Chapter 53: The Prelude to Sudden Wealth, the Dividend of the Times

Secretly, Zhou Rui became the first in the grade of Qinghe No. 1 Middle School. Of course, this is just one of the most insignificant things represented by 730 points.

This good news is currently only circulated in a small range. The college entrance examination is approaching, and the exam rankings are generally not announced. Most students only know the scores of themselves and their friends.

But Qinghe No. 1 Middle School has such a king bomb like Zhou Rui. It is unclear how long the school and the teaching team can keep it secret.

In the next two days, Zhou Rui was not affected. He got up early and exercised without fail, striving to get the new entry as soon as possible.

"Entry task [Strengthen the body], current progress (24/100)"

"Entry task [Inspiration]: current progress (62/100)"

"Entry task [Perseverance]: current progress (20/100)"

Zhou Rui panted violently, his lungs no longer had a strong burning sensation as before, and his heartbeat was always maintained at a reasonable state.

This is the effect of his exercise during this period of time. Although the system entry has not been updated, his cardiopulmonary capacity has indeed been strengthened.

However, as his physical fitness improved, the time he needed to "reach his limit, break through and then maintain" became longer and longer, so he joined the "HIT" series of sports, that is, the famous burpee, to speed up consumption.

In this era, "burpee" is still a very new thing, so the grandpa and aunt walking in the park will always look at it sideways, thinking that this child has some serious illness.

In addition, Zhou Rui discovered a new change in the system.

That is the display of the [Focused] entry in the system. At the far left of the text, there was actually a touch of green

It is the edge of the two "horizontal" lines, so a little inside.

When he first obtained the entry, the system once prompted Zhou Rui that the [Focused] entry can be upgraded by consuming concentration and using concentration time.

But all along, there has been no progress display or more specific instructions, so Zhou Rui could not perceive it.

Until today, Zhou Rui finally realized what the so-called "upgrade" was all about

The entry is changing from "white" to "green".

If you have to say, there is about 5%? 10% progress? Zhou Rui was not sure

But this is a good start! I don't know what changes this self-upgraded [entry] will eventually bring.

Worth being happy about!

As usual, Zhou Rui went to the bathhouse to take a five-dollar bath. When he dried his short hair and prepared to go to school, he received an email.

The emails in this mailbox are basically related to "music", so Zhou Rui has always attached great importance to it.

Ignoring those so-called "cooperation" emails, Zhou Rui directly clicked on the email from "Zhu Yaoqing".

After a brief scan, Zhou Rui's heart moved

"Color ringtone business?"

This word is a little far away from Zhou Rui. After a little recollection, he remembered that this is a very important music business in this era.

The color ringtone business is a subcategory of telecommunications business, which is managed by the color ringtone company under the telecommunications company.

It is to replace the most common beeping sound with music when answering/making a call.

It appeared relatively early, but it has only become popular in recent years.

Because of the rise of talent shows.

Super Girl, Happy Boy, Come on Good Man, and the future "Voice of China", etc., it can be said that talent shows have dominated the variety show dominance for 10 years.

This has also spawned a unique market that is not very conspicuous, but has made musicians earn a lot of money, that is, the ringtone market.

It is also the earliest paid music market in China to become active.

Zhou Rui vaguely remembers seeing news in his previous life. Three years later, the four mentors of "Voice of China" had appearance fees ranging from 5 million to 20 million, which had shocked the entertainment industry at the time. As a result, after calculation, the "ringtone profit sharing" business actually had an average income of over 100 million per person.

All the songs of the contestants in the program, the mentors have a share of the ringtones. With so many classes, so many contestants, and so many works, they really sit and count money.

So why do the big names in the music industry break their heads to become mentors? Why do the contestants have to be shameless and play misery?

It's all business!

Don't say that you cry and play misery on the stage. In front of money, many people can't even wear clothes tightly.

The profit-sharing rules for the ringback tone service are also very simple and straightforward, with the informal style of a "telecom company".

Consumers pay two yuan, and the copyright owner gets half.

In other words, if 1 million people use this ringback tone, the copyright owner can get 1 million yuan before tax.

No need to go to the theater, no need to hold a concert, no need to accompany the sponsor for dinner, just sit at home and wait.

Simple, rough, and effective.

Zhou Rui was amazed at the time!

For musicians, this is definitely a bonus of the times! Even if it is a short-term bonus.

It can only be said that in this era, paid music is still a new thing, and the market is not monopolized by giants, so the pricing, profit sharing, and treatment given to copyright owners are much better than in the future.

It has a sense of wild growth, and the telecom company does not care about this "small money".

Zhu Yaoqing's email means: Due to the wide spread of "Starry Sea" and "Youth", and during the "60th Anniversary", the telecom company has its own "mission", so the ringback tone company under its umbrella wants to contact "A Rui" and finds him again.

Send an email to Zhou Rui to inform him of this matter. If Zhou Rui is interested, give him the contact information and the ringtone company will contact him later.

Interested! Very interested!

The revenue from the ringtone business will definitely reach a thrilling level.

Why?

Because "Starry Sea" and "Youth" are red songs!

Telecommunications companies have a mission!

How many civil servants and employees of enterprises and institutions are there in the country? Their ringtones are all semi-automatically set uniformly, and the expenses are directly reimbursed uniformly.

Do you understand?

We also have to count the natural consumers brought by "popularity".

Although the ringtone company will cooperate with all the songs in "Singing for the Birthday" at one time, "Starry Sea" and "Youth" are after all the most eye-catching songs. Putting them in the ringtones, they sound more pleasant than others, don't they?

After reading the email, Zhou Rui was very excited.

After thinking about it, he immediately sent two text messages to Li Wenqian and Song Bin and made an appointment for a small meeting at lunch time.

He has important news to notify.

In the morning class, Zhou Rui was immersed in his own joy except for responding to the burning eyes of the teachers. During the lunch break at noon, he met Li Wenqian and Song Bin and came to a corner of the cafeteria.

"Boss! Are there new works to record? I bought some new equipment recently!"

Zhou Rui shook his head and said, "There were a lot of things to do in the quizzes a few days ago, so today I just want to summarize it. It's about the income of two songs."

When they heard that it was about money, Li Wenqian and Song Bin were a little unnatural. They had not yet entered the society, so they instinctively felt a little embarrassed about the distribution of benefits.

Zhou Rui ignored their embarrassed expressions, took out a pen and paper, and said as he wrote:

"You all know the first income. The copyright income of "Starry Sea" included in the "Singing for the Birthday" is 57,800. The amount mentioned later is the amount after tax, because it is an official payment, so it is directly deducted."

The two nodded. For high school students, this is already a huge sum of money. Even if Song Bin's family is well-off, the money of parents at that time is different from the money earned by oneself.

"Wen Qian's portion of the money is with me. I have transferred yours, Song Bin. Then, a few days ago, two more payments were made. One is the copyright fee for the inclusion of "Youth", which is also 57,800. The other is the copyright usage fee for the distribution of "Starry Sea". Each payment is 1,000 yuan. The first payment is 98,000 yuan."

Li Wen Qian suspected that she had heard it wrong. How much?

"More than 98,000? Nearly 100,000 yuan?"

Is music so profitable?

Two songs have generated nearly 200,000 yuan in revenue?

Zhou Rui smiled and said, "What's so surprising? This is just the first payment. In the future, the copyright fees for each unit will be settled once a month. It will last at least until October and will increase. In addition, this income will be generated after "Youth". Now is just the beginning."