Huayu started from the fairy sword

Chapter 14 How to Earn the First Pot of Gold!

Cao Jun asked suspiciously: "Why don't you make a brokerage contract? Can the company make money in this way?"

Gao Xiaosong said: "Yes, but we want to be a pure record company now, only responsible for producing records, and we don't plan to set up a brokerage department for the time being."

Cao Jun didn't quite understand, and asked curiously, "Is Pu Shu a signed singer of your company?"

Gao Xiaosong replied: "Yes, Pu Shu is not only our company's contracted singer, but also our company's first contracted artist. It has been signed with us for almost 10 years."

Cao Jun then asked: "Then he didn't sign a brokerage contract with you?"

Gao Xiaosong smiled helplessly: "Oh, the signing is signed, the problem is that he will not come out to perform at all now, signing is the same as not signing."

Hearing Gao Xiaosong's answer, Cao Jun was also happy. It's really rare to see a Buddhist person like Pu Shu.

After all, in this materialistic era, the belief in many people's hearts is that money comes first, and that money can almost have everything.

But there are always a small number of people who have little need for money and are more immersed in their love.

Gao Xiaosong lit a cigarette, and continued: "So now, we don't plan to sign any management contracts with artists for the time being, and just make records honestly, as much as we can sell."

"Xiao Cao, take a good look at the contract. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me. If you think there is nothing wrong with the contract, just sign it. I promise, I will help you make a record that will hit the Chinese music scene."

"Okay, then I'll take a look." After speaking, Cao Jun began to carefully browse the contents of the contract.

Unlike Pu Shu, who has no desires and desires, what Cao Jun cares most is not how good the record is, but he wants to know what percentage of tax returns he can get when he sells a record, and how much he can get in the end. to how much money.

Money is what Cao Jun is most concerned about now, and everything else is nonsense.

Generally speaking, in the income of a record, the singer himself can share 20% - 40% of royalties, songwriters and producers and other creative personnel share 5% equally, and the rest belongs to the record company.

This is the era of physical records, and the rules of the industry in the United States have been partially inherited to the music scenes of Xiangjiang and Formosa.

Therefore, in the 90s Chinese music scene where physical records were the most brilliant, it was still very profitable to write a popular song.

For example, Zhang Huimei's first two albums "Sisters" and "Bad Boy" achieved sales of 110 million and 130 million copies in Taiwan, respectively, while sales in Asia reached 400 million and 600 million respectively.

Of course singers make a lot of money, but song creators also get a lot of income.

For example, Tu Huiyuan, the composer and producer of "Listening to the Sea", once said that the song "Listening to the Sea" alone brought him more than [-] million yuan in royalties, and after many years, there will be royalties, which will continue to flow paid over.

But this premise is that the entire industry has established good genuine sales habits and a sound royalty payment and distribution system.

However, our mainland music scene has not established a good copyright distribution system for a long time-of course, this issue is a long story. In the entire era of physical records, piracy is very rampant.

Moreover, various sales channels, publishing and distribution units will also conceal the real sales volume, which will lead to some songs being very popular in the market, but what about the real sales volume of the record company, or the sales volume that informs the singer and needs to allocate royalties to the singer very few.

For many songs that are sung by the whole people, the singer does not get much royalties, and the songwriters get even less.

The music scene in mainland China has never established a complete royalty distribution system. The corresponding result is that singers make up for the lack of royalties through commercial travel, while songwriters simply give up their royalties (they don’t get much money anyway. ), are directly converted into the production fee.

Therefore, in the record contract of Taihe Maitian, Cao Jun saw that his record share was only 8%, and he felt very puzzled, and asked: "Mr. Gao, why is my record share so low? Only 8%?"

Gao Xiaosong said dumbfoundingly: "8% is still too little for you, 8% is really a lot. This is already the share of first-line singers, and our company's share is less than 10%."

Cao Jun asked puzzledly: "Then what about the remaining 80%? To whom?"

Gao Xiaosong said bluntly: "Distributors, record stores, publishing houses, etc..."

Cao Jun was speechless. If there is such a shit record, it would be better to open a restaurant directly, at least half the profit.

Of course, the complaints belong to the complaints, Cao Jun didn't really want to go to the restaurant, he would definitely release a record.

Gao Xiaosong saw that Cao Jun was a bit reluctant, and then persuaded him: "Xiao Cao, don't think too little, don't you know the record royalties of Dongying singers, that's the real low."

"The royalties of their Dongying singers are less than 1%. You have at least 8%, plus 1% for composing, 1% for writing lyrics, and 10% for one piece. We are enough for you."

It turns out that in Dongying, the income of a record is divided roughly like this: 54.6% to the record company, 30% to the record store, 9% to the producer, 1.7% to the composer, 1.7% to the lyrics, 1.7% to the publisher, and 0.4% to the RB Music Copyright Association. %, singers 0.9%.

However, in his previous life, Cao Jun had heard that mobile phone ring tones are particularly profitable, and many Internet singers have made a lot of money from mobile phone ring tones.

Thinking of this, Cao Jun asked curiously: "Mr. Gao, besides selling records, does the company have any other businesses that can make money?"

Gao Xiaosong thought about it seriously, and pondered: "Yes, there is, but this business has not yet started, and it is still unknown whether it will make money in the end."

Cao Jun then asked: "Can you tell me what kind of business it is?"

Gao Xiaosong said frankly: "I don't know much about this matter. I only know that it is a cooperation with Huaguo Mobile. How to make money and whether it can make money? .”

Cao Jun pondered for a while, and the business Gao Xiaosong was talking about was most likely the color ring tone of the mobile phone, so he nodded: "Okay, then I will wait for him to come back."

Gao Xiaosong was a little anxious when he saw Cao Jun's refusal to sign the contract. He didn't want to miss such a good seedling, or it might be the next Pu Shu.

Seeing that Cao Jun was indifferent, Gao Xiaosong couldn't help asking: "Then...the record contract, will you sign it? If you sign it, we can start recording the record tomorrow morning."

In fact, from the very beginning, Cao Jun had no hope that he could make much money by selling records.

Because in this era, as long as a record becomes popular, pirated copies will flood the market within a few days.

In addition, the Internet provides free downloads and listening to music, and not many people are willing to spend money on records, and they are all getting used to listening to free music.

Therefore, Cao Jun believes that if he really wants to make a lot of money from music, he still needs to rely on performances and cell phone ring tones.

In addition, this is just a contract for a record, not a contract of sale. Cao Jun thinks it is acceptable, and it is no big deal if he signs it.

Moreover, the two songs "Miss Dong" and "Zebra Zebra" were not Cao Jun's secret weapons, but just appetizers for Gao Xiaosong to perform.

Cao Jun is not smart, but he is not stupid either. It is impossible for him to take out his heart and soul as soon as he meets Gao Xiaosong. In front of him, he will show his must-fire songs at the bottom of the box. His idea is to use good steel on the blade .

Without too much hesitation, Cao Jun said straightforwardly: "Sign, sign immediately, with Mr. Gao escorting me, there is no reason not to sign. To tell you the truth, I am here for you, Mr. Gao."

Gao Xiaosong is usually used to flattering others, and he is rarely hugged like this. He suddenly felt like a spring breeze, and said with a smile: "Haha, I love hearing what you say! It's very comfortable to listen to!"

Seeing Cao Jun pick up the pen, Gao Xiaosong said with a smile: "Hurry up and sign it, I've already thought about it for you, you can just sing folk songs, and I'll help you make a pure folk song record, it will definitely be popular!"

After Cao Jun signed the contract, Gao Xiaosong smiled and said solemnly: "Okay, Xiao Cao, from now on you will be our own member of Ryefield Music. Lao Song and I will invite you to play in Sanlitun at night."

Seeing Gao Xiaosong smiling like a child weighing three hundred catties, Cao Jun also smiled and nodded: "Okay, I will listen to Teacher Gao's arrangements tonight!"

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