Chapter 502: New Company, New Start
That afternoon, Yunshi employees officially settled on the fourth and fifth floors of Chuangmei Building. The area of these two new offices exceeds 3,000 square meters, several times the size of the original Qingyun Building.
The decoration of singing room, piano room, and recording studio are all the best in the industry. Dancing with music in such a place makes the singer feel enjoyable.
Especially the two recording studios on the fifth floor, including professional decoration belts imported from Germany, spent more than 18 million yuan in total. Du Xinghe really invested heavily in these two recording studios.
According to the professional recording studio decoration team introduced by Fang Yajun, you can go to Fuwan to find it. Whether it is the recording studio of the four major record companies or the private recording studio of any senior musician, the level is no higher-end than the two recording studios in Yunshi.
Their two recording studios include the industry's top technological level. Du Xinghe tried the mixing stations in the two imported studios after the renovation of the recording studio. Compared with the old recording studios in Qingyun Building, this is completely the feeling of changing the cannons. The sound quality and tone of the new machine are as fresh and moving as if someone was sucking water by hand. This feels better than the most tuning system Du Xinghe has ever used in the previous plane.
Wei Yimin, the recording master of Yun World, and his apprentice tomboy He Miao, used these imported recording equipment and did not dare to work these machines hard, for fear of breaking them worth more than one million.
In the future, singers in Yunshi will record master tapes, so they no longer have to go to Fang Yajun's house to record. After experiencing Yunshi's recording studio, Fang Yajun was a little tired of the old and wanted to renovate her old studio. Her new album also decided to record here, helping these two studios become popular.
The office area of Yunshi Publishing House occupies one-third of the fourth floor, and the remaining office space is almost all the music business department. The Yunshi charity department, which Du Xinghe insists on establishing, is divided into the music business department, and is fully responsible by Vice President Lin Jianguo.
Du Xinghe's own office is on the corner of the fifth floor, facing the window in the southeast, and the east window is facing the Era Building.
His office is also the unit that focuses on the decoration during this renovation.
Previously in Qingyun Building, the general manager's office that Du Shan stayed was only 20 square meters, which was very small and could not even put on a piano.
After coming to the Media Building, Du Xinghe asked the decoration company to open up four adjacent offices in the southeast corner of the fifth floor. It formed a large suite of more than 120 square meters to serve him as an administrative living office.
This office is divided into two rooms inside and outside. The 60 square meters outside is his office. Except for his father's antique boss desk, it is very precious and easy to use. All the furniture in the office is newly purchased.
In order to match the very simple and atmospheric Haihuang Bajiao Office Desk, his office was decorated in a pure Chinese retro and classic style, and the cabinet shelves were made of Haihuang.
The antique furniture, including jewelry, on this plane, is just like the Hotan seed jade zodiac chime that Lu Qin gave him before, but the price has not been outrageously fried like the previous plane. Even Hainan Huanghuali is in an acceptable range.
When Du Xinghe bought these furniture, he used it for one purpose, and the other was considered an investment.
His office is connected to a 60 square meter living room with a bathroom and toilet.
This makes it easier for him to stay up late and rest. After staying up late in the company, he no longer has to run home to sleep, and just go to bed in the office.
Compared to the 15-square-meter small bedroom in Canghai District, the bedroom decorated by the new company can be described as luxurious.
It is not a big deal to work hard, but you always have to enjoy it after making money.
So Du Xinghe spent nearly 400,000 yuan in this new bedroom to fit a home theater with 65-inch color TV as the core. Since there has not been a flat-screen TV in this era, this 65-inch Chinese brand color TV is still a CRT screen, and its huge size occupies a large space in the bedroom.
In fact, one of the important reasons for Du Xinghe to be equipped with such a large TV is for the company, that is, he wants to see the performance of the company's singers on TV from a larger TV. Or when watching some concerts, such a large TV, coupled with extremely high-end amplifiers, can also allow him to capture more performance details, which is also a kind of learning. After all, it is impossible for him to watch all concerts on site. Watching concerts through VCD is an important means for a singer to learn and accumulate typhoons.
Du Xinghe also asked Duan Xiaoxuan to help choose a two-meter-by-two-meter-two-meter-two-bed bed for the big bed in the living room, but it was not a luxurious style.
I don’t know if there is Ikea in Nordic, but China certainly does not, because in China, there are at least two simple, cheap, and livable furniture manufacturers with similar business philosophy as the previous plane that are competing. Even if there is Ikea, they cannot intervene in the domestic market.
All the household items in Du Xinghe's new living room were brought to Xu Nuo by Duan Xiaoxuan and helped Du Xinghe choose a Chinese simple home product similar to IKEA.
Especially the larger memory foam mattress, which was only one palm thick, was chosen completely according to Du Xinghe's preferences. He didn't like to sleep in soft beds. Xu Nuo knew this very well, so he chose a hard mattress for him.
Duan Xiaoxuan initially thought Du Xinghe would not like this kind of mattress, but later she learned that Du Xinghe liked such a thinner mattress, she was very surprised because she didn't understand how Xu Nuo knew that Du Xinghe had such a preference.
The scenery of this living room is also very good. Although the floor is not high, it is facing a sea-facing park behind Media Street. You can see the sea from a distance. Although the scenery is not as pleasant as Xu Nuo's family, it is also more beautiful than the bedroom of the intensive small apartment where Du Xinghe originally lived.
Du Xinghe's mood must be a hundred times more comfortable than before when he lived and worked in such an environment.
Although Du Xinghe has decorated such a comfortable office, he is definitely not the kind of person who is addicted to enjoyment. He didn't have time to take a nap in the new office that afternoon. After entering, he immediately convened all senior executives of the company to hold a meeting.
The theme of the meeting is to make all senior executives nervous and not move into the new office. They will feel comfortable and must not relax their fighting spirit before.
After moving to a new office building, the company will face more tough and big battles, so he wants all senior executives of all departments to set an example and convey the spirit of striving and uplifting to his subordinates.
After the meeting, Du Xinghe and Lin Jianguo chatted with each other in his new office, mainly asking about Yunshi’s current financial situation.
Du Xinghe himself has his own account, but the detailed account is controlled by the financial department under the charge of Lin Jianguo.
Du Xinghe didn't have the energy to check how much money he earned every day, and even the company's financial statements were just a hasty glance and signing.
Lin Jianguo's financial situation that day and Du Xinghe reacted better than Du Xinghe remembered it in his heart.
As of mid-April, the three records related to Cloud World have brought extremely rich profits to Cloud World.
"Little Bird" sold more than 8.5 million copies in four and a half months, generating 24 million yuan in revenue for Yun World and 22 million yuan in actual revenue. The net profit after tax was 18 million+.
"Mandarin Ducks and Butterfly Dream" sold 5.6 million copies in one and a half months, generating 39 million yuan in revenue for Yun World. The actual amount was 32 million yuan, and the net profit after tax was 26 million+.
Chen Huilun's "Le Mo N-tree (Selected Collection)" sold nearly 1.7 million copies in half a month. Since Du Xinghe and Guoyu signed a company cooperation agreement, it was collected by Yunshi, so each one yuan divided into the Yunshi account.
However, the cooperation with Guoyu is not as generous as He Hongyan. Hongyan’s share of the accounting period is weekly or half a month, while Guoyu’s accounting period is monthly. This is a discount for Du Xinghe. Generally, Guoyu and other record companies cooperate to deal with the distribution of records, and the accounting period is every three months to half a year.
Chen Huilun's "LeTree (Selected Collection)" has not yet been transferred to Yunshi, but the amount of money received by the other two albums has exceeded 50 million, bringing huge amounts of liquidity to Yunshi.
In addition, Lin Jianguo also discovered various advertising endorsements, program announcement fees, performance appearance fees and other additional value from Xu Nuo. Among the various advertising endorsements that cooperated with Fang Yajun's team, there were 3.2 million yuan in copyright fees for Yunshi Music. Yunshi authorized the music copyright fees of 2.7 million yuan to major TV stations mainly based on South China TV. The film copyright fees of 1 million yuan were 1 million yuan. The production fee for the dozen TV series that Yunshi received from Hongyan was 600,000 yuan. After Qingyun Building expired, it rented and then transferred to earn a transfer fee of 2 million yuan... and so on. As long as it can make money, Lin Jianguo basically did not let go of all kinds of miscellaneous things.
In summary, from November last year to mid-April this year, Yun World's total revenue exceeded 66 million. This figure seems to be huge, but during this period, Yun World's shooting guns were replaced, and the expenses were also extremely high.
The first is the rent advance payment and renovation payment for the new company's relocation, which exceeded 26 million yuan.
The employees' salaries and bonuses have increased sharply in the past six months, and the expenses have exceeded 5 million (including the 250 off-road vehicle purchased for Lin Jianguo, which is also included in the bonus payment).
Du Xinghe spent more than 4 million yuan to purchase various precious musical instruments. There is 2 million yuan in it for him to sell "You, the Deskmate", and the other 2 million yuan is all expenses for the company. Of course, the instruments that Du Xinghe bought to keep the company account are also owned by the company's property. This part of the property is like the antique furniture he purchased, and is of appreciation value.
Although the various activities organized by Yun World are sponsored by advertisers, their labor expenses are not small, as well as various welfare tourism activities, with a total expenditure of more than 1 million.
In addition to all kinds of other daily expenses, it is nearly 2 million.
There is also a big expense, which is the production cost of the record, including the post-production MV shooting, and the prepayment payment (the promotional fee for Yi Yan’s new album "Flower Heart" is 15 million). The expenses for this amount have exceeded 20 million.
Finally, in the past six months, Yun World has spent 55 million yuan.
Now the company can only spend more than 10 million working capital in its account, and there are 10 million in payments to be collected.
"Little Bird", "Mandarin Ducks and Butterfly Dreams", and "Le Touch N-tree (Selected Collection)" are still providing rich income to the cloud world.
Yi Yan's "Flower Heart" is about to be launched. Since it is outsourced to promote and distribute. It is not provided to the sales share for the National Entertainment, Yunshi can get more than 50% of the share from this album, which is half of the cost of an album of 40 yuan - 20 yuan.
According to the trend of making the current title song "Flower Heart" enter the top three of the "Chinese Songs Chart", the future of this album is very bright and will bring rich returns to the cloud world. It will also bring rich returns to Ihi himself. The contract signed by Ihiko on this album is a relatively mid-range share contract of 10%.
As a newcomer, the company invested heavily first, so Lin Jianguo couldn't sign such a high-profile record contract for Yi Yan.
But Du Xinghe considers that Yi Yan is a veteran of the company, Yi Yan worked diligently for Yunshi for nine years, and entered the company at the age of 20. This year, he is 29 years old. It can be said that he dedicated his most precious youth to Yunshi. He has suffered a lot over the years. You must know that Yunshi has been operating on the verge of bankruptcy. Yi Yan has received very low salaries in the past nine years. In this way, he can stay in the company and insist that now, Yunshi must be treated well.
So Du Xinghe made an exception and made an exception to open a 10% royalty record contract for Yi Yan. Yi Yan can draw 4 yuan of royalty per album from the album "Flower Heart". Although this royalty is far from being able to reach 20% royalty by a first-line singer, for a newcomer, the company still spent more than 15 million to help produce the album. This royalty is very conscience in the industry. If placed in the four major companies that super oppress newcomers, Yi Yan may not even get a 5% royalty.
You know, Xu Nuo is an insider of Du Xinghe and an old employee of the company. Her first singles only received a 7% royalty when the Yun World almost spent no production and promotion costs. Yi Yan's 10% was quite high.
Yi Yan knew in his heart how much Du Xinghe took care of him, so he worked so hard during the publicity period. He must seize this opportunity, fight for his dreams, and use his own efforts to bring the greatest reward to the cloud world.
After learning about the company's financial situation, Du Xinghe talked to Lin Jianguo about the company's recent development plans.
The top priority now in front of Yun World is also about to use money, which is the first release of Yi Yan's album "Flower Heart" next week.
Although Yunshi outsourced the promotion and distribution of this album to Xiao Tianlang's team, Yunshi has to build momentum for Yi Yan through its own media channels, such as Xingyue Media and other media. Since it is necessary to build momentum, it will definitely cost money.
"Don't worry, I'll let Xiao Zhao (Zhao Yi, the new manager of the Public Relations Department of Yun World Media) send it out. No matter how the national entertainment industry promotes it, we will arrange at least 100 soft articles here. Starting next Monday, we will publish articles praising "Flower Heart" for a month. The president of Xingyue Daily even chatted with him during lunch today. He said that he would wait for "Flower Heart" to be released first, and he would definitely leave us a headline for the entertainment version."
Lin Jianguo introduced Du Xinghe about the promotional opportunities planned by Yun World, and then lit a cigarette and smoked privately. He naturally smoked [Dailin-Pharmaceutical Bilian].
The broken cigarette in Du Xinghe's new office was given by Lin Jianguo again. He drank a lot of wine at noon and his face was still red, but Lin Jianguo was very clear-headed and started complaining when smoking: "Now the red envelopes received by these entertainment journalists are getting higher and higher. Well-known journalists and music critics have more than 3,000 yuan in order to write soft articles. Generally, the reporters who order 1,000 yuan, the most time is 500 yuan. Just the red envelope, we will give away a small amount of 200,000 yuan."
Du Xinghe knew that Lin Jianguo felt sorry for money, so he got up and turned on the air ventilation machine in the house, opened the window again to avoid sucking in Lin Jianguo's second-hand smoke, and then comforted Lin Jianguo: "There is no way, this circle is like this. If you don't spend this little money, you won't be able to make the big money later. Many times, the advertising effect of soft articles is better than hard advertisements. Many fans only buy albums after reading the comments. Now we are giving 200,000 yuan for entertainment journalists, and the word-of-mouth effect generated is likely to sell tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of albums."
Lin Jianguo sighed and said, "I understand, I just think that they made money too easy. I don't know if Lao Xiao's team also has to give red envelopes to the cooperative media to help us promote soft marketing."
Du Xinghedao: "That's sure. There are a few people in the circle who can help write praises if they don't charge money. We pay so much publicity and distribution fees, and a large part of them are red envelope money."
"Oh, I don't know who brought this trend up, it's not good." Lin Jianguo spat and talked with Du Xinghe about what he said when the meeting was just held. "What you meant at the meeting was that you would not participate in this competition, right? Let the signing singer go?"
"Of course I won't participate, why am I participating in it?" In Du Xinghe's opinion, he really didn't need to use this kind of activity to package himself, and he didn't need to use this kind of activity to prove himself.
Having the world's musical wealth, he might as well devote more energy to the music itself instead of participating in such show activities.
Although Lin Jianguo felt sorry, he also understood that Du Xinghe was really unable to clone his body now. Du Xinghe immediately started a series of publicity activities of "The Legend of Qin", and also made new albums for Xu Nuo and Fang Yajun, and wrote songs for the mixed-race group, planning and promotion of the mixed-race group. At the same time, he had to lead the company's affairs and decided on many major events. He really didn't have time to participate in a talent show that was so long.
Lin Jianguo turned to Du Xinghe: "Who do you think you want to send to participate?"
Du Xinghe had already made a decision and said to Lin Jianguodao: "Except for three mixed-race children, all signing singers who meet the standards will go. This is a rare opportunity, and no one will rush out."
Lin Jianguo thought in his mind that Yun World now has only nine signed singers, Fang Yajun, Xu Nuo and Yi Yan have released films, which is not suitable for participating. The other three mixed-race children cannot participate. The others are only Liao Nan, Zhang Xiaozhe and Hongyan who have signed Lie Yinghong.
Lin Jianguo asked Du Xinghe: "What do you mean is to let Liao Nan, Xiaozhe and Xiaolei participate in the competition? I think it will be useless if you go there. They are all cannon fodder-type. It's better to let Xiaoxuan try it." Lin Jianguo had heard Duan Xiaoxuan sing. This fat and beautiful girl has a super large lung capacity that is different from ordinary people, and her singing has amazing penetration and explosive power. In the public ears of Lin Jianguo, Duan Xiaoxuan is much better than those three people.
Du Xinghe said, "Xiaoxuan can't do it, she still needs to be lit. I have other arrangements for her."
In Du Xinghe's view, Duan Xiaoxuan is undoubtedly a rare piece of jade. Once this piece of jade appears, it must make a splash. Her image itself has limitations. If there are any flaws in the singing, it will affect her future. So until Duan Xiaoxuan truly hones his amazing singing skills, he will not let Duan Xiaoxuan go out to kill all directions.
He also had a little thought about Duan Xiaoxuan, that is, Duan Xiaoxuan is now his personal assistant and a small spy at all levels of the company. This fat girl is a pistachio and can get along with almost everyone in the company, including mixed-race children. Du Xinghe learned from Duan Xiaoxuan's thoughts from Duan Xiaoxuan. If Duan Xiaoxuan's identity becomes a singer now, he will not be able to do this important spy job. After the company gets on track, he will let Duan Xiaoxuan go.
Since Du Xinghe made other arrangements for Duan Xiaoxuan, Lin Jianguo was not inconvenient to say more, but he was really not optimistic about Liao Nan and the other two participating in the competition, because he had never seen the kind of goosebumps that could make people hear it. It seems that this time in "Sound Moving China", their cloud world cannot stir up any storms.
After smoking a sip of sorrow, his eyes suddenly lit up. Lin Jianguo slapped his thighs suddenly and said to Du Xinghe: "How about letting Xiao Lu participate in this competition? I think Xiao Lu's singing is more attractive than the three of them!"
"Which little Lu?" The name "little Lu" that Lin Jianguo suddenly appeared gave Du Xinghe a little illusion. He thought it was a singer from Hongyan who had seen them, so he didn't think about Lu Qin at all.
"Hey! Why are you pretending to be garlic with me? Of course it's your girlfriend, Teacher Lu!"
Lin Jianguo thought Du Xinghe was shy and embarrassed to talk about the matter between him and Lu Qin. Because for so long, since Du Xinghe celebrated his birthday at the beginning of the year, he has not seen Lu Qin come to Fuwan to see Du Xinghe again. He has not listened to Du Xinghe talking about Lu Qin. He thought Du Xinghe was more reserved and unwilling to talk about this. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!