In fact, although the competition in the recording industry is fierce, it has not reached the point of incompatibility. Competition is competition and sometimes there are many opportunities for cooperation.
For example, when producing an album, you sometimes need to find cooperation with other record companies. After all, no matter how awesome you are and the boss of the record industry, can you still monopolize all the awesome creators under your label?
This is obviously unrealistic, so the bigger the record company, the more it needs to cooperate with other people. Whether it is buying new songs, or finding tailor-made songs from well-known lyricists and composers, sometimes they will find some external assistance.
For example, let’s say we are now helping Azhe produce his first album. Although Feishi has many masters, if he wants to produce an absolute masterpiece, he needs to pool his wisdom.
At the same time, although some lyricists and composers are cooperating with other record companies, they rarely have contracts that stipulate that they are not allowed to write songs for other people. At the same time, cooperating with Fei Shi to produce an album also has its own benefits for them.
Let’s not talk about the song, lyrics and music released by Fei Shi, or the high remuneration for participating in the album production. Simply put, if this album becomes a hit, their reputation in the industry will soar, right?
At the same time, if the record companies where these lyricists and composers work release songs for their own people, when advertising, they will say that so-and-so is the gold medal songwriter who wrote such-and-such a song for A Zhe. Such a newcomer’s reputation It started immediately, so this kind of cooperation can be said to be mutually beneficial.
"How do they want to cooperate?" After listening to Fu Decai's explanation, Yang Dongxu suddenly realized. It turns out that business competition is not a matter of life and death. White swords come in and red swords come out. Sometimes even competitors need to cooperate. Everything is driven by interests.
"For songs, you can also be a producer. A song costs 100,000 yuan. If you become a producer, you can get a share of the sales."
The conditions offered by Feishi are not low. Although 100,000 yuan per song is not as high as those of those gold medal songwriters, it is still a high price. Although Xiaoxu is famous, there is still a certain distance between him and the gold medal songwriter. After all, he only became famous because of his sudden fame. If he wants to reach the position of a gold medal songwriter and composer, or the position of a gold medal producer, it still needs time to settle down.
"What do you think of this matter?" Yang Dongxu did not answer immediately, but asked instead.
"Participate in the production, it will be more beneficial to us. Although "My Motherland" is a hit, it is only a hit for the album. Except for Zhang Wen and Wu Qi, the singers in it are all stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan, or from art troupes.
So this album was a hit, but it didn’t create a star for us. Since you are optimistic about Azhe and Feishi is also optimistic about it, then participate in the production. After all, Heiner Records is just a newcomer, and they can use this opportunity to push their reputation up. "Fu Decai said.
Are Zhang Wen and Wu Qi popular? Of course it’s a hit! Even "My Motherland" is selling well in Singapore, Canada, and even Tang Renji in the United States. They have also gained a certain degree of popularity in foreign countries.
But this overseas fame is just to bluff people, but in fact it is of little use. The real influence can only be compared with the second-rate singers in Hong Kong and Taiwan at most, and there is still some distance from the first-rate.
In fact, Fu Decai has also seen it clearly. Not only does a song become popular, but a person will definitely become popular, or that a good song will definitely make a person famous. The truth here is not that simple. There are people who are popular but not popular. There are plenty of them in the record industry.
So he used to be a little opposed to Yang Dongxu's willingness to spend a lot of money to recruit new people, but he has been particularly active during this period. But compared to those big record companies, Hainer still lacks the background and cannot be more attractive than those big-name record companies.
Therefore, he is willing to cooperate this time, and even hopes that Yang Dongxu can exert his full efforts. In this way, as long as Azhe's first album is a hit, he can say when recruiting new people that Azhe's first album was produced by our company's producer Xiaoxu himself.
This is more attractive than asking a high price. After all, many people who want to be singers want to be famous. Are they afraid that they won’t make any money yet if they become famous? Of course, this does not mean that the person who has been poached with a lot of money is not good, but there is a gap in the other party's confidence in the company, right?
"Then reply to them. We are willing to cooperate, but I don't have time to go to Taiwan. If they want to cooperate, let them bring people to Yanjing to record the album." Yang Dongxu nodded and agreed, but also offered own conditions.
Cooperating with Fei Shi does have only advantages and no disadvantages for them. Although he may have to come up with a few classic songs, it is still compared to the money they can earn from album sales.
Like Fu Decai, what he wants more is to enhance the reputation and heritage of Haina Records. But benefits are benefits, and you definitely can’t do whatever the other party says. He has countless classic songs. Sooner or later, Hainer will become a big brother in the industry. There is no need to grovel and fawn over you.
Fu Decai's feedback soon came to Fei Stone Records. When he heard that the other party's request for cooperation was to go to Yanjing to record, Rolling Stone's executives were immediately unwilling.
"It's so arrogant. A small company that has just become famous dares to show off to us." Bai Jiasheng sneered with disdain on his face.
Duan Zhongyi and Duan Zhongtan, who were sitting on the main seats, also frowned. Since 1980, these two brothers have founded Feishi Records. It can be said that Feishi has been making rapid progress. In less than ten years, it has become the largest record company in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
That's right, it is the biggest, no one else. Even when Warner Records entered the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, they were suppressed by them, and their popularity was unparalleled for a while.
In 1987, Feishi Records could be said to have a strong army. Luo Dayou had not yet gone to Hong Kong, Li Zongsheng was already a top producer, and Xiaochong and Chen Sheng had also won the album. Singer Pan Yueyun, Zhou Huajian, Qi Yu, Zhang Sylvia... too many great gods, too many singers and queens who will dominate the future singing world have already signed, and there are also newcomers with great potential like A Zhe, it is simply overbearing. of.
So if Fei Shi Records sneezes, not only the entire Asian music scene will catch a cold, but a cold wave in Hong Kong and Taiwan will definitely be okay.
Therefore, the Rolling Stones approached you to cooperate. They thought highly of you and gave you a chance to become famous. How dare you make demands? Do you know how to be a good person?
"What do you think?" Duan Zhongyi looked at Li Zongsheng next to him.
"I heard that Xiaoxu is only 14 years old this year. I watched the album "My Motherland" and all 10 songs are classics. More than half of the songs in it were written by him, so I really like him. Interested."
Compared with Bai Jiasheng, the company's general manager in charge of business, Li Zongsheng, as a producer, is undoubtedly particularly interested in Xiaoxu. He doesn't think it's okay for a talented person to be arrogant, and sometimes he doesn't have a good temper.
So compared to what Bai Jiasheng thought was crazy, he felt that Xiaoxu's request was very normal. Just like him, if the company wanted to praise the newcomer, didn't he also have to take a personal test? If it doesn't work, it's just a connection account. What connections do you have? Why should the top management flatter you? Get out of here and make an album? OK! Whoever you love, don’t ask me to make it for you.
"Let's get in touch and see. Warner's side has been a bit tight lately, and Sony seems to want to get involved." Duan Zhongtan, who had been silent, said.
Although Fei Shi is now the largest record company in Hong Kong and Taiwan and has countless talented generals under his command, it does not mean that he is invincible in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Moreover, although some of these generals are well-known, most of them are newcomers.
In other words, those singers and singers have not grown up yet, and they still feel a lot of pressure facing behemoths like Warner and Sony.
And the Duan brothers also have their own ambitions. Although they have already dominated Hong Kong and Taiwan, they want more than that. What they want is to dominate Asia and even the world.
Therefore, they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of recording a new album for Ah Zhe, who has great potential, and invite talented people to prepare an absolute classic. This would serve as a weighty warning to Warner and Sony, which are eagerly eyeing them, and let them know who is in Hong Kong and Taiwan. He's the boss.
"Then let's take a look first." Although Bai Jiasheng disagreed in his heart, the boss had already spoken, so naturally he, a part-time worker, couldn't directly refuse.
But he really didn't think much of Xiaoxu. He was only 14 years old, and it was probably just a gimmick launched by Haina Records.
As a master's student in the Department of Economics at Harvard University, he looked down upon Xiaoxu for his arrogance. Feishi has developed rapidly in the past two years. Not only does he have a lot of hard work, but at least it can be seen from the bonuses given by the Duan brothers that his ability is indeed good.
"Don't hang yourself on a tree. Think carefully and look for everything you can. This time you must make a big splash. Everyone knows the situation. I want to know it better than you, so I won't say more." Duan Zhongyi finally set the tone.
The reason for cultivating a new talent in such a big way is not because Fei Shi has a very long-term vision of Ah Zhe's glorious future dominating the music scene.
But the newcomer Azhe is really good. At the same time, the external pressure from Warner and Sony made the Rolling Stones want to support a newcomer to prove their strength.
To support someone who is already famous is just the icing on the cake. How can there be a shock to a newcomer becoming famous instantly?
Faced with Warner and Sony, who are pressing harder and harder, Feishi must let people in the industry see what Feishi's muscles are like, and let those record companies who want to get involved weigh it. At the same time, it can also allow those talented newcomers to see the ability of Fei Shi to hold people up, so it can kill three birds with one stone.
After talking to Fudecai, Yang Dongxu got busy and put the matter behind him. He never expected that the core staff of Feishi Records would gather together and hold a meeting because of this matter.
Even if he knew, he wouldn't care too much. Is Feishi a bull? Of course, it is awesome. Later generations took down several of the largest record companies in the world and became the largest record company in Asia.
Although it has not gone global and its influence has declined greatly outside of Asia, in Asia it means to dominate and no one dares to touch its whiskers.
But no matter how awesome you are, how can you be as awesome as him, a reborn person? A Zhe, Zhou Huajian, Li Zongsheng...all the great masters can't be poached, right? Okay, you have to be awesome first.
When I run Haina Records, I will dig up Zhao Chuan, Wu Bai, Zhang Huimei, Zhang Yusheng... If you have a bunch of great masters, I can also find a bunch of great masters, and then 'plagiarize' cough cough cough... .... Take over and use the classic songs that will be praised by future generations of singers and queens. Who will win is still uncertain...
