Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 104 Record Income
Although Jay Chou is not yet Jay Chou.

But during this period, he actually already had a very considerable influence.

Especially in terms of creation, he has almost been recognized as the top creative talent in the music world.

Therefore, when he publicly recognized Wu Zhuo's talent, he inevitably pushed Wu Zhuo to the forefront again.

Jay Chou recognizes Wu Zhuo:
"Jay Chou recently said in an interview that among the new creative talents who debuted in recent years, he is most optimistic about Wu Zhuo."

"One year after debuting, why is Wu Zhuo called a creative talent?"
"A year ago, when Wu Zhuo was mentioned, many people would be as confused as he was. But today, when Wu Zhuo is mentioned, many people will definitely remember his identity.

He is the cold-blooded Ding Xiaoyu in "KO One" and He Qun who pursues Wang Xinling in "Smiling Pasta".

At the same time, he is also Wu Chao, who represents winter in the current most popular group Fahrenheit.

But, in fact, these are not all his identities.

He is also a creative talent who is both a lyricist and composer.

He is the songwriter of the currently popular songs "Onion", "After Tomorrow", "Only Have Feelings for You", "Dangerous Party", "Super Style" and "You Are a Song for My Heart"..."

Spontaneous media reports, as well as reports pushed by Tianxi and Komi behind the scenes, began to appear frequently in the media.

"I'm convinced! Why is it that every time we appear in the news, we are always mentioned by Wu Zhuo? We also have works, why can't they see them..."

At HIM Records, the four members of Fahrenheit are practicing the dance for "SORRY, SORRY", the hand-rubbing dance.

After practicing several times following the rhythm of the music, they each took a bottle of mineral water and went to the side to rest.

As soon as he sat down, Jiro Wang couldn't help but start complaining.

Fahrenheit hasn't had much activity recently.

The popularity is entirely due to Wu Zhuo and Wu Zun.

Especially Wu Chao.

Every time he makes the headlines, Fahrenheit gets some credit.

This inevitably made the group Fahrenheit more and more well-known in Taiwan.

As Fahrenheit became more popular, several members benefited greatly and each of them got several endorsements.

Of course, Wu Chao obviously has the most endorsements.

At present, whenever a big brand wants to endorse an individual member of Fahrenheit, Wu Chao will definitely be the first choice.

If he doesn't want it, it will be Wu Zun's turn.

However, this unique popularity has made Wu Zhuo's status in the group increasingly higher.

This also caused the other members to feel more or less envious and even jealous.

Normally, everyone keeps this kind of thoughts to themselves.

Only Jiro Wang has a carefree personality and he accidentally let the cat out of the bag today.

Wu Zhuo pretended not to hear and continued playing Snake on his phone.

However, Wu Zun next to him patted Wang Dongcheng on the shoulder.

"Uh! Ah Zhuo, don't mind it, I just said that."

After being slapped by Wu Zun, Aaron Yan immediately reacted and hurriedly apologized to Wu Chao.

"It's okay!" Wu Zhuo smiled and indicated that he didn't care.

He had known that this would be inevitable if his popularity grew rapidly.

"Dadong, you should stop saying things like this in the future. Huo Zhuo is so popular, but he earned it himself.

We don't need to congratulate him, there's no need to say such a spoiler."

Calvin Chen has the best relationship with Nick Wu, and he can't stand what Jiro Wang says, and complains with a hint of complaint.

"I'm sorry, this is indeed my fault."

Jiro Wang touched his head, glared at Calvin Chen, and apologized again.

"No need to apologize. We are brothers. It would be too polite if you apologize."

Wu Zhuo patted his shoulder and stood up, "Let's go! Today is the day to settle the bill for the Fahrenheit album.

We should go see how much money we make.”

"Yes, I have been looking forward to it for a long time. I don't know how much money I can get this time."

When hearing about money, Jiro Wang's eyes lit up first. He was not like Wu Zun and Calvin Chen, whose families were rich. He was still in debt.

Although he made a lot of money due to the popularity of Fahrenheit this year and paid back most of it, there is still a small part that he has not paid back, and now he is counting on the record settlement.

“The newspapers out there say that our record has sold over a million copies.

Do you think there are really that many?"

The four of them walked out together. Calvin Chen stroked his chin and analyzed, "If there really are a million copies sold, each of us should be able to get a lot!"

“Whether it is a million copies or not depends on the shipment volume.

It’s best not to believe the numbers announced by the media and companies.”

The longer you stay in this circle, the clearer you will understand many things.

Take record sales for example. Record companies often report extremely high figures to the outside world.

Then, internally, the company would say to the singers and songwriters who receive royalties, “In fact, the sales of this album are very low, and the figures outside are for publicity…”

So, in the final analysis, the specific sales volume of a record is actually only known by the record company.

The most important thing is to look at the record company's bottom line.

A better record company will let you make some money even if they inflate the numbers.

If someone is unscrupulous, you may not earn a penny and may even lose money.

Wu Zhuo only hoped that Hua Yan would not be the kind of person without conscience.

While discussing, several people came to Chen Huiying's office at Huayan Records.

Chen Huiying has been very busy this year.

The office alone moved three times.

She first worked at Tianxi, and after Fahrenheit was established under the operation of Komi International, she moved her office to Komi.

Recently, because Huayan required more stringent training for Fahrenheit, Fahrenheit's training work was transferred to Huayan, and Chen Huiying also moved her office over.

"You guys came at the right time. I was just about to look for you."

In the office, seeing Wu Zhuo and others coming in, Chen Huiying took out a report with a smile, "This is the sales data of the album "Fahrenheit", as well as the income distribution. Take a look. Your income will be transferred to your account by the company in two days."

Wu Zhuo and the others were not in the mood to chat with Chen Huiying, so they took the reports and started reading them.

The total sales of "Fahrenheit" written on the report is 73 copies.

There are 16 in Taiwan, 4 in Singapore, 5 in Hong Kong and Macau, 40 in the Mainland, and the total data for other regions such as the United States, Canada, Thailand, Malaysia, etc. is 8.

Wu Zhuo has not yet analyzed whether Huayan or EMI Records has swallowed the data.

But keep looking down.

The price in Taiwan Province is NT$16, and the wholesale price sold to record stores such as Rose and Popular is NT$190 per copy. NT$16 is NT$3040 million, which is about RMB 600 million.

Sales volume in Singapore was 4 copies, with a wholesale price of 8 Singapore dollars, and total revenue of 32 Singapore dollars, which is equivalent to 160 million yuan in RMB.

5 in Hong Kong and Macau, the wholesale price is 40 Hong Kong dollars, the total income is 200 million, which is equivalent to 180 million in RMB.

40 in the Mainland, wholesale price 37 RMB, total revenue 1480 million.

8 in other regions, with an average wholesale price of RMB 40 and a total revenue of around RMB 320 million.

All in all, the total revenue of this album is about 2800 million (some decimals are rounded off).

Of the 2800 million RMB, 1300 million needs to be deducted for disc costs, transportation costs, publicity, and production.

Finally, there were 1500 million left.

Of the 1500 million, 600 million will be distributed to record distributors in other regions such as EMI.

There were 900 million left, and Huayan took half, which is 450 million.

Of the 450 million, Komi took another 315%, leaving the four members of Fahrenheit with million RMB.

The four of them divided it equally, with each getting 78.7.

In Wu Zhuo's case, the agency took another cut, leaving 47.

Looking at the number that belonged to him, Wu Zhuo fell silent.

It’s better to go to the mainland to attend an event by yourself.

(End of this chapter)