Don't be fooled by Andy Lau's current success; he earns very little.
Regardless, he still received about 30% of the income, while Xing Baohua and Hua Xing split the remaining 70% proportionally.
Don't underestimate this 30%. When Andy Lau became famous, his records sold like hotcakes, and he earned more than most Hong Kong stars.
According to the plan of Haina Old America Recording Company, after selling two batches of records, they will hold a concert.
Let's see how it goes with a 10-show nationwide tour. If it's successful, we'll do a state tour next year.
Concerts and endorsements are still the most profitable businesses.
Each profession has its own expertise. The distribution company can temporarily act as the agents for the two individuals, but they are not very good at securing endorsements.
Mozili also saw through his boss's thoughts and suggested that the company hire a full-time agent.
In Hollywood, there are too many people in the real estate agent industry, so you can't just hire anyone; you have to be very selective.
I'm looking for someone famous with a wide network. It's not easy to find one right away, but if I spread the word, people will eventually come knocking.
As for reputation and character, everyone knows that few agents are good people. Good reputation and character usually mean poor professional skills.
But you can't be too greedy; you won't use those with extremely bad reputations.
Andy Lau's first autograph session is just two days away, and the distribution company has already made preparations.
Banks, security guards, media.
There was a problem when there was only one day left.
The venue staff called the distribution company to tell them that quite a few people had already arrived early.
Xing Baohua was also very curious, so she took Andy Lau along to take a look. She made Andy Lau completely covered up so that his fans wouldn't get excited when they saw him.
Upon arriving at the scene, the car didn't dare to get too close.
Looking out from inside the car, everyone saw that a line of more than 20 meters had already formed, and it seemed that more people were on their way.
"Hey! Someone brought a tent? What's that person carrying, a blanket?" Xing Baohua pointed outside and said to Hua Zai, who was sitting next to him.
At this moment, Andy Lau just smiled, too excited to say anything.
Finally, he managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Thank you for your guidance, Mr. Xing."
Xing Baohua instructed his chief secretary in the front row to notify the media and have his own people come over with their equipment to film.
The Hong Kong media who rushed to cover the story were like they were on steroids—what a spectacle! When has Andy Lau ever been this awesome? No, not even any singer in Asia has ever made Americans come more than twenty hours in advance to buy autographed CDs.
Even the American media were a bit confused. What was going on?
He's just an Asian pop star. Even if he won Billboard number one, he wouldn't cause this kind of mess. They know their own people's true nature.
Random interviews.
The results are in: if this Asian person holds an initial signing event, people will come to buy, but they won't come in advance.
The reason is that there will be promotional activities for DaMi Technology products at the first signing event.
You can buy Walkmans, cell phones, and pagers here that you can't find elsewhere. A cassette tape or record costs very little, and you get a 15% discount with a receipt.
Rice products are consistently sold at 10% above the official price. Even then, they're hard to get. With an 85% discount, they're great for personal use or for reselling – you'll make a killing.
Xing Baohua also received the news. Seeing that Hua Zai was a little dejected, she comforted him, saying, "Don't worry about it. Your fame will surpass Da Mi's in the future. You can skip meals, but you can't skip listening to your songs."
This remark made Andy Lau laugh heartily.
Have the chief secretary notify the staff to change the rules of the game for rice products.
The lottery plan remains unchanged. Each person can only purchase one product, regardless of how many albums they buy. They can only purchase one type of DaMi Technology product.
If no rules are set, Xing Baohua's stock won't even sell in half an hour.
This is an opportunity for scalpers to make a fortune. If they buy twenty albums and twenty different products, Xing Baohua will lose all his profits. He won't lose money, but this kind of promotion will be meaningless.
Fortunately, the problem was discovered early, and the game rules were changed in time. The right to interpret the event belongs to the issuing company and Dami Technology.
That misleading phrase finally came in handy.
Xing Baohua suddenly thought of something and quickly instructed his chief secretary and several bodyguards to go to the media from Hong Kong, give them red envelopes, and tell them not to reveal the truth.
Promote Andy Lau's popular image in Hong Kong.
This is actually a beautiful misunderstanding. Using celebrities to endorse products is simply leveraging the celebrity's fame.
This time it's the other way around; the product made the star.
This is a typical business case, and it's not easy to replicate.
The first signing event officially began at 8:00 AM the next day.
Andy Lau happily followed the long queue, signing autographs, shaking hands, and even taking photos with some of the people.
An hour later, Andy Lau's wrist started to ache.
Xing Baohua was also prepared, with wristbands.
Andy Lau had a tough time this morning. The number of people in the queue didn't decrease; in fact, it increased.
It made him feel a bit desperate, wondering when it would end!
Fortunately, the posters and old man shirts were pre-printed with signatures; otherwise, he would have gone crazy.
During a break from the raffle, his assistant quickly massaged his fingers and arms, and Xing Baohua had someone prepare plasters to apply to his fingers.
Normally, a celebrity's first autograph session will limit the number of fans to around two hundred.
The problem is that people who came to buy albums have ulterior motives! They're here for the rice products.
Some of those who received the goods are already buying them back from the people in line at high prices.
This business is really something else. This kind of situation happened with the iPhone 4S, but that was 20 or 30 years later.
Petermont was presiding over the sale of his speaker and stated that the combination of the cassette tape with the Rice player and the Rice VFC speaker would become the world's best sound system.
This guy used the same tactics Xing Baohua employed during his first appearance at the Canton Fair, accompanied by the video playback.
The film was a large cassette tape used by Xing Baohua for sound testing when it was manufactured.
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