Old Huang rubbed his legs before picking up the composition book. In his opinion, the composition book in front of him was no longer a book in a purely physical sense.
Rather than a bright gold mine.
It’s obvious to all how profitable singing is.
Although you won’t earn much from releasing an album, the added value is high. A popular A-list singer can earn anywhere from tens to hundreds of thousands for any commercial performance.
The singing legs from Hong Kong and Taiwan are much more expensive.
Is there nothing we can do about it? Who made the music scene in Hong Kong and Taiwan develop earlier and make more famous singers?
Just like actors in TV dramas and movies, actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan have higher pay than actors from other places.
Cheng Long and Li Lianjie are two superstars. Among them, Cheng Long's salary is about 5 million, and Li Lianjie's salary is about 3 million, bracketed by US.
Of course, Cheng Long and Jet Li are special cases. After all, they also have a certain appeal in Hollywood, but even if they are excluded, the salaries of Hong Kong and Taiwan actors are still very high.
For a person like Liu Dehua, who is good at film, television and singing, his salary for a single movie is about 8 million Hong Kong dollars.
Apart from the first-tier stars, the second- and third-tier artists in Hong Kong and Taiwan also earn millions of dollars in salary.
Actors in mainland China are only paid tens or hundreds of thousands for their films. When the national treasure actor Li Xuejian was filming The Water Margin, his salary was only 400,000.
In terms of acting skills, Li Xuejian can not only scorn a lot of Hong Kong and Taiwan artists, but at least he can scorn a large number of them. But even so, the salary of a foreign actor with such a movie king level cannot be compared with that of second- and third-tier artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The shooting cycle of a film and television drama can usually be measured in months. When Li Xuejian starred in Song Jiang, he stayed with the crew for more than a year.
Over a year, the salary was more than 400,000 yuan. For ordinary people, it is considered a high salary among high salaries, but in the actor's industry, it is not too high.
On the other hand, well-known singers from other places can make money much faster and more efficiently than well-known actors.
If a commercial performance costs 80,000 yuan, if the singers work harder and attend two or three performances a day, the daily income will be only 240,000 yuan.
Of course, the 240,000 yuan is not the singer's net income, and he needs to share the dividends with the agency and the agent.
However, the share ratio for famous singers is usually relatively high. Even if they are not 50/50, they can still get 120,000 yuan.
A more diligent A-list singer can earn millions a year just from commercial performances, with basically no effort.
In addition to commercial performances, Ge Shitu has income from commercial endorsements, album sales shares, work copyrights, advertising fees, concert shares and other income.
In 2000, Xu Huaiyu, who was at the peak of his debut, earned more than NT$200 million for the Rolling Stones in just one year, which is about NT$50 million when converted into RMB.
One singer can support almost half of the company by himself, which shows how quickly the singer makes money.
At that time, the Rolling Stones were in a serious financial crisis due to the 1998 financial crisis. Xu Huaiyu's emergence not only saved the Stones, but at least brought back some of their old blood.
The most important no boosts confidence.
At some moments, faith is more precious than gold.
"good!"
“The lyrics are so well written!”
On the side, Lao Huang suddenly slapped his thigh after reading the lyrics of "When I'm Old".
"Especially that sentence."
"When he is old, his eyebrows are downcast, the lights are dim, and the wind blows, my news will deny the song in his heart."
Although Lao Huang doesn't understand the music very well, as a senior editor, he can understand the lyrics.
That song is like a refreshing poem, affectionate and beautiful. Even if you read it gently, it can touch people's hearts.
"Actually, it was adapted."
"Adapted?"
Lao Huang's eyes widened and he said in disbelief.
"I can actually adapt their works?"
Li Jie shrugged his shoulders with an indifferent expression.
"They wrote it well. It's normal to adapt Yidong."
"The original work is based on the poem "when you are old" by the Irish poet Yeats."
Hearing the poet's name, Lao Huang was slightly stunned, even though Yeats had won the Nobel Prize for Literature as early as 23 years ago.
But abroad, Yeats's poetry is currently a niche work.
Even though Lao Huang has been involved in publishing circles for many years, he has never heard of Yeats.
"wrong."
As he said this, Li Jie did not forget to remind him.
"Old Huang, please remember to contact Mr. Yuan Kejia. There are several sentences in the article about the sword, and I borrowed his translation."
"Don't forget to pay the copyright fee."
"In addition, if the album is published, don't forget to clearly explain the original author, translation, and compilation in the introduction of the CD."
Although the current copyright awareness is very low, and the lyrics of "When I'm Old" are different from those translated by Mr. Yuan Kejia.
But don’t ask for a reminder if you need to be reminded.
The fruits of their labor and their needs are respected.
In addition, for those songs that Li Jie "borrowed", he will also make up for it by wrongly singing the original songs in the future. When the time comes, he will write a few original songs to make up for it.
With his level of creation, it is not a problem to maintain the same level, not to mention the few songs that go beyond "borrowing".
"good."
Of course Lao Huang would not refuse Li Jie's proposal.
It is better to disclose some things voluntarily than to be discovered later. Once the label of 'plagiarism' is slapped on you, it will be difficult to plunder it again.
Anyway, the copyright fee is not too expensive. If it costs several thousand yuan, it will only cost tens of thousands yuan at most.
If a small amount of money is wasted on reputation, then it is absolutely wrong to lose a lot for a small amount of money.
Especially for a young writer like "Wei Jun", the label of "plagiarism" should never be worn.
"Can he copy those songs?"
"You don't need to copy the whole thing, just a part of it."
Seeing Li Jie's confused look, Lao Huang took the initiative to explain.
"No, he will come tomorrow. Please tell me if he has anything to discuss with me."
"Warner contacted him yesterday. They very much hope to sign an album release agreement with Dongdong."
"The terms offered by the wrong party are very generous."
"All agency distribution fees are waived, and publicity and promotion will be carried out in accordance with Warner's external A-level standards."
"For the entire album, they charge 20% of the album's revenue."
"certainly."
"The wrong party also put forward another condition. If my sister is willing to sign with Warner, Warner can provide a signing fee of 8 million."
"In addition, it is divided into seven and three cents."
"They are seven, they are three."
"Bu Nao, he personally suggested that if Miaomiao doesn't have the intention to develop in Hollywood, it doesn't matter whether she signs with Warner or not."
"hey-hey."
Having said that, Lao Huang suddenly let out a few proud smiles.
"Weijun, if Warner sees that composition book, hey, it's okay to release an album and waive all fees." (End of Chapter)