Chapter 109: Negotiate the price
When Meng Wen auditioned the CD, Zhou Haoda and Zhang He were discussing around a piece of music, while Jiang Mei was sitting bored, glancing at Meng Wen from time to time.
The three of them thought that Meng Wen had to listen to the song for half an hour, but they didn't think that just ten minutes later, Meng Wen took off the headset he was wearing on his head, or Jiang Mei's eyes were sharp, and when she saw Meng Wen take off the headset, she immediately stepped forward and asked, "Long Shao, it's over so quickly?"
Hearing Jiang Mei's question, Zhou Haoda and Zhang He also came up. Meng Wen saw that everyone was looking at him with a look of hope, and he was embarrassed to say that it was not good. I had to say, "I just slipped through, it's okay."
"Long Shao said it's okay, it seems that it's because of the dissatisfaction?" Jiang Mei said with a smile.
"No, it's good"
"It's okay, Long Shao. Da Ge is not an outsider, if there is any problem, you can change it at any time, anyway, it has not been officially recorded yet," Zhang He also said next to him.
"Actually, it's not a big problem, Da Ge sings very well, I just feel that the song selection is not very good. It's basically old songs, nothing new. Of course, this is just a personal feeling, I think the company must have a reason for doing this, after all, the company has also released so many records, and it has more experience than me. Meng Wen thought about it, it was really not a big deal, they were all his own people. Then he spoke.
"I won't tell you that there are few dragons, and we don't want to do this, but unfortunately there are too few good songs, and even fewer are suitable for Haoda to sing. The company couldn't help it, so it replaced it with an old song. Jiang Mei said.
"With such a big music company as yours, can't you find a few good pieces of music, or is the company reluctant to spend money?" Meng Wen asked strangely.
"How can you. The company has cultivated Haoda as a successor. In order to find good songs for Haoda, the company offered a high price code, with 200,000 songs for the title song, as long as it is selected into the album, 50,000 songs are guaranteed. That's it, so far, it's good to select 3 songs. Jiang Mei defended the company and said that the company can offer this price, which is indeed more important to a newcomer.
"Are you talking about the three songs in the disc just now?" Meng Wen couldn't help but ask when he heard Jiang Mei say that he had selected three good songs.
"Yes,"
"That's not bad. Meng Wen said with an incredulous expression.
"Of course, compared to Long Shao, the songs you wrote are far inferior, but these are already the best three songs in the collection. Jiang Mei said embarrassedly.
"What price does your company give for such a song?" Meng Wen asked casually.
"Two songs of 50,000 and one song of 80,000. ”
Meng Wen listened to Jiang Mei's offer and was a little speechless. At this level, even if it was 5,000 in Meng Wen's previous life, no one would want to buy it. The main thing is the improvement of the network environment in this world, which has greatly increased the income of the music industry. In Meng Wen's previous life, singers couldn't make much money by publishing albums except for a few particularly popular singers.
But this world is different, not to mention how many albums can be sold, the income on the Internet alone is comparable to all the income of the singer in the previous life. Just like the song "Grateful Heart" sung by Meng Wen, it only costs two cents to download a song, but it adds up, and Meng Wen has earned more than 3 million because of this song so far. Not to mention the songs of an entire album. In the previous life, no matter how many songs the singer downloaded on the Internet, he hardly made any money except for increasing his fame.
Therefore, because of the purification of the current domestic network environment, piracy is eliminated. The benefits of the entire music industry chain are amazing, and of course it also requires your songs to be good enough. And this strong demand for good songs has made composers and lyricists increasingly important in the entire industry chain of the music industry, and their value and status are also increasing.
But even so, those three songs are not worth 50,000, mainly because Zhou Haoda's company is too eager to launch a new album. At the same time, the company's price code for the title song is a little low, the reason why it is called the title song is definitely a good song, even if it is not as first-class as "Dusk" and "Notepad", it should be about the same, in order to become the title song.
And a song like this, even in crooked dog music, it shouldn't be a big problem to get 1.8 million, let alone other benefits. So at the price of 200,000, you can't find a very good title song at all.
The reason why Zhou Haoda Company offered such a price code is also with the intention of picking up leaks. This kind of noun that could only be used often in the trade of cultural relics and antiques in Meng Wen's previous life is often seen in the music industry in this life. There are often singers who buy a song from a music producer at a relatively low price, but it unexpectedly becomes popular, not only gaining huge popularity, but also getting a lot of windfall. This is more likely to happen to newcomers.
And the reason why Zhou Haoda's company dares to have the intention of picking up leaks is also to be prepared in case it can't find a suitable title song, anyway, Zhou Haoda has a lot of his own classic songs, "Dusk", "Betrayal", etc., and when the time comes, choose one as the title song.
However, this also reminded Meng Wen, who considered whether he could sell a few songs to Zhou Haoda and earn some pocket money. Anyway, this money is also from Zhou Haoda's company.
"Jiang Mei, if I write a song for Brother Da, how much money can your company give?" Meng Wen asked.
"What's the matter? Long Shao has a new song on hand now? As long as the song is good, money is not a problem. Jiang Mei said excitedly.
"There are no songs for the time being, I can only say that I can try to write them. It depends on how much money your company can make" Meng Wen said to Jiang Mei, after all, although Jiang Mei is Zhou Haoda's agent, she still represents the company, and Meng Wen is not polite to her.
Speaking of this, Meng Wen was afraid that Zhou Haoda would misunderstand, so he explained to Zhou Haoda next to him: "Brother Da, don't misunderstand." If it's your personal business, it's easy to say anything. Since it is your company that comes forward, the company will also take most of the money in the future, which has to be made clear in advance. But don't worry, as long as I write a song that is suitable for you to sing, even if your company doesn't buy it, I will give it to you to sing. ”
Meng Wen paused, glanced at Jiang Mei and said, "However, I can't give you the copyright." The implication is that I can sing the song to you, but the copyright is still in Meng Wen's own name.
"It's okay, it's okay. I've already taken advantage of you a lot in the first few songs, and if the company gives less money this time, I'll buy it myself, and I won't let you suffer. Zhou Haoda hurriedly said.
The four songs written by Meng Wen for Zhou Haoda before have earned more than 5 million on the Crooked Dog platform so far, Zhou Haoda has obtained 40% of them, Zhou Wei, the owner of the sailor bar, has received 40%, and the remaining 20% has gone to Meng Wen.
Zhou Haoda's income on the crooked dog alone was divided into more than 2 million, excluding the 800,000 termination fee for Zhou Wei, and there was still more than 1 million left in his hand. This is not to mention the huge popularity that Zhou Haoda has gained inside and out because of these four songs. And Meng Wen, who is the main credit, only got 1 million. Therefore, Zhou Haoda has always felt that he has taken advantage of Meng Wen, so even if Meng Wen does not mention it this time, Zhou Haoda will not let Meng Wen suffer.
"What does Long Shao say, the company will definitely give you a satisfactory price," Jiang Mei also hurriedly said on the side.