Chapter 464: Still Not Enough Coffee Seats
Zheng Xudong was confused by Scott's words, and asked, "What do I know?
Scott scratched his scalp a little embarrassed and said, "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that when Sean took your private jet to Los Angeles yesterday, he brought an Indian SPA spa technician with him before leaving, and the two of them were on the plane... Above... That one... ”
Zheng Xudong smiled when he heard it, "What do I think, didn't I just find a special service and do a big health care!" Scott, do you remember what I said when I went to invite you that day?" Seeing Scott's bewildered look, Zheng Xudong said directly: "I said at the time that I hired you as my economist and art director to value your talent and ability, as for your personal feelings, everyone is an adult, I believe you can distinguish the relationship between family and play." Don't you Europeans and Americans value private privacy? I won't interfere with you in these things, what I value is your and Sean's personal ability to work. Sometimes it's tiring to be with me, like Sean flew to Los Angeles yesterday and has to fly again today, and he has to come back in the evening, so relaxing properly will help him be productive. If you're tired, you can be like him, and I won't interfere. Okay, that's it for that, tell me how the fan meeting is going in the afternoon?"
Through this period of time with Zheng Xudong, Scott found that he liked this Chinese boy more and more, was reasonable in his dealings with people, did not point fingers at things he didn't understand, and gave them full respect to the staff around him.
Now when I heard Zheng Xudong ask him a professional question, he swallowed the soy milk in his mouth, wiped his mouth, sat up straight and said: "The preparations for the fan meeting have been completed, and President Andrea and I have also gone to see the venue in person, JULIET." SUPPERCLUB, it's on Chelsea Avenue in downtown New York, the nightclub is converted from an abandoned factory, it is surrounded by a large open space, all painted parking spaces, originally used as a parking lot, has now been transformed into an outdoor venue for fan meetings, this venue is much larger than the parking lot outside the Wal-Mart hypermarket, the size of the venue can accommodate 30,000 or 40,000 fans without any problem. The venue is divided into eight areas by the cordon, each area can accommodate about 5,000 people, and there is a wide enough passage between each area to prevent accidents from causing people to step on, the nightclub also has four outdoor large LED displays on the outside venue, and eight areas have an LED display screen for every two areas to meet the needs of outdoor fans, as long as the two areas are filled, an LED display screen will be opened, in addition to the interior of this nightclub can easily accommodate 5,000 people. Speaking of which, Scott grabbed a small long bao and stuffed it in his mouth, then drank soy milk, swallowed the bun, and continued: "For this afternoon's fan meeting, Columbia Records worked overtime yesterday to produce 100,000 copies of the new record you just recorded yesterday morning, and it will be released in advance inside and outside the venue this afternoon." They have a total of nine mobile sales vans, one for each area, and one for fans in the venue. ”
"They are really desperate to make money!" Zheng Xudong sighed.
"Of course, there are also specialty stores that sell your hoodies, and 100,000 of your hoodies have been temporarily sold with the records. There are also nine mobile sales carts, one for each area. ”
"What the hell is this?" Zheng Xudong asked, interrupting Scott.
"I forgot to tell you about this, it's actually the outfit you wore when you were filming the music video for "FADED", a black hoodie with your initials printed on the back, which was the signature AT you designed at the time. ”
Hearing him say this, Zheng Xudong remembered, at that time, Scott asked him to think of a stage name, he decided to use the name "Anton" after thinking about it, and personally designed his signature AT, which is the initial letter of his stage name, in fact, the signature is very simple, that is, write the letter A bigger, and then the horizontal above the letter T will use the horizontal in the letter A, and then write the vertical of the T downward, the whole signature is written in flowery English, he mentioned it at that time, but he didn't expect Scott to have it in mind.
"Which clothing brand is the agent to produce my hoodie? Don't look for those small factories to produce it, the quality is terrible, and the fans will scold you for the same money!" Zheng Xudong said.
"President Andrea has long thought of this, don't you remember that the hoodie you wore during the shoot was not NIKE's, but they didn't want to pay for advertising in your "FADED" MV, so we cut off their brand logo at that time. Now they regret it, the manager of their sales department found me, crying and shouting that they want to represent your hoodie, it doesn't matter how much advertising money is spent, seeing that they are so sincere, I discussed it with President Andrea again, and finally authorized them to produce it. Each hoodie costs $39, and we mention a $9 licensing fee. The more we sell, the more we make! Do you think that's okay?"
"You're so ruthless! Doing nothing to make a quarter of the gross profit of a hoodie, that's just too good!"
"What is this?" said Scott a little relentlessly, "It's not much, let's take fifty percent of the licensing fee according to those first-line and super first-line celebrities, which can be regarded as a merciful God!"
"In other words, I don't have enough coffee positions, and I still have to work hard, right?!" Zheng Xudong said a little unhappily when he heard Scott's words.
Scott also knew that the young man in front of him had a small face and strong self-esteem, and what he said just now was a bit too much, and just wanted to explain, he heard Zheng Xudong say: "Don't explain, just keep working hard!"
After hearing this, Scott let out a long breath, in fact, lying is a hard work, and a brain work, his own artists can see the situation clearly, and he doesn't have to make it up, he also saves trouble, "There is nothing else, the rest is your appearance fee, and the JULIET SUPPERCLUB club will give you an appearance fee of 200,000 US dollars." Seeing that Zheng Xudong was about to speak, Scott waved his hand and said: "Anton, after you listen to me, this price is indeed very low, which is seriously inconsistent with your current coffee position, but the JULIET SUPPERCLUB club said that they are ready to pay you in the form of sharing." ”
"Oh? ”
"They said that they wouldn't give you money for the ticket revenue in the nightclub and the advertising in the store, but they decided to split the ticket revenue outside the venue with us, and of course the print advertising revenue outside the venue. ”
Zheng Xudong laughed coldly twice after hearing it, "It seems that they still don't believe in my fan appeal, if there are not a few people outside the venue, they will save a lot of money, hehe, this account is very good!"
"There's no way, the market is like this, people JULIET SUPPERCLUB out of the venue, out of the equipment, out of the personnel, let's have a you, and you can be regarded as just debuting... ”
"Okay, Scott, don't say it, I understand, if you say a thousand things and ten thousand, isn't it just that I don't have enough coffee seats?
Seeing Zheng Xudong's sinking face, Scott hurriedly said: "Anton, in fact, it's not all bad news, there is also good news. ”
"Tell me about it. ”
"WE DIDN'T GIVE JULIET SUPPERCLUB A SHARE OF THE VIDEO BROADCAST RIGHTS OF THIS FAN MEETING, WHICH PRESIDENT ANDREA BIT VERY HARD, AND RESOLUTELY DISAGREED TO SHARE WITH THEM. ”
"This time it's not like last time, just three or five media outlets, right?"
This time, there were eight television stations from the United States, almost all of the major American television stations, five television stations from Europe, and television stations from some countries in Southeast Asia. ”
"Don't we have it in our country?"
"Yes, I was just about to say, don't worry, your country has come to the magic capital Dragon TV, Hu Nan Mango Satellite TV, Zhejiang Jiang (Jiang) Satellite TV, Shenzhen Satellite TV, as well as Tencent Video, Youku Video, Sina.com, these three online media. THE BIG ONLINE MEDIA IN THE UNITED STATES ARE ALSO HERE, GOOGLE, YOUTUBE, TWITTER, FACEBOOK, YAHOO, IN SHORT, THIS TIME YOUR EVENT TV STATION, ONLINE MEDIA CAME TO NEARLY 50 MORE, AND WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF MONEY JUST FOR THE BROADCAST FEE. ”
"How much did you make?" asked Zheng Xudong.
"Ah?!Didn't President Andrea tell you last night? This matter was discussed by her personally, and only she knows how much it is, you guys last night... The old fellow smiled in a daze.
"Okay, I know, I'll ask her tonight, everyone was tired after coming back yesterday, so they rested. Zheng Xudong said to him.
Scott whispered at the dinner table, "Who would believe me!
Zheng Xudong also felt that his words were a little "pale", and he didn't continue on this topic, and then said: "Is there anything else?"
"That's all there is to it, and the New York City government requires your fan meeting to end by half-past four. They are afraid that it will be easy to cause chaos when the personnel leave after dark, so they ask you to finish by half past four, which we have agreed. Normally, a fan meeting is more than two hours, and the concert is nothing more than that. This afternoon's fan meeting is the same as yesterday's signing meeting, find a few manufacturers to provide some small gifts, send some of your books and records, interact with fans and do a few small programs, send some small gifts to manufacturers, implant some of their advertisements, it's OK, it's a win-win situation!"
"Okay, so I have the bottom in my heart. Zheng Xudong felt nothing after hearing Scott explain the process of the fan meeting in the afternoon, and it was not the first time he had been on stage, and he should be able to cope with this situation.
Then Scott slapped his head and said, "Oh! I forgot something, and I only remembered it now!"