Due to the fact that he is involved in too many projects with Apple, Zhang Yi spends all his time in Cupertino, where Apple's headquarters is located, except for a few flights to San Francisco to deal with the affairs of the new company.

Columbia Records' company is located, but in the District of Columbia, the capital of Sam's Country, it shouldn't be just a matter of a song to come all the way to Cupertino to see him!

You know, Columbia Records has Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Britney, Arthur Kid and other world-class kings and queens.

In the Greater China circle, it will sign Jay Chou next year, as well as quasi-divas Xiao Yaxuan and Wang Leehom, so to speak, its influence is all over the world.

What would be the reason why such a giant in the field of records came to see him?

Zhang Yi's brain twitched a little when he thought about it, but he didn't find the reason.

Shaking his head, he seems to want to get rid of this boring thought, he is really a little bored during this time, what to do with so much, it will be clear when people come.

At this time, the internal phone rang, and the aunt's assistant at the door, an unusually pleasant voice came from the phone: "Mr. Zhang, the people from Columbia Records have arrived, can I go in now?"

Hearing the voice of the aunt, Zhang Yi always couldn't control himself, and wanted to associate this wonderful voice with the aunt's stout figure, but every time he always failed, he really couldn't imagine how the voice and the person could be so contrasting.

This aunt's assistant is very capable, once worked in a large company, and was praised by the previous boss, but because of family reasons, he was unwilling to stay in New York, so after resigning, he was recommended to Zhang Yi by a headhunting company.

During the interview, he was also highly recommended by Jingjing and Luo Bingyun, and felt that he was very safe as Zhang Yi's assistant, and Zhang Yi had no choice but to pinch his nose and admit it under the threat of the two daughters.

What I didn't expect was that this female assistant was indeed very useful, and all kinds of things were handled in an orderly manner, which made Zhang Yi very satisfied.

After sorting out some messy thoughts, Zhang Yi calmly replied, "Please let them in! Miss Lulana!"

The door opened, and the stout Lulana walked in first, and after signaling to Zhang Yi, she led the people behind her to the sofa in the office and sat down.

Zhang Yi stood up, greeted a few people, and shook hands politely.

Sure enough, it was an Americanized Japanese company, and the three people who came in were all European and American, and there were no Japanese, Zhang Yi breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, there were no Japanese, otherwise, his heart would always be affected.

Introduced to each other, the other party is all Columbia Record executives, a deputy manager of the American branch, a music producer, and a manager of the marketing department.

After Lulana served steaming coffee to several guests, Zhang Yi motioned for a few people to take it at will, and did not take the initiative to speak, just waited for them to speak.

The three of them saw that Zhang Yi didn't take the initiative to ask about their intentions, and in desperation, they made eye contact with each other.

The marketing manager was the first to speak: "Mr. Zhang, that's the case, we want to buy the copyright of your song, and we want to add this song to our new female singer's album, I don't know if it's okay?"

When Zhang Yi heard this, his expression was stunned, is the other party really just for this song?

"Of course you can, I only sang it once on the street, and there are flaws in all aspects of the recording and soundtrack, and you can do professional recording, plus post-processing, I guess the effect will be better. For me, every song I create is like my children, and I am very happy that they can be treated well!" At this moment, speaking of this, Zhang Yi blushed slightly, after all, it was he who copied the music of the Mysterious Garden Band in later generations, and he was still a little awkward in his heart before his skin was thick to a certain extent!

The three of them looked relieved, and it seemed that there was no big problem.

Now for the sharing issue.

"Mr. Zhang, the average songwriter, we will give a sum of money first, and then give 5% to 10% of the song. ”

Seeing that Zhang Yi's face was not unusual, but it was not as relaxed as just now, the marketing manager felt tight, and then said: "Considering that this song has been widely welcomed all over the world, there is basically no sales risk for the release of this song. So, after thinking about it, we decided to give Mr. Mao Zhang a 15% share, which is also the highest share ratio for our Columbia record so far!"

Zhang Yi raised his hand and stopped the words of the manager of the marketing department of Columbia.

"Forgive me for interrupting, I don't need that money, I just need a share, and the share ratio will be increased to 20%, what do you think?"

The categorical tone is not asking for other people's opinions at all, it is simply a disagreement and a direct breakup.

The three of them were helpless, and after exchanging opinions with their eyes, they had no choice but to nod.

The vice president responded directly: "We can agree to Mr. Zhang's sharing plan. However, please also ask Mr. Zhang to promise us that if there is your new song in the future, we will have the right of first refusal to buy out Sony Columbia Records, under the same conditions. ”

"As for the proportions!" he muttered.

"If the sales volume exceeds platinum, we will add 10% to the 20% ratio, what do you think?"

Zhang Yi sneered in his heart, Lao Tzu's song, if the sales volume wants to be super platinum, it is better to catch it in minutes.

"For the first Super Platinum, the share ratio will be increased by 10%, and for the second Super Platinum, it will be increased by another 10%, and so on until it reaches 50%. What do you think?"

When the marketing manager heard this, he was contemptuous, you are a little bit, you think that super platinum is a playhouse, it is so easy, even the most famous musician in the world, no one dares to say that the sales of his songs can exceed platinum again and again. Because that's simply not possible.

The vice president pondered, "Then if the songs after that don't have super platinum once, how can it be counted?"

"It's very simple! If the sales volume is not in place, it will be proportional to the commission from the last time. For each statistical period, the results are based on the results of the three months after the release of the record. ”

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, we agreed! Can we talk about your other songs now?"

"Other songs, let's talk about it!" Zhang Yi frowned.

"I don't understand, what do you mean by talking about other songs? At the moment, I don't have any new songs in the United States!"

Looking at Zhang Yi's puzzled eyes, today's negotiation, the vice president who was deflated everywhere seemed to have won a victory, stood up excitedly, clapped his palms, and said to the hidden office door: "Please come in!"