Chapter Twenty-Seven: Dividing, Cracking
When Qi Jie heard this, she immediately took her shoulder bag, took out a wad of paper from it and handed it over, saying, "When I arrived at their company, they had already drawn up the contract. ”
Li Qian seemed to have thought of something when he heard this, so he couldn't help but smile, took the contract and flipped through it, and found that it was actually four or five pages, and he couldn't help frowning again.
A large company like Huage naturally has a clear eye for doing things, and even everyone has a special legal department to filter all the details in the contract to ensure that there will be no loopholes in the contract. But for Li Qian, such complicated contract terms are not his specialty at all, and he doesn't bother to read them carefully.
So he flipped through it roughly, put down the contract, just looked at Qi Jie, and asked, "Tell me, what did you all talk about?
While talking, he saw Wang Jinglu looking at it curiously, so he handed her the contract, and Wang Jinglu took it, but looked at it from the beginning very seriously.
At this time, Qi Jie said: "They should have been prepared for a long time, otherwise they would not have come up with the contract so quickly, and the person sent to talk to me about the contract over there was not the same person last time, it was a vice president of their company, and the specifications seemed to be one layer higher, this time the other party's posture was very low, and repeatedly emphasized to me that money is not a problem, and the contract is only a preliminary draft, and you can put forward any requirements you have, and everyone can talk slowly." ”
Hearing this, Li Qian didn't say anything, Liao Liao sneered and said, "Now that I know, why did I go earlier!"
Li Qian smiled, didn't answer, and continued to ask Qi Jie, "Have you read the contract?
Hearing this, Qi Jie stretched out his finger and pointed to the contract in Wang Jinglu's hand, and said: "On the second and third pages, there are a lot of terms listed, and on the last page, I simply made a table to list the prices given to you one by one." Very detailed. And they also know that it is not enough to just talk to you about the commission at the moment, so they deliberately listed the money for the song buyout and the production fund, which can be regarded as a fixed salary plus sharing model. Specifically. As long as it's your work, they give 400,000 yuan to a song and buy out the right to use it. Then, when you are the producer's salary, they also directly gave 2 million. It's quite sincere. ”
"As for the split, they're based on how much work you provide and how much the album ultimately sells, and it's complicated, but it's up to 15 percent. It's basically a continuation of the price of the last album you made for Wuxing Wusu, the highest, eight songs, plus the producer of the whole album, 15 percent. There are fewer songs. Or if the sales volume is less than five million, the share will be reduced. ”
Hearing this, Li Qian nodded slowly.
It just so happened that after Wang Jinglu listened to Qi Jie's introduction, she had already turned to the table on the last page and started to look at it, and Li Qian also turned sideways to glance at it.
Well, dense forms.
As Qi Jie said, as the songs he came up with went from one to eight, and the sales of the album exceeded one million, two million, three million and five million respectively, Hua Ge gave a corresponding share ratio one by one.
I have to say that this time Hua Ge did it. It makes people feel a little more comfortable.
If you still write eight songs for Wuxing Wusu like the last album, and the sales of the album can successfully exceed 5 million copies, then in addition to the same 15% share as last time, you can also get an additional song buyout fee and producer fee of about 5.2 million.
Give more money. Nature is a representation of sincerity.
It's just that they stipulate the terms of the contract in such detail, which still makes people feel a little childish.
In particular, maybe they feel that the songs they write are the guarantee of popularity, or maybe Liao Liao's "The Sound of the Waves Remains" is known as "sealing ten title songs into one album", so it triggered a series of sales explosions. They are not lightly greedy, so they also deliberately listed the number of songs they wrote for this album into the divided ladder, which makes them even more petty.
In fact, as long as Li Qian takes this job, he will definitely put a lot of effort into it, and he will never smash his own golden signboard, so in fact, they don't have to care about how many songs Li Qian will write for this album. And to be honest, no matter whose work it is, it is useful when it is popular, and it is good to sell more albums.
So, Li Qian thought about it for a while, and said to Qi Jie: "You call them back later, just say that I said it, the song buyout fee and the producer fee, just according to the price they said, I have no opinion." But share, I don't want to be so complicated, just one, hand it over to me to supervise, it won't sell five million copies, I don't want any of the money, more than five million copies, I want 16 percent!"
Hearing this, Liao Liao couldn't help but laugh first.
Then, she smiled and said to Qi Jie: "Look, look, I guessed right, right? I knew he would do this!" Then she turned to Li Qian and said: "Tell me to say, what do you want, 16 percent, it's too ruthless, it's just ripping meat from people's hearts! You, just ask them for 15.1 percent! Just a little more little tail, that's what is interesting!"
Li Qian smiled and shook his head, seeing Wang Jinglu looking at him in surprise and puzzlement, he first waved his hand and said, "I'll explain to you when I go back." Then he said to Liao Liao: "Your idea is too bad! If you really want to do that, it is estimated that people will be annoyed and angry! Be a man! You need 16 percent, and you just know each other!"
Qi Jie also nodded with a smile and said, "Actually, in their opinion, the price of sixteen percent is estimated to be a must-pay, right? ”
Li Qian smiled and spread his hands, "I'm originally a person who isn't very broad-minded!"
Liao Liao laughed.
Qi Jie shook her head and smiled bitterly.
But Wang Jinglu's face was full of ignorance, and his eyes kept turning around on the faces of several people present.
When she participated in Li Qian's work for the first time, she was curious about these bargaining and other things, but she didn't understand much, so she could only listen to the excitement.
At this time, Qi Jie smiled, thought for a while, and said, "That's okay, then I'll call them when I go back and tell them what you mean." ”
However, at this time, Liao Liao glanced at Wang Jinglu and blinked his eyes. But he suddenly said: "Hey, Xiaolu, that Wang Jingxue in the Five Elements is your sister, right?"
Wang Jinglu nodded when she heard this.
So she said, "Actually, tell me." It doesn't have to be so troublesome, let your sister just quit the group over there, sign in to Li Qian's studio to fly solo, and let Li Qian make an album for her?"
This is the second time in 24 hours that Li Qian has heard this suggestion.
And this time. It was Liao Liao, an insider, who said this.
Facing Wang Jinglu's inquiring gaze that he had seen later, Li Qian couldn't help but smile bitterly.
It seems that everyone is really optimistic!
But the question is, are things really as easy as they think?
Now that the studio has been built and has its own territory, it is really necessary to sign whoever you want?
Are you kidding!
Do you really think that so many large and small record companies in the industry are all paper paste?
Making albums, releasing records, and praising people, if it were really so easy and so simple, it's hard to say that there are dozens of studios in this circle at least in the blink of an eye!
Yes, that's right. As long as you are willing to support it, as long as the other party's strength is not too bad, and you can't really support the wall with mud, if you only talk about the quality of the song and the level of the album, you can indeed guarantee that you will win a popular one!
With those song resources in his hands, it's hard to say that at least in the golden period of the record industry in the next ten years, it will definitely not be a problem to bring out ten or eight popular stars!
But the problem is, a singer. Red, or not, is never determined solely by the quality of the album!
As a newcomer, he just wrote some songs and made two albums as a behind-the-scenes staff. And then you open a studio, and you sign people everywhere, and then you go crazy and release albums, and then you sell like crazy?
That's not reality, that's fiction.
And it's science fiction.
Li Qian originally thought that even if Qi Jie didn't understand, Liao Liao, as an insider, had been confused in the circle for several years. should have been able to think of it, so when he heard her say this, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he quickly understood - in the end, no matter how smart Liao Liao is, he is still too young after all.
And to be honest, although she has also been a resident singer in some bars, and she can be regarded as an underground singer, her rise is too fast!
After selling for less than a year, she successfully signed Changsheng Records, and then successfully released her first single, and also received good industry reviews, so that the boss directly approved a large amount of funds for her to make an album, and then the first album became popular, no matter where she went, she was regarded as the top star. Up to now, the second album continues to sell well, and she is even considered to have surpassed the eldest sister Zhen Zhen and is already the "first sister" in the domestic music scene.
Therefore, perhaps in singing, she has always been conscientious and extremely attentive, but in terms of her identity and status, she would not have imagined that to create a studio, it does not mean that it is enough to have her, plus herself.
At this time, from Liao Liao's words, Li Qian instantly remembered that she had been running to see the progress of the studio decoration at every turn in the recent days, and her heart suddenly became more and more inventive.
At this time, he thought about it and asked with a smile: "It seems that we have talked about this topic before, and now we might as well take it out and talk about it again." Don't talk about Sister Jingxue, just talk about you, Liao Liao. You sign in to the studio, I'll make an album for you, for the current domestic music scene, fans may not know, but these domestic record companies should know about it, right? Let's make an album together, this should be a guarantee that sales will inevitably explode, right? So, now that we have made an album, we need to find a company to release it on our behalf, guess what, will those large and small record companies compete to raise the price, or will they tacitly lower the price?"
Liao Liao was stunned when he heard this, and immediately frowned, revealing a thoughtful look.
Li Qian smiled, leaned back on the sofa with a little relaxation, and said with a smile: "Your contract with Changsheng Records is over, so come to the studio, no one can say anything, Chen Changsheng is reluctant, and he can't say anything, maybe he will be glad that you didn't go to Sony after all, didn't go to Huage, didn't go to Xinda, plus you and him, I and him, after all, there is still a little friendship, so, you signed it, and you signed it, and he signed it, it's a big deal that he has a request in the future, and I'll give him a few more songs." So, if I dig up Sister Jing Xue, do you guess that Hua Ge will be directly annoyed and angry?"
When Liao Liao heard this, he was silent.
At this time, Li Qian put away his smile, sighed slowly, and then said with a wry smile: "The music world, it seems to be a place to play art, but in fact, as long as you come in a little bit, you will know that this is the outright Vanity Fair! I just said that I am not broad-minded enough, but in fact, if you look in this circle, in front of interests, who is a broad-minded person?"
At this, he paused, and his expression turned resolute.
"The studio is about to be renovated, and it will open after the decoration is completed, but I will say hello in advance, including me, including you, Liao Liao, Sister Qi, let's not be so optimistic first! It may be an exaggeration to say that it is difficult, but the words of surviving in the cracks will never be wrong!"
Liao Liao and Qi Jie nodded in unison when they heard this.
After a while, Liao Liao said, "I understand what you mean! Well, it's too easy for me to think." But......" she smiled, met everyone's eyes, and said proudly: "It's not that we haven't walked through the difficult time, it's just a big deal to go through the beginning!
Li Qian laughed when he heard this.
"Then let's do it and show them!" he said.
But when Qi Jie heard this, he hurriedly added, "It's better to be careful and do things carefully! Let's get through the initial stage first! Well, at the beginning, it doesn't matter if you admit to slaughter!"
Li Qian nodded when he heard this, but said with a smile: "It's not enough to just admit slaughter! Next, whether it's for Changsheng Records, or Sony, including Huage, I will definitely be a fortune boy for a period of time and help others earn some money!"
When Qi Jie and Liao Liao heard this, they both smiled helplessly.
Obviously, the meaning of Li Qian's words, they all understood it as soon as they heard it.
To put it bluntly, it is to continue to help others write songs and make albums, and to make a good relationship, so that they can release their own albums through other people's channels - survive in the cracks, this is not wrong at all!
But Liao Liao thought about it, but said: "Three years! After three years, let's try to make them go from tacitly lowering prices to rushing to shout high prices!"
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This chapter is an addition to the alliance leader "Wings of Ice Wind"!
In addition, at the request of book friends, this book is recommended, "National Idol", Chinese entertainment works, you can take a look at the book shortage. (To be continued.) )