720 [Open a record company in China]
After negotiating the investment, Wang Fulin relaxed and invited Wang Zijun to visit his Grand View Garden.
Wang Zijun is now rushing to Cangzhou, there is no news about the genealogy there, but the ancestor worship activities will be carried out soon, and the new ancestral hall will also start.
rejected Wang Fulin's invitation, and Wang Zijun arrived in Cangzhou in the afternoon with his two wives.
Soon after returning to the village, a car of the prefectural party committee drove up, and Secretary Du of the prefectural party committee got out of the car with a red face and went straight to Wang's house, and the township leaders who got the news in less than a moment also flew over to pick up the car.
Wang Zijun was discussing the matter of worshipping ancestors with his father, when he heard the village party secretary panting and ran in: "Secretary Du of the prefectural party committee has come to visit everyone, come out with me to greet you!" ”
"Secretary of the prefectural party committee, that's a big official." Wang Xianjing stood up in shock and walked out quickly on crutches.
Wang Zijun raised his eyebrows, although the commissioner and the mayor of the previous year did not show up, they at least sent a deputy. The secretary of the prefectural party committee did not say anything, and now that the new year is over, he will enter the village in person, I am afraid that he got any news from somewhere.
The secretary of the local party committee came over with his entourage, and the village party secretary introduced: "Secretary Du, this is Mr. Wang who returned to his hometown to visit relatives, and this is Mr. Wang." ”
Secretary Du said with a haha: "Happy New Year, Happy New Year!" When you came here a few years ago, I was so entangled by the year-end work that I couldn't take a break from my old man's life! ”
"Secretary Du doesn't have to be like this, we are causing you trouble." Wang Xianzhi replied without humility or arrogance.
Secretary Du turned to shake hands with Wang Zijun again, and laughed: "This must be the world-renowned Mr. Wang, you are the pride of Chinese all over the world." ”
Wang Zijun said: "Some false names, ashamed. ”
Secretary Du said: "Where is the false name, the chief is full of praise for you." ”
Wang Zijun finally knew why Secretary Du's attitude suddenly changed, and where did he know that the No. 1 leader had shaken hands with him and encouraged him. For the No. 1 chief, it was a normal handshake to meet by chance, after all, Wang Zijun is also a world-famous Chinese, but for the officials below, the meaning is not ordinary.
Not to mention anything else, if Wang Zijun goes back to his hometown to visit relatives, his parents will not even show their faces, and if there is anything in the future, he will not be able to say anything.
The officials accompanying Secretary Du came over to shake hands, but Wang Zijun was secretly amused when he heard that they had signed up, most of them were officials of the prefectural party committee, but there was no one from the administrative office and the municipal axe.
Wang Zijun didn't bother to think about the discord between them, so Secretary Du could only have a word of idle talk. Since there was no trade between the two sides of the strait, and the prefectural party committee did not mention anything about attracting investment, there was no entanglement of interests, and the conversation was quite pleasant.
The people of the prefectural party committee walked on the front foot, and the people from the regional administrative office and the municipal axe followed on the back foot, presumably from Secretary Du's actions, and Wang Zijun was talking nonsense with these officials all day long, picking up two dozen tall hats in vain.
However, it was not for nothing, these officials promised to help Wang Zijun search for Wang's descendants throughout the city, and if they could not find the family tree, they would also invite experts and scholars to recompile the family tree for them.
I thought that the local officials would be able to clean up by sending them away, but I didn't expect someone to visit again the next day and a half morning.
"Mr. Wang, the contemptible person is Liu Guangda of Guangzhou Audio-visual Company, this is my business card." A middle-aged man wearing a suit that was still relatively rare in the mainland handed over a business card.
"It's only the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and you can find it here from Guangzhou. Mr. Liu is really powerful! Wang Zijun couldn't help but praise that the coastal people were at least ahead of the curve in terms of ideology.
Liu Guangda's purpose is very simple, that is, to invite Teresa Teng and Zhao Yazhi to record records. The singers who participated in the Spring Festival Gala recorded records, and the sales volume easily reached millions, such as Zhang Mingmin, who sang "My Chinese Heart" two years ago, when the consumption level of the mainland people was not as good as now, and the sales volume of records reached 800,000 in an instant.
Wang Zijun looked at this person, his face was thin, his skin was a little dark, and his eyes revealed a kind of shrewdness. He played with Liu Guangda's business card and asked: "Is Guangzhou Audiovisual Company a state-owned enterprise?" ”
Liu Guang replied with a big smile: "It is a subsidiary of the Guangzhou Broadcasting Bureau. ”
Wang Zijun asked again: "How much is your monthly salary?" ”
Liu Guangda didn't know why Wang Zijun asked, but this is not a state secret, and he can only answer honestly: "The formal salary is more than 60, plus various subsidies and benefits, and it can be 70 yuan a month." ”
Wang Zijun continued to ask: "If the record sells 1 million copies, how much is the profit?" ”
"The net profit is three or four hundred thousand, it depends on the situation." Liu Guangda said.
The sales volume of 1 million is only a profit of hundreds of thousands of yuan, which is too little for entertainment. But after all, the market here is just getting started, and the labor is low, so it's worth selling now.
Wang Zijun asked: "Does the mainland allow private individuals to open record companies?" ”
"Cultural undertakings have not been liberalized, but there is no policy order to prohibit them...... Hey, Mr. Wang, you want to open a record company in the mainland? Liu Guangda suddenly reacted.
Wang Zijun said with a smile: "Originally, I didn't have this idea, Mr. Liu, you came to Lijun to record a record, I just thought that anyway, there are so many cover and pirated discs in the mainland, it is better for me to do it myself." Hehe! ”
Liu Guangda was a little embarrassed, all Teresa Teng's records on the market in the mainland at this time were pirated. These pirated goods are not only made by those underground workshops, but also by state-owned companies such as the Guangzhou Audio-Visual Company, and they are made with swagger as genuine.
Now that the main lord is in front of him, and he also mentions this matter, how can he not embarrass Liu Guangda?
Liu Guangda's embarrassment was fleeting, and he said with a forced smile: "Yes, piracy is rampant in the domestic market." There is no way for a regular company like ours to cultivate a singer and make a good disc, and it will be immediately robbed of the profits by those unscrupulous pirates. This time, Miss Deng was invited to record a record, and our company resolutely communicated with relevant departments to crack down on piracy! ”
Wang Zijun didn't know that he was talking nonsense with his eyes open, so he changed the topic with a smile and asked, "Is Mr. Liu interested in going to the sea to do business?" ”
"To the sea?" Of course, Liu Guangda thought about going to the sea. Nowadays, a self-employed person in Guangzhou who sells tea eggs earns more than him, and his wife has counted him out more than once. It's just that he can't pull his face when he goes to the sea to set up a stall, he is a musician, and he doesn't know how to run other things, so he has been delayed until now.
Wang Zijun nodded and said: "Yes, I want to set up the first private record company in the mainland, but I am worried about the lack of manpower, it would be great if you could be the general manager." ”
"Me?" Liu Guang's brain was a little insufficient, and the words "general manager of the company" and "the first private record company in the mainland" made his heart instantly hot.
Wang Zijun nodded and said, "Yes, it's you." ”
Liu Guangda swallowed his saliva and said, "Why choose me?" We've only met for the first time. ”
"With your salary of dozens of yuan a month, you can be the first to chase after this small village on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year when everyone else is resting." Wang Zijun smiled, "And you didn't agree right away, which makes my confidence stronger." ”
Liu Guangda felt that his mouth was dry, he didn't know where to put his hands, he squeezed and put his fists again, and only after a long time did he say, "Mr. Wang, to be honest, I really want to do it." But I'm just an errand runner, but I haven't managed a company, so I'm afraid I'll mess up. ”
Wang Zijun shook his head and said: "Don't be afraid, I will transfer a few professionals from Hong Kong to you, and as for the others, I hope you can dig them in other audio-visual companies in the mainland." In addition, I will give you 5% of the shares, and I hope that you will be the legal person of this company, and the category of this company is also a private enterprise in the mainland. ”
Liu Guangda only felt that his head was about to explode with excitement, he was a poor errand runner, and suddenly someone paid to open a company and give him shares, which was like a dream.
Forcing himself to calm down, Liu Guangda asked, "Mr. Wang, why don't you register as a company?" At present, the state has a lot of preferential treatment for foreign-funded enterprises. ”
"What do you say?" Wang Zijun asked rhetorically as if he was out of an exam.
"Oh, I see." Liu Guang's brain turned, and he immediately reacted. The mainland is open to ordinary foreign investment, but it is not open to industries that are related to the lifeblood of the country, such as important energy and other industries. For example, even if an American spends $10 million in foreign exchange, he will never want to run a newspaper on the mainland.
Although the record company is not a newspaper, it also belongs to the cultural industry, and in this era, it belongs to the same ideological field as newspapers. It's okay to invite a Hong Kong and Taiwan singer to sing, but if the record company belongs to the owner of Hong Kong and Taiwan, it's hard to say clearly.
Although the state does not explicitly prohibit foreign investment from opening record companies, there is no document agreeing to it, who knows if this is an omission on the top?
Naturally, other industries are trying to make foreign-owned companies, and then they can be exempted from various taxes. But at this time, it is best to let a native mainlander do it, so as not to attract all kinds of doubts and arguments.
I'm just a puppet standing in the foreground, in case the policy changes...... Liu Guangda's vest chilled when he thought of this, but when he thought of the position of general manager and the five percent of the shares, his heart warmed up again.
Bet! is willing to cut his whole body, and dares to pull the emperor off the horse. Hold up the bold, starve the faint-hearted!
Liu Guang thought about it for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "I did it!" ”
Wang Zijun couldn't help laughing and said, "Mr. Liu, don't you ask me how much I invest?" ”
Liu Guangdao: "You are a big boss from Taiwan, and your hair is thicker than my thighs, so I don't have to worry about money." ”
"Well, you claim that you want to start a record business, and then ask someone to find DreamWorks Entertainment Ventures in Hong Kong." Wang Zijun said with a smile, "In this way, it is the entrepreneurial boss, and the venture capital company is the shareholder who contributes the money." Well, in this way, it is a Hong Kong capital or a joint venture. But it doesn't matter, a small investment of hundreds of thousands shouldn't make much of a fuss. ”
As soon as Wang Zijun spoke, Liu Guangda's heart was already happy, and he would be the CEO of a foreign-funded company worth hundreds of thousands.
Liu Guangda returned to Guangzhou happily, and it wasn't until he got on the train that he suddenly reacted, didn't I go to Teresa Teng to record a song? It seems that the business has not been done yet.
Lin Qingxia watched Liu Guangda leave happily, and scolded with a smile: "What bad idea are you playing again?" ”
"What do you mean by a bad idea?" Wang Zijun rolled his eyes and said, "It's just a matter of testing the water with hundreds of thousands, and if you lose it, you will lose it, and you will hear it." In the mainland's entertainment market, the sooner they enter the pond, the better. In the past few years, there must have been no money to be made, all I want is to pave the sales channels, and I hope this Liu Guangda will not disappoint me. ”
Lin Qingxia couldn't figure out why Wang Zijun was interested in the barren mainland record market, although the population of the mainland is dozens of times that of Taiwan, but the price of records is low, and piracy is rampant, it is really not a good battlefield.
The two were chatting, but they heard Teresa Teng's "When Will the Bright Moon Be There" was playing in the room. This is the tape recorder and cassette tapes that Teresa Teng brought back when she came back from Beijing, most of those tapes were picked up when they went out shopping, and Teresa Teng just collected records of different styles from all over the world out of habit.
The song "When Will the Bright Moon" is being played now is obviously covered by someone else. But when the song sounded, Wang Zijun's ears moved for no reason, and he walked into the house and asked, "Where did you buy the tape?" ”
Deng Lijun smiled: "I forgot, I bought it in Beijing anyway." This little girl has a good voice, I liked it as soon as I heard it. ”
"Doesn't it sound good?" Wang Zijun picked up the tape packaging box on the table, and Wang Fei, who looked like a middle school student, appeared on the cover.
Some people say that in the Chinese music scene for decades, there are only two female singers who can really be called iconic surnames, that is, Teresa Teng and Wang Fei. As for the likes of Mei Yanfang, the queen of heaven, they also have to line up at the back.
Mei Yanfang's fans will naturally object to this when they hear this, but in some respects it is not too much. As for the people who will be black Teresa Teng in later generations, it is purely black for the sake of black, or they don't understand music at all.
Wang Fei's voice came from the tape recorder, the singing voice was still very immature, and it could be heard that she had not been trained by a famous teacher, but the highly recognizable timbre had already grabbed Wang Zijun's ears.
Wang Fei will not immigrate to Hong Kong for two years, and Wang Zijun doesn't know where she is, so after thinking about it, he decided to let people find the audio-visual company according to the address on the tape, and then find out the person.
Of course, Faye Wong will not be allowed to release a record immediately, at least she has to learn from a famous teacher for a year or two, otherwise she will be ruined.
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With the help of the local political axe, the descendants of the Wang family quickly found hundreds of them, and in the end, a teacher found a thick family tree from the bottom of the box, but some of them had been destroyed.
Wang Zijun generously took out the money to ask experts to revise it, on the one hand, he continued to find other complete versions, and the ancestral hall of the Wang family began to be built on the eighth day of the first lunar month.
Wang Zijun naturally didn't have the time to stay longer, and after a humble ancestor worship, he took the whole family to Beijing for a visit, and then transferred to Hong Kong to go back.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he got off the plane, he was blocked by reporters, and the reaction of the Hong Kong media to Teresa Teng and Zhao Yazhi's appearance on the mainland Spring Festival Gala was completely beyond Wang Zijun's expectations, and it was more intense than Zhang Mingmin's return to Hong Kong after singing "My Chinese Heart".
"Mr. Wang, it is rumored that you personally instructed you at today's Spring Festival Gala in the mainland, is this indeed the case?"
"Master Jun, what is your view on cross-strait relations? Do you intend to promote the peaceful reunification of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait during your current visit to the mainland? ”
"Master Jun, have you been privately received by the No. 1 chief?"
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All kinds of outrageous questions were asked, and Wang Zijun pretended not to hear them. His current visit to the mainland is semi-public, and he will not dare to say anything nonsense until cross-strait relations become clearer. Moreover, the strength of others is small, and it is impossible to have any practical effect in killing him, which can be seen from the fact that the No. 1 leader only greeted him and did not contact him alone.
Both sides of the strait are very cautious, and relations must be advanced step by step.
What made Wang Zijun laugh and cry was that the songwriter wrote "Happy Chinese Year" anonymously, not only sang on the mainland, but pirated records flew all over the sky, and actually came to Hong Kong in a short period of time.
However, Hong Kong changed the lyrics to Cantonese, produced by a third-rate record company, and now they are played all over the streets of Hong Kong.
Wang Zijun was quite speechless, he couldn't come forward to find someone to share dividends, so he could only cheapen these bastards!
A few days after Wang Zijun returned to Taipei, news came from the mainland that the person he entrusted had found Wang Fei and obtained the consent of her parents to go to Hong Kong to learn singing in two months.
And Liu Guangda's side was also extremely smooth, as soon as the Lantern Festival passed, he resigned and went to the sea, and pulled four colleagues to work together.
It's just that there were some small problems when registering a record company, because the local department was not sure whether it would be feasible for foreign capital to run a record company.
Wang Fulin also went quite smoothly, DreamWorks Entertainment Venture Capital Company signed a cooperation agreement with CCTV TV Drama Production Center, and DreamWorks invested 4 million yuan to obtain a 55% share of the profits of "Dream of Red Mansions" local stations and overseas sales.
After returning to Taipei, Wang Zijun began to continue to throw money around, trying to pull out his eldest brother Wang Zirong, who had been in for more than a year.
The money was not given for free, the exact news had been given over there, and the person could be released after half of the three-year sentence, while most of the bigwigs who went in at the same time basically had to stay for more than two years.
(To be continued)