1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Chapter 301: Can the son-in-law buy the entire Overseas Chinese Apartment Community in one go?
"what?"

Cheng Xuemin's words instantly made Feng's father and mother gasp, and their faces looked extremely unbelievable!

To know!
Mr. Feng just said that their cultural outlet still has a gap of millions in foreign exchange earning task this year.

There is a gap of millions!
But their son-in-law told them so nonchalantly that a new song could accomplish the task?
The prerequisite is that their Foreign Language Bureau should step in and ask their office in the United States to register the copyright of this new song.

A foreign song, which only has a few lines of foreign words in its entirety, can be worth millions of US dollars in foreign exchange. Did they hear it right?
"Dad, I think we can give it a try!"

"Anyway, it's just a new song with a few lines of lyrics. I can ask the staff of the New York office to help register the copyright on my behalf. It should be a piece of cake!"

Cheng Xuemin seemed accustomed to the reactions of his father-in-law and mother-in-law and continued talking to him.

"Old Feng, I think Xuemin is right. We can submit it and give it a try!" Feng's mother reacted first, nodded to her father-in-law and said.

"Xuemin, do you think this foreign song you wrote can really generate so much foreign exchange?"

Mr. Feng still couldn't quite believe it, and asked again to confirm it. It really sounded too unbelievable!

Just by singing a simple foreign song, he can earn millions of dollars in foreign exchange. This is why Feng's father dares to trust his son-in-law, but who would believe it when he tells his colleagues at work?

He will definitely be comforted by Lao Zhou and others: "Lao Feng, our bureau's foreign exchange earning task is indeed heavy, but don't be so nervous.

Look, they have become neurotic, their minds are full of foreign exchange earnings, and now they are even more unbelievable to think that a foreign song can help their cultural outlets complete their foreign exchange earnings task this year? "

Father Feng was certain that when he took the new song to work tomorrow and activated the bureau's external express channel, he would directly connect with the staff of the New York office in the United States, which would inevitably cause surprise and uproar among his colleagues.

"dad!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded, and then said to his father-in-law: "There may not be that many at the beginning. We have to register the copyright of this song first at the Universal Music headquarters!"

"The main thing is to keep the copyright in our hands. The next step is to invite a popular foreign female star to sing this song and get it on the charts!"

"Beat the charts?" This is a new term. Both Feng's father and mother don't quite understand what it means.

"It's just a chart! Universal Music in the United States has a popular chart, which is divided into weekly and monthly charts. As long as our new song can make it into the chart, the higher the ranking, the more popular our new song will be, and the higher the copyright will be!"

"Of course, after our copyright registration is successful, Universal Music will arrange for female stars to audition and make it to the charts. We can also invite well-known female stars to make it to the charts!"

"If we hire the actress ourselves, the more famous she is, the faster our new song will become popular, and the higher it will rank on the charts!"

"In short, first register the copyright, then try singing and get on the charts. The better the result, the better our sales!"

Cheng Xuemin thought about it and had a general idea of ​​how global pop music works now.

In fact, just like popular online songs in later generations, new songs must first be tested by the market before they are released, and there are also some charts!

For example, popular weekly charts, monthly charts, etc.!
The only difference from later generations is that one of the lists is online and the other is offline.

Moreover, the charts of this era did not have as developed channels for singing as those of later generations, so it took a lot longer for good songs to develop and gestate before they could become popular.

If a new song like Cheng Xuemin's had started to chart, it might have already topped the New York Music Weekly Chart. It might have just become popular in the United States, but it might take at least one or two months for it to become popular all over the world.

But even so!
The speed at which songs become popular is definitely much faster than that of print media such as newspapers and magazines.

After all, the publication of paper magazines requires global distribution one by one in order to be circulated globally, but songs are completely different.

As long as it is sung on the radio, it can quickly spread to every corner of the world. In fact, if it really becomes popular, it can also become popular very quickly.

At that moment, the son-in-law Cheng Xuemin explained it so clearly and so confidently that Feng's father nodded.

Feng's mother also understood what he said, but then she reacted and asked, "Xuemin, Lao Feng and I understand what you said!"

"But what did you mean by wanting to register first?"

"Is someone trying to rob us?"

Just now, Cheng Xuemin seemed to want Lao Feng to contact the New York office in the United States as soon as he gets to the unit tomorrow, send a telegram, and ask them to register the copyright first.

So, is there anyone trying to snatch this from them?

"Someone is trying to rob us? Who?"

Father Feng also reacted and asked with a nervous look on his face.

This is a major matter concerning the cultural sector of their Foreign Language Bureau and their mission to earn millions of dollars in foreign exchange. It is not a small amount of money.

If someone really wanted to compete with their Foreign Language Bureau, Feng's father would say that they would fight the other party to the death.

With everyone earning foreign exchange, the cultural burden has been placed on the Foreign Languages ​​Bureau. As the leader, Mr. Feng is under more pressure than the actual person in charge, Lao Zhou and others.

If his son-in-law had not just returned and was busy with the affairs of the General Political Department, Feng's father would have wanted to lock him up at home and force him to produce the foreign manuscripts first.

Of course, we also know that a good manuscript cannot be produced by staying at home alone, and the manuscript they want this time is of extremely high quality, so we should take our time and not push too hard.

"Dad, Mom, it's like this!"

"Just now at the Friendship Hotel, Lao Xie and the others urged me to perform a show! I didn't think too much about it at the time. I just thought that there were many foreign guests at the Friendship Hotel, so I sang this foreign song I had just written!"

"I didn't expect the response to be so good that a reporter from the New York Times approached me and wanted to be my agent..."

Then Cheng Xuemin mentioned the cooperation proposed by Emily to his father-in-law and mother-in-law!
"Xuemin, are you worried about that New York reporter and whether she will register the copyright for our songs herself?"

After hearing this, Mr. Feng reacted quickly and realized the loopholes in this, which were very big.

Just as he said, if the other party does not register with Scholarism and instead takes it for themselves, wouldn’t it be giving it away for free?
By then, the other party will retreat to their own country, and they will not be able to sue anyone in court.

"Yes, Dad!"

"Although the foreign journalist named Emily also emphasized that she would sign an agreement contract with me, we must be on guard against others!"

"Dad, what I mean is, let's delay her for a day or two while we register the copyright as soon as possible!"

"We can fully entrust her with the subsequent operations. After all, we are too far away to maximize the benefits of the copyright in our hands!"

"But if we promise her one-tenth of the copyright fee, she will use all her resources in the United States to invite popular foreign female stars to audition and get on the charts. Then our chart performance will be better, and the copyright will sell better!"

Cheng Xuemin told his father-in-law about his idea.

Due to our domestic situation, Cheng Xuemin is certainly unable to go to the United States in person for the time being to operate the copyrights in his hands and maximize his profits.

Therefore, there must be a native American to serve as his agent and represent Cheng Xuemin to run the operation.

Only when interests are tied together will the other party work at full capacity.

Moreover, it would be best if this agent has connections and influence in the American entertainment industry. As a New York Times reporter in China, Emily just fits Cheng Xuemin's choice of agent.

Therefore, Cheng Xuemin will still sign the agent agreement that Dayangma wants to sign tomorrow, and will also promise her one-tenth of the copyright operation fee.

After all, this is also Cheng Xuemin's first step into the American and even global entertainment industry. Cheng Xuemin feels it is very necessary to give some profits to the agent.

Once the song "My Heart Will Go On" opens up the European, American and even global markets, the subsequent agency agreement can be negotiated.

Therefore, the contract I signed tomorrow is for the song "My Heart Will Go On". I will pay one tenth of the copyright fee, and we will talk about it later. Cheng Xuemin has also made up his mind to earn more foreign exchange for the country, so he is still a little slow in writing articles and songs.

In fact, Cheng Xuemin could have done it himself and hosted the filming of a "Titanic" theme movie, since he had this classic movie in his mind anyway.

The entire movie can be reproduced as a tribute and taken directly to Europe, America, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Singapore for a global release.

How much box office revenue can it earn?
Cheng Xuemin certainly could not have predicted it, he only knew that the release of the movie "Titanic" in the previous life directly won a super box office of 3.5 billion US dollars.

Therefore, Cheng Xuemin does not expect the box office to exceed that of his previous life. It would be good if it could reach half or even one-third of that of his previous life!
Half of the box office is 2 billion, so the total amount is at least 10 billion!

Cheng Xuemin doesn't need to say much about what one billion dollars of gold means to our country in this era!
Just imagine!
A few years later, our country was short of foreign exchange, rice and gold, and even Dongfeng Express could sell to big camel dealers, and the price was just one 100 million green knife. We sellers felt we had made a fortune!

Can be imagined.

If in this era, Cheng Xuemin can bring in two or three large camel traders' foreign exchange dollars to the country by making a movie, what does it mean to the country?
What does it mean to Cheng Xuemin himself?
Therefore, there are so many ways to make money these days that Cheng Xuemin is really overwhelmed and wants to work at full capacity.

Unfortunately, the current domestic situation does not allow us to operate at full capacity.

Cheng Xuemin had to test the waters step by step, and the first step was to make the first shot in earning foreign exchange.

Only by firing this first shot well and letting the higher-ups see that what Cheng Xuemin is doing can earn him US dollars and greenbacks, will they pay more attention to him, and then Cheng Xuemin will have a say.

"Okay, I got it! I'll go with you tomorrow morning..."

"Xuemin, let's go now, so as to avoid any more trouble!"

After understanding what was going on, Mr. Feng wanted to register the copyright before the New York reporter did.

And this was just to guard against that reporter. At that time, there were so many foreigners in the Friendship Hotel, and they also heard the song sung by Xuemin.

So there was no guarantee that there might be some smart foreigners who would copy and plagiarize first, which made Feng's father even more anxious.

I had promised to go to work early tomorrow morning and fax and telegraph the new song to the New York office as soon as possible. But I thought that if I waited until tomorrow morning, it would be late in New York, and the time difference with us would be reversed.

Without further ado, Feng's father rushed to the office and sent a telegram to the staff in New York, asking them to handle the matter promptly!
We will try to submit the application materials to New York tonight and get the copyright registration done.

"Go there now?"

Cheng Xuemin was anxious, but he didn't expect that his father-in-law was even more anxious.

He was so anxious that he had to run back to his unit, the Foreign Language Bureau, overnight to send a telegram or fax to New York.

"It's Wednesday morning in New York now. If everything goes well, the copyright registration can be done on the same day!"

Father Feng looked at his watch and said to Cheng Xuemin.

"Okay, Dad!"

Without further ado, Cheng Xuemin said nothing more and went out with his father-in-law.

"Dad, let's take a taxi! It's not safe to ride a bicycle at night!"

Seeing that Feng's father was in a hurry to get his bicycle again, Cheng Xuemin suggested.

"Old Feng, listen to Xuemin, take a taxi and come back quickly!"

Feng's mother did not stop them, and she said the same thing to her son-in-law Cheng Xuemin, letting the noodle maker go out.

"Let's go then!"

Father Feng was stunned for a moment, then nodded, quickly greeted Cheng Xuemin, and walked out first with the briefcase.

"Mom! Was that Xuemin who came back just now? Wasn't he staying in the hotel?"

Not long after Feng's father and Cheng Xuemin left, the eldest son Feng Jiazhao came out of the bathroom and saw Feng's mother closing the gate. He asked in confusion.

Just now when he was taking a shower, he happened to hear the noise outside.

"Xuemin came back for something, and he went out with your dad again!"

"Go to your father's workplace. There is something extremely urgent that needs to be sent out overnight!"

Mother Feng watched her husband and son-in-law, then hailed a minivan that happened to be passing by outside. She felt relieved and went back to the house, locked the door, and replied to the eldest son Feng Jiazhao.

"What's the important matter? You have to go to dad's workplace at night?"

This successfully aroused Feng Jiazhao's curiosity, and he looked towards the gate with suspicion.

My brother-in-law ran back from the hotel overnight, and ran out again with his father overnight. What serious matter could this be?
"It's related to the foreign exchange earning above!"

"Your brother-in-law said that if this goes well, it can generate millions of dollars in foreign exchange for the country!"

Mother Feng couldn't help herself and said something to her eldest son.

"How many?!"

"Millions of foreign exchange?!"

"Doesn't that mean Xuemin got rich this time? Our family got rich all of a sudden!?"

When brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao heard what his mother said, he immediately took a breath of cold air. Millions of rice gold for earning foreign exchange?

Are you kidding me? !

That’s millions of US dollars in foreign exchange!
Although the country will definitely not keep any of the real gold and silver, rice, gold and cash, it will all be intercepted.

But at the same time, he will definitely give his brother-in-law a corresponding amount of foreign exchange coupons. The purchasing power of foreign exchange coupons in our country is the same as that of rice and gold cash!

So, doesn’t this mean!
His brother-in-law will be able to earn millions of foreign exchange certificates very quickly, and they can also be converted into our own RMB according to the bank's official ratio of 1 to 2.5!
How much is that?
More than two million, oh my god!

Feng Jiazhao thought about it for a moment and took another deep breath, completely stunned!

Ok!

At this moment, Feng's mother also reacted after being reminded by her older son.

A foreign song sung by her son-in-law can not only bring millions of dollars in foreign exchange to the country, but also bring millions of foreign exchange coupons to the family!

Millions!

What concept?
The house where her son-in-law currently lives in the Overseas Chinese Apartment is an apartment of more than 140 square meters, and the price is only 10,000 foreign exchange bonds at most.

So, her son-in-law's foreign song can buy hundreds of houses in Overseas Chinese Apartments?

But there are less than a hundred houses in the entire Overseas Chinese Apartment Community!
In other words, a foreign song can buy an entire Overseas Chinese Apartment. Is that how it is calculated?

……

Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of this chapter)