Chapter Seventy-Seven: Differences

The contract given by Huaxing Records has three points that Chen Lang pays attention to: 1. The two parties signed a contract for seven years; 2. The distribution of interests between the two parties is according to 6:4, Huaxing accounts for 60%, and Chen Lang accounts for 40%, which is the distribution of net profits after removing various costs and taxes, and the expenses for Chen Lang's various packaging and publicity should be deducted from the benefits obtained by Chen Lang; 3. Chen Lang needs to unconditionally obey Huaxing and Wireless's performance and publicity arrangements.

Chen's father frowned deeper when he saw the content of this contract, and Chen Lang was angry, and he got up directly and wanted to leave, but Chen's father on the side saw Chen Lang standing up and immediately held down Chen Lang and asked him to sit down, "Let's talk about it first, if we really can't talk about it, it's not too late to leave." ”

When Chen Lang heard Chen's father's words, he could only hold back the anger in his heart and sat back in his seat with a bang, and Chen Shufen, who had been looking at Chen Lang, was also secretly relieved, but they felt a big headache, in fact, before the two of them came, they knew the difficulty of this task when they saw the contract given by the wireless manager department.

But the two also know that this is the consistent style of Shaw Brothers, and this is true for most of its artists, unless you are a big name.

Although Chen Lang is famous in Hong Kong, but it is mainly by writing novels to gain fame, and he is completely new to the entertainment industry, many of the current artists in the Hong Kong entertainment industry are involved in many fields, and they are big stars who are all in singing, TV series and movies and other aspects of all-round development, and Shaw Brothers has its own film company, and there is also an ace TVB, which has a huge attraction for newcomers.

Chen Lang did win the Hong Kong championship of the Asian Amateur Singing Competition, but this is not too heavy in the wireless view, after all, the final result of the finals is still unknown, take Leslie Cheung as an example, in 1977, he participated in the second Asian Amateur Singing Competition and also won the runner-up in Hong Kong, but in the final finals only won the fifth place, and now it is also at a low ebb, and it is not popular.

Chen Shufen values Chen Lang very much, and feels that Chen Lang has a large base of book fans, plus he is a singer-songwriter, and his singing skills are also very solid, and the most important thing is that his dancing ability is very strong, and he has a delicate and handsome face, which has a great attraction for the majority of young people.

At the same time, judging from the appreciation of Chen Lang by Gu Jiahui, Huang Zhan, Li Xiaotian and others, Chen Lang is indeed a good material for a big star, and he can definitely become a generation of superstars.

This time he wanted to sign Chen Lang is also the result of Chen Shufen's full support, Huaxing originally planned to sign his own record artist next year, and at the same time hold a talent show to cultivate his own singers. TVB's hosting of the Asian Amateur Singing Contest this time also has the meaning of experimentation, in preparation for next year's talent show.

However, in this competition, Chen Shufen was very optimistic about Chen Lang's prospects for development in the music industry, so she tried her best to persuade Wireless to agree to sign Chen Lang as the chief signing singer of Huaxing Records this year, and prepare to release the record.

At first, Run Shaw and Fang Yihua did not agree, but later agreed with Chen Shufen's opinion through the early love incident and the madness shown by Chen Lang's fans, and they could first sign Chen Lang to release records and do a market test to determine whether Huaxing could fully develop the record market.

Although Shao Daheng agreed to sign Chen Lang, he remained stingy and harsh in terms of contract, and this contract was already a contract that Chen Shufen repeatedly asked to change.

"Lang Lang, don't worry, if there is anything that you think is unreasonable, we can discuss it again, you can make a request, and then we can discuss it again?" Chen Shufen glanced at the angry Chen Lang, and then said sincerely to Chen's father.

"This contract really needs to be negotiated because our differences are so big." Chen's father looked at Chen Shufen, and then looked at the contract in his hand.

"Then you can tell us more about your requirements, and then we can discuss it again, how about it?" Chen Shufen really wants to cooperate with Chen Lang, so she also wants to promote the signing of this contract in every possible way.

"Okay, let me start with our requirements, in fact, they are mainly focused on three aspects. The first aspect is the issue of the contract period, we hope to change the contract period to three years, after the expiration of three years, we can see whether the cooperation between the two parties is satisfied, and if satisfied, the contract can be renewed. ”

As soon as Chen's father finished saying the first request, Chen Shufen's face frowned, because this request is quite difficult to do, and the Shaw Brothers signed long-term contracts with artists, which is a well-known thing in Hong Kong, and it is probably impossible to get the company's consent for three years.

Father Chen was also paying attention to Chen Shufen's expression, and seeing her frowning, he knew that this negotiation might be difficult.

But Chen's father did not pause, and continued, "The second aspect is about the distribution plan of interests, the distribution of interests between the company and Lang Lang is still distributed according to the ratio of 6:4, but the cost of Huaxing or Wireless's publicity and packaging of Chen Lang should be deducted from the company's interests, and should not be borne by Lang Lang." ”

"The third aspect is that Huaxing and Wireless must obtain the consent of Lang Lang and me to arrange for Lang Lang's publicity or participation in activities, because Lang Lang still has to complete his studies, and will consider various publicity activities without affecting Lang Lang's studies."

After Chen's father finished speaking, he looked at his son and signaled if his son had anything to add, Lang Lang immediately shook his head, and at the same time looked at his father seriously, Chen's father's requirements were very in line with Chen Lang's wishes, and his father was able to make such a request, whether it was professional or not, but at least it could be seen that it took a lot of thought, which made Chen Lang a little touched.

Chen's father smiled when he saw his son looking at him, stretched out his hand and touched Chen Lang's head, and then looked at the two people opposite, of course, mainly looking at Chen Shufen, because Chen Liuquan, the other person in charge of Huaxing, had not spoken since he sat down, and it seemed that this negotiation was dominated by Chen Shufen.

"Mr. Chen, the three requirements you put forward are too far from the conditions we gave, you must know that Chen Lang is still just a newcomer in the music world, and after coming to our Huaxing Record Company, he will become the first singer signed by the company, and the company will focus all its energy on Lang Lang to create a record for him."

Chen Shufen felt that it was difficult for Chen's father to agree to the company's request, so she could only persuade the two in front of her from the company's advantages and the importance of Lang Lang.

"And our cooperative relationship with TVB will get closer and closer, and with the help of TVB's publicity, Lang Lang will get a lot of exposure and publicity opportunities, which can greatly increase Lang Lang's popularity, and even tailor a drama for Lang Lang.

Of course, there is also Shaw Brothers' film company, which can allow Lang Lang to successfully set foot on the big screen, these are the great conveniences that our company can provide, it can be said that if Shaw Brothers wants to support a person with all his might, anyone will become a big star, as long as he can obtain this qualification, then the halo of a big star is at his fingertips. ”

"Of course, we know that wireless can bring great convenience to an artist, but that's for the average newcomer. Our Lang Lang is different, as long as he still writes novels, he has a good degree of attention, as long as Lang Lang can still write good songs, naturally someone is willing to give him a record.

Moreover, Lang Lang has outstanding appearance and superb dancing ability, and now he also has a huge influence among the majority of teenagers, so you can't treat Lang Lang as a newcomer who has no name. ”

"I think we shouldn't be a subordinate relationship, but more like a cooperative relationship, Lang Lang is a high-quality content resource, and you Huaxing and wireless are a vast platform, the combination of the two can undoubtedly produce an incomparably wonderful chemical reaction, which is a mutually beneficial thing.

So the contract should put both parties on an equal footing, rather than one party looking down and the other party can only accept, what do you think? ”

Chen Lang was stunned on the side, he didn't expect his father to say such a thing, if he let his father be his agent, maybe he wouldn't lose to any ace agent, I really didn't see that his father had such ability.