As for plagiarizing these songs, Xu Zhongmin did consider it, but quickly rejected it. With so many songs, you can probably remember them and imitate them after reading them once.

But as Ye Fan said, they are making original music, so the short-term benefits are very high, but knowing that Ye Fan has already registered the copyright, the cost-benefit ratio of doing this kind of thing is too low.

When the time comes, it will be easy to win the lawsuit, but if it loses, everyone in the industry will know about it, and the reputation of Jingwen Company will be ruined, which will outweigh the gains and losses.

Moreover, Ye Fan is an original singer with high potential. Xu Zhongmin is still very greedy for Ye Fan's talent. In addition, Ye Fan is also a famous writer and a local. He doesn't look like he has no personal connections. He only has connections with the media. Okay, let Xu Zhongmin think twice before doing anything that will damage the relationship between the two parties.

After thinking about it this way, normal cooperation is the most profitable. Now reputation is the most important to Jingwen Company. Only by being famous can we attract more singers and make more money.

So next, after many rounds of negotiations between Ye Fan Studio, represented by Zhang Xing, and Jingwen Records, the general cooperation plan was finally finalized, and we were just waiting for Ye Fan and Xu Zhongmin to finalize it, and then they could sign the contract.

Jingwen is responsible for arranging music producers, finding recording studios, and producing albums for Ye Fan. Later recording, promotion, and distribution are all handled by Jingwen Records. Ye Fan only needs to arrange time to record an album. ,save time and energy.

Saving money is a matter of opinion.

From the production to the release of an album, taxes are not included. Normal sales revenue sharing is generally 70-80% for record companies and video stores. Unlike the ugly countries where the composition and lyrics are 20%, they are calculated separately in China, and each part is only 20%. 5-8%, Hong Kong Island and Bay Bay may be higher, but it all depends on the specific situation.

Singers generally won't get less than 8%. If it's the Internet age and digital music, the singer's share is even higher, between 8% and 25%.

Because Jingwen Records has its own music producer, and Ye Fan’s lyrics and music are all his own, there is no need to collect additional songs and hire a music producer. If you want to collect additional songs and hire a producer, the profits will have to be divided separately. .

In addition, Jingwen also wanted the copyright of the song, which Ye Fan could not agree to, so in the end Ye Fan and Xu Zhongmin made the final decision on the copyright and sales profit sharing.

Ye Fan wanted a 50-50 split, and Xu Zhongmin certainly couldn't agree to it. After all, Jingwen was bearing the main cost, so he wanted to add a 30-70 share to the copyright. Ye Fan was definitely not satisfied with this plan either.

The ratio can be discussed. After all, the studio cannot get the majority of the album sales, and Ye Fan is also mentally prepared for this. However, the copyright issue involves various royalties and commercial performances in the Internet era.

So after some "friendly exchanges", both parties took a step back. Just like the original publication of the novel, it was actually a gambling agreement, with progressive sharing based on sales volume.

In terms of copyright, Jingwen Records can represent the song copyright for a certain period of time, but it cannot interfere with Ye Fan's own use rights. Ye Fan doesn't want to end up being unable to sing the songs he writes.

The two determined that Ye Fan's album would be released in 1996, and it must be released before the college entrance examination at the latest. They then made a reference based on the sales of genuine albums in Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China in 1994.

In 1994, the highest sales volume was Mo Qixian's "Too Silly" with 1 million copies, and the lowest sales volume was Zhou Huajian's "Rain or Rain", which ranked tenth, with 400,000 copies.

Therefore, the two parties agreed that if the sales volume is less than 100,000 copies, the share ratio will be 19, Ye Fanyi, and Jingwen Jiu; if the sales volume is 100,000-300,000 copies, the share ratio will be 28; if the sales volume is 300,000-500,000 copies, the share ratio will be 37%;

If the sales volume is between 500,000 and 1 million copies, the distribution ratio will be 40-60%; if the sales volume is more than 1 million copies, the distribution ratio will be 50-50%. At the same time, the copyright period will be 5 years, and the scope of use and authority will be divided accordingly.

Both parties are very satisfied with this result. Ye Fan is confident in his album, and the copyright period is controlled to end before the era of ringtones comes.

Jingwen can recoup costs as quickly as possible in the early stage. Although it only has agency copyrights, it can still be considered as extra income. It can sing for its own singers and participate in commercial performances to make money. In addition, if the sales volume increases, it can split some money to build a good relationship with Ye Fan.

, there is no loss, anyway, both parties feel that they have earned something.

After receiving the results, Zhang Xing and the manager of Jingwen Records went to draft the contract together, while Ye Fan drank tea and chatted with Xu Zhongmin in the office, waiting to sign the contract.

Ye Fan learned more detailed information about the music industry from Xu Zhongmin.

For example, the cost of producing a song is generally priced at 10-20 yuan for tapes, and around 20-30 yuan for CDs. CDs are mainly used to shoot MVs, and the price depends on the production cost and effect of the MV.

It is true that independent producers can produce albums by spending hundreds of thousands of dollars, but very few of them are successful, and most of them lose all their money.

For an album by a big-name singer, you need to write and collect songs, invite famous music producers, find top recording studios, ask for accompaniment, add arrangements, mix and post-produce master tapes. If each song has a MV, a single album

The production cost is even more than one million.

Not to mention the later recording, promotion, distribution, and distribution of tapes and CDs. If the album is expected to sell well and compete with piracy, you have to prepare enough goods at once. It would be okay if you have a dozen or twenty thousand, but if you have one

Hundreds of thousands, for record companies, this cost pressure is too great, especially since Jingwen was just established, it cannot compare with big record companies.

In terms of publicity, you have to advertise on TV, radio, and print media, and you have to pay a certain amount of publicity fees. If you need to hire people to help support you on the platform, you also need to spend additional money.

In addition to pricing, audio and video stores in different places have different rates, but they range from 20% to 40%, so you have to negotiate with each audio and video store.

Coupled with the price of goods in this era and the influence of piracy, the actual sales profit of a single tape and optical disc is not high.

After hearing this, Ye Fan finally understood some of the ways to release an album. He was glad that when he first debuted, he cooperated with a record company instead of rashly releasing an album on his own. Although Ye Fan was confident in his album, the channel was with others.

With your hands, it is easy to lose all your money.

Xu Zhongmin saw the surprised and happy expression on Ye Fan's face and said with a smile: "Xiao Fan, you are still very smart and know how to cooperate with our company instead of rashly investing in it yourself. I have heard that some other record companies have

Some independent singers suffer miserably, and singers without record companies generally do not receive recognition from the industry."

Ye Fan said with emotion: "Mr. Xu, you are right. Will the treatment of signed singers be very good?"

Xu Zhongmin took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "No one will be well-paid. Most of the well-paid singers are famous singers who have their own works. However, for new singers and less famous singers, the contract terms are stricter.

The term of service is generally 8-10 years, and the minimum will not be less than 5 years. Generally, newcomers are more than 10 years old. Then the company will take a commission from albums, commercial performances and other types of income. Generally, singers will get about 5-10%.

Singers or singers who have their own works can get 10-20%. Some record companies even give newcomers only salary, which at most includes food and accommodation, and no other income. If the newcomer becomes popular, the contract may be changed. Otherwise, even if the newcomer becomes popular, as long as

The record company can just pay them wages if they want."

Even though Ye Fan was prepared, he was still surprised when he heard Xu Zhongmin's words, so he asked: "I thought it was just a matter of the right to speak, so isn't this equivalent to a contract of betrayal?"

"Otherwise?" Xu Zhongmin looked at the surprised Ye Fan and said, "So why do I think so highly of you and want to cooperate with you for a long time? You have strength, talent, and know how to maintain your independence. As long as you maintain your independence like this

Going on, this is a very lucky thing for our company, because I believe your achievements will not be low, and the future is yours!"

Ye Fan was a little proud after hearing Xu Zhongmin's previous words, but when he heard the last sentence "The future is yours", his face suddenly turned black and he complained in his heart: "You old boy is very bad, I am not Xiao Zhan Zhan"

, you are not the background emperor, I want it now and in the future!'

However, Ye Fan still thanked Xu Zhongmin and said a few words of humility.

After waiting for a while, Zhang Xing and the others had drafted the contract and brought it over. Ye Fan used his experience in his previous life to read the contract and found that there were no problems with the terms, so he asked Zhang Xing to sign the contract and stamp it.

The official seal of the studio, after all, Ye Fan is still underage, and the legal person of the studio is Zhang Xing.

After Xu Zhongmin completed the relevant signing and sealing procedures, after receiving the contract, Ye Fan discussed with the music producer arranged by Jingwen about the plan to start recording the album in August.

Xu Zhongmin said goodbye and left.

When Ye Fan returned home, after dinner, he went back to his room and lay on the bed, thinking about his next plan and how to achieve maximum efficiency.

After thinking for a while, he got up and turned on the computer and started typing: "Three hundred years ago, Liang Xiao in West Kunlun and his wife Hua Xiaoshuang traveled across the ocean; two hundred years ago, Liang Siqin returned to China alone and defeated all the heroes.

, Seizing the Yuan Dynasty, restoring the Han Dynasty, and uniting China... But the subsequent suppression of Confucianism and the restriction of imperial power failed miserably... Before his death, he left behind eight portraits of the Western City and eight ancestors, eight pictures combined into one, invincible in the world

His legacy has become the biggest secret and the source of turmoil in West City... Various characters are about to embark on a majestic and thrilling expedition full of mysteries."

Yes, after stopping for a while, Ye Fan is ready to start writing "Cang Hai" again. After all, the sales of "Xiu Chun Dao" and "Kunlun" have begun to slow down, and it is time to start writing the next novel.

But this time Ye Fan is not going to write it all by himself. After all, it takes too much time and is tiring to type. So Ye Fan wants to write the outline in more detail, and then write the plot outline at the beginning, and he will have time to write the rest.

Writing. Don’t underestimate writing an outline. It is not easy to write an outline in detail.

After finishing writing, Ye Fan was going to go to Zhang Yang and ask him to look for a suitable screenwriter in Huayi Publishing House. They would write the specific plot. You can also find it outside.

In this regard, Ye Fan is also prepared to give up some of the royalties as remuneration for these people. When the time comes, the names of the screenwriters can also be added to the book.

Because "Cang Hai" is the second part of Fengge's Classic of Mountains and Seas series, the plot design and martial arts innovation are several steps higher than the previous work "Kunlun", but in terms of the description of the characters and the connotation of the ideological theme, it is far behind "Kunlun".

Far worse.

Not to mention that there are still many unreasonable aspects in it. Generally speaking, it has mixed reviews and criticisms. It is definitely more controversial than "Kunlun".

Even if Ye Fan adjusted some content while ensuring that the plot is exciting and reasonable, there is no guarantee that the changes will be better than the original version.

So when the time comes, I will specifically emphasize these issues with Zhang Yang, and the finished manuscript must be shown to Ye Fan before it can be serialized or published.

After preliminarily coding part of the content of "Canghai", it was almost twelve o'clock. Ye Fan looked at the time and sighed: "So this is something that can't be helped. After all, it takes too much time. Otherwise, who will make good works?"

I’m willing to part with it.”

After saying that, Ye Fan printed out the manuscript and prepared to take it to Zhang Yang tomorrow so that it could be arranged as soon as possible.

…

Ye Fan habitually did not attend the self-study class in the afternoon the next day, so he left for Huayi.

"Uncle, it's me." Ye Fan knocked on the door and walked into the office.

When Zhang Yang saw it was Ye Fan, he smiled and joked: "Young man, what kind of wind is it today that it brings the future great singer here?"

Ye Fan walked into the house and lay down on the sofa without any image. He rolled his eyes and said: "Uncle, you are so well-informed. If you don't brag in front of my second uncle, you probably won't hear this so soon."

information."

Seeing Ye Fan looking so lazy, Zhang Yang stopped joking and asked with concern: "What's wrong with you, are you so tired?"

"I don't travel by car. I am often on the road. If I don't take a taxi, it will take an hour to take the bus." Ye Fanwei complained: "You can't take the driver's license test now. When you get your ID card, you must get your driver's license."

, and then buy a car as soon as possible, otherwise the journey will be too tiring.”

Zhang Yang was speechless when he heard this: "What did I think? You think everyone is like you, but there are so many things at this age. I haven't been able to buy a car yet."

After listening to Zhang Yang's words, Ye Fan stood up slowly, took out the outline of "Canghai" from his schoolbag, handed it to Zhang Yang, and said: "Here, uncle, all your car money is here.

Already."

Zhang Yang was shocked when he heard Ye Fan's words. He quickly took the manuscript and started reading it, ignoring Ye Fan.

Zhang Yang looked up for a while and said: "This is the sequel to "Kunlun"? Why is there only an outline?"

Ye Fan lay down for a while and felt a little better. After hearing Zhang Yang's words, he poured a glass of water by himself, took a sip of water and said, "Because I don't plan to write it myself. Uncle, you also know that I am very pressed for time now."

, maybe it will be better once you get into college, so I am going to come up with ideas for this "Cang Hai". You can find someone to write the specific plot, and I will give you 4% of the royalties as a remuneration. You can write it yourself if you want.

Okay, if you find someone to write it, you can decide how much and how to pay it, and the final published novel can be signed by the screenwriter."

Hearing this, Zhang Yang replied angrily: "Good boy, did you bring your uncle as a substitute pen?"
To be continued...