144 [Adapted Comics]
By the second week of "Song of a Thousand Thousand Que", the sales volume dropped rapidly, from thousands to one or two thousand, and finally hundreds. It's not the song itself, it's that there is only one big market, and by the end of the second week, sales reached more than 80,000 copies.
This is already a painful data, stimulated by Wang Zijun, many record companies and singers have changed to sing Cantonese songs, hoping to take advantage of this east wind to get a piece of the pie.
By the third week, "Song of a Thousand Thousand Que" could basically only sell about three to five hundred copies a day. However, "Loyal to the Country" has a second spring, with a total sales of more than 60,000 copies.
In addition to Wang Zijun, the happiest is Zheng Zhenkun, who can sit on half of his income with almost no effort on this record. At this moment, he finally made up his mind that he could suffer a little loss, and he must tie Wang Zijun to Haishan Company.
By the end of August, Shaw Brothers saw that Wang Zijun's trend had subsided a little, and finally released his "The Great Warlord", and at this time, the Hong Kong box office of "Bloody Lonely City" had reached 4.9 million, which was 600,000 higher than the 4.3 million box office of "Jingwumen" at the beginning of the year.
Don't think it's incredible, the box office of "Raptors Across the River" at the end of the year was 5.3 million. Now that "Bloody Lonely City" is affected by Wang Zijun's fame, it seems that it can still last on the screen for half a month, and it should not be difficult to surpass the box office of "Raptors Across the River" in history.
Generally speaking, the release date of a movie is about a month, but it is a very fierce film, and it is not impossible to release it for three or five months. Just like "Avatar", this Avanti's brother is more than three months.
Today, Hong Kong, like Taiwan, has experienced rapid economic development for several consecutive years, which is correspondingly rising at the box office. Last year's box office champion was only more than 3.1 million, and this year's champion is more than 5.3 million.
However, Wang Zijun knows that due to the financial turmoil in the United States, there will be a terrifying stock market crash in Hong Kong next year, and Taiwan's economy will be relatively less affected by the United States, but it will be affected by Hong Kong, and by the time of 74, Taiwan's stock market will also collapse.
As for the novel, that's pretty fierce. In this world where Huang Yulang's comics and newspapers can sell tens of thousands of copies, the sales of "Sou Shen Ji" reached 150,000 copies in a month, and the feedback from all parties has received rave reviews, and the total sales continue to increase.
Roughly calculated, Wang Zijun's total income from films, records, and novels in Hong Kong this trip, excluding taxes and collaborators' shares, he can get a net income of 6 million Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to NT$40 million. This has shocked Hong Kong people, and some media have even said that Wang Zijun is the most successful cultural businessman in the past decade.
The corners of Lu Le's mouth twitched when he looked at such a report, 6 million is a fart, this guy took away 3 million cash in less than half an hour in my casino. Damn, I'm dead, I've only embezzled 500 million in 20 years, this bastard is more ruthless than me.
Counting the 3 million that was swept away by Lu Le, Wang Zijun got a total of 9 million. However, Wang Zijun can't move the box office of the movie inside, this is the money of the film company.
However, Wang Zijun is still worried that the money in his hand is not enough, because next year Britain and Hong Kong will issue a commercial TV station license. This is also the last time that the British and Hong Kong political axes issued TV licenses until the return of Hong Kong in 97, and if you miss it, you will miss it forever. With Wang Zijun's background in Taiwan, do you still want to wait until after the return to apply?
Moreover, one of the two TV licenses issued was directly assigned to Li's TV station, which switched from pay TV to free TV, and the fierce competition for the remaining license can be imagined.
Seeing that everything was on track, Wang Zijun was about to return to Taipei at the end of July, but before he could buy a plane ticket, Run Run Shaw actually sent someone to send an invitation to his eldest granddaughter's birthday party.
"Interestingly, is Run Run Shaw trying to reconcile?" Wang Zijun took the invitation and said with a smile.
Zhang Renyong said: "Boss, Shao Tycoon is very shrewd and careful. ”
"Go aside." Wang Zijun scolded with a smile, "You Huang Yulang's "Little Rascal" (later changed to "Dragon and Tiger Gate") have watched too much." ”
"Huh? Boss, you also watch "Little Rascals"? Zhang Renyong was surprised, he thought that successful people like Wang Zijun only read elegant books.
"Yesterday you finished reading it and put it on the table, and I took a look at it." Wang Zijun said, "Go and call a car, and I'll take Miss Deng to the airport later." ”
Teresa Teng was originally going to release a record in Hong Kong in August, but Wang Zijun made such a fuss, and now releasing a Chinese record is purely looking for death, so she has to temporarily avoid the limelight.
When they went out to see Guan Weihua and Teresa Teng, they had already packed their luggage.
After Guan Weihua saw Wang Zijun, he hated or scolded him, he even made preparations for the release, and the vinyl factory poured a batch of records. As a result, Wang Zijun suddenly rose to prominence, so that no one cares about Chinese and English songs, and he had to give up halfway, but lost a lot of money.
Wang Zijun slipped out of the side door of the hotel after disguising himself, and since the media learned about the hotel where he was staying, a large group of fans and reporters have been squatting at the door of the hotel all day long, making it inconvenient for him to go out now.
I just went out and saw a person who was squatting on the ground, and when I saw him, he jumped up suddenly.
The Zhang brothers reacted sensitively, and immediately stopped in front of Wang Zijun and asked, "What are you doing?" ”
"Don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong! I have no ill will towards Mr. Wang. That person was Chen Baixiang, who had been squatting for a long time, and hurriedly introduced himself.
"You are Chen Baixiang?" Wang Zijun pushed Zhang Renkui who was blocking in front of him, and after a closer look, it was indeed this person. He played Stephen Chow's good brother in "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance", and the four talented people Zhu Zhishan, Wang Zijun was very impressed.
"Yes, Mr. Wang knows me?" Chen Baixiang said strangely.
"I confessed my mistake." Wang Zijun asked, "Do you have anything to do with me?" ”
"We wrote a few songs and wanted Mr. Wang to see them." Chen Baixiang said.
"Talk as you go." Wang Zijun said.
"That's ......," Chen Baixiang said about his experience with the band.
It turns out that the losers band has been established for more than two years, and once won the championship in a singing contest, but it did not become popular because of it.
Later, they met their manager Pato, who often took them to various shows, which made some money and fame, and tried to contact Polydor (later Polygram) records. Polydo's side once promised to release a record for them, but every time they shirked, it was probably not optimistic about them.
Unable to release records and not earning much from performances, the band is now in danger of disbanding.
"So be it." Wang Zijun looked at the table below and said, "I have some things to do today, you come over with your band tomorrow morning, and come directly to room xxx to find me." ”
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Wang." Chen Baixiang said happily, thinking about whether to tell Pato about this, because Pato had already helped them contact them to perform in Okinawa.
The taxi stopped outside the airport, Wang Zijun got out of the car to help Teresa Teng carry her luggage, Guan Weihua suddenly asked: "Zijun, what do you think of Ajun's development now?" ”
"How did you have this idea?" Wang Zijun was a little surprised.
Guan Weihua said: "Ajun's development in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia has reached a bottleneck, and it is difficult to break through. The packaging and promotion of artists are more professional and international, and I think we can try to develop in the next dynasty. ”
Wang Zijun recalled for a while, remembering that Teresa Teng was able to become an international singer, which was indeed an improvement on the side of the book. He nodded and said, "Yes, but it's best to hold a concert in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia every day." ”
Guan Weihua said with a smile: "Of course, even the singer club here in Hong Kong participates regularly. ”
This made Wang Zijun blush a little, he had never participated in a song club in his life.
Teresa Teng was silent on the side, not knowing what she was thinking.
"What does Lijun think?" Wang Zijun asked.
Teresa Teng shook her head a little dazedly and said, "I don't know, I'm just a little tired." ”
Guan Weihua said a little angrily: "Last year, because of the contract, the company forced Ah Jun to perform non-stop in the last half year, and he fell ill once in the middle. ”
"Why don't you take a break?" Wang Zijun said.
Teresa Teng said: "No, I have to make money." ”
Guan Weihua said: "Actually, the book is more relaxed, at least it will not force artists to perform for half a year." ”
Wang Zijun asked, "How long are you going to take Lijun over?" ”
"Two years, three years at most." Guan Weihua said, "If it takes too long, the base camp will be lost, and the gain will outweigh the loss." ”
"Actually, I think I can sign it for a year first." Wang Zijun said with a smile, "Mr. Zheng of Haishan talked to me last night, and I may become a shareholder of Haishan Records." When the time comes, I hope Lijun will be able to join. When it comes to looseness, I don't think there are many companies in the world that are more lenient than Seamount. ”
"Really, that's anon." Teresa Teng looked at Wang Zijun in surprise, from a singer to the owner of a record company, there was almost no thought in this mind. She was a little depressed just now, but she suddenly became happy and said, "If you become the boss, I will definitely go to your company." ”
"Cough," Guan Weihua coughed, seeing that Teresa Teng's attitude towards Wang Zijun seemed to be a little wrong. He treats Teresa Teng as half a daughter, and he also knows that Wang Zijun has a girlfriend, but he can't let the two of them make anything happen again.
"One year is too short, and I'm afraid that the company over there will put forward harsh requirements. And the time is too short, maybe it won't open the situation. Guan Weihua said, "I think two years is just right." ”
Wang Zijun said with a smile: "You are an agent, you must be more professional than me." ”
The plane was about to take off, Guan Weihua shook hands with Wang Zijun and said, "Zijun, goodbye!" ”
"Goodbye!"
"Goodbye!" Teresa Teng waved her hand and glanced at Wang Zijun before turning around and leaving.
…… The next morning, the five members of the loser band found Wang Zijun as promised, and greeted respectfully one by one: "Hello Mr. Wang!" ”
"Hello everyone! Feel free to sit. Wang Zijun asked the Zhang brothers to find a chair, looking at these people, he felt a little regretful in his heart, there was no Zhong Zhentao in it. However, Principal Tan is here, which makes Wang Zijun still very happy, I saw Alan Tam in my last life, and he Wang Zijun is a third-rate singer, but he only has low eyebrows and is pleasing to the eye.
Wang Zijun gave them an encouraging look and said, "I already know the purpose of your coming, why don't we listen to the song first." ”
"Okay." The five of them brought their instruments, tuned the tone, and began to play.
The five of them sang an English song, and the lyrics were written by themselves. The lyrics are not bad, but the melody of the tune is a bit of a priority, which sounds a little awkward, and it is worth mentioning that these people's instruments play very well.
"There is no problem with singing skills and techniques." Wang Zijun smiled, "In this way, I will give you a month to create 10 songs that satisfy me." I'll give you a record right away. ”
"10 songs a month?" Peng Jianxin was surprised.
"Can't do it?" Wang Zijun asked rhetorically.
"It can be done, absolutely it can be done." Alan Tam patted his chest and promised.
Wang Zijun handed Chen Baixiang a business card and said, "After you write it, call the phone number above to contact me." By the way, don't tell anyone about the phone number above. ”
"Thank you, Mr. Wang." Chen Baixiang said that being able to leave his phone instead of asking them to go to the company at that time shows that Wang Zijun is still interested in them.
Several people left happily, and soon, Zhang Renkui ran in excitedly and said, "Boss, Huang Yulang is looking for you!" ”
"Huang Yulang?"
"Yes, it's the Huang Yulang who wrote "Little Rascals"." Zhang Renkui said.
"Let him in." Wang Zijun said. He could think of Huang Yulang's purpose with his toes, and he must have wanted to adapt his novel.
Sure enough, Huang Yulang said a few words of greeting, and then made his intentions clear: "Mr. Wang, your "Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is really wonderful. I want to adapt it into a comic, I don't know if Mr. Wang is willing to do it. ”
"Mr. Huang thinks the proceeds should be divided?" Wang Zijun asked.
"How about a fifty-fifty split?" Huang Yulang asked with a twinkle in his eyes.
Wang Zijun felt a little funny, this Mr. Huang Yulang was only 22 years old at this time. But he started his own business at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and now he has had several ups and downs, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the old fritters in the shopping mall.
Fifty-fifty is like asking for his comic adaptation rights, fortunately, he hasn't said how much money he will use to buy it out, otherwise Wang Zijun directly asked Zhang Renyong's brothers to kick him out.
Wang Zijun smiled: "Mr. Huang, how about two or eight points?" ”
"No, no, no." Huang Yulang's head shook like a rattle, and he might as well draw his "Little Rascals" honestly.
Seeing that Wang Zijun was silent, Huang Yulang said again: "How about June Fourth? ”
"Sanqi, it can't be less." Wang Zijun said.
Huang Yulang said: "Mr. Wang, the six quarters are already very much. You know, you don't have to do anything, you can pick up 60% of the income for nothing. ”
Wang Zijun said with a smile: "Then you can contact Mr. Jin Yong, his "Deer and Ding Ji" is also good." ”
Contact Jin Yong? I'm full, and he has to be willing to have a ghost. Huang Yulang smiled dryly: "The Legend of Deer and Ding" is not suitable for the comic style. ”
Wang Zijun said: "Mr. Huang, I didn't pick up money for nothing. With the current popularity of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", I believe that many people will rush to find a comic club and give 20% of the profits. ”
Huang Yulang swallowed his saliva and said, "Okay, it's just Sanqi." ”
(To be continued)