Chapter 146 - I’m Buying This Song!
Zhou Yifeng was shocked, “Huh, is decent?”
The manager nodded, “Yep, the lyrics and melody have been sent by them. They got a normal singer to do it but their client wasn’t happy, which was why they reached out to us.”
Zhou Yifeng was conflicted, he wanted to decline it, but he thought it was worth a listen after the manager praised it.
It was normal for dramas, movies and even games to get a star to sing their theme song. In Chen Mo’s previous life, Asura had Albert Leung to write the lyrics, and Eason Chan to perform it, dramatically increasing the clout of the game.
But all in all, most video game companies wouldn’t be able to afford stars, nor is there a need for it. Most of the time they were hired just to create a talking point.
Zhou Yifeng didn’t want to take the offer upon hearing it was from a videogame company.
Video Games companies were probably not going to write their own lyrics, and it wouldn’t be too good even if they got a professional to do it, the vast majority of it wouldn’t get past Zhou Yifeng.
If the lyrics weren’t good, it would more or less be an ad deal, using his popularity to get the game famous, not benefitting him at all.
“What are you going to do with it if you aren’t going to sell it, it’s not going to reproduce!”
“I like the song, and I like having it.” replied Chen Mo.
Guo Feng felt helpless, replying after some thought, “There’s also one thing, Zhou Yifeng said it’s going to be the main song of the album. He’s pretty well known in China, so when this song becomes popular, it’s going to draw attention to your game too right?”
“That’s true. Alright, I’ll consider selling it to him, if I’m happy with his singing.”
“Alright, I’ve sent you his manager’s phone number, you guys can do ahead and discuss. We’ll get someone else if you aren’t happy with it. But there really aren’t many other male singers that are as good or better than him in China, hope he’s good enough.
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The two of them finally reached an agreement after some back and forth. Chen Mo sold the rights to the song to Zhou Yifeng and agreed to get a portion of the sales of the album as payment. Chen Mo didn’t try to fight for the rates as both parties benefited from this.
Zhou Yifeng got a good song, and Chen Mo got a good promotion.
In his previous life, A Life of Fighting is but a Dream was sung by Emil Chau, and just like Unforgettable Scripture[1], they were classic Wuxia themed songs.
Chen Mo also liked Unforgettable Scripture, but it would’ve been a bit weird to have it as Wulin Legend’s theme song as it was in Cantonese, which was why he settled with Life of Fighting is but a Dream in Mandarin.
Chen Mo had been thinking long and hard since the early stages of the game on how to get more attention into his game.
He couldn’t make cinematics or animations like he did before because of the different themes as Wuxia had a strong focus on the setting rather than certain images. This was the reason why Chen Mo decided to settle on a theme song.
Only time could tell if the players would find it acceptable.
TL note: Not the official name of the song that was sung in Cantonese, but its called 难念的经 if you’re interested in looking it up. Life of Fighting is but a Dream is the official English name of the song.