162. Sign Wen to take on
"Boss, Mr. Liang Botao from the Wenna Band is here" After a beep, the voice of the secretary Mrs. Zhang sounded on Chen Yihua's desk connected to the wireless landline outside.
'Bring him in' After saying this, without waiting for the other party to come in, Chen Yihua stood up from his seat.
"Hello Manager Liang, I've heard of the name for a long time, I'm glad to see you today" Chen Yihua looked at Liang Botao, who was brought in by Mrs. Zhang, and stretched out his right hand as he spoke.
'Ah, hello, hello' Chen Yihua's enthusiasm made Liang Botao a little flattered, he didn't expect a big boss like Chen Yihua to greet him in person, and he didn't expect the other party to be so young, Liang Botao was obviously a little unprepared in advance, which made him a little helpless now.
Seeing Liang Botao's nervous appearance, Chen Yihua smiled kindly, didn't care, and then said, "Manager Liang, sit here."
"Mrs. Zhang, pour me and Manager Liang a cup of tea, oh yes, Manager Liang, what do you drink, I have everything here" After sitting down, Chen Yihua instructed Mrs. Zhang, who was standing on the side and hadn't gone out yet.
"I'll just have a glass of water, Chen Shao is embarrassed, I didn't expect the big boss of Tianyi Company to be so young, I was so surprised to see you just now" Liang Baitao was a little restrained when he first said, but the more he spoke, the more open he became, and he became more and more fluent.
"Hehe, Manager Liang doesn't need to feel embarrassed, many people can't believe that I am the boss of Tianyi Company when they see me for the first time."
'Chen Shao, you just look young, but your temperament is so good, as soon as you see you, you know that you are a big boss'
Chen Yihua was still very happy to hear others pat himself on the back, smiled and said, "Manager Liang is very good at talking, don't worry, even if you don't say anything good, our company's advertisements will not be given to others."
"Then thank you Chen Shao"
You look at the documents first. If you think the conditions are right, we can sign a contract today' As soon as Chen Yihua finished speaking, Mrs. Zhang on the side took out a document and handed it to Liang Botao.
"Chen Shao, your conditions are so good, I feel embarrassed" The document is not much, Liang Botao quickly read it, Chen Yihua gave a good signing condition, not only the restrictions are very lenient, but even the signing fee is twice the market price.
'Hehe, I'm the one who likes to invest for the long term. I am very optimistic about the Wen Na band, I am a businessman and not a philanthropist, I think it is worth the money, and I think you Wen Na is right at the price I gave, so I made these conditions, you don't have to feel embarrassed' Chen Yihua said while drinking tea.
The bosses are so generous, how can people who want to make money disagree to dislike the money, when he meets a big boss like Chen Yihua, Liang Botao doesn't have to bargain at all. Happily, he signed his name on the document.
"Manager Liang, I heard that the contract of your Wen Na and Li's TV station is about to expire" After Liang Botao signed, Chen Yihua did not let him go, but started talking around the bush.
'yes. Chen Shao, how do you know' If it were usual, Liang Botao would definitely be able to notice the deep meaning of Chen Yihua's words, but now because he had just signed a big contract, Liang Botao's mood was a little excited, and his reaction was slower than usual. I didn't know that I had fallen into Chen Yihua's rhythm.
Smiling indifferently, Chen Yihua continued, "I didn't tell you. I'm optimistic about the future development of your Wenner band, so I naturally have some understanding of your situation, and I heard that the wireless side seems to be trying their best to dig you up, right?"
"Well, Chen Shao received good news, the wireless side did contact us, but I haven't agreed yet, Chen Shao, you may not know, I am planning to do a special program for the Wen Na band, if the wireless side agrees to my conditions, it is not impossible for us Wen Na to sign a wireless contract' Chen Yihua finally made Liang Botao a little vigilant when he said this, but after all, the other party was a big customer, and he didn't think there was anything to hide about this kind of thing, so he decided to tell the truth after a little pause.
Wen Na is now quite famous in Hong Kong, although Wen Na also had some TV performances before, but it was only a guest appearance. Liang Botao is not lying, he has a very unique vision, and he is planning the TV show of the Wen Na band during this time, and he hopes that Wen Na can have his own independent program.
Wen Na is now signing a contract with Li's TV station, which is only willing to arrange for the band to be a guest on the show, and has not agreed to let Wen Na do the show. And wireless wants to dig Wen Na over, Liang Botao did put forward this condition, if Wireless agrees to a separate program for Wen Na Band to do, then I believe that soon Wen Na's owner will be replaced by another one.
Hearing Liang Botao say this, Chen Yihua took a sip of tea, thought about it for a while, and felt that it was time to get straight to the point, "Manager Liang, if I can help Wen Na get an independent program, I don't know if you are interested in joining my company, by the way, I forgot to tell you, I have several companies, and I got a record company some time ago、、、、、、
Chen Yihua's purpose of looking for the advertising spokesperson of the Tianyi pager of the Wenner band this time is not simple, the progress of Rolling Stone Records is very fast after its establishment, the company's headquarters has been renovated, the basic equipment of the recording studio has been shipped from the United States, and the company's music producers also have a few people, and now they are sending singers, and the Wenner Band is the first target of Rolling Stone Records, and it is because of this that Chen Yihua will show such enthusiasm for a person who meets for the first time.
Wenner was formed back in 1973 when the band released his first big album 'ListentotheWynners'. Since the local music scene was still the world of Chinese songs and Cantonese songs, many people were not optimistic about English songs. But when the album 'ListentotheWynners' was released, it shocked the music scene. The album was released not long ago, and it soon sold more than 10,000 copies. With 10,000 copies sold at the time, it can be said that Wenna's debut album "ListentotheWinners" sold very well after its release.
In 1974, the first recorded album of the band Wenner was released, and the first album was 'Sunshine Lover', which was sung by Ah B. On the B-Side side, 'WouldYouLaugh' is the lead singer of Aaron. 'Sunshine Lover' quickly became the number one song on the local pop charts, and from this time on, local fans began to pay attention to the band.
In 1975, when the Wenner Band achieved success in the field of singing, it was unexpectedly that even the film industry began to eye. First of all, Huang Zhan asked Liang Botao to let the Wen Na Band make a film for him, and on the other hand, Shaw Brothers also sent Qiu Bo to Liang Botao, and also made a promise of eight film contracts. After detailed consideration, Liang Botao finally reached an agreement with Huang Zhan and began to prepare for the filming of 'Café de Coral '. From this time on, the career of the Wenner band went to another peak. After the filming of the film 'Café de Coral Fun' was completed, it was released during the prime time of Christmas. Unexpectedly, the film debut of the Wenner band was very popular with fans. Box office record at the time. As much as more than HK$2 million, which is about the same as today's HK$20 million.
In 1976, Liang Botao was not willing to do this, he reached an agreement with Golden Harvest again, and invited Chen Yaoqi, a young director of Taiwan's new school at that time, to cooperate with Liang Baitao to film 'MakingIt', which was renamed by Liang Botao himself. According to Pato, the title is full of young people's dynamism and momentum. Sure enough, the movie was out. Following many Taiwanese businessmen, they also used the catch-up, run, jump and big sale as a call, which became the promotional statement of Taiwanese advertising. Then they starred in the movie "Chase Run Jump Touch" and the famous song "SHA-LA-LA-LA-LA" crazy in Taiwan, and the album of the same name followed suit.
A song 'Sha-La-La-La-La'. It has been at the top of the list for several weeks. The Wenner Band officially established a certain status in the local music scene.
In the beginning, Wenna basically continued the style of the Loosers, covering English songs. Or there are also original English songs. Even the outfit is an imitation of Beatles or other European and American bands, with long hair and sunglasses. By 1976, the five big boys of the band Winner had become super idols chased by young people in Hong Kong. There are a lot of fans in Hong Kong.
Chen Yihua wanted to sign a contract with Wen at this time, and the price was not small, and even if he was rich, Liang Botao might not necessarily cooperate with Rolling Stone. Because the Wenner band is not short of collaborators.
During the three years from 73 to 76, the Wenner band soon became the idol of young people in Hong Kong, and its reputation in Hong Kong was not small, and the results were not bad, the company Wenna is now signing with is Li's TV station, and the record is infused in Polygram, but Polygram has always wanted to poach the Wenna band, not only Polygram, but even wireless is also very interested in the Wenna band, since Wenna's first film Café de Coral was a big hit, TVB began to pay attention to the Wenner band, during this time the contract between Wenner and Leigh's TV station is about to expire, Wireless sent people to constantly send people to lobby Liang Botao, hoping to poach from Li, so that Wen Na Band could join Wireless, and Liang Botao was also negotiating conditions with Wireless during this time.
Compared with wireless, Polygram, and Li's TV stations, Rolling Stone's fame is too small, and Chen Yihua wants to poach the Wen Na band, and the price he pays must be two or three times more than that of several other companies.
In fact, Chen Yihua knows a lot of singers who are not famous but very powerful, for Chen Yihua, these people are easier to deal with than the already famous Wenna band, and Chen Yihua only needs to pay a slight price to take them into his arms.
Chen Yihua did not consider the gains and losses, and he did not know the difficulty of signing Wen Na now, after careful consideration, Chen Yihua finally decided to take Wen Na Band as his first goal of signing.
There are several reasons for signing with the Wenna band, Rolling Stone Records was established, I really want to find a singer with good strength but no fame, just the time for the singer's debut will cost a lot, Chen Yihua is not short of money but lacks time. The Wenner band now has a certain reputation, and letting them join Rolling Stone Records will allow the newly established record company to quickly become famous in the industry.
Of course, in addition to the above, there are other reasons, although the Wenner band is now very famous, but it has not yet reached the peak, it still has a lot of room to rise, and signing the Wenner band is not as difficult as signing Xu Guanjie and Deng Lijun, the Wenna band has Alan Tam, a god-level figure, he is not worse than Deng Lijun and Xu Guanjie, Chen Yihua knows the gold-absorbing ability of this singer, and it takes a lot of money for him to invest in the Wenner band now, But Alan Tam alone makes his investment worthwhile, and the return on investment must not be less than 200%. (To be continued......)