Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

It was already the eighth day of the first lunar month when Yu Dongqing saw Guo Xin again, and Evergreen Studio opened after the Spring Festival.

During the Spring Festival, Yu Dongqing took her daughter back to her hometown of Huayin, but this time she didn't stay that long and rushed back to Yanjing on the 7th.

Today is the first day of opening in the new year. As a boss, I have to do everything myself and at the same time send red envelopes to employees.

Guo Xin was sitting on the sofa in Luo Yun's office, looking a little reserved. She stood up quickly when she saw Yu Dongqing come in.

"Sit down, sit down." Yu Dongqing greeted with a smile, and then asked: "Have Luo Yun talked with you?"

"Well, I'm willing to sign."

"Dongqing, the top priority is to quickly compose the song "After Fragrance" and have it sung by Guo Xinlai. Release it as one of her singles. I think it will be as influential as the song "Chi Ling" written by you and Yawen." Luo Yun interrupted and said.

She just heard Guo Xin singing "The Remaining Fragrance" to her with guitar accompaniment. The girl's unique smoky voice sang this song to her, which sounded very interesting to her.

She believes that this song will become a hit in the future.

Arrange music.

I have to write the lyrics and arrange the music for each song, which is so troublesome!

Today, a few of my buddies want to get together and cook a mutton hotpot.

So he thought of a way: "Call Li Wei."

Li Wei was in the office next door and came over quickly: "Brother Yu, are you looking for me?"

Yu Dongqing first introduced Guo Xin, and then said to Li Wei: "There is a new song for her to sing. I have been busy recently, how about you try to arrange it?"

"Okay, okay." Li Weiwei said happily.

He has been in Yu Dongqing's studio for more than three months. Basically, he does some odd jobs every day, including extracurricular tasks such as teaching Zhang Bao music theory.

In fact, from the bottom of my heart, I still want to do my old job - arranging music.

Today Yu Dongqing finally handed him the arrangement of a new song, how could he not be happy?

"Don't worry, Brother Yu, I will arrange the music well and let you review it when it's finished." Li Wei said.

Yu Dongqing nodded: "By the way, how is Zhang Baoli's theory knowledge?"

"He has a weak foundation, so he learns slowly." Li Wei also told the truth.

"No rush, take your time."

After Li Wei left, Yu Dongqing said to Guo Xin, you have nothing to do these days. You don't have to come to work every day. You should rest more. After the arrangement is completed, I will notify you to come over and audition.

Guo Xin naturally left happily.

After she left, Luo Yun smiled and said: "Dongqing, it's okay. You are very good to Guo Xin."

"Look at what you said, now that you are an artist under the studio, shouldn't you care?" Yu Dongqing changed the topic after saying:

"Now that our studio has signed two singers, you have to be busy for a while, right? Don't let people say you have nothing to do all day long."

Also, other celebrities' managers try their best to attract resources for their artists, but she is just thinking about how to evade the olive branches extended by entertainment companies and advertisers all day long.

Commercial speech?

Sorry no time.

Commercials?

Our studio has no plans for this at the moment.

Writing songs? Yes, but you have to queue up. Look, there are many singers waiting in front of you.

When can it be written?

I don't know, it depends on Mr. Yu's mood

Now that the studio has signed two singers at once, it finally has something to do!

Of course, as the business expands, two more staff members will have to be hired.

"Zhang Bao, I'm going to release an album of his, which is mainly composed of Qinbei folk songs that have been re-arranged, maintaining the original traditional charm and adding a bit of modern music style. I'll use the song "Xintianyou" you wrote as the album. Name." Luo Yun said she got down to business and immediately became more capable.

Yu Dongqing nodded after hearing this.

"As for Guo Xin, I also said that the first thing to do is to release this song "After Fragrance" as soon as possible to try to become a hit, and then we will try to get her a commercial performance based on the follow-up development."

"Very good, then urge Li Wei to do it faster." Yu Dongqing said.

"You really don't arrange music anymore?"

"I have to write songs and arrange music at the same time, am I exhausted?" Yu Dongqing immediately cried out: "Li Wei is very good, isn't it you? You have also done arrangement work before."

"You are lazy!"

"Okay, okay, honestly speaking, if you want to release an album for Zhang Bao, I will arrange all ten songs by myself? Do you think it's possible?"

Yu Dongqing asked: "If you think Li Wei's level is not too high, then hire experts from outside to arrange the music."

If Yu Dongqing doesn't want to, this is the only way.

"But, Dongqing, you have to arrange the song yourself, right? Yuxiang, you have to take care of it too!"

"Okay." Yu Dongqing had no choice but to agree.

"Is everything okay? I'll go back if everything is okay." Yu Dongqing was about to leave after saying that.

"Today is your first day at work, why are you anxious?" Luo Yun said angrily, "Don't you want to see your income last year?"

Oh, I almost forgot about this.

Originally, it was necessary to take stock before the Spring Festival, but something happened to Zhang Bao in the middle and he couldn't go to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. Luo Yun was able to go to the local Spring Festival Gala, so she put it down after running around for a while.

I finally waited until New Year's Eve to settle the accounts that needed to be settled, but Yu Dongqing had already returned to his hometown with his daughter, so I had to wait until work today to tell him. However, the year-end bonus was still cashed in, even though the studio had been open for less than four months.

After Luo Yun finished speaking, she walked to the drawer of her boss's desk and took out a thick stack of information and handed it to Yu Dongqing: "This is the copyright income from all the works you wrote last year, including your own singing, and It’s the income share from investing in Zhao Yawen’s studio.”

"In addition, there is a profit share from the investment in the movie "My Days Digging Coal in the Mine" produced by Wang Dongsheng."

"Did that movie really make money?" Yu Dongqing was a little surprised: "I heard that the box office in Hong Kong was only average?"

"But he won the award? It mainly depends on overseas box office, and the copyright sales reached 40 million yuan!"

"According to the investment contract you signed, your share of income is 2.6 million yuan, and the net profit is 1.6 million yuan." Luo Yun said.

"Not bad, not bad." Yu Dongqing smiled.

Why does he feel that Wang Dongsheng seems to be following the path of Jia Zhangke in the original time and space?

Although Chief Jia appears to be a director of artistic films, he actually made a fortune quietly. Looking at the domestic box office, Director Jia loses money on every movie he makes, but his source of profit has never been the domestic box office, but overseas copyright income.

"How much do we earn from Yawen's studio?" Yu Dongqing asked again.

"325,600."

Not bad

This shows that in just over two months, Zhao Yawen's studio earned more than 600,000 yuan.

"Of course, these two parts of income only account for a very small part, mainly from song copyright, which is about 13.5865 million after tax!"

good.

This thing is like a chicken that lays eggs, but it generates income every year.

"According to the contract signed by the two of us, my commission is 10%, which is 1.359 million, but I only worked for one quarter, which is 339,700."

"Okay, you do as you say." Yu Dongqing said, "By the way, where is the income of the Qingmang Performing Band?"

"This is listed specifically." Luo Yun turned to the back of the information and said:

"Your band's income only comes from downloading and paying for a few of the songs you sing on major music platforms. If you deduct the tax that should be paid, it will be about 2.31 million yuan."

"Okay, you can make three copies of the last few pages. We are going to cook mutton together tonight. I will take them over and let them take a look."

"And one more thing."

"What's up?"

"What do you think about this year's Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs Awards Ceremony?"