In order to sign Utsui Ken and Miura Tomokazu, Matsumoto Keiko's additional expenses were not just the termination fees between them and the original agency. In fact, the cost paid was almost 200 million yen.
You know, in order to truly have the effect of buying horse bones with a thousand dollars, and to allow these two famous actors to film with peace of mind after joining Wu Studio, Matsumoto Keiko completely followed Ning Weimin's advice and gave them real
The treatment of an A-list star.
For example, assign a support team to each of them.
Including full-time agents, public relations personnel, life assistants, stylists and car drivers.
Therefore, we need to add at least eight or nine people to the office, and the salary alone will cost an additional five million yen per month.
In addition, the terms of the agency contract signed by Keiko Matsumoto with two people in the name of Matsumoto Office are also quite generous.
The contract stipulates that, in addition to appearing in film and television dramas and related promotional activities, Utsui Ken and Miura Tomokazu will not be forced to participate in programs and performances that they do not like.
Moreover, the share-sharing contracts signed by Matsumoto Office, Ken Utsui, and Tomokazu Miura were all forty-six to six.
The firm got four, Utsui Takeru and Miura Tomokazu both got six.
It should be said that this is a very rare contract of benevolence and justice in the entire Japanese entertainment industry.
Because usually, even the top stars in Japan, the best treatment is only 50-50.
Moreover, this kind of contract can only appear in small and medium-sized firms, and it is absolutely impossible for large entertainment firms to provide such conditions.
For example, when Keiko Matsumoto signed a contract with Shochiku, even though she was a well-deserved "Shochiku's first sister".
However, he still only received 40% of the salary from the film, and 60% belonged to Songzhu.
This is why big-name Japanese stars eventually become independent.
It's really because of the industry culture in Japan that agencies squeeze artists too hard.
No matter the old big studios or the current TV entertainment agencies, they are all the same in this regard.
Only by letting the office make enough money first can the artist get some meat.
Therefore, a financial contract like Fog Studio's, which provides generous benefits but requires little, is simply a scorpion's shit in the current Japanese entertainment industry. Ordinary firms cannot do such stupid things.
From this point of view, Matsumoto Office has completely deviated from the original intention of capital, which is worthy of the integrity and goodwill of Utsui Ken and Miura Tomokazu.
Besides, as the old saying goes, wealth gathers when people disperse, and wealth gathers when people disperse.
For Matsumoto Keiko, although she was not as shrewd in the financial aspect, her wave of goodwill successfully gained the loyalty of Utsui Takeru and Miura Tomokazu.
And this kind of "iron triangle" is exactly the support that Fog Film Studio, which is currently most short of money, really needs.
In the end, whether you lose or gain, whether you are stupid or smart, this is a matter of opinion between the beholder and the wise.
As for Ning Weimin, he understands this principle better than Matsumoto Keiko.
And when it comes to spending money, he is much better than his wife.
Two hundred million yen is nothing. He spends money without blinking an eye, like a landslide or a tsunami.
In fact, just when Matsumoto Keiko signed Utsui Takeru and Miura Tomokazu, Ning Weimin was taking Mamiya, a lawyer from Watanabe Mitsuwa's office, with Saburo Hirohei, the major shareholder of Taurus Palace, and President Funaki
Minoru is engaged in a potentially costly business negotiation - to acquire shares of Taurus Palace for Keiko Matsumoto.
As long as this matter is negotiated, I don't know how many 200 million yen will have to be spent by him.
Of course, some people may be curious.
Isn't this Taurus Palace well-run? With Teresa Teng as a double-crown singer under its command, record sales are soaring.
What's more, once "Crazy Rich Asians" is released and becomes a hit, it is completely foreseeable that Teresa Teng and her new song "The Stream" will definitely become popular again.
Why do you suddenly need to sell shares?
Doesn't this mean selling the golden chicken that lays golden eggs? That would be too stupid.
In fact, this is not surprising at all, not least because Taurus has to take this step now, and there is really no better choice.
What's going on?
After Daqing Fushimin saw Ikuo Shu being threatened, he immediately called Teresa Teng out of fear and wanted to figure out what to do with her.
Unexpectedly, Teresa Teng was Ning Weimin's staunch ally. The two had already fully communicated about the pressure faced by "Crazy Rich Asians", and Teresa Teng sided with Ning Weimin almost without thinking.
And his attitude is very tough and resolute.
After learning about Funaki Minoru's intentions, she only said, "I will definitely stand with President Ning on this matter. It is impossible for me to leave the crew, let alone help outsiders deal with my friends. If the company
If you insist on letting me do this, then I can only consider leaving Taurus Palace."
As a result, Funaki Minoru was completely dumbfounded and never dared to say a word about the matter again.
To be honest, Taurus Records was originally a record company that could not be smaller.
The development in recent years seems to be booming, and it is about to evolve into a medium-sized company with about fifty people. It seems to have achieved remarkable results.
But to put it bluntly, it was just a scene supported by Teresa Teng alone.
Minoru Funaki knows this best. As a record company, his Taurus Palace earns 90% of its annual operating income through Teresa Teng.
Without this diva, Taurus Palace would no longer be a palace, but would probably be called a bullpen.
Therefore, no matter what Teresa Teng said, everyone in the Taurus Palace, including him, had to obey unconditionally, and they would never dare to force this diva.
But then again, the question now is, if Shu Fang Ikuo's burning element becomes angry and treats them as enemies, what will the little Taurus Palace do in the future?
Funaki Minoru really didn't think he could withstand the torment of the burning element.
For this reason, as a little kid who was frightened by the fight between two gods, he pondered over and over again and was in a dilemma.
It was impossible to persuade Teresa Teng to resign, but she also dared not offend the "leader" of the Japanese entertainment industry.
In the end, he had no choice but to seek help from Hirohira Saburo, another major shareholder of Taurus Palace.
This was his boss in the planning department when he worked at Polygram.
He was also the one who funded and helped him found Taurus Palace after he left PolyGram.
In the end, the boss is still a boss, and his insights are indeed different. Hirohei Saburo broke through Funaki Minoru's thinking limitations with just a few words.
"Don't think too much. Those who sit on the fence will not end well. Now that Teresa has decided, what else can we do? We have no choice but to stand with Fog Studios. But let me tell you, while the company
Now is the time of best performance, we might as well sell half of the company's shares. In this case, no matter what happens in the future, we will not bear all the risks ourselves."
I have to say that this idea is really good. It is quite clever in terms of advancing, attacking, retreating and defending.
Minoru Funaki immediately realized that if he could really sell part of the shares of Taurus Palace.
Then as shareholders, not only can they get a large sum of money immediately and become rich.
And with new shareholders as allies, the ability to withstand pressure will also be strengthened.
Especially at this time, because the stock market and property market are in a state of raging fire.
Then it seems that selling the company that you have worked so hard for is not that uncomfortable. At least the money you get can be used to buy houses and stock stocks.
If you really want to invest, if you catch a good market, you may make more than running a company.
As a result, Minoru Funaki, who was enlightened, immediately reached an agreement with Saburo Hirohei who came up with the idea.
The two of them did what they said and soon split up to find buyers.
Needless to say, if you want to sell your shares and sell them at a good price, of course you have to find someone with deep pockets.
But on this basis, Minoru Funaki actually has some small thoughts of his own, that is, he still has demands for management rights.
He is different from Hirohei Saburo, Taurus is the foundation of his entire career.
If possible, even if he sells his shares, he does not want to be marginalized in the company in the future.
I still hope to continue to serve as president and manage the operations of Taurus Palace.
Therefore, Minoru Funaki didn't really like to follow Saburo Hirohei's idea of contacting big record companies, and from then on he became a small label under a big company.
The first buyer that came to his mind was Fog Studios.
The reason is also very simple. In addition to having a close cooperative relationship with each other and having consistent interests, if we absorb such shareholders, we don’t have to worry about changes in the cooperation.
The key is that Matsumoto Keiko is not the kind of boss who likes to stretch his hands too far and has a strong desire to control. From now on, he should still be in charge of the Taurus Palace.
This can be understood as long as the management power of Kanwu Studio has actually always been in the hands of Akira Okamoto and Mitsuru Watabe.
Even Ning Weimin, Matsumoto Keiko's husband, is young and rich, a kind-hearted person who cares about friendship and is generous in giving.
In addition, he once helped Teresa Teng win the Record Award regardless of gain or loss, thus gaining Teresa Teng's trust.
Aren't they the best deals?
To put it bluntly, Teresa Teng's contract with the Taurus Palace will have to be re-signed with two years left. It is not certain that Minoru Funaki will be able to retain Teresa Teng by then.
It would be different if there was Fog Film Factory as a shareholder.
Presumably because of this favor to Ning Weimin, Teresa Teng will still choose to stay in Taurus Palace two years later.
So Minoru Funaki called Ning Weimin, hoping to find out from him the strength of Fog Film Studio and whether he was interested in becoming a shareholder of Taurus Palace?
At this time, Funaki Minoru's biggest worry is whether Kiri Productions is running out of money as rumored.
Unexpectedly, Ning Weimin's response to him was quite positive.
I just asked him about his quotation, and he quickly expressed his strong interest and replied who would like to make an appointment to meet and discuss in detail.
So much so that with Saburo Seki's experience in the recording industry, he had not yet had time to find out whether Sony Music and Victory Records were interested in investing in Taurus.
Minoru Fukaki successfully made an appointment with Ning Weimin to the Taurus Palace and took him to meet Saburo Guanghei.
Suddenly we entered the stage of substantial contact.
At this moment, not surprisingly, the focus of everyone's attention is on how to bargain.
However, when it comes to this, what surprised Minoru Funaki and Saburo Hirohei was that Ning Weimin did not take the conventional method and discuss the quotation of Taurus Palace in detail one by one, but took the initiative to give them two different acquisitions.
Quotation for the plan.
Even the price gap between the two plans is a bit large, which is really puzzling.
So for this reason, Saburo Hirohei opened his eyes wide and asked with doubts on his face.
"Oh, with all due respect, the price of the solution you provide seems to be very problematic?"
He first pointed at the first document handed to him by Mitsuru Watanabe and said, "President Ning, in this plan, you plan to purchase 34% of the shares of Taurus Palace for 1.2 billion yen. That is to say
, in your heart, the value of Taurus Palace is about 3.5 billion yen. But this share..."
He said, holding the second document next to him in front of him, "This plan is that you want to acquire 90% of the shares of Taurus Palace. The price you gave is 4.5 billion yen. So in this plan, you
The estimated value of Taurus Palace is 5 billion yen. This is very strange. The valuation of the two plans is completely different from 1.5 billion yen. Are you negligent? Or is it your subordinates..."
"That's right. That's what I meant."
Ning Weimin coughed a little, then faced the astonished Saburo Hirohira and Minoru Funaki, and said seriously, "Please allow me to explain it to you two."
"Okay, please speak."
"Actually, ever since I received President Funaki's offer, I have been seriously considering investing in Taurus. But to be honest, with our mutual friendship and the good cooperation with Taurus, I don't want to be like a saw-saw.
It’s the same bargaining. I’ll compare my dollars and cents with you one by one. So I’m here today. In order to avoid such disrespect, I will act according to our own situation, act according to our ability, and come up with two plans for you two with the greatest sincerity.
refer to."
"Oh, you mean, this is the final price you gave. To be honest, I hope you will calculate it item by item with us. After all, there is still a gap between the first plan and our quotation. And your shares
The requirement reached 34%, which is a bit more than we expected. As for the second option, although the price is better, it can no longer be said to be a shareholding, right? It looks like a full acquisition. This is comparable to
Our assumptions are different. And even so, I still don't fully understand the difference in valuation between your two options."
As Saburo Hirohei said, he turned to look at Minoru Funaki.
Minoru Funaki, the intermediary, had no choice but to smile awkwardly and nodded in agreement, expressing his agreement with his opinion.
Although it was a bit difficult for him at this time, he could finally tell which one was closer.
"Please don't worry, Guangping-san, I will talk about these issues soon."
Ning Weimin didn't mind, he responded in a neither humble nor condescending manner, and continued to explain, "The price of the first plan is mainly based on the needs of the two of you to realize. Didn't you two offer 1.5 billion yen for 30% of the shares?
, we can offer 1.5 billion yen. It’s just that the shares to be purchased have been changed from 30% to 34%. I think this kind of price discount is completely acceptable in normal business negotiations.
Can we give in to a normal space?"
"As for why we need to increase the four percent shareholding? Of course it is for the veto power. We spend money to buy shares, at least hoping to have the right to avoid decisions that may be detrimental to ourselves in major company decisions.
It's very important, otherwise we wouldn't have to spend this money. But frankly speaking, even so, this plan is not worthy of our expectations. Because this transaction of only one-third of the shares at most can only guarantee the safety of both of us.
The cooperation is just stable. From our standpoint, we don’t get many benefits from it.”
"But the second plan is different. If you two are willing to sell most of the shares of Taurus Palace, we would be happy to completely take over Taurus Palace. After that, we can not only integrate Taurus Palace and Fog Studios in business-related aspects
Make integration adjustments and reduce operating costs. We will also find ways to increase investment in Taurus, further expand the music business, and truly make Taurus a powerful record company. Since this plan can bring us considerable benefits, so
In terms of price, we also hope to satisfy our friends, so we have a considerable premium.”
"Of course, even if we acquire a full acquisition, we hope that President Funaki can continue to serve. In fact, the reason why our second plan only requires 90% of the shares is to leave that achievement to President Funaki. We know very well that no matter for Taurus Palace,
In other words, for Teresa, President Funaki is an indispensable person. So if you two are willing to make it happen, in addition to being willing to invest 4.5 billion yen to purchase 90% of the shares of Taurus Palace, we will also accept Funaki
He will become our partner and will be responsible for all the record business in the future."