Chapter 140: Find Another Way
In fact, for Lin Wenjie, no matter how much the transfer amount or the length of the time limit, these terms cannot compare with this priority in his heart.
This is the clause he values the most.
Lin Wenjie's priority refers to the fact that all of Ye Zi's future works must first be unconditionally provided to PG. After PG selection, the remaining works also need to be approved by PG before Ye Zi can be provided to other record companies.
As a discerning production director, Lin Wenjie can see Ye Zi's talent in songwriting from the song "Legend of the Hungry Wolf". This clause he personally drafted was intended to completely bind Ye Zi's future and control the diffusion of Ye Zi's works to the greatest extent.
Such a clause, from the perspective of PG and Lin Wenjie himself, if Ye Zi can sign it, it is the most beneficial for them.
This is the real core of this agreement, and it is far more important than any other clause.
This is the purpose of Lin Wenjie's personal negotiation with Ye Zi today. All the qiē that he had just expressed, including that deliberately aggressive attitude, was to ensure this final clause.
However, Lin Wenjie never expected that Ye Zi would rather make heavy concessions on price and time limit, but he refused to back down at all on the priority clause.
This must be Ye Zi's own plan.
This damn hinterland hillbilly!
Of course, Ye Zi is not stupid.
How could he possibly bind his creative future completely to the chariot of PG? Isn't this "a wedding garment for another"?
In fact, from the perspective of this clause itself, there is still some merit. Once such a clause is signed, at least the creators don't have to worry too much about the way out of the work. PG will take over first-hand, and if PG doesn't like it, it can continue to sell to other record labels. This is tantamount to an extra insurance for the way out of the work.
However, once this clause is signed, the creator's right to choose freely is lost, and the right to shop around is lost. And from the perspective of PG, even if they take over the work, the price will definitely not be high.
Otherwise. What is it called "priority"? There is no concession on the price, why should PG take over first?
However, in the case that the creator has not yet created a sufficient amount of work and has not completely established himself in the music world, there are certain benefits to signing this agreement.
It depends on the creator himself, whether he or she hopes to have a relatively stable creative environment, or whether he hopes to be able to freely arrange the way out of his work.
Each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
But such a choice is completely absent here in Ye Zi.
Although Ye Zi's current popularity is limited to the mainland, it is only just beginning. In Hong Kong, he is a pure newcomer. But this qiē will soon improve over time.
Ye Zi's work chart is still ongoing, and his album will definitely be published this year, and his works will receive more and more attention.
With such a prospect, Ye Zi has no reason to bind his work to PG.
Besides, these "works" of Ye Zi are by no means ordinary works, and it can be said that each of them is a masterpiece.
Although these works can't be called high prices now, this is only because Ye Zi is not famous enough. There are still too few works, and they have not yet been affirmed by awards and recognized by the market.
Once it has been affirmed by the award and recognized by the market. Each of these works can be sold for sky-high prices.
If you bind to PG so lightly now, then PG will take advantage of it.
It's absolutely impossible!
From this point of view, Lin Wenjie deserves to be one of the most outstanding production directors in the Xiangjiang music scene, and his vision is really good.
Back at the hotel, Ye Zi immediately called Sun Yun. Tell the teacher about the situation.
During the competition, the pair of mentors and apprentices were always in contact by phone in Xiangjiang and did not meet directly. At this moment when the finals are about to start, you can't leave any talk to the opponent. In particular, Sun Yun is in the position of supervising and reviewing, and the relationship between the supervision team and the judges is currently at a freezing point.
It was all caused in yesterday's semi-final.
PG's strong master and apprentice are already prepared. The limits of concessions were also drawn up in advance, which was to be expected.
But this matter of priority, Ye Zi and Sun Yun did not consider it in advance. Fortunately, Ye Zi's thinking was very clear, and he didn't bite the bait and take the bait, greedy for the few benefits that Lin Wenjie threw out in the end.
However, this incident also gave Ye Zi a wake-up call.
Although a large company like PG is good, if its own strength cannot match it, it will only be bullied and squeezed by the other party. The cooperation between the two sides will be an empty talk, and if you are not careful, you will be swallowed by the other party.
Therefore, Ye Zi felt that next, he should adjust his thinking.
"Teacher, I think PG should be put there for the time being. Judging from my contact with Lin Wenjie today, if we want to cooperate with them now, we can only accept their exploitation, which is of little significance. ”
"What do you think?"
On the phone, Ye Zi expressed his opinion.
Sun Yun was staying at home in Xiangjiang at this moment, holding the phone and listening carefully.
"I think that's the case." Sun Yun affirmed Ye Zi's thoughts: "You don't have to worry, big companies are like this." When your popularity and influence go up, they will automatically come to you. ”
Ye Zi smiled: "I'm not in a hurry at all. Teacher, your judgment is wrong this time. ”
"Yes, yes." Sun Yun also smiled: "I still look at PG with my previous experience, and I think their attitude towards newcomers should be good." It seems that my understanding is skewed. ”
Sun Yun is not shy about his mistakes.
Ye Zi hurriedly said: "Teacher, I'm just joking, don't care." You were in the '60s, and it was certainly not the same as it is now. Your cooperation with PG is all in Europe, which is different from the situation here in Hong Kong, so you can't generalize. ”
"Besides, you're in classical, and I'm in the pop side this time, how can I mix them up?"
Ye Zisheng was afraid that Sun Yun would be embarrassed, so he hurriedly comforted his teacher. However, what he said is also true, and it is inevitable that there will be errors in judgment depending on the era.
"Hahaha" Sun Yun smiled heartily: "Xiaoyezi, you don't need to comfort me, the teacher is not so fragile." Tell me what you want to do next? ”
Speaking of business, Ye Zi got serious.
"Teacher, I think we can do two things now."
"Well, I'll listen, you say."
"The first thing we did was we changed our strategy and tried to start with a mid-sized label, maybe it would work out a little bit better."
Ye Zi told Sun Yun directly about his thoughts.
"Well, I think so." Sun Yun nodded: "I'll contact you in the past few days, there are many such companies in Xiangjiang, and I should be able to find a more suitable one." ”
"That's great." Ye Zi said happily: "As long as it's not too much of a request, you can agree to them." Teacher, I think it's best to talk to them directly about the agency release, it doesn't matter if the song is transferred or not, and it won't break if it's placed there. ”
"If you can talk about it, you can talk about it together, and if you can't talk about it, you can talk about it." Sun Yun said: "By the way, I forgot to tell you." Yesterday, the director of Huaxing approached me, and they also wanted to talk to you about the transfer of "The Legend of the Hungry Wolf". ”
"Because Lin Wenjie asked you out, I didn't say die. I think I can get in touch with Huaxing, the scale of this company is not as large as PG and EMI, but its influence in Xiangjiang is not small at all. ”
"Flower star?" Ye Zi thought quickly: "Huaxing is a very suitable company, I'm afraid that they are the same as PG, and the conditions are too harsh." ”
"If the conditions are harsh, you won't sign it. Like you said, the song doesn't break when it's out there. ”
Sun Yun followed Ye Zixian to learn and sell a sentence, and laughed out loud as soon as he finished speaking. (To be continued......)