BUSINESS
Through the Group’s introduction and/or liaison, the artistes of the Group have performed a number of events from 1st April, 1998 to the Latest Practicable Date. Highlights of the events participated by the artistes managed by the Group are set out as follows:
Number of appearances by artistes managed by the Group in programmes including shows and concerts: 460
Number of new endorsement contracts entered into by artistes managed by the Group: 44
Number of films cast by artistes managed by the Group: 48
Particulars of the artistes who have entered into management agreements with the Group are set out under the section headed “Contracted artistes” below.
Event production
The Group is engaged in the organisation of events including music concerts and shows solely or jointly with other organisers. The following chart demonstrates the general procedures for organising an event by the Group:
Artiste search Commence artiste search, selection and negotiation.
Confirming artistes’ availability during the event period, Artiste’s confirmation and preparing the budget for the event and approving agreement for approval organisation of the event by the senior management.
Organising the event by (i) selecting and reserving the Organisation of the event venue and other related facilities; (ii) arranging the production and ticketing; and (iii) advertising and promoting the event through various media including radio, television, displays and print advertisements.
Actual performance The artiste performs in the event.
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Since 1st April, 1998, the Group has participated in the organisation, solely or jointly, of the following concerts:
The Group’s Date Name Venue role
18th to 20th March, 1999 !"#$%&' Hong Kong Joint organiser Convention and Exhibition Centre Hall 3
10th July, 1999 Golden Pop Concert !"#$%– Pop I Hong Kong Joint organiser (featuring Classics 4, The Drifters & Hermits) Convention and Exhibition Centre Hall 3
7th October, 1999 Millennium Charity Instrumental Concert Hong Kong Joint organiser (featuring Japanese musician City Hall Yukiyo Alakamura !"#and Yukie Nishimura !"#$)
14th December, 1999 Walk Hand in Hand Live in Hong Kong – Pop II Hong Kong Joint organiser (featuring Gerry & The Pacemakers Convention and The Drifters) and Exhibition Centre Hall 3
4th to 11th February, 2000 Alan Tam Millennium Concert Hong Kong Joint organiser !"#$%&'() Coliseum Arena
23rd February, 2000 Dave Wang’s Hong Kong Sole organiser “Giving for the children” Concert Coliseum Arena
26th to 27th February, 2000 Kinki Kids Millennium Concert Hong Kong Sole organiser Convention and Exhibition Centre Hall 3
29th to 30th July, 2000 Koji Tamakis’ !"# Hong Kong Sole organiser Hong Kong Super-T Concert Convention and Exhibition Centre Hall 3
25th to 26th October, 2000 Tokio Concert Tour 2000 in Hong Kong Hong Kong Joint organiser Elizabeth Stadium Arena
10th to 11th November, 2000 Luna Sea Concert in Hong Kong Hong Kong Joint organiser Convention and Exhibition Centre
11th to 15th and Nicholas Tse in Concert 2000 Hong Kong Joint organiser 18th November, 2000 Coliseum Arena
19th November, 2000 H2O+Joey Yung Charity Concert Hong Kong Sole organiser Coliseum Arena
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Revenues generated from event production are generally derived from the ticket sales of the events. For jointly organised events, the Group will generally share the profit/loss of the event in proportion to their respective interest in the project (which varies from 50% to 60% based on the jointly-organised events since 1st April, 2000) pursuant to the terms of the relevant agreement. Costs of event production generally includes rental charges for venue, CASH royalties, performance cost for artiste and band, remuneration for event producer, floor manager and assistants, ticket printing fee, booking cost of venue, music arrangement fee, rehearsal fee for bands and studios, stage set- up cost, costume, and stage props, advertising and promotion costs, and other operation costs.
CONTRACTED ARTISTES
Type of contracts
At present, the Group has 16 contracted artistes with both recording contracts and management agreements and five contracted artistes with recording contracts only. All these contracts are exclusive. In addition, the Group has one contracted artiste with management agreement only. The table below sets out the names of these artistes (in alphabetical order) and the respective contract dates.
In respect of artistes with both recording contract and management agreement
Name Contract date
Eason Chan !" 1st July, 2000 Yumiko Cheng !" 20th July, 2000 Bondy Chiu !" 25th October, 1996 Charlene Choi