After listening to Xie Cheng's words, Li Xiang couldn't help asking, "Why is the gap so big? ”

Xie Cheng said: "This is the gap between the Chinese music scene and the Japanese music scene, although it hurts my self-esteem, but I have to admit that this is the truth." The disparity in strength is very directly reflected in the copyright fee, and the size of the Chinese music market is only half of that of the Japanese market. ”

Li Xiang said: "But there are still Chinese singers vying for the cover rights of Japanese songs. ”

Xie Cheng said: "Yes, the net profit of a song is about 30% of the selling price, and only about 10% is left in the hands of the singer, if calculated according to 8% of the selling price, Meng Xianhua's cover of "Adventure" actually can't make a lot of money, mainly to enhance its own influence, and then use the influence and its own brand to earn money back from other aspects such as endorsements." ”

Li Xiang said: "So it's still profitable. ”

Xie Cheng said: "Although there have always been complaints about the high copyright fees, there is still a lot of enthusiasm for them, and the Japanese music scene is not willing to lower the standards, which is the reason. ”

Li Xiang sighed, yesterday I heard Xu Zitong and Zhao Qiran say that Meng Xianhua and other singers competed for the cover copyright of "Adventure". Meng Xianhua, a popular singer in the Chinese music scene, played the list with him last year, and he was very strong.

Li Xiang said: "Now let's set a standard so that we can talk to each other." ”

No one spoke, Li Xiang asked Xie Cheng, "How much do you think it's good?"

Xie Cheng said: "Yuan Chang's 3.5%, we can't be lower than him, I think 3.5% is the bottom line, and strive for 4%. ”

Li Xiang asked Zhang Zhenjie: "What do you think of Zhenjie?"

Zhang Zhenjie said: "I don't know much about the market, but I agree with what Xie Cheng said. ”

Gu Qijing didn't wait for Li Xiang to ask, and took the initiative to say: "I think this standard is too low, 4% is the bottom line, no matter what, we must be higher than Yuan Changju and strive for 4.5%." ”

Xie Cheng said: "In fact, Yuan Changju's standard is relatively high, and earlier, many Chinese songs did not have standards, and the other party gave a one-time buyout fee, and then the song had nothing to do with the original singer." ”

Gu Qijing said: "They are them, we are us, since we talk about business, of course we strive for better conditions." ”

Xie Cheng nodded and didn't say anything.

Li Xiang asked Wang Yinzhen: "What does Sister Zhen think?"

Wang Yinzhen thought about it for a while and said: "Do what Xiao Jing said, if Akutagawa Aijia covers our songs, it will be a great bonus to us, and it will even help you enter the Japanese music scene in the future, just like you endorse Pepsi and Disney, the brand influence of the product itself will be of great help to you, and it is a win-win good thing." ”

Li Xiang was a little speechless and said, "What you said makes sense, but now it is Akutagawa Aijia who takes the initiative to ask for a cover of my song, not me asking her, and the initiative is ours." As for opening up the Japanese music market, we didn't have Akutagawa Aika in our original plan, so even without her, we just had to go step by step without losing anything. ”

He continued to say to everyone: "Whether it's Yuan Changju or Meng Xianhua, I don't know what they think, and I don't care what others think, I only need to be responsible for myself." "Sunshine is Always After the Wind and Rain" These songs are my hard work, I cherish each one, no matter who wants to cover it, I must give a minimum of respect, "Adventure" can get 8% of the share ratio, why can't "Sunshine Always After the Wind and Rain"? Why can't "Sunny Day"? Why can't "Later"? Which of these songs is worse than "Adventure"? They are all the champion singles on the top list of Yuefu, and the song quality and market performance are not worse than it......"

Li Xiangke knows, the song "Little Love" turned out to be a Japanese song, the Japanese name is "Little Love", it is a national song of Fusang, and it is very popular, Koda Miku has covered it, Xinheng Yui has covered it, and compared the results, it is even better than the current "Adventure".

Li Xiang finally said: "The disparity in the sharing ratio is used to by some people, and I don't care if others want to lower their posture like this, but I can't do it here." I am very grateful for Akutagawa Aijia's recognition, I am honored to participate in her concert, Sister Zhen and the other party's agent make an appointment, I want to invite Akutagawa Aijia to dinner or tea, thank you in person, in private we can be friends, but personal friendship is personal friendship, work is work, one yard is one yard, if she wants to cover my song, then show sincerity, she can ask Meng Xianhua 8% of the proportion, then we also want 8%, is 8% of the price, not 8% of the profit, just talk to them. ”

He said to Wang Yinzhen: "Isn't her agent going to come over to visit in the morning? It shouldn't have set off yet, you should inform them of our conditions now, if you can accept it, we welcome him to come, sit down and talk, if you can't accept it, then don't come, change Akutagawa Aijia to come, I will treat you with courtesy, just as a reception friend, not a business." ”

Akutagawa Aijia's agent didn't come in the morning, and he didn't come to visit the studio until the afternoon, and Li Xiang deliberately left and went to school, not wanting to meet them for the time being. He, like Akutagawa Aijia, can't rush to the front, otherwise there is no buffer at all.

The other party didn't come alone, he brought 5 people to follow, and Wang Yinzhen also had 6 people on her side. The two sides talked from noon to more than 9 o'clock in the evening, and after the end, Wang Yinzhen reported the progress to Li Xiang, and the general principles have been accepted, and now they are talking about the details.

Wang Yinzhen said: "The other party is more willing than we think, and I think this matter should be negotiated tomorrow." ”

Li Xiang said: "It's hard work, what we are doing is a good thing for the entire Chinese music scene, and everyone will thank us for opening up a big road." ”

Wang Yinzhen smiled: "When you say this, we are more motivated." ”

At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, Li Xianggang got out of class and watched Li Liming and Gao Chong play games in the dormitory, and received a call from Wang Yinzhen.

Wang Yinzhen said: "The negotiations have ended, do you have time now? I will report the preliminary results of the matter. ”

Li Xiang said, "You wait for me for 10 minutes, I'll come to the studio now." ”

He sorted out the books on the desk and said to the two people playing the game, "Put the things on the table, you can get rid of them all." ”

He bought some fruit snacks and brought them to the dormitory.

Gao Chong took the time to say, "Thank you, Li Xiang." ”

Li Xiang waved his hand, went out, drove to the studio, met Wang Yinzhen, Gu Qijing, Zhang Zhenjie, Xie Cheng and others, and listened to their reports.

Wang Yinzhen is reporting on the progress, and in general, 8% of the other party is conditionally acceptable. The top three songs that have entered the Yuefu TOP100 list agree to take out an 8% share of the selling price, but the other songs will be given at 6%.

Li Xiang immediately asked, "How many songs have I made it to the top three?"

Gu Qijing took out a piece of information, handed it to Li Xiang, and said: "We have released a total of 30 songs, except for "Little Love", which you will not give as you say, and the other three songs "I Love Your Motherland" and "Me and My Motherland", as well as "Today is Your Birthday, Motherland", they chose to abstain, and there is "Snacks Can't Be Eaten" and "Tricksters" sung by Master Dou Dou They don't plan to cover them, and 12 of the other 24 songs have entered the top three. ”

Li Xiang looked at the list of specific songs listed on the information and asked, "Are there any other conditions?"

Wang Yinzhen said: "They want to get the priority right to cover your future works, and under the same conditions, give them priority." ”

Li Xiang said: "That's fine. ”

Wang Yinzhen said: "Also, the other party seems to want the song "Little Love" very much, and asked if they can also license it, although this song has not entered the top three on the list, but they are willing to pay 8% of the copyright fee. ”

Li Xiang said: "This song is not good, this is for Jiko." ”

Wang Yinzhen said: "I understand, now there is one last condition, the other party hopes that you can write a song for Akutagawa Aijia, which must be original." ”

Li Xiang laughed and said: "Yes, but they put forward so many conditions, and I also have a condition, these songs I licensed to her must have more than 5 songs in the top three of the Fusang Music List, which proves her strength, let's talk about writing songs." ”