Tao Liangchen
Chapter 751 Fortunately Chose to Do Business
Even though the current pop music trends differed slightly from those of later generations, his album still received rave reviews online, attracting widespread media attention.
Even the *Xin Lian Zaobao* published an article praising Su Yehao's talent.
Other tabloids couldn't wait to crown Su Yehao as the "New Prince of Love Songs," analyzing the whole affair from various tricky angles.
For example.
Some media outlets wrote that Casino's educational environment was so good that it could cultivate an all-around elite like Su Yehao.
Some Hong Kong media, combining his romantic history, tried to find corresponding women in the lyrics.
They ultimately concluded that Su Yehao must have suffered some unknown emotional trauma in his youth, otherwise how could he write such soul-stirring songs, and praised him as "a man with a story."
The article suggested that this explained why he had now become a sentimental playboy, working hard to make his business so big, a blessing in disguise, and so on.
The album was released on New Year's Day.
With nothing to do during the holiday, many people went out shopping.
Even though Nangong Tian already had overflowing confidence in her Hao-ge, suddenly producing a full 500,000 albums,
in the face of the huge population base, they were quickly snapped up by well-wishers willing to spend money to try something new. The news that they were sold out that evening stunned countless people in the industry.
You should know.
Even the best-selling mainland record of the previous year had only sold about 1.5 million copies.
An outsider just messing around, releasing an album, actually reached the sales level of a first-line singer in a single day, which silenced everyone, singers and non-singers alike.
Su Yehao is an entrepreneur.
Listeners' expectations and demands for him were far less than for professional singers, so there were naturally fewer people nitpicking.
Although his singing level was slightly lacking, the quality of the lyrics and music made up for it. Overall, he could score eighty points, which was already excellent.
Considering that Su Yehao is the richest man in Hong Kong and was the eleventh richest man in the world last year, an extra ten points were added for the "gossip factor," which successfully triggered a phenomenal buying frenzy...
New Year's Day evening.
Grandpa Tang hosted a dinner party at home.
It was normal to go back to the old house for dinner, but the difference was that Nong Qingying would also be attending with her child tonight. Su Yehao and her child were surnamed "Tang" after all, so how could the little fellow be missing from a family dinner party?
The old man also specially instructed Su Yehao to bring Nangong Tian and Jiang Yu together.
It was probably to take this opportunity to let them get to know each other in advance.
Jiang Yu accompanied her parents on a trip. Su Yehao originally wanted to suggest that Nangong Tian also find a reason to avoid this unnecessary dinner, but he didn't expect that the little girl immediately agreed after hearing it.
The reason was simple.
Nangong Tian felt that if she didn't go, wouldn't it make them look like a family, while she was like an outsider? When it was time to take the initiative, she had to be tough.
Since visiting the Barker Road mansion a few days ago, familiarity had grown, and she was no longer so nervous.
Therefore, even though Nangong Tian didn't have much affection for Nong Qingying, she still chose to go out with Su Yehao and take a car to the old Tang family mansion.
Before leaving, she dressed up for nearly two hours, pairing long boots with a little black dress, and adding a set of pink diamond jewelry worth more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars, simply going all out.
No doubt, based on Su Yehao's understanding of Nong Qingying, she would definitely dress up carefully tonight as well.
After going out.
Sitting in the car, Nangong Tian received a call from her company's subordinate, and then asked Su Yehao, "Your record is sold out. Many distributors are urging us to ship more. How many more do you think we should produce? They suggested that I order another million copies from the factory."
Su Yehao had also bought discs before, so how could he not understand what consumers were thinking? He shook his head and replied:
"It seems like too many. I think the pirates have already reacted today. Maybe they've been frantically producing twenty-four () hours a day since the morning it was released. This thing doesn't require much technology, and the cost of freebies is too low. Customers are just doing it for fun. Production also takes time to prepare, and sales will only get worse day by day."
"That's right. It's impossible for the company to make money by selling albums. Only by using hidden idol autographs or meet-and-greet tickets as gimmicks can we attract some customers to buy the genuine version."
Nangong Tian has been in the entertainment industry for a while, so she knows how bleak the album sales market is.
Taking the Empress Girls' Group's album as an example, it only sold more than 700,000 copies in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong combined. The sales volume of pirated albums may be ten times that number, which is all a loss for the company's interests.
Compared with releasing new songs, having the group members shoot TV dramas and movies, or hyping up advertising endorsements, the profits earned are much higher than selling albums.
As for holding concerts, the income is okay, but the mainland's consumption capacity is temporarily limited and cannot support too large a market.
After considering it, she added, "Then let's print 300,000 copies first? We'll see how it goes and then decide whether we should sell more."
"Yeah, that should be about right. How much does our company earn from selling an album?" Su Yehao asked with interest.
Nangong Tian counted on her fingers and explained:
"Your album is priced at 25 Hong Kong dollars, while in the mainland it's 25 RMB. After deducting all the production costs, general distributors, audio-visual stores, etc., our company is left with about five or six yuan. It's equivalent to directly deducting the production cost price from our wholesale price. In fact, there are some additional expenses, so there's no need to calculate it too carefully."
"...Even if we calculate it based on earning six yuan, we can only earn three million if all 500,000 copies are sold?"
Su Yehao's tone was surprised. He hadn't really calculated this before, and shook his head with a wry smile: "It's simply a waste of my time. Fortunately, I chose to do business and didn't become a star or something."
Nangong Tian said discouragedly:
"Yes, don't forget that we have to pay taxes. Business is really difficult. I now hope to develop the cinema business as soon as possible, so that we can have another source of profit. With so many people in the mainland, there may be hope of listing Tian Yu Entertainment on the exchange."
"If you just want to list, it's not too troublesome. The development potential of your industry is limited. The ceiling can be very high or very low. I suggest you try to integrate it with the Internet concept in the future. It's still possible to hit a market value of 100 billion Hong Kong dollars."
Hearing this from Su Yehao, the little girl was instantly interested, hugging his arm and acting coquettishly, "Hao-ge~ You must help me. A billionaire, is there really hope? How exactly do we develop into the Internet industry?"
"Think about it, you can sell movie tickets through the Internet. In addition, you can also watch movies, TV series, and variety shows online. These technologies will definitely be realized in the future. I'll give this market to you."
Sure enough, he was generous.
He was giving away a big piece of fat as he pleased.
Su Yehao didn't care about it. It was just shifting from his left hand to his right. The meat was still rotting in his own pot. He continued to suggest: /
"So, you must keep the film and television copyrights. TVB is having a hard time. Sell some old dramas in packages. As long as you buy them, you can win at the starting line. Don't let go of the exclusive online broadcast authorization for film and television dramas in the mainland. You'd better find a shell company to hoard them quietly..."