novellhall Chapter 5 Methods to Make Money Quickly
Chapter 5 Methods to Make Money Quickly
Next, Lin Zixuan stayed at home and divided his time into three parts.
Cultivating the Joyful Union Technique: Seeking Immortal Secrets.
Go online to read news and research information, gain a new understanding of the world, and, based on your own circumstances, find ways to make money.
Cultivate the two additional spells: Moon Goddess's Arrow and Boundless Charm.
He even turned down an offer from a senior student in the directing department at Beijing Film Academy to film "GG".
Five more days passed, and there was still no progress in cultivating the Joyful Union Immortal Inquiry Technique; he was still not in the right state.
I wonder if I've achieved any results from practicing the two additional spells, Moon Goddess's Arrow and Boundless Charm.
But he did not slack off and continued to practice diligently without stopping.
However, hard work pays off, and a way to make money was finally found.
That day, he was surfing the internet as usual when he suddenly saw a news article on Sina.com.
"China Mobile's ringback tone service continues its rapid growth, with the number of users exceeding 410 million. In January and February of this year, ringback tone downloads exceeded 62 million, representing a year-on-year increase..."
Upon seeing this news, a thought flashed through his mind. After researching relevant information, he finally discovered the best and fastest way to make money: "ringtones".
Since China Mobile launched its ringback tone service in 2003, it has quickly become popular among users.
Since 2004, China Mobile has partnered with internet companies and record labels, allowing users to freely download songs to their mobile phones and set them as ringtones.
From then on, the development of ringtones became unstoppable, quickly sweeping the country and providing music companies with a new way to make big money.
Since the end of last year, China Mobile has launched the 12530 ringback tone website, which allows individual creators to upload their own songs.
As long as complete copyright information is provided, the website will review and approve the contract, and then help with distribution and promotion. For each ringtone download, the creator can receive 0.4 yuan.
This is a huge boon for many individual creators, as it brings in far more income than what they would earn by affiliating with a record label or SP company.
According to the settlement rules between China Mobile and SPs, for each download of a ringback tone, the user is charged 2 yuan, and 1 yuan is given to the SP company.
Next, the SP company and the record company settle accounts. Of course, some big record companies are SPs themselves, and the record company then shares the profits with the singer.
Generally speaking, it's considered good if a new singer gets 0.1 yuan.
Publishing directly through the 12530 website can earn you 0.4 yuan per download, which is really good.
Of course, there are also drawbacks, namely that the 12530 website has limited promotional efforts for songs, which is certainly not as good as that of record companies. However, compared to the huge difference in revenue, this is nothing.
Speaking of ringtones, Lin Zixuan has a lot of memories. In his previous life, he would change his phone ringtones several times a year. What's even more gratifying is that he could sing all of these songs and could even copy them down. As long as the songs haven't been released yet, wouldn't they be his own creations?
Don't go overboard, copying two or three popular ringtone songs isn't excessive, but it's enough to cover your start-up capital. Plus, it can help you gain popularity and hone your skills—a win-win situation!
Thinking of this, he first listed the names of the catchy ringtones he remembered.
"Mice Love Rice," "Two Butterflies," "Ten Thousand Reasons," "Autumn Never Returns," "Seeking Buddha," "The Wolf Loves the Sheep," "That Night," "Above the Moon," "The Pig Song," "Poisonous Perfume," "Damn Tenderness," "Wait a Minute"...
In his memory, these songs have been downloaded tens of millions of times every year as ringtones. If he could snatch them up in advance, wouldn't that be like making money while lying down?
He wrote down more than 20 song titles at once, first excluding those he couldn't sing, and then searching online to see if they had already been released.
Finally, he chose three songs: "Autumn Never Returns," "Wait a Minute," and "Damn Tenderness."
With these three songs, he believed that the start-up funding for the low-budget TV series project could be secured within six months.
Moreover, if managed well, these three songs could greatly boost his popularity and help him cultivate the Hehuan Immortal Technique.
He decided to go back and completely recreate (plagiarize) those three songs, then register the copyright, find a recording studio to record them, upload them to the 12530 website, and then just wait to make money.
However, there is a problem. Although he can sing these songs in their entirety and can easily write out the lyrics, with his current knowledge of music theory, understanding the sheet music is not a problem, but copying the sheet music is too difficult.
What to do? If you don't know how, then learn! Of course, you should find a way to learn.
The Beijing Film Academy has a secondary college: the School of Sound, which offers an undergraduate program in Composition and Compositional Techniques.
He acted immediately, asking his classmates for introductions and contacting Liu Fen, a senior student, to provide him with professional tutoring. She tutored him for two hours every afternoon at school, charging 100 yuan per hour.
It's unclear whether it was due to his strong foundation in music theory, the benefits of his rebirth, or the improvement in his physical aptitude after cultivating the Joyful Union Immortal Inquiry Technique.
In short, he learned very quickly, and in just three days, he had grasped the basics of writing melodies into sheet music.
According to senior student Liu Fen, he is actually very musically talented, and in at most another week, he will be able to master the method of writing various melodies into musical scores.
They even suggested that he could take an elective course in composition and composition theory, so that he might be able to create good musical works in the future.
He naturally didn't take his senior's advice to heart. He had so many ready-made songs in his mind that as long as he could copy them, it would be enough for him to dominate the music scene. Why would he need to deliberately learn how to create?
Moreover, with the help of his senior, he learned many singing techniques, such as breath control, vocal cord closure, chest resonance, and the transition between true and falsetto voices, which helped him correct many pronunciation errors.
Of course, the senior student was only studying composition and didn't have much professional singing skills, but even so, his singing level improved a lot.
For songs with relatively low difficulty, being a studio singer shouldn't be a problem. And if all else fails, there's always auto-tuning.
The senior student thought his voice was very good and suggested he could systematically practice singing techniques. She recommended several relevant textbooks to him, such as "Scientific Voice Training," "Basic Singing Training Tutorial," and "How to Practice Singing."
Of course, if you want to study further, you can also consider auditing classes at the Central Conservatory of Music or hiring a tutor.
Lin Zixuan thought this was a great idea and might come in handy in the future, since he had a lot of hit songs in his mind, which was a huge asset, but he definitely didn't have time for it now.
Just as he was busy practicing and learning music theory every day, he received an unexpected phone call.
"Lin Zixuan, this is the crew of 'Men's Bottom Line'. You submitted your resume to us before and passed the crew's screening and review. Now I am officially informing you that you are to attend the audition at Room 208 on the second floor of Taiyang Palace Hotel at 9:30 am the day after tomorrow."
"Okay, thank you, I'll be there on time."
Lin Zixuan then remembered that before he transmigrated, he had been running around to various film crews and submitting his resume, including the crew of "Men's Bottom Line".
However, he didn't have much hope, because he had auditioned in his previous life but hadn't gotten the role.
Wait a minute, I watched the TV series "Men's Bottom Line" in my previous life. Putting the plot aside, the most important thing is that the female lead is the popular star Xu Qing.
Moreover, this woman is not only currently very popular, but also extremely beautiful—a true beauty—and a powerful figure in Beijing's elite circles with extensive connections. Most importantly, she is currently single.
Isn't this the perfect partner for my Hehuan Immortal Cultivation Technique?
This is simply a stroke of luck!
No, I must seize this opportunity. I must change the outcome of my past life. I must pass the audition and get the role.