Chapter 181 – Music Producer
In Mo Fei’s mind, a question flashed by that should have been noticed several months ago, but it was just a passing thought!
She was in the passionate stage of love, and her IQ wasn’t that high. Although she thought of this question, she immediately found a reason for Yang Yi. He had sung the English version of “Happy Birthday” to Xixi on her birthday!
So, Mo Fei didn’t delve deeper and continued to listen to Xixi’s story.
…
The next day, Yang Yi sent Xixi to the kindergarten to play with her little friends, and then he sent Mo Fei to the company.
She didn’t have the leisure to think about her love life. The preparation for the new album had officially begun, and Mo Fei was full of ambition and wanted to create a miracle!
Mo Xiaojuan arrived at the office early and laughed when she saw Mo Fei.
“What’s wrong? Do I have flowers on my face?” Mo Fei felt puzzled and touched her face.
Mo Xiaojian walked over with a smile, pulled Mo Fei to sit on the sofa in the office, and then took out a small mirror for touch-ups and showed it to Mo Fei. “Sister Fei, there’s nothing on your face, just your makeup is smudged! Hey, I know you have a deep relationship with my brother-in-law, but you should still pay attention. If you are caught by someone, it will be troublesome!”
Mo Fei looked in the mirror and saw that her face had a rosy complexion, and most importantly, the lipstick on her lips was smudged, as if someone had taken a bite out of it.
“That b*stard!” Mo Fei lightly bit her lower lip, feeling embarrassed to the point where she almost couldn’t lift her head. She secretly blamed Yang Yi in her heart.
But she still stubbornly refused to admit it, “No, I was just in a hurry in the morning and didn’t apply the lipstick evenly!”
Mo Xiaojian curled her lips and hummed, “You’re still hiding it from me? Sister, it’s so obvious. Look how rosy your little face is. It looks like you had a good time in your little world with him yesterday.”
It seemed that Mo Xiaojian was right not to disturb them yesterday. She secretly rejoiced.
She also leaned over, hugged Mo Fei’s arm, and chuckled, “Come on, tell me, is my brother-in-law impressive? His physique is so good, he must have tossed you around quite a bit, right?”
Mo Xiaojuan and Mo Fei were not only relatives but also work partners. At the same time, they could also be said to be best friends. When it came to topics between girls, they could talk without any scruples!
However, Mo Fei was still thin-skinned and was embarrassed by her teasing. She spat at her and said, “Go away, don’t talk nonsense. A few days ago, I asked you to buy me sanitary pads, you know that!”
“Yes, that’s right. You can’t do the deed anymore!” Mo Xiaojuan said regretfully.
However, she was curious and leaned over to ask, “Sister, didn’t you say before that you wanted to test my brother-in-law again? How come you gave in to him so easily?”
“Pah, what do you mean by ‘give in to him’?” Mo Fei reproached Mo Xiaojuan, her face flushed. However, she couldn’t resist the desire to share her happiness. She took out her phone and whispered, “Let me show you something.”
Mo Xiaojuan grumbled, “I don’t want to see it, I don’t want to see it. It must be dog food again!”
But the flame of gossip was burning fiercely. How could she not want to see it? Although she said so, her body obediently leaned over.
Mo Fei pulled out the photo of the “flowers” that Yang Yi made for her yesterday. She couldn’t help but smile when she looked at it. She pulled Mo Xiaojuan and said, “Look, this is what he prepared yesterday noon. Can you guess what it is?”
“Flowers!” Mo Xiaojuan didn’t feel anything at first glance and curled her lips, “Sister, do we need to be this cheap? You were captured by just receiving flowers?”
“What are you talking about? Take a closer look.” Mo Fei chuckled. She also admired how Yang Yi could make such a realistic fake flower, although it might also have something to do with the blurry pixels on the phone.
Mo Xiaojuan took a closer look this time. From the 3D perspective, there was indeed a difference between it and an actual flower, and it was also placed in a big plate. She asked in surprise, “Hey, this isn’t a flower. What is it?”
“It’s dumplings…” Mo Fei covered her mouth and smiled. She explained to Mo Xiaojuan with a bit of pride.
“Ah, my eyes are blinded! I can even eat dog food while looking at a photo! Why hasn’t anyone given me such cute dumplings? As a foodie beauty, I swear that whoever gives me a plate, I will marry him!” Mo Xiaojuan exclaimed with envy, jealousy, and fury.
“Hehe, okay, since you’re in so much pain, I won’t tell you what poem he wrote for me later!” Mo Fei suppressed her laughter and said, “I don’t want to make you suffer even more!”
But women are creatures that can’t live without gossip! Mo Fei didn’t say anything at first, but as soon as she spoke, Mo Xiaojuan couldn’t help it. She quickly pulled Mo Fei and asked, “Quickly tell me, what poem did my brother-in-law write for you? Is it particularly cheesy?”
Under Mo Xiaojuan’s threat of “tickling until you tell me”, Mo Fei gave in and read the two poems that Yang Yi wrote for her.
After a while, there was a miserable scream from Mo Xiaojun in the office, “Ah! What have I done wrong? Why did I eat dog food and torture myself like this? Now, my eyes are deaf, and my ears are blind!”
Hmm, something seems off?
…
Today, Mo Xiaojun arranged for Mo Fei to meet with the music producer invited by the company. There was a difference between Tianmei and Tianxiang. Tianmei was a talent agency while Tianxiang was a record company. Naturally, the former couldn’t raise some excellent music producers within the company like the latter.
When it was time to release an album, the company would hire industry production personnel to help, which could be some production personnel from affiliated recording companies who currently have no schedules arranged or some independent production personnel.
It was a bit like the nature of hiring freelancers, but the level of the former was generally higher than the latter, though it wasn’t always the case.
This time, the producer that Tianmei invited was a middle-aged musician named Jin Yingming. He belonged to the latter, and had his own studio.
The name Jin Yingming sounded like someone from a small country in the north, but he was actually a real Chinese person and a musician born and raised in the local area of Shanghai.
He wasn’t completely unknown. Ten years ago, he produced a record for a singer that was nominated for the Chinese Golden Records. He had a bit of a reputation in the industry.
However, it was also at that time when Jin Yingming chose to become an independent producer, but he did not expect this road to be so bumpy… Over the past ten years, he has not encountered the same opportunities as before. Not only did he not soar, but his reputation was negatively impacted.
Of course, Jin Yingming didn’t allow himself to sink into oblivion. He struggled for a few years, rounded off his rough edges, and took on some small projects that he previously wouldn’t have bothered with, which helped to hone his skills.
However, Jin Yingming, who lacked resources and opportunities, remained relatively unknown.
Although Mo Fei had heard of this producer a long time ago, she couldn’t recall it at all. Before meeting him, she asked in confusion, ” Xiaojian. who is this Teacher Jin? What about Teacher Duan?”
Teacher Duan Shurong was also an independent music producer, but before she stepped out on her own, she was already a well-known producer with a wide network and abundant resources. She had her own studio, with over ten assistants, unlike Jin Yingming, who was struggling.
In the past, Mo Fei’s albums were basically all collaborated with her, including the platinum-selling album “Love on the Ink Road” that they worked on together. The cooperation between the two was very tacit.
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