Chapter 108: Laughter and Tears
"Okay, okay, don't worry, Mr. Xu, the goods have been loaded, and the train will leave at nine o'clock in the evening...... Yes, I know, 350,000 tickets, don't worry, not one is indispensable! The special train has someone to follow the car, and it will arrive at 4 o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, so you remember to arrange the personnel and vehicles in advance! Hey...... Haha, yes, let's talk ......."
"Hey Mr. Zhou, yes, yes, I know I know, I know it's more urgent, I'm in the freight station now, you can rest assured, you can't make a mistake, just sent to Sichuan, mainly to see the departure time of the train, your Jiangxi bus is tomorrow at 8:40 a.m., we agreed to load the car at 4 o'clock in the morning, you can rest assured, I have a number, anyone can send a little less, I can't miss yours, isn't it? 250,000 sheets, I guarantee that one is not bad! rest assured, sleep steadily......"
"Hey, hey, Mr. He......"
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Since the afternoon, the issuance department has received reminder calls, and it has not stopped. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoAfter getting the commitment of the staff, the distribution companies in many places were still not at ease, and they called Xu Bing, the manager of the distribution department, until 7 o'clock in the evening, when they all got off work, and the number of calls gradually decreased.
Fortunately, Minghu Culture has preliminarily booked the carriage with the railway department in advance, although it is a few days in advance, but with a little coordination, it is not completely impossible.
The only trouble is that many of the staff who followed the car to escort the goods in the past are to stay in the local area for two to three days according to the usual practice, grasp the sales situation on the spot, and then rush back to the company to charge the second batch of goods, so the company's current manpower is seriously insufficient.
On the one hand, some young male employees were urgently transferred from various departments of the company to temporarily take over, and on the other hand, Xu Bing personally led the team to the freight station to supervise the delivery.
Qi Jie is not here, Li Qian doesn't care, he is the first person responsible for this area, so naturally he doesn't dare to go wrong.
But fortunately, on the phone, Qi Jie personally assigned Zou Wenhuai to ask about this matter, which can be regarded as helping Xu Bing share a little pressure.
Moreover, although Zou Wenhuai is still only an artist director, anyone in the company can see that if nothing else, he and Xie Mingyuan will become the company's deputy general managers next. Therefore, it was originally only half a level higher and did not belong to each other, but in fact, a high-level person like Xu Bing has subconsciously regarded him as a vice president - Xie Mingyuan is the vice president, and he must be focusing on technology, and he is the main one, while Zou Wenhuai must be a big part of artists, performances, publicity and distribution, and he is his serious boss.
After answering a call urging the goods while speaking, Xu Bing picked up the list in his hand and looked at it again, seeing that the carriage was almost finished, he felt relieved, turned his head, and saw Zou Wenhuai coming.
The weather at the end of June, Shuntianfu is already relatively hot, at seven or eight o'clock in the evening, the heat has not yet dissipated, Zou Wenhuai is fat, I can't wait to walk a few steps quickly to breathe, not to mention that from three or four o'clock in the afternoon, he and Xu Bing are busy deploying vehicles to ship, and after arriving at the freight station, he stares at the loading.
He walked over, panting, his spirit was uplifted, he looked at it for a while, turned his head to Xu Bing and said, "You go back first, I'll be staring at the middle of the night, you remember to come over at two o'clock to change shifts." ”
Xu Bing hurriedly excused himself, and said that he just stared at it, and asked Zou Wenhuai to go back and rest, Zou Wenhuai waved his hand impatiently, "Don't come to this set, everyone is in a pit, no one has a shelf, I am in the first half of the night, you are in the second half of the night, count me as much as I spare you a little cheaper, hurry up, I don't sleep much!"
Zou Wenhuai said this, but Xu Bing was not easy to refuse, but the leader stared here and went back to sleep by himself, which is still somewhat inappropriate, besides, when it comes to delivery, loading, and coordination with the railway, he is still more experienced, and Zou Wenhuai is definitely far behind.
So he didn't rush Zou Wenhuai, but he didn't leave himself, he just shook the shipping list in his hand with a smile, and said with emotion: "Look at this posture, you can sell a guarantee in the first week!"
The so-called guarantee refers to the first batch of goods that are laid out.
Specific to Zhou Yan's "Red Beans", it is 4.3 million.
Logically speaking, the first few weeks of the album's release, of course, are the hottest time for sales, and even for the vast majority of singers, the sales in the first month of listing often account for about half of the final sales of the entire album! The albums produced by Minghu Culture have always had the characteristics of continuing to sell well and continue to be popular, but even so, the sales in the first month of listing can account for more than 30% of the final sales.
The distribution department is expecting 8 million copies of "Red Bean" to sell 12 million copies, the first batch of stock is 10 million copies, and the first batch of shipments is more than 4 million copies.
The first shipment of 4.3 million pieces should be the first month of sales in the project.
But now, just two days after its launch, Xu Bing, as a senior "album selling expert", immediately adjusted his expectations for the album's market sales performance.
However, Zou Wenhuai did not feel surprised at all -- to be surprised, he had already been surprised by the ringing of the telephone and the influx of replenishment orders this afternoon.
First Thursday million ...... It's not impossible!
"These local dealers and distributors are all very good, and they are making a lot of calculations, if they don't feel that they can definitely sell, they won't be in such a hurry to rush the goods, it seems that the sales below are really good!" he said.
Xu Bing and Zou Wenhuai are now one of the minority shareholders of Minghu Culture, Zhou Yan's album is a big hit, the company's expected profit is higher, and they can naturally get more dividends at the end of the year, which is of course joyful.
As he spoke, he smiled and said: "It's still not much publicity, if our boss lady goes out for a walk, radio and television or something, all run away, this sales can still rise!"
Zou Wenhuai looked at him with his eyes, "What do you want to do? Those two people, cut! Qian'er protects her like an old hen protects her own eggs, can he agree to release people for propaganda?"
Xu Bing laughed when he heard this.
This is what Zou Wenhuai dares to say from top to bottom, and only Zou Wenhuai dares to complain about this analogy.
After a pause, he said with a smile on his face, "If this can sell four million copies in the first week, oh my God...... Mr. Zou, you say, the record of Dongguan Bookstore won't be broken by our Minghu culture again, right?"
It is recognized in the industry that Minghu Culture is a master of breaking record sales records, from He Runqing to Liao Liao, they all regard those sales records that make the entire music industry look up to them as if they are nothing, and they will be broken. At present, the sales ranking of Dongguan Bookstore is maintained on the weekly list, and it is "Once You" by the four major beauty bands.
With the huge success of the 10-minute Spring Festival Gala that year, the album became popular all over the country as soon as it was released, and it was crazy to sell at that time, and then it was listed in Southeast Asia and East Asia, and the sales were even better than in China. But even for "Once You", the stock given by the distribution department before the listing was only 8 million copies, and the first batch of shipments was close to 4 million, but the urging call at that time was not so urgent!
Zou Wenhuai thought for a moment when he heard this, and shook his head, "It's really hard to say, there are more than 140,000 copies, that record is too fierce, it's very difficult! You do this professionally, can you still not know? The better the album sells, the smaller the share of Dongguan Bookstore in the overall sales! Besides, how many copies of the first batch of Dongguan Bookstore will be distributed?"
Xu Bing didn't think twice when he heard this, and opened his mouth to report the data, "Dongguan Bookstore is a vertical system, so we only contact their main store directly, and the first batch of goods is 180,000 sheets...... You don't say I forgot, I'll see...... That's right, sure enough, Dongguan Bookstore didn't ask for restocking!"
Zou Wenhuai shrugged, "So it's ......"
Xu Bing thought about it and couldn't help but sigh.
It's a pity that the scale of Dongguan Bookstore itself limits the possibility of Minghu Culture to further break the record!
In recent years, especially in the past few years, the domestic movie box office has risen all the way, the record market has also soared, and it is said that the book industry is also a good market, so many people feel that it is profitable.
In contrast, although Dongguan Bookstore has been constantly opening new stores, their development speed is far less than that of the private capital. After a few years of work, the market significance that the sales volume of Dongguan Bookstore can represent has become smaller and smaller.
In 9495, including until 96, the sales volume of Dongguan Bookstore was multiplied by 20 times, which is still a formula for most record companies to estimate the actual sales, but now, according to the evaluation data of Minghu Culture's own side, the sales of Dongguan Bookstore can account for about 4% of the total sales in the country during the same period of time, which is already good, that is to say, generally their data must be multiplied by 25, or even 26, to be basically reliable.
On the other hand, it is really difficult to complete real-time statistics on the sales of video stores and bookstores that are blooming everywhere, and the record companies themselves can only rely on their own shipments and the shipments of distributors around the world to make a rough estimate, and the data statistics of the Record Industry Association are even more slow and only suitable for annual summaries.
Therefore, in the final analysis, the current domestic record market has a reference sales list, or look at Dongguan Bookstore - this is the most direct and intuitive sales embodiment. The Voice of China, or the on-demand charts of other authoritative radio stations, are seen as a preview of the next sales trend.
In conclusion, the two lists complement each other.
After a pause, Zou Wenhuai suddenly turned his head and asked Xu Bing, "By the way, has the new order been placed?"
Xu Bing replied: "It has already been ordered, in the afternoon received calls from all over the country, we found that we must hurry up to place an order, although the first batch of 10 million pieces, but what if it sells crazy? Two factories, one under 3.5 million, the other 2.5 million, the old relationship household, and the biggest customer, they dare not delay things, they all promise me, the first batch of 1 million, within five days will be no problem, all orders, within 10 days!"
After a pause, he said: "It's okay to say that other places are going to be listed in Southeast Asia next week, I have to go over and keep an eye on it, Mr. Qi said that she also has to go over and go around, and when the time comes, it's up to you to be at home!"
Zou Wenhuai frowned when he heard this, but he still nodded, "Don't worry, I have me!"
Recently, Minghu Culture is recruiting on a large scale, Liu Mei was ordered to set up a performance department, and a lot of musicians, performers and dancers need to be recruited, of course, it is one, as He Wei took people to participate in the "Super Girl" program group, all of a sudden, the talent reserve of the Minghu Culture and Music Department was half emptied, and it was another one, in short, although there are already so many people, there is still a shortage of people.
In this piece, Xie Mingyuan is here, he is an old Jianghu, and he has been the boss of Sony Records for many years, and he has a lot of contacts in the circle, but he doesn't need Zou Wenhuai to worry about anything, and even Liu Mei's side, when it comes to qualifications, he is older than Zou Wenhuai, and he doesn't need to worry.
But the problem is that people are recruited, and these things such as treatment and so on must not be talked about according to the recruitment of ordinary employees by the Ministry of Personnel, this job is what Zou Wenhuai, the artist director, wants to watch in person. Some high-end ones have to be talked about by Zou Wenhuai in person.
In addition, the buyout contract that "Ruoxuan is Coming" renewed with Huaxia TV last time is about to expire, how to talk about it, how long to renew, and what price it wants, this matter is also Zou Wenhuai's, and he must talk about it.
Li Qian's first movie is in active preparation, this time Li Qian is of course close to everything, Han Shunzhang and Huang Wenjuan are not there, and he doesn't need to interfere too much, at most, he is running errands, coming up with ideas, providing a list of candidates or something, but as the artist director of Minghu Culture, seeing that Li Qian has found a group of new actors to make a movie, how can he sit back and watch these people run away after making a movie? Then you must sign everyone before making a movie, and once the movie becomes popular, these are all resources!
Others are okay to say, like Zhou Zhiyu of the drama club, as soon as he said hello here, people happily signed the contract, that posture, without even looking at the content of the contract, was so happy that Zou Wenhuai, who was lacking in skills, couldn't wait to hug him and kiss him. But that Lu Lingxi and He Yingyu have a headache!
Lu Lingxi hesitated, looking at the contract was like looking at the deed of sale, He Yingyu was even more excessive, that girl didn't want to sign at all!
Please, when the movie comes out, if you don't become popular, what can you do! If you become popular, you don't sign an agency contract, you have to take care of everything yourself, then it's more messy?
In the end, Zou Wenhuai was so good at talking, and reluctantly moved her senior brother Zhu Qiang out as an example, so she persuaded the girl to sign - the price was that she personally took her to sweep the warehouse of Minghu Culture, and let her pack three copies of all the records produced by Minghu Culture in the past, and packed a large carton!
In short, that girl is cunning and cunning!
That's not all, he currently has a lot of books in his hand, most of them are looking for Bai Yujing, half are looking for Zhu Qiang, and there is even a copy sent from the United States to invite Liao Liao to make a cameo appearance on the camera - Zhu Qiang is okay to say, that young man is very low-key, down-to-earth, has a play to act, has a good script, and the treatment is passable, so people don't say a word, pick it up! Bai Yujing is very difficult to serve, and he doesn't accept it, that's not good, it's a whole aunt!
Please, your salary for one episode is 150,000 Ah, aunt and grandmother, at present, among the domestic TV stars, men and women are all included, you are the only one! Even if you don't want to take on TV dramas, there are still people who pay 1 million for a movie! What else do you want?
However, no!
Some time ago, I finally took a fancy to a script, saying that it felt good and could try it, Zou Wenhuai was so excited that he was about to cry!
However, 551,000 episodes, compared with 150,000, this is too much worse, not even half, one-third! Isn't this self-lowering value? Even if the other party is sincere, no matter how good the play is, this drama will be accepted, if it is popular, it is better to say, this is called an artist's style, not for money, and the reputation is so good that it spreads, and the vision is also worthy of boasting, but if you hit the street, your worth will not be able to rise in a short period of time!
The lawsuit finally went to Li Qian, but Li Qian still favored her, and after reading the script, he just said: Pick it up!
Then pick it up!
Then, there were frequent contacts and contacts from singers and agents, expressing the hope that they could jump ship to Minghu Culture as soon as the original contract ended, which was no longer a problem, it was just commonplace, and Li Qian also ordered him to continue to help search for some good songwriters who had not yet emerged...... Seeing that the 80-20 in "Super Girl" is in full swing, he, as the artist director, must consider preparing at least five to eight singer contracts for the upcoming batch of draft girls......
In short, there are a lot of things to do, and there are no stops.
He was a little worried that the girl he adopted last year would cuckold himself!
Although she has made an appointment for three years, and the money and goods are cleared after the time, she loves to let whoever sleeps and who she sleeps, and it has nothing to do with herself, but he, mother, can't be so ashamed when she is still spending money!
However, Zhou Yan's album was a big seller, and it was finally a big seller, no matter how busy he was, even if everything was pressed, he couldn't say a word of excuse.
After so many years, I have worked hard with that aunt and grandmother until now, isn't it for today?
Paralyzed, who dares to say that Lao Tzu has poor vision? Who dares to say that Zhou Yan can't come out? Who dares to say that he has worked so hard to support Zhou Yan for ten years, but he only gained a stupid girl who loves to sing and doesn't sing and flashes?
This stupid girl is not afraid even if she takes a break for three years and five years, as long as she is willing to sing, her mouth, and one album are enough for you to work hard for three years and five years to make those broken albums that can't be sold!
In the past, it didn't sell well, firstly because it was niche and the market had not yet been cultivated, and secondly, because she hadn't met the right person!
Hold one's head high!
Although I had been busy for hours, and I hadn't even eaten dinner yet, I was so hungry that my chest was pressed against my back, and my legs were so tired that my legs were weak, but I watched the loaders carry the records into the carriages in boxes, thinking that they would be going to leave in a few hours, all the way through the mountains and rivers, then into car containers, and then maybe into motorcycles, and in the end, they were sent to one video store after another, and they were sold out before they even had time to put on the shelves......
Zou Wenhuai subconsciously crossed his hands on his hips, and unconsciously smiled on his face, looking at the meaning, he might laugh out loud when he didn't know when.
He is fat, has a big belly, and his hands are on his waist, not to mention, he is quite imposing. It's just that once it is matched with the smile on his face, the momentum is suddenly gone.
"Mr. Zou, Mr. Zou......" Xu Bing touched him.
"Huh?" Zou Wenhuai came back to his senses, "It's okay, I'm staring at home, you can go at ease!"
Xu Bing pouted helplessly when he heard this: This was all a topic a few minutes ago, okay?
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Xu Bing didn't know why Zou Wenhuai, who has always been known for his laziness, suddenly came so energetically, he had to personally stare at the loading in the middle of the night, Xu Bing couldn't screw him, plus he was indeed tired and hungry, in the end, he took the first step and made an appointment to come over at two o'clock to change shifts, leaving Zou Wenhuai with some of the staff of Minghu Culture here to continue to direct loading and delivery.
But after saying two o'clock, he came before half one, this time Zou Wenhuai didn't need to urge, reluctantly looked back at the box of records on the platform, turned around and left.
In the middle of the night, there were few people on the road, few cars, driving and walking, Zou Wenhuai subconsciously was a little distracted, and unconsciously drove the car to the sheepfold alley.
When the car turned into the alley and saw the Great Wall off-road vehicle at the door from a distance, he suddenly woke up, crunched the brakes, and was stunned in the car.
It took a few minutes before he let go of the brakes, let the car start slowly, and slowly drove towards the familiar door.
At this moment, at two o'clock in the evening, everything around is silent.
The dogs of the three families in the depths of the alley heard the movement outside and barked non-stop.
If in the past, Zou Wenhuai hated those three dogs very much, Li Qian once wanted to get a dog for Zhou Yan to raise, he was the one who was the most resolute opponent!
This is also the old age, not as muddy as when I was a child, and when I was a teenager, I can still let them call for so many years?
But at this moment, the dog barked in the deep alley, and the moonlight was bright, and Zou Wenhuai was surprisingly barking at this dog for the first time in his heart, without the slightest disgust and greed.
"At this point, I guess those two goods have already fallen asleep. Now, you're uncomfortable, aren't you? This one here is pregnant, you must have to accompany you! But you can't do anything with it, but you can't do anything with it, and some of them are ready-made, and maybe they can't sleep thinking about you over and over! But you can't hug you...... You're going to do it for a while!
The car came to a slow stop at the door.
He got out of the car, looked up at the two vermilion gates that he had been in and out of for so many years, so familiar that they couldn't be more familiar, and even more familiar than at home, and sighed slowly.
Then he laughed slowly, but silently.
But smiling and smiling, he raised his hand and wiped his face.
The moonlight shone like silver on his face.
In the corner of the eye, there was a reflection of tears.
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