Chapter 28 Being both a father and a mother

Jiang Cheng valued this new job very much. After returning home, he stayed up late and made a reference material. Of course, it was not as long as a paper. It was just a summary and analysis of the three major publishing houses and some other medium-sized publishing houses with good influence. Send it to Lin Zhibai.

Lin Zhibai woke up at six o'clock in the morning.

 This is his fixed time to get up every morning.

After getting up, Lin Zhibai saw the information sent by Jiang Cheng.

The information was sent at three o'clock at night. I'm afraid Jiang Cheng stayed up very late last night to check the information. The description was concise and the organization was clear enough. Lin Zhibai was quite satisfied. It seemed that a monthly salary of 100,000 yuan per month should not be enough. In many cases, a person's work ability and attitude can be seen through some small things.

Lin Zhibai went downstairs while reading the information.

The nanny Aunt Liu also woke up at this time. When she saw Lin Zhibai, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed: "I didn't expect you to get up so early. I haven't made breakfast yet..."

"fine."

Lin Zhibai thought for a while and said: "From now on, just make breakfast before six-thirty. You don't need to call me. I will come down to eat at that time."

"OK!"

Aunt Liu hurriedly said: "I'll make it right now. What do you want for breakfast?"

Lin Zhibai said casually: "It's a regular breakfast. I don't have any taboos. Just remember to change it up every now and then."

"OK, wait!"

 Aunt Liu went into the kitchen and got busy.

Twenty minutes later, Lin Zhibai sat at the dining table, eating fried eggs with bread and a glass of milk, and slowly read through the reference materials made by Jiang Cheng.

 “Just Nathan’s Bookstore.”

 In the end, Lin Zhibai chose Nathan Bookstore.

 Because "The Human Chair" by Lin Zhibai is a short story with a bit of mystery and suspense.

  There happens to be a very famous magazine called "Mystery and Suspense" under the Nathan Book House, which specializes in publishing related types of novels.

What?

The backstab myth?

Lin Zhibai found a spokesperson, originally to break away from the myth, start a new business, and form a personal investment institution.

The partner of his investment institution can be Nathan, Tianguang, or of course Shinhwa. It mainly depends on which choice is more beneficial to Lin Zhibai's development.

certainly.

At present, Lin Zhibai's personal power is still very weak.

Even if you really want to backstab Shinhwa, you don’t have the qualifications.

Lin Zhibai was never worried about whether "The Human Chair" would eventually be finished.

 You must know that "The Human Chair" is the work of Edogawa Ranpo. The editor of Nathan Bookstore should not even have this vision.

　　There was a very famous comic book in my previous life called "Death Schoolboy".

Oh, I seem to have remembered wrongly. The comic should be called "Detective Conan"?

The full name of the protagonist of the comic is Edogawa Conan. The word "Conan" is a tribute to the author of "Detective Sherlock Holmes", that is, Conan Doyle, the father of Sherlock Holmes.

 The three characters "Edogawa" are a tribute to "Edogawa Rampo".

Neon also has a particularly powerful reasoning award called the "Ranpo Award". The name of the award also commemorates Edogawa Ranpo, the reasoning master.

 The influence of Edogawa Ranpo can be seen from this.

Thinking of this.

Lin Zhibai directly sent the manuscript of "The Human Chair" to Jiang Cheng, and informed the other party of his decision, "Submit the manuscript to the mystery magazine under Nathan Book House. You can also read the content first."

 Subsequently.

Lin Zhibai took another look at the season rankings.

Since "Song to Myself" reached the top of the charts, its position has been extremely solid, and there is a faint trend of further expansion with the number two.

Lin Zhibai felt relieved.

 What Lin Zhibai didn't know was that he had now attracted Tianguang's attention.

A certain Tianguang Music Department manager looked at the season rankings and frowned: "We have suffered losses from him for two consecutive months. This Baidi cannot be underestimated. He will be on the target list in the future!"

 “Last month was fine.”

 Another supervisor said: "After all, our Tianguang ranked first last month. He just squeezed out of the top ten spots by signing money."

"After all, it is still a top ten spot in the season rankings." "But compared to this month's losses, last month's losses are really nothing."

 After all, Tianguang lost the first place this month.

 Someone asked in a low voice: "Is there still hope of regaining the first place?"

The supervisor next to him shook his head, "Zhang Xiyang's return has become a reality. There is no need to dwell on Shinhwa this month. We have a long way to go, but we don't have to worry too much about Bai Di. The season rankings are always changing, and accidental incidents are endless. Even if this person is not A short-lived flash in the pan is not qualified to be our real opponent of Tianguang."

"Fine."

Tianguang gave up the fight for the ranking.

At this time, of course, it was not just the Tianguang family that was paying attention to Bai Di.

As "Song for Myself" topped the season charts, its status became more and more unbreakable. Bai Di finally became a newcomer that the entire Qinzhou music scene had to pay attention to, and was looked at by countless scrutiny.

 “Didn’t become a flash in the pan.”

“It’s rare for newcomers to shine in two consecutive seasons. It seems that Shinhwa is expected to have another gold medal composer.”

 “As for composing music, I think he is better at composing lyrics.”

“The lyrics of his two songs so far are really great, and even slightly overshadowed the compositions. Even if this person only works as a lyricist in the future, he should still have a place in the industry.”

“This is what I want to say. Lyrics are his greatest strength.”

“If you put aside the lyrics, most of his two songs would be eclipsed, including this month. If Zhang Xiyang hadn’t performed at a god-level performance, he would probably have ranked around 80 or 90.”

 “Frankly speaking, there is an element of luck.”

“It should be said that the singer Zhang Xiyang deserves more credit.”

“Why do I feel that you are so sad? The best way to combine lyrics and music is that one plus one is greater than two. Even some songwriters in the industry rarely write their own lyrics and have to cooperate with big names in the lyrics industry.”

"that is."

“Since Bai Di can handle both lyrics and music, and can also find the most suitable singer to collaborate with, that’s his skill. Not to mention that he also arranges the music, so his abilities can be said to be very comprehensive and balanced.”

This is indeed the case in the Blue Star music scene.

 The lyrics, music and singing are all separate.

 Composers usually also work as an arranger, but rarely as a lyricist. It is actually rare to do both lyrics, music, and arrangement like Bai Di.

 To use an old saying in the industry:

This is called "being both a father and a mother" for the singer.

 …

the other side.

 It was already seven o'clock when Jiang Cheng woke up.

Even though they only slept for less than four hours in total.

　　When working in Qizhou, Jiang Cheng often stayed up late and worked overtime. His body was still able to handle it, and he was still in the prime of life at the age of thirty-five.

 Turn on your phone.

Jiang Cheng saw the message Lin Zhibai sent to him, as well as a novel.

 “Human chair?”

Jiang Cheng read it out softly.

 Is this boss really a writer?

 Thinking that the other person’s pen name seemed to have been improvised yesterday, Jiang Cheng couldn’t help but laugh a little. I’m afraid this is the first time that his mysterious young boss has written a novel, right?

 Is it considered a whim?

 I don’t know how good my boss’s writing skills are.

 I worked on the materials overnight last night, so I wouldn’t be embarrassed if my boss couldn’t pass the manuscript in the end.

Although it’s not me who’s embarrassed.

Let's take a look later. The boss said he could take a look first. He seemed quite confident.

Jiang Cheng got up, washed up, ate something simple, then sat on a chair and read the novel sent by his boss...

 (End of this chapter)