Lin Chudong didn't eat with them in the evening. The crew had a night scene to film, and he couldn't stay there all day. He had just come to see Lin Qiqi.
The girl who had been playing the keyboard earlier hurried over, holding a pen.
"Brother Fei, my name is Li Xiaomai. Can you sign your name for me?"
Lin Chudong smiled. "Sure. Li Xiaomai, that's a nice name. Are you a professional?" He didn't seem to recognize the name, but he did have some impression of the young, pretty face.
"Yep, yep. I'm a student at Beijing Film Academy, graduating this year. I'm here for an internship."
"How much are you getting paid per episode?"
"Hehe, five thousand."
Lin Chudong's eyes lit up. "Okay, let's add each other on WeChat."
This girl has a good look and a low salary. Maybe we can use her in the future.
Li Xiaomai was very excited, "Okay, Brother Dafei!"
After signing the autograph, Lin Chudong said.
"Qiqi, I'm leaving."
Lin Qiqi pouted, reluctant to see him go.
"When will you come see me again?"
Song Jing said, "Qiqi, don't be silly. Dafei is also very busy. How can he come visit the set every day!"
Lin Qiqi was a little disappointed, "Okay."
Song Jing said, "Qiqi, be good. You won't have any more work after this film wraps up, so you'll get a few days off. You can go visit Da Fei on set then."
Lin Qiqi's eyes immediately lit up, "Great idea!"
Lin Chudong smiled, "Alright, I'll wait for you then. Bye-bye."
"Bye-bye!"
Lin Chudong walked out of the film crew's gate to hail a taxi. Lin Qiqi's gaze never left him the entire time.
The director pointed at his watch and whispered to Song Jing.
"Sister Song, it's getting late. We'll lose the light soon!"
Song Jing was helpless, "Let the young miss see him off, then!"
The director was also helpless; big productions were a headache for directors.
Lin Qiqi watched Lin Chudong get into a taxi and muttered softly.
"Why is Da Fei taking a taxi..."
It was almost eight o'clock when they arrived at the music store. There were already quite a few people inside.
There were six members of the string and wind ensemble: flute, sheng, long flute, yangqin, konghou, and pipa.
These six were all in the middle-aged and elderly group, mostly older, but they were still in good spirits.
There were also six vocalists, all young people, probably the fresh blood of the Traditional Performing Arts Troupe.
"Everyone, sorry to keep you waiting. Something came up, my apologies."
Liang Yin and the others looked at him with strange expressions. "Da Fei... never mind, we'll talk later. Just go ahead with the audition!"
Lin Chudong nodded and said, "Everyone, our Mid-Autumn Festival Gala is going to be broadcast live the day after tomorrow, so we need professional musicians."
"I'll give you a score. It's mainly for the sound of a grand piano. Everyone, sight-read it first."
Sight-reading means translating musical notation into instrumental performance using only your eyes.
In simpler terms, it's the level of playing a piece for the first time after receiving the sheet music.
These musicians have accumulated experience over many years, practicing countless scores, so by observing their sight-reading ability, one can roughly gauge their skill level.
Several of the veteran musicians began to sight-read. Lin Chudong went over to Liang Yin and asked in a low voice.
"How much are these people?"
Liang Yin said, "Sixty thousand in total. Rehearsals and performances included. We can use them for the next few days. How are their skills?"
Lin Chudong nodded, "Good enough."
In terms of skill, Lin Chudong was definitely more accomplished. Not to mention anything else, give him a pipa, and a few finger techniques would be enough to shatter the worldview of these old musicians.
However, Lin Chudong couldn't be in two places at once. With limited funds, it was impossible to hire masters for every position. This lineup was already pretty good.
"The harmony section, please do a sight-reading!"
As the sound rang out, Lin Chudong nodded with satisfaction.
"They're from the Traditional Performing Arts Troupe, right?"
"That's right."
"That's good then. We can't use freelancers for the gala. They won't take responsibility if something goes wrong. These people from the Traditional Performing Arts Troupe are on the government payroll. If they mess up the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, they'll lose their jobs. They'll do a good job. We'll treat their troupe leader to dinner later and see if we can get a long-term collaboration at a better price."
Six thousand for a single performance is too expensive. Dafei's group only gets ten thousand for a music festival.
Orchestras shouldn't charge this much. Their per-person appearance fee of over a thousand is already pretty good.
I guess they're taking advantage of the boss lady not knowing the market and are asking for an exorbitant price. They'd be happy with two thousand per performance.
Soon, the auditions were over. These people were all pretty good, all professionally trained, more than capable of accompanying.
"Alright, that's it for today. Everyone go back and familiarize yourselves with your scores tonight. We'll rehearse all day tomorrow, and then rehearse again in the morning the day after, and we'll have the dress rehearsal and performance in the afternoon."
The dozen or so musicians left. Lin Chudong said, "Feifei, Xiaojia, you two practice hard, and don't mess up."
Both women nodded. The four musicians in the band, this time they let the two ladies perform, and it was a live broadcast of the gala, of course, they couldn't let Dafei down.
Liang Yin asked, "Da Fei, did you go visit Lin Qiqi on set today?"
"How did you know?"
"I saw a video of you cursing on my phone. Is it real? You even dared to curse at Li Zhilin?"
Lin Chudong was stunned. "Let me see?"
Liang Yin and Jia Lu started searching on their phones, Jia Lu frowning.
"It's not there anymore. I really saw it just now. Fei-ge, did you really curse at someone?"
They didn't think it was a joke, but were worried instead.
Lin Chudong recounted everything that had happened today, and everyone was immediately dumbfounded. Da Fei was too hardcore, cursing at a top-tier celebrity like it was nothing.
"When will this TV series be released?"
Lin Chudong said, "In a few days. I wrote them an ending theme song, and we can record it after the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala."
"Once the ending theme song is recorded, it'll be almost done. They'll be wrapping up filming in a few days, and with post-production editing, it'll be about a week."
Jia Lu asked, "Brother Fei, will this show bring us any heat?"
Lin Chudong smiled, "I only have a few minutes of screen time, it won't do much. If the ending theme song becomes a hit, maybe it'll have some effect."
It wasn't early, so Old Chen and Jia Lu left work first.
Liang Yin said, "Da Fei, why don't you stay at my place? I've hired workers to paint your room tonight."
Lin Chudong was taken aback, "This... is that okay?"
"It's perfect. My place is quite spacious. You can stay for a couple of days, and then come back once you're settled."
"Okay."
Evening, at Liang Yin's home.
Entering the spacious house, Lin Chudong was a bit surprised.
"Boss, I didn't realize you were so well-off."
Liang Yin rolled her eyes. "Don't make fun of me. This is all I've got."
"You sleep in that room tonight. Feifei and I will share a room."
After arranging the room, the two ladies changed into their pajamas. They got some fruit and let Lin Chudong enjoy a pajama show by the two beauties, which was a feast for the eyes.
After eating the fruit, Jing Feifei said, "Brother Fei, Boss, I'm going to sleep. You guys chat!"
After Jing Feifei went into her room, Liang Yin stealthily took out a contract and a bank card.
"Da Fei, the money from mortgaging my house has arrived. A total of three million two hundred thousand has been mortgaged. Adding in our previous performance fees, and deducting some expenses like costumes, we have three million one hundred and fifty thousand left."
"This is all of our company's funds. I didn't include the instruments. This contract is a shareholding agreement. The company didn't have any money before, so I didn't set it up."
"Now that we have money, let's sign it. Currently, the company has two shareholders, you and me."
"I'll give you fifty-one percent of the shares, and I'll take forty-nine."
Lin Chudong was stunned. "Boss, I didn't contribute a single penny."
Liang Yin said, "You're contributing your technical skills. Without you, there wouldn't be this band. I'm just putting in some money, which is nothing compared to your talent."
Lin Chudong's mood was complex as he looked at the equity agreement.
"So, this is like you're giving me one million six hundred thousand for nothing?"
Liang Yin chuckled, "Hehe, it's not for nothing. We'll be relying on you to make money later."
"Even if we lose money, it doesn't matter. I still have the music store."
"Da Fei, just go for it! I'll always be your strong backing!"
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