China Entertainment: Starting from 07 Kuainan

Chapter 52 Take it!

An hour later, Lu Yuan deliberately changed the topic to the signing matter.

"Classmate Xu Song, come and join our Starlight Records!"

Xu Song blurted out without hesitation.

"no problem!"

Lu Yuan raised his hand: "Classmate Xu Song, please don't agree so readily. Please listen to the conditions I gave first."

"You say."

"Before, you mentioned that what you value most is the freedom of creation. We can satisfy you with this."

Lu Yuan said slowly: "The company does not force you to release an album, but corresponding to the responsibility is an obligation. You must ensure that you release an album or an EP-type mini-album at least within two years."

Xu Song pondered for a moment and nodded solemnly.

"can."

"Next is the copyright issue. First of all, the copyright of the lyrics and music provided by the company belongs to the company 100%. I think you have no objection to this, right?"

"No."

Lu Yuandao: "I think so. Next will be your independent creation."

"In this regard, the company offers three options."

"One is that the copyright belongs 100% to the company, and the term is 20 years, starting from the release date. When the contract expires, the copyright will be returned to your personal name for free."

"The other way is that the company and you personally have a [-]/[-] split, the company has a [-]/[-] share, and you have a [-]/[-] share. If it is a work that you participated in the arrangement and production of, the copyright is [-]/[-]."

"The last one is that the copyright belongs to the company, but you have the first right to buy it back."

Lu Yuan attaches great importance to copyright. Although the domestic copyright market is still very chaotic for the time being, many newcomers don't care, or have little bargaining power.

But Lu Yuan did not force the signing of the overlord clause, but gave him a choice.

As for, why not all belong to the creator?
He runs a company, not a charity.

After signing Xu Song, the company will hire professional teachers to guide Xu Song in music theory, singing skills, creation, and even the shaping of his personal image.

In addition, the album production and distribution costs are all the company's expenses. To record a personal album, the cost can range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands to millions.

These are all investments of real money. If there is investment, there will naturally be output.

This time, Xu Song thought longer.

After a long time, he slowly raised his head and said with a nervous expression.

"Can I choose the second option while retaining the right of priority to repurchase?"

After hearing this reply, Lu Yuan was silent for a long time.

Although this plan was what he expected, he still had to put a little pressure on it.

Things that are too easy to obtain are less likely to be cherished.

After a long time, Lu Yuan replied pretending to be confused.

"It's possible, but you must pay a 10% premium when exercising your right of first repurchase."

Seeing Lu Yuan relax, Xu Song answered immediately for fear that the other party would regret it.

"I can!"

Lu Yuan nodded slightly and tapped the table gently.

"Now that the copyright issue has been settled, the only remaining issue is the sharing issue."

"In this regard, the company expects to sign a contract with you for ten years. In the first three years, the company will share seven shares and you three."

"Starting from the fourth year, the company gets [-]% and you get [-]%."

"Then, in order, five-five, four-six, three-seven, two-eight, and one-nine."

"can."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Song agreed to the share ratio without any hesitation.

Although the ten-year contract period is relatively long, it is the same for most newcomers in the industry.

What's more, Starlight Records is indeed the most sincere record company with its year-by-year incremental terms.

Lu Yuan stood up with a smile, stretched out his hand and said.

"Then, welcome to Starlight?"

Xu Song stood up, half-lowered, and shook hands.

"Please take care of me in the future."

"must!"

Lu Yuan smiled happily, and then mentioned Xu Song's personal plan. "After you join the company, I will tailor a single for you to announce your joining Starlight Records. This song is a male and female duet, and the singer you will collaborate with is Zhang Liangying."

"How is it, is there a problem?"

"I'm OK."

Among the new generation singers, Zhang Liangying is still very popular. Xu Song will certainly not refuse to cooperate with her.

"Okay, I'll confirm the time later and I'll let you know."

Although Lu Yuan has not contacted Zhang Liangying yet, he is sure to convince Zhang Liangying.

As long as the song "If This Is Love" is sent out in advance, it is expected that Zhang Liangying will not refuse to cooperate.

Of course, Lu Yuan only gave away the singing rights, but he would not give away the copyright.

The duet number for Xu Song and Zhang Liangying is tentatively titled "No Makeup".

In this way, these two songs can be regarded as "returning things to their original owners", but in another way.

Once the cooperation was finalized, the rest of the conversation became much easier.

There were still a few hours before the flight, so Lu Yuan took the opportunity to give some advice on Xu Song's breath and pronunciation problems.

At this time, Xu Song's singing skills were still very immature. Whether it was breath control or pronunciation skills, there was a big gap between him and professional singers.

This point, relying solely on guidance, is not very effective, but requires long-term practice.

Lu Yuan only gave a general direction. The specific training methods need to be continuously adjusted based on the actual situation.

Three in the afternoon.

Lu Yuan waved goodbye to Xu Song and prepared to fly to the capital to attend the celebration party.

On August 8, CCTV’s new album sales ranking list was announced. Lu Yuan continued to top the weekly list with 20 copies.

Five consecutive championships!
Phenomenal performance!

Following Liu Tianwang, JJ Lin, Wang Lihong, and Rong Zuer, Taiwanese Queen Zhang Huimei was also beheaded by Lu Yuan.

On August 8, Zhang Huimei released a new album "Star". However, the album's sales in the mainland were not good.

It has not been in the top three of the weekly album sales list for two consecutive weeks.

The best result was this week, with 28432 photos, edging out Wang Lihong and ranking fourth.

The top three positions are Lu Yuan, Liu Tianwang, and Kuainan Collection.

Pre-sales for Lu Yuan's new album started on July 7. As of today, Lu Yuan's new album dominates the Chinese music scene from July to August.

His extremely dominant performance also made others take off their colored glasses. Even the noisy Hong Kong and Taiwan media no longer ridiculed him as an idol singer.

Excellent appearance does not mean that it has no hard power.

No one can ignore the ten songs on the new album.

Regarding Lu Yuan's discussion, the media in Hong Kong and Taiwan have not yet concluded, but the fans don't care about that.

Except for some extreme opponents, most fans' criteria for evaluating a song are actually very simple.

Whether the song sounds good or not is what matters.

Lu Yuan's new album spans rock, pop, and folk. These three genres are also the music genres with the largest fan base.

Anyone who likes these three styles will always find a favorite song in this album.

Then, the sales came.

Lu Yuan's sales in the fifth week in the mainland have experienced reverse growth, which is also the result of word-of-mouth fermentation.

Similarly, sales of Lu Yuan's new album have also increased in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

In Wanwan's G-MUSIC trending rankings, the sales volume of Lu Yuan's new album has reached the 13th place, ranked below him is Edison's "Let Me Introduce Myself Again".

In the HMV sales rankings in Xiangjiang, Lu Yuan's new album also climbed to the 15th position.

As of today, the total shipment volume of Lu Yuan's new album has exceeded 65 copies.

In one month, the album sold 65 copies!

Breaking through one million sales within the year is no longer an unattainable goal!

On the way to Luogang Airport, Lu Yuan received a call from Xiaomao.

"Ok?"

"Invitation song?"

"Who wants to ask me to sing?"

(End of this chapter)