Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

After finishing the phone call with Mito Endo, Tokugen Yamamoto felt confident and resumed the negotiation with Cao Zhiqiang.

This time, perhaps because of knowing Cao Zhiqiang's true identity, Tokugen Yamamoto despised him a lot less, and no longer regarded Cao Zhiqiang as a dispensable little person.

"Disrespect, disrespect." Tokugen Yamamoto, who was seated on the sofa again, smiled at Cao Zhiqiang, "I didn't expect Cao Sang to be the president of a record company in Huaguo at such a young age, so I am in the same class as me, haha Ha ha."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Where is it? I was lucky. I just got the bonus of the times. It is still incomparable with you, the experienced senior."

Seeing what Cao Zhiqiang said, Tokumoto Yamamoto nodded in satisfaction: "Cao Sang is too modest, no matter what, to be the president must have your uniqueness.

In this way, although I trust Endo-kun's advance, can you let me see your passport? "

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

Soon, Cao Zhiqiang took out his passport again and handed it over with both hands.

Tokugen Yamamoto took Cao Zhiqiang's passport, and after looking at it in detail, he found that there was indeed Cao Zhiqiang's work unit and position on it, which was exactly the same as what Endo said.

It is impossible to deceive people with a passport, and Yamamoto Tokumoto also knows a thing or two about the situation in China, knowing that the general manager of the company over there is similar to the president here, so he quickly chose to believe it.

After returning the passport to Cao Zhiqiang, Tokumoto Yamamoto did not continue to discuss cooperation. Instead, he first asked Cao Zhiqiang how he became the general manager of the "Huaxia Audiovisual Company".

Cao Zhiqiang thought it was nothing, so he chose to tell the story of how he became Huaxia Audiovisual Company.

When Yamamoto Tokugen heard that Cao Zhiqiang first made money by writing poems to become famous, and then contracted a publishing house with the first pot of gold he earned by writing poems, and then published a best-selling book, making another sum of money, and then continued Relying on this money, after continuing to invest in shares and contracting a state-owned audio-visual company, I was stunned.

Because this experience is too legendary, and what's even more rare is that the time is so short, only half a year in total.

Within half a year, from an ordinary intern worker who just started work, he has become the president of a publishing house and the general manager of an audio-visual company, and the business is good, which is indeed scary enough.

There are similar situations in Japan, but there is absolutely no one that climbs so fast.

"Actually, I have also been honored by the times." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "Our country is currently undergoing reforms, reforms in all aspects.

In the process of reform, there will naturally be a lot of opportunities.

I just seized these opportunities to achieve these achievements in such a short period of time.

So, it's all luck. "

"Cao Sang is too modest!" Yamamoto Tokugen smiled and shook his head.

"Even if opportunities arise due to reforms, they are reserved for those who are talented and prepared.

For example, Cao Sang, if you were not talented in poetry, you would not have made your first pot of gold so easily, let alone use this first pot of gold to contract the subsidiary publishing house of your factory.

Even if you contracted the publishing house, if you didn't use your talents again to publish a best-selling book, you wouldn't make a lot of money again, and then you would have enough capital to contract the next audio-visual company.

In the same way, if you contracted that audio-visual company, if you didn't write and sing songs yourself, and the products sell well, you would also be unable to turn a profit.

In short, your experience seems to be luck, but it is not.

The key is yourself, you are too powerful.

If it were someone else, even if he was given the opportunity to contract a publishing house and an audio-visual company, he would not be able to do so well in a short period of time because he is not talented enough and capable. "

Speaking of this, Tokumoto Yamamoto sighed: "As a president, I am engaged in business management, and I understand the bitterness and difficulties of management too well.

At such a young age, Cao Sang was able to turn the tide on his own, and made such a career in a short period of time. This, this, this, I already don't know how to describe it.

If I have to insist, I can only say that you are a miracle! "

Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "Where is it? It's really thanks to the good policy. If it weren't for the policy, my talent would have nowhere to display."

"No, no, no." Tokugen Yamamoto waved his hand, "You are too modest. There is a saying in your country that gold always shines. With your talents on display, you will stand out sooner or later."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "President Yamamoto, let's stop here first for this kind of business mutual praise. Everyone is very busy. Look at the next step, shall we cooperate?"

"Cooperation, of course we must cooperate!" Tokugen Yamamoto said quickly, "I didn't know your specific situation before, the condition is that I was a bit negligent, but since you are already a famous singer in your country, and you also run a record company company."

"It's an audio-visual company." Cao Zhiqiang corrected his mistake, "Our Huaxia company not only produces and distributes records, but also produces and distributes video tapes."

"It's all the same." Yamamoto Tokugen said with a smile, "In this case, do you think this is good? Before talking about cooperation with yourself, can you talk about other cooperation first, for example, let your Huaxia Audiovisual Company, engage in a Sino-Japanese friendly cooperation with Warner Pioneer?"

Cao Zhiqiang raised his eyebrows: "What kind of friendly cooperation between China and Japan do you want?"

Tokugen Yamamoto smiled: "That's right, your Huaxia Audiovisual Company can engage in a strategic cooperation with our Warner Pioneer.

As for this strategic cooperation, our artists can sign a contract with your Huaxia Audiovisual Company.

The content of the contract is probably that we give you an authorization to authorize our artists to record records in your country, and you will carry out exclusive distribution, and then formulate a share ratio according to the actual situation, according to the sales share.

As a reciprocity, your artists from Huaxia Audiovisual Company can also authorize us to Warner Pioneer, and we will record and release albums for your artists, and also specify a share ratio according to the situation, and share according to sales.

In this way, our artists can use your Huaxia Audiovisual to enter your domestic market, and your artists can also use our Warner Pioneer to enter the Japanese market. This is a mutual benefit for both parties, and everyone is happy. "

Cao Zhiqiang laughed as soon as he heard it, and immediately knew what his plan was.

"President Yamamoto, I personally agree with your proposal, but unfortunately, it is difficult to operate at present."

"Why?" Tokugen Yamamoto asked.

Cao Zhiqiang said: "President Yamamoto, let's put it this way, although I own a domestic audio-visual company, well, let's call it a record company.

My company does have the right to produce and release records in China, but these rights are limited. In theory, I can only make and release records for domestic singers.

If it is a foreign singer, it is not up to our record company to decide whether they can enter our domestic distribution, but it has to go through the approval of relevant departments.

For example, diplomatic departments, cultural departments, etc., need to go through a lot of procedures and procedures.

In addition, even if the process is completed, Japanese singers sing all Japanese songs, so it is hard to say whether they will be popular in our country. "

"It doesn't matter." Tokumoto Yamamoto said with a smile, "China and Japan are friendly now, if we are under the banner of cultural exchanges, we must go through the process and those things, it's not a big problem.

As for whether we Japanese singers can enjoy themselves with you.

Well, Japanese songs are a problem, but in this way, we can make a batch of Chinese songs for comparison on the basis of Japanese songs, let our singers sing, and then only release them in your mainland. This is no problem, right? ? "

"Of course there is no problem." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "However, it is best for you, the Japanese side, to file an application first.

For example, your Warner Pioneer Company, under the banner of friendly exchanges between China and Japan, first filed relevant applications with our embassy personnel here, so that the problem on your side will not be too big.

Then on my side, after returning to the country, I will help you run the relationship and operate the operation. Generally, the problem is not big.

After the official matchmaking between the two parties is completed, the remaining issues can be discussed. We Huaxia Audiovisual Company can help your artists to promote and distribute in China. When necessary, your artists will also need to come to our country in person to carry out some practical operations.

Such as holding song release conferences, fan meetings, concerts and so on.

In the same way, as a reciprocity, our artists must also get your full cooperation, such as song releases, fan meetings, concerts, etc.

In terms of the specific promotional operation of the artists of both parties, it should be compared with the specific conditions of both parties, and try to reflect a fair and just principle. "

"Not bad!" Yamamoto Tokugen touched his chin, "This idea is very good, very good."

Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile: "I am very happy to have reached this consensus with you, but the specific operation may be a bit cumbersome, but as long as we remain true to our original intentions, I believe it will not be a big problem."

After a pause, Cao Zhiqiang emphasized again: "President Yamamoto, I still say the same thing. Although our country's current economy is not very good, the population is still there, and the desire for high-level pop songs is very high. It is definitely a strange and vast market.

If nothing else, let's just talk about your record market in Japan. If you release a single record, it may be considered very high if you sell more than [-] copies a week, but if this number is in our country, it will be a failure at all.

Take me as an example. The album I released at the beginning sold more than one million copies in a week, and it was sold out immediately.

When my record was released, it wasn't the number of releases that limited sales, it was the number of productions.

Because our country is still dominated by cassette tapes at present, there are very few vinyl records.

As for cassette tapes, the supply in our country is still in short supply. Before I released the album "Life in Bloom", I first contacted several tape manufacturers and asked for a lot of indicators. Only then did I reluctantly give me some quotas. .

Even so, I had to stockpile 50 records before I dared to sell them publicly, not like you, who can stock up [-] records and sell them.

It can be said that if our tape production had not been slowed down, when my album was released, it would not have sold only one million copies in the first week of release, at least it would have doubled.

Even now, almost three months after my album was released, the sales are still very good.

If there are no accidents, I am afraid that the sales of 500 million copies will be achieved soon. "

"Isn't it? Are there so many sales?" Tokugen Yamamoto's eyes widened.

"Of course!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Don't talk about me, just talk about Miss Deng Lijun, you should know her name, right?"

"I know, of course I know." Tokugen Yamamoto nodded.

Cao Zhiqiang said: "To be honest, Ms. Deng Lijun's record sales have already reached 500 million in Xiangjiang alone. As for the record sales in my country, it may have already exceeded [-] million.

However, all the records that Ms. Deng Lijun released in our country were all pirated copies. No matter how many records were released, Ms. Deng Lijun would not get a penny of remuneration.

By the way, it's not just Ms. Deng Lijun, you know Ms. Momoe Yamaguchi, right? "

"Of course I know." Yamamoto Tokugen chuckled, "Miss Yamaguchi is also a household name here, how could I not know?"

Cao Zhiqiang nodded, and said seriously: "Do you know that Momoe Yamaguchi has become famous since "Blood Doubt" starring Ms. Momoe Yamaguchi was released in our country, and many of her songs have also appeared in our country. Of course, Also pirated.

Although there is no specific statistical data, according to the preliminary statistics made by our company, the sales volume of Ms. Momoe Yamaguchi's pirated song tapes in my country may have exceeded 500 million copies so far. "

"Five, 500 million copies?" Tokugen Yamamoto was shocked this time.

"That's right!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded seriously, "If you don't believe me, you can ask Mr. Sada, he has been to our side, he should know the popularity of Miss Momoe Yamaguchi in our side, and you should also know that Miss Momoe Yamaguchi's record Whether it appears on our side."

Upon hearing this, Tokugen Yamamoto immediately looked at Masashi Sada, who had been silent since just now.

Realizing that he was suddenly mentioned, Masashi Sada was stunned, smiled wryly and said: "Well, from my personal experience, Ms. Momoe Yamaguchi is indeed very popular in China, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a household name.

As for her records, I don't know exactly how many there are, but there are indeed Ms. Momoe Yamaguchi's songs on the market. "

"They are all pirated copies!" Cao Zhiqiang said, "As far as I know, some people imported Ms. Yamaguchi's tapes from Japan or Xiangjiang, then secretly recorded them with tape recorders, and then sold them in the market.

Because too many people do it, the exact number is no longer available. Our 500 million data is also an approximate data based on interviews and surveys in several major cities, and the actual number may be higher. "

Well, what Cao Zhiqiang said about Momoe Yamaguchi's sales of 500 million copies is of course a random nonsense, in order to shock Tokugen Yamamoto.

Of course there are not that many in reality, at least not so many at the moment. After all, it is still the same sentence, the supply of tapes is insufficient.

In an era when tape recorders were purchased by reel, although audio tapes did not need to be reeled, they are also insufficient at present.

If the number of tapes increases, the album sales of Cao Zhiqiang's previous "Life in Bloom" can at least quadruple.

"I see." Tokugen Yamamoto took a deep breath, "Your country is really a big market!"

"President Yamamoto." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "In our country, the current record industry is indeed a big market, and the income is also very considerable. To a certain extent, it is not much smaller than your Japanese record market.

But if you want to enter my country's record industry to make money, there are still many problems.

For example, foreign artists are rarely recognized by the Chinese people, and it is difficult to release records in my country through normal channels.

However, these problems are minor problems. The biggest problem is actually the insufficient number of records.

In other words, the production quantity of cassette tapes is far from keeping up with the relevant needs of the people in our country.

Therefore, in my visit to Japan this time, in addition to investigating and negotiating cross-border cooperation with artists, I also have a very important purpose, which is to inspect the tape production line.

If possible, I hope to import several production lines of audio tapes from you and produce audio tapes in our country.

In this way, we have our own production line, we can produce tapes and record records ourselves, and the number can increase.

For a record, if the content is software, then the tape is the hardware.

Only when the software and hardware cooperate well with each other and the quantity is sufficient, can the maximum profit be earned, don't you think? "