Entertainment 1998

Chapter 93: 93, Record Company, Reaching Cooperation
Song Ke is pretending to be cool!

Using the tone of a police officer interrogating a prisoner in the interrogation room, he revealed all of Jiang Feng's information in front of Wang Jinghua and Dou Wei, but Jiang Feng ignored him and just stood beside the dining table and watched quietly.

Uh…

Song Ke felt a little bored.

So he touched his nose and quickly got to the point.

“Jiang Feng, although my company Maitian Music was founded in 1996, only two years ago, and we have only signed two singers, one is Pu Shu and the other is Ye Bei, but I feel that I am still very professional in music production.

Sister Hua gave me your music album "Red Maple Leaves" to listen to, and it's very good. Well, let me put it this way.

It can even be said that every song is a hit song.

But if it were released as a music album, to be honest, the sales would definitely not be very high, 20 copies at most.

Even though the TV series "Love to the End" starring you will be broadcast on the prime time of the National Television News Comprehensive Channel on December 12st. "

Seeing that the professional Song Ke was talking about business, Jiang Feng asked about his own confusion.

"Mr. Song, can you tell me more specifically?"

“Too messy, too chaotic, and the theme is not clear.

For example, "Dusk" is a sentimental love song that pays tribute to love; "Old Boy" is a nostalgic song that pays tribute to youth; "New Divided" is a heavy metal rock song that shouts out hope...

As I said earlier, any one of these songs can be the title song of the entire album, but if they are put together... it will definitely not work. "

Having said this, Song Ke paused, looked at Wang Jinghua who was standing nearby admiring the scenery of Shichahai, and then looked at Dou Wei who was thinking about something. He lowered his voice and said:
"Jiang Feng, this is like you watching videos in a video hall. You have been watching feature films all day, and suddenly you are shown a pornographic one. You will definitely come back the next day.

Passion and enthusiasm make one's blood boil. Which man would not like to watch it?

But if I play pornographic videos for you all day, will you vomit and swear that you will never come back the next day? "

I rub...

So cool!

In his previous life, Jiang Feng was a novelist. When writing novels, he would make the story lines as exciting as possible. For example, other people’s music albums usually only have one or two main songs.

But when it comes to the male protagonist who traveled through time, instead of just one or two songs, I will just put 20 songs up, and you can listen to whatever type you want.

Don't talk to me about unified style or any theme. Let's just bombard the market with the best resources.

But after hearing Song Ke's more vivid metaphor, Jiang Feng understood instantly.

If you want to sell good records, you can't just give them all at once; when you throw all your best resources out at the first opportunity, the audience's first feeling may not be excitement, but perhaps disgust.

"Understood?"

Seeing that Jiang Feng, who had been frowning just now, now had a smile on his face, Song Ke asked.

"I understand." Jiang Feng nodded.

"Okay, now that you understand, let's talk about our cooperation model."

Wang Jinghua is really a very competent agent. She was just looking at the scenery, but as soon as Song Ke talked about cooperation, she immediately came over, first took out a recorder from her bag, turned it on, and put it on the dining table, then took out a black notebook and pen from her bag, ready to take notes.

Seeing that Wang Jinghua was ready, Song Ke said, "Jiang Feng, you are very talented in music creation. Let alone others, just this music album of yours can prove yourself.

In addition, Mr. Wang and I have a good relationship, and we are not outsiders, so this is what I think.

You signed a five-year agency contract with Maitian Music as the singer. I guarantee that you can get no less than 15% of the income from albums, commercial performances and other types of income. This is the current share ratio for Pu Shu and Ye Bei.

And don’t think it’s too little, you know, in order to help you promote your album, we have to spend a lot of time and money on radio, television, and media magazines…”

"Mr. Song, I can't agree to this."

Before Song Ke could finish his words, Jiang Feng rejected him flatly.

What a joke! The reason why I didn't sing at the beginning was that I was waiting to gradually become famous, and then rely on my fame to sell music albums.

Now that my fame is gradually rising, I, TND, want to sign a contract with you... Am I stupid or are you stupid?

Seeing Jiang Feng's straightforward refusal, Song Ke turned and looked at Wang Jinghua.

"Sister Hua, what do you think?"

"Well... Mr. Song, Jiang Feng and I have similar ideas. We both don't want to sign with a music company. Instead, we want to negotiate cooperation with music companies in the form of independent musicians." Wang Jinghua thought for a moment and gave her opinion.

“Okay, since you don’t want to sign with Ryefield Music, let’s talk about the cooperation model between independent musicians and record companies.

There are three types of cooperation modes:

One is outsourcing, where independent singers pay record companies to release and sell the album. Whether it makes a profit or a loss is borne by the independent singers, and the record companies make money from contracting the promotion and distribution of the album.

Of course, if the album makes money, the record company will also get a certain amount of commission.

The second is that a record company takes a fancy to an independent singer's album, spends money to acquire it, and then promotes and sells it. The record company is responsible for whether it makes a profit or a loss.

This model is similar to that of many major record companies, except that there is no agency contract with the singer. They can only make money from album sales and copyrights, and they also have to pay the singer for the song.

The third is for record companies and independent singers to work together, share the profits and losses, and divide the profits between them according to the capital investment of both parties.”

"I choose three."

Although he had heard about these three cooperation models from Wang Jinghua a long time ago, Jiang Feng still waited patiently for Song Ke to speak before saying directly, "I choose three."

"Three... Jiang Feng, do you mean to produce the songs for your first music album yourself, master the style of the music album, record the master tape of the music album, or shoot the MV of the song?

Do you just want us to be in charge of producing, promoting and selling the album, and then we can share the profits?"

"That's right!" Jiang Feng nodded.

"Okay, I won't say any more.

Jiang Feng, if you are willing, the income ratio between you and Maitian Music will be 30:70, and we will bear most of the expenses. Well, you can also say that we bear most of the investment risks.

Of course, our company must also own 70% of the music copyrights for the songs in your first album."

"Seventy percent... How is that possible?"

Seeing Song Ke asking for so much, Jiang Feng wanted to leave immediately.

You know, when the ringback tone market develops in a few years, these songs will have amazing performance in the market. If you want to convert these amazing performances into actual profits, you must hold all the copyrights of these songs.

There is no room for negotiation on this point.

……

negotiation.

Both parties raise the price and then cut it down little by little. This is basically the case whether it is a negotiation between people or between countries.

But when it comes to Jiang Feng, it's completely different from others. This is our first collaboration, and I tolerate the 70% income split because I'm only responsible for singing and don't invest any money.

But if you want the copyright to the song, it is absolutely impossible.

Seeing Jiang Feng was so persistent, Song Ke wanted to leave after about half an hour, but at this time, Wang Jinghua knocked on the table with a pen.

"Mr. Song, how about this? We can take a song from the album "Red Maple Leaves" and let your company run it as a music single.

The revenue sharing ratio is temporarily set at 30:70, and the music copyright belongs entirely to Jiang Feng.

The reason for doing this is to let Jiang Feng see the strength of your company, and also let your company see how popular Jiang Feng is in the music market, so as to lay a solid foundation for our next cooperation?

how about it? "

"No problem!" Jiang Feng nodded.

"Well, okay, but I'll choose the song." Song Ke pondered for a while, then said, "And if this single becomes popular, Jiang Feng's first music album must be based on this song."

(End of this chapter)