I'm not here to ruin your plans, I'm here to join your plans!
There is no doubt that as a producer, Nagato Daiyuki has considerable vision and talent. Iwahashi Shinichi watched the audition tape brought by Nagato Daiyuki and listened to his relevant explanations, and he admired him in his heart as a producer.
At the same time, he also saw the strength of BEING from the standards of the musicians who temporarily participated in his group.
After all, it is a production company that has been established for more than ten years. Looking back, Nagato Daiyuki was active as a musician before starting his own business. In the small BEING, there are many experienced musicians in the production team.
In contrast, GENZO, which was founded not long ago, basically signed contracts with newcomers. Although the new blood is fresh enough, they are also unable to produce as mature a performance as shown in this audition tape.
As a producer, President Nagato is worthy of his experience of working with BOWWY and LOUDNESS, and BEING is worthy of being the production company that accepted Sony's full commission to produce a best-selling band like TUBE.
Iwahashi Shinichi had no objection to the combination prepared by Nagato Daiyuki and the "Dolls' Day Doll"-style combination configuration he envisioned, and he even quite appreciated the ingenuity of this configuration.
The combination created using the arrangement of Dolls' dolls is quite consistent with the concept of making this song that can be sung at karaoke and parties mentioned by Daiko Nagato at the first meeting.
Not only that, but it also provides an interactive template for those who are preparing to sing this song at karaoke and parties early in the morning.
President Nagato was very ambitious. Iwahashi Shinichi became more confident when he realized Nagato Daiyuki's ambition.
Iwahashi Shinichi admired Nagato Daiyuki in his heart. Nagato Daiyuki himself came up with such an idea that concentrated his wisdom and experience, and he felt very satisfied. Before he could watch the audition video brought by Iwahashi Shinichi, Nagato
Fortunately, I already had the confidence not to lose to this young producer.
However, Shinichi Iwahashi was appreciative in his heart, but remained calm and continued with the process, asking Nagato Daiyuki to watch the audition video of Utoku Keiko.
Of course, unlike the combination that was comfortable and had a lively atmosphere, the inexperienced Keiko Utoku seemed quite clumsy. Even an ordinary person would vote for Nagato Daiyuki after watching these two videos in succession.
Shinichi Iwahashi admired Nagato Daiyuki's production ability in his heart. However, Nagato Daiyuki, watching Utoku Keiko's performance, felt that she was immature and clumsy - Iwahashi thought that he would challenge him with such a girl.
Shen Yi is too naive.
However, he had to say that Keiko Utoku's performance made his eyes shine.
First of all, she is pretty enough, has an outstanding appearance, a good figure, and a memorable temperament... This young producer has a good eye for women.
In addition, his singing voice is also tasteful and his behavior is unique. He is the type of singer Nagato Daiyuki likes. While watching Utoku Keiko's performance, he felt a little regretful and regretful. He thought of what he had been planning, but...
It was a band project that could only be put aside temporarily because a suitable female vocalist could not be found for a while.
If such a girl could be in his hands, he would never let her perform such an indecent performance.
The two producers looked at the singers prepared by the other, each thinking about their own things.
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For Nagato Daiyuki, BEING has great songs, great ideas, and talented people, so just getting a share of the production fee seems like a disadvantage. Therefore, he tried every means and tried his best to negotiate better.
condition.
Now that the production rights are at hand, Kansai businessman Nagato Daiyuki begins to prepare for his further plan-the original disc rights after the song is released.
Once you obtain the rights to the original disc, not only will you not receive an additional royalties from the original disc, but as long as the song is used for commercial purposes in the future, BEING's income will be indispensable.
Nagato Daiyuki's calculations went as planned. He felt that the time was ripe and he had always had the upper hand in today's negotiation meeting. He was about to take advantage of this momentum to start further negotiations on terms, but was turned back by Shinichi Iwahashi.
"As for the original disc rights of this song, I cannot agree to this," he said.
Nagato Daiyuki looked at Iwahashi Shinichi, he said unhurriedly, "It's not that I begrudge the original rights to the music. If possible, I also hope that President Nagato can get more benefits——"
Nagato Daiyuki didn't believe a word of what he said.
However, Shinichi Iwahashi immediately bypassed the production of the song and turned the topic to the issue of publicity after the song was released. He began to play cards irrationally, and Nagato Daiko was dazzled by him and could only listen to him first.
From the first meeting, Shinichi Iwahashi always played his cards late, waiting for Nagato Daiko to speak, seemingly passive. Now, he has turned from defense to offense, and Nagato Daiko has truly realized the strength of this young producer.
cunning.
"Although it is an anime theme song, neither Nagato-san nor I would want it to be just a children's song, right?" Shinichi Iwahashi stated their common ambition.
Nagato Daiyuki remained silent and listened to what he continued.
"Nagato-san has already given us the model of the group. The music is of course important, but if we want to become popular, we need to have good publicity."
Iwahashi Shinichi took his time and expressed his thoughts, "As for publicity, I have negotiated with Fuji TV and Shueisha before, and decided to transfer the original rights in exchange for corresponding publicity resources.
"
Iwahashi Shinichi would not give Nagato the blessing of the original title, and he himself was not prepared to keep it.
Not only the original disc rights, but also the production rights left to BEING and the distribution rights retained by the record company, other things that can bring profits have been arranged by Shinichi Iwahashi and distributed to TV stations, publishing houses, etc.
Waiting for all forces.
Of course, this is not a hot-headed move, nor is it done to prevent Nagato Taiyuki from taking advantage.
Iwahashi Shinichi knew that Keiko Utoku couldn't beat the combination prepared by Nagato Daiko, so it didn't matter even if he had to admit defeat and hand over the production rights. Anyway, from the very beginning, he proposed to compete with Nagato Daiko, not to keep half of the production rights.
, fortunately, I went into the recording studio to argue with Nagato Daiyuki about the production.
On the contrary, his idea was to hand over all the production rights to Nagato Daiko, but to give Nagato Daiko no chance to get involved in anything other than the production rights.
BEING, as a production company, takes a share of the production share, and other parts cannot participate.
To put it bluntly, the closer the cooperation between a small record company that has just opened and a small production company that is well-known in the industry but lacks support, and the tighter the interests are divided, the more disadvantageous it will be.
Not only can eggs not be put in one basket, this kind of temporary cooperation in the plastics industry, when TV stations and comic publishers are very powerful, is worse than arguing with small companies like BEING over copyright and leaving the powerful parties aside. Release everything you can from the very beginning.
The theme song of a daily family animation, its original disc rights seemed not worth much to the TV station. In order to win the trust of the TV station, Iwahashi Shinichi briefly explained his plan to the TV station, saying that he wanted to
We aim to make it a best-selling song instead of an animation theme song, so as to gain the interest of the TV station.
After all, Shinichi Iwahashi is also known as the "Golden Touch", and the TV station is willing to believe him once. The two parties agreed that the sales and trend after the release of the single will determine what kind of publicity the TV station will give in the future.
In this way, the TV station will not suffer losses, and it has the original rights in hand. If it really becomes popular, there will be a lot of profits to be made. And Shinichi Iwahashi has also paved the way for the promotion of the song after its release.
Interests are involved, and as long as this song shows signs of becoming popular, the TV station will not sit back and ignore it.
These were negotiated without Nagato Daiyuki knowing anything about it.
Similarly, the TV station actually didn't know about what he was discussing with Nagato Daiyuki.
From the beginning to the end, Iwahashi Shinichi had no intention of holding all the profits in his hands.
Nagato Daiyuki has outstanding production ability. Even the "Crackling, crackling" song is good, and the production plan he prepared is also admired by Shinichi Iwahashi.
Therefore, I gave the production rights to BEING and saved myself the worry of being the boss. I then exchanged other copyrights for the favor and support of the TV station and the publishing house. I made good use of the promotional resources I got and made the cake of this song bigger together.
As long as the TV station gets involved, Nagato Daiko will not back down.
If you make a hit song, you can get a lot of success just by having the distribution rights in your hands. No matter how many copyrights you have, it is meaningless if you only sell 50,000 copies in the end.
The most important thing is that if we can achieve win-win cooperation, we will also take this opportunity to build connections and connections.
For Shinichi Iwahashi, making money is important, but seizing every opportunity that can pave the way and build bridges is even more important.
"..."
Listening to Iwahashi Shinichi's words, Nagato Daiyuki felt heartbroken and speechless.
I didn’t expect this guy to be so cunning! Nagato Daiyuki had reason to believe that Iwahashi Shinichi had arranged everything before the meeting, and only when he was stuck here, watching him unable to get up and down, did he
Speak your mind.
Of course, Kansai businessman Nagato Daiyuki also understands that the bigger the cake, the more he will eat.
Spreading out various copyrights means that we can get more cooperation in the subsequent publicity period. This song is lively and lively, so you don’t have to worry about being tired of singing it. I’m just afraid that too few people will hear it. A large-scale publicity can bring
What is self-evident.
At this point, there is no second choice.
The only thing we can do is to cooperate fully, put out the songs, use the people's efforts, and use the best lineup to produce it - and the guy named Iwahashi just needs to wait to get the finished product!
The reason why Nagato Daiyuki felt blocked was because, at this point, if he failed to cooperate due to disagreement over interests, then he would have inadvertently offended Fuji TV.
After Shinichi Iwahashi reached an agreement with Fuji TV and Shueisha, it meant that Nagato Daiko had no other choice. He was recommended by Shinichi Iwahashi without even meeting the people from the TV station and the publishing house.
Got here.
Nagato Daiyuki is very ambitious and will never be willing to just be the head of a production company. Because of this, he will never be so short-sighted as to offend a TV station for a song. His ambition was inadvertently exposed when he came into contact with Iwahashi Shinichi.
This just gave Shinichi Iwahashi a way to check and balance him.
First, he told Sakurako that he was "willing to help President Nagato realize his wish," and then left a good impression on the TV station and the publishing house. This young producer was Qingqiaoqiao, and he was a good person, but he had to bow his head.
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"I know, BEING will do their best to produce this song. With the support of the TV station, and Iwahashi-san is good at publicity--it will definitely achieve good results."
Nagato Daiyuki pinched his nose and praised Iwahashi Shinichi.
When I watched Utoku Keiko's audition video just now, because of Utoku Keiko's immaturity, I felt in my heart that this young producer was naive...
How naive!
It's right to be both evil and cunning!
After the matter was settled, Iwahashi Shinichi also behaved cheerfully and generously, "That being said, no matter how you promote it, you must first have high-quality songs. This will depend on Nagato-san showing off his skills. During this period, if
If you need my help, please feel free to ask."
"Of course," he emphasized, "I only follow Nagato-san's instructions and will not interfere with production matters."
Nagato Daiyuki forced a smile and said in a friendly tone, "Then it will be a pleasure to work together, Iwahashi-san."
His face was full of kindness, but he couldn't help but think in his heart, good people have been fooled by this guy, and good things have been done by this guy, so what does it matter if this guy says some nice words now?
However, since no matter who is a good person in this matter, he cannot be the only evil person.
In the plastics industry, Nagato Daiyuki could only cooperate with Shinichi Iwahashi to play the role of "everyone is a good person, and he is no exception".
That's how it was decided.
Iwahashi Shinichi shook hands with Nagato Daiyuki and agreed that they would decide on the time for the third round of talks. When they met again, they sat in the conference room and all the relevant staff were present.
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Originally, it was just a soundtrack for an animation about family daily life, and it was enough to come up with a decent children's song. However, once I jumped out of the "animation theme song" and regarded this song as a great opportunity, there was a different story.
significance.
After discussing the theme song with Nagato Daiyuki, Iwahashi Shinichi called Sakurako and told her that the theme song had been decided to use "Let's Dance Together".
"In other words, my lyrics will also come in handy?"
Although Sakurako's voice on the phone sounded sleepy after staying up late at work, her mood immediately became high after hearing what Shinichi Iwahashi told her.
"That's right, I want to invite people from all over the country to join in the 'cracking, crackling, crackling,'" said Iwahashi Shinichi.
When he said this, Cherry laughed on the phone.
"Did I say something inappropriate?" Iwahashi Shinichi was confused.
Sakurako denied, "It's nothing like that, I'm just happy."... You can't tell Iwahashi-san that he would never have thought that a person who looked so capable and calm could actually make witty remarks.
"Thank you anyway, Iwahashi-san."
Sakurako thanked him, "Thank you for taking my willful proposal so seriously. And thank you for your willingness to help Nagato-san realize his wish."