Tuesday, July 19th, 10 a.m.

Chinese Records, Conference Room 2.

The company's regular meeting, which was supposed to be held on Monday morning, was directly pushed back by Huang Dazhong to today because of the release of the sales list of Dongguan Bookstore yesterday, because his mood and emotions at that time were really unable to preside over the meeting.

Now in this conference room, the senior management of China Opera, including the managers of the production department, publicity department, distribution department, internal logistics department, artist management department, brokerage department, training department, legal department and other departments, there are nearly 20 people, sitting around the long conference table. Wong sat first on his left, and the chair in the middle of the top was traditionally empty, because it was reserved for Wong Tat-chung's father, who is still the chairman of the company.

At this time, the manager of the brokerage department was speaking.

“…… Tenglong's old money came over yesterday morning, because Wuxing Wusu was busy making a new album at that time, so the company decided not to give them commercial performances for the time being, so I pushed the others, but the price given by Lao Qian at that time was really high, three songs a song, the price was one million, and Lao Huang and our company have been partners for many years, so after consulting Mr. Huang, I signed six shows with him on behalf of the company, which is the only commercial performance contract signed by the company for Wuxing Wusu in the past two or three months. ”

At that time, it must have been considered that when Wuxing Wusu finished the promotion of this album, it would be easy to run down, after all, there were only six shows, and Lao Qian's customers were all relatively high-end celebrations or something, which was more in line with Wuxingwusu's identity and market position. I remember that the old money was grateful to me like something, but now ......"

"Lao Qian came in the morning, and he had to invite me to dinner at noon, so I invited him to a meal in turn, but in the afternoon he continued to pester me, hoping that I could scrap the contract anyway, because according to him, the offer given by the inviter has plummeted. And it fell very badly, not to mention 1 million a game, even if it was 500,000, he just barely kept it from losing money. 400,000 yuan can barely make a small profit, so if he really sits down the six games according to 1 million yuan, he will lose 3 million at once! For him, this is not a bone-wrenching injury. At least hemorrhage......"

Huang Dazhong has been closing his eyes all the time, listening to him babble endlessly, frowning helplessly, opening his eyes, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the ranking on the table in front of him, almost subconsciously locked on the dazzling sales figure, his brows jumped a few more times unconsciously, and the impatience in his heart suddenly became more and more intense.

So he waved his hand, interrupted the manager of the brokerage department, and asked directly, "So what? What do you mean?"

The manager of the brokerage department hesitated for a moment and said, "So...... I wonder if I can cancel the contract I signed with Mt. Tarro?"

Huang Dazhong waved his hand again. He tried his best not to get angry, but he felt that the tendon between his eyebrows was beating violently and twitching, and he said: "Waste, of course we have to scrap it! Is our Huage the kind of company that blackmails other people's performance businessmen? If the sky is a matter of millions, can it still rely on and smash its own signboard?"

Speaking of this, he waved his hand impatiently, "Scrap, scrap!"

The manager of the brokerage department seemed to be relieved when he heard this, nodded his head, and answered "Okay". Then he sat honestly and did not speak.

At this time, Huang Dazhong didn't care about whether there was anything greasy between him and that old money, and there were no fish when the water was clear. At this time, he was obviously concerned about another question, so he asked, "What did you just say? 500,000 yuan can he just save his capital?"

When the manager of the brokerage department heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "Yes! Because there will definitely be no time to take the job for a while, 800,000 a game, 900,000 a game, and even Lao Qian shouted 1 million a game, all kinds of prices are available, and they are getting higher and higher. Uh...... when "Let Me Fly" was first released, it was last week, when Dongguan Bookstore just came out with a sales volume of nearly 30,000 in a single week, someone had already shouted 1.2 million, but at that time, it was also taking into account that Wuxing Wusu was doing publicity, so you said it yourself, if you don't sign it first, I won't sign it. But now ......"

"After I finally sent the old money away yesterday, I made two phone calls and asked, uh, in short, as soon as I said that the album promotion of Wuxing Wusu was about to be busy, and then I could take over the commercial performance, those performance companies all said that they could sign it, but the price had to be negotiated again, and it definitely couldn't be according to the offer they gave before. Moreover, some people specifically proposed that if they want to sign it, they should specify the song repertoire of each show......"

"This thing is originally conventional, and when the singer comes on stage, he must also sing his most popular and everyone's favorite song, so it was originally a discussion on the spot, and it can be decided by asking the meaning of the inviter. But now, I guess they mean that...... Or is the "Sister Sister Stand Up" album more popular?"

Moreover, Lao Qian is basically right, the price they gave is about 30 to 400,000 per game, and even at this price, the other party is a little hesitant, saying that if you sign a contract, you can only sign five games at most. Because of the ups and downs of the five elements, it is too scary, and they are not sure how much appeal the five of them still have in the commercial performance market. ”

Listening to this, Huang Dazhong subconsciously closed his eyes again, just leaning on the back of the chair. After the manager of the brokerage department finished speaking, he sat up straight with some weakness, nodded, and said: "Don't ask, don't ask next, the more you ask, the more the price will drop! Stop first, slow down, slow down first!"

After a pause, he took a deep breath, swept his gaze over the dozen or so faces on either side of the conference table, and asked, "Then who else has anything to say next?"

There was silence and no one made a sound.

After a pause, the production manager suddenly said: "If no one says anything, then, Mr. Huang, I'll talk about the preparation of Zhao Jiyu's album?"

But Huang Dazhong waved his hand directly when he heard this, and said: "I'll talk about other things later, there is only one topic for today's meeting, and that is to discuss what to do next for the Five Elements and Wusu!"

The manager of the production department had no choice but to nod when he heard this, and stopped speaking a little sneeringly.

Thereupon. Then, the room fell into a strange silence again.

After a while, Huang Dazhong helplessly turned his head to look at Du Xiaoming, who was sitting opposite him, and asked, "Old Du." When it comes to making music, you're an expert, and you have the most right to speak!

Du Xiaoming paused when he heard this, twisted his buttocks, and sat up straight. Slowly spoke: "Wuxing Wusu here, well, this heel fell a bit miserably, but, after all, their previous popularity is still there, so I don't think it's irretrievable......! I'm not sure what suits their path now. And, at the end of the day, I was the executive producer of their last album. This album failed, and I'm partly responsible......"

When Huang Dazhong heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt him, "Don't say this, now is not the time to ask about responsibility, the key for us now is how to save the current situation! If you want to talk about responsibility, I have the greatest responsibility! It is because I insist on not giving others a share, so I have come to this point!"

Although Huang Dazhong said this, the starting point was really to reassure Du Xiaoming, after all, he knew better than anyone else that the sales of "Let Me Fly" had plunged and fallen so badly for two consecutive weeks. The market and popularity that Wuxing Wusu has just cultivated have also reached the point where they are directly cut in half, and the current priority is really not a matter of accountability.

But...... Although only words of comfort to others. But as soon as he mentioned it, he couldn't help but subconsciously glance at the leaderboard on the table. Then, there was another uncontrollable throbbing pain in his heart!

There is no doubt that "Let Me Fly" is going to hit the streets, and the sales of this two consecutive weeks have plummeted, let alone insiders. Even a layman can see that there must be something wrong with the quality of the album and the song itself.

You say fame, Wuxing Wusu is so popular, you say publicity, Hua Ge directly allocated 1.5 million publicity funds for this album, and this money alone is enough for the full production and publicity of two or three newcomers' albums.

But it's just hitting the streets!

For this album, Hua Ge Song simply invited famous artists in the circle, whether it was lyrics, music, arrangement or choreography, it was all created with great care at any expense, and even dispatched the company's music director Du Xiaoming, an expert in the industry, to personally supervise the production, which can definitely be said to be a work of conscience...... It can be said that no one wants Wuxing Wusu to continue to be popular with this new album and continue to continue the momentum that swept the music world in the previous album than Huang Dazhong.

But even so, it's still so ugly!

Looking back, what is the reason?

The only reason Huang Dazhong could think of in his heart was that Li Qian was missing!

That's right, it's because of the absence of him!

So, hit the streets!

And Huang Dazhong himself knows that in fact, in terms of the inside of Chinese Records, the results of the two albums before and after Wuxing Wusu are there, and the comparison is so dazzling, so the importance of Li Qian does not need to be emphasized at all. The reason why "Let Me Fly" collapsed and sank into the sand is also something that the company knows from top to bottom.

But on the contrary, what makes people sad is that in fact, Li Qian was very willing to join at the beginning, and it was himself who insisted on kicking others out, which ruined this cooperation!

Now that I think about it, why bother!

At the beginning of the negotiations, the other party asked for a 4 or 5 percent share, and according to the person in charge of the negotiations, according to the report of the person in charge of the negotiation, looking at the meaning revealed by the other party's agent at the time, the other party wanted this share, purely to save face, and even if it was as low as 2 percent, the other party was not unacceptable.

It's only two percent!

Even if an album sells 10 million copies, 2 percent is only a few dollars? Not to mention, even if it is sold according to the posture of "Sister and Sister Stand Up" and Liao Liao's "The Sound of the Waves Remains", it will be impossible to sell 10 million copies after 5 million copies in half a year, and it will sell about 8 million copies in two years! Then, 8 million copies are only, and the 2 percent share is not even 2 million!

Now that I think about it, even if I only got one title song from Li Qian at that time, what could I do if I paid an extra two million?

As long as the album sells well, or, even if it doesn't sell well, as long as the diving is not so powerful, don't directly knock the five elements into the dust like now, then, it's only two million. Isn't it just the money for a few commercial performances?

But...... Why was he so crazy at that time, insisting on refusing to give Li Qian a share?

Perhaps, he trusts Huage's internal production ability too much?

Or, is it too underestimated Li Qian's ability to turn stone into gold?

Well. Well, if you think about it carefully, this is not the key, the most important thing is probably to let him take 15% of the last album, which is if it sells 8 million copies. But it was more than 14 million solid, and I really felt that it was too distressing at the time! So I made up my mind at that time, and I would never give him a share no matter what!

But now it's good, but I kicked him out, and I really saved a lot of money, at least he didn't have to give his share.

However, looking at the plummeting posture of the album "Let Me Fly", even if the halo brought by the album "Sister Sister Stand Up" to the five elements will not completely fade. But the popularity will be cut in half at least, so it is estimated that in the end, "Let Me Fly" can barely break through two million?

It's estimated that it's up to the sky, and that's it!

So, okay, the production cost of this album is more than two million, and the publicity funds have been smashed out of more than one million yuan, plus the share given to Du Xiaoming, the producer, well, these costs alone. Together, it's already more than 4 million!

Then, although Huage has its own full set of factories, it can make its own records, so the cost is definitely lower. But the cost of a cassette tape is about eight cents, six yuan a piece is sent out, the profit is five yuan two, and if you sell two million copies in the end, the total income is about 10 million, and the cost of more than 4 million yuan must be cut first. And then cut the sales share to be paid to Wuxing Wusu, which is ten percent of the price tag, that is, 2.4 million!

Therefore, in the end, the profits that really go back to the Hua Song account are ...... If you die, that's three million!

At the time of the last record, even if it was only the profit from selling the album, Li Qian was going to take a big piece of fat from it, but it was about the same as the company! Even if the two sides split the account in half, that album could bring more than 15 million net profits to the company! Not to mention that Huage didn't just make an album, but the bigger thing was actually the commercial performance that the price was getting higher and higher, and there were so many that it couldn't be received at all!

So...... With two million album sales and double platinum, for other singers, they will definitely be happy, but for Wuxing Wusu and Chinese Songs, this is definitely a deal that makes people want to commit suicide!

There is no need to give Li Qian more than 14 million, but the company has earned at least 10 million less than Wuxingwusu's last album!

Moreover, if you include the loss of business performance caused by the sharp decline in the popularity of Wuxing Wusu, this number will even quadruple!

Together, these two sides are a major loss of tens of millions for Hua Records!

No one knows that since the sales list came out last Monday and saw that "Let Me Fly" was directly cut in half by Liao Liao's "The Sound of the Waves", until now, Huang Dazhong has almost been unable to sleep all night, even if he tosses on a woman until midnight, he is so tired that he can't hold it and falls asleep, and he always wakes up at four or five o'clock. And every time I wash my hair recently, the hair falls out a lot......

If you really say that you are simply distressed about money, it is not enough, the most regrettable thing is that Wuxing Wusu, such a popular star with a bright and brilliant career, was actually ruined so hard!

This is the biggest capital he relies on to compete with Sony!

Their existence and their popularity, for the company, is not simply the huge income brought by albums and commercial performances every year, their popularity can find an extremely stable foothold for the entire Chinese record in the market.

For a big record company like Huage, whether this foothold is firm or not is a matter of life and death!

But what can he say now?

insisted on excluding Li Qian from the division at the beginning, but his opinion, you know, even Du Xiaoming persuaded him at that time, and even said "I am not as good as Li Qian for how to straighten out the future development path for the Five Elements and Wusu", and repeatedly persuaded him to think twice, and the Five Elements and Wusu were even more troublesome, so that he finally had to come up with a little reward, so he could barely suppress the temper of those girls, so now, in addition to complaining about himself, who can he blame?

Now that I think about it, I directly gave Li Qian the two percent of the reward to Wuxing Wusu, and everyone continued to cooperate and make money together, and Wuxing Wusu would not have any temper, wouldn't there be nothing?

…………

These things, these thoughts, and these unspeakable regrets are like poisonous snakes, biting Huang Dazhong's heart all the time, but at this time, even if he regrets everything, in front of so many subordinates of the company, his performance is only frowning and pausing slightly.

Then, he continued: "So, Lao Du, if you are not responsible, don't mention it first. Tell me, is there any good way?"

Du Xiaoming nodded and said slowly: "If you want to say a way...... Wherever the disease is created, the treatment will begin!"

Seeing that Huang Dazhong frowned slightly when he heard this, he continued: "As far as I know, Liao Liao's original contract with Changsheng Records was only two albums, and now it has been released, that is to say, she is basically a free person! And her relationship with Li Qian ...... Very good!"

Hearing this, Huang Dazhong's eyes suddenly lit up.

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5,000 words, the first update!

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