Although it was their first meeting, both parties had a good idea of what they wanted to discuss. Therefore, after the pleasantries, they quickly got down to business.
The copyright of the song is in the hands of BEING, and compared to Nagato Daiko, Shinichi Iwahashi is a serious junior in terms of age and resume. No matter from every aspect, it is Nagato Daiko who takes the lead.
Iwahashi Shinichi listened attentively, waiting to hear Nagato Daiko's plan.
The idea of using "Crack-Pap-Pap-Pap-Pap-Pap" as the animation's theme song prompted two producers who had never met to sit down together.
The content of the discussion was how to use this song.
The simplest cooperation model of leasing the right to use the music and selling the music directly to GENZO was excluded by Daiyuki Nagato without hesitation.
He hopes that Shinichi Iwahashi will subcontract the production rights of the music to BEING, and BEING will be fully responsible.
In essence, Nagato Daiyuki is a one-word producer. There is nothing he can do about B’z, a band that does all the production by itself and whose leader Takahiro Matsumoto is too assertive, but when it comes to producing TUBE, he always says the same thing.
This kind of him can tolerate Takahiro Matsumoto, who he can't control, but he may not be able to live peacefully in the recording studio with Shinichi Iwahashi, who is a stranger and has secretly had a relationship with him.
In particular, this young producer is so famous that some people who like to flatter him even call him the "Golden Touch". Since he is the "Golden Touch", it means that he has the authority to speak out in the recording studio.
There is no room for two tigers in one mountain.
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Nagato Daiyuki wanted 100% production rights to the theme song.
Iwahashi Shinichi listened obediently and could not help but frown slightly when he heard what the producer was planning. Full authority was given to BEING, which meant that he had to say nothing during the production process. It all depends on what Nagato Daiko wants to do.
Just to produce a theme song, you need 100% production rights. Nagato Daiyuki's conditions not only reveal the arbitrary side of this person, but also vaguely reveal a bit of ambition that people have to care about.
At least, President Nagato did not regard this song simply as the theme song of a family-oriented animation.
If it is just for the royalties of 50,000 copies, there is really no need to insist on "100% production rights".
If President Nagato also has high hopes for this resource, in a sense, this is the same thing as Shinichi Iwahashi, who plans to widely market this song as a pop song rather than a children's song.
But the more this happened, the more Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't let go.
The more similar ambitions you have, the more you need to examine the other person's plans.
Firstly, we still don’t know what President Nagato plans to do. Secondly, he himself also wants to take this opportunity to make a big move and completely hand over the production rights, which means losing control.
The person who plays the cards first is likely to reveal his or her trap. Nagato Daiyuki revealed his plan, which meant that he exposed his true thoughts in front of Iwahashi Shinichi.
However, the production rights of the animation theme song were in the hands of Shinichi Iwahashi, and he was more confident, so he said slowly: "If it is the absolute production rights, please forgive me that I cannot agree."
"With all due respect," Shinichi Iwahashi felt that there was no need to beat around the bush with Nagato Daikota and decided to reveal the truth. "If we are just producing the theme song for the animation, I don't think there is any reason to give away all the production rights."
It's not because I like "Chibi Maruko-chan" that I want to get its theme song. It's because I can only realize this plan if I get the theme song.
A song that can be sung in any lively occasion has a high potential to become popular. Especially in today's era, on the one hand, the public is keen on various party activities. On the other hand, this is the massive expansion of karaoke
era.
In the past two years, karaoke rooms have become popular, and people who are keen on partying have a new place to have fun after drinking.
If we really follow Nagato Daiko's plan and create a group with complex members but each performs their own duties, a bit exaggerated and dreamy, and with catchy songs, it is not difficult to imagine that they will achieve good results.
Of course, there is another big prerequisite, which is to be able to borrow the inspiration from "Chibi Maruko-chan".
"Sounds very good." Iwahashi Shinichi said.
Nagato Daiyuki told everyone about his ideas, so the topic came back again, "As for the candidates for this group, I also deliberately paid attention to the company and the musicians related to the company in advance."
This is why it must be 100% production rights.
Only by taking all the production rights in hand can all aspects from the decision-making of manpower, to the style of combination, and how to produce the music be carried out according to his own vision.
"To be honest, when I received this production commission, I also paid attention to suitable musicians. Because the company's existing singers who have debuted were not suitable, I also considered new talents."
Shinichi Iwahashi seems to be deliberately antagonizing Nagato Daiyuki.
But this is not so much a deliberate act by Shinichi Iwahashi as it is that the two parties happened to have an idea on some things. Therefore, in order to achieve cooperation, someone must give in and someone give up their plans.
"Please forgive me."
For this reason, Nagato Daiyuki also worked hard to fight for himself, "I started polishing the entire plan when I had the relevant ideas. Even if I am boasting, I think what I prepared is absolutely suitable for this plan.
Candidate."
Iwahashi Shinichi listened and nodded, "I understand."
"Then," he took a step back appropriately, "if possible, I hope Nagato-san can send here a copy of the audition of the group you prepared."
"But similarly, after that, I would also like to invite you to take a look at the musicians I have prepared here."
Both sides would take out the singers they had prepared for an audition, and whichever side performed better would be used. This was Shinichi Iwahashi's idea.
If the singer he recommended is ultimately chosen, he and Nagato Daiko will be the producers together.
However, if someone from Nagato Daiyuki's side performs better, then all the production rights will be handed over. Shinichi Iwahashi will not interfere with the production period and will only be responsible for subsequent distribution.
However, this alone is not enough.
Iwahashi Shinichi thought so, and Nagato Daiyuki thought so too. Both of them left half of their words behind. They were ready to say what they had not said until they decided on the production rights.
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Such a negotiation meeting was far from pleasant for Nagato Daiyuki. Even if Iwahashi Shinichi relaxed on the matter of production rights, for him, he still had to fight for the chance to sell himself.
It feels like a good price.
But since he could say it out loud, in his mind, he did have an available candidate in mind.