Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 475 Are You Really Planning to Come to Japan to Open a Record Company?

After reading the business passport given by Cao Zhiqiang, Mito Endo quickly believed in Cao Zhiqiang's status and strength in the mainland.

"So that's how it is." After returning the passport to Cao Zhiqiang, Endo Minoru smiled slightly, "Since you have this strength, it's no wonder."

"Cao Sang!" Masashi Sada had the opportunity to introduce Mito Endo to him, "Senior Endo is not an ordinary person, he is a senior in our Japanese music industry, by the way, have you heard of Beiguochun, that is his work."

"Northern Spring?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned, and quickly remembered, "Oh, I remember, of course I remember, so he wrote this song."

Of course Cao Zhiqiang knew the song "Spring in the North Country", not to mention now, even in his previous life, he knew it very well, because it was a song that his grandfather and father in the previous life liked very much. A must-have track.

However, this is not enough for Cao Zhiqiang to pay attention to it. The most important thing is that Masashi Sada said that Endo has a very high status in the Japanese singing industry. He is not only a director of the Music Copyright Association, but also a director of the Japan Popular Music Association. The representative director of the Composers Association is said to have a very good relationship with some traditional political families and has a very high status.

According to Cao Zhiqiang's understanding, this Senior Minoru Endo is a scholar in the Japanese music industry, a proper high-end person.

The most important thing is that he has great prestige in the Japan Music Copyright Association. If you can get him to support you, although it may not make you popular, it will definitely make you go smoothly in the music channel.

The reason is also very simple, that is, Endo Minoru is very familiar with the heads of many record companies, music publishing houses, radio and television stations and other media.

Therefore, if he can be valued by Endo Minoru, the issue of Cao Zhiqiang's identity will not be a problem.

Sure enough, after introducing the situation of Endo Minoru to Cao Zhiqiang, Sada Masashi looked at Endo Minoru again and told Cao Zhiqiang's situation.

To put it simply, Masashi Sada is very optimistic about Cao Zhiqiang's musical talent, including his songwriting talent and singing talent, which are all top-notch.

Cao Zhiqiang's Japanese is not a problem, at least compared with the original Miss Deng Lijun, Cao Zhiqiang's Japanese is much better.

Then, Cao Zhiqiang was rejected by JVC Records and Polydor Records successively because of identity issues. I hope Endo can listen to the demo of Cao Zhiqiang's first single, and if possible, help Cao Zhiqiang.

After hearing these appeals from Masashi Sada, Mito Endo said with a smile: "Actually, I just came here to hang out, to find old friends to drink tea and chat with, and suddenly I heard that someone registered a hundred songs in a row. Go and have a look.

Then I took a look and found that those songs were written very well, the melody was good, and the lyrics were very particular.

So I wanted to come over and see who is so good at registering a hundred songs in one go.

I didn't expect to meet such an interesting person.

Forget it, it's rare to be in a good mood today, so let's try to help. "

Speaking of this, Endo nodded: "Is this Cao Sang's demo on me?"

Before Cao Zhiqiang could speak, Masashi Sada rushed to speak: "Everyone is here, everyone is here!"

Mito Endo smiled: "I still have an office here. Although I seldom come here and am a bit unemployed, I still have an office space. Well, you guys come with me, and we go to the office to talk."

Just like that, Endo Minoru walked ahead, Cao Zhiqiang and Sada Masashi followed, and went to Endo Minoru's director's office together.

After entering the office, Mito Endo asked the secretary's room outside to send out a secretary to help him make tea.

After the secretary made tea and left, Masashi Sada couldn't wait to play the demo record of "As long as you are here" played and sung by Cao Zhiqiang on the record player in the office.

Yes, this demo record is not an ordinary cassette tape, but an LP, which is a vinyl record.

The storage capacity of vinyl records is not as good as cassette tapes, but the ethereal feeling and sense of presence are the best and the closest to the original sound.

Not to mention the current cassette tapes, even CDs and digital music, in terms of pure liveness, it is not as good as LP.

Therefore, in general, single demos are made with vinyl records.

Originally, Mito Endo was still leisurely drinking tea while watching the songs Cao Zhiqiang registered before, but when the record player played the demo of "As long as you are there", he immediately raised his head and was attracted by the singer.

Just looking at the lyrics of the song and listening to the song are two completely different feelings.

Listening to the song can not only hear the actual effect of the song, but also know the actual singing level of the singer.

After all, for pop singers, it’s not just about good lyrics and music, the singer’s interpretation is also very important.

Otherwise, the same song would not be sung by different people with completely different effects.

Cao Zhiqiang's voice has been optimized by the system, and it is of that kind of innate ability.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang not only has good pitch and a wide range, but also has full penetrating power, and his style can also be varied.

He can sing alto, high notes and low notes, and he can even sing with pharynx, which is commonly known as dolphin sound.

Once this unique "golden voice talent" is fully developed, at least in this world, there may not be many people who can compare with his voice, especially the high pitch.

Of course, for popular songs, the stronger the treble, the better, the key is to listen well.

It is Cao Zhiqiang's voice, which belongs to the typical sweet treble, mid-range, and deep bass. In one sentence, it is transparent!
So his voice, even if he sings a song casually, can sing well, not to mention that the tune and lyrics themselves are excellent.

"Good! Good! Good!"

After the song ended, Mito Endo couldn't help but say hello three times in a row. Of course, the word here is Japanese, that is, Yasai.

After shouting three times, Endo couldn't help clapping: "Good music, good lyrics, and even better voice! Cao Sang, let's not talk about the song itself. As far as you are concerned, you are a born singer. Your singing Talent shouldn’t be buried!”

After thinking about it, Endo Minoru frowned and said, "However, your identity is indeed a little troublesome, after all, your situation may not be long in Japan.

Well, if you really want to develop in Japan, I can introduce you to Warner Pioneer. "

"Warner Pioneer?" Masashi Sada interjected, "You mean, that American record company?"

Endo Minoru looked at Masashi Sada, smiled and nodded: "Yes."

Immediately afterwards, Mito Endo explained: "Currently, our Japanese entertainment industry is generally relatively conservative, so if you find those local record companies, I don't think the effect may be good.

But this Warner Pioneer is said to be an American-funded company, which is not true, at least not entirely.

In fact, for this record company, Warner of the United States only holds 50.00% of the shares, and the remaining shares are jointly held by Pioneer and Watanabe & Associates.

Of course, this record company is not very strong in Japan at present, so it can only be regarded as a medium-sized club.

However, the good thing is that there are very few sectarian opinions in this club, and it is one of the most enlightened companies among the current Japanese record companies.

So, if you want, I can call their president Tokugen Yamamoto, this guy is still willing to sell me a face.

Anyway, you guys can try this company later, it should be fine. "

"Really?" Sada Masashi said in surprise, "Is it really possible?"

Endo nodded with a smile.

"Thank you very much!" Masashi Sada stood up directly, and bowed almost ninety degrees to Mino Endo.

Seeing Masashi Sada's great gift, Cao Zhiqiang also subconsciously stood up and nodded slightly to Mito Endo, but it was difficult to do that almost ninety-degree bow.

No way, I'm really not used to it.

"It's nothing." Mito Endo laughed, "It's just a little effort, and at most I'm helping you to make a connection. Whether we can negotiate a cooperation depends on you."

Speaking of this, Endo looked at Cao Zhiqiang: "It's you, Cao Sang, I am more and more interested in you, and I hope you can really stay in Japan and develop."

Just as Cao Zhiqiang was about to speak, Masashi Sada said excitedly: "It will definitely be possible! He will definitely stay!"

"Oh?" Endo Minoru subconsciously looked at Masashi Sada, "Are you so confident?"

Masashi Sada chuckled: "To be honest, Senior Endo, in fact, Cao Sang has signed a cooperation agreement with my agency before, and he is now an officially contracted artist of my agency.

Not only that, I also sent someone to the Immigration Bureau to apply for a work visa, and I believe it will not take long before it will be approved.

At that time, Cao Sang will be able to stay in Japan for a long time and make his music well. "

"So that's the case, that's really good." Endo Minoru nodded.

Immediately afterwards, Endo looked at Cao Zhiqiang: "But Cao Sang, do you really intend to develop in Japan?"

"That's what I mean." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly.

"Then what about your business in China?" Endo asked.

Cao Zhiqiang shrugged: "No conflict, I can continue to do it."

After smiling, Cao Zhiqiang said: "Look, I can make music in Japan while returning to China, and I can even go to Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, or even the United States to make music.

The modern society is so developed, flying by plane is fast, which is no longer what it used to be. "

"Oh, that's it." Endou Mi smiled and nodded, "It seems that your ambition is quite big."

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "God gave me talent, and also gave me the talent of singing, what if I don't make good use of it?
To be honest, I am here this time, apart from meeting my good friend Masashi Sada to catch up on the old days, I also really want to investigate the situation of the Japanese entertainment industry, so as to facilitate my investment here in the future, and open a record company here . "

"Oh?" Mito Endo became interested, "Do you want to open a record company in Japan?"

"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile.

Mito Endo smiled: "Do you know how much it will cost to open a record company in Japan?"

"Well, I really don't know." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, "But I think, if you just start a small record company, [-] million yen should be enough, right?"

"One hundred million?" Endo Minoru was taken aback, "Can you come up with so much money?"

Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "Don't say one hundred million, two hundred million will do."

After a short pause, Cao Zhiqiang continued: "Well, I know that our mainland is relatively poor in your mind, and this is also a fact at present.

However, although our per capita income is poor, our population size is large.

Once something is scaled up, it is not difficult to make money.

In fact, I am in mainland China, and I am currently a very famous person in both the book industry and the music industry.

It only took me more than half a year to make a lot of money in China by publishing books and records.

It's hard to say if there is too much, at least two or three billion yen in funds, I can still get it.

The only problem is that all my money is in RMB. It is a bit troublesome to exchange it into Japanese yen for investment, and it may take some time to go through the process.

But this is not a problem, it is nothing more than a matter of time.

After I go back this time, as long as I have a good discussion with the relevant departments, there is a high probability that it will be successful.

As long as my money can come, why can't I open a record company here? "

Indeed, Cao Zhiqiang previously saved more than 300 million RMB through selling books and records, only talking about personal savings, and he is a proper millionaire.

This is still his previous high consumption, especially the deposit after he spent 100 million to contract the next Hongguang Film Factory.

The current exchange rate of yen to RMB is 116 to 1, that is, 1 yuan of RMB is equal to 116 yuan of yen.

Then 300 million RMB is naturally 3.48 million yen.

Even in Japan, this amount of money is considered a proper rich man.

Of course, due to the current shortage of foreign exchange in China, if Cao Zhiqiang wants to exchange the 300 million RMB into Japanese yen and spend it in Japan, it may be a little difficult, and normally it is difficult to get approval.

However, Cao Zhiqiang's identity is not only a poet, singer and novelist, he is also a "secret broker"!

With him here, he can secretly transmit some domestic high-tech materials to the country, as well as some high-tech weaponry and other finished products.

It can be said that Cao Zhiqiang's identity is not as simple as a smuggling broker, but more like a secret agent.

Therefore, as long as Cao Zhiqiang goes back and tells that Uncle Lin, there is a high probability that Uncle Lin will approve him to exchange yen and then come to Japan to invest.

"Cao Sang." Masashi Sada couldn't help but said, "Are you really planning to come to Japan to open a record company?"

"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "Didn't I mention it to you early in the morning? I also said that I want to cooperate with you, have you forgotten?"

"I thought you were joking." Masashi Sada said.

"Hahaha." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "I've never joked with you, at least this is the case.

Actually, I am really optimistic about the music market here.

After all, Japan is the second largest record market in the world, and it is definitely profitable. "

"But the competition here is also very fierce." Masashi Sada said.

Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile: "As for me, the thing I am most afraid of is competition, as long as it is a fair competition, then everything will be based on strength.

I believe that with my strength, I can have a place here sooner or later. "

"Interesting, really interesting!" Mito Endo suddenly laughed, "Cao Sang, do you really plan to invest in Japan and start a record company?"

"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

"Can this record company be counted as my share?" Endo said with a smile.

"Huh?" Cao Zhiqiang was taken aback for a moment, then nodded with a smile, "Of course it's no problem!"

Endo Minori nodded with a smile: "Okay, then it's settled.

How about this, if you really plan to start a company in Japan and you can really get 3000 million, then remember to let me know, I can’t get it too much, but it’s okay to get [-] to [-] million.

By the way, I will give you my home address and phone number, you can go to me directly, or you can come here to find me.

Even if I'm not around, you can find someone else to send me a message.

As long as you come to me to discuss cooperation, I will definitely accompany you! "

"It's a deal!" Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly.

Mito Endo took a deep breath: "Ah, today is indeed the right time, it seems that today is my lucky day, to meet such a strange guy as you.

Forget it, let's not talk about these things, whether what you say is true or false, whether you are bragging or not, that is a matter for the future.

Let's settle the matter in front of us first.

Then, I will call President Yamamoto of Warner Pioneer, and you go to him to talk about cooperation.

As for the matter of cooperating to open a record company in the future, let's talk about it later, hahaha. "

(End of this chapter)