Perfect Life

Tuesday, July 19, 10am.

Huage Records, the second conference room.

The company's regular meeting that was supposed to be held on Monday morning was pushed back to today by Huang Dazhong because of the release of the Dongguan Bookstore sales rankings yesterday. Because of his mood and emotions at that time, there was really no way to preside over the meeting.

Right now in this conference room, the senior management of Huage Records, including the managers of the production department, the publicity department, the distribution department, the back office, the artist management department, the brokerage department, the training department, the legal department, etc., are nearly two Ten people sat around a long conference table. Huang Dazhong is sitting in the first position on the left hand. As for the chair in the top middle, it is empty as usual, because it is the seat reserved for Huang Dazhong's father, who is still the chairman of the company.

At this time, it is the manager of the brokerage department who is speaking

"...Tenglong's Lao Qian came over yesterday morning, because Wu Xing Wu was busy making a new album at the time, so the company decided not to give them commercial performances for the time being, and I pushed everything else, but Lao Qian was busy at the time. The price I gave is really high. The price is one million for three songs, and Lao Huang has been a partner of our company for many years, so after asking Mr. Huang, I signed six games with him on behalf of the company. This is the only commercial performance contract signed by the company for Wuxing Wusu in the past two or three months."

"At that time, it must have been considered that when Wuxing Wusu finished the promotion of this album, it would be very easy to run down. After all, there were only six shows, and the customers of the old money were still relatively high-end celebrations. Yes, it is more in line with the identity and market position of Wuxingwusu. I remember that Lao Qian was grateful to me at that time, but now..."

"Old Qian came in the morning and insisted on inviting me to dinner at noon. As a result, I in turn invited him to have a meal, but he continued to follow me in the afternoon, and I hoped that I could abolish the contract anyway. , because according to him, the price quoted by the inviter has plummeted. And it has fallen very badly, not to mention 1 million, even if it is 500,000, he is just barely keeping the money. 400,000 can barely be small. Earn a little bit, so if he really sits down those six games according to 1 million, he will lose 3 million all at once! For him, this is not even a traumatic injury. At least it is bleeding..."

Huang Dazhong has been closing his eyes and resting, listening to him ramble on endlessly, frowning helplessly, opening his eyes, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the ranking on the table in front of him, almost subconsciously locking in the dazzling sales figures , his brows jumped a few times without knowing it, and the impatience in his heart suddenly became stronger.

So he waved his hand, interrupted the manager of the brokerage department, and asked directly, "So what? What do you mean?"

The manager of the brokerage department hesitated for a moment and said, "So...I think I can cancel the contract signed with Tenglong?"

Huang Dazhong waved his hand again. He tried hard not to get angry, but instinctively the tendon between his eyebrows was jumping violently and twitching, and he said, "Damn it, of course it will be abolished! Are we Huage the kind of company that corrupts other people's performance business money? It’s only a matter of millions, can you still rely on it and smash your own brand?”

Having said that, he waved his hand impatiently, "Abolish, abolish!"

The manager of the brokerage department seemed to be relieved when he heard the words, nodded and replied "Okay". Then he just sat down and didn't speak.

At this time, Huang Dazhong couldn't even care about whether there was something tricky between him and the old money, and when the water was clear, there would be no fish. This kind of thing, he knew early on, he couldn't find it! At this time, he was obviously concerned about another question, so he asked, "What did you just say? Can he just save the money after 500,000 games?"

The manager of the management department nodded immediately and said, "Yes! It was when Wuxing Wusu was preparing the album. Because he would definitely not be able to pick up work for a while, so, 800,000 shows, 900,000 shows, or even Lao Qian shouted 1 million for a game, all kinds of prices are available, and it is getting higher and higher. Uh... When "Let Me Fly" was first released, it was last week when Dongguan Bookstore just came out for a week. In the week of sales of nearly 30,000, someone had already called 1.2 million, but at that time, it was also considered that Wuxing Wusu was doing publicity, so you said it yourself, if you don't sign first, I will not sign. But now..."

"After finally giving away the old money yesterday, I made two phone calls and asked, uh, in short, I said that the album promotion of Wuxingwusu is almost finished, and then I can take over the business and perform, and those performance companies are all They all said that the signing can be signed, but the price will be negotiated again, and it must not be based on the quotation they gave before. Moreover, some people specially proposed that if they want to sign, the songs and repertoires of each show must be made by them. Specify..."

"This thing is originally a convention. When a singer comes to the stage, he must also sing his most popular and everyone's favorite song, so it was originally discussed on the spot and asked what the inviter meant, and then it can be decided. But now, I Presumably, what they mean is... or is the album "Sister and Sister Stand Up" more popular?"

"Also, what Lao Qian said was basically correct. The price they gave was about 300,000 to 400,000 games. Even at this price, the other party was a little hesitant. If they said to sign a contract, they could only sign a maximum of five games first. Because The ups and downs of Wuxingwusu are too scary, and they are not quite sure how much appeal the five of them still have in the commercial performance market."

Listening and listening, Huang Dazhong closed his eyes subconsciously and just leaned on the back of the chair. After the manager of the brokerage department had finished speaking, he sat up weakly, nodded, and said, "Don't ask, don't ask next time, the more you ask, the more the price will drop! Stop first, wait for a while. Slow down, take it slow, and then talk about it!"

After a pause, he took a deep breath and glanced at the dozen or so faces on both sides of the conference table, asking, "Then, who else has to say something?"

The place was silent, no one made a sound.

After a while, the production manager suddenly said, "If no one said anything, then, Mr. Huang, let me talk about Zhao Jiyu's preparations for this album?"

But Huang Dazhong directly waved his hand when he heard the words and said, "I'll talk about other things later. There is only one topic in today's meeting, and that is to discuss what to do next with Wuxing Wusu!"

Hearing this, the production manager had no choice but to nod his head, and was rather embarrassed to say nothing.

then. Next, the entire conference room fell into a strange silence again.

After a while, Huang Dazhong reluctantly turned his head to look at Du Xiaoming, who was sitting opposite him, and asked, "Old Du. You are an expert in making music, and you have the most say! Or, would you say something?"

Hearing this, Du Xiaoming paused, twisted his butt, and sat up straight. He slowly opened his mouth and said, "Wu Xing Wu Su here, um, this somersault fell a bit miserably, but, after all, their previous popularity is still there, so I don't think it is irreversible! It's just... I am now I'm not quite sure what suits their path. And, after all, I was the producer of their last album. This album failed, and I'm partly responsible..."

When Huang Dazhong heard the words, he quickly waved his hand to interrupt him, "Don't say this, now is not the time to ask for responsibility, the key for us now is how to save the current situation! If we say responsibility, I am the most responsible! It is me I insisted not to give others a share, that's why I have come to this stage!"

Although Huang Dazhong said this, the starting point is really just to give Du Xiaoming some relief. After all, he knows better than anyone else that the sales of "Let Me Fly" have plummeted and fell so miserably for two consecutive weeks. The market and popularity that Wuxing Wusu has just cultivated has also reached the point of being directly cut in half. The immediate priority is really not a question of accountability.

But...even though it's just words to comfort others. But when he mentioned this, he couldn't help but subconsciously glanced at the leaderboard on the desktop. Then, there was another uncontrollable throbbing in his heart!

There is no doubt that "Let Me Fly" is about to hit the streets. The sales have plummeted for two consecutive weeks, let alone an expert. Even a layman can tell that there must be something wrong with the quality of the album and the song itself.

You talk about fame, Wuxing Wusu is so popular, you talk about promotion, Huage Records directly allocated 1.5 million publicity funds for this album, and this amount of money is enough for two or three newcomers to release a full set of album production. and publicity.

But, it's a slam dunk!

For this album, Huage Records has invited famous celebrities all over the world. No matter the lyrics, music, arrangement or choreography, they are all made with great effort, and they even dispatched the company's music director Du Xiaoming, an expert in the industry. It can definitely be said that it is a work of conscience to personally act as a producer... It can be said that no one hopes that Wuxing Wusu will continue to be popular with this new album and continue the momentum of the previous album that swept the music world more than Huang Dazhong.

But even so, it still flutters so ugly!

Looking back, what was the reason?

The only reason Huang Dazhong could think of was the lack of Li Qian!

That's right, it's because of the lack of him!

So, hit the streets!

And Huang Dazhong himself knows that, in fact, within Huage Records, the results of the two albums before and after Wuxing Wusu are there. A comparison is so eye-catching. Therefore, the importance of Li Qian is already fundamental. Nothing needs to be emphasized. The reason why "Let Me Fly" fell into the sand is also something that everyone in the company knows well.

However, what makes people sad is that Li Qian was actually willing to join the team back then.

Now think about it, why bother!

At the beginning of the negotiation, the other party's side was top-heavy, that is to say, they wanted a 4% or 5% share. According to the report of the person in charge of the negotiation, the other party wanted this according to the meaning revealed by the other party's agent at the time. Dividing is purely to save face, even if it is as low as 2%, the other party is not unacceptable.

Only two percent!

Even if an album sells 10 million copies, how much is 2%? It's only about two million! What's more, even if it is sold according to the style of "Sister and Sister Stand Up" and Liao Liao's "The Sound of the Wave is Still", if it sells 5 million copies in half a year, it will be about 8 million copies in two years. May sell 10 million copies! So, it's only 8 million, and the 2% share is not even 2 million!

Thinking about it now, even if I only got a title song from Li Qian at that time, what would I do with an extra two million yuan?

As long as the album sells well, or, even if it doesn't sell well, as long as the diving isn't that great, don't throw Wuxingwusu directly into the world like it is now, then, it's only two million. Isn't that just the money for a few commercial performances?

But...why was he so heartbroken at the time, insisting that he would not give Li Qian a share?

Maybe it's because he trusts Huage's internal production ability too much?

Or, too underestimate Li Qian's ability to turn a stone into gold?

Um. Well, think about it carefully, this is not the key, the most important thing is probably to let him take 15% of the last album directly, if it sells 8 million copies. But it was a solid amount of more than 14 million. At that time, it was really distressing to cut the flesh! That's why I made up my mind at that time, no matter what!

But now it's good, but he was kicked out of the game, which really saved a lot of money, at least he didn't need to give his share.

However, looking at the downward trend of the album "Let Me Fly", even if the aura of "Sister and Sister Stand Up" brought to Wuxingwusu, it will not completely fade away. But the popularity will be cut in half at least, so it is estimated that in the end, "Let Me Fly" can barely break through 2 million? Get a double platinum record?

It is estimated that this is the case!

Well, well, the production cost of this album is more than 2 million, and the publicity fund has already spent more than 1 million, plus Du Xiaoming's share of the producer, um, just these costs. Together, it's more than 4 million!

Then, although Huage has its own full set of factories, it can make records for itself, so the cost is definitely lower. But the cost of a box of tapes is about 80 cents. If you send out 6 yuan a piece, the profit is 5 yuan and 2 yuan. If you finally sell 2 million copies, the total income will be about 10 million yuan, and you will have to cut off more than 4 million yuan first. cost. Then cut off the sales share to be paid to Wuxingwusu, which is 10% of the price, which is 2.4 million!

So, in the end, the profit that really goes back to Huage Records' account... If it's dead, it's about three million!

And at the time of the last album, even if it was simply the profit from selling the album, yes, Li Qian was going to take a big chunk of the fat from it, but it was almost the same as the company's side! Even if the two parties split the account in half, that album can bring more than 15 million net profits to the company! Not to mention that what Huage earns here is not just albums, but the bigger ones are actually the commercial performances whose prices are getting higher and higher, and there are too many to be accepted!

So... 2 million album sales, double platinum, for other singers, they must be happy, but for Wuxing Wusu and Huage Records, this is definitely a loss that makes people want to commit suicide A deal!

There is no need to give Li Qian more than 14 million, but the company has made at least 10 million less than the last album of Wu Xing Wu Su!

Moreover, if the losses in commercial performances caused by the sharp decline in the popularity of Wuxingwusu are included, this number will even quadruple!

Adding these two sides together, for Huage Records, it is a huge loss of tens of millions!

No one knows that since the sales chart came out last Monday and saw that "Let Me Fly" was directly cut in half by Liao Liao's "The Sound of the Waves", until now, Huang Dazhong has been sleeping almost all night. Even if she tossed on a woman until midnight, she was too tired to hold on and fell asleep, she would always wake up at four or five o'clock. And every time I wash my hair recently, the hair falls out a lot...

To be honest, it’s not so much that I feel bad for money. The most regrettable thing is that Wuxing Wusu, a popular star with a brilliant career, was so abruptly destroyed!

This is the biggest capital he relies on to challenge Sony in his mind!

Their existence and their popularity, for the company, are not just the huge income brought by the annual albums and commercial performances. Their popularity can help the entire Huage Records to find an incomparably stable in the market. stand.

For a big record company like Huage, it is a matter of life and death whether this foothold is firm or not!

But what can he say now?

At the beginning, he insisted on excluding Li Qian from the division, but his opinion, you must know, even Du Xiaoming persuaded him at that time, even "I am not as good as Li Qian as to how to straighten out the future development path for Wuxingwusu. "The words have been said, and I have repeatedly persuaded him to think twice. Wuxing Wusu is even more outrageous, so that he finally had to give out a little reward, only to reluctantly suppress the temper of those girls, so now, the matter is now. , In addition to blaming yourself, who else can you blame?

Thinking about it now, I gave Li Qian the 2% of the reward that was directly awarded to Wuxing Wusu. Everyone continued to cooperate and make money together, and Wuxing Wusu would not be angry anymore, otherwise everything would be gone. ?

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These things, these thoughts, and these unspeakable regrets~www.wuxiaspot.com~ are like poisonous snakes, biting in Huang Dazhong's heart all the time, but at this time, even if they regret it, in front of so many company subordinates, His performance was just a frown and a slight pause in his speech.

Then, he continued: "So, Lao Du, if the responsibility is irresponsible, don't mention it. Tell me, is there any better way?"

Du Xiaoming nodded and said slowly: "If you want to tell me a way... Wherever the disease is caused, start the treatment from there!"

Seeing Huang Dazhong frowning slightly, he continued: "As far as I know, Liao Liao signed a contract with Changsheng Records for only two albums, and it has been released now, which means that she basically She is a free person! And her relationship with Li Qian... is very good!"

Hearing this sentence, Huang Dazhong's eyes suddenly lit up.

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Five thousand words, the first update!

Continue to ask for monthly tickets! (To be continued.)

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