In the morning, Wang Qian showed up at his two hotpot restaurants to let the employees feel the pressure from the boss. He checked the accounts of the past two days and transferred all the surplus money in the accounts to his own card.
Modu is one of the most expensive cities in China!
Therefore, as long as it can become popular, no matter what business you do, the income will be extremely considerable.
When the hot pot restaurant business is at its best, a single store can earn more than 100,000 yuan a day.
Wang Qian learned the model of Haidilao in his previous life on Earth and simply named it Haidilao, focusing on service and spending a long time cultivating employees' service awareness.
Therefore, the two hotpot restaurants have a very good reputation, many repeat customers, and almost no worries about business. Now every day at noon and evening at meal times, there are always a lot of people queuing at the door, and it is always full.
The only thing that worries me is the next expansion plan!
Wang Qian decided to make persistent efforts and continue to open several branches in Shanghai. After conquering Shanghai, he would expand to the three mega cities of Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, striving to become the No. 1 hotpot chain brand in China.
He Dongming's words about becoming a hotpot tycoon were no joke; this was Wang Qian's real goal.
When it was lunch time, Wang Qian went out to a high-end Western restaurant nearby.
Zhou Xuehua was already there chatting with a middle-aged man.
Seeing Wang Qian, Zhou Xuehua hurriedly stood up and introduced: "Wang Qian, here I am. This is my friend, Li Qingyuan, a lawyer. He drafted today's contract. Would you like to take a look?"
Li Qingyuan stood up and shook hands with Wang Qian. "Hello, Huazi said you have great musical talent. I watched the video of you singing last night. Both songs were very nice. I personally like them very much. I just don't know where I can download them?"
Wang Qian was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that this middle-aged lawyer who looked calm and steady would ask this question. He smiled and said, "Haha, thank you. There is no download source online yet. I'm going to ask Lao Zhou to recommend a recording studio for me. I'll upload it after I finish recording it this afternoon. Then you can search and download it online!"
Li Qingyuan nodded: "That's great, take a look at this contract!"
Wang Qian picked up the contract and took a look at it.
Ten years of cover rights for two songs, one hundred thousand.
The trademark rights of Ordinary Road cost fifty thousand!
A total of 150,000 yuan, paid in one lump sum.
Wang Qian did some calculations, looked at some of the contract details, and nodded: "Okay, no problem."
This is a high price for a complete newcomer.
Copyright protection is taken very seriously in this world, but the copyright for cover versions of classic songs only costs around 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a year.
Brush, brush, brush…
Wang Qian wrote his name on the contract on the spot.
Zhou Xuehua also quickly wrote his name: "Great! I'll transfer the money to you right away."
Zhou Xuehua immediately transferred 150,000 yuan to Wang Qian from his mobile phone and praised him, "Honestly, brother. Your two songs are really great. Why haven't you considered releasing an album?"
Wang Qian laughed and said, "I have some ideas, but no one wants to sign me. I don't plan to record a song and release it myself."
Zhou Xuehua's eyes lit up: "I have a record company that is about to go bankrupt, and I still have production and distribution channels. How about you sign with my company and I will help you release and produce the album?"
Wang Qian looked at Zhou Xuehua, thought about it for a moment, and did not refuse on the spot: "I'll think about it."
Zhou Xuehua: "Okay, think about it carefully. My company is called Donghua Records. You can ask people you know in the industry. It was relatively well-known ten years ago, but it was a second-rate company. Later, it became increasingly difficult to make records. We haven't produced or released an album for five or six years, and now no one knows about it. If I didn't personally love music, I would have closed it long ago."
Wang Qian: "The recording studio you mentioned is your company's?"
Zhou Xuehua nodded: "Well, my company's recording studio has never been used much. I just go there with a few friends occasionally to record songs for fun. If you want to use it, I'll take you to have a look this afternoon!"
Wang Qian nodded: "Okay, thank you for your help."
Zhou Xuehua was delighted: "No trouble."
Finished a high-end Western meal.
The three of them had a pretty pleasant chat, after all, they all had a common hobby - music!
After Zhou Xuehua paid the bill and said goodbye to Li Qingyuan, he took Wang Qian to his record company.
The company did look very old, but Wang Qian didn't care about that and went straight to the recording studio. Unexpectedly, this recording studio was quite advanced and many of the equipment were the latest electronic equipment in recent years.
"Then how much will it cost if I use it until the evening?"
Wang Qian looked at it and asked.
Zhou Xuehua laughed and said, "Brother, talking about money is just a slap in my face. If you want to use it, just use it. I have nothing to do this afternoon, so I'm here to watch you record a song. After you left yesterday, I kept wanting to hear you sing. You sang those two songs with real flavor!"
Wang Qian waved his hand: "If you don't want money, then I'll leave. Friendship is friendship, business is business! You spent money here, and daily maintenance also costs money. It's impossible for me to use it for free."
Having said that, Wang Qian really wanted to leave!
Zhou Xuehua hurriedly grabbed Wang Qian and said, "Okay, just give me a thousand yuan for half a day."
Wang Qian smiled, transferred one thousand yuan on the spot, and then began to prepare to record his own song.
In his previous life, he had been in the entertainment industry for more than a decade, moving from an actor to behind the scenes, and from behind the scenes to a director. He had been exposed to everything and had done everything.
I have done everything from lighting, editing, costume and props supervisor to music recording and even singing myself, and I was very professional and no one has ever rejected me!
So, once he got used to the job a bit, he could basically do everything professionally.
And in this life, he had an extremely good voice talent.
It was so good that he couldn't believe it.
Just like Zhou Sheng, a new singer whom he admired in his previous life, people said that others were given food by God, but Zhou Sheng had God stuffing the food directly into his stomach without him having to open his mouth.
His voice is so gifted that it makes people jealous. He doesn't even need to sing. Just listening to his "ah ah ah" chanting is so pleasant and enjoyable.
Wang Qian thought that his voice was no weaker than Zhou Shenglai's, or even more talented.
However, he has never made good use of and explored his potential.
Now…
It's time for a showdown.
actually!
I am a musical genius!
Enter the recording studio.
Wang Qian was familiar with the process and completed recording the original soundtracks of the two songs in one go.
Zhou Xuehua and the recording master both gave Wang Qian a thumbs up.
Then.
What shocked them even more was.
Wang Qian also played musical instruments and composed music by himself, recording each instrument one by one, almost all of them in one go, and then he personally did the post-production!
The soundtrack and original soundtrack of both songs…
It only took one afternoon.
All done.
It seemed as if every step had been planned in advance and was just a formality.
This is something neither Zhou Xuehua nor the recording engineer have ever seen...
After leaving the recording studio, Wang Qian loaded all the music materials he had recorded into a mobile hard drive and was about to say goodbye.
Zhou Xuehua's eyes were already burning with passion. He pulled Wang Qian and said, "Wang Qian, sign a contract with my record company. I will use all the company's resources to produce and release an album for you. You are the most amazing music genius I have ever seen. No matter if it's the most popular male singer Wu Han or the most popular female singer Li Qingyao, they can't compare to you!"
"Believe me, as long as you make your debut, you will surpass them sooner or later and become the most awesome king in the Chinese music scene."
Zhou Xuehua's voice was filled with absolute certainty.
He had never seen a musician as awesome as Wang Qian.
Wang Qian paused when he heard Li Qingyao's name, then quickly packed up his things and made sure that there was no backup data left in the machine here. Then he shook his head and said goodbye: "Brother Hua, I'm sorry. I'll think about it again. I'm sorry to bother you today. I'll treat you tonight."
Zhou Xuehua felt very sorry, but didn't force it: "Okay, then, think about it carefully. Nowadays, all the new singers focus on hype and variety shows to establish their image, and there are almost no pure singers. If you sign with a big company, they won't let you focus on making music. Simply making music doesn't make money, and it wastes resources. My company is different. I don't want to make money, I just want to make good music."
"If I were to release an album, I would definitely look for you, Brother Hua, to collaborate with me."
Wang Qian made a promise.
He could see that Zhou Xuehua really was a person who loved music.
"Haha, well, your words are enough. I'll treat you tonight."
Zhou Xuehua affectionately took Wang Qian away from the company.
After dinner.
Wang Qian refused Zhou Xuehua's invitation to take him to his own music bar, took a taxi to a hot pot restaurant, and then quickly returned home.
As soon as I got home!
Wang Qian turned on his computer and logged onto China’s largest online music platform—Tengfei!
Registered an independent musician account.
Name—A modest gentleman!
Then.
Upload original songs.
The you of the past.
Ordinary road.