Chapter 92: Poor
The car stopped steadily, and Kong Quan told him when he got out of the car, "He should be going to Mr. Huo's side to play mahjong this afternoon, when you go back, remember the way, he is very familiar with Mr. Huo, and he may go many times in the future." And when you get there, you just wait, you don't have to come back to pick me up. ”
"Okay, Brother Quan. ”
Xiao Sun, the newly recruited driver, nodded seriously and agreed.
Kong Quan got out of the car satisfied, walked a few steps, and saw that Xiao Sun didn't follow, so he turned back in surprise, "Why are you going up? Go up together, you want to wait in the underground garage? Let's go, go up together, when you don't need a car, although you take it easy, he is very approachable, and he won't be embarrassed with you." Let's go!"
Xiao Sun agreed, locked the car, followed the elevator, and stood straight.
When the elevator was rising, he held back for a long time, and said, "Brother Quan, in fact, you are also very approachable." ”
Kong Quan laughed twice.
After a while, when I arrived at the studio and entered my fingerprints, Xiao Fang, the newly recruited assistant in the living room, quickly stood up and said hello, "Brother Quan!" Yuan Xiaoguo, the secretary in the studio over there, also poked his head out, "Brother Quan!"
"Okay, okay, get busy!
Because he heard the sound of a piano in the studio over there, and there seemed to be a girl singing.
So he asked Xiao Fang, "Ruby?"
Xiao Fang nodded.
Kong Quan put down his bag and casually asked Xiao Sun to sit down, "I want to drink water and pick it up myself!" and then walked to the creation room, arrived at the door, carefully unscrewed the doorknob, and glanced inside.
The singing voice was immediately and clearly heard.
However, Peng Xiangming's ears were very sharp, and he still heard the movement at the door for the first time and looked back.
Kong Quan showed a smile and applauded very fakely, and when he saw that Wu Bing had simply stopped, he praised, "It's so good to sing!
Peng Xiangming didn't even have a smile on his face, and asked him, "Something?"
"Uh...... Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, it's all a small thing compared to recording a song, a small thing!"
Peng Xiangming simply withdrew his hand and said to Wu Bing: "Then you can rest for a while, go drink saliva and rest your throat." Then he said to Kong Quan: "Then come in and talk about it!"
"Whoa!"
Seeing Wu Bing walk out, he went over to the corner of the rest sofa and sat down.
"What's the matter?" asked Peng Xiangming, holding the piano in his hand.
Kong Quan was sitting precariously and wanted to say something, but he said first: "By the way, the ticket is booked!"
"Well, I said it in the morning. ”
"Hehe, that, I had dinner with a boss of the commercial performance company at noon, they were really sincere, saying that you can choose all the performances, as long as you are a little dissatisfied, we won't go!"
"Hmm. ”
"In fact, there is no loss, people just put your name on it, as long as you give an authorization, you really want to take it, just take it, don't want to take it, hang it, put up a name! ”
Peng Xiangming nodded slowly, "This price is not low." ”
Kong Quan hurriedly said: "That's it! You are the most popular in the country recently! Those quotations that are higher than you, he said, are basically priceless and unmarketable, that is, they look good when they are hung up, and they seem to have connections, in fact, he is like Uncle Dao, he is an actor, no matter how popular he is, what can he do if he really goes? It is just that it looks good! Among the singers, our offer is already in the top five, because "Dream Chaser" has been too popular recently!"
Peng Xiangming nodded - just ten days ago, the commercial performance company had actually contacted many times, "Dream Chaser" was already popular at that time, and the sales volume had exceeded 5 million, and the quotation given at that time was only 600,000, saying that if you can negotiate the commercial performance authorization of someone else's work, and sing two songs at that time, then you can give a quotation of 800,000!
As a result, the MV has quadrupled!
Kong Quan said: "By the way, if they say it, you can go up and say hello, say a few auspicious words, and then sing the song, and it's done! The stage time should not be less than six minutes!"
"And he promised me, you, they're going to ask for payment upfront, so there's absolutely no arrears or anything like that! They charge 20% of the operating expenses, and the rest is ours. ”
Peng Xiangming nodded again, and suddenly, said, "It seems that they moved you at noon?
Kong Quan hurriedly stood up, as if to express his position, accepting the beating of his boss.
Then, he smiled and explained: "It was a very simple meal, and the two of them spent less than two hundred, and I really didn't go to eat it." Normal business contact, this money is too easy to earn, you calculate, a down, more than two million, after tax! If we only pick up the nearby, back and forth for a few hours, two million, how cool!"
Peng Xiangming sighed and waved his hand, "Sit down, I didn't say anything about you!"
In fact, he was also entangled in his heart.
The commercial performance is really profitable.
What is going to be pulled out and whipped again is that I received the soundtrack of "The Legend of Ping Niang of the Great Song Dynasty", and the forty episodes of the drama should be completed in about ten days, and the kind of approach that is more hurried is only 1.2 million, and I still added the sampling rights of several songs to get this price.
As a singer, standing in front of the stage, what is the picture? Isn't it just trying to make money?
How do you make a lot of money? After becoming famous, there will be commercial performances!
And commercial performances are really profitable!
Besides, the recent financial ...... on the studio's side Or to be precise, my own financial situation, which is somewhat of a small crisis.
Although the MV shooting of "Dream Chaser", many people came to help, and they were busy for several days, and the remuneration was symbolically a few thousand, 10,000 or the like, pure friendship price, in fact, I saved myself a lot of money, but you can't save the money of the group performance, and you can't save the money of the crew!
The whole crew, when there were less than 20 people, and when there were more than 30 or 40 people, they filmed for several days, people ate and chewed, venue rental, shooting equipment rental, props rental, costume subsidies, including editing in the editing room of the later users, asking people to help adjust the color and lighting, etc., everything is money.
Don't look at it for only seven minutes, the budget in advance is 1.5 million, but Peng Xiangming can't stand it, he feels that the scene is distorted, in order to enrich the vision, he has to add people to Li, and the number of group performers has skyrocketed, and it really took 1.72 million to settle the account after filming.
Moreover, the MV is played for free on the whole network, and no matter how high the number of playbacks is, it will not make a penny.
Of course, he made a lot of money before, the three songs of "Three Kingdoms" took 900,000, "Phoenix Yu Fei" sold songs and producers, and took 600,000, the ending song and interlude of "The Legend of Ping Niang" of the Great Song Dynasty, a total of three songs, got 1.4 million from the crew in advance, and "Prisoner Bird" is 600,000, which together is 3.5 million, which is obviously personal income, excluding Kong Quan's agent's 15%, and it also falls 3 million.
But...... Renting a house, even the rent and deposit, drove out 720,000 yuan, and then bought a piano, cleaned up the house, installed soundproof carpets, etc., hundreds of thousands, it took less than 50,000 yuan to produce "Tianzhu Girl", and more than 200,000 yuan to produce "Dream Chaser", which together is about 1.2 million spent.
Peng Xiangming went to take vocal lessons by himself, and later signed up for Wu Bing to make an appointment for a lesson, 12,000 per lesson! Each person came to take five or six lessons a month, which was no longer a small amount of money.
The rest of the money was almost smashed clean in this MV.
So in fact, if it weren't for the urgent signing of several commercial licenses of "Dream Chaser" in recent days, authorizing it to several large companies such as national supermarket chains and national chain cafes, and then permanently broadcasting and using the right to use commercial occasions, and getting the first year's licensing fee of more than one million, now Peng Xiangming is on the verge of bankruptcy whether it is himself or the studio.
This kind of authorization doesn't seem to be a lot of money alone, but the advantage is that it can be re-authorized, and the money is very long-term, once they join the playlist, unless they really feel that the song is outdated, or even affects the customer's mood, it is easy not to withdraw it.
In other words, just the commercial licensing that has been negotiated, in the next few years, "Dream Chaser" will be able to steadily earn back more than one million yuan for Peng Xiangming's music studio every year.
Next, Peng Xiangming will urge Kong Quan to talk about stadiums, more supermarkets, Western restaurants, cafes, airport waiting halls and the like.
Of course, this is a small amount of money, and it may be able to be used for retirement.
But...... Far water does not quench the thirst of the near.
"Tianzhu Girl" has millions of dollars to settle, and the sales of "Dream Chaser" are even seventy or eighty million, but that is at the end of November, and there are still three months to go.
Now the studio has another car to raise, and there are more assistants, drivers, secretaries, three people, who have to pay their salaries on time every month, and Wu Bing, as a contracted singer, has a guaranteed salary.
And next, the three songs of "The Legend of Ping Niang of the Great Song Dynasty" must also be produced, and the production fee, recording studio, and post-production repair all cost money.
In short, poor!
It may be unimaginable that more than 20 million singles have been sold, the number of MVs played on the whole network has exceeded 400 million, countless actors' and director's film appointments have been smashed, countless people want to invite songs, many advertisers are contacting, and many programs have sent notices and phone calls...... Peng Xiangming, in fact, is so poor that he doesn't have a penny left.
Of course, Peng Xiangming will definitely not be really poor.
Ask Daqi Records to advance a few million, He Qunyu will definitely give this face, find Liu Mi a little rich woman to borrow some, she must have nothing to say, Zhao Jianyuan can also lend it there, and even one or two million amounts, Lao An can also take it out - but, don't care who you look for, borrowing money is borrowing money.
With the issuance contract of "Dream Chaser" as collateral, you can easily get a loan in the bank for tens of millions.
This seems to be slightly better than borrowing from a private person.
The adaptation rights of the MV of "Dream Chaser" have already been quoted by film and television companies to 12 million!
A record company gave Peng Xiangming a packaging fee of 3 million yuan and an 18% sharing contract, hoping that he could create a song for his artists, from lyrics to production.
But Peng Xiangming didn't want to choose these roads.
He was willing to sell songs, but he didn't want to sell songs when he was poor.
And he picks people when he sells songs, and he doesn't want to sell them to anyone just because he gives more money.
Thinking about it, isn't it the fastest and coolest to get money from commercial performances?
After thinking about it for a long time, he sighed and asked, "Last time, you said that Tiantian Music wanted to ask me to do a live broadcast, how much money did you give?"
Kong Quan hurriedly said: "Thirty thousand! But as long as it takes half an hour, it is mainly to interact with fans, which is conducive to continuing to let everyone place orders." Originally, this kind of activity was requested by many singers, of course, they didn't give money, but because we don't accept any programs, they are willing to give a little appearance fee, but it's not much, 30,000 yuan is even a little meaning, which is already very face-giving!"
After a pause, he seemed to feel that Peng Xiangming might be useful, so he said: "At present, I have received invitations from all six satellite stations for the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, Huaxia TV has also sent invitations, and Huatong Cable TV Network has also sent invitations!"
Among them, Huaxia TV has the lowest price, 100,000 yuan, which is said to be the most high-end, second only to Pang Xing's level, and it is estimated that it is about the same level as Zhou Yujie. Huatong Cable TV Network has the highest quotation, and they have always been willing to spend money, offering 3 million! If you are willing to participate in more interaction and even become one of the hosts, the price will have to be negotiated, and I estimate that five or six million is okay. ”
Peng Xiangming nodded and asked, "Which one do you recommend?"
Kong Quan's eyes flickered, hesitated for a while, smiled hehehe, and said, "If you tell me, you won't answer!"
"Huh?"
"Yes, hold them back! How good is it for us to go to the Spring Festival Gala at the end of the year?"
After a pause, he explained, "According to the style of Huaxia TV, the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala has been held, and it will be difficult to go to the Spring Festival Gala again, but it is not on the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Spring Festival Gala is more qualified to discuss the appearance time!"
"As for other stations, like Huatong, let's hold back, and when the time comes, the New Year's Day party will definitely be more than this price! Their New Year's Day song will be broadcast live, and the ratings are particularly high, and they are very willing to spend money! Moreover, there are several stations whose New Year's Day party is recorded and broadcast in advance, and they can also pick up one or two! In this way, the coverage will basically be all there, and the money will be made again!"
Peng Xiangming suddenly realized.
After thinking about it again, he said, "Okay, then I'll take a few commercial performances first! You arrange it, if someone really places an order, I'll ...... Let's take four shows, and if there are too many, we won't take them! Four shows should be more than 10 million, right? Should it be enough to hold on to the end of the year?"
Kong Quan immediately said: "No problem, I'll call over there right away! You can rest assured, I'll check and definitely choose the right occasion!"
Peng Xiangming said "um", took out his mobile phone to take a look, also stood up, and said: "Then this matter is like this, I should also go out, I haven't seen Mr. Huo for a long time, accompany him to play mahjong for an afternoon!"
Kong Quan immediately said: "Go, aren't they all agreed?" Xiao Sun and the car are here!"
Peng Xiangming said "um", but said again: "Don't take the car, I'll drive by myself!"
Kong Quan thought about it and didn't say anything, just smiled again, "Chen Kaijie and his wife just recorded your show last night, it is said that the announcement fee is not low, and the ratings are also very high, and I heard that Zeng Rou has a lot of film appointments now, you win them fiercely, before you take on the commercial performance, the expenses of our studio will depend on you this afternoon!"
Peng Xiangming smiled, "Fuck off! I'm going to lose money!"
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