Chapter 27: Guo Fat's Agent (3/5)
The two muttered beside them for a while, and finally, Guo Zi tidied up his hair proudly, and walked over in front of him energetically.
"Hello Eason, reacquaint, now I'm my brother's temporary agent and will be in full charge of negotiating the deal for this song. Guo Ziyi said with a smile.
Chen Yijie was stunned for a moment, he also stretched out his hand and shook hands with Guo Ziyi, and the atmosphere suddenly became formal.
Of course, it looks funny, Yang Yi, a thirty-year-old uncle, sat behind him without saying a word, but let a little fat man who didn't have any hair grow to stand out for himself, and the big star Chen Yijie also didn't have a little shelf, this picture is too discordant!
"Actually, I don't really understand what the market is like in the mainland. Chen Yijie took out a contract, looked at Yang Yi and Guo Ziyi, and said sincerely, "Before coming, my agent prepared this set of contracts. ”
Guo Ziyi took it and flipped through it, he actually hadn't been in contact with this type of contract, but this kid was talented and intelligent, and he quickly found the point.
"I want to buy my brother's song for 50,000 yuan, it's too cheap, right?" Guo Ziyi pursed his lips and said, "Eason, don't think I don't know how to do it, at the beginning of the year, the Hong Kong media also exposed that Liu Tianwang gave Mr. Lin Chiqing, who wrote the song for him, a million amount of pen fees, not to mention the copyright fees written in the contract. ”
Chen Yijie was a little dumbfounded: "There is no comparison between this, Mr. Lin is the first ghost talent in Hong Kong City, and he has written a lot of classic works, but Mr. Yang, with all due respect, we have given a very high price for newcomers." ”
"But my brother is not an ordinary newcomer!" Guo Ziyi smiled slyly and said, "Eason, don't you have a very high evaluation of this song?
Chen Yijie actually doesn't know how to negotiate very well, and usually his agent handles it, but this time he came in a hurry, and the agent had to stay to deal with the mess he left behind, so Chen Yijie went into battle alone.
"Yes, I like Mr. Yang's song very much. Chen Yijie said sincerely, "Whether it is a Hong Kong city or a mainland circle, there are very strict rules, and I can get a copyright fee of up to 80,000 yuan, and it is impossible to have more." ”
He was also afraid that Yang Yi would be disgusted, so he took the initiative to say: "Of course, if Mr. Yang has a very good result in this song, if you cooperate with us again next time, this amount will increase a lot! ”
"Then why don't you let my brother write a song for you, and save this song for next sale?" Guo Ziyi said with a smile, "My brother's song can be used as the title song for you, and it's so distressing to sell it cheaply!"
Chen Yijie was helpless, he felt that the little fat man in front of him was too cunning, and he couldn't maneuver around with a bit of uprightness, and said, "Then what do you think should happen?"
Guo Ziyi glanced at Yang Yi, and Yang Yi nodded at him slightly.
The two had discussed before, Yang Yi didn't plan to offer any harsh conditions, after all, it was recommended by Old Man Hu, he inherited such a big favor from the old man, and no matter how big the lion opened his mouth, it was not Yang Yi's style of life.
Guo Ziyi understood, he coughed twice, and said: "Eason, you have your difficulties, it's not that I can't understand it. So, how about we change the conditions and increase the share ratio?"
"How to improve?"
Guo Ziyi patted his chest and said heroically: "Eason, we don't take advantage of you, if this song can't help you get a platinum record, our score will be calculated according to eight percent of the original contract!"
The copyright income in this world is very high, and the high is reflected in this sales share, the record company is still the big one, but it is not as terrible as Yang Yi's previous life, the record company can account for a maximum of 40% of the share, and the record store or other channels share 15 to 20 percent.
The remaining 40 percent is broken down by singers, songwriters, producers, and copyright societies.
Copyright societies have a high profit share of 2 percent, but it is precisely because of this that they have enough financial resources to keep this huge institution running so that creators can get their fair share of rewards!
The profit sharing of songwriters is not fixed, it depends on the negotiation between the creator and the record company, however, 8% is indeed only a standard for newcomers, after all, the lyricist and songwriter account for 4% each, which is relatively small in the mainland!
Of course, this 8% also needs to be based on the number of these songs in the album, plus the achievements of Yang Yi's song, through a complex weighting algorithm, in order to accurately calculate the part of Yang Yi's income.
"As far as I know, Eason hasn't released a platinum album for three years, right?" Guo Ziyi said sharply.
Chen Yijie nodded silently, he did not deny that he was eager to return to the top.
"If your album can reach the top platinum record this time, we ask for 16% of the share!" Guo Ziyi said in an astonishing voice, "This is to be written into the contract!"
"Sixteen percent?" Chen Yijie was taken aback, "That's too much! None of the first-line songwriters can get this percentage." ”
16% is indeed high, Chen Yijie, as a singer, can generally only get 15% to 20%, and the high share of 20% is the state when he was at the peak of the Hong Kong city music scene.
"Eason, we're talking about the results!If my brother's song can help you sell a platinum disc, do you think it's not worth the share?" Guo Ziyi said with a smile, "If it's not platinum, eight percent of the share, we will lose!"
Chen Yijie smiled bitterly, he felt that he was completely at a disadvantage in the negotiation with Guo Ziyi, and Guo Ziyi had firmly grasped his eagerness to prove his psychology.
"I need to make a phone call and talk to the company. Chen Yijie stood up and said blankly.
After Chen Yijie walked away, Guo Ziyi breathed a long sigh of relief, and his serious expression became a serious expression again: "My God, I'm nervous." ”
Yang Yi patted him on the shoulder amusefully and gave him a thumbs up.
"Brother Yang, you see that I work so hard, can I not have to work later?" Guo Ziyi smiled with a shy face.
Yang Yi narrowed his eyes and smiled: "No." ”
"Ah, isn't it!" Guo Ziyi threw himself on the sofa and wailed, "Big guy, I have no credit, and I have hard work!"
A smile appeared at the corner of Yang Yi's mouth, and he said: "You have to work hard, but for the sake of your hard work, I will give you a French meal today!"
This is the biggest encouragement, Guo Ziyi got up again in surprise: "Really? Then I want seven ripe fried steaks, pan-fried foie gras, baked snails ......."
Yang Yi rolled his eyes and said, "There is no foie gras, and there are no snails, what do I do, what do you eat!"
Foie gras and snails, Yang Yi himself wants to eat them, but in Jiangcheng, he hasn't figured out where to buy these top ingredients.