Chapter 108: The sound source is hot, and the income is dismal
Driving to S.M Company alone, Li Junrong felt that although he was not a contracted artist of S.M, he was not much worse.
The security guard at the door still tried to straighten his waist, but the big beer belly ruined the original strong beauty, "Good morning, should you be on duty today, uncle?" β
"Lao Liu went to the hospital on vacation, I didn't do it for him! But you're here early today! The security uncle smiled and took the entry and exit card in Li Junrong's hand, and swiped it on the instrument before letting him go.
"Go to bed early and wake up early, you're in good health!" Li Junrong responded with a smile, "What's wrong with him?" "Lao Liu, the head of the security guard, is not too old, but his face looks a little old, so everyone is called 'Lao Liu, Lao Liu'.
Seeing that there was no one around, the security uncle whispered to Li Junrong and said, "I heard that he was kicked off the bed by his wife and injured his waist!" β
Li Junrong, who listened to the content of this gossip, was full of surprise, and he didn't dare to imagine the fierce Cheng dΓΉ of that old Liu's wife, "So powerful? β
"Of course, his wife is the daughter of a taekwondo old-timer!" The security guard replied with an oath on his face.
Hearing such a gossip early in the morning, Li Junrong seemed to be in a relaxed mood, after all, he went to receive money today, and he had never seen an employee make a face to the boss when he received his salary, although this is not the case, but it is not far from it.
Under the guidance of the cute girl at the door, Li Junrong finally found the copyright management department in the building, and the door greeted him was a man with glasses in his thirties, with a gentle attitude and not aggressive.
"You're Mr. Li Junrong, aren't you? Have a seat! The middle-aged man pointed to the chair in front of his desk and said, "I called you here today mainly about the sales of the music source of "LoveLoveLove". You know that, right? β
Li Junrong nodded, and the man with glasses took out a copy from the pile of Wen JiΓ n folders on the office desktop and handed it to Li Junrong. "This is the statistical table of the number of audio downloads and auditions in the past two weeks, you can take a look, I will explain some basic information!"
Li Junrong took it and looked at it carefully, although the numbers and words on it were more complicated, but in the face of these numbers, Li Junrong could still analyze some problems.
"The first 10 days of the sound source is 1.8 million downloads, and the number of online auditions on the whole network is more than 350 million, which is all the number in the recent period." The man with glasses asked as he lifted his glasses, which had slipped to the tip of his nose.
"Hmm!" Li Junrong answered, lowered his head and continued to look at the information in his hand.
"At present, the total income is expected to be about 100 million won (600,000 yuan), and the personal income is expected to be 14 million won (84,000 yuan). Do you have any questions about these? β
The middle-aged man's glasses didn't seem to fit well, and every once in a while he had to lift the glasses that had slipped down to the tip of his nose, which looked a little funny. However, Li Junrong's mind is not on him, what he cares about is where his money goes?
"You're saying that's all I'll get in the end?" Li Junrong felt a little unbelievable, this income was not as high as the cost of a song he sold, no matter who heard that nine out of ten of his income from music downloads went into the pockets of others, and no one could be happy.
"That's right!"
The middle-aged man carefully checked the information in his hand and replied, after his explanation, Li Junrong had a general understanding of the side of the music source download cheat in the music industry.
Compared with the sales of traditional physical album CDs, the sound source should be the least valuable.
Relying on South Korea's strict management of copyright. Piracy is rare in South Korea, and even if you order a song on KTV, you have to pay the singer and the lyricist. The cost of downloading a new song from the internet is 60 won.
Mobile phone mobile download music sources can be distributed to artists for 18 won at a time, about 0.1 yuan, and the monthly rent of melon, the largest music source website in South Korea, is 9,000 won to download 150 songs. Paid users download a song for 60 won. Singers and performers will receive 4.5% of it, which is 2.7 won. The player and singer each receive 1.35 won. If the singer is a group, the members are again allocated 1.35 won according to the number of people.
In the future, the national sister IU had 6 billion won in sales, but in the end, it was only 135 million won. For some larger combinations, the number will be redistributed. On a per capita basis, each person gets even less than that.
If you are a singer-songwriter, you will earn much more than other idol singers. The copyright income of the inconspicuous singer-songwriter in Korean variety shows is also a considerable income every year.
Singers and singers account for 4.5% of the downloads. Lyrics and composition account for 9%, which highlights the preciousness of Korean singer-songwriters, such as Yu Yongjin's predecessors in the composition industry, whose annual copyright income is also a considerable income.
The largest revenue from audio downloads is divided between the production companies, production companies, distributors and suppliers, with the audio source website being the largest party in the collection.
Hearing this, Li Junrong also had to sigh at the tragic division of interests in the music industry, while singers and artists are in an exploited position, and lyricists and composers generally have much better income than singers.
Thinking of this, Li Junrong also recalled what Yu Yongzhen said to him, in fact, he did not recommend Li Junrong to make his debut in his heart, if he calms down to learn lyrics and composition, then whether it is status or income, it is much better than debuting as a singer.
"Do you have any questions about this?" The middle-aged man pushed his glasses again and asked out loud Li Junrong shook his head this time he has already understood everything he should have understood although he still had some disbelief in his heart but the number in his hand was so informative.
Li Junrong really can't imagine how much the girls in the early stage of their debut will earn every year.
But soon Li Junrong also reacted, opening a company is not to open a charity, for its trainees also paid a lot of resources and initial investment, although the exploitation is a bit strict, but this is also a default rule of Korean entertainment companies, no one breaks it, and no one will take the lead in breaking it.
"If you're sure, you can sign your name in this place!" (To be continued......)