1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 30 Cooperation reached, the last piece of the magic rock puzzle!
Out of personal self-cultivation and politeness, Jiang Xiaofeng and the two of them smiled and nodded at each other, as a face-to-face meeting.

However, the pressure must still be there. After all, Dou Wei and Huang Fei are both big names and singers with excellent singing skills. Jiang Xiaofeng sang in front of them, and he felt like he was playing big swords in front of Guan Gong.

Moreover, this is the first time Jiang Xiaofeng has seen Huang Fei in real life. Huang Fei's big eyes look particularly bright and energetic, and his temperament is also very cold.

Huang Fei saw that the strong young man in front of him seemed a little uncomfortable, and then joked with a smile: "It's okay, you sing your song, don't worry about us, just pretend that we don't exist."

"En." Jiang Xiaofeng nodded pretending to be calm, and cast a grateful look at Huang Fei.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Jiang Xiaofeng took a deep breath, then lowered his head, and gently plucked the strings.

After a brief prelude, Jiang Xiaofeng began to sing while playing:
"Nothing can stop

your longing for freedom
......"

Accompanied by the melody played by the guitar, the first sentence Jiang Xiaofeng sang stunned the four outside audience.

Because ordinary songs need to lay the groundwork first and gradually reach the climax, but the lyrics and music of "Blue Lotus" sung by Jiang Xiaofeng give people a strong impact as soon as they open their mouths.

"The unrestrained career
your heart is free

through the dark years

I also felt anxious
the moment you bow your head

I just found the way under my feet

The free world in my heart
so clear

blooming and never dying
blue lotus

......"

Although the lyrics of the song "Blue Lotus" are not bold and the tune is not too ups and downs, in the process of performing this song, Jiang Xiaofeng also sang it in a calm and peaceful tone, but it shocked the audience mind.

Especially Zhang Peiren, he felt that the style of Jiang Xiaofeng's works was more popular and more popular than those of He Yong, Zhang Chu, and Zhang Chu.

After listening to Jiang Xiaofeng sing the song "Blue Lotus", Zhang Peiren no longer concealed his appreciation for Jiang Xiaofeng, and enthusiastically invited Jiang Xiaofeng to join the magic rock culture.

From the beginning, Zhang Peiren wanted to create the "Four Heroes of Moyan" to compete with Xiangjiang's "Four Heavenly Kings", but he never found a suitable candidate, and only signed three original singers, Dou Wei, Zhang Chu, and He Yong.

Now that Jiang Xiaofeng was born out of nowhere and appeared in front of him, Zhang Peiren also decided to seize the opportunity to recruit Jiang Xiaofeng into his subordinates, and package them together with Dou Wei, Zhang Chu, and He Yong as the "Four Heroes of Magic Rock".

Both He Yong and Dou Wei appreciated Jiang Xiaofeng's works and talents very much, and they also helped lobby and invited Jiang Xiaofeng to join Moyan Culture.

Jiang Xiaofeng is quite a real person, and his ideas are relatively simple. It is no problem to join the magic rock culture, but in business and business, the contract must be clarified.

After He Yong, Dou Wei, and Huang Fei left, Jiang Xiaofeng and Zhang Peiren were in the office to formally discuss cooperation matters.

In fact, there are various cooperation models and cooperation agreements between singers and record companies, and there are seven common models.

The first is outsourcing. Independent singers pay for record companies to release and sell them. Independent singers are responsible for all profits and losses, and record companies earn the money for contracting and releasing albums.

Of course, if the album makes money, the record company will also have a certain amount of commission.

The second is that the record company signs a contract with an independent singer, and then helps to produce the album, announce the sale, etc. In the end, the record company bears the profit or loss.

This model is similar to that of many major record companies, except that there is no singer's management contract, only the singer's record contract, which can only earn money from album sales and copyrights, and at the same time has to pay the singer a sum of money for buying songs.

The third is for independent singers of record companies to join forces to share profits and losses, and the share ratio is divided according to the capital investment of both parties.

……

Frankly speaking, so far, Jiang Xiaofeng does not have the ability to make records alone. On the one hand, he is not capable enough, and on the other hand, the funds do not allow it.

After careful consideration, Jiang Xiaofeng finally chose the second cooperation model. He felt that it was easier and less risky. If the record sold well, he could get a little money, and if it sold badly, there was no loss.

In Jiang Xiaofeng's view, the most profitable thing for a singer is not the record revenue, but the income from performances and endorsements after becoming famous.

Of course, record companies these days can still make money by selling records, so most record companies only sign record contracts with singers, and generally do not sign brokerage contracts.

A record contract, as the name suggests, refers to the contract signed by a record company and a singer to release records. Generally, there will be a limit of three records in five years, two records in two years, and one record a year.

The counterpart to the record contract is the brokerage contract, which refers to the agreement between a singer and a brokerage company or broker, and is a contract for performing arts affairs.

Generally speaking, the singer's advertising contract, concert contract, etc. are separated from the record company and are included in the brokerage contract.

For example, Huang Fei, after her debut in Xiangjiang, her Cantonese recording contract has always been with Polygram (Xinyibao), and her Mandarin recording contract has been with Fumao Records in Taiwan. About, in Chen Jiaying's K's Production.

Many well-known Xiangjiang singers are like Huang Fei. The Cantonese records belong to the Xiangjiang record company, the Mandarin records belong to the Taiwan record company, and the management contract belongs to another economic company.

Moreover, Moyan Culture did not want the singers' management contracts, but only the singers' record contracts.

Therefore, the three singers Dou Wei, He Yong, and Zhang Chu who joined Moyan Culture didn't even have their own managers.

Before signing with Moyan Culture, the three of them actually had their own bands. Unlike Black Panther’s entire band signing with King Stone Records, Moyan’s signing is not an entire band, but the lead singers of three bands.

Dou Wei, He Yong, and Zhang Chu are all facing the same problem: the other party is only willing to sign one lead singer.

When the brotherhood of sharing weal and woe meets the mature and indifferent business rules, many questions that have never been considered before are all in front of us.

However, Dou Wei didn't hesitate too much, and directly disbanded the Dreaming Band that he formed himself.

The other members of the Dreaming Band were disappointed with Dou Wei's decision, but there was nothing they could do.

But Jiang Xiaofeng was fighting alone and didn't have his own band, so he didn't have any troubles in this regard.

After communication and exchange, Jiang Xiaofeng and Zhang Peiren reached an agreement and decided to sign a contract with Moyan Culture with one record per year.

After confirming the cooperation model, Jiang Xiaofeng and Zhang Peiren began to discuss the split of the record.

Generally speaking, in the income of a record, the singer himself can share 10%-30% of the royalties, the main creators such as songwriters and producers 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 scene in Xiangjiang and Taiwan.

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

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

However, the mainland music scene is still in its infancy, and a good copyright distribution system has not yet been established. Of course, this issue is a long story. Since the existence of physical records, piracy has been 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.

Therefore, when Zhang Peiren proposed a 10% record share, Jiang Xiaofeng felt very puzzled and asked, "Mr. Zhang, is my record share so small? Only 10%?"

Zhang Peiren said dumbfoundingly: "10% is still too little, 10% is really a lot, this is already the share of domestic first-line singers, and our company's share is only less than 20%."

Jiang Xiaofeng asked in confusion: "Then what about the remaining 70%? To whom?"

Zhang Peiren said bluntly: "Record stores, publishers, producers..."

Jiang Xiaofeng thought about it for a while. A genuine tape sold for 10 yuan, and he could get 1 yuan for selling one tape.

In order for Jiang Xiaofeng to agree to join Moyan Culture, Zhang Peiren also promised Jiang Xiaofeng that after completing the records of Dou Wei, Zhang Chu, and He Yong, he will immediately produce and release his personal record.

At that time, Jiang Xiaofeng doesn't have to worry about anything, just write and record songs, and after the record is released, he can get 10% of the record share.

As for the song copyright of the record, Jiang Xiaofeng also made a concession, letting Moyan Culture manage the song distribution copyright for five years.

The next day, the two parties found a law firm and drew up a contract. Jiang Xiaofeng signed it and shook hands with Zhang Peiren.

"Pleasant to work with."

"Happy cooperation!"

(End of this chapter)