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Xia Tian handed over a batch of melodies to James.

This batch of manuscripts was written by him these days, all of which were English songs.

The lyrics were filled in in the summer, and the music score was composed by him hiring students from the University of California Conservatory of Music to help him. The total cost was only one thousand dollars.

James took it and saw that the songs include "tellingtheworld" (theme song of the movie "Rio Adventure", (myheartwillgoon" (theme song of the movie "Titanic", "Kissfrom Rose" (theme song of the movie "Batman Forever",), "youarennotalone", "blackorwhite", "dangerous" (the classic work of Michael Jackson), "don'tcry" (the classic work of guns and roses), "takemybreathaway" (the theme song of the movie "Top Gun", and "canyoufeelthelovetonight" (the theme song of the movie "The Lion King").

James was shocked when he saw so many songs.

"How many are there?" he asked in surprise.

"Sixty songs." Xia Tian said lightly. If it weren't for the time being too tight, he could have written 200 songs. You should know that in addition to watching movies and e-books, listening to music is also one of his pastimes.

The songs he listened to, except for the old Mandarin and Cantonese songs from the 1980s and 1990s, were English songs. It was not that summer admired foreigners and was really unable to listen to those songs from the mainland. Such as "Love Business", "Perfume is Poisonous", "I Can't Be Prone", etc., really made him feel that he couldn't afford to be hurt.

"What?!" James almost sat on the ground when he heard Xia Tian say this number.

Generally speaking, it is good for a musician to write one or two songs a month. In his life, even a singer with high creative talent can only write four or five hundred songs.

But looking at Xia Tian, ​​she was like a child, but she could produce sixty songs, which was really unbelievable to James.

"There are really sixty poems?" he asked in surprise.

"Of course, if you don't believe it, you can count it yourself." Xia Tian said speechlessly.

Sixty songs are only sixty pieces of paper, and you can count them clearly. Even if you lie, you won’t tell such a lie that you can easily be exposed.

James quickly counted it, and it turned out to be sixty songs.

He nodded, "Okay, then I'll look at the content of the song again. If the quality is not high, I won't want it."

"Don't worry, if it's a trash song, I won't give it to you." Xia Tian said lightly.

James then lowered his head and looked at the songs written by Summer seriously.

His first song was "myheartwillgoon" (My Heart is Eternal). This song was accompanied by the movie "Titanic" and spread all over the world. It won the first place in the music rankings of 18 countries including the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Canada, and more than 10 million copies worldwide. At the same time, the song also won the Academy Award for Best Original Songs, as well as the Grammy Award for "Best Song of the Year". The classics are simply unquestionable!

Sure enough, when James saw this song for the first time, he was stunned.

He looked carefully at the lyrics, then hummed softly according to the music score, and then his eyes lit up, and a hint of joy suddenly appeared on his face.

Then he suppressed his excitement and watched the next song again - "don'tcry".

This song is one of the representative works of Gunhua, a well-known American rock band. Although Gunhua is a rock band, this song is an unforgettable tender song, heart-warming, vicissitudes and sorrow, and touching.

This song stayed on the US Billboard rankings for nearly three years and set a rock and roll myth. After the 9/11 incident, this song once became the song with the highest on-demand rate on radio stations in the United States, which shows the status of this song in the hearts of Americans. So there is no need to mention the classics.

James only glanced at him and saw that this was a pretty good song, which made his eyes lit up excitedly.

Generally speaking, the previous song "My Heart Eternal" alone can already make him excited to stay out of bed for three days and three nights. In addition, this song "Don'tcry", he feels that he can buy a house in Manhattan, New York.

A beautiful life is ahead, and James was full of energy to watch the remaining fifty-eight songs one by one. After watching it, his body trembled unconsciously, as if he was suffering from epilepsy. In fact, he knew in his heart that he was so excited that he could not suppress himself.

Sixty songs, one classic and one beautiful song, it is no exaggeration to say that each song has the strength to make it to the Billboard rankings, and it is very likely to even win the championship. A song that wins the Billboard rankings can get at least 800,000 US dollars in royalties. A song that hits the Billboard rankings can get at least 100,000 US dollars in royalties.

Therefore, the number of songs in front of you is worth at least 6 million US dollars. If you operate it with a little care, it will not be a problem to double the profits.

"I've sent it!" James murmured to himself with sharp eyes.

As long as he signs these 60 songs, he can get at least hundreds of thousands of dollars by sharing the share. The average annual income of Americans is only 40,000 to 50,000 US dollars.

"How about it, are you satisfied with these songs?" Xia Tian said with a smile.

"Satisfied, satisfied." James nodded repeatedly, then took out the contract from his arms, "You authorize these songs to me, I will help you take care of them."

"Slow down." Xia Tian smiled, "If I remember correctly, I will be authorized to you and I can get a prepayment, right?"

"..." James was stunned, with an awkward expression on his face, "Yes, yes."

"What about my advance payment?" Xia Tian asked, "You don't even give me any advance payment. How can I be sure you will sell my songs with your heart?"

Only when the record company has made efforts can it be motivated to sell songs carefully. Otherwise, if you don’t spend a penny, you might as well just put it aside. When will you need to find the songs before you find them? How many years will it take to come in handy?!

Although Xia Tian doesn’t know much about the American music scene, he knows a lot about the American film scene. He knows that many film and television companies have a script library that contains many cheaply selected scripts. These scripts are usually placed in the script library and are easily taken care of by anyone, and they are even useless for decades.

Because Hollywood buys scripts, it is necessary to buy a priority first and it doesn’t cost much. Only when it’s really time to shoot will the author pay for the real script, as well as the subsequent royalties, etc.

Learn from one example and inferred by others, Hollywood is like this way of doing things, and the American music scene is probably not inferior. Summer certainly doesn't want his songs to be put on the air, so he has to charge some money. Moreover, this money is not a decimal, so that record companies can pay attention to his works and make great efforts to promote his works.

"..." James nodded, "Okay, I'll apply to the headquarters for you now. I think they should be able to approve it."

Although he is a scout and can help the company collect songs, he actually does not have much credit limit. When he needs to use money, he must apply to the company. This is also the company's loss to the company in order to avoid his lack of vision and collecting a batch of bad songs for the company.

"Tell them that these sixty songs, each of which is 50,000 US dollars, I won't give you one less child." Xia Tian said then.

"Fifty thousand dollars?!" James was startled.

Generally speaking, if you are a big-name musician, you can even give 500,000 US dollars. Because big-name musicians themselves are the guarantee of sales, and they can earn back no matter how much money they give. Moreover, big-name musicians are famous, and more than one record company is watching them. If they are less money, they will immediately change jobs, so you must be careful to provide for them.

But for newcomers who are not famous, 500 dollars is considered an extra $. Not to mention anything else, there are so many American music colleges, and any student may have ten or twenty songs on his hands. If the bid is too high, I am afraid that the record company will go bankrupt before the cost is recovered.

James admitted that these sixty songs in the summer were very good, and each song could make at least $100,000 in profits. But it would be too unreliable to ask for a prepayment of $50,000 at once.

"Not bad, that's the price." Xia Tian nodded, "If you don't want it, I can find other record companies. I think they will be interested." Not to mention anything else, just those classic songs by Michael Jackson, Xia Tian believes that those record companies cannot be unaware of the goods.

"Okay, I'll try my best to help you." James hesitated for a moment. Although he knew that the advance payment of 50,000 US dollars was really not easy for a newcomer. But he really couldn't bear to give up the profit he was about to get, so he had to decide to give it a try.

"If Columbia doesn't accept it, then I'll contact Universal, Warner or Bertelsman. Where can I make money if I have these songs?" James thought to himself, and then called his manager.

"Damn James, do you know what time it is now? Do you know if you disturb my wife and I have a sweet time?" After receiving his call, the manager scolded loudly.

"Yes, manager. But I believe that after you hear the news, you will not be angry anymore, but you will be grateful to me." James said with a hurried smile.

"Okay, what the hell is going on?" the manager asked angrily.

"Manager, I received a batch of very good songs, enough to make you a fortune." James reported with a smile.

"Can you still receive good songs? Come on, don't make me happy." The manager said disdainfully.

Although James worked hard, he was very lucky. Although he received a batch of songs, after the company's appraisal, he was considered to be of no value, so the manager did not have any hope for his gain this time.

"I didn't make you happy. I sing a little and you'll know I'm not lying." James hurriedly said, and then sang a cappella of "My Heart Eternal".
Chapter completed!