After some bargaining, Warner Pioneer's president Yamamoto Tokugen finally accepted Cao Zhiqiang's conditions.

To put it simply, the copyright of the song belongs to Cao Zhiqiang, and the remuneration is planned by Zuoda according to 10% of the release price, and there is no need for Cao Zhiqiang to become the exclusive signed artist of Warner Pioneer, Cao Zhiqiang does not only write and sing songs of Warner Pioneer, and the relationship between the two parties is not a buyout, but an equal partnership.

It's just that Warner Vanguard has the right of first negotiation for each song of Cao Zhiqiang, and the cooperation between the two parties cannot be announced to the public.

That is to say, Cao Zhiqiang and Warner Pioneer are an equal cooperative relationship, but this partnership is internal, only a few people know about it, and it cannot be announced to the public, which can be regarded as a protection for both parties, especially for Warner Pioneer.

After signing this contract, because it was relatively late, I agreed to let Cao Zhiqiang and Sada Masashi come over early tomorrow morning to officially audition, and officially use the recording studio here to record the record of "As Long as You Are There".

"Cao Sang, thank you so much, thank you so much!"

After leaving the Warner Pioneer headquarters, Masashi Sada thanked Cao Zhiqiang and sighed.

"I really didn't expect that in that situation, you would still think about me, I thought you would really kick me out and sign a contract with President Yamamoto alone."

"How so." Cao Zhiqiang smiled at Masashi Sada.

"Yazhijun, we are friends, and you brought me to Japan, how could I give up friendship just for money?

Money is valuable, but friendship is even more valuable.

Please, don't think of me too vulgarly! ”

"Hahaha, that's right!" Sada Masashi nodded happily, "Cao Sang, you're right, there's no need for me to be too excited, because we are friends!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Masashi Satta said, "Ah, I'm very happy today, I have to celebrate!"

By the way, how about I invite you to eat charcoal-grilled Wagyu beef! It's a great dish!

When the time comes, we will eat barbecue and drink sake together, you will definitely like it! ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled faintly: "Forget it, I'm tired, just go back and eat as much as you want, and then rest early, and come to work tomorrow." ”

"Alas!" Sada Masashi sighed again, "Cao San, I know you are for my good and want to save me money, thank you." ”

Cao Zhiqiang looked at Masashi Sada and thought, no, you think too much, I'm purely really tired, not to save you money.

In addition, Cao Zhiqiang chose to continue to pull Masashi Sadda to work together, also just in case.

After all, the current ice between China and Japan has just been broken, and many details such as laws and regulations have not yet been communicated in detail, and if there is no reliable local help, Cao Zhiqiang's risk is too great.

Again, no one likes mercenary people, and his focus on faith and righteousness can not only win the favor of Masashi Sada, but also make Yamamoto Tokugen look down on him.

After all, the fundamental reason why Yamamoto Deyuan can speak so well is that he wants to take advantage of Cao Zhiqiang's relationship to take the opportunity to enter the Chinese market, not just to take a fancy to Cao Zhiqiang's Japanese songs.

Of course, Cao Zhiqiang is also happy to see this happen, because it is also a benefit to Cao Zhiqiang, after all, once the cooperation is really reached, this can be regarded as foreign investment.

Not to mention, Yamamoto Deyuan also plans to match Cao Zhiqiang with Pioneer Company to negotiate the introduction of tape production lines.

If we can really negotiate with Pioneer Company to introduce a tape production line, then we will make a lot of money this time.

In short, under Cao Zhiqiang's repeated insistence, Sada Masashi stopped eating and drinking, but took a taxi and went home together.

Of course, it was to send Cao Zhiqiang home first, and then go back to his own home.

After all, Cao Zhiqiang now lives alone with his two assistants, and no longer lives with Masashi Sada.

After Cao Zhiqiang returned to his residence, sure enough, he saw that Anping and Xu Chun were both at home, and they both bought vegetables and came back.

According to Xu Chun, the price here is too expensive, especially in the restaurant, so it is more cost-effective to buy the ingredients and make them yourself.

In addition, Japanese food is too light in taste and mainly stewed, so they are a little unaccustomed to it, and they still like stir-fried dishes.

Cao Zhiqiang didn't care about this, he paid for the vegetables anyway, and Xu Chun was said to have learned cooking, so they tossed it around.

Not to mention, although snow frying pans are generally used in Japan, and there are no large Chinese iron pots, because of the gas, it is barely okay to stir-fry.

Xu Chun cooked by himself, making a tomato scrambled egg, an onion fried meat, a sour and hot shredded potato, and a seaweed shredded pork soup, plus a pot of rice, and a little radish pickles, the meal was really good, quite hearty.

Anyway, in Cao Zhiqiang's opinion, this meal was much better than what he had eaten at Sada Masashi's house before.

It's not that Cao Zhiqiang and others look down on Japanese food, it's just that they are used to eating Chinese food.

During the meal, the three of them also talked about returning to China to send materials, as well as Cao Zhiqiang's itinerary today.

Cao Zhiqiang did not hide it, so he signed a contract of equal cooperation with the president of Warner Pioneer, talked about the intention of mutual cooperation between Chinese and Japanese artists, and also intended to use President Yamamoto to talk about tape production lines with Pioneer Company.

Hearing that Cao Zhiqiang had done so many things in just one day, Xu Chun and An Ping were very surprised.

"President." An Ping frowned, put down the porcelain bowl and said in a low voice, "The things have arrived, and I will return to China the day after tomorrow. ”

Cao Zhiqiang chewed two mouthfuls of rice, and after swallowing the rice, he put down his chopsticks and said slowly: "No, it will be safer if I do this."

Don't forget, we came to Japan this time under the guise of a business trip, and if we didn't have any tangible results or anything intentional, it would be abnormal. ”

"Makes sense." Xu Chun nodded, "I think this is very good, on the surface, we have done the right thing, but it can cover our true purpose, which is very good." ”

An Ping thought for a while: "Then President Cao, otherwise, I will bring things back, and you will continue to stay here?" What if that mysterious person comes to you again? ”

"Of course not." Cao Zhiqiang said indifferently, "You are the only one to go back, the goal is too big, after all, you are one of my secretaries and translators."

It only makes sense if we go back together.

Okay, that's it, don't say more.

I'm going to Warner tomorrow to record, what are you supposed to do, don't stay in your room all day, just like a real tourist, go out and do more, buy more things, you know? ”

"Understood!" An Ping nodded, "We know what to do." ”

"Yes." Xu Chun also smiled, "You don't have to worry about us, we are measured." ”

"That's good." Cao Zhiqiang nodded and picked up chopsticks to eat again.

Early the next morning, Cao Zhiqiang was having breakfast, and Masashi Sada came to visit with a smile, obviously going to Warner Pioneer with Cao Zhiqiang.

Cao Zhiqiang didn't say much about this, and after continuing to eat the breakfast made by Xu Chun slowly, he took the bus with Masashi Satta and went to the headquarters of Warner Pioneer.

In fact, when I signed a contract with Warner Pioneer yesterday, I said in advance that Masashi Sada would also participate in the production of this record.

In other words, in terms of arrangement, Masashi Sada's involvement is not just to be Cao Zhiqiang's agent.

After all, although Masashi Sada's voice is broken, his arranging ability has not been lost, and everyone is relieved to have him personally involved.

Then, in terms of formal record recording, there were no twists and turns.

After all, last night, Cao Zhiqiang and Masashi Sada's discussion on specific arrangement issues, such as which instruments need to be used, how to mix sounds, etc., and what the style is, have already been discussed.

With the participation of a professional such as Masashi Sada, plus the assistance of other professionals, and of course, the most professional recording studio, Cao Zhiqiang only needs to sing in the recording studio, and he does not need to be distracted to play the guitar.

Not to mention, this feeling of concentrating on singing is different from playing and singing by yourself with a guitar, and you can sing more attentively and affectionately.

Especially Cao Zhiqiang's penetrating voice, once you sing with your heart, you can immediately feel that kind of active and bright mood, which is full of infectiousness.

Also, because of Cao Zhiqiang's talent, he only sang it three times, and it was all OK, which is considered to be over.

With Cao Zhiqiang's voice, the next step is the mixing, and Cao Zhiqiang doesn't need to worry about this aspect.

However, when Cao Zhiqiang finished singing and walked out of the recording studio, he found that there was one more person outside.

This person Cao Zhiqiang is very familiar with, and it turned out to be Akina Nakamori.

"Miss Nakamori? What are you doing here? Cao Zhiqiang was surprised.

Before Akina Nakamori could speak, a middle-aged man in a white shirt next to him said with a smile: "I asked her to come." ”

Cao Zhiqiang looked at the man in the white shirt.

The man in the white shirt is Nobuo Tomioka, the head of the publicity department of Warner Pioneer, and he is also the specific person in charge of his record production and publicity matters.

In other words, the project "As Long as You Are There" was specifically handled by Nobuo Tomioka, so of course Cao Zhiqiang knew it.

After discovering that Cao Zhiqiang was looking at him, Nobuo Tomioka smiled slightly:

"That's right, this song of yours, I think the quality is very good, but it's a shame if it's just made into a record.

So, I decided to make another set of short films and make a set of MTV.

In this way, it can be used not only on TV, but also for LD CDs, video tapes, and karaoke. ”

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "This is very good, but what does this have to do with Miss Nakamori?" ”

Nobuo Tomioka smiled: "That's it, Cao San, this set of short films on MTV, we want to make a love story, and then let you be the male protagonist and Miss Nakamori be the heroine, I say so, can you understand?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang suddenly said: "Oh, so that's the case." ”

"Hey." Akina Nakamori smiled and nodded lightly to Cao Zhiqiang, "In the future, we will be a cooperative relationship, please take care of me." ”

Cao Zhiqiang looked at Akina Nakamori, and suddenly again: "Ah, are you Warner's artist?" ”

"Hey!" Akina Nakamori smiled and nodded.

"Isn't it?" Or Masashi Sada, "Cao San, you won't know that Miss Nakamori is from Warner, right?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang blinked: "This ...... I really didn't know before. ”

Well, he really didn't know it before, but now he knows.

After all, he was not a fan of Akina Nakamori in his previous life, but he had heard a few songs she sang, watched several of her MTVs and TV series starring her, but if you want to say which company she is an artist, who cares about that.

Seeming to see Cao Zhiqiang's embarrassment, Nobuo Tomioka laughed and said: "Cao Sang is a foreigner, it's good to know Mingcai's name, I don't know which specific company she signed a contract with, it's normal."

It's like Michael Jackson, who is very popular in the United States, if you go to the street and ask a Japanese person casually, see how many of them know which company Michael Jackson signed with, and I'm afraid few of them know. ”

"Makes sense." Masashi Sada, smiled.

Immediately afterwards, Sada Masashi smiled and said to Cao Zhiqiang: "Cao Sang, next, there is nothing for you here, why don't you go out for a walk with Miss Nakamori first, chat, and deepen your understanding, which will also be conducive to your next cooperation, how about it?" ”

As soon as Masashi Sada's words fell, Nobuo Tomioka nodded with a smile: "Yes, yes, the shooting starts in the afternoon, don't worry, you can go outside to chat first, take a walk, and get more familiar with each other, so that the afternoon shooting can be smoother." ”

Immediately afterwards, Nobuo Tomioka said to Akina Nakamori: "Akina, we still have something to do, Cao Sang has just arrived, so you will receive him, is it okay?" ”

Akina Nakamori smiled and nodded to Nobuo Tomioka: "Okay, no problem!" ”

After speaking, Akina Nakamori said to Cao Zhiqiang: "Cao Zhiqiangjun, please come with me, I'll take you for a walk around the club and visit everywhere, okay?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Of course you can." ”

After saying that, Cao Zhiqiang said goodbye to Masashi Sada, Nobuo Tomioka and several other mixers respectively, and then left the studio with Akina Nakamori.

After that, Akina Nakamori really took Cao Zhiqiang everywhere to see and explain everywhere, really like a tour guide.

Of course, the main thing is to introduce the practice room where the artist is located, like the general office area, which is simply passing by, and a simple introduction is good.

How to say it, after watching all the way along the way, coupled with listening to Akina Nakamori's introduction, Cao Zhiqiang found that this Warner Pioneer Record is indeed a professional institution.

In addition to large and small professional recording studios, there are also many shooting rooms, which can shoot all kinds of indoor photos, and even have their own stage, which can hold their own stage programs, but the scale of the stage is much smaller.

It's nominally a record company, but in fact it doesn't just make records, but it also produces MTV, karaoke, and all kinds of music videos.

Technologically advanced as well.

It is possible to record not only cassette tapes, but also CDs, vinyl records, LD CDs, videotapes, and other media.

In addition to being able to record and MTV yourself, there are many other departments here.

For example, it will also introduce its artists to shoot TV, make movies, hold concerts for artists, produce peripheral products, and so on.

What's even more outrageous is that even ordinary people's wedding photos and wedding videos are filmed here, and they are not limited to releasing records and MTV for its artists, or other artist activities.

The professional place is professional enough, but in addition to that, there are various sub-departments.

In short, this is a professional and miscellaneous audio-visual production and distribution company that does almost everything.

Cao Zhiqiang doesn't know if this is good or not, and he doesn't know if the Warner Pioneer Company in the history of his previous life is like this.

However, existence is reasonable, and since this phenomenon exists here, it should be no problem to delay things.

Forget it, is there a problem, this is not something that he can worry about as a foreigner, so it is better to do his own thing with peace of mind.