Chapter 060: The Dust Settles
In a presidential suite at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, after a tug-of-war, Cheng Weiliang and Polygram finally reached a preliminary agreement on key issues. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
On the most important contract period, the two sides each made certain concessions, and Cheng Weiliang agreed to a 1+2 compromise plan proposed by Zheng Donghan.
Cheng Weiliang signed a one-year singer contract, and after expiration, the two-year record contract will be automatically renewed. The contract stipulates that Cheng Weiliang must complete at least one record per year for the next two years after the expiration of one year. There is also a side clause that requires him to write three songs a year for the rest of the company's artists for five years.
In terms of freedom, it basically meets Cheng Weiliang's requirements, but it also emphasizes that the company will try to respect the wishes of the singer, but during the promotion and release of the record, the normal activities arranged by the company, the singer cannot shirk without a legitimate reason.
In terms of songs, Polygram proposed to buy out at a fixed price, and Cheng Weiliang only agreed to license the songs for 20 years. As a songwriter, he enjoys a 3% royalty. For licensed songs, the advance payment is 30,000 yuan per song, and after the release of the record, the advance amount will be deducted from the income due to the songwriter. He licensed eighteen of them and kept the disposal of the other four for himself.
In terms of record income, Cheng Weiliang offered 15 points, Polygram counteroffered 8 points on the grounds that he was a newcomer, and finally the two sides argued, and finally agreed that Cheng Weiliang enjoyed 12% of the record royalty share as a singer.
In terms of the signing fee, in view of the fact that other companies have paid 1 million, Zheng Donghan was simply generous after negotiating other issues, he also increased the signing fee to 1 million, and even rewarded Cheng Weiliang with an apartment to ensure that Polygram's conditions will always be the best.
In the next two days, after the two sides also negotiated some details and terms, on the last day of May, Cheng Weiliang signed his name on the official contract and officially joined Xiangjiang Polygram Records as its signed singer.
On May 31, well-known reporters from radio and television stations, as well as entertainment news from major newspapers, all received invitations from PolyGram, inviting them to attend a press conference to be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the conference hall of Polygram Records.
The media industry was in an uproar, thinking of the hot topic in recent days - the genius singer Cheng Weiliang, and they speculated that there must be a connection between the two!
These days, when Cheng Weiliang was in intensive talks with various record companies, various news media also made follow-up reports in newspapers. However, when reporters went to various record companies for interviews, each company remained silent, resolutely refusing to disclose the content and progress of the negotiations, only saying that the two sides were still in contact. Media people can only speculate that the negotiations between the two sides have fallen into a stalemate and are not going well.
Just when media personnel and relevant people in the industry were speculating about who the cutting-edge singer would be and what conditions he would agree to join, he didn't expect that in an eight-party competition, Polygram would win so quickly!
The media people are quite curious, how did Polygram fight its way out? What conditions did it take to convince the sunglasses brother who is said to have never been able to enter the oil and salt?
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"Wei Liang, the first batch of money is in hand, 500,000!" Brother Ming opened the zipper of the duffel bag, revealing a pile of Hong Kong dollars inside.
"At present, more than 300,000 boxes have been shipped, of which 250,000 boxes are in Xiangjiang, and the other 50,000 boxes are mainly supplied to Taipei. ”
Brother Ming took out a small notebook from his pocket and handed it to Cheng Weiliang, which densely recorded some data, "This is the account book, Weiliang, you can take a look." The shipping price of the first 50,000 boxes was 3.5 yuan, and the profit was 0.8 yuan, and then the sales exploded and the supply was tight, forcing him to give us a shipment price of one yuan, and the profit was 1.8 yuan. ”
"This is the first batch of 500,000, you order. Brother Ming poured out all the bundles of money in the bag and piled them up on the thin bed to form a small mountain.
"That's a lot of money!" Xibiao was in a turbulent mood, and his heart was pounding as he looked at the money scattered around the bed, and in just over half a month, he had earned money that he didn't think he might be able to earn in his lifetime, and he still felt as if he was daydreaming.
Cheng Weiliang silently arranged the pile of Hong Kong dollars one by one and divided them into several parts.
"This 200,000 yuan, please you and Uncle Lao Zhi, transfer it to Big Brother Hong!" Cheng Weiliang counted 200,000 and pushed the money in front of Brother Ming. Then he counted out another piece of money of 50,000 yuan, and pushed it in front of Brother Ming, saying: "This 50,000 yuan is a little bit of my heart, thank you for me Uncle Zhi and his old man for taking care of him all the time." ”
Brother Ming pondered for a while, and finally accepted the 50,000 yuan, "Okay! I have a lifelong friendship with Uncle Zhi, but after all, there is too much trouble for his old man! Don't worry, with these 200,000 yuan, even if the incident between you and Big Brother Hong is over! If Big Brother Hong still dares to play tricks, and this little thing is not forgiven, then it will violate the rules of the rivers and lakes, and if Uncle Lao Zhi speaks, the people on the road will still listen!"
Cheng Weiliang nodded, counted out another 100,000 yuan, and stuffed it into the fine label's hand, "Hurry up and send it home, your mother's surgery can't be delayed any longer!"
"It's not so much, Brother Liang!" Xibiao was holding a lot of money helplessly, and his voice was a little choked. This gratuitous amount of money was given to him!
"Good brother, what are you polite to me?" Cheng Weiliang patted the fine mark on the shoulder comfortingly.
He turned around and put another pile of money and pushed it in front of Brother Ming with both hands, "Brother Ming, thanks to your help during this time! ”
"No, no, I'm just running errands, and I haven't done anything at all! I can't collect so much money! I can't collect it, this is the hard-earned money you have worked hard to plan! In this way, I will take 10,000 yuan. Brother Ming's face sank, picked out 10,000 yuan, and he insisted on pushing the rest back to Cheng Weiliang.
Cheng Weiliang smiled slightly, and said softly: "Brother Ming, Xiao Lanxiang is going to school, right? The school environment near Diamond Hill is not ideal, she should be sent to a school with good qualifications on Hong Kong Island, Sister-in-law Ming will be happy to hear the news, this is the tuition fee that Brother Liang funded for Xiao Lanxiang, don't shirk if you are a father!"
"Brother Ming, Brother Liang told you to take it. You have two children in your family, and there will be many places to use money in the future! Everyone is a villager from the same place, and they should help each other, you have usually helped us so much, and now it is our turn to help you!"
Thinking of his lovely daughter and her schooling problems, Brother Ming's tough man's heart suddenly softened, and he thought for a while, "Okay, I'll take half of it, in case there is a place where I can use money in the future, I'll borrow it from Wei Liang!"
"Weiliang, you are about to become a star, I heard that the clothes worn by celebrities are hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of yuan! There are too many places where you will use money in the future, and you can't spend the money in a big way now!" Brother Ming said to Cheng Weiliang in a serious tone.
"Well, if you need my help in the future, you're welcome. Seeing that Brother Ming really refused to accept so much money, and he was not convinced by those who were used to being thrifty, Cheng Weiliang had no choice but to nod and agree.
Brother Ming suddenly remembered something, bent down and took out a few things from the duffel bag, and handed them to Cheng Weiliang, "This record master tape has been retrieved, and now it is returned to its original owner!"
Cheng Weiliang took the master tape in his hand and checked it, and said with a smile: "This thing is very valuable! Without the master tape, Boss Wang will probably only be able to rip box to box in the future, and the sound quality of the new goods will be worse!"
"He's ruthless enough, we give him a shipping price of 4.5 yuan, and he often sells it for fifteen to twenty yuan, so he can make a lot of money now! But if he is too greedy and refuses to stop, Polygram probably won't let him go!"
"This guy wanted you to put another song on a record. Ignore him, I have already warned him to stop, as for whether he listens or not, it will be none of our business in the future!" Brother Ming thought of the Boss Wang who was carried away by the quick money, and frowned.
Brother Ming had just walked for a while, Cheng Weiliang looked at the time, it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon, and he said to the fine label: "Fine label, go change clothes! They may be almost there." ”
"Okay!" Xibiao responded happily, picked up a delicate gift box placed at the head of the bed, and was about to go to the corner behind the wardrobe to change into new clothes, when suddenly the hidden door was knocked open, and a person broke in in a hurry, panting and excitedly said: "Brother Liang, the car is here, Polygram sent to pick it up...... The guy who picked you up is here!"