Island Tycoon

Chapter 256 Getting Started with Huaxing Records
The next day, Ye Jingcheng came to Shaw Films.Because of Huaxing Records' problem, it is necessary to solve it early and late. It is better to solve it early than to procrastinate like this.

And if we go to talk to Shao Yifu now, we can get him some negotiating advantages before the company has no singer of its own.

But Shao Yifu, an old fox, is not easy to fool. It is very likely that Ye Jingcheng's idea of ​​buying him made him cling to it.Even if Ye Jingcheng got the record company in the end, the premise still requires him to pay a certain price.

When Ye Jingcheng came to Shaw Brothers this time, he wouldn't suffer the same treatment as before.For example, Shao Yifu left him there for a long time, or asked Fang Yihua to deal with him.As soon as he came to the front desk, the secretary led him to Shao Yifu's office.

In the office, Ye Jingcheng found that besides Shao Yifu, Fang Yihua, who was an eyesore, was also present.

"Sixth Uncle." Ye Jingcheng nodded slightly towards Shao Yifu, ignoring Fang Yihua who was behind him.

It's not that he doesn't understand the most basic etiquette, but that it's all relative. Fang Yihua didn't have a good face to show him, so he naturally regarded the other party as transparent.

In comparison, Shao Yifu, an old fox, has a friendly smile on his surface no matter what he thinks in his heart.It not only makes people unable to guess his mind, but also makes people feel that kindness makes money.

Signaling Ye Jingcheng to sit down, Shao Yifu asked, "Why do you want Chengzi to go there yourself?"

Ye Jingcheng turned a corner and laughed aloud, "I don't have to have something to come to the door, right? This time I'm just here to get in touch with Uncle Six."

"Contact? You are really getting more and more cunning." Shao Yifu smiled and shook his head, with a hint of self-mockery in it, and said, "Don't say polite words. If you have anything to do, you might as well be happy and sincere."

Ye Jingcheng smiled as before, and gave Shao Yifu a thumbs up.When Shao Yifu said this step, he didn't need to waste any more time, he directly explained the purpose of coming: "I came here this time to discuss with you, Uncle Liu, about China Star Records."

"Huaxing Records?" The name made Shao Yifu feel a little strange, and Fang Yihua immediately turned his head when seeing this, and whispered something in his ear.

oh!It turned out to be a subsidiary company of TVB.Shao Yifu secretly thought that Ye Jingcheng could really mess around, and then said, "Chengzi, you are really good at it. I just finished my idea of ​​a theater a while ago, and now I'm coming to an idea of ​​TVB?"

"Uncle Liu, you are joking. If I had a family as big as Shaw's, I would rather sit in the office and wait for the money to be collected. It is not easy to negotiate business with you, Uncle Six."

Ye Jingcheng didn't know whether it was a compliment or a derogation, but it hurt Shao Yifu's ears anyway.

"What? Don't tell me you're talented in singing as well as making movies? If you're going to release a record, there's no need to be so troublesome, just talk to Uncle Six directly." Shao Yifu teased.

"Uncle Six, you think too highly of me. I just think this industry has potential for development, so I want to buy a record company to test the waters." Ye Jingcheng said without hiding his purpose.

To be precise, his thoughts must not be hidden from Shao Yifu. Instead of waiting for the other party to guess his purpose, it is better to use this honesty to shorten the gap between the two.

Moreover, Shao Yifu knew his purpose, so he had to think carefully about making things difficult for him.Because Ye Jingcheng said his purpose, it means that he doesn't care about raising the price by himself, or that he has other choices.

"I think, Chengzi, that you are planning to acquire China Star Records because of its channels for holding concerts and releasing records." Shao Yifu said to the point.

After finishing speaking, Shao Yifu stretched out his hand to signal Ye Jingcheng to wait a moment, and turned his back to discuss with Fang Yihua for a while, as if evaluating the value of Huaxing Company.

From Fang Yihua's mouth, Shao Yifu generally knew the operation of Huaxing Records.The company is currently in a lukewarm stage, and is not a prime target for TVB to invest resources in. At least it has no such plan in the past two years.

Because singers who are capable of releasing records in the past two years, such as the male singer representative Xu Guanjie, signed the contract with Polygram's predecessor, Polydox.The female singer represents Xu Xiaofeng, and the contract is signed with Sony Records, one of the three major records.

These two record companies are both subsidiaries of overseas record companies based on Hong Kong Island.Compared with Huaxing Records, their distribution power is several levels higher.The distribution of Huaxing Records is limited to Hong Kong Island, and their distribution power even extends to the whole of Asia.

Now Huaxing Records' main business is to help some second-tier singers arrange venues for concerts, or release records on a small scale.

Of course, for TVB, Huaxing Records also has another purpose, which is to provide TV stations with theme songs for TV dramas.But this role is overlapping, because TVB outsources this aspect of business to entertainment records.

Entertainment Records is completely aimed at the business development of the TV station, so compared to letting Huaxing Records produce the theme song, outsourcing it directly to Entertainment Records has three advantages.

The first benefit is more convenience, the second benefit is the professionalism of entertainment records, and the third benefit is that it can reduce costs.

Therefore, for TVB, the current China Star Records is a tasteless piece of tasteless food that is a pity to discard.Ye Jingcheng's plan to acquire this company is probably a solution to deal with it.

"Sixth brother, don't take advantage of that kid." Fang Yihua lowered his voice, whispering to Shao Yifu.

Shao Yifu reached out his hand to stop the topic. The initial estimate of the value of Huaxing Records was around 300 million, so he offered a price: "Since you are so interested, Chengzi, then I will deal with it for you at 500 million."

500?Ye Jingcheng turned his eyes slightly.He knew that the market price of Huaxing Records was around 300 million, and the price of 500 million was not too high.The most valuable part of Huaxing Records is not itself, but the several channels it owns.

As long as these channels are used, let alone 500 million.At that time, any second-tier singer in the company may generate tens of millions of benefits. Ye Jingcheng is very aware of the development trend of the music industry, and its golden age is much longer than that of the film industry.

In addition, Ye Jingcheng didn't care about the one or two million yuan, but felt that Shao Yifu agreed too simply this time.It seemed that not only did he not blame him for his past affairs, but he even made a favor.

Shao Yifu glanced at Ye Jingcheng, and seemed to dispel the latter's doubts, and said, "Of course, there is one incidental condition for transferring this record company to you."

"Sixth Uncle, you might as well just say it straight." The more Shao Yifu asked, Ye Jingcheng felt that the other party's reaction was normal.

"Wait for me to talk to you." The details are naturally handled by Fang Yihua.

"China Star Records currently has a draft plan, which is estimated to be implemented within a year. In fact, I am very optimistic about this plan, and the live broadcast and rebroadcast of this draft will be handled by TVB. Now you take over this company, How do you plan to deal with the broadcasting rights of the draft?"

"Oh, that's it." Ye Jingcheng thought about it for a while, and replied: "If I implement this plan, then the broadcasting rights will naturally be handed over to TVB. How can I say that I am also a shareholder of wireless."

Ye Jingcheng reckoned that the project Huaxing Records was preparing was the Rookie Singing Contest. This singing contest made many superstars popular, even the kings and queens.

It can be said that more than one-third of the superstars in the Chinese music scene in this era were born in Huaxing, and their starting point is the Rookie Singing Contest.

Ye Jingcheng didn't know what Shao Yifu's idea was, he was giving favors and big bags.The biggest benefit of co-organizing the talent contest with TVB is not TVB, which has obtained the broadcasting rights, but the record company whose reputation is rapidly rising through the exposure of the TV station.

"If that's the case, the kid won't bother you, Uncle Six." Ye Jingcheng got up to leave.

Now that the matter has come to this point, the deal is completely settled.Unless Shao Yifu gave him a big dragon and phoenix on the spot, this kind of method might happen if Fang Yihua handles it. It is impossible for Shao Yifu to use such a method that cannot be put on the table.

"Let's go." Shao Yifu pushed his hand away.

"Sixth brother!!!" After Ye Jingcheng left, Fang Yihua immediately vented his dissatisfaction in a coquettish manner.

Shao Yifu looked straight at the door, and said inexplicably, "Menglan, how much energy do you think a person can have?"

Fang Yihua paused, and immediately had her own opinion on Shao Yifu's words.

Shao Yifu should be referring to Ye Jingcheng's current situation. Not only does he have his own company in the film industry, but he also invests in futures across multiple industries. He has wasted a lot of energy on women, and now he's still thinking about the record company.

No matter how much energy a person has, it is impossible to achieve everything.On the contrary, the more industries he manages, the more he will disperse his energy.

The more distracted you are, the more error-prone your decisions will be.At that time, there is no need for the opponent to deliberately suppress him, he may have already lost his position.

But that being said, these are just their wishful thinking.If Ye Jingcheng really had such ability, wouldn't their decision be a wedding dress for nothing?
"Sixth brother, it's not because of this reason that you made such a decision, right?" If so, Shao Yifu really made a mistake this time. Could it be that he is really old and broken?
Shao Yifu glanced at Fang Yihua, suddenly showed an inexplicable smile, and said, "I'll see what tricks this pretty boy has."

"But..." Fang Yihua wanted to say something else, but she knew that she couldn't influence Shao Yifu's thoughts, so she asked instead: "Then Zou Wenhuai asked us to discuss the joint cooperation before, sixth brother, are you planning to push it?" got it?"

Shao Yifu recalled this incident, and asked, "Are these two incidents related?"

"No?" Shao Yifu's answer made Fang Yihua more and more confused, and he didn't know what his plan was.

Knock-knock--

The door rang again, neither of them expected Ye Jingcheng to leave and return.Of course, it was impossible for him to overhear the conversation between the two.

Fang Yihua became serious again, while Shao Yifu asked: "Is there anything else?"

"It's not a big deal, but Uncle Six needs you to speak up and ask Aunt Six to show mercy to an artist." Ye Jingcheng said with a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)