Debuted right after graduating from high school

Chapter 61 Oh! Why didn’t you tell me earlier?

I chatted on the phone with Zuo Ziyan for more than an hour.

Afterwards, he continued to write, writing about plots in which the villain brought his daughter to break off the engagement, causing the protagonist to become furious and leave with the line "Thirty years in the west, thirty years in the east, don't bully the young and poor."

I was busy until almost midnight.

Finally, I put together a manuscript of about 2 words and handed it to the commercial editor of Huiwen Daily. I also sent an email to the discipline director Li Jiagui, who had urged me to submit the manuscript.

The benefits of being familiar with "The Ways of the World" are shown here.

He felt that he would need to take leave more often in the coming period of time.

I had to make arrangements with the dean of discipline in advance to avoid being punished by doing frog jumps in school due to long-term absences, which would be very embarrassing.

the next day.

Fan Wumian slept until 7: in the morning, and after being woken up by the alarm clock, he dozed off for a few times.

Resisting the urge to sleep a little longer, he picked out a black short-sleeved shirt from the old wardrobe and tried his best to look less like a student.

During brushing.

Thinking of the name "Bandit King Media" again, Zuo Ziyan seemed not very optimistic about it last night, but he himself thought it was pretty good.

He now directly uses those works from later generations and calls him "Bandit King", which is more in line with the actual situation and quite funny at the same time.

As for the record company that was being registered in the mainland through an agent, Fan Wumian came up with an ordinary name - "Yaomei Cultural Communication".

The name comes from the female hero "Yao" in "Honor of Kings". As a shell company, the more ordinary it is, the less likely it is to be remembered.

Once the "Yaomei Cultural Communication Company" is registered, it will not only apply for an "Audio-visual Product Publishing License", but will also go through formal procedures to review and approve the new album before starting to produce it, and then sell it wholesale.

The money spent on consulting was obviously not wasted, as the legal risks were handled clearly.

By then, except for the external wholesale sales channels, which are different from regular record companies, it can be said that it is a completely legal audio-visual product company.

He has been thinking deeply about this matter for several days.

There are three main reasons for insisting on cooperating with counterfeit sales channels:

1. Without fame and resources, if they release genuine albums in the mainland, not only will the sales be unguaranteed, but they will also have to face the squeeze from counterfeit albums, and ultimately they will not make any money.

2. The sales channels of counterfeit albums are wider. By wholesale of genuine albums at low prices, they help to make small profits but quick turnover, and then sell them legally through street stalls and audio-visual stores across the country, thus quickly making a name for themselves.

3. Although I am poor, I don’t want to work for a record company or act like a grandson in front of the capital. After working for so many years, I am really fed up with the humiliation.

Ultimately, it’s because I’m not famous for the time being.

Having refused to sign a contract with King Records, I was destined to suffer more in the early stages.

The resources in the entertainment industry are controlled by major capitals, and it is not easy to take them away.

The reason why Fan Wumian tried to hide the matter of producing and selling his own music albums was simply to avoid offending traditional record companies.

After avoiding legal risks, it has nothing to do with whether it is illegal or not.

After all, if all singers produced their own albums like him, and sold them wholesale through other channels and at low prices, how could other record companies continue to do business?
Once the news of his breaking the rules gets out, he will most likely be blacklisted by traditional record companies and will find it difficult to win various awards in the music industry.

You have to consider the financial prospects and your future.

The entertainment industry is not small, but not big either, so it’s definitely right to act with caution.

9 o'clock in the morning.

Fan Wumian successfully passed through the Luohu Port with his Home Return Permit, which is a pass for Hong Kong and Macao residents to travel to the mainland.

This year.

There are a lot of tourists going to the port city from Luohu Port, but relatively few people going to Shenzhen for tourism and shopping from the port city.

Because I don’t have any acquaintances and there are no ready-made channels.

Before Fan Wumian came here this time, he only wrote down a few places that were highlighted in the news for producing and selling counterfeit albums.

Illegal album production is very profitable, but the punishment is not severe. Nowadays, there are many dens for producing counterfeit albums in Shenzhen, which sell them domestically and export them in small quantities.

He wanted to try his luck near those sealed-off factories, hoping that they had revived and set up new operations nearby.

After leaving the port, take a taxi first.

Because there were many places to go, Fan Wumian negotiated with the driver for a chartered car fee of 300 yuan, which would allow him and the car to be used until 7 o'clock tonight.

for the next few hours.

They drove from Luohu to Yantian, and then from Yantian to Longhua, and all they saw were factories that had been closed or sublet. Calculating the total mileage, they had driven about 70 to 80 kilometers.

The driver, who was originally taciturn, heard Fan Wumian mention that they had to travel a long way to Longgang, and finally couldn't help asking:
"Handsome boy, it's not okay for you to keep driving like this. My gas is expensive and I'm going to lose money on this business."

"You've looked at four or five factories and asked people everywhere. Are you planning to rent a place to start a company? I drive a car all day and I'm familiar with everywhere. Why don't you talk to me and I'll help you find a solution."

"Other people are like you only when they can't hold it in at night and look for massage parlors everywhere, just like headless flies, driving around everywhere trying their luck."

Since it is an illegal den, it is certainly not easy to find it.

If those people were not more careful, they would have been invited to have tea long ago, so it is normal for them to hide it tightly.

Some of the contact information on the Internet is mainly for counterfeit album sellers. No one is stupid enough to post the address of a counterfeiting den on the Internet.

This time, Fan Wumian really couldn't prepare fully, so he could only try his luck.

After listening.

He felt that the driver's words made sense, so he asked:

"I'm starting a business, right? Do you know of any factories that make music albums? It'd be best if they were small and informal. If you can help me find one, I can give you a little extra money."

We don’t want regular factories because they lack sales channels for copycat albums, which is not conducive to subsequent distribution.

The driver looked honest, but when he heard the word "add money", he suddenly got excited and said:
"Oh! Why didn't you tell me earlier? You've traveled so far for nothing. I have a friend who does short-distance transportation. He often helps people transport music and video CDs. He was almost stopped several times, but he can make hundreds of dollars for each trip."

"One time he moved an extra box of goods, which was full of pornographic films. The factory never asked about it, so he sold it to others. He also took us to sing in the evening, but I paid for the girls to serve drinks."

"I'll call him now and ask him if there's work to do after your factory opens, remember to call me first. It'll definitely be cheaper if you know me."

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The main reason is too little experience.

Fan Wumian finally realized that in the days when the Internet was not so developed, he should have asked the driver first about such things.

Wait for the chartered car driver to finish his call.

I learned from a friend that there is a park in Anbao District that has several small workshops specializing in making music albums, but they are not very large.

Unlike the driver friend’s old employer, who is very powerful, he recently spent more than two million to introduce two new production lines from abroad, which can produce the best quality counterfeit high-definition discs on the market and can produce tens of thousands of them a day.

If it weren't for the extra processing fees and legal risks, Fan Wumian would have wanted to directly find this den to help with the OEM.

You can look at it from another angle.

High production means high sales. Since producing pirated discs can make more money, a counterfeiting den of this scale would most likely look down on the hard-earned money of OEM.

For now, let's take it as a backup plan. Fan Wumian didn't ask around as he was unfamiliar with the place, so as to avoid getting into trouble.

Knowing the exact location of the small dens, the rest will be much easier.

When he arrived near an industrial park in Anbao District, he simply gave 30 yuan to the security guard at the gate and quickly found out where there was a DVD factory nearby.

The security guard patrols all day long and knows every door in the vicinity.

The chartered car driver followed the direction pointed by the old man and drove the car to the outskirts of the industrial park.

We soon found a small workshop with a sign that read "Night Paris Times Technology Co., Ltd.". The company was located in several connected garages, and the surrounding area was remote and deserted.

Garage door.

There was a young man wearing a two-ribbed vest, practicing basketball for his own amusement.

When the young man saw Fan Wumian and the driver getting out of the car and walking towards him, his expression was a little unnatural, and he said tentatively: "You can't park here, what are you doing here?"

Seeing a pile of transparent CD cases at the garage door, as well as scrap paper with Jay Chou's portrait and the words "Balixiang" printed on the ground, Fan Wumian guessed that he had probably found the right place this time.

It was just that "Seven-Li Fragrant Osmanthus" suddenly became "Eight-Li Fragrant Osmanthus", which made him deeply confused. He felt inexplicably confused, as if he had bought the "Sea Gray Suck" shampoo from a supermarket.

Putting his doubts in his heart for the time being, Fan Wumian only asked:

"Can you make music albums here? I'm a representative of Yaomei Cultural Communication Company. I want to find a processing factory to discuss business. A friend introduced me here."

The young man blinked and said:

"Yaomei Culture? This name sounds... interesting. My company doesn't make those messed-up discs. If you get caught, you'll get a long sentence. It's obviously not worth it. You can look for other companies."

Fan Wumian:
"..."

(End of this chapter)