Chapter 129 The old man is really good at judging people

Chapter 129 The old man is really good at judging people

Chapter 129 The old man is really good at judging people

A strange combination of circumstances.

Previously, due to Fan Wumian’s unintentional remarks, several senior executives of Penguin Group had a strong sense of crisis.

They were worried that the "Personal Space" and "Online Music" projects would be leaked ahead of time, so they asked a group of employees to work overtime, set various performance appraisal tasks, and even hired hundreds of more employees for this purpose.

Finally, before the Spring Festival, on February 2st, we launched the Personal Space and Penguin Music services simultaneously.

This allowed them to come out several months earlier than in the previous life.

cinema.

I think making money is more important.

Fan Wumian didn't have time to continue watching "Kung Fu" and left the theater early. He called Ji Qiao back and asked:

"What does that mean? It means that the online streaming rights of a total of 11 songs are licensed to Penguin Music for 5 years, and I will be paid a total of 100 million yuan in licensing fees, right?"

Ji Qiao, who is in charge of public relations, explained with a smile on the phone:
"That's right, boss. This won't prevent you from selling physical albums or ringtones, but the online streaming rights for these 5 songs can only be exclusively licensed to them for five years."

"I think it's pretty good. Your songs are everywhere on the Internet anyway. Everyone used to listen to them for free, so it's like making some extra money for free."

"I heard that Penguin Music spent a total of 3000 million RMB on promotion this time, in order to build an online legitimate music playback platform to compete with the three free platforms of Kugou, Tiantian Dongting and Baidu Music."

"In the early stage, there were not many singers to cooperate with. We only selected 20 first-tier and second-tier singers to sign contracts, and you are one of them. If you sign an exclusive license with them, if other platforms play your songs again, you will probably be sued by Penguin Music."

Finished talking to Ji Qiao on the phone.

Fan Wumian learned that Penguin Music had made sufficient preparations this time and provided two options for singers and record companies, namely a one-time payment and royalty payment.

Needless to say, it is a one-time payment. What he gets is 100 million RMB, and the rest has nothing to do with him.

And if you choose the "royalty payment" plan.

The initial signing fee was only RMB 25. Subsequently, based on the usage of the song, including the number of plays, downloads, and shares, Penguin Music will pay Fan Wumian the amount agreed in the contract.

It sounds a bit like "spending a fortune on horse bones".

Other platforms directly use the songs of singers and record companies under the banner of free sharing, but until now, Fan Wumian has not seen a single penny.

If you choose to sue these platforms, the litigation costs may be more than the amount of compensation you receive, which is even more uncomfortable than eating a fly.

However, Penguin Music chose the paid and genuine model from the very beginning. The advantages and disadvantages are obvious at a glance, and it is easier to sustain in the long run.

If you choose a one-time buyout, you can get a full 100 million RMB directly.

However, if the model of minimum guarantee plus profit sharing is chosen, the subsequent rate of return is difficult to guarantee, because Penguin Music cannot make money in the early stage and the profit sharing amount given to singers is extremely low.

Ji Qiao also reminded Fan Wumian that other unknown singers could only choose the second "royalty payment" plan this time. They could make some money, which was better than nothing at all.

After understanding.

Fan Wumian felt there was no need to hesitate.

When the five-year contract expires, the price of music copyright will be about to go up. At that time, we can think of a way to continue selling exclusive licenses at high prices.

therefore.

He readily agreed to sign a contract with Penguin Music and planned to use all the windfall to buy shares of Penguin Holdings.

Finished chatting with Zuo Ziyan in the evening.

Before going out.

Fan Wumian went online to check the share price of Penguin Holdings today and found that the share price had fallen sharply in the past month, leaving it at only HK$4.31.

At the end of December last year, the total market value rose slightly to HK$12 billion, and currently only HK$82 billion remains.

Compared with the closing price of HK$6 on the first day of Penguin Holdings' listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in June last year, with a total market value of approximately HK$4.15 billion, the increase was only more than HK$70 million, which is almost unchanged.

This is equivalent to Penguin Holdings reversing and giving Fan Wumian another chance to get back on board.

Temporarily replace the idle funds in the company account with assets with appreciation potential, which can be converted into cash at any time when needed in the future, allowing for both offense and defense.

As someone who had experienced a wave of wealth and had a large amount of idle funds on hand, he certainly would not miss such a great opportunity.

A section of the "Kung Fu" plot was skipped in the middle, and Fan Wumian didn't plan to go back and continue watching it.

Temporary intention.

Give Mantis, Youpia and the others a call, and invite a few close friends who are working part-time as errand boys in the crew during the winter vacation, and go to the restaurant to eat beef offal and drink beer.

halfway.

The old bird king went to the toilet.

When he came back, his eyes lit up and he told me:
"There's an old man next door, I think he's Mr. Cai Lan, one of the four great talents in Hong Kong. He brought two young girls with him, both of whom have amazing bodies!"

Youpiao wiped the sweat from his forehead and said:

"I don't worship Andy Lau and Stephen Chow. Their lives are too tiring. If I want to learn how to be a good person, I should learn from Mr. Cai. He lives a carefree life."

Fan Wumian has great admiration for this veteran talent who has produced films such as "Wheels On The Road", "A Good Man" and "Dragon Brothers" and is as famous as Jin Yong.

Especially Cai Lan’s line “Ugly ones should be killed anyway” is regarded as a classic and worshipped by countless Aquaman fans.

Mr. Cai Lan’s original words were, “Dating a girlfriend requires practice. How do you practice? That is to kill the ugly ones. After a while, beautiful ones will come.” You should kill the ugly ones, not just the ugly ones.

Fan Wumian felt like he was a little bit off the track lately.

Knowing full well that trying to have the best of both worlds might cause you to lose stability, you still choose to do both. No matter who you let go, it would be a pity.

Because he made a lot of money in the music industry, not only did his legitimate album "That Girl" sell over 700 million copies, but there were also reports that he made tens of millions of dollars by selling mobile phone ringtones with the song "Mic Master".

A few days ago, Huang Xieqiu accused him of not knowing the rules.

This success attracted a small group of people in the industry to follow suit, and they secretly accused Fan Wumian of being unethical, because the reason was simply that he was only concerned with making money for himself and did not take them with him to make money.

I thought I must not offend all of my colleagues.

Mr. Cai Lan has a high status in the underworld and is an old acquaintance of Jack Chen, Hong Jinbao and others. Since he heard that he was there, Fan Wumian simply took a bottle of beer, stood up and went to visit him with the cup in hand.

Knock on the door and enter the next private room.

He smiled and said to Cai Lan:
"Hello, old man. My name is Fan Wumian. I was having dinner with my friends next door. I heard you were there too, so I came to visit."

Cai Lan opened her mouth, took a bite of the beef intestines fed by the beautiful woman next to her, and said with a smile:
"So you are a noble son from a poor family. Your coming here makes me a little embarrassed. Look at my two confidantes, they are busy admiring you without blinking an eye."

Fan Wumian burst out laughing and said:
"Beautiful appearances are all alike, but interesting souls are rare. You are not old at all. My friends say that you live the most carefree life in Hong Kong. You are just an old man who has experienced many ups and downs."

Cai Lan burst into laughter at these words. She stood up and said:

"Come sit next to me! You can write books and songs, and even your college entrance exam can make headlines. You are so good at speaking, it's amazing!"

"You're welcome. I speak from my heart. What I say is from the heart."

Fan Wumian had no intention of currying favor with others.

I just feel that I'm starting to have some strength and confidence, and I need to try to integrate into the entertainment industry, so as not to continue to fight alone. If I'm targeted one day in the future, I won't be able to find someone in the industry to help me speak up.

Asking his confidante to find a cup, he poured a cup of sweet-scented osmanthus wine for Fan Wumian. Mr. Cai stared at him again and again, smacked his lips and said:

"If I had looked like you when I was young, Qingxia would never have married someone else. There must be a lot of girls who like you, and everyone would say they are single in front of you. I'll give you a piece of advice, old brother. Cherish good girls and don't waste bad girls."

There was a woman in her twenties or thirties with long hair and a short skirt next to her. She smiled and patted Cai Lan on the shoulder and said:

"How can you be an elder like this? The handsome boy has just started to prepare for college, and you will teach him bad things."

Mr. Cai sighed and said:

"Look, Ah Xiang has never met you before, but she has already started to speak up for you and blame me. Don't just drink, try this abalone and chicken hotpot. The boss doesn't have any good stuff here. I brought the double-headed abalone myself."

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Mr. Cai is knowledgeable and can talk about almost anything.

When mentioning the song "Red Rose", he also asked Fan Wumian how he came up with the idea of ​​composing it. Fortunately, he did not ask in detail and soon changed the topic to women.

She took the initiative to mention that she had seen Zhuang Muxi's photo in the newspaper, and felt that she was the right person to be the heroine, but if she fell in love with her, something might go wrong.

Do not ask.

The answer is that her figure is too sexy and her temperament is so charming.

During the time you are together, your mind will inevitably be too active and your body will not be able to bear it sooner or later.

Although it feels weird to talk about these topics.

However, Fan Wumian only wanted to say one thing - "The old gentleman is really good at judging people."

For example, last night.

I originally wanted to get busy with work, but my attention was focused on Zhuang Muxi.

We chatted for more than half an hour and had two glasses of wine.

Fan Wumian made an excuse that his friend was still next door and continued to have dinner with Mantis and the others.

When we were walking home together, he told me that after he finished working on "A Quiet Place" and took some time to rest and record his second album, he would immediately start his second film project.

At that time, the four best friends will have the opportunity to play his classmates, as long as their acting skills are not too bad.

I have already thought about what I want to shoot in advance.

A few days ago in Yanjing, I thought of the song "Those Years", and naturally I thought of the movie "You Are the Apple of My Eye".

Writing the script for A Quiet Place took up a lot of brain cells.

Next time, Fan Wumian plans to find some screenwriters to help him instead of being stupid and doing everything by himself.

I just don’t know yet whether the original novel has been written.

The supporting roles don't have big roles, so it wouldn't make much difference who plays them.

Since there was a chance to ask a few close friends for help, he asked Mantis, Youpia and the others to start preparing in advance.

When parting with his friends, Fan Wumian did not forget to remind them:
"Watch more serious movies, learn acting from actors, practice your Mandarin, and don't always indulge in Japanese love action movies. You don't have a girlfriend, and you don't have the energy to work as an actor in Tokyo. Watching these movies will only make you more angry."

(End of this chapter)