Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

After some bargaining, Tokugen Yamamoto, the president of Warner Pioneer, finally accepted Cao Zhiqiang's conditions.

To put it simply, the copyright of the song belongs to Cao Zhiqiang, and the remuneration is [-]% of the issue price to Satian planning, and there is no need for Cao Zhiqiang to become the exclusive signing artist of Warner Pioneer. Cao Zhiqiang does not need to write and sing songs for Warner Pioneer. not a broken relationship, but an equal cooperative relationship.

It's just that Warner Pioneer has the priority negotiation right for each song of Cao Zhiqiang, and the cooperation method between the two parties is not allowed to be announced to the public.

In other words, Cao Zhiqiang and Warner Pioneer have an equal cooperative relationship, but this cooperative relationship is internal, only a very few people know about it, and cannot be announced to the public. This is also a protection for both parties, especially Warner Pioneer.

After signing the contract, because it was already late, we agreed that Cao Zhiqiang and Masashi Sada would come over early tomorrow morning to formally audition, and officially use the recording studio here to record the album "As long as you are there".

"Cao Sang, thank you so much, really thank you so much!"

After leaving the headquarters of Warner Pioneer, Masashi Sada kept thanking Cao Zhiqiang and adding emotion.

"I didn't expect that in that situation, you would still think about me. I thought you would really kick me out and sign a contract with President Yamamoto alone."

"How could it be?" Cao Zhiqiang smiled at Masashi Sada.

"Yazhi-kun, we are friends, and you brought me to Japan, how could I give up friendship just for money?

Money is precious, but friendship is more expensive.

Please, don't take me too vulgar! "

"Hahaha, that's right!" Masashi Sada nodded happily, "Cao Sang, you are right, I don't need to get too excited, because we are friends!"

Immediately afterwards, Masashi Sada said: "Ah, I am very happy today, I must celebrate it!
By the way, how about I treat you to charcoal-grilled wagyu beef!This is a great dish!

At that time, we will eat barbecue and drink sake together, you must like it! "

Cao Zhiqiang smiled lightly: "Let's forget it, I'm tired, just go back and eat something, then go to bed early, and I have to come to work tomorrow."

"Hey!" Masashi Sada sighed again, "Cao Sang, I know you are doing it for my own good and want to save me money, thank you."

Cao Zhiqiang looked at Masashi Sada and thought, no, you think too much, I'm just really tired, not to save you money.

In addition, Cao Zhiqiang chose to continue to cooperate with Masashi Sada just in case.

After all, the current relationship between China and Japan has just broken the ice, and many details of laws and regulations have not been communicated in detail. If there is no reliable local help, Cao Zhiqiang will be too risky.

Another one, no one would like a person who is only interested in profit. His emphasis on faith will not only win the favor of Masashi Sada, but also make Tokumoto Yamamoto take a look at him.

After all, the fundamental reason why Yamamoto Tokugen can speak so well is that he wants to take advantage of Cao Zhiqiang's relationship to take the opportunity to enter the Chinese market, not just because of Cao Zhiqiang's Japanese songs.

Of course, Cao Zhiqiang is also happy to see the success of this point, because this is also beneficial to Cao Zhiqiang. After all, once the cooperation is really reached, it can be regarded as foreign investment.

Not to mention, Yamamoto Tokugen also planned to match Cao Zhiqiang with Pioneer to negotiate the introduction of tape production lines.

If we can really negotiate with Pioneer to introduce the tape production line, then we will make a lot of money this time.

In short, with Cao Zhiqiang's insistence, Masashi Sada stopped talking about eating and drinking, but took a taxi and went home together.

Of course, he sent Cao Zhiqiang home first, and then returned to his own home.

After all, Cao Zhiqiang now lives alone with his two assistants, and no longer lives with Masashi Sada.

After Cao Zhiqiang returned to his residence, sure enough, he saw that Anping and Xu Chun were both at home, and they both bought vegetables.

According to Xu Chun, the prices here are too expensive, especially in restaurants, so it is more cost-effective to buy the ingredients and make them yourself.

In addition, the taste of Japanese food is too light, and it is mainly stewed. They are not used to it, but they still like to stir-fry.

Cao Zhiqiang didn't care about this, he paid for the food anyway, and Xu Chun was said to have learned cooking skills, so he didn't mind them.

Not to mention, although Japan generally uses snow pans, and there is no Chinese-style large iron pan, but because of the gas, it is barely okay for cooking.

Xu Chun cooks himself, and made a tomato scrambled egg, an onion fried meat, a hot and sour potato shreds, and a seaweed shredded meat soup, plus a pot of rice, and a little radish and pickles. The meal is really good, very rich of.

Anyway, in Cao Zhiqiang's opinion, this meal was much better than the one he had at Masashi Sada's before.

It's not that Cao Zhiqiang and others look down on Japanese food, it's just that they are used to Chinese food.

During the meal, the three of them also talked about sending materials back to China, and about Cao Zhiqiang's itinerary for today.

Cao Zhiqiang did not hide anything, so he signed a contract of equal cooperation with the president of Warner Pioneer, talked about the intention of Chinese and Japanese artists to exchange cooperation, and also intended to use President Yamamoto to discuss tape production lines with Pioneer. come out.

Xu Chun and Anping were surprised to hear that Cao Zhiqiang had done so many things in just one day.

"President." Anping frowned, put down the porcelain bowl and said in a low voice, "I've already got the things, and I'm going back to China the day after tomorrow. If you do this at this time, will there be any extra problems?"

Cao Zhiqiang chewed two mouthfuls of rice, swallowed the rice, then put down his chopsticks and said slowly: "No, it will be safer if I do this.

Don't forget, we came to Japan this time, nominally under the banner of business investigation, if we don't have any actual results or intentional things, it's not normal. "

"It makes sense." Xu Chun nodded, "I think this is very good. On the surface, it's a serious matter, but it can cover up our real purpose. It's very good."

Anping thought for a while: "President Cao, otherwise, I'd better take things back and you stay here? What if that mysterious person comes to contact you again?"

"Of course not." Cao Zhiqiang said calmly, "It's too big a goal for you to go back alone, after all, you are one of my secretary and translator.

It only makes sense if we go back together.

That's enough, this matter is settled like this, don't talk too much.

Tomorrow I will go to Warner to record, what should you do, don't stay in the room all day, like a real tourist, go out more, buy more things, understand? "

"Understood!" Anping nodded, "We know what to do."

"Yes." Xu Chun also smiled, "You don't have to worry about us, we have a sense of proportion."

"That's good." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, and picked up chopsticks to eat again.

Early the next morning, Cao Zhiqiang was having breakfast, and Masashi Sada came to visit with a smile, obviously intending to go to Warner Pioneer with Cao Zhiqiang.

Regarding this, Cao Zhiqiang didn't say much, and continued to eat the breakfast prepared by Xu Chun in a leisurely manner, and then took the bus with Masashi Sada to the headquarters of Warner Pioneer Club.

In fact, when I signed the contract with Warner Pioneer yesterday, it was agreed in advance that Masashi Sada would also participate in the production of this record.

That is to say, in terms of arrangement, Masashi Sada wants to get involved, not just as Cao Zhiqiang's manager.

After all, although Masashi Sada's voice is broken, his ability to arrange music has not been lost. With his personal participation, everyone can rest assured.

Then, in terms of official record recording, there were no twists and turns.

After all, last night, Cao Zhiqiang and Masashi Sada discussed the specific arrangement issues, such as which instruments to use, how to mix the sound, etc., and the style. They have already discussed it.

With the participation of a professional like Masashi Sada, and the assistance of other professionals, and of course the most professional recording studio, Cao Zhiqiang only needs to sing in the recording studio, and he does not need to be distracted by playing the guitar.

Not to mention, this feeling of concentrating on singing is different from playing and singing with a guitar. You can sing with more concentration and affection.

Especially Cao Zhiqiang's penetrating voice, once you sing with your heart, you can immediately feel the lively and lively mood, which is full of appeal.

Also, because of Cao Zhiqiang's talent, he only sang it three times, and all of them were OK.

With Cao Zhiqiang's voice, the next step is mixing, and Cao Zhiqiang doesn't need to worry about this.

However, when Cao Zhiqiang finished singing and walked out of the recording studio, he found that there was one more person outside.

This person Cao Zhiqiang is very familiar with, it turned out to be Akina Nakamori.

"Miss Nakamori? Why are you here?" Cao Zhiqiang asked in surprise.

Before Akina Nakamori could speak, a middle-aged man in a white shirt next to him said with a smile, "I asked her to come."

Only then did Cao Zhiqiang look at the man in the white shirt.

The man in the white shirt is Nobuo Tomioka. He is the director of the publicity department of Warner Pioneer and the specific person in charge of the production and promotion of his record.

That is to say, the project "As long as you are there" was actually managed by Nobuo Tomioka, so of course Cao Zhiqiang knew about it.

After realizing that Cao Zhiqiang was looking at him, Nobuo Tomioka smiled slightly:
"It's like this, I think the quality of your song is very good, it's a pity if it's just made into a record.

So, I decided to make another set of short films and make a set of MTV.

In this way, in addition to playing on TV, it can also be used on LD discs, video tapes and karaoke, which is more diversified. "

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "That's great, but what does this have to do with Ms. Nakamori?"

Nobuo Tomioka chuckled: "That's right, Cao Sang, we want to make a love story for this short film on MTV, and let you be the hero and Ms. Nakamori the heroine. I mean, you can understand right?"

Cao Zhiqiang came to a sudden: "Oh, so it is like this."

"Hi." Akina Nakamori smiled and nodded slightly to Cao Zhiqiang, "We will be a cooperative relationship in the future, please take care of me."

Cao Zhiqiang looked at Akina Nakamori, and suddenly said again: "Ah, you are an artist from Warner Bros."

"Hi!" Akina Nakamori nodded with a smile.

"Isn't it?" Masashi Sada said, "Cao Sang, you don't know that Miss Nakamori is from Warner, do you?"

Cao Zhiqiang blinked: "This... I really didn't know before."

Well, he really didn't know before, but now he knows.

After all, he was not a die-hard fan of Akina Nakamori in his previous life, he had only heard a few songs she sang, and watched a few TV series she starred in on MTV, but who would care about which company she was an artist from? .

As if seeing Cao Zhiqiang's embarrassment, Nobuo Tomioka laughed and said, "Cao Sang is a foreigner, so it would be nice to know Akina's name. I don't know which company she signed with, which is normal.

It's like the very popular Michael Jackson in the United States. If you ask any Japanese on the street to see how many of them know which company Michael Jackson signed with, I'm afraid not many know. "

"That makes sense." Masashi Sada smiled.

Immediately afterwards, Masashi Sada smiled and said to Cao Zhiqiang: "Cao Sang, from now on, you have nothing to do here, why don't you go out with Ms. Nakamori for a walk, chat and get to know each other better, this will also be beneficial How about your future cooperation?"

As soon as Masashi Sada finished speaking, Nobuo Tomioka nodded with a smile: "That's right, the shooting will start in the afternoon, don't worry, you can go outside to have a chat first, take a walk, and get to know each other better, in this case, the shooting in the afternoon to be more successful.”

Immediately afterwards, Nobuo Tomioka said to Akina Nakamori: "Akina, we still have something to do. Cao Sang is new here, so you can welcome him, okay?"

Akina Nakamori smiled and nodded to Nobuo Tomioka: "Okay, no problem!"

After finishing speaking, Akina Nakamori said to Cao Zhiqiang: "Mr. Cao Zhiqiang, please come with me. I will take you for a walk around the club and visit everywhere, okay?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Of course."

After finishing speaking, Cao Zhiqiang bid farewell to Masashi Sada, Nobuo Tomioka and several other sound mixers respectively, and then left the recording studio with Akina Nakamori.

After that, Akina Nakamori really took Cao Zhiqiang to see and explain everywhere, just like a tour guide.

Of course, it is mainly to introduce the practice room where the artist is located. Like the general office area, it is easy to pass by, and a brief introduction is enough.

How should I put it, after watching all the way and listening to Akina Nakamori's introduction, Cao Zhiqiang discovered that this Warner Pioneer Records is indeed a professional organization.

In addition to large and small professional recording rooms, there are also many shooting rooms here, where you can shoot various indoor photos, and even have your own stage, where you can hold stage shows by yourself, but the scale of the stage is much smaller.

This is a record company in name, but in fact it not only produces records, but also produces MTV, karaoke and various music videos.

It is also technologically advanced.

Here you can record not only cassette tapes, but also CDs, vinyl records, LD laser discs, video tapes and other media.

In addition to being able to self-record and MTV, there are many other departments here.

For example, here will also introduce its artists to make TV, film, hold concerts for artists, produce peripheral products, and so on.

What's even more outrageous is that even ordinary people's wedding photos and wedding videos are shot here, and it's not just limited to producing records for artists under their banners, MTV, or other artist activities.

The professional place is professional enough, but in addition, there are all kinds of branches.

In short, this is a professional and miscellaneous audio-visual production and distribution company that does almost everything.

Cao Zhiqiang didn't know if this was good or not, and he didn't know if the Warner Pioneer Company in the history of his previous life was just like this.

But existence is reasonable. Since this phenomenon exists here, it should not delay things, and it should be no problem.

Forget it, whether there is a problem or not, this is not something he, a foreigner, can worry about, he should just do his own thing with peace of mind.