Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 137 The first Chinese language course

Yang Ye, Deng Lijun, and Zheng Donghan sat together drinking tea.

Deng Lijun said: "Donghan, Aye and I don't plan to renew our contract."

Zheng Donghan sighed and said, "I've guessed it a long time ago. Are you and your parents planning to set up your own record company?"

Yang Ye said: "I run a film company, and the film must have a soundtrack, a theme song and so on. It's very reasonable to set up a record company, right?"

Zheng Donghan said: "It's very reasonable!"

Deng Lijun said: "Eastern Han Dynasty, will you work with us?"

Zheng Donghan snorted and said with a smile: "You two can just leave on your own, but you still want to take me away?"

Yang Ye smiled and said, "Why else would we be sitting here drinking tea with you? We would have gone on a date long ago!"

Zheng Donghan complained: "Prioritizing sex over friends!"

Yang Ye said seriously: "In the Eastern Han Dynasty, without bragging, Lijun is one of the best singers in the entire Chinese world. And I am one of the best creators in the Chinese world. As for You, she is the most outstanding singer I have ever seen. The manager is also very accomplished in music. The three of us can definitely create a legend for Chinese music together."

Teresa Deng helped: "It's better to be your own boss than to work for others."

Zheng Donghan thought for a few minutes and said, "How to divide the spoils?"

Yang Ye knocked on the table and said: "That's right. Our record company is composed of the three of us as the core. I invested 100 million, accounting for 50% of the shares. You and Lijun each invested 50, and you accounted for 30%. shares, Lijun holds 20% of the shares.”

Zheng Donghan smiled and said: "You guys are so weird, why should I get 10% more for the same money?"

Yang Ye said: "I have a film company to be busy with. Lijun is a pure singer, so the daily management of the company basically falls on you. You should get 10% more. As for why I take the majority, because I There is a Baiyang Film Company. If Baiyang Film Company releases original soundtracks for its movies in the future, our record company will be responsible for them. This is a huge business, and I take the lion’s share. It makes sense, right?”

Zheng Donghan said: "It's very reasonable!"

Yang Ye previously opened a film company in partnership with Xia Meng, and Xia Meng only held 10% of the shares.

In commercial real estate, Lin Baocheng only holds 15% of the shares, and he also spent a large amount of money to participate in the shares.

When he opened a brokerage company, Yang Ye hired Chen Ziqiang as manager and only gave him 3% of the shares.

Now that he is here with Zheng Donghan, he has to give up 30% of his shares. Is he worth so much?

Of course it's worth it!
Zheng Donghan is a generational wizard and the most powerful operator in the Chinese music industry.

In his heyday, more than half of Hong Kong's first-line red stars were in his hands, including Leslie Cheung, Alan Tam, Winner, Tsui Siu-fung, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Lai Lai, Beyond, Faye Wong, Grasshopper, etc.

He is in charge of the Greater Chinese area of ​​the international record company, and owns PolyGram, New Arts, PolyStar, Shanghua, Foremost, etc., and owns almost half of the Chinese market.

Japan, which has taken over the world's second largest music market, has raised Universal Music's market sales in Japan to No. 2 in just one year.

Operating EMI China, within three years, China's EMI, which was originally ranked fifth, became the No. 1 market sales.

With Zheng Donghan as manager, unification of the Chinese music industry is just around the corner.

Let’s not talk about these far-off things. He is now in charge of PolyGram and is doing a great job. If you just give him three melons and two dates, why should he come out to start a business with you?
Yang Ye and Deng Lijun were full of sincerity, and Zheng Donghan had nothing to say. Although Yang Ye and Deng Lijun felt that Zheng Donghan was a generational genius, in Zheng Donghan's eyes, Yang Ye and Deng Lijun were even more unparalleled geniuses. Guarding these two people , you can guarantee yourself prosperity and wealth for the rest of your life.

"Okay, I'll do it with you!" Zheng Donghan said.

"That's right, cheers!"

The three of them clinked their glasses happily, and Yang Ye said, "Isn't the Wenner Band due this year too?"

Zheng Donghan said: "Yes."

Yang Ye said: "Our company currently only has Lijun as its signature female singer, and there is no leading male singer. I think Allen is good and worthy of training. How about poaching him?"

Zheng Donghan said: "Aren't you a leading male singer?"

Yang Ye smiled and said: "I'm not a serious singer, I can play occasionally."

"You mean to let Winner disband?"

"Everything in the world has its own banquet. How can there be a band that doesn't break up? Even the Beatles broke up."

"That's right, I'll go talk to him!"

"If Allen is willing to come, we will personally produce an album for him!"

Because Yang Ye traveled through time early, his ammunition arsenal is almost unlimited, and he has classic songs from all over the world at his fingertips.

Not to mention making one album for Tan Yonglin, it is more than enough to make a hundred.

Zheng Donghan said funnyly: "Why did you pull me in?"

Yang Ye said: "The company belongs to everyone, I can't go in alone."

"I feel like I'm on your pirate ship!" "Waiting to get rich!"

The three discussed for a while, and in order to unify the brand, the new record company was simply called Baiyang Records.

Zheng Donghan resigned when he returned, and then made preliminary preparations for Baiyang Records.

Although it is a new company, the three founders are all giants in the industry, so things that are difficult for others are easy for them.

For example, the distribution network in Nanyang can be established quickly as long as Zheng Donghan makes a trip.

In order to make Baiyang Records a hit, the company's first venture will be to create a classic album tailor-made for Teresa Teng.

How to create it, what style of music to use, Cantonese or Mandarin, the three of them discussed it for a long time.

Yang Ye suddenly thought of something and said, "Lijun, remember that you have a lot of calligraphy and painting collections at home, and they are all pretty good."

"Yes what's the matter?"

Deng Lijun liked these things very much and would buy them when she saw them. Yang Ye also gave her some as a gift.

"Oh, I've been thinking about something recently. Chinese classical poems are very artistic. Those poems were originally meant to be sung, but unfortunately the singing method has been basically lost. If I re-compose it... I don't know if it will have any selling points."

When Zheng Donghan heard this, he became interested and asked, "Do you have any works? Let's sing and listen."

"Yes, there is. I hum a few words and you listen."

Yang Ye cleared his throat and sang softly: "When will the bright moon come? Ask the blue sky for wine. I don't know what year it was in the palace in the sky. I want to ride the wind back, but I'm afraid of the beautiful buildings and jade houses. It's cold at high places. How can I dance to clear my shadow? In the human world. Turning around Zhu Pavilion, lowering Qi's house, taking the light without sleep. There should be no hatred, why should we be reunited when we say goodbye? People have joys and sorrows, separation and reunion, and the moon waxes and wanes. This matter has been difficult in ancient times. I hope that people will live long and we will be together thousands of miles apart. moon."

After Yang Ye finished singing, both Deng Lijun and Zheng Donghan looked at him stupidly and said nothing.Yang Ye said in astonishment: "Doesn't it sound good?"

"No, it sounds good, I kind of want to cry!"

Deng Lijun's reaction was very intense. She liked these classical things very much, and now Yang Ye actually set the classical poems to a new song, and sang it so beautifully and movingly. She felt that this song seemed to grow from her soul. , as soon as I heard it, I fell hopelessly in love.

After listening to this song, Zheng Handong couldn't help but praise: "Young Master Yang, you have composed classical poetry that has been passed down for thousands of years in our country and expressed it with modern music. It is really a wonderful idea. If it is recorded as a record, it will definitely arouse the audience's excitement. resonance."

After hearing this, Teresa Teng nodded repeatedly and echoed: "I think overseas Chinese actually value China's traditional culture. For example, Mr. Lin Lianyu in Malaysia has struggled all his life to preserve Chinese education. Although these poems are very old, they are They are integrated into the blood of our nation. If they can be rejuvenated with new vitality, it must be a meritorious deed."

Yang Ye said: "But this is very risky. No one has done this before. After all, this is our record company's entrepreneurial project. If it fails, it will cause a lot of damage not only to our company, but also to your reputation. You need to think clearly." Already?"

Lijun Teng said without hesitation: "I really like this song, and I don't think it will fail! If it fails... Bah, if you think it won't work, you won't bring it up at all, you are making fun of me!"

Deng Lijun reacted and angrily went to scratch Yang Ye. Yang Ye jumped up and ran away. The two of them chased each other and started flirting. Zheng Donghan simply couldn't see it. He said helplessly: "Hey, please think about me. Do you feel good?"

"Lijun, Lijun, let's stop making trouble first, don't push Dong Han to death." Yang Ye quickly begged for mercy.

"What does it mean to be strangled to death?" Deng Lijun let Yang Ye go and asked strangely.

"Uh..." Yang Ye then remembered that there are no singles yet, and words like "dog food", he quickly said nonsense: "Why don't you stop if I talk nonsense like this?"

"cunning!"

The three sat down to continue the discussion, and Yang Ye said that he would select 12 popular Song lyrics, compose music for them, and record them into a collection named "A Light and Quiet Love".

Zheng Donghan felt that this album was so ancient that he could dress Teresa in ancient costumes and ask a photographer to take a photo album and make it into a picture album, which would be included with the album.

Lijun Teng also suggested that it would be possible to draw a Chinese painting that complements each poem, so that a strong contrast can be formed between contemporary and classical paintings.

Yang Ye thought this suggestion was a good one and asked: "Lijun, I see that you have many paintings by Shan Boqin, a painter of the Lingnan School, in your collection. How about we ask him to paint them?"

The three of them discussed for a long time, and Zheng Donghan stayed for dinner before going back.

The result of this discussion was that the number one specialty in the Chinese music scene was born five years in advance.

How awesome is this album?After its release, sales exceeded 500 million copies, bringing Teresa Teng's career to its peak.

In the following 40 years, it was reprinted more than [-] times, and it has always been popular. It has been the first choice album for Universal Music Company to release reissued albums over the years.

This album was also released to Japan, France, Germany and other places.It is called "the most dreamy album" in Japan. Its total sales volume cannot be calculated at all.

In the original time and space, the birth of this album was very twists and turns. At the beginning, Singaporean advertising man Xie Hongzhong accidentally had the inspiration to compose the music of Li Houzhu's "Crying in the Night".

Then the idea of ​​recording classical poetry and music into a record came up. After a year of hard work, no one was willing to do it.

Later, he met Zheng Donghan in Singapore. Zheng Donghan thought the idea was interesting and suggested that Teresa Teng sing it.They found Teresa Teng, who liked it very much, so they invited the most powerful musicians in Hong Kong and Taiwan at the time, including Huang Zhan, Liu Jiachang and others to compose the album, which eventually became the number one Chinese music specialization.

But now, Yang Ye has taken all the credit for himself, hoping to create this god album with one person's efforts and create a myth for the opening of Baiyang Records.

This... is the happiness of Duke Wenzhao!

(End of this chapter)