Perfect Life

August 24th, Tuesday morning.

Changsheng Records Company, General Manager's Office.

After arriving at the company, Zheng Changsheng spent more than ten minutes processing all the documents to be signed, then picked up the phone and called Ma Xiang, the deputy manager of the production department.

After a while, the connection was connected over there, and Zheng Changsheng said, "Old Ma, I'm Zheng Changsheng, yes, how is that over there?...Oh, they're all taken away? No more trouble, right?...Uh, um, good! Are you there? Continue to watch over there. In the past two weeks, we only have three lines of these three companies, and the output still cannot be increased. Therefore, it is estimated that we will still have to queue up. Jiaxing Nansheng is all dealers in the southern provinces. , The amount of walking every year is not small. If people are in a hurry and say something ugly, don't be angry. Just coax and persuade me to make amends. …All right!"

Hanging up the phone, he let out a long breath and couldn't help but waved his fist.

Although it was a little scary, the matter was finally dealt with.

After it was announced that it was out of stock ten days after the listing, it was not only Changsheng Records that was anxious, but also the dealers in various places. Later, they did not know where they got the news. It may be enough, so it only took one day, and dealers from all over the country came to the capital one after another.

You must know that although these dealers are not in the music industry, they do record sales all the year round, and their connections in the industry are really not very deep, so it is easy to let them inquire about Changsheng Records and have obtained Sony Records respectively. , Huage Records, and Nansheng Company in Jiaxing in the south to produce the tapes of "Liao Liao". In this way, the output is less than 30,000 boxes per day, so... Whoever grabs it is who!

After all, they are the ones who face the market directly, and they can clearly sense the urge to buy from the fans behind the lack of supply. And they also know very well that it is hard to say in the long run, at least in the past few weeks, every CD of "Liao Liao", every cassette of "Liao Liao", represents profit.

But after the last few weeks, as the supply gradually becomes sufficient, will the buying impulse brought about by the lack of supply be exhausted, or will the sales of this album plummet... Who is this? Unexpected.

Besides, although the investigation of piracy has become more and more strict in recent years, but wait for more than ten days, usually about 20 days after the genuine version is listed, all kinds of pirated copies will start to be distributed. At that time, it would be more profitable to sell pirated copies.

Therefore, only getting enough goods as soon as possible can represent real profits!

So, no one could have predicted in advance that these dealers actually made an appointment and went straight to the production workshop on the morning of last Friday!

Half went to Sony, half went to Huage!

After receiving the news, Lao Liu, the manager of the production department of Changsheng Records, was immediately frightened. He hurriedly rushed to both sides with Zheng Changsheng in two separate ways to explain patiently. Help people are persuaded.

Then, there is only one way, no one needs to grab it. Everyone puts out the sales volume of last year, calculates the total output of the last week, and divides it according to the proportion! …ships far away first!

So, starting from Saturday, dealers in various provinces began to receive and ship the goods one after another. Today, even the batch of dealers in the southern provinces that rushed to Nansheng, Jiaxing, began to get the goods. Although As far as the current production lines of "Liao Liao" are concerned, it is impossible to fill the gap in the market, and the major dealers are also looking like they are insatiable. The market in most provinces has begun to resume supply.

It's just... this feeling of being restrained by others is really uncomfortable!

In the past, small and medium-sized record companies like Changsheng Records sold millions of cassettes every year. As long as the production was contacted in advance, Sony would have business to do. Before the promotion and release of Zhang Records, there must have been enough market in the warehouse to digest two or three months of inventory, so although there is no production line of its own, the company has never felt that there is any production line. What is uncomfortable.

But this time, with the popularity of the album "Liao Liao", Zheng Changsheng suddenly felt the pain of walking with a limp: no matter if it was intentional or not, anyway, the three major record companies with a complete industry chain, in " When the album "Liao Liao" was the most popular, it teamed up to give Changsheng Records a hard blow.

It's not like Sony and Huage don't do your business, but they only give you one production line!

As for Xinda, he even had to offer a high price. Not to mention Zheng Changsheng, even Manager Liu of the production department who went to talk about business was so angry that he almost dropped his cup on the spot!

And Nansheng... well, although their production lines are the same as Sony, Cinda, and Huage, their scale is still too small. During the summer vacation, people have already received a lot of orders before, so naturally it is impossible for them to breach the contract. It is really a matter of benevolence and righteousness to be able to temporarily squeeze out a production line on the premise that they have never had any dealings before.

So, the consequence of not having a production line is that once there is a shortage of stock, I can only ask my grandfather to tell my grandmother, but I can only ask for three lines.

With three lines, the output in one week is only 200,000 boxes!

In other words, even if there are infinitely many people who want to buy the album "Liao Liao", the sales statistics for next week will be 200,000!

But what to do? Are you on the production line yourself?

Obviously, this cruelty can't be let down!

Apart from Liao Liao's album, which is an accident, there are seven or eight male singers and five or six female singers under Changsheng Records, adding up to the amount of millions of boxes sold in a year, it really can't support it.

Moreover, standing at the height of Zheng Changsheng, he knew very well that the tapes that are still occupying the absolute mainstream in the market will not last for a few years. The future of the record market will definitely belong to CDs and digital audio.

But unfortunately, the current CD production line... Even the three major record companies have to use their advantages in production to force the bundled production of various record companies to promote it. It is clear that it is waiting for the ashes!

And...CD cables are too expensive!

So, I can only think about it, I've been addicted to it.

However, when he thought of the fact that "Liao Liao", which was obviously very popular in the market, failed to explode when it was most likely to explode in big sales, he couldn't help but keep being a fool.

Subconsciously, he opened the drawer again and took out the Dongguan Bookstore's sales chart last week.

"Liao Liao", the second place, sold 11,484 copies per week.

When he first saw this data yesterday, Zheng Changsheng couldn't help but take out the data from the past two weeks, and took the calculator to do the math three times: the tapes, CDs, and vinyls that were sent to Dongguan Bookstore were total. It is 17,000 sets, 1,128 and 4,386 in the first two weeks, plus 11,484 in this week, a total of 16,998.

There are only two albums that I don't know which branch they were shipped to but didn't sell!

Zheng Changsheng estimated that nine out of ten the two were vinyl.

And to get such overwhelming data, "Liao Liao" probably only took about two days!

At this time, Zheng Changsheng couldn't help but feel extremely regretful!

Needless to say about the sales forecast and production stocking before the release. After all, no one has front and back eyes. If this is wrong, only Liao Liao is the only one at the top of the company.

What really makes him regret is that, knowing this, he should have placed an order for Sony as soon as he got the sales data of Dongguan Bookstore for the previous week and found that the sales had increased. In two days, the market will be able to resume supply on Saturday and weekend!

If in the last week, "Liao Liao" could be delivered normally for three or four days, then even Liu Mingliang's new album, which was released in the first week, could also blow him up!

After all, in the first week of Liu Mingliang's new album, there were only 13,241 copies in Dongguan Bookstore!

With a gap of less than 2,000 copies, even if "Liao Liao" was sold for one more day, it would blow up for him!

Think about it, if the album "Liao Liao" can climb to the top with Liu Mingliang in the first week after its release three weeks, that feeling...it's not too good!

And if it can be realized, Liao Liao will really be popular in China!

What a pity... a pity...

Just after putting back the folder that kept the sales charts of the past weeks, someone knocked on the door. Zheng Changsheng had just called out "Come in," when Zhao Meifeng walked in angrily, snapped it, and took a picture of the messy stack of paper. On Zheng Changsheng's desk, he looked like a lion, staring straight at Zheng Changsheng, "I said, Mr. Zheng, when did you transfer me to the agency department again? Do I get a raise?"

"Ah?" Zheng Changsheng was a little stunned, but he still comforted him first, "Meifeng, Meifeng... don't worry, don't worry! If you have something to say, take it slow! Come, come, sit first, I'll make you a cup of tea! Sit down! , sit down and talk!"

"Okay, don't make tea for me, you'd better arrange an agent for Liao Liao!"

Zheng Changsheng was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, but he was no longer in a hurry to get the tea, and asked a little puzzled: "This is... What the **** is this? Who is messing with you in the brokerage department? What does it have to do with Liao Liao's manager? ?"

Zhao Meifeng walked over to retrieve the stack of paper and handed it to Zheng Changsheng, "See for yourself!"

Zheng Changsheng took it over and took a look, his eyes suddenly lit up!

This is actually a business performance invitation!

The other party asked to sign a contract for five games first, with an offer of 50,000 yuan per game! They also said that if the cooperation works well, they can then offer a 20-game contract with an offer of 60,000 per game!

Turning to the next page, it's another business performance invitation!

This one is even more ruthless. The direct offer is 100,000 games, and it is required to sign 20 games directly!

Really rich enough!

Zheng Changsheng almost turned his eyes back with brilliance - together, there are 20 copies, all of which are invitations to commercial performances, and the highest price has even been reported to 120,000!

If all these commercial performances are to be followed, Liao Liao will not have to do anything else in the next year, just start the plane subscription mode!

However, this is all money!

As the owner of a record company, it is almost impossible to refuse any offer!

However, after a cursory review, Zheng Changsheng quickly raised his head to look at Zhao Meifeng, and said with a smile, "I understand, but...how did the agency send these things to you?"

Zhao Meifeng's stomach was full of fire, but when she heard the words, it exploded all of a sudden, with a rare mouth like a machine gun, "I'm still blaming me? Who knows what those people in the brokerage department are doing! Liao Liao has no brokers. , but this kind of business performance is their business, right? But they are good, they just passed on my contact information! I am the producer! Making records, selecting songs, arranging songs, that is my business Son! But this kind of business performance is none of my business! What you see, it's not bad, you just send the quotation directly to the company, and the brokerage department sends it to me, and I can pretend not to see it. , but the problem is that there are still many people who don't give quotations and call me directly to ask for the price! This call has been on the phone since yesterday morning. It's good, I went out to answer the phone half of the song, and I went out to answer the phone half of the song. What should I do with this album? But I can't get mad at others. After all, I also know that accepting these commercial performances is good for the company and Liao. Liao is very important, but...what do you think the brokerage department is doing?"

Zheng Changsheng laughed while listening, finally waiting for Zhao Meifeng's continuous cannonball to finish, guessing that the fire in his heart would subside a little, and then said: "It's my fault, my fault, the brokerage department, I've thought about it for a long time. I started to rectify it, but it didn't wait for me to start... Hey, don't be angry about this, the old Xiao of the management department is not out with the concert, without him at home, those guys will be turned upside down. Don't worry, I'll vent my anger back to you! When Lao Xiao comes back, I'll have to scold him severely! Well, then I'll call you too, scold him in front of you, and vent my anger to you, okay? it is good?"

If not to say that Zheng Changsheng will be a man, after saying these few words, even if he knew that when Lao Xiao came back, he would not be able to do it, but Zhao Meifeng still felt comfortable, and the only bit of fire left in his heart. Gone.

In fact, Zheng Changsheng understood very well: Although Zhao Meifeng said it exaggeratedly, in fact, there were not many people who actually called. The key is that these performing arts companies know the rules very well. If they want someone to appear, they either make an offer directly, or come to discuss it directly. It is too insincere to just make a phone call.

Mainly... Well, it is estimated that the main reason is that the phone number was leaked, which made Zhao Meifeng angry! If it's as serious as she said, would you still have to wait until today? Had to kill it yesterday!

So, come here today, she is sure that she has fire in her heart, but if she really wants to dig her mind, it is estimated that she will come over with so many business performance invitations that she has saved for a day... there are also some!

Look, Liao Liao's album was made by me! Is it red now? Now there is a commercial show, isn't it? And it's a lot at first, isn't it? These commercial performances are a lot of money, aren't they? So... so you are the boss, you can figure it out!

Having been in this circle for more than ten years, Zheng Changsheng has long understood the thoughts of these people in the literary and art circles!

Their temperament is straight, not only are donkeys, they can only stroke along the hair, once they are stroked against the hair, they can give you a slap right away, and they are also cannonballs. It can be said that they speak and do things much more directly than those so-called white-collar workers, blue-collar workers, etc. who work outside and part-time jobs, but that doesn't mean they can't express something euphemistically... On the contrary, literary and artistic youth really want to Playing this is much better than others!

So, when her anger subsided, Zheng Changsheng shook the stack of commercial performance quotations in his hand again, and said with a smile, "Meifeng, this is all your credit! When Liao Liao comes back, I will A celebration feast for you!"

Sure enough, Zhao Meifeng had already lost her anger at this time, but after hearing this, she immediately showed a happy look, and then she couldn't help but offer advice, saying, "That's easy to say! But, it's not me who said it, Zheng Boss, on Liao Liao's side, it's really time to arrange an agent. If nothing else, this time she went out and ran so many places, only a little Huang followed... That girl, Liao Liao is not big, she two It’s hard to say who will take care of anyone! Besides, you can’t let Liao Liao rub his arms on some slapstick lawsuits, you still have to have an agent!”

Liao Liao's agent... Of course!

At the time of signing the contract, like most small and medium-sized record companies, Changsheng Records and Liao Liao signed two contracts. One was a record contract. The company promised to help Liao Liao produce at least two albums within three years. , and divide it into Liao Liao according to the sales of the album. In addition, the company is not responsible for giving Liao Liao any salary.

The other is the brokerage contract, which naturally lasts for three years. Within three years, in addition to the share of album sales, the company can directly take 50% of all of Liao Liao's business performance and concert income!

It's just that Liao Liao, who just released a single EP, was not invited to any commercial performances at all. Therefore, apart from preparing for a new album, she has nothing else to do, and the company will No agent was arranged for her, but Huang Wenjuan, a newcomer who had just joined the company, was sent to her as an assistant.

But up to now, the weekly sales of the album "Liao Liao" have exceeded 200,000, and even if the subsequent sales are not higher, it is unlikely to be any lower! Therefore, Liao Liao is already red!

It's just a record, it's still a little early to say that it is comparable to the four great queens, but at least a first-line is proper!

So, of course she needs an agent!

And with Liao Liao's current status, this agent can't be weak!

Otherwise, take a look at those business performance invitations. If the agent is weak, just these invitations can be directly stunned!

Therefore, Zheng Changsheng nodded slightly when he heard the words, but he couldn't help but hesitate, and finally, he said: "This matter, the arrangement must be arranged, and it should be sooner rather than later, but the candidate is not very easy to handle! In this way, we still have to wait for Lao Xiao to come back, and when he comes back, the two of us will meet and discuss it and see who will pick him up!"

Hearing what the boss said, Zhao Meifeng nodded with satisfaction, then quickly stood up to say goodbye, returning to her usual good-natured appearance, and said, "Okay, you can decide this, I'll go back first, Lele. Still waiting for me!"

Zheng Changsheng nodded and tried to say a few more words. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com personally escorted her out the door before returning.

Then, closing the door and holding those business performance invitations in his hand, he couldn't help but smile again.

"This is only one album!" He sighed with emotion: "Ten albums sell for 500,000, not as good as one for 200,000 per week! If it's hot, it's hot, you can't accept it!"

After thinking for a while, he put down his things, went back and sat down, picked up the phone and dialed a number, and when the other party connected, he said directly: "I'm Zheng Changsheng, Lao Liu, Liao Liao is coming back soon? ... Oh, Friday ha. , Okay, then you remember to remind me, yes, I have to pick up Liao Liao in person! Well, good! By the way, don't rush to set dates for those radio and TV programs that you contacted before, yes You remember, now Liao Liao is red, it's not that we asked them to be on the show in the past! Now they all want Liao Liao to be on the show! ... Yes, you understand!"

Putting down the phone, he leaned comfortably on the boss chair, swayed slightly, and couldn't help but laugh again.

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