Chapter 42 Years ago trivia

In early February, according to the agreement, Tsinghua University Press finally paid him the royalties for the first edition of "Madman's Lie". The first edition of 100,000 copies was sold out within three months.

To be honest, this was a bit beyond his expectation. A newcomer like him does not have loyal fans, and generally needs readers' discerning eyes to know the pearls in order to sell.

It is selling so well now, naturally there are reasons for it, and he thinks the most important reason is that this book depicts a bright future for readers, which is very important in this period.

And the people who bought this book were not only ordinary people, but more people from the system, which was a bit beyond his expectation.

From the eyes of those who understand, this book is a book of prophecy, to those who do not understand the connotation, this book is a pure fantasy book, and people in the system buy so many, it is obvious that many people Saw something in it.

I settled the remaining 8,000 yuan in royalties with the publishing house, and renewed the reprint contract for the second edition. The number of reprints is still 100,000 volumes.

When Director Ma saw him, he was full of joy. The best-seller of this book showed that he had a discerning eye. The previous reform of royalties also allowed them to gain the support of more authors in the recent period.

This move has made the publishing house favored by many authors, and the number of books that have been published and are about to be published is much higher than before.

If he received 16,000 royalties from the publishing house before, he would definitely be happy. Now that he has received the money, he basically doesn't feel anything.

The only thing that makes him more gratified is that according to the popularity of this book, it is possible to sell millions of copies in the end, and the scope of influence will not be small, which is what he hopes to see.

On February 5th, he kind of forgot about the verbal agreement with Na Ying until Guo Dongsheng came over and said that Na Ying had settled the contract with his previous company and wanted to formally join his company.

He came here mainly because Ye Zishu promised her to release an album for her. Only he can do this, but it's too urgent.

Following Guo Dongsheng to the company, met Na Ying, the two parties signed an agreement, the agreement is only for five years, during these five years, the company will produce at least one album for her every year.

He doesn't have much opinion on this. Although five years is a bit short, it is still unknown whether domestic albums will sell as well as they are now after five years.

Five years after the previous life, piracy began to appear, and by the end of the century, it could be described as rampant. It was already difficult for record companies to survive by buying records, and they had to rely on other commercial activities to replenish their blood.

The most important item in the agreement is that the company creates albums for the artists. The copyright of the songs belongs to the company, and the artists can only use the rights for commercial performances, and are not allowed to engage in other copyright commercial transactions.

After the agreement is signed, Zhao Yi will prepare "Looking at Flowers in the Mist". This song was originally composed for the 315 party, but from the lyrics, it is basically impossible to feel the background.

It can only be said that the creators who wrote this song are too artistic. For songs created under a specific background, they must point out the main purpose, rather than being so artistic that the audience can't see it.

I took this song out, and even sang a section for Na Yingqing on the spot. The quality is here, and Na Ying naturally has no objections, and he likes this song very much.

As for the remaining songs, he asked Guo Dongsheng to collect the songs through the company, and then put them together with this song to create an album.

Now Naying is already a little famous, and when this album comes out, her reputation will be further improved. If the company and her want to get more income, they need to carry out necessary commercial performances.

He asked Guo Dongsheng to strengthen this area. On the one hand, he would strengthen contact with major domestic media, especially TV media, to increase the artist's exposure, and he could also earn some appearance fees.

On the other hand, it is to carry out commercial performance cooperation with foreign countries.

He was alone before, and he didn't have time for commercial performances, so the company didn't do a good job in this area.

In this day and age, commercial performances are actually accompanied by certain personal risks. In this area, he specifically requires that every commercial performance must take security measures, and it doesn't matter if you bring a few more people there, and it doesn't matter if you spend more money.

At the same time, it is also necessary to establish a sound brokerage system, train the company's own performing arts brokers, and make this area bigger and stronger.

In addition to Na Ying joining the company, during this period, the company also recruited several newcomers from various channels, and the company also released new songs for them.

However, he did not participate in this matter, and it was all done by the company. In fact, the requirements for a new song for a newcomer are not high, and it is more of a kind of experience.

When they have accumulated a certain amount of ability, it will not be too late for him to write songs for them. There are very few newcomers who become popular with a single song, except for him.

Then I talked with Guo Dongsheng about his salary. It used to be 1,000 yuan per month, but now it has been raised to 2,000 yuan. The current management and development of the company have not exceeded his expectations, otherwise the salary will be higher.

During this period of time, apart from its own business, the company also had another important job, which was to distribute the records of Rolling Stone Records and Polygram as an agent.

This business can even be said to be larger than the company's previous business volume, and the income is more than simply releasing its own album. After all, there are so many artists in the company, and there are also many good albums.

At present, the company's account funds have reached 20 million, which is not a small number in this era, but it is not necessarily huge. If this amount of money is used to make movies or large-scale TV dramas, it will be a bit stretched.

Seeing the funds in the company's account, he asked Guo Dongsheng to build the company's own recording studio. He was the only one before, and it was a bit wasteful to build a recording studio. Now it is necessary to build his own recording studio facilities.

But when he saw so much money put into the account, he felt a little distressed. He had to invest the money as soon as possible instead of putting it into the account to earn interest.

Then he asked Guo Dongsheng to help register a Shengshi Culture Company. As the parent company of the cultural industry, he put Shengshi Records under this company.

Then register three companies, namely Shengshi Advertising Company, Shengshi Film and Television Company and Shengshi Entertainment Company. Currently, these three companies are shell companies.

However, advertising companies can take the lead in developing, because the investment in this industry is not particularly large, and the most important thing is to be able to get business. If there is business, it can make money, and the initial capital does not need a lot.

Many people in previous lives earned their first pot of gold through advertising agencies in the 1990s. He also wanted to try to see if he could develop this business.

As for the film and television company, the current amount of capital is still slightly insufficient. Although it is barely enough, it will affect the development of the record company. It is not necessary, and we will see it later.

As for the business of the entertainment company, the first thing he thought of was the popular dance hall, but what he wanted was not the same dance hall as now, but the mass-market style of the previous life.

Because the singing and dancing halls are full of fish and dragons, if you want to run this field well, you need to take care of all aspects of the relationship, which is very troublesome, which is obviously not what he wants.

The mass sales style is much simpler, positioning it as a small gathering place, or even just a pure singing venue, is very conducive to large-scale operations.

It's just that with the current technology and equipment, it is still a bit difficult to start what he has in mind, so he plans to put it aside and wait for a while.

In addition, he plans to put Internet cafes in this company. After all, the first time netizens in our country came into contact with computers, it was from Internet cafes. The most important thing is that Internet cafes are very profitable.

It's just that the conditions are not available for this one now. First, computers are too expensive for ordinary people to afford. Second, there is no Internet. If you just play stand-alone, the entertainment will be much weaker.

After the registration of Shengshi Culture Company, some of the money from the subsidiary Shengshi Records will be taken out and invested in the advertising company, and the advertising company will be put into operation first.

The reason why such a system is constructed is mainly because there is no need to pay taxes. If he personally takes money from the company and establishes a company, he needs to pay a personal income tax.