Chapter Eighty-Four: It's Crazy!
Zhou Yan was already very popular, but now she is even more popular. However, her contract with Sony Records has theoretically ended, and now what the other party has in her hands is only priority.
Therefore, if other companies are willing to offer a price that Sony is unwilling to follow, it means that the priority is invalid, and Zhou Yan can change owners at any time.
The sales of more than 27,000 copies of Dongguan Bookstore in the first week of listing are a great super reputation among both professional music critics and ordinary fans, as well as Zhou Yan's consistent status as the queen of topics, her unique and ethereal voice, her sword-going literary and young qualifications, and her personal good looks...... All of this has prompted Zhou Yan to become the absolute queen that every record company wants to sign immediately.
In particular, judging from the fact that Zhou Yan went to Sony Records before, it seems that she does not have to go to Minghu Culture.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Zou Wenhuai has received offers from various companies.
What surprised Li Qian was that after receiving the offer, he immediately informed Qi Jie of the news - it seems that Qi Jie and Zou Wenhuai have had a really good chat recently!
It's just that...... Cinda?
That's Zhou Yan's old club.
At this time, Qi Jie didn't care that the recording engineer was still there, so she directly stretched out a slap and shook it, "This count." After a pause, her tone was a little surprised, "Thirty songs, fifty million!"
"Wow!"
This time, without waiting for Li Qian to speak, Liao Liao couldn't help but let out a surprised voice, "Xinda...... It's ruthless!"
Li Qian laughed when he heard this, reached out to grab his chin, and rubbed it.
What is still fresh in people's memory is that Liao Liao's "The Sound of the Waves Remains" came out, and the contract between Liao Liao and Changsheng Records. is about to end, Xie Mingyuan once made an offer of 30 million for 40 songs to Liao Liao on behalf of Sony Records - although later, when he made an appointment with Li Qian and Liao Liao to meet, he repeatedly emphasized that this price is still negotiable, but it can be imagined. At that time, this price could already represent their company's internal positioning of Liao Liao.
That's right, that's it, price, represents positioning.
And you must know that at that time, although Liao Liao had only just released two albums, his qualifications were still slightly weak. But "Liao Liao" and "The Sound of the Waves Remain" were all big hits, and at that time, she had already begun to be crowned by many media as the "National Queen".
It can be said that although Zhou Yan at the moment suddenly climbed a big step, she was not as red as Liao Liaohong at that time. Even if Zhou Yan's "Witch's Tears" was sold in the following weeks, she was still able to maintain her current strength, her influence and status in the music world. At best, it was just to catch up with Liao Liao at that time.
But, thirty songs. Million!
No wonder Qi Jie was so surprised, it was really this price...... Something crazy!
Not to mention, in the industry, Cinda has always been known for picking doors!
They are very good at discovering new people and cultivating new talents, and they can always choose new people with great popularity potential from the vast sea of people, and then cultivate them. and successfully became popular, but because of their picking, they always couldn't keep the future superstars they cultivated. In the past ten years, Zhao Xinfu, He Runqing, and Zhou Chang have ...... They all ran away.
Moreover, it is said that Huang Yuqing has also been in trouble with Xinda recently.
Apparently. According to the analysis of past experience, Huang Yuqing has just become popular for two years, and Xinda can't keep it.
So now...... How could Cinda suddenly be so willing to spend money?
Is something going on?
At this time, Qi Jie had already shook his head slightly, and said, "When I heard the news, I was also startled, listening to Zou Wenhuai's voice on the phone, he should also be very surprised." …… As soon as this contract is signed, it will immediately become the highest buyout price in the industry. But the problem is ......."
"The question is......" Liao Liao didn't wait for her to finish, he had already taken over, and said with a little doubt: "Can Xinda make money by spending so much money to buy her thirty songs?"
After a pause, she frowned and said: "Her album is indeed selling well, but how much profit from making records, we all know in our hearts, even if Zhou Yan's album sells 10 million copies, it has already reached the top, right? How much is the real net profit? Fifteen million? Eighteen million?" Speaking of this, she asked again: "By the way, Zou Wenhuai didn't say it, what does the brokerage contract say? Do they ask to sign the brokerage contract at the same time?"
Qi Jie nodded and said, "Industry practice, five or five." ”
The recording engineer reacted a little slowly, and only then did he react, knowing that the bosses were discussing some industry secrets, he quickly stood up, "Mr. Li, Mr. Qi, Sister Liao, then you talk, I want to make a phone call." Then he was about to run out, but Li Qian stopped him and said, "No need, it's time to get off work, you clean up, sort out the recording just now, and then go back to rest." Let's record it tomorrow!"
As he spoke, he beckoned Qi Jie and Liao Liao to go out.
It was already the middle of the night, and only Wei Lan was still in Liao Liao's deputy director's office, and in addition, the company's office area was already dark.
The three of them ran to Li Qian's office and sat down, and Liao Liao finally asked, "Didn't you say that there is still Sony? What price did they give?"
Qi Jie replied when he heard this: "Just about to say it, this is another strange thing. Zou Wenhuai said that he received a call from Watanabe Kazuyi, and Watanabe quoted 30 songs, 30 million. ”
Liao Liao responded when he heard this: "This price...... It's pretty normal. ”
Qi Jie said anxiously at the time: "It's not about the price, the question is, who Sony wants to sign, who doesn't sign, what price, and when will it be Watanabe's turn to call the shots?" After a pause, she said again: "At that time, Zou Wenhuai told me that he felt that things seemed to be a little wrong." Because in the past, if there was anything important on Sony Records' side, Xie Mingyuan contacted his agent. Kazuichi Watanabe is only in charge of day-to-day management in the company. ”
Liao Liao was stunned for a while when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Li Qian.
Li Qian thought for a moment, took out his mobile phone, called up a number, put his finger on the broadcast button, and hesitated for a long time. But he put away his phone and said slowly: "There must be something we don't know yet, something has happened." ”
Liao Liao and Qi Jie were speechless.
In fact, although the current Minghu Culture is already the top record company in the domestic pop music scene, the scale is not the largest, but there were only two albums last year. However, it won the second place in the country in record sales. It's just that they are still rising too fast, although they already have some contacts in the industry, they are still not comparable to old large companies like Sony, Cinda, and Huage that have stood in the music industry for more than ten or twenty years.
As a result, once there is any major change in the industry, such as Sony, Huage, and Cinda, these companies can often quickly guess the general idea of things from the slightest clue. But the news on the side of Minghu Culture is much more delayed - many times, even until the matter has almost come to light, Minghu Culture can learn a thing or two from outside reports and rumors in the industry.
For example, at the moment, through the two pieces of news transmitted by Zou Wenhuai, Li Qian, Liao Liao and Qi Jie all speculated that something seemed to have happened or was happening, but they couldn't know what the news was.
Of course. Li Qian could choose to call Xie Mingyuan.
But after thinking about it, he decided not to make the call. At least not to make this call when you don't know anything.
So, after a while, seeing that Liao Liao and Qi Jie were distracted, he smiled, patted Liao Liao's shoulder, and said, "Okay." Don't think about it, no matter how messy they are, we just don't move like a mountain!"
When Liao Liao heard this, he glanced at Qi Jie, and both of them nodded.
Qi Jie said: "I don't believe that this handful of Zhou Yan can still be poached by them!" She looked at Li Qian and said with a smile: "You can watch her closely! As long as you keep a close eye on her, plus the power of Liao Liao, He Runqing, and Rose, plus the four beauties, don't care how they move, we are all as stable as Mount Tai!"
Li Qian smiled and didn't answer her, just turned his head to Liao Liao and said, "Let's go, go home!"
…………
The next day was Monday.
In the morning, Li Qian was in class and had already received a text message from Qi Jie.
Seeing the content of the text message, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows!
Holding the phone and thinking for a moment, he still smiled, put the phone back in his pocket, and continued to listen to the lecture and take notes.
After class, he walked out of the classroom with a smile with his classmates, but as soon as he walked into the corridor, his mobile phone rang, Li Qian said hello to his buddies, fell behind, and connected the phone.
As soon as it was connected, Qi Jie already said angrily: "I said big boss, you are really calm, this can't make you leave half a class early?"
Li Qian smiled and didn't refute, just said, "Let's talk about it, what's going on?"
On the other end of the phone, Qi Jie said very quickly: "As soon as I got to work in the morning, I heard rumors in the circle, and everyone said that Watanabe Kazuichi had already dealt with Zhen Zhen and the two of them. Their small record company has decided to accept the acquisition, and the two of them will become one of the shareholders of Sony Records. And there are also rumors that Zhen Zhen will sign a contract with Sony for three albums in the future. I don't know how many reporters have gone to those two companies. ”
Li Qian nodded slowly, sighed imperceptibly, and said, "Zhen Zhen...... Xie Mingyuan wanted to dig her up and buy the company of the couple, but he didn't know how long he thought about it, but he couldn't get it. After a pause, he smiled and asked, "What about this time?"
After a moment of silence, Qi Jie said, "Yes." ”
Li Qian nodded and asked, "Is there any other news?"
After a pause, Qi Jie replied: "Zou Wenhuai called again just now, saying that Sony seems to have sensed something wrong, this morning, probably half an hour or an hour ago, Watanabe Kazuichi called Zou Wenhuai again, and suddenly raised the price to 50 million for 30 songs." Same as Cinda's offer. ”
Li Qian frowned and didn't speak.
Qi Jie paused for a moment, and seeing that Li Qian didn't speak, he continued: "According to Zou Wenhuai, after answering the phone, he told Zhou Yan about Watanabe Kazuichi's phone, but Zhou Yan didn't speak. ”
Li Qian frowned and asked, "Didn't speak?" What does it mean to not speak?"
Qi Jie was silent for a moment and said: "Zou Wenhuai told me that after receiving Xinda's offer, thirty songs, fifty million, he mentioned it to Zhou Yan, and Zhou Yan replied to him directly: 'Don't go!' But this time, she didn't speak. ”
Li Qian nodded, was silent for a moment, and was about to speak, when the mobile phone suddenly vibrate, he took it and looked at it, raised his eyebrows, and then said to Qi Jie: "I'll hang up first, a call came in, it's Xie Mingyuan." ”
With that, he hung up, and another call was connected at the same time.
Xie Mingyuan said: "Hey, Qian, got the news, right?"
Li Qian nodded, "It seems ...... Are there things you can't do anymore?"
On the other end of the phone, Xie Mingyuan sighed, a little decadent, and then he said, "I have time to go back, take your time, let's have two drinks together?"
Li Qian thought for a while and said, "Okay, when I finish the song at hand, you're not in such a hurry, are you?"
On the other end of the phone, Xie Mingyuan suddenly laughed.
After laughing, he said, "Okay, that's good! I thought you were going to be anxious to ask me what was going on! At least a few more questions, right? You're good, you're very calm!" and then he said, "How about the time and the place you choose?"
"I choose?" asked Li Qian in surprise.
On the other end of the phone, Xie Mingyuan laughed twice, "Yes, you choose!" We have met so many times, the time and place are all my choice, this time, you will choose!"
Li Qian thought for a moment and said with a smile: "When you say that, I'm really greedy! There are a few small stalls at the back door of our school, and they all taste good, and I usually go to eat them." Hurry up early or late, how about I'm in for a treat tonight?"
Xie Mingyuan immediately said: "Okay!
…………
When he hung up the phone, Li Qian thought about it, and while walking downstairs, he dialed Qi Jie's phone.
As soon as the phone was connected, Qi Jie was already burning and said, "Another news!"
Li Qian smiled silently and said, "Say it!"
Qi Jie said: "Zhou Feng of Changsheng Records has been determined to break the contract. It is said that the contract break money was replaced by Sony Records, because he only had one album left, so it was about 12 million contract breakers? It is said that in addition, Sony gave Zhou Feng a buyout contract of 13 million for 30 songs. Probably in the next few days, the two sides will sign a contract. ”
Li Qian stopped.
Zhou Feng, the master of Changsheng Records, has been a relatively outstanding in the second line before, in the past two years, probably from the beginning of his own "I Think I Am the Sea", he has gone more and more smoothly, and now, although he is not qualified to enter the first line, but in the second line, he is definitely one of the top few people. And the key is that he has a good appearance, a good voice, and the whole person is extremely malleable!
It's just that for his 30 songs, Sony smashed out 25 million...... Is this going crazy?
After thinking about it, Li Qian said calmly: "Remember one thing, you are the general manager of the company. It doesn't matter how stormy it is outside, first of all, you can't panic, you can't act too excited, in short, stay calm!"
After a pause, he said again: "Tell Liao Liao, I will go back to the company immediately and continue recording in the morning!" )