Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 188 You and I join hands, win-win cooperation

Needless to say, Masashi Sada was quite tempted by Cao Zhiqiang's proposal.

After all, as a Japanese who was the first to come to the mainland to expand his career, and was even heavily in debt, at least in the entertainment circle, he knows the mainland's national conditions best, especially the mainland's entertainment industry.

Of course, at this time the mainland is not called the entertainment industry, it should be called the entertainment industry, anyway, the meaning is the same.

Unlike Japan, the showbiz in the mainland at this time is basically state-owned, and there are no private showbiz companies.

Coupled with the conservative atmosphere, it is really difficult for a foreigner to come to the mainland to make money.

However, compared with these, what makes Masashi Sada even more uncomfortable is the conservative mentality of those powerful people in the mainland show business circle.

In fact, the communication proposal proposed by Cao Zhiqiang, which is about introducing Japanese artists to perform in the mainland and earn income, was proposed by Masashi Sada long ago, but no unit in the mainland has been interested.

It can't be said that there is no interest, but the meaning of the mainland is that since it is a friendly exchange between China and Japan, it will not change to talk about money.

In other words, there is no unit in the mainland that is willing to pay for Japanese artists who come to China to perform.

With the current situation, Japanese artists will not come if you don’t pay enough money, let alone not give a penny.

Everything, Masashi Sada's proposal was rejected from the very beginning.

But now, the new proposal made by Cao Zhiqiang made Masashi Sada's eyes shine.

Indeed, it may not be feasible to invite Japanese artists to perform in China for the time being.

However, it is still possible to obtain the authorization of certain Japanese artists to sell records here in the mainland on a share basis.

Perhaps, at this time, many big-name singers in Japan will not care, but some people will be happy after all.

After all, in the past, when the songs sung by these Japanese singers became popular in the mainland, those Japanese singers couldn't get a penny of money, and they were basically prostitutes in the mainland.

But if there is a publishing company in mainland China that can obtain their authorization to release the records here, then they can take a share of the profits.

This is equivalent to an extra income, and it can also expand the popularity by the way, why not do it?
If you can count the sales of the records you released in mainland China, then those Japanese singers can easily reach the gold record or even the platinum record, and it sounds good to say it.

You know, in this era, for singers, the sales volume of record releases is a very important indicator, but the sales volume of records refers to the sales of genuine copies.

Sales of pirated records do not count.

You are like Miyuki Nakajima.

Miyuki Nakajima's songs are already very popular in the mainland at this time, and her songs can be heard in many places, but Miyuki Nakajima did not get any profit from it, and she did not count the number of records that are popular in the mainland as her Individual record sales.

The same situation also applies to Teresa Teng, who is even more famous in China.

But in the same way, all of Teresa Teng's tape records were released in China, and Teresa Teng herself did not earn a penny of income, and these records released in mainland China were not counted in Teresa Teng's personal record sales.

So, if there is a serious domestic publishing company that can issue a genuine license, even if the money for a single album is not much, the advantage in quantity can make up for it.

Is there any place that can compare to the market of one billion people in the mainland?
Furthermore, as Cao Zhiqiang said.

Now that the mainland has opened up, it is impossible for the entertainment industry to be so conservative all the time. Sooner or later it will be in line with international standards, and sooner or later it will pay attention to the copyright awareness of creators.

At that time, the pioneers will inevitably enjoy the biggest dividends.

Of course, these contents all sound beautiful.

If it is actually operated, limited by the different national conditions of the two countries, there will inevitably be some differences and problems.

For example, if a Japanese artist comes to China to release a record, I don't need to promote it.

As long as you don't take the initiative to promote it, you can set the price of the tape at a high price, such as selling a tape for 30 yuan.

So at this high price, unless you are very famous and have some hardcore fans, the sales of records will inevitably be hindered.

Just kidding, the monthly salary of ordinary people in China is only about 40 yuan, and an ordinary music tape only sells for ten or eight yuan.

That's good for you, a tape of Japanese songs costs 30 yuan, how many people are here to buy it?
But there is something to this. If you really want to talk about it, let’s say that the price is in line with international standards. The price is too low to reflect the rank of the Japanese singer, so it should be possible to fool it.

In this way, it is impossible for those Japanese singers to hit the domestic market, which can give the country a large buffer period.

This is actually the same as import protection barriers, both to protect the fragile domestic pop song market.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang's real purpose is not to really want to introduce a large number of Japanese artists to make money in China.

On the contrary, he wants to use the so-called "reciprocal principle" to allow himself and the artists he cultivated to go to Japan to make money in an open and fair way with extremely favorable conditions.

Even if my subordinates can't find an artist who can sing Japanese songs well to make money in Japan, Cao Zhiqiang can do it himself.

He has a golden voice, top-notch guitar performance, and a large number of popular songs for later generations to copy, and his Japanese is also top-notch.

With so many factors combined, as long as he is given a chance, with his own strength, I believe he can immediately become a phenomenon-level idol in Japan and make a lot of profits.

He remembered that at this time, the craziness of young Japanese chasing stars was second to none.

As long as you can center yourself and export Japanese and Chinese music to Japan in reverse, you can gain both fame and fortune.

After becoming famous, it shouldn't be a big problem to bring other people along and continue to debut in Japan to make money.

For example, I can form a boy group, just like the later beyond band.

Hey, so it seems that the Beyond band was also established in 1983. I forgot the exact month, but it was the same year anyway.

But boy bands don't seem to be interesting.

By the way, we can play with men and women, similar to the Feier band.

For example, apart from myself, all the other members of the band are women, which seems to be quite interesting.

As for how to choose an artist, it's also simple.

The Central Conservatory of Music has many good students who can play musical instruments.

There are also countless art troupes and song and dance troupes that are facing disbandment.

These are good seedlings of future idols!

I don't believe it anymore, I have the pop songs of later generations, a professional music reserve army, and the appreciation level of later generations. I can't come up with a few phenomenal idol groups, and come to a reverse output!

That's right, when it comes to the star-making level, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan are indeed the most famous.

But in fact, their level is just like that, and they are not even in their heyday.

If at this time, I can launch a better idol group first, create new dances, new songs, and then use the cooperation with Masashi Sada and the gimmick of friendship between China and Japan to reverse export to Japan, then it should be There will be a good response.

At the beginning, it is best to export under the guise of national style, such as opera girl groups, national style bands and the like.

Such a special girl group is less likely to cause backlash and resistance from the other party, and should be more attractive to the Japanese.

Naturally, during this period, I also want to enter the Japanese market as a singer, and impress the other party with my strength.

Once the self-packaged idol star can succeed in the reverse export to Japan, all doubts can naturally be dispelled.

Not to mention anything else, Lou Xiao'e will definitely agree to cooperate with her to help her develop the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets.

In other words, although the popular culture of Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan is very powerful now, but if you really talk about star creation and content creation, Cao Zhiqiang is really not afraid of them.

After all, Cao Zhiqiang has the experience and knowledge of later generations to rely on, and there are system plug-ins to assist.

This is why he dared to fight against Japanese and Hong Kong and Taiwan pop culture alone.

One man makes an army, but that's all.

However, this all requires a major premise.

That is the Japanese side, to give Cao Zhiqiang a legitimate distribution channel, so that Cao Zhiqiang can go to Japan for development in a serious manner.

At the very least, Cao Zhiqiang's songs should be unhindered in Japan, and he can earn enough money in Japan.

And for this, you need a reliable Japanese friend, and it is best to be an insider in the Japanese music scene.

There is no doubt that Masashi Sada, who is heavily in debt, is currently the best candidate.

Masashi Sada has a special status.

Not only in Japan, he is a very influential singer-songwriter.

On the mainland, he is also the first person with considerable influence.

After all, the first Japanese to come to China to hold a concert is still full of gimmicks.

Moreover, Masashi Sada is not only awesome, his father Masato Sada is also very well connected in the Japanese entertainment industry.

Therefore, with the help of Masashi Sada to open up the joints in Japan, the way for Cao Zhiqiang to intervene in the Japanese market will be opened.

Then according to the principle of reciprocity, I can release the songs of Japanese singers in China.

In the same way, through Masashi Sada, he can also introduce his own singers to Japan, let the Japanese hear the singing of the Chinese, and let the Chinese idols in the mainland earn money from the Japanese.

As long as the song is good and the content is good, I believe that earning the little devil's money will definitely not be a problem.

Of course, we can’t talk about the small thoughts here, only the tall and mutually beneficial parts.

In particular, it is necessary to make a good picture and convince the other party that by cooperating with me, Japanese artists, especially Masashi Sada, the middleman, can make a lot of money in the mainland.

"Your idea is very good!" Masashi Sada was very excited after hearing what Cao Zhiqiang said.

"However, Cao Sang, can you really do what you said? I mean, can you really guarantee the record distribution rights of our Japanese singers in the mainland?"

"Hehe." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, "Well, my publishing house will open in two days, so you can visit with me when the time comes, and you will have confidence by then.

As long as my publishing house is open, I am of course qualified to distribute books and audio-visual products, as long as the content does not violate the regulations.

Now is the honeymoon period of China-Japan friendship, as long as we both introduce some positive songs to each other and carry out a mutual authorization, then it will not be a big problem.

Since there is no relevant music copyright law in our country, we can only use the model of company-to-company authorization contract to restrict this aspect.

However, this chaotic and disorderly state will end sooner or later.

And I hope that the end of this chaotic and disorderly state can start from you and me.

Let us work together to build a beautiful and strong bridge for cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and Japan! "

"Very good!" Satian Masashi held Cao Zhiqiang's hands excitedly.

"China-Japan exchanges and friendship enhancement are exactly what I want to do!

Cao Sang, you are right. Your domestic market is huge and the people are very smart. This situation of weak copyright awareness will end sooner or later.

That being the case, let us join hands to end this chaos ahead of schedule! "

"well said!"

Cao Zhiqiang also held Sada Masashi's hands tightly behind his back, his face full of excitement.

"Sata-kun, you and I will work together for a win-win situation and start a better tomorrow together!"

(End of this chapter)