In fact, Billy has long been ready for the second album of Elf Bird, and has even recorded samples of most of the songs. Now it's nothing more than the last few songs and MTV filming, and the workload is actually not very large. Billy also promised that the album would be completed within a week.

After negotiating with the three members and their agents, they all readily agreed. At most, a week's worth of work, plus the subsequent publicity efforts, is nothing at all. And the compensation was also negotiated at a very "friendly" price, with a total of 1.86 million for the three of them, which is even slightly lower than the market value. However, this is also helplessness, and this is the sadness of the small record company.

The composition, arrangement, and production of the second record are mainly completed by Cheng Qinglun, and it still focuses on Chinese elements to strengthen the song and dance. In fact, from the perspective of pop music composition, the current Cheng Qinglun can only be regarded as second- and third-rate, after all, the difference between Eastern and Western pop, as well as the difference between classical pop, is not so easy to overcome.

But the good thing is the freshness of a North American audience, so in the first album, one of Cheng Qinglun's songs actually broke into the North American music chart TOP45 for two weeks, and the highest once reached 37.

And after Cheng Qinglun arrived in the United States, he was also "poor and afraid", so in seed music, as long as it is about music, he can do any chores, is willing to do it, and he still does it decently. In the end, in Billy's eyes, Cheng Qinglun's value is actually behind the music scenes, but he doesn't pay much attention to his compositional talent. However, Seed Music still changed a new contract for Cheng Qinglun, and greatly increased his treatment and benefits.

As for the investment and promotion costs for the second album, it has risen to as much as $1.4 million. In fact, such a series of works that tap the market potential, as long as the songs are passable and the style remains the same, don't pursue any artistic breakthroughs like brain-dead, it is difficult to lose money. Therefore, this time there was no private investment from Jing Jian, and all the investment was borne by Seed Music itself. Otherwise, Jing Jian's eating appearance would be too ugly. Billy's goal is also very conservative, as long as he can reach the circulation of 200,000 copies, he will be qualified. plus other buyouts, you can earn at least 2 or 3 million.

After understanding, Jing Jian completely left this matter behind. And Billy did get things done quickly, and in just three days, the rest of the recording work and MTV were all completed. After that, all that remained was publicity and distribution.

However, it was such an inconspicuous little thing, and it suddenly changed......

……

Receiving another call from Billy, Jing Jian answered: "Hey?"

"Bramble, can you come to the company?" there was almost no pleasantry, Billy was straightforward, and listening to this tone, there seemed to be some trouble.

"What's wrong?" Jing Jian frowned slightly.

"This ...... Jennifer wanted to leave too, and her agent had just contacted me. ”

Jing Jian almost wanted to scold, just go, just give money, but why are you Billy startled? But suddenly, Jing Jian remembered that he seemed to be ...... It seems like...... Once said to Billy, "Is Jennifer for sale?"

After thinking about it, Jing Jian made a decision: "Talk to Jennifer, she is the core of the company's future plans, which is the focus of our support, so I hope she stays." If you really want to leave, you will pay the full amount of compensation. ”

As for Jennifer's future, and how much compensation she was worth, Jing Jian was not interested in caring at all. But since she was unlucky and was chosen to become Lumina's "companion", she must have the consciousness of "companion".

"It's already been said. Billy replied, "Jennifer's agent suggested to us that there was another option – ending the new contract, signing a new contract, and significantly increasing the salary. But in this way, the treatment of other members will be uncontrollable, and the cost will be greatly increased. ”

Jing Jian actually knew about this situation. As the boss, he is also in a trench with Billy.

Originally, the ten members of the elf bird, they were actually not even newcomers, as long as there was a record company to sign a contract, they were already Amitabha. Even a boss and agent like Billy, who wears many hats, has no objection and does not dare to object.

In fact, strictly speaking, this is a violation. In Europe and the United States, record companies and brokerage companies are by no means the same. The reason is very simple, if it is a family, how can the rights and interests of artists be protected?

Of course, with the subsequent increase in the power of North American brokerage companies, it also led to a huge increase in the production costs of record companies and film companies, and even many unhealthy high salaries, and led to the collapse of record companies and film companies. However, that's a different issue.

Therefore, after the release of the first album, in order to prevent some unnecessary trouble, Seed Entertainment gave up its original illegal agency qualifications, and the ten members also had their own agents.

Agents fight for the rights and interests of their artist clients, which in itself is understandable. That's why there was a poaching of those three members. However, it is impossible for Seed Music to change the 15-year rookie contract, and would rather give a one-time bonus every time the record is successful. You must know that this change is a full ten people, and the sum of money is really a lot. So in the end, I would rather break up amicably than greatly increase my salary. It's not necessarily necessarily, they were all members of a singing group on an equal footing, you raise your salary, but he doesn't improve, right?

And Jennifer is actually such a situation. So in the end, Billy begged, "You're still coming to the office, and I'll have Jennifer and her agent interview you." Billy couldn't figure out Jing Jian's thoughts at all, and he thought that maybe he wanted to dive. Anyway, this kind of thing is what you and I want, and it's best that the person concerned can make it clear in person, and Billy doesn't have the interest to get involved.

Jing Jian didn't know that Billy had a lot of small ideas. He pondered, anyway, the last few days are fine, let's have an interview. So I agreed to meet the next day.

The next day, when Jing Jian came to Seed Entertainment, Jennifer, her parents, and agent were already waiting. Together with Billy, welcoming them into his office, Jing Jian smiled: "Jennifer, Mr. Green, Mrs. Green (Jennifer's parents), and Mr. Bullock (Jennifer's agent), not to mention the company, since I bought the company, the company has become thriving. And it's just you artists, we at Seed Entertainment are dedicated to cultivating and want to create a solo album for you. With such good conditions, why do you want to go?"