Huayu 2007: Starting with fleecing the "Fairy Sisters"

Before recording the song, Wu Wei had already gone online to systematically learn about the cooperation between SP companies and musicians, and had also specifically studied what pitfalls there were.

So when he saw the conditions offered by TOM online, he immediately laughed.

The other party wanted to buy out the wireless ringtone rights to three of his songs in one go, at 10,000 yuan per song, with payment to be made immediately on the day of signing.

This is completely treating him like a clueless young man trying to fool him.

He didn't mince words and replied directly, "If you think I'm stupid, then you really are stupid."

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end, then a long message came through, roughly saying: You're a complete newcomer. Although your song is popular right now, there are too many good and popular songs these days. Your song might be replaced by another one next week. The right thing to do is to sign a contract and get the money in your hands as soon as possible. Ten thousand for a song is already a lot. If you miss this opportunity, you won't get another one.

After reading it, Wu Wei was too lazy to waste any more words with him and simply deleted him as a friend.

There are other SP companies in the country, so if you're not sincere, then get lost.

Now that his three songs are becoming more and more popular, more SP companies will come knocking on his door. If you don't want to give him the terms, other companies will naturally be willing to.

……

Sure enough, over the next two days, various SP companies came knocking on our door.

Palmtop, A8 Music, Huayou Century... almost all the major SP companies have come.

In addition, some local small companies also joined in the fun.

Wu Wei discussed with the other party one by one, talking about the revenue sharing ratio, exclusive or non-exclusive, settlement cycle, authorization period, etc.

If someone has good qualities, chat with them a bit more; if someone has poor qualities, politely decline.

After several rounds of heated negotiations and careful consideration, he finally chose A8 Music.

As a leading SP company, A8 has strong bargaining power with China Mobile, and its revenue sharing ratio can reach 85%.

The cooperation with him was also very sincere, with a 50/50 split, exclusive authorization for one year, and monthly settlement of fees.

In other words, if a ringtone is downloaded 50 times and generates a total revenue of 100 yuan, then China Mobile takes 15 yuan, and A8 Music splits the remaining 85 yuan with them, meaning each takes 42.5 yuan.

He doesn't own a company, and he owns all the copyrights to the lyrics and music, so the 42.5 yuan doesn't need to be shared with anyone; it's all his.

Wu Wei quickly did a mental calculation.

If the three songs combined get 500 million downloads, his earnings will reach 425 million.

In this day and age, 425 million is more than enough to make a low-budget youth campus movie.

He felt that 500 million times was not difficult, in fact, very simple.

……

Two days later, Wu Wei received the contract from A8 Music via Shenzhen Zheng.

He looked at it carefully, and after confirming that there were no problems, he signed it and sent it back.

Two days later, A8 confirmed that the contract was in effect.

The ringback tone production has begun. Once completed, it will be available for download on the ringback tone platform.

……

Just as Wu Wei was waiting for the ringback tone to be launched, his phone suddenly rang that night.

He glanced at the caller ID; it was an unfamiliar number.

"Hello?"

"Xiao Wu, I've arrived at Beijin."

Jackie Chan's signature voice came through the phone, tinged with laughter: "I'm going to record those two songs for you at Lejiaxuan tomorrow. I've also made plans with Binhan. Are you free? Could you come over and listen to them for me?"

Wu Wei was stunned. Was this Jackie Chan's own number?

"I'm free, of course I'm free!"

Wu Wei readily agreed: "I'll go first thing tomorrow morning."

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Wu Wei couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

He didn't expect Jackie Chan to call him personally, which shows that Jackie Chan really considers him one of his own.

He quickly saved his older brother's phone number.

……

The next morning, Wu Wei arrived at the Lejiaxuan Music Production Base.

Jackie Chan has arrived and is sitting on the sofa in the rest area chatting with Yu Binhan, with his assistant Xiao Wang standing next to him.

"Brother, Mr. Yu," Wu Wei greeted him as he walked over. "Brother Wang."

Jackie Chan turned around with a smile and looked him up and down: "You're pretty popular lately, aren't you? All my staff are listening to your songs, and Xiao Wang sings them every day."

He paused for a moment, looking at him with a meaningful gaze: "These songs of yours are all written with a lot of emotion."

Wu Wei immediately understood when he saw his older brother's look and the ambiguous smiles on Yu Binhan and Xiao Wang's faces.

It turns out that Jackie Chan also thought that these songs were written for Liu Yifei.

Wu Wei smiled helplessly and didn't explain, "Brother, these two songs of yours will definitely be hits. Maybe they'll still be playing everywhere more than ten years from now."

"You little rascal!"

When Jackie Chan saw him change the subject, he couldn't help but laugh.

……

After exchanging a few more jokes, the group got up and went into the recording studio.

Recording has officially begun.

Wu Wei and Yu Binhan sat together in the control room, monitoring Jackie Chan's studio.

Of course, Yu Binhan did most of the work. He is a professional producer who controls the overall sound quality and singing details.

Wu Wei mainly plays support, occasionally offering advice from the sidelines.

Jackie Chan and Yu Binhan both respected his opinion, after all, he was the songwriter and the one who best grasped the original flavor of the song.

"Big brother, you can loosen up the chorus a little more."

"Make the pronunciation here more natural, yes, like that."

"Brother, you could add a little more breath control at the beginning to make the emotion even more profound..."

Yu Binhan and Jackie Chan basically adopted all of Wu Wei's suggestions.

With his suggestions, the feeling of the song became significantly better.

After a day's work, both songs were successfully recorded.

……

That evening, Jackie Chan hosted a dinner for Wu Wei and Yu Binhan.

The three of them found a quiet restaurant and sat in a private room to eat and chat.

When they had almost finished eating, Wu Wei looked at Jackie Chan and said, "Brother, there's something I'd like to ask you for a favor."

"Go ahead," Jackie Chan said while eating.

"I recently wrote a screenplay that I want to turn into a movie, but I don't know much about it. I'm not clear on the ins and outs from filming to release. You have a lot of connections in this industry, could you recommend a reliable company to me?"

Jackie Chan was somewhat surprised: "You can write screenplays? You always have something new to say every time we meet."

He put down his chopsticks and his expression became serious: "What kind of script did you write? If it's an action script, I can take a look. If it's suitable, I can invest in and help you put together this project."

"It's not an action game."

Wu Wei shook his head and said, "However, I am indeed currently writing a kung fu comedy script, specially tailored for you, Big Brother, but it is not finished yet."

"Written specifically for me?"

Jackie Chan was slightly taken aback, then pleasantly surprised: "You wrote a song for me last time, and now you've written a script for me again?"