sinovels Chapter 95: Why did the price go up?
Chapter 95: Why did the price go up?
"Let's go, let's eat first."
There wasn't much negative emotion at the dinner table. After all, everyone knew that while the project might encounter setbacks, they wouldn't be that serious.
"By the way, Dean Li, how's that project you're working on going?"
Dean Li put down his chopsticks before slowly and deliberately speaking.
"The project is basically settled. I'll go there tomorrow to sign the contract, and then we'll start the design process."
"Oh, do you think a minimalist approach is possible?"
Chen Hui said.
"No problem, this emerging style is more readily accepted overseas."
"If we make it, it should be quite popular."
Chen Hui nodded and looked at Xue Lin, "Xue Lin, we have a church project here, overseas. I wonder if you'd be interested?"
"How much?" Xue Lin asked casually.
"Around 200 million, developed regions overseas are willing to provide the budget."
Xue Lin was slightly surprised. Two hundred million?
"Go ahead and answer it, why don't you?" Xue Lin said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll have Dean Li send you the materials later. Take a look. Dean Li made several trips abroad to secure this project, so it wasn't easy."
"It's alright." Dean Li smiled as well. "The main reason is that the design institute is capable enough; otherwise, others wouldn't recognize it."
That's true, but Dean Li also deserves a lot of credit for it.
"This project isn't even in China, so the design fees alone are quite high."
"What you can get is at least in the tens of millions."
Chen Hui simply smiled and spoke.
But this one sentence made both PhD students, who were eating, suddenly look up.
What do you mean, tens of millions?
The way they looked at Xue Lin had changed.
This guy, who didn't even graduate high school, is leading a design project worth tens of millions?
Is this reasonable?
However, after thinking about it, the two could only sigh softly.
It really is.
This person's skill and ability are truly exceptional.
A minimalist architectural paper with 20,000 citations established his minimalist style status in the architectural industry.
It seems that only age can limit Xue Lin.
But it seems that it cannot be restricted.
After all, this person already has enough influence.
"A project worth two hundred million, with design fees in the tens of millions." Xue Lin nodded slightly.
For him, as long as he can secure this order, even if it's just a partial payment, it will be enough for him to open a studio in Nanjing.
This money is worth earning!
After the meal, everyone had different thoughts.
Chen Hui was definitely not in a good mood.
His previously certain project was stalled by his superiors.
I had to smooth things over with some connections before I was able to get it.
Logically speaking, an architectural design institute located in its own province shouldn't be facing such difficulties.
However, it's a different story when graduates from Tsinghua University infiltrate high-level positions.
They will definitely side with Tsinghua University.
Moreover, he doesn't believe that there has been no communication between the other side and this side.
Although Tsinghua University's wishes were not fulfilled, it certainly caused him trouble.
The others, whether Dean Li or the two PhDs, were somewhat indignant, but their indignation was limited.
After all, they had only just started working on this project, and it was just a collaborative effort.
Xue Lin is undoubtedly the most optimistic among them.
Xue Lin didn't think it was a big deal, after all, it's normal for the client to change their mind so often.
Only someone as righteous and indignant as Chen Hui would choose to refund the breach of contract penalty.
Chen Hui is decisive and efficient, which makes him suitable for a high-level position, but he is also prone to offending people, a point that needs no further elaboration.
……
After dinner, Xue Lin quickly returned home.
He didn't go to school. It was almost time for the semester to end, and if he went, he would only be attending evening self-study. He might as well stay home and read some books.
Hu Na wouldn't look for him too much. After all, in Hu Na's eyes, even if he didn't go to school or skipped classes every day, as long as he could attend the exams, it was fine.
You can even skip all the other exams if you only perform well in the college entrance exam!
I just got home and saw a message from someone.
"Oh? A new song coming out?"
That's normal, though, since the competition just ended and they might be releasing a new song next week.
"Can."
Xue Lin readily agreed.
This is a message sent by Shen Qingcheng's agent.
Shen Qingcheng had already made a preliminary advancement in the previous round, but a competition requires quite a few songs, even many.
A rough estimate suggests that at least ten poems are needed.
Moreover, the quality cannot be too poor; in fact, it must increase progressively.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to stand out from the crowd.
"How about we create something original?"
Xue Lin hesitated for a moment, but still gently shook his head.
His current songwriting entry is only blue, which only allows him to write simple lyrics and music, but it's still very difficult to create a hit song.
There might be such an opportunity in the future, but not now.
He selected a song from his memory, glanced at it, wrote down the melody, and recorded a simple demo.
He casually sent the sample to Shen Qingcheng's agent.
He stopped paying attention to things here.
If they think it's suitable, then we'll sign a cooperation agreement.
This collaboration won't involve purchasing copyrights, since Xue Lin wouldn't sell the copyrights to these songs no matter how much they cost, as he's not exactly short of money right now.
Moreover, these songs will generate considerable profits in the future.
If we sell the copyright now at a low price, we will definitely lose money.
After all, he doesn't have enough fame right now, so the price will naturally be driven down. Even though his previous song did have a little influence, it wasn't much, and it only circulated among some young people in a small circle.
It hasn't reached that level of popularity.
Xue Lin plans to re-record it in the future, at least until he gets the colored music lyrics before he can work on it with peace of mind.
There's no rush now; we can just release these copyrights to test the waters first.
Shen Qingcheng could be the first singer, but he wouldn't be the original singer unless he bought the copyright, or Xue Lin gifted the copyright to him.
But he simply admired this person; they were complete strangers, yet he directly gifted him song copyrights worth millions.
Xue Lin felt that she wasn't that generous yet.
……
"Brother Qingcheng, Teacher Xue Lin has sent a message."
Shen Qingcheng quickly looked over.
"What do you mean? Does he have a new song?"
"Yes, but he said he'd charge 20,000 yuan to sing this song once."
"Has the price gone up?"
Shen Qingcheng fell silent for a moment.
Twenty thousand yuan is not a small amount for him, and even if he submits it to the company for approval, the company may not approve it.
"Let's check the song quality first."