Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 147 147. Success Profile
What is a music production company?

It is different from a brokerage firm, and it is not a record company. Taking into account the meaning of the word "production", it is exclusively for the production of singers, including but not limited to the mixing and recording of lyrics and music and the establishment of routes.

After brewing in the 70s and developing in the 80s, Japan's record industry is becoming more and more developed, and the record industry is showing signs of streamlining. Especially since the idol blowout, the number of singers debuting every year is as high as hundreds and nearly a thousand groups. A single's singer grabs a handful.

Going to a convenience store to buy water, the girl who paid the bill might still love to shake off before, it's just so amazing.

Formal record companies naturally integrate record production and distribution, but even so, as a super-large rookie cultivator, a considerable part of the rookies are outsourced to outside music production companies.To use an analogy, it is a bit like a certain brand entrusts a certain OEM to produce it, then transports it back to label it with its own label, and then sends it to the market for sale.

Of course it can also be reversed.

The music production company digs out potential newcomers by itself, researches a suitable style route for the newcomers, and then takes them to the record company to sell them. After the production is completed, they send them to the market through the record company for sale, and then happily share the money.

In countries with complete copyrights, music copyrights are divided into fine and fragmented pieces. The producer holds the production copyright, the publisher holds the distribution copyright, and the songwriter holds the lyrics copyright. By the way, the arrangement has no copyright because it is not an independent work, so the arrangement Unless the owner is a big cow, under normal circumstances, it will be bought out.

In addition to these, there is a more magical thing called the copyright of the original disc, which is usually owned by the firm, and it is clearly arranged for you.

After talking with Misa Watanabe, Shinichi Iwahashi thought about many ways out, and finally, he focused on this aspect.In a sense, being a music production company is in line with the initial concept of "selling excellence".

Music itself is his strong point, and now, he is becoming more and more famous in the underground music circle. Some underground musicians, as long as they are not Artiste, who regards business as dung, will already be born when they hear his name. Good impression.

In this way, whether it is to find songwriters to earn income or to make records for underground musicians, it will be much smoother.

Just like an actor with a high degree of favorability is favored by advertisers, just by virtue of his favorability in the underground music circle, even if Shinichi Iwahashi is not the manager of the firm, the record company hopes to recruit him to find new talents for them.

It is an intangible resource, an advantage that others do not have.Even Mayumi Watanabe, who is also sure about working hard in the band next, does not have his appeal.

Although she was a supporter behind Shinichi Iwahashi when preparing for the music festival, this is something that people in the underground music circle cannot see.

At the beginning, when I first came to Tokyo, I had no goals, and then I decided to sell excellent products to become an agent. I joined Watanabe Productions in order to learn experience. After I was successful, I was forced to choose one by Misa Watanabe, and finally decided to go the third way.

These things happened one after another, even thinking about it now, Yanqiao Shinichi also finds it inconceivable.How did I get the energy to fight this hard?

If he went back to when he was still in Odyssey, he would never have imagined that his ambition would expand so many times in just one and a half years.

In the final analysis, it is because the outline of success has been touched.

Hearing Yoshida Miwa's singing, I made up my mind to sell this singing to the whole world, find my own place in life in the concept of selling excellence, and strive for it.

To achieve this goal, the Women's Rock Festival was planned.When he watched the enthusiasm of the audience be ignited, he got another stimulation from it, which drove him to move forward.

It is true that you can see the scenery wherever you stand.

From this point of view, Shinichi Iwahashi may in turn thank Misa Watanabe for giving him the idea to open up the road in front of him.

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On March 31, the fiscal year ends.

On April [-], the new fiscal year begins.

The entrance ceremony and club entry ceremony are also the most important ceremonies after entering April.

With the advent of the education society, a good education means being able to enter a good company and work.However, in Japanese companies that pay attention to lifelong tenure, one day of joining the company is guaranteed for life.

These two ceremonies seem to be irreconcilable, but in fact they are closely related.

Since it is "a lifelong event", it is normal for the entrance ceremony and the club entry ceremony to be more grand.

Watanabe Productions also recruited a group of new employees in April as usual. The new employees recruited by the planning department, production department, public relations department and other departments are all college graduates. This is normal, but this time even the agent People also recruited a group of college students.

Yoshida Miki attaches great importance to academic qualifications and favors highly educated staff.

As soon as the newcomer joins the company and the handover is completed, Iwahashi Shinichi will officially resign from Watanabe Productions and resume his free life.

The amount of severance allowance has also been calculated. If Misa Watanabe is to be a boss who is not mean, and treat employees who have contributed to the firm favorably—it must be done.Although it was Iwahashi Shinichi's own intention to resign, if the aftermath is not handled well, it will inevitably lead to a bad reputation of not being rewarded for meritorious service, which will also affect the morale of the office staff.

Even so, it is impossible for Misa Watanabe to give him 1000 million yen as compensation for leaving Wan Yumi.In the end, including salary, I can get about 300 million yen at a time.

Counting the savings on hand, he barely became a person with 500 million yen in his hand.

In Japan, where company joining ceremonies are held one after another, the business of suit shops is booming.

A few days later, Iwahashi Shinichi received a call from Takenouchi Akihito, and when he called back, he said on the other end of the phone that he would hold an induction treat, and even his friend Iwahashi Shinichi was not left behind.

In the evening, Yanqiao Shen got off work and went to the appointment on time.

Becoming a real social person, Takeuchi Akihito looks like an elite, wearing a high-end suit, and has just had his hair cut, looking very high-spirited.

After playing around with Dayang Denki, Takeuchi Akihito finally joined Fuji Bank and became the most popular BANKMAN at the moment. He is a full-fledged "three high people" with high education, high income, and high requirements.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Akihito Takenouchi teased him, "Iwahashi, you are a bit famous now, when will you make a fortune!"

"Preparing to make a fortune." Yanqiao Shinichi replied with a joke.

In the end, Takeuchi Akihito took it seriously, and asked: "What? Are you going to do something big next?"

"It's almost like that." He said vaguely.

After hearing this, Takeuchi Akihito said to him with a smile: "Well, if you need money, please come to me. If it's Yanqiao, I don't care if I put a little water."

(End of this chapter)