang Xiao had just called him at the door. He felt grateful and at the same time, he belatedly realized something.

In fact, Yang Xiao only found out about how to resolve the office issues after he stayed at school this week and communicated with Li Zhuofan.

【one day】Currently, the number of registered users has reached 100,000, and the number of daily active users has stabilized at 30,000, which can be said to be stable and improving.

Li Zhuofan and several of his partners felt that not having a stable office space was not a good idea.

Half a month ago, I submitted an application to the school's entrepreneurship base because there are free classrooms there.

The application procedures were rather complicated and it took a full half month to get approved.

However, they were not very satisfied with the facilities there, so they did not move in immediately.

After Yang Xiao found out, he offered to help them solve this problem.

It just so happened that there were extra seats at Shiguang Cloud Music, so they were squeezed in.

Because there are several professional programmers that Yang Xiao helped to hire in the early stage, such as the artist who helped [one day] design the interface, etc. These people have been working temporarily at Easy Internet Access, and now it is just right to place them all together.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for [one day] to log into the application markets of major mobile phones so quickly just relying on a few college students like them.

It can be said that this is the top-notch amateur team.

Yang Xiao also contributed a lot to the launch of this APP. People would often call him when there were any difficulties, and he would consult other people to help Li Zhuofan solve them.

Almost like his biological father.

However, even now, Li Zhuofan has not yet truly realized himself as a leader.

However, Yang Xiao is willing to give him time to grow, together with the [one day] APP.

This APP is a software that relies on content to occupy the market. These contents require some unique and keen vision of youth literature, which is not something that can be done by just any dog.

And now it seems that Li Zhuofan is doing a pretty good job.

He is very excited now. Having a fixed office means that his career has taken a new step forward.

What a sense of accomplishment!

He quickly sent the news to several of his school buddies, and planned to gather a few other "one day" employees whom he had never met before for a meeting on Saturday.

Oh, I heard that the latter is on the 20th floor downstairs, so we can meet him later.

After saying goodbye to Li Zhuofan, Yang Xiao came to Guo Haiping's director's office.

Shiguang Cloud Music currently does not have a CEO, and Yang Xiao is temporarily taking over this position.

But he is a hands-off boss, and now Guo Haiping is in charge of the overall situation, but his position has not been reappointed yet.

Yang Xiao looked at Guo Haiping, who was frowning all the time, and said with a smile: "Old Guo, why are you looking so sad?"

Guo Haiping avoided answering this question and talked about work meticulously:

"Boss Yang, let me report to you on the recent progress of our work. I have almost finalized the sponsorship of the campus singing competition. I have already contacted more than 50 colleges and universities. The theme is [Time Cloud Music·Starry Campus]. What do you think?"

"Xingyao Campus, um, not bad, quite meaningful."

Yang Xiao nodded in approval. "What about the independent musician plan of the major platforms? How is it going?"

"It's still in preparation, but there are too many platforms involved and it takes too much time to contact some small influencers."

"How about this, you come up with the competition system first, and then I'll ask Time Culture Media to cooperate and help you build momentum. In addition to Tianya, Tieba, Douban, and Weibo can all provide you with traffic support."

Tianya has the fewest users playing music and the least traffic, so Yang Xiao and Guo Haiping simply skipped it.

The center of gravity is still in the three platforms at the back.

The theme of [Time Cloud Music·Independent Musicians] that Yang Xiao proposed last time was aimed at these platforms that are now filled with many big names.

In fact, whether it is a "campus singer" or a "platform internet celebrity singer", these operations, in Guo Haiping's opinion, are a bit thankless. The only function is to help increase some popularity.

As for wanting to use this thing to discover some singers who will become famous overnight, that is totally unrealistic.

From Guo Haiping's perspective, Shiguang Cloud Music was not profitable and was always burning money. It would be better to use the money directly on advertising and promotion.

There's really not much use in doing this!

Guo Haiping nodded and agreed.

However, his expression was somewhat complicated at this time. After thinking for a while, he looked at Yang Xiao and said:
"Mr. Yang, I think we should use this money to continue to improve the comment function of Time Cloud Music and increase user stickiness. According to current data, the stickiness of users of our cloud music is getting higher and higher. We need to maintain users instead of spending money on things that shouldn't be spent."

"Haha, Lao Guo, take a long-term view and don't be too restrained. How much money can campus musicians and independent musicians spend on their projects? Five million is the maximum!

Why do I start from campus and platform influencers? Remember this: they are our future users!

Of course, the comment function must also be done well, and it is even our foundation, which is extremely important. What I mean is, it is also simple, that is, we must take both ends into consideration! ”

Hearing this, Guo Haiping's mouth twitched, he took a deep breath, and nodded in agreement.

He has been on Shiguang Cloud Music for so long that he naturally knows how attractive Yang Xiao's unique music playback platform with comment and interactive function is.

This will be their weapon to break through giant players such as Qianqian Jingting, Kugou, and QQ Music in the future.

Now they are just lying in wait, biding their time. Sooner or later, the day will come when they will unleash their swords.

Yang Xiao also knew what Guo Haiping was anxious about. Anyone would feel pressured under the shadow of several giants.

The biggest source of pressure is not knowing the exact date of the show of force.

He was even worried all the time and didn't even have a chance to draw his sword before he died.

However, Yang Xiao knew, but couldn't tell him.

Yang Xiao couldn't just say, wait, wait until the copyright war begins, wait until the copyright war ends, those who are alive will live naturally, and those who are dead will die naturally.

Who the hell believes that?

With all the nests in the house, how can there be any eggs?
But that’s how NetEase Cloud Music survived in its previous life. It bought copyrights when necessary, and most importantly, it used “independent musicians” as a niche to retain its niche user base.

As for the “comments section”? It’s just a feature to attract users.

In order to cheer up Guo Haiping, Yang Xiao smiled and said:
"Don't worry, Lao Guo. I promise you that next year will be the time for us to work hard. I will find someone to continue financing. In addition, I have already booked several advertisements on Zhejiang Satellite TV in advance. You can settle the bill later."

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Guo Haiping burst into laughter.

As soon as Yang Xiao finished the second half of his sentence, the corners of his mouth immediately drooped, and he couldn't help but twitch.

".OK."

"Lao Guo, you clenched your fists, what are you doing?"

"To be honest, Mr. Yang, I actually clenched my toes as well."

"Oh~ relax, you don't have many hairs left, you can't rush it. Do you see why I have such thick hair and am still so handsome? I'm never in a hurry."

"."

Yang Xiao made a casual joke and did some ideological work for Guo Haiping.

In fact, he also knows the current situation of Shi Guang Cloud Music.

In the final analysis, it’s just that I have no money!

Of course, there is no big money, but the daily operations and support for independent musicians' plans are no problem.

But the main contradiction is that Guo Haiping wants to spend money, but Yang Xiao is unwilling to do so!

Because in Yang Xiao's opinion, spending money is something only fools would do and it is meaningless.

Unless it becomes one of the best applications in the industry.

But increasing users is now nothing but clouds in Yang Xiao's eyes!
By then, there will be no music copyright, and once the song is removed from the platform, all the users will run away.

It's all in vain!
For example, Tiantian Dongting previously claimed to have 4 million users!

What happened? After being acquired by Alibaba, Ai Da Jin helped run the company and changed its name to Ali Planet, but it didn’t even last a year.

But the real cause of death is the lack of copyright.

With so much money, he might as well buy copyrights from major record companies!

But the problem is he didn't!
These things cannot be rushed, and he is also waiting.

In fact, Yang Xiao is not as optimistic as he seems.

For example, in order to appease Guo Haiping, I said that I would consider financing at that time.

He estimated that with his reputation, even if he could attract a few venture capitalists in the market, the valuation would not be that high.

If the valuation is too low, he will not easily raise funds.

If it really doesn't work, then you can only think of other ways, such as begging for alms everywhere, or tightening your belt and holding on.

"Okay, Lao Guo, my visit today is not in vain. Take a pen and write a few classic comments for you. Then you can post them in the comment section of some songs for me."

Guo Haiping picked up the pen on the table, took out a piece of A4 paper from the printer case, and handed it to Yang Xiao.

After Yang Xiao took it, he started writing quickly.

About three minutes later, he handed it back to Guo Haiping.

The latter looked surprised, so fast?
After picking it up and taking a look, his expression instantly became strange.

【I'm sorry for being born human】

[The person who listens to this song must be a very gentle person]

[I know a lot of people, but I have few friends. Stranger, if you see this comment, just go to sleep.]

[I couldn’t understand anything the teacher said. It was so painful. I wanted to give up so many times.]

[I like you, from full of joy to full of pain]

[If you are still listening to music this late, you must be very lonely too]

【.】

There were about ten short sentences on the paper, all written in a very strange style, but they did seem very interesting.

Guo Haiping laughed and said jokingly, "Mr. Yang is indeed a writer. He is really good at writing! I am moved by what I see!"

"You better be really touched!"

Yang Xiao knew he was joking. Such awkward short sentences have long been monopolized by Time Culture Media.

There is a group of dedicated writers there to provide them with content!
He was even specially trained by Yang Xiao, and his writing of the essence of emo is no worse than Yang Xiao's.

He didn't mind Guo Haiping's teasing, he stood up and patted his butt, "By the way, please take care of the people I brought here today. They are all college students, so please help me guide them when you have time."

"No problem." Guo Haiping agreed.

Yang Xiao did not stop, but stood up and went to the Time Culture Media downstairs.

Even if he skips classes, he never has time to idle away.

After rushing downstairs, he and Zhang Yue worked out a list of students to be submitted for "The Voice of China".

The other one they hold in their hands is all the artists under their company.

The two of them are now choosing and selecting together, trying to see which ones are more suitable.

"Zhao Lei can give it a try. There is still about half a year before the show starts. We will see what songs he can release by then."

"Okay, I'll have someone notify him later so he can prepare."

Yang Xiao also didn't know whether Zhao Lei would be able to seize this opportunity.

Speaking of which, Zhao Lei's career has been quite unfortunate.

After graduating from high school, he gave up his university acceptance letter and sang at the Houhai Bar in Yanjing. After that, he began to travel around Sichuan and Yunnan to create songs. He then participated in "2010 Super Boy", where he finished 14th, a moderate ranking. He then participated in the music variety show "Sing My China", which made him somewhat famous. Finally, he participated in "Singer", and more and more people began to pay attention to him.

Of course, the most popular song is "Chengdu", which is sung all over the country and made him famous with just one song.

However, it is also inseparable from his personal creative talent. He also worked hard and later created more good songs.

At this moment, Yang Xiao felt that it was still difficult to increase the popularity all at once.

But these are also experiences, and I hope they can help him grow faster.

"Boss, why don't you push Benxi up there and give it a try? It would be good for him to be on this kind of stage."

"Xiaochen? Is she good enough to sing? Don't try to do something fishy and embarrass her."

Yang Xiao shook his head. Benxi’s songs were all post-produced and her singing skills were worse than Zhao Lei’s!
Her strength lies in her creative ability. Although Yang Xiao hasn't paid attention to her recently, he really hopes that Benxi can study hard and make some breakthroughs in her professionalism.

As for being on "The Voice of China", there is really no need for that.

After all, he is a top online singer!

It is no exaggeration to say that he is even a top star!

With her status, it would be extremely embarrassing if she was eliminated in the first round of blind auditions.

But if she is of such a celebrity, participating in this program will bring traffic and exposure to the other party. At the very least, she should show some appreciation and be selected as one of the top few, right?
However, that would go against the original intention of the program. The audience is not deaf and can hear that something is wrong. There will inevitably be a strong reaction and public opinion will be difficult to control.

"Boss, over the past six months, Benxi's singing skills have improved a lot. She is in the voice change period and has good talent. She has been coached by a professional vocal teacher. Even Lin Wantong treats her as her own sister and teaches her all the skills she knows."

"Really? That's my oversight. Do you have a demo that hasn't been edited? Find it and play it for me."

Zhang Yue immediately found a demo of the original sound on the computer. Yang Xiao put on headphones and listened patiently. The result really surprised him.

The voice was completely different from what she remembered!

There is also a high note in this demo, which Benxi also handled very well.

There is a sense of "after three days of absence, he looks at me with new eyes".

"Where is she now?"

"She's still in Yanjing, with Lin Wantong. She's also taking extra cultural classes."

Zhang Yue seemed to know what Yang Xiao was worried about, and immediately explained, "You don't have to worry about her academic performance. We hired a tutor for her, and she said there is no problem with this. Benxi's household registration is a big advantage."

"Hukou. I forgot that she has this advantage."

Hearing this, Yang Xiao was stunned for a moment, then heaved a sigh of relief.

He did not want Benxi to remain a self-taught internet singer. Rather, he hoped that with her own talents and conditions, she would be trained systematically and professionally, and she would surely reach greater heights in the future.

As for why she has the advantage of a household registration, it is because there are fewer college entrance examination candidates in their Jiangcheng city!
The competition is not as fierce as in provinces with large college entrance examination candidates such as the Central Plains and Southwest regions. In comparison, it is naturally much simpler!
For example, in Jiangcheng, if you score 600 points, you will be among the top 5000 in the province.

But in the Central Plains and Southwest regions, there are tens of thousands of them!
It has even been reported before that some parents, for the sake of their children's future, go to places such as Ningxia to buy houses and settle their children down, just to get their children into higher-ranked schools.

So, Benxi is lucky in this respect.

It's hellish for others, but she can really gain a great advantage in the college entrance examination because of her registered residence. With her identity as an art student, it becomes even easier!
According to teacher Benxi, it shouldn't be a big problem for her to get into top domestic music schools such as the Central Conservatory of Music or the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

Zhang Yue said: "According to the current preparations, the broadcast time of The Voice of China will be around June or July, right? By then, Benxi should have finished her college entrance examination. Should we let her try? I'm sure the production team will be happy to do so."

"Well, in order to ensure the best ratings for the show, the show will be broadcast during the summer vacation."

Yang Xiao nodded and told his inside information, but what he was worried about now was actually something else.

At Benxi's current age, she would be just eighteen years old when she participated in the competition.

He thought of another champion of "The Voice" in his previous life. She was similar to Benxi, also a cute and sweet girl named
——Shan Yichun.

This girl was very young and had no moral principles. She won the championship of "The Voice of China" at the age of 18. She sang "A Love Letter to Filmmakers" with tears in her eyes, which directly caused a lot of fans to go crazy.

Although there are some tricks behind winning the championship.

But it is undeniable that she does have her own personal strength and her singing skills are impeccable.

Plus, this newcomer is beautiful and has so much potential!
Her popularity with the audience is understandable, even if there is capital behind her, it is understandable.

She deserves to be famous!
Could it be that now she wants Benxi to try out her script in advance?
Yang Xiao pondered for a while and said, "Why don't you ask Lin Wantong and see what she thinks? In the end, it's mainly about asking Benxi for her personal opinion and letting her make her own choice. Respect her own choice!"

"it is good!"

(End of this chapter)