There is a saying that comes with a good mood and returns with a bad heart, or rather, there is no worst, only worse.

Although Masaki Sada recognized Cao Zhiqiang's music very much, and paid out of his own pocket, he happily made a demo, that is, Cao Zhiqiang's guitar playing and singing version of "As Long as You Are There".

It's a pity that due to Cao Zhiqiang's special identity, Japan's Polydor Records also refused to cooperate with Masashi Sada and did not want to launch a record with Cao Zhiqiang as a singer.

Like JVC Records, although Japan's Polydor Records very tactfully refused to release Cao Zhiqiang's personal record single, it also felt that the song was good and agreed to buy the copyright of the song, but the price was not high, and the highest bid was only 600,000 yen, which was higher than JVC.

These conditions, not to mention that Cao Zhiqiang can't agree, even Sada Masashi won't agree.

Because in Sada Masashi's view, Cao Zhiqiang's song "As long as you are there" definitely has the potential to be a big hit, and it is not cost-effective to sell the copyright for only 600,000 yen.

However, it cannot be said that there are no benefits.

The good thing is that Cao Zhiqiang realized the importance of music copyright in Japan.

In addition, Cao Zhiqiang is afraid that there is really someone who is particularly demonic, and after listening to his demo of "As Long as You Are There", he plagiarized that tune, even if it was just plagiarizing the melody, it would be very bad.

Therefore, just in case, after being rejected by Japan's Polydor Records, Cao Zhiqiang didn't want to try his luck at other record companies, but insisted on Masashi Sada, took him to the headquarters of the Japan Music Copyright Society immediately, and then registered the lyrics and music copyrights of a total of 100 Japanese songs in one go.

That's right, it's 100 Japanese songs, including "As Long as You're There", "TSUNAMI", "The Three Maruko Brothers" and other top-selling singles on the Japanese public trust chart, and all of them are songs that only existed after 1984.

These songs, he was in the order of ranking, and after putting aside the date, he copied all the words and songs, and did not even change a note and a word, so it was pure plagiarism, not even a manuscript.

The Japan Music Copyright Society is a remarkable organization, although it is not a government department, but it is indeed a non-governmental association organization that specializes in copyright, and for various reasons, the power is still very small.

Japan, on the other hand, was a country that paid great attention to copyright awareness, especially in the 80s.

For example, in the singing industry, generally speaking, singers will be more famous, but what is really respected is actually the creator of the song, especially the creator of the score and lyrics, who is more respected and has a good income.

Since Japan attaches great importance to copyright from the beginning, as long as you create a song and have the original copyright of the song, such as the copyright of the score and the copyright of the lyrics, then you can first register with the Japan Music Copyright Society, and then you can sign a contract or perform boldly.

As long as your original song has been registered with the Japan Music Copyright Society, then in the future, whether the song sells records, appears on TV, or goes on radio, or karaoke, you will have to pay the copyright fee to the original creator of the song.

As for the collection of money, there is no need for the original creator to make any effort on his own, and it is completely collected by the Japan Music Copyright Society on a proportional basis.

Of course, the Japan Music Copyright Society does not help for free, they help you maintain the copyright, and they all charge money.

For example, when you grade a work, you have to charge a registration fee, which is not much, very little.

The key is that all subsequent performances of the work, as long as there are commercial activities, must be paid to the Japan Music Copyright Society in proportion.

Theoretically, after you create a song, you can not register with the Japan Music Copyright Society, as long as you can prove that the song was original to you, you can also hire a lawyer to protect your copyright.

However, finding a lawyer to protect the copyright by yourself is particularly troublesome, and it is far less convenient than that of the Japan Music Copyright Society.

Especially for foreigners like Cao Zhiqiang, the most suitable person to help protect their rights is indeed the Japan Music Copyright Society, after all, this association does not only stipulate that Japanese, but also foreigners' songs can be registered.

In other words, Cao Zhiqiang only needs to register his Japanese songs here, so he doesn't have to worry about companies copying his songs in the future.

Once there is plagiarism, he doesn't have to hire a lawyer himself, he can entrust the legal team of the Japan Music Copyright Society to sue the unit that plagiarized his songs to death.

However, Cao Zhiqiang's sudden move startled Sada Masashi.

It was not that I was frightened by Cao Zhiqiang's copyright awareness, but by Cao Zhiqiang's feat of being able to write 100 original Japanese songs at once.

You know, singing and writing songs are two different things.

As a singer, you may sing a lot of songs in one sitting, but if you want to write songs, it is definitely even more difficult.

Cao Zhiqiang is good, he wrote a hundred songs in one go, and they all seem to be finely crafted, not the kind of saliva songs that are scribbled at will.

It's scary.

Fortunately, although Cao Zhiqiang is still unknown in Japan, when he was in China, he was already a famous poet and a famous singer, and his reputation as a talented man had already spread.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang can suddenly explode a hundred Japanese songs in Japan, although it is scary, it is scary, but it is not incomprehensible.

Anyway, according to Cao Zhiqiang, these songs were all imagined by him after various substitutions when he was teaching himself Japanese before.

In this regard, Masashi Sada also accepted this explanation.

You can't accept it.

Regardless, with this feat, Masashi Sada's ambition ignited again.

Because in his opinion, just these 100 songs, picking out a few songs at random, have the potential to be a big hit.

Isn't it, ninety percent of these Japanese songs registered by Cao Zhiqiang are songs that only appeared after the nineties, and they are the top 100 songs on the total list of songs on the Japanese public trust list, not to mention anything else, at least in terms of popularity, it has long been proven by the majority of Japanese people.

Even if it appears a little earlier now, but good things are good things, especially things like songs, good sounds are good sounds, and they can't really be buried.

If you don't know the song, it's fine, but Sada Masashi knows the song, even if he takes out a song, as long as he hums a few melodies, he can immediately know whether the song is good or bad.

In other words, Masashi Sada does not dare to guarantee whether a song will be a big hit after it is released, but he can guarantee whether the song is a good song.

And the songs written by Cao Zhiqiang, although Masaki Sada has not finished reading them all, but they are just a few songs he picked out casually, which is enough to shock him.

Because it's all good songs, all good songs, and none of them sound bad.

"How did you do that?" Masashi Sada put down a piece of paper full of lyrics from the sheet music, "How do you make all the songs so good?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang shrugged: "No, it's what I said, when I learn Japanese, I unconsciously want to create my own creation, and I think about it, and I think about it, and I think so much." ”

"Awesome!" Masaki Sada, shook his head, "The more I get in touch with you, the more I find that you are unfathomable, you are really a great treasure, I believe that those who look down on you will definitely regret it in the future!" ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly and took a sip of tea: "Maybe." ”

At this moment, a middle-aged and elderly man in a suit and glasses suddenly walked quickly, and said as he walked: "Excuse me, which one is Mr. Cao Zhiqiang?" ”

"I am." Cao Zhiqiang hurriedly got up from his chair, "Is there anything wrong?" ”

The middle-aged man in a suit looked at Cao Zhiqiang, and was about to speak, when Sada Masashi next to him suddenly said in surprise: "Endo-senpai, it's you?" ”

"Huh?" The man in the suit who was called Minoru Endo was stunned, turned his head to look at Masashi Sada, and quickly recognized the other party, "Oh, you know me?" By the way, you look familiar, I seem to know you, it seems to be called Sada, Sada......"

"Masashi Sada!" Sada Masashi hurriedly said excitedly.

"Yes, Masashi Sada! Hahaha! Minoru Endo laughed, "I remember, you sang the "Kanhaku Declaration", right?" ”

"Hey!" Masashi Sada, nodded embarrassedly, "That's exactly my clumsiness, I'm really embarrassed to say it in front of my seniors." ”

"No, no, no, that song is good." Minoru Endo smiled, "I like it too." ”

Speaking of this, Minoru Endo suddenly said, "But you wait first, I'll finish the business first." ”

After speaking, Endo Minoru looked at Cao Zhiqiang: "You are Mr. Cao Zhiqiang?" The guy who just registered a hundred songs with us? ”

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Well, yes." ”

Minoru Endo nodded: "Ah, let me introduce myself first, I'm Minoru Endo, and I'm a director of the Music Copyright Society." ”

"Ah, hello, Mr. Director." Cao Zhiqiang nodded slightly again.

Minoru Endo frowned slightly, and then said with a smile: "Your name is very strange, your name is also very strange, and your words and deeds are not the same, you are not Japanese, right?" ”

"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, "I'm from the mainland. ”

"Oh, that's right." Minoru Endo nodded.

Immediately afterwards, Minoru Endo looked at Masashi Sada next to him: "You, are you together?" ”

"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang said, "Mr. Sata is my good friend, and he accompanied me to register the copyright this time, otherwise, I may not even know where your association is, and I don't even know that I have to come here to register the copyright in advance." ”

Minoru Endo smiled: "I see, that's reasonable." ”

After a pause, Minoru Endo put away his smile, looked at Cao Zhiqiang very seriously and said, "Cao Sang, it's okay for me to call you that, right?" ”

"Yes, of course." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

Minoru Endo nodded and continued to ask seriously: "I want to ask, the copyright registrant of the previous hundred original new songs is one, is that you?" ”

"Yes!" Cao Zhiqiang replied.

"You wrote it all yourself? Are you original? Minoru Endo asked.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "At least in this world, yes." ”

"Endo-senpai!" Masashi Sada couldn't help but say, "I can prove that these songs are his own originals, he is a genius in this area, and not only can he write songs, but he also sings very well."

By the way, although he is not well-known in Japan, he is now a very famous singer in their mainland.

As far as I know, more than two months ago, he launched a Mandarin Chinese song album in the mainland, and by now, it seems that the sales have exceeded four million copies, right, Cao Sang? ”

In the final questioning, Masashi Sada obviously asked Cao Zhiqiang.

"Four million? More than two months ago, less than three months? Minoru Endo was stunned, then looked at Masashi Sada, "Really?" ”

"Of course it's true." Sada Masashi said, "I'm definitely not lying, if you don't believe it, you can check it at any time."

By the way, Cao Sang himself is also the president of a record company in the mainland.

His first album released in mainland China was produced and released by his own record company, and they are very strict about this kind of data management, so the sales data should not be wrong. ”

"What?" Minoru Endo looked at Cao Zhiqiang again, "You are still the president of a record company?" How can it be? ”

"Why can't it be?" Cao Zhiqiang smiled.

Minoru Endo frowned and said: "I also know a little bit about the situation in the mainland, it seems that their companies are all state-owned, and private individuals cannot set up club companies.

Then, the president of their club must be appointed by the government, and it is generally based on seniority, and it is impossible for a young man to be the president of a record company.

You look very young, probably not even thirty years old, how can you become the president of a state-owned club? ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "Oh, you said this, this matter is a little complicated, but you also know that our country is currently undergoing reform and opening up, and many situations are seeking innovation and change, so it is not impossible to appoint a young man as the president."

Of course, if you are interested, I can tell you more about my specific situation.

To tell you the truth, I am not only the president of a state-owned record company, but also the president of a state-owned film company and the president of a state-owned publishing house.

By the way, I'm also a shareholder in a state-owned department store, well, in your case, like you. ”

Endo Minoru was stunned, then frowned: "You, you're not joking with me, are you?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang shrugged: "You are the director of this association, and looking at Sata-kun's respectful appearance towards you, I am afraid that you are a respected senior here."

How dare I joke in front of someone like you?

Actually, when I came to Japan this time, I originally got a public passport, and it was a business visa.

As for the purpose of my visit to Japan, I was originally here to discuss music cooperation, and the invitation party for the cooperation was Sada Project of Masashikun Sada.

Oh yes, if you still don't believe me, this is my passport, and it has my unit and position on it, you can take a look. ”

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang reached into his arms and took out his ordinary passport for official business.

The ordinary personal passport will not show your unit and position, but the ordinary passport for official purposes during this period will specify the specific unit and position of the passport person in detail.

When Cao Zhiqiang applied for a passport at that time, the applicant of the unit was Huaxia Audio-visual Company, and his position was general manager, which was clearly written.

This kind of passport is not deceiving, just look at the position on it, you can show your identity.

Moreover, the gold content of this kind of official passport is much higher than that of private ordinary passports.

Because this does not represent an individual, it is an entire unit, and it is an official business trip.

Therefore, as long as you take out your passport, the other party can immediately prove his identity when he sees the unit and position on his passport.