CHAPTER XXXII
However, just when everyone was waiting for the representative of the record company to sign the contract, the director team of the Spring Festival Gala called at this time. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
"Can you come to CCTV to see you again?" Li Yue didn't know the other party's voice.
"I'm sorry, we've already given up the performance of the Spring Festival Gala!" The Spring Festival Gala can certainly become famous in one fight, and you can be familiar with the people of all China. But now that you have chosen to compete internationally, let's wait until next year to think about it!
"Then can you consider licensing these three songs to us?" asked politely.
"I'm sorry, but we're not going to give it to anyone until our own singer has performed. I'm sorry!" Li Yue has these songs in his hand, he doesn't want to make wedding dresses for others in vain.
"I think you should think about it, after all, the song can be on the Spring Festival Gala, which is good for everyone. You don't have to be obsessed with your own singers on stage. The other party heard Li Yue's persistence, and his tone was a little dissatisfied.
"I'm sorry! If we can't get on stage, there's no need to talk about it anymore. Li Yue hung up the phone directly.
The Spring Festival Gala made Chen Peisi popular back then, but they were banned in a blink of an eye. The reason is only because Chen Peisi won the lawsuit with CCTV. The reason for the lawsuit is that CCTV released some sketch discs without Chen Peisi's authorization. As a creator, the other party went to sell for profit without getting his own authorization, and in order to protect his legitimate interests, Chen Peisi of course took CCTV to court.
Li Yue is not worried that CCTV will ban his artists. In the Internet era, unless this artist provokes public anger, no one has the energy to ban anyone.
The next day, when a delegation from two American record companies arrived, everyone was a little surprised that there were more than 20 people sent by the other party. From legal professionals to musicians to corporate executives.
After the two sides were seated, they introduced each other.
One of the main leaders of the other party is named Albert and the other is Douglas.
Seeing that Li Yue was not yet 20 years old, the other party was obviously more surprised than Li Yue. Fortunately, the other party is also a veteran who has been in the business circle for many years, and they will not despise Li Yue because of his age. Just because Li Yue has been hanging so many record companies and not giving a reply. This calmness is admirable enough. If it was an ordinary teenager, it would have been crazy to see the quotation of tens of millions of dollars.
The negotiations did not go very well, and the other party said: "Because there is no great popularity in the Chinese market, I hope to keep only two concerts in China, one in Hong Kong and one in BJ." Of the 20 concerts, only 4 will be held in Asia, and only one will be performed in addition to China, RB Tokyo and Seoul, South Korea. The other 16 were all held in major cities in the United States and Europe. “
The other party's scruples are not unreasonable, Li Yue is indeed very popular in Europe and the United States now, but in China, there is only an occasional small forum that will post a post to introduce these mysterious musicians who have been very popular recently. If you hold a concert with such a reputation, it is estimated that nine times out of ten you will not even be able to recover the cost of hardware, let alone make a profit.
The two record labels jointly hosted the world tour, jointly contributing $100 million. All video content for the concert is to be distributed globally by them. Combined with the projected revenue from tickets, the two companies are barely going to lose money. It is precisely because of the 'mystery' that there is enough gimmick. These two companies also hope to catch this train and become world-renowned record companies in one fell swoop.
Those well-known record labels, Sony Music, Warner, Rolling Stone, EMI and many more. They also gave their own offers, but they were far from meeting Li Yue's expectations. The reason why I agreed to the cooperation between these two companies is, of course, the salary is in the first place, because they paid 100 million US dollars, and the second is because the other party is not a world-renowned company, so there is no situation where the store is big and bullying customers. Everyone is a new company, and the contract can be negotiated well, but if the other party is a world-renowned record company, I am afraid that the contract will not be so easy to negotiate.
The negotiations lasted for several days, during which CCTV made several phone calls, but in the end the two sides still did not reach an agreement. CCTV's domineering can be seen in general, and the first time it was considered to have given Li Yue enough face, and he took the initiative to come to the door to talk. But after that, I just made phone calls a few times. But that's fine, save trouble, and everyone won't cooperate anyway.
In the past few days of negotiations, the major network technology-related companies in Zhongguancun have been surging. People have rumored that a group of American foreigners came to Momo Technology Company, and the other party seems to be a venture capital. And according to rumors, the people who work at the BJ Hotel occasionally hear that these foreigners seem to want to invest $100 million in Momo Technology.
In this era of the Internet bubble, it is enough to have millions of venture capitalists. Baidu's first investment was only $1.2 million, and it was in 2000. Ali and Tencent's first funding is also not much.
Listening to the rumors on the rivers and lakes, the CEOs of each company couldn't sit still. They came to visit Li Yue.
Li Yue already has most of China's Internet cafes in his hands, and he also has two online games with super gold-absorbing ability. Even if a foreigner invests $100 million, it won't seem so strange. After all, just relying on these two games alone is enough for Li Yue to have the capital to be proud of the entire Chinese Internet.
The only thing that worries the CEOs of these companies is whether Li Yue will expand wildly after he becomes rich. The Internet itself is a money-burning industry. Without money, you can't move an inch. In case Li Yue's Momo Technology Company conflicts with his own company's business, how can he resist such a giant company. If the other party is foreign-owned, it would be better, and under the banner of the nation, it can win the sympathy of netizens, but now the other party, like himself, is a Chinese company.
Li Yue has been dealing with the negotiations for concerts these days, and now she has to deal with these companies. However, some Internet bigwigs Li Yue dare not slack off. In desperation, Chen Tianren had to preside over the negotiation agenda
"From today onwards, Chen Tianren will be temporarily acting as the music director of our company. Now take full responsibility for the contract. Li Yue pushed Chen Tianren to the front line. In this way, I also save myself from fighting with those foreigners all day long.
Chen Tianren has a dream of music, judging from his impulse to give Li Yue 2 million at one time, he really wants to achieve something in music. Listening to the timeline given by these two companies, I hope that after the contract is signed, the first stop of the world tour will start in a month, New York! The reason is also extremely simple, and now the news of the 'mysterious music group' is still burning in the whole Western Internet. Starting a concert at the hottest time will save a lot of money on publicity, and the current ticket price will naturally be very expensive.
In fact, there are basically no problems with the contract, only some details remain. This is also the reason why Li Yue can shake his hand directly.
But Chen Tianren didn't want to be this music director. He didn't have much time, and he didn't have many days to rehearse properly. And several of them have no experience on the big stage, and they are all crazy watching concert videos of major rock stars these days. As the lead singer, he Chen Tianren doesn't want to make a little trouble, and now that the time is so tight, he has to negotiate a contract in the name of a music director.
Chen Tianren just thought about it for a moment and directly refused.
Li Yue also knows that everyone doesn't have much time, but he can't offend those Internet bigwigs at this time.
Li Yue glanced at everyone helplessly.
"Don't look at me, Uncle Chen is not right, and I can't do it even more. Liangzi saw Li Yue looking at himself, and immediately waved his hand.
"Don't look at me, I can't speak English, talk about a bird!" said Jie Shao with a hippie smile.
"By the way, my dad wants to invite us to dinner tonight!" Jie Shao finally made a name for himself in music, and he was on a world tour! What an exciting thing, he told his dad as soon as possible. However, Jie Shao's father didn't believe him at first, and he also toured the world? There are so many musicians in China, how many of them have gone on a world tour? And still 100 million US dollars? Did the Paradise Bank pay the dollars? Finally, under Jie Shao's repeated persuasion, the two of them deliberately 'met' the delegation at the BJ Hotel, and Jie Shao's father really believed Jie Shao's words.
Seeing that his son was so promising, of course he was very happy as a father. So I asked my friends from the company to have dinner together. Everyone can be considered to get acquainted.
"You'll see it later, at least there's no time for the past few days. Li Yue directly rejected Jie Shao's proposal.
"I'm just trying to convey that I know people don't have time. Jie Shao didn't feel embarrassed by Li Yue's refusal. He is also busy as a dog these days, and after rehearsals, he has to study English like crazy, but fortunately, there is a fat man at the bottom. He wasn't stressed yet. But when I thought about it, I couldn't be the lead singer because I didn't speak well, and I regretted very much why I didn't study hard at that time.
In the end, Li Yue pushed Ye Zijun out, anyway, her English level is no problem, the important thing is that the contract is only a few small details now, let them talk slowly!
There are negotiators, but the company must have a music director who understands music. Sooner or later, the company will have to grow, and it is better to look for available talent sooner.
Li Yue thought of someone - Liu Huan.
Now that you have thought of it, then quickly find a way to contact this person. Fortunately, in the last music talent competition, Chen Tianren met the music directors of several record companies, and through them, he asked for Liu Huan's contact information.
At this time, Liu Huan is an artist under Sony Music, and Liu Huan is still the boss of the major domestic gold song charts at this time. It seems that if you want to sign him, it will be very difficult!
After contacting Liu Huan, Li Yue immediately arranged a door-to-door visit.