Chapter 103

If possible, put the book on the shelf, it is convenient for you and supports me, thank you very much!

In the whispers of "Is that him?" "That's him?" among the female staff in the cubicle, Director Zhang sent Feng Yiping to the door, and Lawyer Xiao Zhao even accompanied Feng Yiping out. Why? Feng Yiping couldn't even stay in a hotel because he wasn't accompanied by an adult.

As soon as Feng Yiping left, Director Zhang contacted them. He picked two out of ten songs, made a few phone calls, and then sent faxes to several major record companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The next step was very simple. Just wait.

Feng Yiping was quite interested in visiting the old place in advance. He leaned on the window of the hotel and looked out. Now the high-rise buildings are more concentrated in the Huanshi Road area.

As far as he can see, there are nearly ten tower cranes under construction. He has no ambition to think, if he buys a few houses in these newly built buildings, or in the old neighborhoods shaded by green trees below , the son born ten or twenty years later will be a proper rich second generation!

Early the next morning, he arrived at Xiguan, which is not far from where he will work and struggle in the future, and it is also the place with the most local characteristics in Yangcheng. There are not many of these old-looking blue-gray houses in front of him in the future.

He wandered leisurely in this old mansion by himself, looking eagerly at everything in front of him. When he was traveling, Feng Yiping, who never liked taking pictures, felt that it was really necessary to buy a camera.

Originally, I wanted to go to CUHK in the afternoon, but when I got back to the hotel, I was blocked by lawyer Xiao Zhao in the room. PolyGram's people arrived at the law firm in the morning, and Warner's people followed suit. Now People on both sides are waiting for him.

Although it is a record company, the people sent by both parties are professionals in professional attire, which is okay! Feng Yiping was really afraid that some company would send a man with pigtails and exaggerated clothes to approach him.

As soon as Feng Yiping entered the door of the conference room, the men in suits on both sides all looked over at him. Being stared at by such a large group of men, to be honest, it was really not a good experience.

Director Zhang introduced the one on the left to Feng Yiping, "This is Mr. Guan from Polygram."

Mr. Guan is about the same age as Deputy Director Zhang, with a crew cut and a big nose. He looks like a vigorous person.

Director Zhang should have already introduced him, so after seeing the real person Feng Yiping, although he was a little surprised, he still solemnly handed the business card to Feng Yiping.

Warner's representative is a young man, very contagious. Mr. Guan is older, and some things are hard to say. Warner's Manager Zheng is not so fussy. The enthusiasm and praise when shaking hands, the thick-skinned Feng Yiping was a little embarrassed.

After exchanging pleasantries, Feng Yiping sat down and whispered to Director Zhang, "Don't wait any longer? Isn't there another company?"

He said it was a whisper, but the broken voice in his current voice-changing period couldn't be lowered—of course he did it on purpose.

Sure enough, the representatives of the two companies immediately said that they were the top record company in the entire Chinese music industry, and it didn't matter if others saw it or not.

These words are not too exaggerated, especially for Polygram at this time, you can see its strength just by looking at its singers. Among the four people who just won the title of "Four Heavenly Kings" the year before last, only Guo Tianwang is not under its banner , Leslie Cheung, Zuo Linyou Li, Faye Wong, Priscilla Chan, etc. are all its contracted artists at this time. Which one of these people is not a famous figure?

Feng Yiping also prefers Polygram, without it, most of his ten songs this time were produced by Polygram later.

It is good to have a powerful law firm like Dacheng take the lead. Director Zhang discussed with the two companies one by one according to Feng Yiping's opinions, which actually meant bidding.

The first point is that the price of each song is three to five thousand US dollars. The two companies pointed out that this price is too high and unacceptable, and they hope to denominate it in RMB.

Director Zhang was also prepared. He pointed out with a smile that Polygram and Warner both went to Europe to shoot MVs for their main singers last year. The budget for a title song must be at least one million yuan. For his work, a few thousand dollars in this area is not a lot.

Indeed, at least in the Chinese music scene, now is the golden age. During these days, singers with good achievements can live well just by relying on album sales.

For example, Liu Tianwang released "Thank You for Your Love" last year, with a total annual sales of 1.68 million copies! Twenty years later, the Hong Kong Music Association lowered the standard for platinum records to 15,000 copies each, but there are still very few people who can get this honor.

Stimulated by high returns, the record company is of course willing to invest heavily, and the title song has invested millions, which is trivial.

After hearing Director Zhang's words, the two companies were also embarrassed to entangle in this link. The two companies automatically bid, and finally raised the 5,000 US dollars that Feng Yiping said.

As for the settlement currency, Feng Yiping insisted on US dollars. You are such a big company, and you care so much about the price difference. I am a rural child who has just escaped poverty, so naturally I have to insist even more.

However, the two sides were at odds with each other for the commission of each album. Director Zhang opened his mouth and proposed at least 10%. Characters, from time to time, write a number on paper and give it to Guan and Zheng.

The album produced by these ten songs is estimated to have an annual sales volume of at least one million in Asia, and every point at this time is not a small number.

While the two parties were negotiating the price nervously, Mr. Guan no longer cared about the age gap between him and Feng Yiping. Applying to study in Hong Kong, signing a long-term contract with him, etc., Feng Yiping always said, "Think about it."

There is no need to study in Hong Kong now. As for the long-term contract, Feng Yiping is stupid. After signing the contract, although he has a salary, his income company needs a commission, and the amount is not low. With his ability, now In a hurry to work?

But don't say, Feng Yiping, who was not a small boss in the future, has always been the one who begs for help a lot, but now he is being begged by people from a large multinational company under various conditions. That feeling is really great!

It can't be said that these two big international companies have their own reasons for doing so. In fact, in this industry, singers are easy to find, but good songs are hard to find.

For example, in various talent shows later, good singers emerged one after another, and even many people in the fields had a good voice, but how many songwriters could write classic songs?

With these ten songs by Feng Yiping as the basis, the two companies can turn an unknown little singer into a first-class star at a very low cost, with a very high input-output ratio.

In this way, you fought back and forth, and more than an hour passed, but still no consensus was reached.

At this time, lawyer Xiao Zhao came in again and said to Director Zhang, "Representatives from Taiwan's Rolling Stones and UFOs have arrived."

This sentence was the catalyst. After discussing for fifteen minutes, the two companies each gave their final conditions.

PolyGram's condition is that the price of two songs will be raised to US$10,000, the price of three songs will be raised to US$8,000, and the price of the other five songs will still be US$5,000, with a copyright royalty of 5%.

Warner's condition is that each song is still 5,000 US dollars, and the copyright royalty is 6%.

Of course, these are tax-free and are settled in US dollars.

Director Zhang prefers Warner's conditions, and one percent is a lot of difference, but Feng Yiping finally chose Polygram. After all, it has a lot of works, and the difference is not big, so let's just go with it.

The key is that PolyGram has many singers and great appeal, which can guarantee sales.

Warner's Manager Zheng was a little disappointed, but he still said goodbye to Feng Yiping enthusiastically, and hoped that there would be a chance to cooperate next time. He didn't believe that such a person would only have works this year.

Finally, Dacheng Law Firm and PolyGram signed a formal contract, which also clarified the confidentiality of creators, the calculation of bases and other related matters.

Feng Yiping did not give up the right to sign, he insisted on using the name "Deep Sea", there is no way, he just likes to play lurking!

The representatives of the two record companies in Taiwan, who were late, stood outside the meeting room, watching them shake hands and make a deal, very annoyed. Manager Zheng also left, and was with the representative of UFO, because Warner had already acquired part of UFO's shares at this time.

Seeing Feng Yiping come out, people from Rolling Stone and UFO immediately came over to hand over business cards to cover friendship, hoping to have a meal and chat together.

Feng Yiping is now a resource of the law firm. For the law firm, there is no harm in establishing a good relationship with these companies. Therefore, that night, the law firm served as the host and entertained representatives of several companies from afar. The restaurant is a little extravagant.

During the dinner, everyone gave Feng Yiping good comments. Although he didn't drink, Feng Yiping felt like he was getting drunk!

The next morning, the contract signed and sealed by PolyGram was also sent to Dacheng Law Firm, and a total of 69,000 U.S. dollars also arrived in the account.

Along with the contract, there is also a Leica M6 camera.

In terms of these aspects, Hong Kong companies that are already highly commercialized have done a good job. Feng Yiping just said at dinner last night that the beautiful scenery of many places in Yangcheng can be pictured, but there are no good cameras on the market, so Mr. Guan kept it in mind.

That's right, compared to that one percent, these thousands of dollars worth of cameras are nothing.

At Feng Yiping's current age, it is very troublesome to open an account, but these are not a problem in front of Dacheng Law Firm. Director Zhang personally accompanied him to the Bank of China user account book to open an account.

This time, the total income was 69,000 US dollars, and the law firm fee was 6,900. Feng Yiping only kept 55,000. The rest was entrusted to Director Zhang to convert into RMB, and 50,000 were also deposited together.

Calculated according to the bank's price, Feng Yiping's book assets are now close to 400,000 yuan, and he has finally become a household of several hundred thousand yuan!

Moreover, by next year, the renminbi will depreciate again, and his dollars will appreciate by at least 20%!