national idol

Chapter 94 Capital
Before rushing to meet Yang Du at noon, Ding Ning unexpectedly received a call from Chen Linsen.

Chen Linsen straight to the point expressed his willingness to invest in his studio, and asked Ding Ning what he thought.

Being favored by Chen Linsen is a good thing in itself, but the son of the former richest man is too famous. He feels that once Chen Linsen becomes a shareholder, the power of life and death of the studio will be difficult to control, and Ding Ning is a little embarrassed for a while.

Fortunately, Chen Linsen did not ask him to reply immediately, but only said that he was willing to contact him at any time, Ding Ning was relieved.

Thinking about Chen Linsen's investment all the way, when he arrived at the Xiangjiang restaurant where he had an appointment with Yang Du, Ding Ning met Yang Du smoothly.

Real Yang Du is thinner and more mature than the photos found on the Internet. He is less vigorous and more restrained. When he smiles, the creases at the corners of his eyes will curve upwards, giving him the look of an uncle next door. Intimacy.

To Ding Ning's great surprise, Yang Du kept his attitude very low and told him that he could ask for little or no equity in the company, as long as Ding Ning could get it. Sell ​​the capital he is convinced.

There are many kinds of capital, the most basic one is money, but does Yang Du need money?
Ding Ning originally thought that Yang Du, who took the initiative to seek cooperation with him, would not need it. After all, it is unreasonable for a person without money to find someone to start a business with.

To his surprise, Yang Du actually said he needed it.

Yang Du told him very clearly that he needs to get 300 million at a time, which is one of the prerequisites for him not to have any equity. As for the follow-up income, it will be fine according to the market conditions of starvation.

Like the world Ding Ning lived in before, the status of production in this world is lower than that of lyrics and music composition, and the income is lower than that of lyrics and music.

The main reason is that lyrics and music can have sales revenue, but production often does not.

After all, post-production work like this is usually performed by the company's queens, who belong to one of the thorough behind-the-scenes teams. No matter how awesome it is, it is the middle-level employee level, which is far from the real high-level staff.

Moreover, the importance of the producer's function was only reflected after the elements of popular music became more and more abundant. The status has not been improved until recent years, and the salary has not had time to keep up.

Of course, for a gold medal producer like Yang Du who has won the Golden Melody Award as the best producer, the company will give him a better treatment. For him, 300 million is not a particularly large amount. If he just hangs around in the company, You can earn money if you spend about ten or eight years.

But ten years or eight years is quite a long period of time for a person's career. He didn't consider working with Yang Du for such a long time beforehand. Ding Ning was surprised that Yang Du would make such a request.

When he asked suspiciously, he just found out that the company Yang Du had run before had a lot of bad debts to deal with, and he needed the 300 million to clean up the mess.

300 million is a huge sum of money for Ding Ning now. He considered it carefully for a long time, and finally accepted this condition.

Because, Yang Du said that he is willing to cooperate with him for at least ten years, and all quantifiable factors such as the number of cooperation tracks can be stipulated and restrained through the contract.

Buying out a gold medal production for 300 years with [-] million yuan is not a bad deal, especially in recent years, the rise in the value of arrangement and production is a trend. According to expectations, he is actually making a lot of money.

What Ding Ning found out later was that when Yang Du first approached him, he didn't intend to sell himself for 300 million.

In fact, for Yang Du, who has been in the entertainment industry for many years and is well-known, 300 million is not a difficult number to come by.

Yang Du's original idea was actually to raise funds through certain channels, and then co-found a company with him or even as a sole proprietor.

This is consistent with the idea in his head when Yang Du first approached him.

The reason why Yang Du changed his mind later was because he improved too fast.

In Yang Du's own words, the rapid progress made people feel overwhelmed. He had no choice but to keep lowering his position.

The "capital that convinces him" that Yang Du refers to is not just financial capital.

He also hopes that Ding Ning can come up with a work that really convinces him. The measure is that it has market value, or that it will allow him to win the best production trophy again.

Because, in fact, giving up the equity means that he "condescends" from a partner to an employee.

Since he is an employee, it is safer to work for a big company such as Universal, which should not mind taking him in, than to work for a newcomer, Ding Ning, to a large extent.

This doesn't mean that he doesn't value Ding Ning. On the contrary, he agrees with Ding Ning's ability to write lyrics and compose music that can be steady and unconstrained, and he is also very optimistic about Ding Ning's development potential in the entertainment industry.

It's just that no matter whether it's folk songs or rock songs, they have basically disappeared from the major domestic awards. Even if Ding Ning presents no matter how outstanding folk songs or rock works are, the hope of winning the cup is still very slim.

And after being hit hard by the failure of starting a business, he had a burning belief in his heart, that is, he must prove to everyone that he is still the same star who made many stars popular and won the best producer trophy of the Golden Melody Award. , Yang Du who deserves the title of "Ghost Talent".

If Ding Ning cannot come up with enough qualifications for Yang Du to prove his work, he is not willing to spend ten years with Ding Ning.

He can continue to look for other newcomers, it's just a waste of time, if it doesn't work, he can also join other record giants besides Zhongxing.

Although most of the wealthy families are full of talents, one more than him is not too many, and one less than him is quite a lot. If he is an outsider with a tragic failure experience, he may not be able to get much good treatment. After all, there are options and prospects. , after all, he is confident enough in his own strength.

After listening to Yang Du's request, Ding Ning understood that this is a "job seeker" who thinks he is capable and thinks highly of himself, and he is asking him for a price.

It's just that this self-esteem is very high, compared to "job hunting", if you look at it from the perspective of starting a joint venture at the beginning, Yang Du is compromising.

Moreover, the compromise was so thorough that they all gave up their status as partners and became wage earners.

In Ding Ning's view, Yang Du has the capital to think highly of himself, and it would be great if Yang Du could become his employee.

For a studio that hasn't even written a word yet, where can I find a master like Yang Du who has won the Golden Melody Award for Best Producer?

Then, ignoring Yang Du's remarks that he was not in a hurry to get him to produce his work, he asked the waiter in the restaurant for a pen and paper on the spot, and wrote a song.

This song won the 08 Golden Melody Award in one fell swoop, three awards for the best lyric, composition and song.

Its name is "Blue and White Porcelain".

(End of this chapter)