Chapter 131 The golden finger must have the dignity of the golden finger
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When Li Qian opened the door, he saw Liao Liao also coming over.
Qi Jie is Li Qian's agent, so since Li Qian lives in the hotel, after she comes to Shuntian Mansion, even if it is just for the convenience of meeting and chatting about things, it is natural that she should try to live next to Li Qian. But Liao Liao's side was arranged by the company, and she had already changed to a big apartment, so she always wanted Qi Jie to live with her, and sent Li Qian and Qi Jie back tonight, and she never left, just waiting for Qi Jie to report to Li Qian After finishing the matter, she hurried to pull people.
Now that Qi Jie wants to come over to report things, she doesn't want to stay there alone, so she just comes over and listens, anyway, among the things that Qi Jie wants to report, there must be something that has something to do with her.
After they entered Li Qian's room, they sat down casually, Li Qian took two bottles of drink water to them, and then returned to his position, not in a hurry to ask about the contract, first smiled and asked: "How about it, the first time you carried the flag to negotiate a contract with such a big company, is there a lot of pressure?"
Speaking of which, just a year ago, Qi Jie was Li Qian's teacher, but now, a year later, she has become Li Qian's agent, which is really a bit strange to say.
However, for each other's new identities, the two of them are relatively suitable for Qi Jie, Li Qian's talent is there, and it doesn't matter what age he is, and for Li Qian, although Qi Jie has been his teacher, but in his eyes, a girl in her early twenties like Qi Jie is really just a little girl.
At this time, Qi Jie had already spread out the notebook he was carrying on his lap, and smiled when he heard the words. Raising her hand and pursing her head, she smiled and said, "It's okay, the pressure is not small, but I can still withstand it......! Actually, I'm now, I'm the agent. In fact, it's just grinding with people, I'm not afraid of anything else, but patience, I still need to exercise!"
Li Qian put away his smile when he heard this, nodded, and fell silent.
At this time, Qi Jie picked up the notebook. said: "Today, I ran a total of two companies, Hua Record and Changsheng Record, well, overall, it is estimated that the results of my work will not be too satisfactory to you." β
Li Qian heard this. He glanced at Liao Liao with a smile and said, "That's not necessarily!"
Liao Liao pouted, "Why are you looking at me?" Do you think you're afraid that I will hear your trade secrets?"
Li Qian smiled, for the current relationship between him and Liao Liao, this matter is not confidential or unclassified at all, so he simply ignored her deliberate fault-finding, and just said to Qi Jie: "Let's talk about it." I'd like to see how sincere they can be!"
Qi Jie nodded and said, "I went to Hua Ge in the morning. Mr. Li Jinlong, who had been in contact with me by phone, was only responsible for the introduction, and then, the person who negotiated the contract with me was a vice president of their company. Well, the attitude of the vice president. It's a bit high, it gives me the feeling anyway. It's not very comfortable. β
Li Qian smiled when he heard this, but did not speak. Liao Liao pouted instead. said: "Normal, it has been circulating in the circle in recent months, and it is estimated that only those stupid girls in Wuxing Wusu don't know! They want to cross the river and demolish the bridge, of course they have to come up with something to make you panic, and then everyone can break up in two!"
Li Qian nodded and motioned for Qi Jie to continue.
So Qi Jie said: "I have been going back and forth with them for a long time according to the basic conditions you gave, but the other party insists on a bottom line, the price of the producer can be negotiable, and the money for selling songs can also be negotiable, but it is not possible to divide the contract!"
Li Qian smiled and didn't speak.
Qi Jie continued: " Because there is a huge difference between the two sides on the bottom line, so I can't talk to them at all, although it grinds for more than an hour and almost two hours, but in the end, I can only come back with the preliminary conditions they offered, the vice president of Hua Ge said, they need you to come up with three songs, which indicate that you want a quick song, a love song, a Chinese style, three songs, lyrics and arrangements, they can give a total of 1oo thousand, of course, they said very vaguely, and also said that this price is not the final price, just a preliminary offer, they said, if the price is not satisfied, you can negotiate againγ β
"In addition, it is the producer, if you are willing to continue to supervise the next album for Wuxing Wusu, then Hua Ge can give 5o yuan for the producer fee I don't know much about the market, but the other party said, this price, in terms of producers and producers, is already the first-line price in the circle, of course, they still have that attitude, as long as you are willing to take it, the price can be negotiable!
Li Qian smiled calmly, and before he could say anything, Liao Liao had already sneered and said very bluntly: "As expected, Hua Ge's hand of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge is really getting more and more familiar." Half a year ago, the Five Elements were nothing, if you borrow their guts, they don't dare to talk to Li Qian about conditions like this!"
Li Qian spread his hands and asked, "That's all?"
Qi Jie hesitated for a moment and said: "When I went to Huage, Li Jinlong, who came out to pick me up, was very friendly, and repeatedly told me that he desperately hoped to continue to cooperate with you, but before taking me in, he also quietly revealed to me that it is said that the new albums of Huage for the five elements have all been done, the song selection sample arrangement, and even the accompaniment and dance of the final version have been completed, but they are still hidden from the outside world, and those songs are all done separately in the name of other newcomers." So, as long as we can't talk about it here, they can start working on a new album right away. So, he advised me to be mentally prepared a little in advance, anyway...... He said so much in and out of his words, I wondered, he seems to be courting you?"
Li Qian grabbed his chin for a moment and nodded.
In fact, as early as the first contact, he could feel that Li Jinlong seemed to have always been extremely polite to himself, and this time he came to Shuntianfu to pick up the station, and the meaning of his words was also very meaningful.
Is this optimistic?
Of course, this circle is a circle full of various interests and all kinds of disputes. Anyone and anything, think about it more than once, it's always right, Li Jinlong doesn't have to think too simply about him. Even if he really wanted to get closer to Li Qian, who was still working alone, it could only be that he saw more benefits in Li Qian.
Li Qian thought for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Li Jinlong, don't care about him first, no matter what he means." It's always going to show up slowly, and you can talk about it later. His musical attainments may not be very high, but he is a well-rounded person with long sleeves and good dancing, and it is always a bad thing to have such a friend. As for the condition given by Hua Ge......"
Speaking of which. Li Qian smiled, reached out and touched his head, "Nonsense, this is!"
Liao Liao sneered when he heard the word nonsense, and immediately praised it, "It is worthy of being born in a Chinese literary family, and it is worthy of the lyrics written so well, this word is used accurately!"
After a pause, she turned her head to Qi Jie and said, "You don't understand." I'll settle accounts with you, and you'll know how nonsense Hua Ge is! The album that Li Qian helped them make has now sold three or four million or four million. Let's not talk about just commercial performances, endorsements, or whatever, how much Hua Ge can earn, just talk about selling the album itself, within a year, it is absolutely no problem for this album to sell more than five million, within two years. It should sell between six million and eight million. β
"Let's just count it at six million copies, and their albums are priced high. It is the price of 12 yuan a box, the rules of the industry. Half-price, that is to say, if it is sold for 6 million, Hua Record will be able to get back a total of 36 million with profits! Here, because Li Qian takes a share, they have almost no pre-production costs, what recording, accompaniment, cover, post-processing, add together 3.5 million to the sky, and if the post-publicity, on the New Year's Day party, they will also pay a million, and it will also reach the top, so, okay, add it to them and count it as 2 million!"
"Six million cassette tapes, the production cost is by no means five million, Hua Ge has its own filling factory, it is estimated that it will be cheaper, so, you calculate, six million cassette tapes are sold, the cost is only seven million, and then give Li Qian about ...... Uh, 10.8 million, as far as I know, those girls can only take 8% from record sales, which is less than 6 million, you can calculate for yourself, just this album, how much they can earn!"
Qi Jie lowered his head and counted silently for a moment, raised his head, and said, "More than 12 million?"
Liao Liao nodded and said, "Here's the problem, before Li Qian made a move, how much money did the album in front of Wuxing Wusu earn together? One million can make their big teeth laugh off! As a result, when they become popular, they will resolutely refuse to give them a share? If you just talk about selling songs, Li Qian's songs will be sold to whomever they want, and they won't be able to sell them at the price they gave?"
Speaking of this, she turned her head and asked Li Qian, "How much did you give He Runqing the "Half Pot of Yarn"?"
Before Li Qian could answer, Qi Jie had already blurted out, "Four hundred thousand!"
Liao Liao stretched out his hands, "So, Sange gave one million? and specified the style? They are really embarrassed to open their mouths! This is clearly going to talk to you!"
Li Qian took a deep breath and subconsciously reached out to touch the cigarette, but when he touched it in his pocket, he felt empty, and then he remembered that he hadn't touched that thing for more than a month.
Then, with a smile, he reached out to grab his chin and slowly snorted.
In fact, it's not just a matter of money, in line with the principle that one more friend is better than one more enemy, in the case that Wuxing Wusu has become popular, for their new album, Li Qian didn't think about how much he could make at all, so before Qi Jie went to China to negotiate with the record, the bottom line he gave was that the asking price was five percent, and if it was really hard to negotiate, three percent would be fine!
The share is so low that it is already relatively easy for many big-name producers and songwriters in the industry to get it, and to be honest, even if Wuxing Wusu's next album continues to sell five or six million copies, the three percent share will only be one or two million, and he means that if he takes the share, he can skip the production fee.
Therefore, even if the other party agrees to share, even if the album continues to sell well, what Li Qian can get, even if you add the lyrics and music fees given by the other party, it will be about three million.
It can be said that unlike when the last album made the Five Elements popular, Li Qian, the producer, was able to share the interests equally with Hua Ge, this time, Li Qian basically gave up most of the benefits. Even if it's just a conservative estimate, it's just this album. Li Qian can let Hua Record make at least 20 million net profits from it.
The asking price is so low, for Li Qian, half of it is because he feels that he has a lot of works in his hand anyway, even if it is just to maintain the relationship with the five girls, or...... It's just for someone. It's also worth it, and the other half is considering that Huage is one of the three major companies in the industry after all, sacrificing a little interest and maintaining a long-term friendship can be regarded as a certain degree of network investment.
But...... The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant!
They were so stunned that they were reluctant to give even the last bit of face money to keep the bottom line, so they had to swallow it all by themselves!
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Liao Liao and Qi Jie were there in Balabala. After a while, Li Qian was frowning and thinking hard, and he couldn't help frowning, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Li Qian, and said, "Hey, you don't even have to think about this condition carefully, do you? Do you know what reputation you have in the circle? Do you know why our company is ...... Uh, it's Mr. Chen, why did he have to put a sleeve on you when we first met?"
After a pause, she said in a loud voice: "Because now the whole circle thinks that you Li Qian is the golden finger that turns stones into gold! As long as you make a move, you will definitely become popular! That's it, if you dare to sign a contract that doesn't even give a share." I guess the circle can blow up!"
Li Qian smiled when he heard this, and said, "What are you anxious about? When did I say I was going to agree?"
After a pause, he turned his head to look at Qi Jie. Q: "What about Changsheng Records, how are you talking?"
Qi Jie was stunned for a moment when she heard this, but she still came back to her senses for the first time and replied: "That Mr. Chen quoted 500,000 yuan for one song at the beginning, but asked you to be responsible for supervising the production to ensure the quality. Later, when I told you about your conditions, he was a little hesitant. Although we took the initiative to reduce the price to 201,000, we have to take an 8% share of each album. It probably hurt a little bit for him, so he asked if he could do it like you did when you were the producer of the album for Wuxing Wusu. Phased partitioning is adopted. But of course I won't agree, so we haven't talked about it for the time being, but we've agreed to talk about it tomorrow, and I estimate that we can get about five percent!
After a pause, as if she wanted to express something, she turned her head to look at Liao Liao and said, "Just like Liao Liao said, you are a famous golden finger in the circle, and you have the ability to turn stone into gold, which is unique, so they need us more!"
Li Qian smiled knowingly when he heard this, and suddenly asked, "In your hearts, am I such a person who would rather suffer a little anger myself than compromise and seek perfection?"
Liao Liao and Qi Jie were stunned when they heard this, but soon Liao Liao spread his hands, "Although I know that your character is definitely not like this, I don't know why, you always look like a good student in front of others...... I don't even have that kind of awesome feeling!"
Li Qian laughed when he heard this.
After laughing, he shook his head, suddenly looked up at Liao Liao, and said, "Okay, then I'll let you see what I look like when I'm awesome." β
After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Qi Jie, and the smile on his face was put away, but he said very calmly: "First, immediately terminate any contact with Hua Ge and directly announce the breakdown of the negotiations! Even, you can reveal it to them, I'm very angry!"
Qi Jie immediately cheered up when she heard this, and nodded solemnly.
And Liao Liao, at this time, it was a sudden feeling in front of him, and he had known him for so long, and he had always felt that he should be such an arrogant person, but he had always concealed it too well, and it was not until this moment that he finally saw him suddenly show his sharp fangs!
However, what about men, especially men like Li Qian, are they okay without fangs?
Man, there must be majesty!
At this time, Li Qian continued to say calmly: "Second, you go to see Mr. Chen tomorrow and tell him that I will treat the four works promised to him with 100% sincerity, and I can also personally supervise the production of these four works for them, as for the conditions, according to what he said, 500,000! However, I have a request, that is, the launch time of Liao Liao's new album must be set within a week after the new album of Wuxing Wusu!"
As soon as these words came out, Qi Jie's eyes suddenly widened and her mouth opened slightly, and Liao Liao also had a frightened expression.
She looked at Li Qian and asked timidly, "You let me ...... Fight with them?"
Qi Jie reacted when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "Although Liao Liao is red enough, the Five Elements Wusu seems to be more popular than her......!
But at this time, Li Qian turned his head to look at Liao Liao, his eyes were calm and sharp.
He asked lightly, "Don't you dare?"
Meeting his eyes, the moment the two met their eyes, Liao Liao was suddenly stunned.
At that moment, Li Qian's eyes were as fierce as a lion.
Suddenly, Liao Liao's heart pounded violently uncontrollably.
After a moment of distraction, she instantly straightened her chest, "You're not afraid, I'm afraid of a fart!"
After finishing speaking, she hurriedly caught Li Qian's eyes as soon as possible.
But what disappointed her was that it seemed that after saying that sentence, Li Qian's sharp might had been put away, and in the blink of an eye, he had returned to that calm and modest appearance with an indifferent smile.
At this time, Li Qian smiled when he heard this, and ignored Qi Jie's stupidity, just nodded calmly, and said in a firm tone: "Then it's decided!"
Since it is a golden finger, of course it must have the dignity of a golden finger!
Since you don't even give me the most basic face, you have to think that it doesn't matter if you get rid of me at this time, so let's just meet it head-on!
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