Chapter 100 98. Are you watching a show? Going out! I'll tell you later
Chapter 100 98. Are you watching the show? You’re out! I’ll tell you the ratings later, I didn’t want to know. (Please subscribe)
It's noon.
Liu Jinfeng also asked an acquaintance for the sales volume of several works by Wang Cheng.
Looking at Ma Yunfei and others who were training hard not far away, Liu Jinfeng felt that his hands were shaking slightly.
Ma Yunfei's image became small again.
So far, Ma Yunfei's fans have only accumulated four million, not to mention compared with Wang Cheng, but much lower than Zhang Hanwen, Huang Bin, and even Mo Bailin.
Ma Yunfei, who he was most optimistic about before, has now been left behind by several other people in the same company. If all the trainees in the same class are included, Ma Yunfei's status will be even lower.
The reason why Liu Jinfeng has been guarding Ma Yunfei recently and given the most resources to Ma Yunfei is because of the plan he made in the first place. In fact, it is just to insist on saving face.
At first he pushed Ma Yunfei against all odds, but then gave up soon after. Doesn’t this prove that his vision is not good?
As an artist director of an entertainment company, if your vision is not good, then your ability is not good!
Therefore, even if Zhang Hanwen, Huang Bin, and Mo Bailin have risen.
He also wants to push Ma Yunfei hard and push Ma Yunfei to the same level as them to prove that his vision is correct!
However, when he thought about it carefully...
Is Jack Ma too bad?
Not really.
Ma Yunfei is also one of the most popular trainees on the Happy Boys stage. There are still four episodes left until the end of this season, and he already has 4 million fans. By the end of this season, his fans will exceed 5 million, and he will definitely become a second-tier celebrity.
Yes, when the time comes, I will strive to be on the stage of tomorrow's idol, and I can gain another wave of fans. Even if I can't have more than 10 million fans before my debut and become a top star, then with a little hype and operation after my debut, I will definitely become a top star!
Such future potential is already a rare resource.
A top-notch person is not a big cabbage.
If it were the first two years, Ma Yunfei would definitely be a model of successful operations.
but……
This year, it seems that there are too many high-quality trainees like this?
Liu Jinfeng looked at the numbers on his phone, thinking about this year's situation in his mind, and his expression became even more helpless.
Eastern Star includes Wu Han, Li Feifan, and Zhang Hanwen, who have already passed the second-tier threshold of five million fans.
Spring and Summer With You also has Xiao Daohong, Chen Hao, and Huang Bin who have passed the second-tier threshold, and there is also Wang Cheng, who has more than 20 million fans in the sky.
It can be said that everyone on these two stages was brought up by Wang Cheng, otherwise they would not be so popular.
However, the results of Happy Girls have less to do with Wang Cheng.
Wen Yixiao also has over 10 million fans and has become a top-tier celebrity. Zhu Ziqi, who is second only to Wen Yixiao, now has over 8 million fans and will soon have over 10 million fans. There is also a female trainee who has also reached the top.
Passed the second-tier coffee threshold.
Compared with the results of these three shows, the other two shows are too ordinary, and neither of them has produced a top-notch trainee with more than 5 million fans.
Ma Yunfei's fans can exceed four million, which is already a top achievement.
but……
Whether it was Wu Han, Li Feifan, Xiao Daohong, Chen Hao, or even Wen Yixiao and Zhu Ziqi, they all seemed so insignificant in front of the numbers on the screen of the mobile phone in his hand.
Liu Jinfeng sent a message again: "Brother, are the numbers accurate?"
The other party immediately replied: "It must be accurate, no problem! Our internal rating of Wang Cheng has risen, and his share will rise to a higher level."
Liu Jinfeng replied with two words: "Thank you!"
Then, I sent the other party a red envelope worth 500 yuan, and the other party immediately took it away.
These connections require real funds to maintain.
Liu Jinfeng picked up another mobile phone and clicked on Wang Cheng's Weibo page.
One is a number sent by an acquaintance at Penguin Entertainment, and the other is Wang Cheng's Weibo page.
Jingwumen has 57 million trial listens and 14 million downloads.
Wuha has 51 million trial listens and 14 million downloads.
The sales of these two songs are almost the same, ranking seventh and eighth respectively on the monthly sales list.
However, it was the last song that left Liu Jinfeng in a daze, which was the Gecko Walking that Wang Cheng had just released yesterday, almost exactly 24 hours ago.
However, the sales figures of Gecko Walk have reached 10.5 million, and the number of trial listens has exceeded 20 million. Whether it is the two figures themselves or the ratio of just two to one, it is extremely amazing.
Looking at Wang Cheng's Weibo page, the number of fans has exceeded 24 million. The daily increase is not low and very stable. If this continues, he will become a super giant within a month...
…
Liu Jinfeng only felt his scalp numb.
Since he became the artist director of Dongxing Entertainment, he never thought that there would be a strong man under him who could sell over 10 million songs in a single day. He never thought that he could bring out a terrifying existence that would become a super giant in two months!
This in itself is a good thing.
However, Liu Jinfeng just felt like he was sitting on pins and needles at this time.
The reason, of course, is Wang Cheng's contract issue.
However, this time it's not just because of Wang Cheng's agency contract, there is no room for negotiation in the agency contract.
It's because Liu Jinfeng personally signed a supplementary clause with Wang Cheng last time regarding the income from his works. In order to encourage Wang Cheng to publish more works, Wang Cheng's income from his works was increased from 10% to 90%!
If the works released by Wang Cheng are similar to Jing Wu Men and Wuha, with sales of 10 to 20 million a month, seeing that Wang Cheng can bring out a few second-tier trainees, Liu Jinfeng will pretend to be blind.
No, because the company is still making money overall.
However, now there are works that sell more than 10 million copies on the first day.
this……
How many second-tier trainees are needed to make up for this loss?
The most important thing is that this is only the third song released by Wang Cheng. Wang Cheng will continue to release songs in the future. If he continues to maintain his reputation and the quality of his works, sales may continue to rise.
As an insider, he certainly knows how declining the entire Chinese music scene is now and how much benefit a good song can bring.
For a work that sells over 10 million on its first day, the monthly sales will not be less than 30 million, and the annual sales will not be less than 50 million. After Wang Cheng's share is increased, the platform's share will not be less than 25 million.
Originally, Dongxing Entertainment could occupy 90% of it and take away 22.5 million.
But now, because of the supplementary clause, Wang Cheng took away 90% of it, leaving only 10% for Dongxing Entertainment, only 2.5 million!
And this is just the loss of one song.
What about Wang Cheng’s other songs?
What about the subsequent works that Wang Cheng will continue to release?
How much is this loss?
Hundreds of millions are said to be less...
If the quality and quantity of Wang Cheng's subsequent works are maintained, the loss in this area alone will be at least more than 200 million. The specific amount depends on how many works Wang Cheng can publish!
Liu Jinfeng only felt a sharp pain in his heart, which was very similar to the feeling of being dumped by his first love.
How many Zhang Hanwen, Huang Bin, and Mo Bailin will it take to make up for this?
A second-tier employee can earn about 20 to 30 million yuan for the company a year. This is still an optimistic estimate. He would be enjoying himself if he almost earns 10 million yuan.
It will take at least ten second tiers to make up for the losses caused by that supplementary clause!
Can Wang Cheng bring ten second-tier players to the company in a year?
Liu Jinfeng's face was full of melancholy, he took a long breath, and ignored Ma Yunfei who was working hard not far away. He turned around and left. He picked up the phone and called the company's legal counsel: "The supplementary terms that Wang Cheng and I signed last time
Has it taken effect yet?”
The legal officer quickly replied: "Well, it has already taken effect! It has been signed and sealed."
Liu Jinfeng: "If I want to regret the breach of contract, how much compensation will I have to pay?"
The legal officer quickly found out the supplementary clauses and replied: "There is no specific figure. It depends on the other party's losses. The amount of compensation is ten times the loss!"
hiss!
Liu Jinfeng took a breath of cold air.
Although he knew that he had written the breach of contract clause himself, Wang Cheng didn't care at all and signed it just because there were no traps.
However, he was also shocked by the price of breach of contract, and felt the feelings of his popular celebrities who had signed child labor trainee contracts.
He felt that he was getting too little and wanted to break the contract, but he couldn't bear the price at all, so he could only continue to work part-time to make money for the company.
There is no specific figure. If the compensation is ten times the loss, it will directly eliminate the possibility of breach of contract.
If there was a specific figure, even if the liquidated damages were hundreds of millions, Liu Jinfeng would not hesitate and directly give Wang Cheng 100 million to breach the contract on the spot.
Just the three songs that Wang Cheng has released have brought in more than hundreds of millions in revenue within two years, let alone other works that Wang Cheng will release later.
However, he didn't know that if he chose to breach the contract, Wang Cheng would not respect any contract signed with the company, including the brokerage contract, and he might face Wang Cheng's brokerage breach of contract.
After a moment of silence, Liu Jinfeng still focused on Wang Cheng's management contract: "Is there any way to get Wang Cheng to renew his contract?"
The legal officer smiled bitterly and said, "Director Liu, I'm not that capable."
It is already known to everyone that Wang Cheng and his company fell out due to contract renewal.
Liu Jinfeng nodded, knowing that this was indeed a difficult task, and asked: "By the way, are there any other big companies that want to buy Wang Cheng's contract in the past few days?"
He had long heard rumors that Penguin Entertainment, Huangjiang Entertainment, and even Jingtian Entertainment in the capital were contacting Wang Cheng and wanted to poach Wang Cheng away.
After discussing with the company's senior management, he did not stop him, because when the boss heard that he could receive 200 million in liquidated damages at once, he wanted to sign the contract and send Wang Cheng away immediately.
Even if Wang Cheng becomes a super giant immediately, it will take time to make money, and it is impossible to make 200 million in one go.
The boss's real estate company is in urgent need of funds to revitalize. Who can give him 200 million in cash? He can kneel down and call daddy on the spot...
Therefore, Liu Jinfeng allowed agents from other companies to contact Wang Cheng, hoping that someone would poach Wang Cheng and earn the boss 200 million in cash at a time. The boss would definitely remember his contribution.
The other party just informed Wang Cheng that this was a clause in the contract signed with the platform in advance, and specific echelons were formulated based on sales volume.
The lowest free agent is 30-70 points, and then the officially signed singer is 40-60 points. Three works with sales exceeding 10 million can enjoy 50-50 points!
Wang Cheng thought for a while, and the next stage is when the sales of three or two works exceed 30 million, and you can enjoy a 64% share. The top level of 73% requires that the sales of three works exceed 50 million!
He doesn't know how many of Penguin Music's works have sold more than 50 million, but he believes that he will be able to enjoy the top sharing terms in the near future.
Wang Cheng hung up the phone without speaking to the other party.
It's not a negotiation, it's useless nonsense, so there's no need to waste time and saliva.
I read for another two hours and wrote for another two hours.
However, Wang Cheng did not practice calligraphy with a brush, but practiced pen calligraphy with a pen. Because he did not have a good brush, he was not used to writing, so he was too lazy to write.
During dinner, Huang Bin and Mo Bailin waited for Wang Cheng to have dinner together and asked about the sales of the new song "Gecko Walking".
Wang Cheng checked it and sent it to Huang Bin.
Huang Bin jumped up when he saw it: "Damn it, thirteen million..."
Mo Bailin and the others were also flushed with excitement.
This is something they never dreamed of before.
They can actually sing a song that sold over 10 million copies on the first day!
This can only be accomplished by a top-notch celebrity, and it requires at least ten days and a half of publicity and warm-up to attract fans to spend money on the first day!
It would be good to have one or two pieces like this every year.
Now, they suddenly did it?
When it comes to publicity, the program team also promoted it several days in advance, but the publicity intensity was only average, far from being compared with the resources used by big celebrities to release songs.
After all, the program team still focuses on promoting the program, and promoting Wang Cheng's songs is only incidental.
In this way, the first-day sales can exceed 10 million. So if resources are dedicated to promoting this song, and Wang Cheng mobilizes fans, wouldn't the first-day sales be even more amazing?
Huang Bin and Mo Bailin looked at Wang Cheng and wanted to remind Wang Cheng to make good use of fans for publicity next time, but they didn't dare to speak.
They all know that Wang Cheng is difficult to communicate and has a weird personality, so naturally they dare not give Wang Cheng any suggestions.
The entire program team has to make concessions for Wang Cheng. Who do they think they are?
Therefore, although they were moved, Huang Bin and the others did not say anything. Knowing the sales figures was enough and they began to eat in silence.
Wang Cheng finished his meal quietly and left.
I just returned to the dormitory and was ready to go for a walk.
There was a knock on the door.
Wang Cheng: "Come in!"
Wang Cheng thought it was the program director Wu Tong. Because the program was about to be broadcast, Wu Tong might come to him to watch the program with him. He was about to go out for a walk early to avoid Wu Tong who might come looking for him.
However, the door opened and Liu Jinfeng came in with a smile on his face.
Liu Jinfeng's face was full of smiles. He looked at Wang Cheng and admired Wang Cheng's appearance and temperament again in his heart. He also looked at the furnishings in the room. It was still the style of Wang Cheng in the late stages of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
There are just a few blank thick notebooks on the table, and a delicate pen next to them. Each notebook is full of neat and elegant pen calligraphy.
Liu Jinfeng took a closer look and saw only a few lines of words - If you compare the West Lake to the West...
Is it a poem?
Liu Jinfeng was not impressed, but Wang Cheng had already put away his notebook.
Liu Jinfeng didn't think much about it, and smiled at Wang Cheng: "Wang Cheng, your show is going to be broadcast again later, let's go and watch it together?"
Wang Cheng shook his head: "No, I'll go for a walk. What's wrong with you?"
This is very Wang Cheng, if you have something to say, just say it, if nothing happens, just leave.
Liu Jinfeng got used to it and lost his previous anger. He took out a few pieces of paper and said, "This is a supplementary clause about your work. Take a look and see if you can sign it?"
Is it the supplementary terms of the work again?
Wang Cheng frowned and took it over to look at.
After just one glance, he handed it to Liu Jinfeng and said calmly: "Don't waste my time with this kind of thing that treats me like a fool next time."
Wang Cheng only saw one line above - create at least five songs every year and hand them over to the company. Wang Cheng can enjoy the copyright and profits, but the company has the right to control!
In other words, the company will force Wang Cheng to submit five songs every year, and the company will use them to perform for other artists to increase their popularity.
Wang Cheng didn't need to read the other content, but he didn't bother to take a second look at this unreasonable mandatory requirement.
Liu Jinfeng hurriedly explained: "The company will give you the highest price in the industry, 100,000 yuan per song, and other subsequent benefits. This is already a unique condition!"
He can count on one hand the number of people in the domestic music scene who can enjoy the subsequent copyright sharing income of their works. He believes that he has offered Wang Cheng the best conditions.
This was the way he could think of to make up for the company's losses. He asked Wang Cheng for five songs, and the company distributed them to its artists. If they were all good songs that could succeed, then the artists who sang would all benefit, and then the company would distribute them to its artists.
What comes is that you can make more money, which can make up for the loss of Wang Cheng's supplementary terms.
Wang Cheng didn't bother to pay attention to Liu Jinfeng. He put on his sneakers, picked up his mobile phone and walked out. He was ready to go for a walk. He stood at the door and looked at Liu Jinfeng and said lightly: "Come out and close the door."
Liu Jinfeng felt ignored, and felt angry again. He followed Wang Cheng's footsteps and closed the door hard: "Wang Cheng..."
Wang Cheng quickened his pace, not giving him a chance to speak. He walked into the elevator in a blink of an eye. The elevator door was closed. Liu Jinfeng trotted without catching up with the elevator. He stood outside and watched Wang Cheng slowly disappear into the elevator with a livid face.
inside.
"Grass……"
Liu Jinfeng angrily kicked his foot against the wall next to him. His toes hurt slightly, but he felt nothing.
All he could think about was Wang Cheng's indifferent eyes.
Why?
Liu Jinfeng took two rapid breaths and his eyes flashed: "Wang Cheng, just wait and see, I don't believe I can't do anything to you!"
With that said, Liu Jinfeng entered another elevator and left.
In fact, he also knew that Wang Cheng would not sign this contract. He was just here to do it. It didn't matter whether Wang Cheng signed or not. As long as the company saw that he had worked hard to make up for it, that was enough.
However, Wang Cheng's attitude made him angry.
Wang Cheng didn't care if Liu Jinfeng would be angry, even if the other party was an artist director with his own contract and could decide his life in the entertainment industry, he didn't care.
Walking out of the shooting base and walking on the road, my mood gradually became relaxed.
Buzzing…
The cell phone rings.
Wang Cheng saw that the call was from Wu Tong, picked it up and answered it. Wu Tong's voice came from the phone: "Wang Cheng, the show will be broadcast soon, are you watching?"
Wang Cheng: "No, I'm going out."
Wu Tong: “…………”
"Okay, I'll send it to you when the ratings come out."
Wang Cheng: "It's okay not to send it, I don't want to know."
Wu Tong: "I'll send it to you!"
After saying that, Wu Tong hung up the phone first.