Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 67 The President of Polygram

   On the other side, in the office of the president of PolyGram, Shen Yun was discussing about Yang Chen with a man.

   The person who spoke to Shen Yun was none other than Zheng Donghan, who became the general manager of Hong Kong PolyGram Records at the age of 24. With his outstanding achievements, he quickly rose to become the president of PolyGram Asia.

   Speaking of this big guy, we have to mention the superstars who have been brought up by him along the way.

   He once held Hong Kong and Wanwan singers such as Zhang Xueyou, Tan Yonglin, Xu Guanjie, Deng Lijun, Zhang Guorong, Wang Fei, Liu Dehua, and Li Ming.

   In the early days, when the Xiangjiang market only sang Mandarin songs, he tried to overcome all opinions and asked Xu Guanjie to sing Cantonese "Genius and Idiot" and "Ghost Horse Double Star".

   further opened up the market and confidence of Xiangjiang people to sing Cantonese songs, which has endured for a long time.

   Then she pushed Teresa Teng into the RB market, making her popular all over Asia and becoming a veritable Chinese star.

   In its heyday, more than half of Hong Kong's first-line red stars were in the hands of Zheng Donghan.

   Looking at Zheng Donghan, who was sitting on the boss's chair with an indifferent expression, Shen Yun said firmly: "Mr. Zheng, once the two English songs of Yang Chen are released, I believe they will definitely cause a huge sensation in the European and American markets.

  I think we can appropriately sacrifice a little profit to take this opportunity to further expand the company's influence, rather than making money from it. "

   "If we can make Yang Chen satisfied with our cooperation this time, maybe he will continue to cooperate with us in the future."

   For his own president, Shen Yun did not dare to ignore it at all. According to the authority of the other party in Polymetal, once he could not pass this level, the benefits he obtained would be greatly reduced.

   Zheng Donghan, who had never spoken, heard Shen Yun's words and couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean, who might continue to cooperate with us in the future?"

"Uh" Yun choked, his expression was a little embarrassed, and finally he said ambiguous: "President, this, although I can't guarantee it 100%, but I see that Yang Chen doesn't seem to have much interest in the record company, if we cooperate with him Good, uncertain in the future”

   Before he could finish speaking, Zheng Donghan got up from the boss chair and interrupted him.

   "Just do as you said, and tell him the bottom line of the company. If he wants to, add two English songs. If he doesn't want to, then forget it."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Shen Yun to be happy, Zheng Donghan continued: "Has Jun Li already arrived at the company? When this matter is settled, you can discuss the concert with Jun Li by the way, and you are responsible for this matter. "

   "Good President" Hearing this, Shen Yun was stunned for a moment, then nodded heavily.

  Shen Yun had already heard Zheng Donghan's implication, if he messed up about Yang Chen's matter, then he would have to take the main responsibility, and this responsibility was enough for him to pack up and leave.

   However, if it is done well, then the credit will be his, so he can get a promotion and a salary increase through two things.

   Compared with Deng Lijun's concert, as long as there are no accidents, there will be no big problems.

   After all, where Deng Lijun got his fame, no matter where he holds a concert, basically every concert is full.

   On Yang Chen's side, it is more difficult. Once the opponent's lion opens his mouth, his position under his **** will be suspended.

   As the saying goes, risks and opportunities always coexist, and he did not blame Zheng Donghan for being ruthless.

   After all, he chose the road himself. If he is optimistic about Yang Chen, then he needs to be responsible for his own vision, whether it is a huge sales volume or a dramatic attack on the street.

   Until the last minute, no one can tell.

  …

  Shen Yun's office

   Yang Chen looked at the new contract in his hand, and finally understood why PolyGram was able to rise so strongly in later generations.

  On the basis of the conditions that the other party offered him, he had to be convinced.

   The contract clearly stated that apart from the cost of the album, PolyGram was willing to give up 20% of the profit to Yang Chen.

   In other words, how many copies of Yang Chen's records will be sold in the future, in addition to the cost of making records, excluding other costs, PolyGram will directly give 20% of the profit.

  Although it is only 20%, please don’t forget that in addition to the production cost of the record, PolyGram also spends money to help Yang Chen promote songs, as well as cover all the costs of sales.

   Yang Chen's 20% profit actually accounts for about 40% of the net profit of a record.

   In addition, PolyGram gave him an estimated sales of one million records, that is to say, before Yang Chen's records were released, PolyGram would prepare one million records.

   Of course, this refers not only to Hong Kong, but to the entire Southeast Asian region.

   As for Europe and the United States, it depends on the situation, but whenever a record company wants to release a record for a singer, they will test the song on major radio stations in advance to test whether the song is popular.

If    is popular with many people, the record company will estimate the sales volume of the album to avoid the occurrence of hot sales and out-of-stock situations.

   Similarly, if the market response is not strong, then the record company will reduce the number of albums to avoid unnecessary losses.

  Poly Gold is able to estimate the sales of his album to one million copies. For Yang Chen, a novice who has not yet been tested by the market, it cannot be said that he does not pay attention.

   Seeing this, Yang Chen didn't have anything to say, so he directly signed his name.

   Seeing that Yang Chen signed his name, Shen Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Mr. Yang, we are happy to cooperate."

   "It's a pleasure to work with, Director Shen." Yang Chen stretched out his hand and smiled.

  …

   After the contract was signed, the two walked out of the office towards the recording studio.

  In the recording studio, Deng Lijun was holding the manuscript and singing the song "I Only Care About You" written by Yang Chen for her.

   Of course, when Yang Chen was writing it, he specifically stated that it was for He Chaoqiong, but he felt that this song was not suitable for him to sing, but more suitable for Deng Lijun to sing, so he thought of transferring the song to Deng Lijun.

   Fortunately, Yang Chen explained it, otherwise He Chaoqiong, this little girl, would not be jealous until she was full.

   And after Deng Lijun got Yang Chen's song, he simply couldn't put it down. He kept singing in the recording studio over and over again, and he didn't feel bored at all.

   After listening at the door for a while, Shen Yun couldn't help clapping his hands, "Mr. Li, did you write this song?"

   Although Deng Lijun's singing was interrupted, she was not angry, but looked at Yang Chen with a look of joy.

   "It was written by Achen."

   "Uh, Mr. Yang" Hearing that this song was written by Yang Chen, Shen Yun couldn't help feeling dizzy, opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Yang Chen's smile.

   "Director Shen, that song has already been given to Sister Lijun by me, you don't need to come to me again."

   Hearing that Yang Chen had already given the song to Deng Lijun, Shen Yun couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

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   (end of this chapter)