Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 40: The tape failed in Hong Kong and Taiwan, the second income

The production of the tape "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" was mainly undertaken by Pacific and New Era.

Zhou Ziheng didn't know how the two families would divide the profits.

He didn't care too much about this. He just needed to arrive at the Pacific Recording Studio at 10 o'clock every day and start his recording work on time.

Because the accompaniment work had been completed long ago, Zhou Ziheng did not need to wait and directly started recording.

It is not difficult to say whether some of his songs are difficult or not. Many of the songs in this tape are covers. As a cover singer, Zhou Ziheng’s singing cannot surpass the originals, but it cannot be too weak either.

If the recorded version is not as good as the original, not only will Pacific and New Era be dissatisfied, Zhou Ziheng himself will feel ashamed.

It’s not difficult, but it’s not really difficult, because the melodies of these songs are actually very simple.

All in all, it took Zhou Ziheng less than two weeks to record all the songs he was responsible for.

Meanwhile, Yang Yuying's recording work was only halfway done.

This is not to say that Zhou Ziheng is better than Yang Yuying or that he records faster.

But Yang Yuying was delayed before.

She was invited to participate in CCTV's "Revolving Stage".

The "Revolving Stage" program is the earliest song, dance and music program launched by CCTV. It was founded in 1985. Its predecessor was the "Weekend Literature and Art" program which had a great influence in society. It is currently one of the highest-rated literary and artistic programs on CCTV.

In fact, in terms of influence, Zhou Ziheng currently surpasses Yang Yuying.

But there was no way, Zhou Ziheng did not sign a singer contract with Pacific.

It was fine when releasing a record, Pacific would help contact TV or radio stations, magazines, etc.

After the tape has been promoted, Pacific will no longer contact Zhou Ziheng for similar programs.

So, Yang Yuying participated in "Revolving Stage", while Zhou Ziheng did not even receive any invitation to any show.

Zhou Ziheng was not annoyed by this.

Everything has two sides.

Although Yang Yuying has abundant resources with the support of New Era, she appears on TV almost every day during this period.

But the price she had to pay was that she earned very little from each tape.

Unlike Zhou Ziheng who could get 2.5% (later 1990%) of each tape sold, she could only get 0.5% of each tape in the contract she signed with New Era in . Maybe her share would increase later due to hot sales, but it would definitely not exceed %.

As for Zhou Ziheng, although Pacific Ocean will not provide strong support in terms of resources.

But when it comes to the share of record and tape profits, Zhou Ziheng is highly independent.

As soon as the first tape was sold, his share was increased to 2.5. At this rate, he would earn even more in the future.

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As December approaches, "Wandering Song" continues to be popular in the market, and Zhou Ziheng's singing can be heard everywhere from north to south.

Pacific even contacted record companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan to promote the tape "Wandering Song" in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

But it's a pity.

Perhaps due to the poor adaptability to the local climate, this tape was only released for sale in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

However, the sales were not ideal.

In Hong Kong, "Wandering Song" only sold 4,000 copies in total and was rejected by the record company there.

The situation in Taiwan is even more pitiful, with sales of less than a thousand copies.

Actually this is normal.

The songs on Zhou Ziheng's tape may be very popular and well received in mainland China.

But this is because the mainland’s original music culture is not that developed.

Hong Kong and Taiwan, these two regions have been accepting foreign popular culture for many years and have long kept up with the times, unlike the mainland, which is just getting started.

Under such circumstances, "Wandering Song" would naturally not keep up with the times if it was brought to Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Plus, with almost zero publicity, naturally, the album had no sales there.

Zhou Ziheng was not angry about the failure of his tape in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

He is not considering the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets for the time being, as he needs to successfully establish a foothold in the mainland.

As for Hong Kong and Taiwan, he will take action when the time comes.

Although I did not achieve an ideal result in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

It can even be said that it was a flop. But in mainland China, the momentum of "Wandering Song" is still very good.

By December, the total number of orders for this tape in the mainland had reached 1.5 million, making it the most ordered original tape in the mainland in history.

However, according to Zhou Ziheng's estimation, the value of this tape will not increase much in the future.

Although record sales are continuous and can continue to sell, the most popular time is undoubtedly the first three months.

After three months, most listeners have already bought the tape. Although there will still be sales in the following period, the number will not be too large.

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December 5th.

Zhou Ziheng came to the Pacific Building again.

He came to settle the share of the second batch of "Wandering Song".

This time the share is actually the batch of goods ordered by the orderers at the winter ordering meeting.

At the winter ordering conference, a total of 410,000 copies of "Wandering Song" were ordered by orderers.

The wholesale price is still six yuan, and the total price is 246 million.

After deducting the cost of 61.5, the remaining 184.5 million is divided according to the profit sharing ratio.

Zhou Ziheng's 36.9% was 40, and Pacific rounded it off and gave Zhou Ziheng .

Although the order quantity this time is lower than the first batch of orders from Guangdong Province.

But because there was no advertising fee, Zhou Ziheng's income increased by nearly 100,000.

After two divisions, Zhou Ziheng had already earned 670,000 yuan.

Of course, Pacific earns more.

The total number of the two batches of goods is 830,000, and the total price is 4.98 million.

Zhou Ziheng took 670,000 yuan, and the remaining 4.3 million yuan all belonged to Pacific Bank.

Although costs and publicity expenses must be deducted from this.

But smart people know that as a company with its own factories, that little cost is nothing to them.

And this is not the final revenue of this tape.

At least half of this tape has not been settled yet.

If this tape is fully settled, there is no doubt that Pacific will make no less than tens of millions from this tape.

Millions of profits.

This is equivalent to a quarter of Pacific's profits this year.

This made Zhou Ziheng's status on this side of the Pacific even higher.

It is revealed that this year's Skylark Award will be awarded to him.

Of course, these are all things for the future. After Zhou Ziheng arrived at the Pacific Building, he immediately began to run around various departments to settle profits with Pacific.

The procedures for profit-sharing settlement are not long, but they are also very troublesome.

Zhou Ziheng is required to run between Pacific's accounting and issuance departments.

It took more than two hours to complete the settlement process.

After the procedures were completed, the money was transferred to Zhou Ziheng's account.

He was about to leave, but Liu Zhiwen called him to his office.

"Thanks to you, I got a promotion and became the head of the record distribution department. I plan to set up a table at Qingping Hotel tomorrow night. You must come."

Liu Zhiwen handed Zhou Ziheng an invitation.

Looking at the invitation in his hand, Zhou Ziheng had a strange look in his eyes.

Promotion banquet.

If this happened in the future, who would dare to do it so ostentatiously?
You have to know that Pacific is a state-owned enterprise.

Now, Liu Zhiwen not only made a big fanfare, but also openly invited a bunch of people.

Putting away the invitation, Zhou Ziheng readily agreed, "Tomorrow afternoon at five, right? I will definitely be there."

(End of this chapter)