Chapter 005, the opportunity came too suddenly (I)
The next day, Mo Fei went to the record company, and before starting to work with Polygram, some internal matters had to be dealt with, and an assistant who was responsible for communication with Polygram had to be selected.
The last time he came, more than half of the few employees had left the company, leaving only seven people willing to work with him. He was still being called a "nerd" at the time, and it was normal to have no confidence in him, after all, no one wants to stay in a company that is on the verge of collapse and wait for death, right?
When he was leaving, he put down his rhetoric that he wanted to get two million funds for the company before the salary was paid in December, and in addition to paying off the debt, he had to set aside funds for the company's operation.
At that time, the seven people really believed him, but in the past few days, they hadn't even seen Mo Fei's shadow, and these people began to doubt, could it be that Mo Fei praised Haikou, or why didn't they show up.
When Mo Fei appeared in the company, Lian Bo was about to go out to see if he could turn over some funds and come back and do his best to maintain the company.
Watching Mo Fei put the check for two million on the table, and learning that Mo Fei made more than two million by selling a few songs to companies such as Huaxing and Polygram, the seven people finally believed that this former nerd had really become superhuman first. Those who left the company before heard the news, and probably regretted going to jump to the Xiangjiang River.
At the same time, I am also a little skeptical of the previous "nerd" statement, it is impossible for a nerd to write a song worth more than two million and be bought by several major record companies.
However, they are all part-time workers, the more capable the boss is, the better they are, originally just grateful for the love with the old club, want to stay and work hard, but I didn't expect to see hope, and I have some confidence in the future of the company and myself.
I had a meeting with only eight people in the company, and Mo Fei also told a few people about his plans, and after the exchange, they all assigned tasks one by one, and the famous craftsman record turned a new page.
The person in charge of the liaison with Polygram chose Chen Pu. Through two contacts, Mo Fei found that Chen Pu's words can show good professionalism, control and regulation of the atmosphere, and rich professional knowledge, all of which show that he is a promising person and has enough loyalty to the company, such a person is exactly what Mo Fei needs.
The steps gradually took a step, and Mo Fei also secretly pondered in his heart that he had more than 30 years of experience and knowledge ahead of everyone at the moment, and he could grasp every step of the entertainment industry in the next 30 years.
The most important thing now is to make yourself and the company's reputation out, and then there are singers who are willing to sign with the company, otherwise there are no singers, just rely on doing some record business, how to start developing and growing.
In the 80s, Hong Kong's entertainment industry was extremely developed, and the film and television industries were thriving, and acting and singing have also become a trend in the industry.
If he really can't find a suitable singer, he also has his own plans, so he has to go into battle in person and come up with some of the most classic songs in the next 30 years, no more than two records, and he will definitely be popular all over Hong Kong.
After arranging the work of the company, I had to leave first. He doesn't want to stay there forever, he prefers to walk the streets, maybe he will meet a good material to be a singer in the next moment, and then fool people into his company.
But a good singer will not emerge on his own at the most critical time like Lu Dongbin, and he needs to work hard to wait and find. Just like what Lu Dongbin would say before he was reborn, if you want to realize your wishes, you have to work your own more often, and rely on others to help, so what's the point, can it still be regarded as your own success.
I walked around the street for two days in a row, and I would go to various bars in the evening, but in the end I was disappointed. There is no singer who can be selected at all, either the timbre is not good enough, or the image is not good, and finally met a person with good conditions, who is still unwilling to develop in the entertainment industry, which is simply depressing to death.
When he first sold songs, he had agreed with several record companies that he had to be present during the recording, because he was the original author of the song, and he had the best understanding of many places, and he could give a lot of good advice, and the record company was certainly willing.
The original meaning was to learn more about the recording environment of the 80s, and by the way, to be able to get a closer look at the superstars of this era. This is also because he has just been reborn, and he still has some thoughts from his previous life, in fact, he is going to develop in the entertainment industry, will he be afraid that he will not have the opportunity to get close to him.
After knowing the wireless situation from Gu Jiahui's mouth, Mo Fei excluded Huaxing Records from his plan, if it weren't for the fact that Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang, who recorded the songs, were both idols in Mo Fei's previous life, and he wanted to make the first batch of songs he cooperated with others to a high level, he would have gone to Huaxing at most to go through the motions.
This is not only a matter of non-cooperation, but will soon become a competitor, and the relationship will naturally not be too good. It's the same with Warner Records, which recorded a new song with Chen Baiqiang within a day.
Even so, because those songs themselves have been verified by history, when Huaxing launched the album of Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang in mid-December, it also caused a lot of sensation.
A songwriter named Mo Fei, who also entered more record companies through these two records, had already obtained Mo Fei's contact information and found Mo Fei in the hope that he could help write a few songs.
Mo Fei is using money, so he naturally won't refuse these cooperations, but there are not so many good songs for them. Fortunately, these are not big record companies, and the worse songs can be explained, after all, not everyone can write every song into a classic.
In the whole of December, Mo Fei sold nearly 20 songs before and after, and in addition to the taxes that should be paid, the income also reached more than 2.2 million. With this money, the signing of singers and the packaging and release of records can be guaranteed, so that they will not be cut off halfway.
is different from Huaxing and Warner, on Polygram's side, Mo Fei is very attentive, and even personally participates in the work of the soundtrack. Not for anything else, let alone have a good relationship with the people on the recording side, and in the future, my own singer will also come to record, and if the relationship is good, everything will be easy to say at that time.
Tan Yonglin recorded the two songs for three days in a row, but he couldn't achieve the most satisfactory results, and his head was big, but he also knew in his heart that it was for his good, and he couldn't say anything, and it was too late to thank him.
It took another day, and finally achieved the effect that satisfied Mo Fei, completely reaching his best level in his previous life, I believe that after this album goes out, it will definitely be a weapon to hit sales.
After the record was recorded, Tan Yonglin was very happy. Although his album had to be postponed until after the New Year because he wanted to avoid Huaxing's new album, it was not completely without benefits.
With these two songs, the level of this record has reached a very high level, and with the second record of the other two songs, I believe that the biggest winner in the Hong Kong music scene next year must be him.
It is the company's business for the company to spend money to buy songs, and Tan Yonglin himself would like to thank Mo Fei for his help these days, without Mo Fei's help, this record may not be of the current quality. After the recording was completed, Tan Yonglin found Mo Fei and invited him to dinner to express his gratitude.
For Tan Yonglin's invitation, Mo Fei naturally would not refuse. This has been dominating the Hong Kong music scene for a while, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the big brother in the music world, and he will need his help in the future.
In order to show his attention, Tan Yonglin specially invited his two friends Chen Baixiang and Zhong Zhentao to accompany him. These two people have already met, and they will go to see it from time to time in the past few days of recording, and they are not strangers to each other.
Chen Baixiang said that he is now mainly developing in film and television, and singing is basically a hobby. But Zhong Zhentao is different, his previous main business was singing, and he also has some good works, in addition to visiting Tan Yonglin in the recording studio, he may also have the intention of cooperating with Mo Fei.
It's not that I'm a newcomer, although I run a record company, but after all, it's a small company, and I have to rely on a big tree to get a shade. For the famous and promising figures in the entertainment industry, he can't say that he respects them, but he also tries to make friends, and the experience of his previous life tells him that connections are very important on the road to success.
The four of them had just walked into a restaurant, and under the guidance of the waiter, they had arrived at the set box, and before they could enter the door, they heard someone calling Chen Baixiang.
"Lak, you're walking so fast, I just called you from behind, I couldn't hear it, I wonder if you pretended not to hear."
The four of them looked at the source of the sound almost at the same time, and a small fat man with a small head walked over, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, followed by a beautiful woman, wiping the sweat from his forehead as he walked, his face was flushed, obviously he had just experienced a strenuous exercise (don't think about it, it was running).
When I saw this little fat man, I was really shocked in my heart, this fat man's origin is not small, and it is quite small. He may not be too famous now, but it won't be too long, at most in two or three years, he will become the first director of Hong Kong commercial films, and no one can beat him.
The fat man approached, and the breath in his mouth was also smoothed, and then he continued to greet everyone, and said, "Ha, alan, Ah B, you are also here." Hey, this one looks familiar. ”
"Where is it familiar, Director Wang, you really have to change the problem that you are familiar with when you see people." Chen Baixiang is a well-known joker and funny in the circle, and after letting the fat two into the box, he didn't forget to make everyone happy.
The fat man didn't feel embarrassed, and asked Chen Baixiang to introduce him after everyone laughed.
"It's amazing to talk about this one, he has become so famous in the circle recently that many record companies are begging him to write songs, you should know who it is."
As soon as Chen Baixiang said this, the fat man really knew, slapped his thigh, and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Mo, it's really famous." When Mr. Mo went to Huaxing that day, I saw your back, of course it was familiar. I just said, it must be familiar, I'm Wang Jing, and my current job is a director. ”
It's no wonder that this guy can become the funniest screenwriter and director in Hong Kong in the 80s and 90s, he can shake out jokes when he says anything, one is funny style, and the other is this quick wit, all of which are destined to make him not dull in the future.
The entertainment industry is a place that pays attention to face and connections, and this fat man can take the initiative to show favor like this, so he will not pretend to be profound and reserved, and said with a smile: "Director Wang said that he laughed, I only wrote a few songs, how can I be considered a big name, but everyone gives face." ”
After the two were polite, Chen Baixiang asked again: "Director Wang, this beautiful woman next to you is so beautiful, don't you introduce us to him?" ”
"Oh, this is Miss Xia Wenxi, the heroine of my next film." After introducing the beauties, Wang Jing introduced her again: "Mr. Mo has already introduced, these three are Alan, Lak, and Ab, and they are also well-known figures in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, I believe you also recognize them." ”
Xia Wenxi was also very eye-catching, shaking hands one by one and calling people: "Brother Alan, Brother Lak, Brother B, Mr. Mo." ”
This Xia Wenxi also knows something, and in 82, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Newcomer for his outstanding performance in "Youth on Fire", but he has not played too many weighty roles since then. What made her most famous was her legendary relationship experience a few years later, desperately marrying a so-called stock predator, but in the end it was a loss of money and had to run to the United States to avoid the limelight, and finally failed to get the happiness she expected.
After Xia Wenxi called someone, Chen Baixiang began to joke again, "Miss Xia is so beautiful, I don't know if I have a chance to play with Miss Xia, Director Wang, aren't you going to open a new film, I happen to be free recently, why don't I be the leading actor?" ”
Wang Jing stroked the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said, "Ah, what are you asking you to do when I am in such a hurry, just to tell you about it, my new film is called "I Love Rolando", and the actor chose you." ”
Chen Baixiang was a little unconvinced, although Hong Kong is small, he smiled and said that he might meet an acquaintance at any time, but how could there be such a coincidence, not only did he meet an acquaintance, but he was also an acquaintance who sent a role to himself.
looked at Wang Jing suspiciously, and said, "Director Wang, this can't be a joke, I'll take it seriously." ”
Seeing that he didn't believe it, Wang Jing changed his formal tone and said: "It's true, it's more real than real gold, I really want to find you to be the actor of this play, so it's always okay." ”;