Volume 1 Chapter 201 New Asia Records
Because of his handsome appearance and versatility, Chen Baiqiang has a large number of fans in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, including some young female star chasers.
A few years ago, when Chen Baiqiang was the most popular, one of his fans committed suicide in anger because of the scandal with Weng Jingjing. Chen Baiqiang himself is innocent in this matter, he and Weng Jingjing did have a relationship, but when it was rumored that the young female fan committed suicide, Weng Jingjing was about to get married, and the two had broken up for a long time. But just because of the excessive pastime of some unscrupulous media, the scandal between them is constantly hyped, and the dinner between friends becomes an open room for the night, and occasionally meeting and saying hello at an event becomes an eyebrow flirtation. It is precisely because of these unscrupulous media that a fresh life is gone.
The media is this temperament, dozens of mistakes have been made, they are also dead ducks, and they don't admit it, and they also put all the blame on Chen Baiqiang, and in the past few years, they have been smearing and hype. Lin Xiaozhi was also surprised when he heard about this, in his opinion, it was simple to solve this matter, but he didn't know how fragile Chen Baiqiang's psychological quality was, so that he could ride on the head of a group of media people.
What kind of goods is the media, in the words of a real estate tycoon in later generations, it is a dog, throwing bones when it should be used, and it must be pumped hard when it should be smoked. Although it is vulgar, the media is this urine, and those who want to eat the bowl of rice in the entertainment industry in the future are already very good at how to deal with the media. When you need to hype, the scandal can be exploded for free without money, but once the media exceeds the head, it is time to send a lawyer's letter to warn you must not be soft.
Lin Xiaozhi was able to earn money in just one year that other film companies couldn't make in a few years, and it is also a very important reason to be good at controlling public opinion and taking the media for his own use. He just told Chen Jiaying that the media is New Asia's toy, although it is exaggerated, but it also has some truth.
"I don't know if Miss Chen is still satisfied with these three points?"
Putting down the coffee cup, Lin Xiaozhi narrowed his eyes with a smile.
With the trump card in hand, Lin Xiaozhi is very confident and renews Chen Baiqiang's contract.
HR Huaxing Records can still occupy the largest market share of Hong Kong records, but it is too short-sighted and only focuses on the signed artists of its own TV station, and is stingy and unwilling to pay for a big contract for a well-known singer. let go of Zhang Guorong back then, and arrogantly missed Liu Dehua and Zhang Xueyou in the first two years, and this year he contacted Chen Baiqiang to give the contract, which is even worse than the contract issued by Disheng Records a few years ago. Unless Chen Baiqiang is stupid, he will not choose to sign with Huaxing Records.
Lin Xiaozhi has already inquired, and among the record companies that are now in contact with Chen Baiqiang, Baidai, Polygram and Warner are the most attentive, but only Polygram and Warner Records can really threaten Xinya to renew Chen Baiqiang's contract. Baidai was the first to be excluded by Lin Xiaozhi, this record company that has not developed smoothly in the world in recent years, it is an indisputable fact that its profitability and market share are declining, and the conditions for signing Chen Baiqiang are not even better than Xinya, and its market share in Hong Kong is not high, even if it is a world-level record giant, it is not in the eyes of Lin Xiaozhi.
Dealing with Polygram and Warner, Lin Xiaozhi is as confident as this, compared with these two record giants, New Asia has shortcomings and advantages that they can't match.
It's no secret that New Asia contacted Xinyicheng to acquire Xinyibao Records, and Polygram Records was also in a hurry, and now anyone who pays a little attention to the record industry should have heard the rumors. Don't look at Polygram Records is a world-class record giant, but after coming to Hong Kong, it is a dragon that has to be coiled, not to mention that it is the Hong Kong film giant New Arts City that cooperates with it. When it co-built New Yibao Records with New Arts City, Polygram had just entered Hong Kong, not only did it have no market share, but there were few powerful singers who signed contracts under its name. Therefore, when cooperating with New Arts City at that time, New Art City, which has a number of influential and popular artists in Hong Kong, will also have management rights and personnel appointments.
Now that Xinyicheng wants to sell Xinyibao records, Polygram's Hong Kong branch, which does not have the management rights of Xinyibao, has begun to realize the shortcomings of being controlled by others while trying to change its mind in Mecca, and is now actively striving to sign Chen Baiqiang to make up for Polygram's lack of heavyweight artists in Hong Kong and Taiwan. However, although the other party is a world-class record giant, the conditions that he is willing to offer Chen Baiqiang are not much different from those of New Asia. Although Warner Records' local market share is much higher than that of Polygram, the conditions for Chen Baiqiang are slightly higher than those of New Asia. But as a local film giant, New Asia has an advantage that Polygram Records does not have, and that is film.
The income of singers in Hong Kong is not high in the entertainment industry, although Chen Baiqiang is the king of the music industry, but the main income is only 'concerts, record dividends, advertising endorsements, three kinds, among which advertising endorsements He has to face the competition of many movie superstars in Hong Kong who are still above him, and he is not as good as a first-line star in the TV industry by attending events.
In Hong Kong and Taiwan, it's no secret that movie stars make the most money.
The first-line celebrities in the TV industry are busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year every year, and it is a minority to earn two or three million. Several Hong Kong music kings have more than a dozen concerts a year, and they may not be able to earn this number when they release new albums, but in the film industry, they can earn more than two or three million a year more than the Hong Kong TV industry and all the music industry combined. It is impossible for Chen Baiqiang not to know this, otherwise he would not have taken over the filming of "Night Train", "Applause", "Unemployed Students", "Merry Christmas", "Autumn Fairy Tale", "Eight Joys" and many other movies, including "Autumn Fairy Tale" and "Eight Joys", but unfortunately he has never won a starring position, and as a result, his salary has not exceeded two or three hundred thousand, and the standard third-tier treatment in the film industry.
Chen Jiaying's eyes shrank, and the meaning of Lin Xiaozhi's words was already very clear, Chen Baiqiang needed New Asia to give, including the deliberate media violence of those unscrupulous media that made him the most painful.
The two sat and chatted for more than half an hour, most of which were Lin Xiaozhi talking, and Chen Baiqiang's agent Chen Jiaying was listening. Such people are the most difficult to deal with, Lin Xiaozhi hinted a few times and still didn't get an answer, he glanced at the time on his watch, he groaned slightly, and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Chen." I'm going to take care of a takeover this afternoon, and I think it's time for me to leave. The day after tomorrow, we will hold a press conference to hope that we have the opportunity to cooperate."
The implication is clear.
After saying goodbye to her, Lin Xiaozhi picked up his mobile phone and walked straight out of the café. Chen Jiaying, who had been sitting there for a long time without moving, waved his hand to convene the waiter, "Waiter, pay the bill"
"Miss, that gentleman has already paid for it"
Chen Jiaying was stunned for a moment, nodded slightly and stood up. She didn't have a bad impression of Lin Xiaozhi, the new owner now, and she was a little curious before, how could he do such a rude thing as letting the invited lady settle the bill, it turned out that people had already paid the bill before.
This wealthy rebel seems to be quite a good person
Putting away her things, she left her seat and walked to a corner of the café, where a young man wearing a coffee-colored thread hat and a big black toad mirror on his face was looking down at a newspaper on the table, it was Chen Baiqiang, the king of music.
"Danny, it's been a long wait."
"Sister Ying, how do you feel?"
Chen Baiqiang heard the footsteps and stood next to him, looked up and found that the person who came was his agent Chen Jiaying, and immediately relaxed, and beckoned her to sit down while asking her.
Chen Jiaying sat down opposite him and said with a smile, "People feel pretty good, I'm quite interested in him." It is not an exaggeration to call him a wealthy rebel in the media, he is indeed very confident and capable. Although some of the words can feel very arrogant, but overall I think he is much more reliable than Pan Disheng. ”
Thinking of Lin Xiaozhi's oath and self-confidence, the smile on her face became a little thicker, and she saw Danny as having to sign a contract with Xinya? The result is not yet decided
Throwing away some distractions in her head, she told him all the things Lin Xiaozhi had said in detail, and then looked at him and spread her hands: "The conditions offered by Xinya are good, although the signing fee for contacting us directly is lower than that of Warner Records, but that wealthy rebel promises that he will arrange a few movies for you to support you." When we talked just now, he kept talking about sub-records, not the 'Disheng Records,' which you are in now. It's uncertain whether or not New Yibao Records will be acquired, but one thing is for sure, your new owner doesn't seem to be content with just the small hits of Risen Records. ”
For a moment, she remembered the acquisition case and the press conference the day after tomorrow mentioned when Lin Xiaozhi left, she opened her mouth, but finally swallowed it back, and she wouldn't say nonsense if she didn't know what was certain: "It's a pity, I still can't be sure whether New Asia has acquired New Yibao Records?" ”
"No need to confirm, Sister Ying"
Chen Baiqiang already has his own opinion, "I have had enough of the harassment of those unscrupulous media, they have ruined my music and life. If New Asia can really get me out of this bad life, I'll renew my contract with them......"
Chen Jiaying opened her mouth, she was not unaware of the media's soft violence against Chen Baiqiang, and she had used some means to fight back against some media that reported more disqualified. But she has only one person, just a singer's little agent. Even if she has a good network and background in H, after all, she is still fighting alone, not to mention the many media that have participated in false reports on Chen Baiqiang, even a few of the most rampant third-rate tabloids, she can only provide some limited deterrence.
Chen Baiqiang has suffered a lot from the media, so he hates the media's smearing and false reports on him, and Chen Jiaying also knows what he says, so as soon as he opened his mouth, she fell silent.
"Wait a little longer......"
After a while, she took Chen Baiqiang's hand and comforted her in a low voice: "Everyone will say that the last time Di Sheng Records was there, you had already suffered a loss." This time, if Lin Xiaozhi fails to acquire Xinyibao, relying only on the empty shelves of Disheng Records, I am afraid that their record company will not be able to make a difference in a short period of time. Wait a minute, didn't that Lin Xiaozhi say, let's pay attention to the press conference the day after tomorrow, let's wait for two more days to see what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd. ”
"Hmmm......"
There was silence for a moment......
Recently, with the help of "ATV's former president Zhou Liang Shuyi," some mistakes behind the scenes, Lin Jianming, who resigned in shame and anger, got the position of CEO of ATV from his father Lin Baixin, although Lin Xiaozhi was very suspicious that he, a person who had never communicated to the TV station, could manage the second largest TV company in Hong Kong, but Lin Jianming's entry into ATV was a great thing for him, and Lin Xiaozhi immediately changed his previous plan to press the 'press conference, The practice of arranging it at the Regal Kowloon Hotel was changed to the ATV building. Lin Jianming was reluctant at first, but after getting Lin Xiaozhi's assurance to move out of the ATV building by mid-October, he still agreed.
On September 19th, the signing meeting between New Asia Film Productions and ODN was held in an ATV conference room in the ATV building, which will be the last time New Asia will attend an event in ATV's office building.
Ye Weixin's "Friend" will be released around the end of the month, and New Asia has not yet carried out a large publicity for it, Lin Xiaozhi cannot let go of such a good publicity opportunity, like the last press conference, more than half of the media in Hong Kong have received their invitations. Since it is ATV's home stadium, Lin Jianming naturally took all the interview and broadcast rights to ATV himself, and blocked the opponent H in the ATV building
Now Xinya is faintly one of the center of the topic in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, the sensation brought by the hot press conference a month ago has not yet dissipated, and it has been frequently reported that Lin Xiaozhi spent a lot of money to acquire Disheng Records, and then contacted Huaxing and Xinyibao Records, especially the latter company, which has made Xinya a frequent guest of the recent media entertainment edition.
Therefore, all the media who received the invitation came. Even because the movement was too big, some of the second and third media who did not receive the invitation also sent their own reporters to the ATV building.
Naturally, the results did not disappoint them
"Dear friends from the media, thank you for taking the time to attend today's press conference of New Asia. The first thing is that the film "Friends" directed and filmed by Mr. Ye Weixin, the contracted director of New Asia, not only won the unanimous recommendation of the jury at the Venice Film Festival a month ago, but also successfully signed a distribution agreement with the European distribution giant ODN, which will buy out the European and American distribution rights of "Friends" at a price of 1.65 million pounds."
Today's Lin Xiaozhi wears a flat mirror to protect his eyes, and he looks a little more Sven temperament. Most of the year has passed and is coming to an end. Lin Xiaozhi, who realized that the company no longer had a plan for shooting a new film, began to contact the new script, but did not do it himself, and began to get busy. In recent days, he has been sitting in front of the computer to write a new script, and in order to prevent his eyes from becoming short-sighted, he has to wear this flat mirror given to him by Fauber to protect his eyes, but he is a little used to having something hanging on the bridge of his nose.
1.65 million pounds, which is different from the yen, South Korean won, and Taiwan dollar, as the legal tender of the empire on which the sun never sets, even though Britain has been in decline for many years, it cannot hide its strength and wealth, and Britain is still one of the most powerful and wealthy countries in the world. Moreover, as the United Kingdom is the temporary 'suzerain' of Hong Kong, the exchange rate of the British pound against the Hong Kong dollar is clear to most people in Hong Kong. Follow the latest L GBP. Calculated at 17 Hong Kong dollars, a film that has not yet been released in Hong Kong has sold for more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars in Europe and the United States alone, and it has become a sensation in the audience for a while. One by one, the reporters thought they had misheard, and hurriedly crowded around him to ask questions.
"Lin Sheng, are you saying that New Asia Company sold the right to issue foreign cities for more than 1.6 million pounds?"
"Lin Sheng, may I ask if there are European media reports that not long ago, you traveled to Venice with Miss Li Jiaxin, the champion of Miss Hong Kong last year, can you ask what your relationship is?"
"Lin Dong, at the end of last month, you acquired Tesson Records in your personal name, does this mean that New Asia will enter the music world?
"Lin Sheng, it is reported that New Asia is now in contact with New Art City, seeking to acquire New Art Treasure Records. May I ask if this is true or not
There was a brief chaos in the venue, Lin Xiaozhi shouted repeatedly, and finally suppressed the chaos, "Everyone...... Ladies and gentlemen, please listen to me quietly, you heard me right, here are Mr. Noble and his party from the European distribution giant ODN, Mr. Noble is the purchasing manager of ODN, and this time he came to Hong Kong to sign a contract with our New Asia Film Company to buy out the distribution rights of Mr. Yip Wai Shun's new film "Friend". Just now, some media friends were curious to mention that I had acquired Disheng Records at the end of last month, and recently there were rumors that New Asia was in contact with New Arts City Film Company, which is the second thing we are going to announce to you at today's press conference......"
A young face was full of confident smiles, and in the face of hundreds of eager eyes, he paused slightly before continuing: "I officially announce today that New Asia Records, which is wholly owned by me, has just reached an acquisition agreement with New Arts City Company, and New Asia Records will take over all the shares of New Art Treasure Records held by New Arts City Company."
As soon as the word came out, it was a sensation in all directions.
The month-long record label takeover has finally come to an end, and Lim has added another piece of money to his empire.