150. My Rolling Stone Records
Since that meeting with Zheng Donghan of Polygram Records, Chen Yihua has had some ideas about the record company.
Now the four songs created by Chen Yihua are very popular in Southeast Asia, and the popularity is out of control, and the patent fees of just four songs have made Chen Yihua earn three or four million Hong Kong dollars, in fact, now Hong Kong's average high-level music producers fill in the lyrics of a tune, and the general cost is about 10,000 to 20,000 Hong Kong dollars, a music producer like Chen Yihua is unique in Hong Kong, of course, he can make so much money, but also because of Deng Lijun and Xu Guanjie as guarantees, Plus the ownership of the four songs is the result of Chen Yihua's ownership.
However, in 76 years, the cost of ownership of songs accounted for a very small proportion of the record cost, and according to Chen Yihua's conservative estimate, the approximate sales of PolyGram's four records may reach more than 60 million Hong Kong dollars.
In 76 years, along with record sales, record companies will also launch tapes, Polygram is an international company, of course, there are conditions for launching song tapes, Deng Lijun and Xu Guanjie's two records have not been taken off the shelves yet, and they are still heating up in the market, even if the cost is removed, Chen Yihua can imagine how much profit Polygram has made during this time.
To be honest, as soon as he thought of this, Chen Yihua was very jealous in his heart, although several of his companies made money, they couldn't make so much money in a short period of time, Tianyi Telecom could make money but they could also spend money, and the imperial capital was very profitable, but its strength was that it continued to make money, and it was impossible to get such a large amount of money in a short period of time like Polygram.
Some people say that the richer people are, the more stingy they are, and Chen Yihua feels that he is like this now. Seeing Polygram making so much money, Chen Yihua always felt that he had contributed a lot. I feel that PolyGram's wealth should belong to me, and the more I think about it, the more unbalanced I become. Gradually, he had the idea of starting a record company by himself, and since he met Zheng Donghan, Chen Yihua's idea has become stronger and stronger.
Maybe it is difficult for others to start a record company, but there is no difficulty for Chen Yihua at all, a record company must have a recording studio, and a slightly more successful record company must have its own singer, what kind of person is Chen Yihua, first, he is not short of funds, and second, he has a lot of classic songs in his head. Third, he knows a lot of singers who are not yet famous.
If you really want to start a record company, you don't need Chen Yihua, a big boss, to do it himself, now he has a lot of talents under him, John Briscoll is already the management class of Universal Company, and Universal Company also has its own record company, although John is not in charge of this area, but according to his understanding of record companies, plus Chen Yihua has Li Xiujing and Apple's help in the United States, it is easy to get top recording equipment.
Chan bought a three-storey free-standing compound in Causeway Bay near Tin Hau, which used to be a music school. The house is a little old, and the place is a little off, but fortunately, the place is big enough and wide enough, and there is a strong appreciation potential.
The beginning of Chen Yihua's record company. Its recording studio can be called the most luxurious and well-equipped music studio in Hong Kong, and Chen Yihua not only asked the United States to buy these advanced recording equipment. And also purchased a vinyl record production line, Chen Yihua's company has always liked one-stop service. It is not appropriate for the record company to directly engage in the processing of tapes when the record company is established, but it is not difficult for Chen Yihua to set up a vinyl record production line.
It's easy to get things done with money. That's right, the headquarters of the record company was selected, Chen Yihua registered a company, for the name of the record company, Chen Yihua took another step to play his shameless spirit of piracy, Rolling Stone Records, if there is a musician in the future who knows Chen Yihua's shameless behavior, it is estimated that most people will be so angry that they vomit blood, Rolling Stone Records is a Taiwanese record company founded by Duan Zhongyi and Duan Zhongtan brothers in 1980, and now the appearance of Rolling Stone Records is several years earlier than history, for the two brothers Duan Zhongyi, Chen Yihua could only say sorry in his heart.
In order to facilitate management, Chen Yihua officially established Big Pineapple International Media Culture Co., Ltd., Rolling Stone Records is a subsidiary of this company, and Chen Yihua's original Great World Cinema has also become a subsidiary of this company, and the shares of Big Pineapple Media Culture Company are divided into two, Nanchao Chen Fund owns 40% of the company, and Big Pineapple Media Investment Fund owns 60% of the company's shares.
Of course, Rolling Stone Records can't only have a recording studio and a production line, just rely on the equipment to do it, someone company can turn up, and the record company must have music producers and top singers to become bigger and stronger.
Many top singers in Hong Kong have not yet become famous, Chen Yihua is very familiar with these people, and it is very simple to dig them up, of course, good singers must have good songs.
Among the song producers in Hong Kong, Chen Yihua is most familiar with the two saints of 'Hui Huang', but the two have already become famous in 76, Huang Zhan established Huang and Lin Advertising Company, Gu Jiahui is the general of TVB, Rolling Stone Records wants to poach these two people, you don't have to think about it, not only is the price too great, but even if Rolling Stone Records is treated well, people may not be willing to cooperate with your unknown record company.
Famous music producers are not suitable for the current Rolling Stone Records, Chen Yihua had to retreat, had to find some people who are not famous, many classic songs in Chinese music are created by Hong Kong music producers, although Chen Yihua is not as familiar with these people as those singers, but the approximate name is still known.
Xiang Xuehuai is a famous Austrian pop song lyricist in Hong Kong, has created more than 300 songs in his life, and has cooperated with many big-name singers, so that Chen Yihua has a profound impact on him is Xiang Xuehuai's talent in the commercial promotion of songs, and the smash hit "Mice Love Rice" in the mainland in later generations was promoted by him [1], Xiang Xuehuai is still studying electronic engineering, until 1977, Xiang Xuehuai worked in PolyGram Recording Studio, and was studying electronic engineering while working His talent for lyrics was discovered at that time, was recommended by Xu Guanjie to the senior management of Polygram, and since then he has stepped into the music industry for development.
To find such a person is a very simple thing for Chen Yihua now, let Xiang Xuehuai join Rolling Stone Records, Chen Yihua also feels that it is just right, a record company cannot have only one music producer, there are no singers in the record company now, and there are not too many top music producers, but you can't wait for a singer to prepare for this in the future, Chen Yihua cooperates with Huang Zhan's advertising company, the main purpose is to prepare for the future of Rolling Stone Records.
Huang Zhan is now famous, Chen Yihua can't poach people to be a professional writer of Rolling Stone Records, and the stake in Huang and Lin Records is just to get in touch with others, Chen Yihua believes that as long as he has shares in Huang Zhan's company, he will definitely be willing to cooperate with Rolling Stone in the future, Hui Huang and Huang have a close relationship, Chen Yihua and Huang Zhan are in contact, which is equivalent to indirectly contacting Gu Jiahui, another top music producer in Hong Kong.
And Huang & Lin Advertising Company is not only Huang Zhan, a top producer, Lin Yanni's younger brother Lin Zhenqiang is also a rare talent in this area, now others may not know this person, but how can Chen Yihua who came to future generations not heard of this person's name, Hong Kong's top musicians have Shuangzhan, Shuanglin, Shuangpan said, Lin Zhenqiang is one of Shuanglin.
Investing in Huang and Lin advertising company is a win-win situation for Chen Yihua, although this advertising company does not make much money, but at least it will not lose money, with the premise of cooperating with this advertising company, Chen Yihua believes that it is easy to tie Huang Zhan and Lin Zhenqiang to the chariot of Rolling Stone.
The early development ideas of Rolling Stone Records have been based on music production, song copyright management, and singer promotion, but in fact, Chen Yihua's record company is not just as simple as wanting to make money, and now Apple is already researching storage devices, and after the mobile floppy disk comes out, a large part of Apple's next research energy will be placed on CD discs, and Chen Yihua's record company in Hong Kong is also to facilitate Apple's research results in this area in the future.
Later generations for the audio specially made electronic products a lot, this kind of products market potential is very large, Tianyi company has developed electronic products as the first priority, and how will let go of audio and video electronic products.
The establishment of a record company also helps Chen Yihua to integrate this type of products, Chen Yihua's establishment of a vinyl record production line in Hong Kong is only the early development of Rolling Stone Records, and if it is possible, he also wants to make a tape research center that belongs to the record company, the interoperability of scientific and technological products is very strong, tapes, CDs, and records are a kind of storage devices, Chen Yihua's resources are inclined to this aspect, and it may be possible to make a walkman or CD-ROM products before Philips and Sony. With the support of Apple in the United States, Chen Yihua doesn't think it's a dreamy thing.
Rolling Stone Records singers and music producers are easy to find, but a good leader is also very important, maybe it is the character cultivated by the previous companies, Chen Yihua doesn't want to care about the company's trivial things now, he feels that this is a complete waste of his talent, of course, these are just Chen Yihua's excuses for his laziness.
It is a fact that Chen Yihua doesn't want to take care of the company's affairs, Rolling Stone Records needs a person in charge, Chen Yihua has a group of people under him, but after thinking about it, he still thinks it's not appropriate, although Rolling Stone Records has just been established, but the status of this company in Chen Yihua's heart is not low, he doesn't want to casually find someone to be the person in charge of the record company, and in the end there is really no way, Chen Yihua had to temporarily pull John of the Great World Cinema to take charge of this record company, after all, people were born all over the world, and they are familiar with this aspect of business. Now the Great World Cinema Company is not busy, temporarily managing Rolling Stone Records, and Chen Yihua does not feel that there is any big problem. (To be continued......)