Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 187 We Not only Produce Artists, but We Are also Porters for Artists
"So, Cao Sang, it's rare for you to be so sensible. Then tell me, why should I use the film for free? Just because it was shot in your place? But the filming expenses are all paid by me. Yes!"

"Even if I have a lot of affection for your country, can't I do this? If I do this, even if I don't care, what will others think?"

Hearing Masashi Sada's complaints, Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile, and then persuaded: "Mr. Sada, those people are indeed too much, but if you trust me, why don't you listen to my opinion?"

"Of course!" Masashi Sada nodded, "Please tell me, I will definitely listen carefully."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said: "Mr. Satian, I understand the reasons for what you said, but, with all due respect, the reasons you said are useless at this time.

I'm not trying to excuse some people in our country, really not, after all, I personally think it's too much.

However, the real problem is that the documentary is almost finished, and when you made the documentary before, you also reserved some film here.

In other words, if I'm not wrong, they've already included parts of your documentary.

This time I came to you, just to make a show and gesture. Of course it's good if we can negotiate, but if we can't, then we won't talk about it.

As you know about the situation in our country, there is no relevant patent law in our country.

Therefore, what those people did was not strictly illegal.

On the contrary, you are Japanese. In view of the past situations of our two countries, if you cling to the copyright issue, it is very likely that you will be put on the line, which will turn into an issue of national sentiment, and even be said to be a kind of arrogance and plunder.

Once this really happens, the fame you have accumulated so hard in our country will be completely over, and it will be impossible for you to continue performing in our country in the future.

Based on your current situation, if you lose the market in our country, it will be a big blow to you.

After all, you have invested so much in the early stage, if you lose the market of our country because of a stubbornness that you have no hope of winning, is it too much to lose?
So let me see, it’s useless whether you object or not. It’s better to be generous, agree directly, authorize them, and allow them to use the material of your documentary for free.

In this way, you can at least earn a good name.

With this good reputation, if you perform in China, such as holding a concert or releasing a record, it will go much smoother.

This is the so-called, the east is not bright and the west is bright.

You see, the same thing, with different handling methods, the result is different.

Suppose you insist on paying royalties for uniforms, and you end up with nothing but thankless work.

But if you are generous, don't ask for money, and agree to use your materials for free, you can gain our favor.

With this goodwill, we can spread the word to all of you.

For example, we can publicize that you are high-spirited and honest. You made a film with a loss of more than 20 billion yen, but still let our TV stations use it for free. This is a kind of noble sentiment in our country.

With this kind of moral high ground, as long as you pay attention to your words and deeds in our country, you can basically walk unimpeded.

After that, if a domestic company packs you up and makes you a friendly bond between China and Japan, you can use this identity to release albums, hold concerts, and use these methods to collect money. "

Masashi Sada frowned: "You mean, let me be generous, and then use this to cultivate your domestic market? Make money by releasing records and holding concerts?"

"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile.

Masashi Sada shook his head: "Cao Sang, since you are a friend, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth.

That's right, I hold concerts here, and the response is good, often full, and everyone is very enthusiastic.

But even so, I actually don't make a lot of money by giving a concert.

Because I hold concerts here, the money I earn is fixed, and the ticket revenue is not shared with me.

In other words, if I hold a concert here with you, I can only get some performance fees for the concert, but I am not eligible to participate in the share of the ticket fees at all.

As for producing records, it's the same, I can't participate in the share, they will only give me a little bonus, it's not as good as I can earn more from a concert.

It is precisely because of this that I did not continue to expand my acting career with you.

It's true, it's true, your place is too closed, no matter how famous I am here with you, I can't make much money. "

"Understood, understand." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Our country has its own national conditions, so it's normal that you can't share money with those cooperative units.

In fact, people can give you so many bonuses, which is already very good. This still depends on your status as an international friend who is friendly to China.

If you were a different countryman and sang the same song, the money you earned at this time might not be as much as a fraction of yours. "

Masashi Sada nodded and said with a sigh: "So, although your country is very big and has a large population, at least for now, it is difficult for me to make money here.

I really love this land, I am very curious about your place, and I have a good impression of you, so I came here.

Of course, I don't deny that when I first came here, I also wanted to come here to make a wave of money before anyone else came.

But I really didn't expect that not only did I not make any money here, but it made me heavily in debt.

To be honest, I am a little discouraged about whether to continue to develop with you. "

Hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang smiled lightly and said nothing, but he agreed in his heart.

At least, if the other party is willing to say so, it means that he really treats him as a friend.

Because what the other party said was obviously from the heart.

That’s right, although the article that Cao Zhiqiang read in his previous life was full of words of praise for Masashi Sada (of course, Cao Zhiqiang didn’t have a deep impression of the name Masashi Sada, but he was very impressed with this person), but thinking about it, he knew , no profit can not get up early.

Masashi Sada's father was a veteran of the Japanese invasion of China, and was said to be a scout. Even if he repented later, there was no reason for him to be so concerned about Huaxia.

But after the reform and opening up, there are so many Japanese stars who are more friendly to China, but Masashi Sada was the first to enter China and became the first Japanese singer to hold a concert in China.

If there is no conspiracy in it, it is for profit.

Before that, Cao Zhiqiang wondered whether the reason why Masashi Sada made the documentary "Yangtze River" was to take the opportunity to obtain Chinese intelligence.

But thinking that Masashi Sada was heavily in debt for this, and he didn't pay it off until he was in his 60s, he dismissed the idea.

Also, if it is really a spy, there is no such thing.

If spies were so unlucky, no one would want to be a spy.

So since it's not being a spy, it's for profit.

You must know that when Masashi Sada entered China, it was the period when the country began to reform and open up.

Before that, foreigners knew very little about Huaxia, and they all thought that Huaxia was a mysterious place.

In addition, China now has a population of one billion people, and its population is the largest in the world. For many people, it is a huge market.

Masashi Sada's father is a China hand. Under the influence of his father, Masashi Sada wanted to come to China to try something new, gain popularity in China, and make a fortune by the way. This is a perfectly normal operation.

This idea is also correct, but he came too early.

Before [-], although the domestic entertainment industry was a blue ocean, it was also very conservative.

The simplest example is that there is no professional star-making organization in China at this time, and the remuneration for artists is also quite low.

As Masashi Sada said, at this time in China, no matter whether you hold a concert or release a record, there is no share, only the organizer will give you a little bonus.

This amount of money is already very good for many domestic people, but for Masashi Sada, it is simply a drop in the bucket.

So during this period, if a Japanese held a concert or released a record in China, he would basically have no way to make money, because there would be no relevant organization to pay you a huge amount of money.

Even if Masashi Sada is well-known in China at this time, the most famous songs are basically his songs, not his own name.

For example, Jiang Kun's previous cross talk was about the cover song "Declaration of a Man", but when it mentioned the originality of this song, it only said that it was a Japanese singer, and the name of Masashi Sada was not mentioned at all.

In fact, apart from people like Yu Deli, the name Masashi Sada is rarely remembered by anyone.

The reason is not that Masashi Sada is Japanese, but that he is subject to too many restrictions in the country, and he cannot maintain popularity in the country, and no one praises him.

Artists are all about popularity, and it's the same in this era.

If you can't always show your presence in front of the people, everyone will soon forget you, no matter how good your singing is.

Unless you have a high sense of presence and have a fanbase, then it is possible to be remembered by most people.

But Masashi Sada obviously couldn't do this.

However, if you want to say that Masashi Sada shines for love and came to China to make movies and hold concerts purely for the sake of friendship between China and Japan, that is simply nonsense.

If Masashi Sada really loves China so much, why doesn't he learn Chinese well?

That's right, Cao Zhiqiang has long discovered that Masashi Sada's Chinese is very bad, and he really only knows a few simple greetings.

And everyone knows that if a person has a good impression of another country, then learning the other country's language is the foundation of the foundation.

It's like the young people who used to chase Hallyu stars in later generations, aren't they all rushing to learn Korean?

For the same reason, the situation of Masashi Sada is also the same.

In fact, he was just an opportunist who wanted to come to China to seek gold, but unfortunately he was unlucky, and he used the wrong method, which resulted in a lot of debt.

To be honest, if the other party is not a spy, just to make money, make a documentary about Mao.

Even if you come to China to remake some TV series that were once famous in Neon Country, that's fine.

For example, the "Northern Spring" that is currently being screened in neon lights, you change it, find someone to shoot it in China, go to Hainan Island in the south, make "Southern Spring", and then play it in neon lights, and you will definitely make money.

But then again, if the other party wasn't so unlucky and fell down because of this, he wouldn't let himself pick up the leak.

"Mr. Zuo Tian." Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "I probably understand your situation. In fact, I can't do anything about the copyright issue of your documentary. It's useless to believe who will come. After all, the national conditions are so .

But if you just want to make money, pay off your debts sooner, get closer, and make lots and lots of money, I have a solution. "

"Oh?" Masashi Sada immediately felt relieved when he heard this, "What can I do?"

"Our two sides cooperate." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "We will cooperate together, and then under the banner of Sino-Japanese exchanges and cooperation, we will specialize in transnational artist exchanges, or artist underwriting business."

"This..." Sada Masashi blinked, with a confused look on his face, "How to say it specifically?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "It's very simple, I am the general manager of a publishing house, even if the publishing house hasn't opened yet, it will be soon.

That is not important, what is important is that I am in charge of a publishing house, which is equivalent to mastering the domestic distribution channels of books and audio-visual products.

Then, I thought so.

In the name of the publishing house, I first opened a sole proprietorship planning agency for artists.

You are in Japan, and you also opened an artist management company.

Then, our two companies cooperate to establish a partnership.

To put it simply, our two artist management companies belonging to different countries signed an international cooperation agreement.

The content of the agreement can be discussed in detail, but the general idea is to promote each other's artists in their own countries.

In this way, the songs of Momoe Yamaguchi and Miyuki Nakajima in your country can be authorized to us, and then we will release each other's songs in the mainland.

If it is handed over to us for distribution, we can carry out a sharing system with them, that is, the profits here will be shared with the other party in a certain proportion, so that the other party can obtain a lot of profits.

In the same way, as a principle of reciprocity, we will also release a batch of songs by Chinese singers, hand them over to your agency, and distribute them in Japan.

In other words, our company distributes the works of your Japanese artists.

And your company distributes the works of our Chinese artists, and conducts a win-win cooperation model with each other.

This situation resembles a fair and equitable peer-to-peer trade.

In this way, you are no longer a pure singer artist, but a company that manages artists. Whether you release Japanese artists to my country or Chinese artists distribute in Japan through you, you can earn an intermediary fee.

I believe that as the exchanges between our two countries become more frequent, this kind of interaction in the literary and art circles will also become more frequent.

And we are the first to do this business.

Believe me, even if there will be latecomers to follow suit in the future, as the first company to do this transnational artist business, we will definitely reap the maximum profit.

We not only produce artists, but also act as porters for artists.

Anyway, no matter whether it is in or out, you can make a profit, so why not do it? "

(End of this chapter)