Island Tycoon

Chapter 248 Huaxing Records
In the office, Ye Jingcheng was flipping through the documents in his hand page by page.The main content of this document is the acquisition of record companies related issues and information.

After a few days of thinking, the problem he was puzzled before has been solved.

Because Akina Nakamori's main development platform is in the island country, there are two options for Ye Jingcheng's reference. One is to acquire a record company in the island country for Akina Nakamori's development, and the other is to acquire a record company in Hong Kong Island and recruit other artists.

Thinking about it now, he could have walked with two steps.It not only acquires record companies in Hong Kong Island, but also in island countries.Of course, the main development is still taking place on Hong Kong Island.

The record company in the island country can be used as a subsidiary company.Ye Jingcheng didn't think about how well it could develop, or that the establishment of this subsidiary was entirely for the purpose of building Nakamori Akina, which can also be said to be rich and free of worries.

The document in his hand now is a survey of the local record company.

What Ye Jingcheng didn't expect was that it was in the period when Cantonese songs were not yet fully developed, just like the film industry was entering a glorious stage.This three-acre land on Hong Kong Island has gathered many established record companies.

Including Polygram, the predecessor of Polygram, Sony Records and Sony Boardman, which are also the three major record groups, and Warner Records, which did not make a fortune until the 90s, are all subsidiaries of foreign brands without exception.

As for the local record company, it's not that there are no local record companies, but the reputation cannot be compared with the former. There are nine out of ten companies that Ye Jingcheng has not listened to.

Although this statement is exaggerated, like Diamond Records, Wenzhi Records, and Eternal Records, Ye Jingcheng only knows that Diamond Records seems to have been acquired by Polygram later.

As for Wenzhi Records and Eternal Records, God knows if they went out of business or what.

After analysis, there are three companies that are most likely to accept the acquisition, including EMI, Huaxing Records and Entertainment Records.

First of all, let’s talk about EMI Records. Ye Jingcheng’s awareness of it is not very high just from the Chinese translation of its name.But when you mentioned its English abbreviation EMI, Ye Jingcheng immediately got the impression.

EMI has a very long history, and it stands to reason that there is no possibility of acquisition.However, EMI Records in Hong Kong Island is only a subsidiary of it, and the current operating conditions are not very good.

Even Chen Baiqiang, who could carry the banner of the company, switched to Warner Records after releasing an album.This was undoubtedly a blow to EMI, and it also became an opportunity for Ye Jingcheng to acquire it.

However, although there is a possibility of acquisition by EMI Records, the acquisition is very difficult. After all, its foundation lies there, and the parent company seems to be very optimistic about the market in Hong Kong Island, so naturally it will not give up this company so easily.

What's more, it is an all-British-owned company. From Li Jiacheng's acquisition of British-owned foreign firm 'Hutchison', we can know how xenophobic these red-haired ghosts are.If there is no absolute interest, it will be difficult for you to let them go.

But then again, Hong Kong people in later generations generally feel too good about themselves, and I don't know if they learned it from these red-haired ghosts.If so, then it is really good not to learn from bad.

The second is Entertainment Records. This company has not been established for a long time. It has only been five years since 1975, and its main business is to provide theme songs for TV dramas to TV stations.

Although it also began to develop into popular songs later, many singers were trained during this period.It's just that the famous singers either left automatically in the end, or were poached by other record companies.

As a result, this company has been tepid, and later faced the end of production suspension and closure.

At present, the entertainment record business is still quite big, but Ye Jingcheng doesn't like it.Seriously, how much money does a TV show's theme song make?
Ye Jingcheng is targeting the singer's performance development. If this company is used as a platform, the first thing he needs to do is to reform the company. How is this different from setting up a new company?
What's more, the purchase price of Entertainment Records is definitely not low. Ye Jingcheng would not consider it unless he really had no other choice.

So the most suitable for him at present is the remaining Huaxing Records.

The current business of Huaxing Records is mainly to hold concerts for singers and release records as an agent, and it has not yet involved singers joining or releasing albums.

The situation is somewhat similar to entertainment records, but its business scope is closely related to the development of singers.Regardless of the platform or the distribution channel, they are indispensable resources for a singer. What is lacking now is a singer who can bear the burden.

It's just that Huaxing Records... the difficulty of acquisition is not a little bit, this difficulty is only for Ye Jingcheng alone.

Because the predecessor of Huaxing Records was Huaxing Entertainment Co., Ltd. established by TVB.The current director of TVB is Shao Yifu, and the relationship between the two is harmonious on the surface, but in fact they have many grievances.

Especially when Ye Jingcheng ran for the general manager of TVB last time, he not only asked Fang Yihua to pour tea to him to admit his mistakes, but also took away five theaters from Shao Yifu, and was the driving force behind the breakup between Shao Yifu and Shao Weiming, the father and son. .

This time, if he wanted something from others, it would be no wonder that Shao Yifu would give him a smile, and he would definitely take the opportunity to cut him a few times.

Of course, he can also find someone to negotiate the acquisition on his behalf.It's just that this method is destined to not be very effective, or it can only be used to fool a character like Fang Yihua.

Changing the target to the mature Shao Yifu, such a method would become a joke.If Ye Jingcheng, the righteous master, does not show up, the spokesperson will definitely be left aside by the other party.

Ye Jingcheng pressed his temples, partly because he had been sitting in the office all day, and partly because he had a headache about this matter.What he was thinking now was to come directly to the door and talk to Shao Yifu, or to wait or create an opportunity to negotiate.

For the former, he is destined to suffer from being dumb.In the latter, the timing of the opportunity is relatively erratic, and it does not necessarily appear when.

"Ye Sheng, don't disturb you, shall we?" Before leaving get off work, there was a knock on the door of the office, and Zhou Runfa got his consent and walked in from the door.

"Don't disturb me, what's the matter?" Ye Jingcheng asked.

"It's nothing, but I'm going to invite some friends to dinner tonight. I've been taking care of you, Ye Sheng, in the company during this time, so I just want to ask if you have time tonight." Zhou Run smiled his signature.

In fact, what he wants to thank even more is that Ye Jingcheng gave him the leading role in "Why Me", this role allowed him to get rid of the title of box office poison that was about to be applied to him.

"Dinner?" Ye Jingcheng asked casually, "Who's there?"

Zhou Runfa thought he was worried about too many people, and explained: "There won't be many people, just a few friends. Awei, Azhi and Xiaoyin will also go there."

(End of this chapter)