Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

"So, Cao Sang, it's rare for you to be so sensible. Then tell me, why should the film I spent all my money on be used for free? Just because it was filmed in your place? But I paid for the filming.

Yes!"

"Even if I have great feelings for your country, I can't do this, right? If I do this, even if I don't care, what will others think?"

After listening to Zuotian Masazhi's complaints, Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile, and then advised: "Mr. Zuotian, those people are indeed going too far, but if you trust me, you might as well listen to my opinion?"

"Of course!" Masashi Zuoda nodded, "Please tell me, I will listen carefully."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said: "Mr. Zuotian, I understand the truth of what you said. However, with all due respect, the reasons you mentioned are of little use at this time.

I am not excusing some people in our country, I really am not. After all, I personally think this is too much.

However, the real problem is that CCTV has almost completed the documentary, and when you made the documentary before, you also reserved some film here.

In other words, if my prediction is correct, they have already included part of your documentary.

I came to see you this time just to show my appearance. If the negotiation can be successful, of course it will be good. If the negotiation is not successful, then let’s not discuss it.

You know the situation in our country. Our country does not have relevant patent laws, so the things you took in our country are strictly not protected by copyright and can be quoted by anyone.

Therefore, what those people at CCTV did was not strictly illegal.

On the contrary, you are Japanese. In view of the past events between our two countries, if you persist in insisting on the copyright issue, it is very likely that it will go online and turn into a national emotional issue. It may even be said to be arrogant and plundering.

Once this happens, the fame you have finally accumulated in our country will be completely over, and it will be impossible for you to continue to perform in our country in the future.

Based on your current situation, if you lose the Chinese market, it will be a big blow to you.

After all, you have invested so much here in the early stage. If you lose this market in my country because of a stubbornness that has no hope of winning, is it too much to lose more than the gain?

So let me see, it doesn’t matter whether you object or not. It’s better to be more generous and directly agree to CCTV, authorize them, and allow them to use the materials of your documentary for free.

This way, you can at least earn a good reputation.

With this good reputation, it will be much smoother for you to perform in China, such as holding concerts and releasing records.

This is what is called, if the east is not bright, the west is bright.

You see, the same thing, treated in different ways, will produce different results.

If you insist on paying the uniform royalties, you will end up with a thankless job and gain nothing.

But if you are generous, don't pay for it, and agree that CCTV can use your material for free, you can gain our goodwill.

As long as we have this good impression, we can promote it to everyone.

For example, we can publicize your high moral integrity and make a film at a loss of more than 2 billion yen, but still let my country's CCTV use it for free. This is a noble sentiment in our country.

With this kind of moral high ground, as long as you pay attention to your words and deeds in our country, you can basically travel unimpeded.

Later, if a domestic company packages you and builds you into a friendly link between China and Japan, you can use this identity to release albums, hold concerts, and use these methods to make money."

Masashi Zuoda frowned: "You mean, let me be generous and use this to deepen your domestic market? Make money by releasing records and holding concerts?"

"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and nodded.

Zuotian Masashi shook his head: "Cao Sang, since you are a friend, I am not afraid to tell you the truth.

Yes, I hold concerts here and the response is good. They are always full and everyone is very enthusiastic.

But even so, if I actually hold a concert, I won't make much money.

Because I hold concerts here and the money I earn is fixed, the ticket income is not shared with me.

In other words, if I hold a concert at your place, I can only get some concert performance fees, but I am not eligible to participate in the share of the ticket fees.

It seems that the ticket fees are all state-owned, that’s what I mean.

As for releasing records, it's the same thing. I can't participate in the profit sharing. They will only give me a small bonus, which is not as much as what I would earn from a concert.

It is precisely because of this that I did not continue to expand my acting career with you.

It’s true, it’s true, your place is too closed, no matter how famous I am here, I can’t make much money.”

"I understand, I understand." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Our country has its own national conditions. You can't share money with those cooperative units. It's normal.

In fact, it is quite good that they can give you such a large bonus. This depends on your status as an international friend who is friendly to China.

If someone from another country sings the same song, the money earned at this time may not be as much as a fraction of yours."

Masashi Zuoda nodded and sighed: "So, although your country is very big and has a large population, at least for now, it is difficult for me to make money here.

I really love this land, am very curious about you, and have a good impression of you, so I came here.

Of course, I don't deny that when I first came here, I wanted to come here and make some money before anyone else came.

But I really didn’t expect that not only did I not make any money here, it actually made me heavily in debt.

To be honest, I am a little discouraged now about whether I should continue to develop here."

Upon hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang smiled softly and said nothing, but he agreed very much in his heart.

At least, if the other person is willing to say that, then he really considers him a friend.

Because what the other party said was obviously from the bottom of his heart.

Also, although the article Cao Zhiqiang read in his previous life was full of praise for Zuoda Masashi (of course, Cao Zhiqiang was not deeply impressed by the name Zuoda Masashi, but he was very impressed by the person), but think about it

We also know that if there is no benefit, we can’t afford it early.

Zuoda Masashi's father was a veteran of the Japanese invasion of China, and it was said that he was also a scout. Even if he later repented, there was no reason to be so concerned about China.

However, after the reform and opening up, there were so many Japanese stars who were friendly to China, but it was Masashi Saoda who was the first to enter China and became the first Japanese singer to hold a concert in the country.

If there is no conspiracy here, then it is for profit.

Previously, Cao Zhiqiang also suspected that the reason why Zuoda Masashi made the documentary "Yangtze River" was to take advantage of the opportunity to obtain Chinese intelligence.

But when he thought that Masashi Sabota was heavily in debt for this and could not pay off the debt until he was over 60 years old, he gave up the idea.

Also, if he was really a spy, how could he be like this?

If spies were so unlucky, no one would be happy to be a spy.

So since I am not a spy, I am doing it for profit.

You must know that when Masashi Saoda entered China, it was the period when the country was beginning to reform and open up.

Before that, foreigners knew very little about China and thought it was a mysterious place.

This is like how people in later generations were curious about North Korea, because North Korea was also very closed at that time.

In addition, China now has a population of one billion, the largest population in the world. To many people, this is a huge market.

Masashi Zuotian's father is a China expert. Influenced by his father, Masashi Zuotian wanted to come to China to try new things, become famous in China, and make a fortune at the same time. This is a normal operation.

This idea was correct, but he came too early.

Before 1985, although the domestic entertainment industry was a blue ocean, it was also very conservative.

The simplest example is that there are no professional star-making organizations in China at this time, and the remuneration given to artists is also quite low.

As Masashi Zuoda said, in China at this time, whether you hold a concert or release an album, there is no share of the profit, only the organizer gives you a small bonus.

This amount of money is already very good for many domestic people, but for Masashi Zuoda, it is simply a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, during this period, a Japanese person holding concerts and releasing records in China would basically have no money, because there would be no relevant institutions to pay you huge sums of money.

Even though Sasada Masashi is very famous in China at this time, it is basically his songs that are famous, not his name.

For example, Jiang Kun's previous cross talk was about a cover song of "Declaration of Manhood", but when it mentioned the original of the song, it only said that it was a Japanese singer, and the name of Masashi Zuoda was not mentioned at all.

In fact, except for people like Yu Deli, very few people can really remember the name Masashi Zuotian.

The reason is not that Masashi Sasada is Japanese, but that he is subject to too many restrictions in China and cannot maintain his popularity in the country, and no one praises him.

Artists are all about popularity, and it's the same in this era.

If you can't always make your presence felt in front of the people, people will soon forget you, no matter how good your songs are.

Unless you have a high sense of existence and have a lot of die-hard fans, you can be remembered by most people.

But Masashi Sabota obviously couldn't do this.

However, if you want to say that Sasada Masashi shines for love and comes to China to film movies and hold concerts purely for the sake of Sino-Japanese friendship, that is nonsense.

If Masashi Zuoda really loves China so much, why doesn't he learn Chinese well?

That's right, Cao Zhiqiang has discovered a long time ago that Masashi Zuotian's Chinese is particularly bad and he really only knows a few simple greetings.

And everyone knows that if a person has a good impression of another country, learning the other country's language is the foundation of the foundation.

Just like the young people in China who used to follow Hallyu stars in later generations, aren't they all rushing to learn Korean?

In the same way, the situation of Masashi Zuoda is also the same.

In fact, he was just an opportunist who wanted to come to China to hunt for gold. Unfortunately, he was unlucky and used the wrong method, and he ended up in debt.

To be honest, if the other party is not a spy, he just wants to make money and make a documentary about Mao.

You could even come to China to remake some of Neon Kingdom’s once-famous TV series.

For example, if you change the movie "Spring in the North" that is currently being shown on neon, you can find someone to film it in China, go to Hainan Island in the south, make "Spring in the South", and then get it back and play it on neon, you will definitely make money.

But then again, if the other party wasn't so unlucky and fell into despair because of it, he wouldn't have let himself pick it up.

"Mr. Zuotian." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile after thinking of this, "I roughly understand your situation. In fact, I am powerless regarding the copyright issue of your documentary. I believe it is useless for anyone to come. After all, the national conditions

in this way.

But, if you just want to make money, pay off your debts early, get closer to a higher level, and make a lot of money, I have a way."

"Oh?" As soon as Zuotian Masashi heard this, he felt sleepy immediately, "What can I do?"

"We will cooperate." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "We will cooperate to open a joint venture audio and video company, and then under the banner of Sino-Japanese exchanges, we will specialize in transnational entertainment business."

"This..." Masashi Zuoda blinked, looking confused, "How do you say it specifically?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "It's very simple. I am the general manager of a publishing house. Even if this publishing house has not opened yet, it will soon.

That's not important. What's important is that by taking charge of a publishing house, I control the domestic distribution channels for books and audio-visual products.

Then, this is what I thought.

I first opened a wholly-owned artist planning agency in the name of a publishing house.

You also opened an artist management company in Japan.

Then, our two companies cooperate and establish a partnership.

To put it simply, our two artist management companies belonging to different countries signed an international cooperation agreement.

The content of the agreement can be discussed in detail, but the general idea is that each other will promote artists from the other country in their own countries.

In this way, people like Momoe Yamaguchi and Miyuki Nakajima in your country can license their songs to us, and then we will release each other's songs in the mainland.

If it is handed over to us for issuance, we can implement a share-sharing system with them, that is, the profits here will be shared with the other party in a certain proportion, so that the other party can obtain a large amount of profits.

In the same way, as a principle of reciprocity, we will also release a batch of songs by Chinese singers and hand them over to your agency for distribution in Japan.

In other words, our company distributes your Japanese artists' works.

And your company distributes the works of our Chinese artists and engages in a win-win cooperation model with each other.

This situation is similar to a fair and just reciprocal trade.

In this way, you are no longer a pure singer and artist, but a company that manages artists. Whether you launch Japanese artists to be distributed in my country, or Chinese artists are distributed in Japan through you, you can earn an intermediary fee.

I believe that as the exchanges between our two countries become more and more frequent, this kind of interaction between the literary and art circles will become more and more frequent.

And we are the first ones to do this business.

Believe me, even if there will be latecomers to follow suit in the future, as the first company to engage in this transnational artist business, we will definitely gain the maximum profit.

We not only produce artists, but also act as transporters for artists.

Anyway, no matter whether you are in or out, you can make a profit, so why not?"