The next morning, Kang Jianfei was drawing the storyboard in his office when people from Fengxing Records came.
The person who came was carrying a briefcase. He was only about 20 years old and was wearing a blue suit. He took out his business card and said, "Hello, Mr. Kang. I, Deng Yiming, am currently the general manager of Fengxing Records."
"Please take a seat." Kang Jianfei took the business card and looked at it. He had learned some information about Pop Records from Wang Jing yesterday and asked, "I wonder what the relationship between Mr. Deng, the owner of Pop Records, and you is?"
Deng Yiming explained: "That's my father. He had a stroke a year ago and was in bed. Now I'm in charge of Pop Records."
In order to distribute the original soundtrack of "Happy Ghost" as an agent, the general manager was actually required to come in person. It seems that this popular record company is not declining at all.
Nine years ago, Zheng Shaoqiu's first album "My Lover Got Married" was released by Fengxing Records. At that time, Fengxing Records was at its peak, with many well-known singers under its banner, and it had cooperative relationships with TVB and LiTV.
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Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. In 1971, TVB established its own record company, China Star. In addition, the overseas giant PolyGram acquired Hong Kong Diamond Records and reorganized it into Hong Kong PolyGram. After that, it aggressively seized the market and singers. The performance of popular record companies plummeted.
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A year ago, the boss of Fengxing Records suffered another stroke. His son, Deng Yiming, who had studied in the United States, hurriedly returned to Hong Kong to take over the company. The company was already in turmoil, but now that the boss is paralyzed, and no one has confidence in the son, the employees and singers suddenly
Walked most of the way.
Now there are only more than a dozen employees left in the entire Fengxing Record Company. Fortunately, the original distribution channels and relationships are still there, and they occasionally take on some agency distribution and production business, so they will not go bankrupt immediately.
Kang Jianfei asked Hu Juncai to make a cup of tea for Deng Yiming, and then left him in the office to listen. This was to cultivate Hu Juncai's ability. How much he could learn depended on his personal understanding.
Kang Jianfei said: "Yesterday Wang Jing told me about your company's intention. Do you have a good relationship with Wang Jing?"
Deng Yiming explained: "From the time TVB established its own channel, until the establishment of Huaxing Records, it cooperated with our popular record company. Uncle Tian Lin also met my father at that time, and Axiang (Wang Jing) and I were in the same class.
Classmate. In fact, I called Mr. Kang a few days ago, but you rejected me, so I wanted to contact you through Axiang."
"Oh, is there such a thing?" Kang Jianfei had really forgotten that he had already planned on the "Happy Ghost" soundtrack, so when he contacted his record company these days, Kang Jianfei ignored it.
Deng Yiming could only smile bitterly at Kang Jianfei's act of pretending to be confused. He, Deng Yiming, was also a wealthy young man who grew up with a golden key in his mouth. He was better off than others since he was a child. But now his father is paralyzed in bed, and the company's debts are as high as more than four million.
, Deng Yiming hurriedly returned to Hong Kong to take over the mess before even finishing his studies, and had to apologize in front of Kang Jianfei, a "great director".
Hu Juncai was listening to the two of them chatting and adding tea to them from time to time. But over and over again, the two of them were talking about things in the Hong Kong music industry, and they didn't get to the main topic at all.
It wasn't until more than ten minutes later that Deng Yiming asked: "I wonder if Miss Li Saifeng and Wen Bixia can sing?"
Kang Jianfei asked: "Didn't Mr. Deng find a suitable singer?"
Deng Yiming shook his head and said: "My company also has two female singers under contract, but they are not suitable for singing such youthful and sweet songs. Moreover, I think Li Saifeng and Wen Bixia are already well-known. If they are allowed to record records, Sales will definitely increase significantly.”
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "Mr. Deng is going to sign their record deal? What a good idea."
Deng Yiming went around for a long time, and that was the purpose. He planned to sign a record contract with Li Saifeng and Wen Bixia. It didn't matter if they couldn't sing. They just needed to get some professional singing training. Anyway, the two girls were still young and there was a lot of room for growth and development in the future. It's just that Unexpectedly, as soon as he mentioned it, Kang Jianfei saw through his purpose at a glance, which made Deng Yiming both surprised and embarrassed.
Kang Jianfei said: "Fengxing Records can sign them if they want, but in the next ten years, I want 15% of their recording income. If Fengxing Records wants to give them a concert, I also want 10% of the concert income as dividends."
"This is impossible, there are too many!" Deng Yiming stood up angrily. He felt that Kang Jianfei was playing tricks on him.
Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "Mr. Deng, please be patient and listen to me analyze it carefully. You will feel that this share is not much."
When Deng Yiming thought of the company's plight, he suppressed his anger and sat down and said, "You tell me!"
Kang Jianfei stretched out his finger and said: "Firstly, I am the one who made Wen Bixia and Li Saifeng famous, which saved you a lot of packaging and promotion expenses. Pop Records picked up two star singers for nothing; secondly, from now on, I I will continue to make movies for them, and their fame will become bigger and bigger, which you have taken advantage of again; thirdly, and most importantly, I have signed long-term management contracts with Wen Bixia and Li Saifeng for ten years. , they don’t dare to sign a record contract without my consent. If you don’t agree, you can only poach them away by paying liquidated damages. But are they willing to go with you? And do you have the money to pay liquidated damages? You If you poach them away, you don't have the music copyright of "Happy Ghost", so what's the use of it?"
Deng Yiming's face alternated between red and white. He came here because of the box office success of "Happy Ghost". Otherwise, how could he only be interested in Wen Bixia and Li Saifeng when there were so many beautiful girls?
"Mr. Kang, the dividend you want is too much, it has exceeded my bottom line." Deng Yiming said with difficulty. There are many companies eyeing the distribution rights of the "Happy Ghost" original soundtrack. Kang Jianfei can negotiate with other companies at any time, and he, Deng Yiming, of popular records, but there is no better choice.
Kang Jianfei asked: "Mr. Deng, how much do you think is appropriate?"
Seeing that there was still room for discussion, Deng Yiming cheered up and said: "The income from records is 5%, and the income from concerts is 2%."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "How is that possible? I'm not a philanthropist."
"But I don't run a banknote printing company!" Deng Yiming is only 21 years old this year. He is inevitably young and energetic. Kang Jianfei's big mouth has already made him unable to hold back and almost explode.
During the record release process, the seller will take about 30% of the profit, leaving about 20% for singers, songwriters and taxes. The gross profit of popular record companies is only more than 50%.
Now Kang Jianfei wants to take nearly one-third of the record company's profits. Taking into account the cost of promotion, production and distribution, Fengxing Records may not earn as much as Kang Jianfei, because Kang Jianfei also has a brokerage and song commissions. Copyright income, how can this not make Deng Yiming angry?
Seeing that Deng Yiming was losing his mind, Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "Otherwise, I won't split the money at the concert or anything else. I want 12% of the record dividend, and I promise that there will be a sequel to "Happy Ghost" in the future, and its original soundtrack." Let Pop Records do it all.”
Deng Yiming was calculating the profit and loss in his mind, but he still felt that Kang Jianfei's asking price was a bit high. His bottom line was actually 10% of the record dividend. Deng Yiming tried to make progress by retreating: "Mr. Kang, how about we talk about the original soundtrack of "Happy Ghost" first? Are you an agent for the CD’s distribution?”
Kang Jianfei shook his head and refused: "No, the original soundtrack of "Happy Ghost" will be sold in a bundle with Wen Bixia and Li Saifeng."
Deng Yiming looked disappointed. The company's millions of liabilities gave him no confidence in negotiating. Based on the idea that it is better to make less than nothing, he nodded very aggrievedly and said: "Okay, I agree to Mr. Kang's proposal. Just 12% of record sales.”
Kang Jianfei saw that Deng Yiming looked like a defeated rooster and smiled: "We have settled the business, why is Mr. Deng unhappy? In fact, I have another proposal. I wonder if Mr. Deng wants to hear it?"
Deng Yiming asked subconsciously: "What proposal?"
Kang Jianfei said: "I propose that Wen Bixia and Li Saifeng be formed into a group, called the Happy Girls Group."
It is not popular to form a group now, so Deng Yiming asked inexplicably: "Are you forming a band?"
Kang Jianfei shook his head and said: "It's not a band in the traditional sense, it's a singing group, a singing group, and all the members are lead singers. In the future, my company will also make a sequel to "Happy Ghost", and Happy Girls will continue to join in." New members. Even if Li Saifeng and Wen Bixia stop singing one day, Happy Girls will continue as a group."
Deng Yiming felt that Kang Jianfei's proposal inspired him a lot, but he was not sure whether it would be successful and couldn't make up his mind for a while.
Kang Jianfei continued: "The Happy Girls Group focuses on youth, campus, and beautiful girls, and its main target audience is school students and some teenagers in society. This is a girl idol group, and their clothes must be youthful and fashionable. Every move they make in the future will make people happy. Teenagers all over Hong Kong and even Asia are rushing to imitate it. In addition, in addition to movie theme songs, I will write a few songs for them every year."
Kang Jianfei's words made Deng Yiming's heart beat violently, especially the sentence "let all teenagers in Hong Kong and even Asia rush to imitate", which hit Deng Yiming's eagerness to restore the company's past glory. As for Kang Jianfei's promise to write songs, Deng Yiming There is no doubt because all the songs in "Happy Ghost" are original works by Kang Jianfei.
