Chapter 11 Negotiations

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When he returned to Hong Kong, he spent another day filming the remaining few shots and editing them, and Wei Xiong, the task of the general manager, was completed, so he didn't even ask for leave the next day, so he directly skipped work, and contacted Le Zhenghong of Polygram with a carefully prepared manuscript.

The two made an appointment to meet in a café not far from Polygram, and when Wei Xiong arrived, Le Zhenghong had already arrived early, but he didn't come alone, and there was a middle-aged woman with glasses sitting next to him, who looked quite intellectual, obviously not an ordinary person.

"I'm sorry Mr. Le, I told you to wait. ”

The two shook hands politely.

"It's okay, we just arrived for a while, let me introduce you, this is the music production director of Hong Kong Polygram Company, Director Bai Pingbai. ”

"Hello Director Bai. ”

"Hello Mr. Wei, I've heard about your situation, and to be honest, I'm curious. ”

Wei Xiong heard the contempt and disapproval in Bai Ping's words, and after they sat down, he took out two manuscripts from the briefcase he carried with him and put them in front of Le Zhenghong and Bai Ping: "It's useless to talk too much, these are two songs I wrote, they are Cantonese songs, you two can take a look." ”

Bai Ping didn't say much, and directly picked up a manuscript and read it, while Le Zhenghong picked up another copy.

Wei Xiong's self-confidence made Bai Ping's attitude pay a lot attention, and she hummed softly along with the melody composed by the stave while looking at the manuscript.

When the song ended, she couldn't help but glance at Wei Xiong in surprise, but she didn't say anything, but exchanged the manuscript with Le Zhenghong, who was excited.

After a few more minutes, the two manuscripts were read, this time Bai Ping was not surprised, but looked at Wei Xiong solemnly: "These two songs are indeed worthy of Mr. Wei's confidence, I think we can get to the point now, I don't know if Mr. Wei plans to sign a contract with Polygram or sell the song to Polygram." If you sign a contract with Polygram, the company will consider the possibility of giving you a record, and of course, you can also do it behind the scenes. ”

"If you want to sell the song directly to PolyGram, we will also give you a reasonable price, and at the same time hope that the two sides can maintain a long-term cooperation. ”

Wei Xiong smiled slightly, the two songs he just took out were "Secret Fragrance" and "Silence is Golden". In my memory, these two songs are Cantonese classics that have been sung for more than 20 years, and unless Bai Ping opens her eyes and talks nonsense, it is impossible not to see the value of these two songs.

"I still have a few manuscripts here, so you can take a look at them before you make a decision. ”

A whole stack of song manuscripts was placed on the table, Bai Ping and Le Zhenghong looked at each other and picked up a copy to read, as time passed, one manuscript was opened and re-covered, and the shock and disbelief in Bai Ping and Le Zhenghong's eyes became more and more serious.

There are eight manuscripts in total, which is not a lot for a music creator, and some creators can even write a dozen songs a day, but it is rare, or incredible, that each of these eight songs is of high quality and has the potential to become classics.

"I want to ask if you wrote these songs, Mr. Wei? I'm sorry, I'm not suspicious of you, but ...... This, this is really amazing. ”

If Wei Xiong's ability to come up with two good songs at one time is still within the normal range, then the eight manuscripts in front of her are completely beyond her cognition.

Since she has been engaged in music, it has been nearly 20 years, but she has never seen a songwriter who can come up with so many excellent works at one time, and she has never even heard of it, even the famous 'brilliant group' Gu Jiahui and Huang Zhan in the Hong Kong music scene can't do it.

So it was natural for her to think that these songs might not have been entirely written by Wei Xiong.

"I can understand, but I can tell you responsibly that these are my personal works. ”

"It's really incredible, really, I didn't expect that an ordinary business trip would allow me to meet a musical genius like Mr. Wei. ”

Perhaps because of Wei Xiong's slightly serious expression, Le Zhenghong, who had not spoken, opened his mouth at the right time to divert the topic. At this time, Bai Ping also realized that she had asked a redundant question that should not be asked.

At the same time, she thought in her heart that these ten songs in total might be the best of Wei Xiong's selection from his many works.

"I don't dare to be a musical genius, I'm just a little interested in music, now I'll talk about my thoughts, I don't want to sign with PolyGram, I don't want to sell the songs, my idea is to cooperate with PolyGram, I plan to make an album of these ten songs, Polygram is responsible for production, publicity and distribution, I am responsible for providing copyright and singing, and I account for 60% of the final sales share, and PolyCrystal accounts for 40%. ”

"This ......" Bai Ping and Le Zhenghong were relatively speechless, Wei Xiong's thoughts were obviously beyond her expectations, and at the same time, beyond her purview.

"It's a fair offer for both parties, and both of them have watched my songs carefully and should be well aware of their market value. ”

"The market value of these ten songs is unquestionable, and your way of working together is not unacceptable, but the proportion of the share is unfair to Polygram. ”

Le Zhenghong is in charge of the distribution of Hong Kong Polygram, and knows more about this aspect than Bai Ping: "If you deduct the production costs, publicity expenses and distribution costs according to the forty percent of the sales you said, I am afraid that the actual profit that the company can get in the end will not be much." ”

When it comes to tangible interests, Wei Xiong will not give an inch.

"It is conservatively estimated that the sales volume of the record in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia will be at least 1 million copies after its release, and the price will be 20 yuan per cassette, 1 million copies will be 20 million, and the four achievements will be 8 million. In addition, both CDs and vinyl records cost much more than cassettes.

"And 1 million is only the lowest value, only possible more, which is almost a sure deal for PolyGram. Of course, PolyGram can also refuse. ”

Wei Xiong shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "Polygram is not the only big record company in Hong Kong, there will always be someone willing to cooperate with me." In addition, Taiwan's Rolling Stones and UFO are also good choices, and I have also created some good Chinese songs, which may be released in Taiwan. ”

Although Wei Xiong's words were very unpleasant, but it was a fact, Bai Ping and Le Zhenghong glanced at each other again, and then Bai Ping said: "I'm sorry, your proposal and request are not within the scope of my and Director Le's authority, and I need to inform the company before I can give you an answer." ”

"It's okay, to be honest, I'd love to work with Polygram. ”