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Chapter 16 Buyout and Dividend

There are usually two ways for lyricists in the Chinese pop music circle to sell songs. One is to share the profits based on the sales volume of the album, and the other is the complete buyout mechanism proposed by Chen Hua.

Usually, the price of a popular Chinese song with full copyright purchase will not exceed 50,000 yuan. Even if it is made by a master, it is rarely more than 100,000 yuan.

Now Chen Hua has offered Du Xinghe a buyout of 200,000 yuan at a price. First, it is because she appreciates Du Xinghe's talent and vision; second, it is because she wants to support Du Shan, and she also supports Du Xinghe, who is very enlightening from the side.

Du Xinghe refused Chen Hua: "Aunt Chen, even if you buy out for 1 million yuan, I won't sell it. I have a deadly principle for selling songs: only talk about sharing the money, never buy out."

"Why?"

"It's very simple, I want the market to test my song."

Adding two sugar cubes to the coffee and stirring the coffee with a spoon, Du Xinghe said, "If I sell my songs at a low price and sell them on the market, I will lose to death; and if I sell my songs at a high price and the market fails to meet expectations, you will lose to death. There is a loss inside and outside, and I have no reason to do this."

After drinking bitter coffee, Chen Hua smiled helplessly as he listened to Du Xinghe's two losses.

She really doesn't understand what Du Xinghe was thinking. Are she really afraid that the 200,000 yuan buyout price would be a loss for her? This is too kind! If Lin Jianguo was rushing to sell it!

Of course, Du Xinghe was not afraid of Chen Hua’s losses, he was afraid of his losses.

In the last world, Huang An's album "New Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream" sold nearly 1 million copies, ranking among the top in the historical hot selling list of Chinese albums.

In the Chinese music scene here, the album sales volume is much more exaggerated than in the previous world. If it becomes popular, it will start at least 5 million copies!

It is not impossible to even sell 10 million copies!

Du Xinghe had already settled such a conclusion in his mind.

Their Yun World is not yet powerful and does not have the ability to publish and produce. Only by producing, a larger record company like Huashi Hongyan needs to release records and promote them before they can be popular.

So he must hand over the produced albums to other record companies to release them, throw away the profit points in the release stage, and then throw away the profit points such as singer costs and production costs. In the end, their Yunshima can get about 20% of the net profit from album sales.

The price of CDs here is generally between 30 yuan and 50 yuan.

Just take the lowest price of 30 yuan, and the wholesale price is reduced to 20 yuan.

A 20% net profit is 4 yuan per bill!

If you sell 5 million pieces, you will have a profit of 20 million!

Now Chen Hua has only offered him a buyout price of 200,000 yuan, which has shrunk by 100 times. How could Du Xinghe sell it?

Unless he is so funny.

But now there is a big problem in front of Du Xinghe, that is, the production ability of the Cloud World and its dry financial resources.

Yun World is still carrying a lot of debts, not even employees, and its production capabilities have been reduced to zero.

Not to mention that the company has to sign a contract with a male singer who is suitable for singing "Mandarin Ducks and Butterfly Dreams", all of which cost money.

In order to produce the album "Mandarin Ducks and Butterfly Dreams", Yunshi must have the most professional producers and sufficient financial support.

The right to broadcast the film and television of "Mandarin Ducks and Butterfly Dreams" will allow Cloud World to obtain up to 10,000 yuan.

With just this ten thousand yuan, Yunshi is definitely unable to make a good album.

Moreover, Xu Nuo is participating in the Youth Star Competition. After entering the finals, he will inevitably have to pack and spend money.

If Xu Nuo finally gets the ranking, they have to strike while the iron is hot to release a new album for Xu Nuo to gain popularity.

These are even more expensive.

Du Xinghe’s top priority now is to make money and save capital.

Selling songs is his best way to make money.

Du Xinghe will definitely not sell songs like "Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies Dreams" that will almost certainly be a big seller.

If he wants to sell, he also sells songs that are popular in the previous world but have not caused a big hit.

He has written more than a dozen such songs.

Chen Hua happened to ask Du Xinghe: "Listen to Lin Jianguo, have you written some other songs these days?"

"Yes, do you want to hear it?"

"What style of songs do you write? It's also a neoclassical way of "The Dream of Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies"?"

"Not all, I have all kinds of styles. I am a person with a divergent mind, not like my dad, who focuses on a certain kind of music. I write songs all based on my mood. Whenever there is any thought in my mind, I will write songs."

Chen Hua smiled curiously and said, "Then I really want to listen to it. Have you recorded some samples of these songs?"

"I recorded some simple accompaniment samples of the guitar or violin, but it was not complete. I carefully arranged the music and prepared it. I asked Uncle Lin to send it to you. See if there are any songs suitable for your company's singers. I will sell all these songs!"

Du Xinghe simply made clear his intention to sell.

"No need to be so formal, I'll just listen to the sample of the guitar accompaniment."

He appreciates Du Xinghe's talent very much, and Chen Hua couldn't wait to listen to Du Xinghe's works.

After staying in the pop music industry for a long time, my ears have been numbed by the industrial garbage in the pop market, especially in the past two years, few new songs have stimulated Chen Hua's heart that loves music.

The appearance of Du Xinghe made Chen Hua's eyes lit up.

This child not only has a broad mind and has a precise grasp of the pop music market, but also has a rich knowledge of music theory, which is not worse than those of her professional background.

The songs he wrote will definitely not disappoint.

If he really sells it, Chen Hua will really consider buying it.

After hearing Chen Hua say that he is willing to listen to the guitar sample, Du Xinghe said, "Okay, I'll go back to sort out the sample at night. All those samples are in the company. I'll send them to you tomorrow morning."

After looking at the watch on my wrist, it was almost nine o'clock before I knew it.

"I just talked about music, but I forgot that Xu Nuo still wants to compete!"

After pouring a few sips of coffee into his mouth, Du Xinghe stood up and invited Chen Hua: "Aunt Chen, if you have nothing to do, go with me to watch Xu Nuo competition. The song she participated in was written by me. This song is my proud work. You will go back and judge."

"A proud work?"

These four words stimulated Chen Hua.

I was not sleeping at noon and was a little tired, so I drank the remaining half cup of bitter coffee and cheered up. Chen Hua rushed to the competition site with Du Xinghe.

When the two arrived in the shed, the 35th contestant had just finished singing, and it was time for the 36th singer to enter the venue.

Lin Jianguo was waiting with Xu Nuo.

During dinner in the evening, Du Xinghe and Chen Hua had a visionary music exchange, which made Lin Jianguo feel that Xu Nuo, who was inspired by Du Xinghe, might really make it to the finals!

At this time, the music businessman with half-haired hair was writing the 35th singer's total score in a small notebook with a red ballpoint pen: 453 points, currently ranks ninth.

The 10th singer scored 451 points.

These numbers mean that in order to reach the final, Xu Nuo must sing a high score of more than 450 points.

If you sing more than 470 points, Xu Nuo can make it into the top three, which is the safest.
Chapter completed!
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