"NZO? What is that? I've never heard of it. ”

When Daiyuki Nagato, the president of BEG, a music production company based in Minato-ku, heard the name in the newspaper, he looked a little confused.

Today, the company's scouts came to report that Seiichiro Kuribayashi, a young musician he had previously discussed, had rejected the company's offer. During the previous negotiations, Seiichiro Kuribayashi showed a certain interest in BEG, and originally thought that the odds were quite good, but he didn't expect to make a trip to bite the gold halfway and sign Seiichiro Kuribayashi away.

Nagato Daiyuki listened to a sample of Seiichiro Kuribayashi's song brought back by a talent scout, and appreciated his talent. The company now has its own composer Tetsuro Oda who was recruited as a veteran in the early days of its founding, and is trusted by Daiyuki Nagato. But there is no such thing as relying on the same tree, and it is urgent to expand the number of composers. Finally, there was a composer I liked, and I wanted to take him under my command......

It was another matter if someone was snatched away by a big company, but it was an unknown production company that signed Seiichiro Kuribayashi.

Nagato Daiyuki was confused, and there was a feeling of being put into the cold.

Nagato Daiyuki was born in Kansai and later came to study at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. When he was a student, it was the time when Group unds was on the rise, and he once formed a band and performed in a tea restaurant in Tokyo. Having said that, the probability of Aoyama Gakuin University producing musicians and actors is really frighteningly high.

There is a reason for this, but the reason for chasing it is probably because this school has a relaxed academic style, many children who have returned to China, and the music club is very capable, and at the same time, it is the vanguard of accepting foreign culture. As a top private university, there are many students from superior families, so it has become a fertile ground for musicians to grow.

After graduating from university, he went home to inherit the family business and study business, but finally decided to make music his life's work.

In 1978, after gaining experience working in various places, Nagato Daiyuki set up his own music production company, BEG, with a sponsorship from him, when he was just 30 years old. The newly established BEG has no such person in the industry, but it has played a lot of assistants, serving as song producers for some bands and idols, and the lyrics and arrangements are brought by the other party, and the company is like a parts assembly factory.

Doing odd jobs can't earn anything that can be put on the table, so for seven years, the company has not made a name for itself in the industry. It wasn't until 1985 that BEG received an order from CBS Sony to be the producer for a band called Tube.

This time it was different, no longer assembling parts, but handing over the lyrics and songwriting to BEG, and even the band's route was left to Daiyuki Nagato to decide.

1985 was the year that Shinichi Iwahashi came to Tokyo.

It's a year of idol carnival, and it's also a year of idol bands. When Flash Dance Be's debut, it was positioned as an idol band, and the average age of the members was only nineteen years old. Daiyuki Nagato worked as a producer and produced two singles for tube, but neither of them did well. When the third single was being prepared, Nagato Daiyuki decided to take the single as a last resort, and if he couldn't make a splash again, he would give up the band and return to CBS Sony, saying that they had no commercial value.

As a result, this single sold 300,000 copies, which is a very bright achievement now that the record market is shrinking. Tube became a new idol band, and BEG finally got a name in the industry.

Although it is far from being a company with a head and a face, it is still much better than a company like nzo that has never heard of it and has no works.

The rabbit that was about to arrive was snatched away by the eagle that suddenly came out, and Nagato Daiyuki was depressed.

I asked around.,I finally knew where NZO came from.,It turned out to be a production company established after the planner of the previous Naonのyaon became independent from the office.。

The underground band that NaonのYaon performed on stage before,Except for his own Drearue,All signed to the record company.,Iwahashi Shinichi is also regarded as Bole by some underground musicians.,Has a pretty good reputation.。 Seiichiro Kuribayashi is also in the underground music scene, and it is unknown that he was summoned by Shin Iwahashi's charisma.

Knowing the ins and outs of the matter, Nagato Daiyuki was still a little depressed, but it had come to this point, so he had to give up.

Not to mention whether a rookie composer who has not been tested by the market is worth the trouble of poaching, if it is because of the conditions, you may be able to give it a try, personal charm...... I don't have a solution.

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On the one hand, Nagato Daiyuki felt sorry for the loss of Seiichiro Kuribayashi, and by the way, he secretly guessed in his heart what actions Shinichi Iwahashi would make after establishing this music company - anyway, the same music production company, although there is a lot of difference at this stage, but this is not a gap that cannot be surpassed, and it is not an exaggeration to say that NZO is a potential opponent of BEG.

In particular, Iwahashi is famous, and what actions will be made next are both guarded against and expected.

On the other side, Seiichiro Kuribayashi, who was taken pity by Nagato Daiyuki, also officially signed a contract with NZO and became NZO's exclusive composer.

Seiichiro Kuribayashi trusts Shinichi Iwahashi, but he is also responsible for his own life and cannot be entrusted with full authority. So when you sign a contract, you want to be able to sign a short-term contract.

If it is a newcomer signed by the firm, this condition is naturally ng.

For artists, signing a five-year contract at one time for their debut is a very basic operation. 35xs because it takes cost to train a new person, starting from scratch, the investment in the middle is very large, if the contract period is too short, the new person just after the training expires and leaves, the company gains more than it loses, so naturally it will not work.

Of course, in this book, if the wings are hard and want to fly, there is a high probability that the wings will be broken by the office and the wings will not be able to climb up, unless there is some big guy next to him, don't even think about it.

The domineering firm, when signing the contract, there will be one of them, that is, even if the contract is terminated at the end of the contract, it must not appear in the four major civil releases for one to two years, which is the so-called anti-competition contract.

If you offend the original office instead of gathering and dispersing, and the other party happens to have power, even if the two-year period has passed, maybe you can continue to block it, and five years is not a dream.

The entertainment industry, which is updated so quickly, let alone five years, can basically be cool if you don't go to TV for two years.

It's not that this artist is loyal to the firm and has the spirit of contract, so if he doesn't get a hit, he will fight a breach of contract lawsuit, which is an unethical thing, but the power of the firm is greater than everything, and the little arm can't twist the thigh.

Signing an artist has to be a dead contract, but it doesn't hurt to sign a composer and be more lenient. Because composers don't need this kind of training cost very much, they are more like they are recruited as employees, but even if they are recruiting employees, no one likes short-term employees, so if they really sign once a year, it will be a disadvantage for Shinichi Iwahashi.

However, if it is unpleasant to make the contract, it is not interesting. Iwahashi Shinichi thought about it and gave Seiichiro Kuribayashi a somewhat special contract.

Within a year, Seiichiro Kuribayashi was able to make his debut in the industry as a composer. If this is done, the contract will be automatically renewed for another year at the end of the following year.

After that, on the premise that he will continue to publish his work every year, he will continue to renew his contract in this way until five years.

However, in the meantime, the terms of treatment are based on the contents of the first contract.

After five years, Nzo has the right of first refusal to renew his contract, and if he continues to stay with the company, he will be given a new contract based on his achievements at that time.

However, if Seiichiro Kuribayashi does not publish his work for two consecutive years, the contract will be terminated at the end of the following year's annual settlement.

In this way, Seiichiro Kuribayashi does not have to worry about being tied to this tree with an uncertain future, and Shinichi Iwahashi actually has nothing to lose, but in this way Seiichiro Kuribayashi's heart is reassured.

Of course, during these two years, Seiichiro Kuribayashi still has an indicator of how many tunes he has to deliver each month, and after the tunes are written, Shinichi Iwahashi's nzo has the right of first refusal.

Because it is not a buyout, the remuneration for buying music will not be too high during the rookie contract stage. However, after the song is put into storage, it is produced, and no matter who it is sung for, Seiichiro Kuribayashi will have royalties.

The copyright system of this book is destined to make it difficult to buy out the copyright of lyrics and songs at one time, even for unknown newcomers.

If there is a buyout, it is either the kind of ghostwriting for someone else, which is relatively easy to happen in the performance of songs, or there is a special situation of children's songs, which have a special audience, so that in terms of royalty payment, there will be a one-time payment of buyout royalties.

Children's songs rarely have big hits, but once they do, they will show a terrifying trend at the monster level.

There is a tragic chestnut, which is the highest-selling single in the history of music, and it is a children's song called "およげたいやきくん" (swim!

This song has sold a total of more than 4.5 million copies, firmly occupying the first place in the history of single sales, but because the copyright is bought out, the huge royalties have nothing to do with Zimen Zhenren's penny.

The record company that published the single for him built a building on this song, and he only received a million yen from start to finish.

It can be called the strongest and most unlucky one-shot house in history.

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This signing proposal was proposed by Shinkachi Iwahashi, and this proposal obviously won the heart of Seiichiro Kuribayashi, so that even the last bit of worry disappeared.

Of course, to put it in the contract, it is also necessary to draw up a formal contract, pick out the potentially controversial sentences in it, and then sign it.

The nzo did not have his own legal counsel, and Masato Nakamura and Miwa Yoshida, or Abnoral, although they followed Shinichi Iwahashi, did not sign such a contract.

Shinichi Iwahashi had planned to rub the legal counsel of Watanabe's Manyumi office and ask them to help draw up the contract, but when he received a postcard, he changed his mind.

The postcard was sent to his newly moved apartment. Not long after Shinichi Iwahashi moved, he came out to open a production company, and he was busy during the start-up period, so he went home two or three times a week.

Or if you knew that you were going to live a zero-and-seven life in the entrepreneurial period immediately, you would simply stay in Gaoyuan Temple and not move...... How can that work.

The improvement in his quality of life is the most obvious reward for himself, even if he can only go back for half an hour a week, he wants to be quiet for a while in a clean house with a bed.

For Shinichi Iwahashi, his current apartment is his first home in the truest sense of the word.

A moment of peace is worth a thousand dollars.

Because he didn't go home often, and because he didn't have the habit of checking his mailbox, this postcard was only discovered by Shinichi Iwahashi almost a month after it was sent.

It was sent by my cheap sister Asako Iwahashi.

When I moved before, Shinichi Iwahashi sent her a postcard for moving, but at the time, I just thought it was inappropriate not to inform her, and then I forgot about it - I never contacted her anyway.

Unexpectedly, I would receive a postcard from her back.

Although there is nothing important written on it, it is just an ordinary indication that he already knows, but for Iwahashi Shinichi, the sister who exists in his memory, because of this postcard, the outline that appeared in front of him, is a little clearer.

After receiving the moving postcard, I will write a reply to my brother - this is not something that must be written, at least it proves that the two siblings are not in that kind of hostile relationship.

However, while also in Tokyo, Asako Iwahashi never contacted Shinichi Iwahashi.

It seemed as if she would never take a step towards Shinichi Iwahashi, but when Shinichi Iwahashi beckoned to her, she would wave to him as she did now.

Shinichi Iwahashi seemed to sense a little bit of this sister's wonderful way of getting along with people, and then became curious about her.

This time he had to draw up a contract, he thought, maybe he could take the opportunity to meet her.

Asako Iwahashi's office is located two blocks from Avenida Ginza on the sixth floor of a small office building. Immediately after knocking, someone opened the door for him.

Shinichi Iwahashi said that he had come to lawyer Iwahashi, "I've already called before. ”

The young female clerk who opened the door listened and nodded in confirmation, "Yes, please come here." "Lead him to the vacant seat next to him and sit down.

said that it was a young female employee, and she was several years older than Shindai Iwahashi.

Suddenly visited, it was not a customer with an appointment, and Iwahashi Asako couldn't come to see him immediately, so he could only wait slowly, and Iwahashi Shinichi already knew about it when he called just now, so he wasn't in a hurry.

Call Asako Iwahashi and tell her that she will come over to visit later. Asako Iwahashi didn't seem surprised at all when she received his call.

Iwahashi Shinichi said that he had a contract and wanted her to help, and Iwahashi Asako listened, and then told him that he had a half-hour gap between four and half past four in the afternoon to meet, and hung up.

From the moment I entered the door, I heard the phone ringing constantly, and the busy ringtone made people feel a sense of tension, as if they were seeing fighters who were competing against time.

Iwahashi Shinichi imagined Asako Iwahashi answering the phone - how did she feel when she received a call from her brother, who almost never contacted her, in this busy atmosphere, saying that she wanted to meet?

"Your surname is also Iwahashi, are you related to lawyer Iwahashi?"

The young female clerk who opened the door for him just now finished the phone, looked at him, and asked with some curiosity.