Chapter 12 Follow Me

"University is great! Studying is great!" After speaking, the man burst out laughing, making Ye Zishu stunned.

I don't know what he meant by this, and naturally I couldn't accept his words, so I could only look at him quietly.

The man put away his laughter, and said to Ye Zishu firmly, "I believe what you said, but what can I do for you?"

Ye Zishu didn't know what skills the man had. He had been on the street for so many years, so he probably didn't learn any serious skills.

"What's your name? My name is Ye Zishu, a student from the Department of Computer Science and Technology of Tsinghua University in 1990." Ye Zishu introduced himself.

"Guo Dongsheng, a vagrant!" The man said mockingly.

"Ability is acquired through experience, as long as you are not stupid, you can learn it." Ye Shu said.

After Guo Dongsheng heard it, he didn't comment on what he said, and didn't talk to him.

"I know that I can't pay your salary for the time being. If you can help me find a place to record music, and I can credit it, because I don't have any money with me, then your reward will be given to you sooner."

What he said was just with the mentality of trying. The so-called "snakes have snakes, rats have rats", maybe things that seem difficult to him may be easy for others to do.

"Do you know music?" Guo Dongsheng asked.

"The songs for the first album have already been written, and they are just waiting to be recorded. They are just newcomers, and there is no way around here." Ye Zishu said honestly.

This can also reflect the value of being a local. At least after so many years of being on the street, I know many things better than myself.

"Then what requirements do you have for recording equipment?" Guo Dongsheng asked again.

"This is a campus folk album, and the equipment used is very little, only need to be able to record in a quiet environment, plus guitar and harmonica.

Of course, if there are other instruments that are better, I may modify some arrangements according to the type of instrument to make the song sound better. "

It is because of simplicity that he regards campus folk songs as his first album in his life. The production cost is low, and it also fits his current identity.

Guo Dongsheng nodded, and didn't say that he would be able to find it, but turned his head and asked: "Music production is only the first step, what about distribution?"

"You're pretty clear!" Ye Zishu said with a smile.

"I have never eaten pork, and I have never seen a pig run. I have been on the street for so many years, and I have seen everyone. Naturally, there are some people who are engaged in underground music. I have heard some things about this." Guo Dongsheng also laughed. Smiled and said.

Hearing his words, Ye Zishu felt that entrusting this matter to him should be more reliable than Zhou Lianpeng. At least he has been exposed to these things, and he may have his own connections.

Although Zhou Lianpeng did not refuse, but up to now, he still has not given a clear answer, which shows that he has no direct resources in this regard, and it is more troublesome to do it.

"There should be quite a few people in your line of work, right?"

"There are some."

"This kind of business is not a serious business after all, and the probability of problems is too high. It is the best policy to find a way out as soon as possible, so I plan to hand over the work of publishing to you and your group of brothers!"

This is a temporary decision by Ye Zishu. The previous idea was to find an official distribution channel, such as Xinhua Bookstore.

It's just that this kind of channel seems to be all over the country, but to obtain resources in this area, you need to open up many joints, which will be a time-consuming job.

If it is handed over to Guo Dongsheng and a group of his brothers, they may have established a set of audio-visual product channels all over the country, which is much more free than borrowing other people's channels.

"I guess I can't do it, I don't have experience in this field!" Guo Dongsheng said anxiously.

"Everyone has a first time, it doesn't matter if you have no experience, you can sum it up in the process of groping,

In fact, distribution is not as complicated as you think. "Leaf Book said.

"You teach me." Guo Dongsheng said.

"It's very simple, you divide the brothers into several groups, one or two, and go to various video product stores in the capital and surrounding cities to sell.

Or you can sell it on the street yourself, but this method is too inefficient, and it is not as efficient as relying on other people's channels. "

What he valued was the character of these street thugs who were fearless. Only such people dared to fight, and of course the premise was to let them see the benefits.

Sure enough, Guo Dongsheng nodded to express his approval of his words, then turned around and asked, "How will the benefits be distributed?"

This is the core issue. As long as this issue is clarified, he can persuade his brother to follow him when he goes back, otherwise no one will talk to him.

"It can be a fixed salary system, giving you 100 yuan a month, or a piece-based salary system, with no basic salary, and you can get 1 yuan for every tape sold." Ye Zishu said.

At present, a box of music tapes in the market costs about 10 yuan, and the production cost accounts for about 2 to 3 yuan, and there is also a profit of 1 to 2 yuan for the terminal merchant.

If all goes well, he will have about 4 yuan per box of music tapes in his hands, which seems a lot, but part of the money will be used to pay taxes.

Although tax evasion is a common phenomenon in this era, at least those who are self-employed and running errands will not take the initiative to pay taxes, but he must pay attention to this detail.

He is destined to have some achievements in the future, and he doesn't want to leave any flaws. Even if he won't be implicated in the future, it won't be a glorious thing.

Of course, the best way is to set up a cultural publishing company and put all the work in this company, so that the tax will be much less.

But he doesn't have the money to register a company at all, and the procedures for registering a company in this era are very troublesome, so he can only postpone it later.

He told Guo Dongsheng about the two ways of payment, and the specific choice depends on their brothers, but he still reminded: "I am still very confident in my music works, and you can get more rewards if you pay by piece. .”

"Then you are at a loss?" Guo Dongsheng asked strangely.

"If you want the horse to run, you have to feed the horse more grass. Piece counting means more work and more pay, so that the people below are more motivated to do it. If you get a fixed salary, the motivation is much worse." Ye Zishu explained.

In addition to this reason, the main reason is that he doesn't have so much energy to manage these people at the moment. If it is calculated by piece, it can reduce a lot of his energy.

When Guo Dongsheng heard it, it was like this. If the results obtained were linked to their income, they would naturally work non-stop, without even being urged, and they would try their best to sell as much as possible.

Guo Dongsheng didn't give him an affirmative answer, he just said to go back and think about it. Ye Zishu has no objection to this either. After all, there are many things to consider about changing careers, and it really needs to be thought about.