Judging from Madonna's still somewhat absent-minded expression, Eric's words obviously failed to impress her in the slightest. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, Madonna didn't want to be too strong in front of Eric, picked up the champagne in front of her and took a few sips leisurely, habitually glanced at Eric, and said with a smile: "Eric, I never think of myself as a smart person, so I'm very good at listening to the opinions of the team around me." Although what you just said is very reasonable, I still believe what my agent said some time ago, this little thing, it's called fireflyer, right, it's a nice name. However, if this kind of product becomes popular, it will definitely affect the sales of physical records, which are the survival of those of us. Moreover, my agent also told me that the piracy of music on the Internet is very serious, so I still plan to leave this new field far away. Even, as you just said, twenty years from now, this little thing will reach the height of the video recorder industry today, but by then, I must have retired a long time ago. ”

"Speaking of piracy," Eric continued, undeterred, "Maggie, do you know what the Internet is like for the music industry?"

In fact, the example of the video recorder that Eric just listed had already shaken Madonna's mind a little. The tirade just now is more like she's strengthening her confidence.

Madonna had realized that the young man in front of her seemed to be very good at persuading her, but she was very resistant to this feeling, at least, she didn't want to be persuaded on such an occasion tonight, so she even had the idea of getting up and walking away, but Eric's clever topic guidance still made her have some irrepressible curiosity, and asked, "What?"

Eric stretched out his hands slightly, with a hint of bewilderment in his magnetic voice, and said: "For the music industry, the Internet world, which has more than 100 million users around the world, is like a dark room, an incomparably large and vast black room. ”

Madonna was silent, tilted her head slightly, and continued to listen.

Eric did not stop, and continued: "In this empty and dark room, countless people expect light, and they have enough ability to pay enough price for obtaining light, but the light regards this space as a place of original sin, refuses to come, and when abandoned by light, in order to obtain light, people can only steal fire, which is piracy. ”

"There's no doubt that the state of the internet music industry is that it brings together one of the world's most powerful spenders. But record companies refuse to recognize this huge potential market because of various scruples, thinking that by doing so, they will be able to withstand the impact of the Internet on the physical record industry, but in fact, the result is just the opposite. The boycott of the record industry cannot stop the strong demand for music from Internet users, which will only lead to more rampant music piracy on the Internet. Because of the lack of genuine music sales platforms, users will become more and more accustomed to free pirated music, the power of habit is very scary, when everyone is used to downloading hundreds of free songs from the Internet anytime, anywhere, do you think, they will still be willing to pay for a physical record for $20 a piece?"

Madonna picked at the corner of her eye and retorted: "Eric, your assumption is not valid at all, no one dares to spread pirated music on the Internet so unscrupulously, and those who do so will not only be sued for bankruptcy, but even sentenced to 1,000 years by federal law." ”

Eric smiled and said, "Maggie, you don't know much about the Internet, so it's not wrong to think so. But what you don't know is that a person who is not even very familiar with web technology can buy a template architecture for a music website for a few dozen dollars. Again, with some money, you can even rent a server in any country or region in the world without spending money. He can then set up a pirated music website that stores tens of thousands of songs. The anonymity of these sites is so easy that you have no recourse to those responsible. And, because of the huge demand for music from Internet users, even if 10,000 pirated music sites are shut down every day for legal reasons, thousands of new pirated music sites will pop up again at about the same time. ”

Madonna was finally a little moved.

"Therefore, the most effective way to combat piracy is to establish a legitimate online music sales platform, so that all users have a legal channel to obtain genuine music, and from the beginning of the development of this industry, the public will cultivate the habit of buying genuine music." As I said, if there is light in a dark room, although it will not shine in all the dark corners, at least, most people don't need to steal the 'tinder' anymore, and no one takes the stealing of the 'tinder' for granted, so, Maggie, what do you think?"

Madonna paused for a moment before she came back to her senses, looked at Eric with undisguised interest in her eyes, and said, "Hearing you say so much, I suddenly feel that if the Internet doesn't exist, it would be better." ”

Eric spread his hands with a smile on his face and said, "Actually, I also think that if this society can suddenly go back to 10,000 years ago, it will definitely be very wonderful." ”

Madonna thought Eric was laughing at her point, pouted, and said, "Do you really think so?"

"Of course," Eric nodded firmly, looking over the glass table, looking up and down at Madonna in a low-cut black dress, and said with a look of fascination, "By the standards of 10,000 years ago, people should still be undressed. ”

Madonna was stunned, then laughed out loud, and after a while, she leaned forward slightly, almost lying on the glass, looked over with silky eyebrows, and said, "Eric, do you want to see what I looked like ten thousand years ago, why don't we go find a room now?"

Eric really wants to slap himself and bury himself.

After coughing dryly, Eric relented and said, "Maggie, let's talk about music." Even if you can't put your new album on the online platform for the time being, but the music released in previous years, I think you can still try it, these albums that have been released will definitely not be able to sell many physical records now, but I believe that putting it on the online platform can still bring you a very considerable income every year. ”

Madonna wasn't angry at Eric for avoiding what she had just said, she leaned back on the couch behind her and said, "But, Eric, I personally don't have the distribution rights for most of my music, so you should talk to Warner." ”

"No, no, I still believe that you have enough distribution rights in this matter. ”

Eric shook his head, Madonna's status in the music industry could not reach the heights of Michael Jackson, but she worked with Warner Records in the same way as Jackson, both of them formed a music subsidiary to be responsible for the production and distribution of her own music.

This also means that Madonna has a lot of autonomy over the distribution of her own music. What's more, the current digital music distribution on the Internet is still in its infancy, which can almost be said to be a completely new concept, and with Madonna's status in the music industry, she can completely renegotiate the relevant supplementary contract with Time Warner. It is precisely because of this that Eric spent so much effort tonight, if it were other second- and third-tier singers, Eric would not have said so much to each other at all.

Madonna was not embarrassed to see Eric see through her excuses, and said, "But, Eric, what good will I get if I do this?"

"Oh, this," Eric said with a smile, "Yahoo's online music store adopts a sharing model of 37 points, the platform takes 30%, and the copyright owner takes 70%. If you had full digital distribution rights for your music, I don't think you would need to re-divide it with Time Warner, at least, you wouldn't have to give them too much, would you?"

Madonna's eyes lit up, and she keenly caught a new word in Eric's words: "Digital distribution rights?"

Eric nodded and said, "This should be a new concept, it refers to music distribution that is separated from physical media such as tapes, CDs, and films, and at present, it refers to Internet music distribution, I think, there should be no clause in this aspect in the contract you signed with Time Warner, right?"

Madonna nodded subconsciously.

"So," Eric immediately bewildered again, "I think you should revisit a supplemental agreement with Time Warner as soon as possible to agree on the ownership of the digital distribution rights." ”

Madonna blinked a few times, then burst out laughing, "Eric, this is your ultimate goal tonight." If I were to take back the digital distribution rights to my own records from Time Warner, it would definitely cause some artists from the major record companies to follow suit. Yahoo didn't get the digital sales rights from the big five record labels, but if those rights were dispersed to the artists themselves, you could break them individually. ”

"I have to say, Maggie, you're actually very smart," Eric complimented, "but you have definitely wronged me, do you think I look like one of those scheming people?"

Madonna really looked at Eric again, and said firmly, "Like." ”

"Okay, I'm hurt," Eric clutched his chest and handed Madonna the Fireflyer he had just kept handy, "I'll give you these two little things, and someone will give the rest of the accessories to your assistant." Also, this is my business card, if you make any decisions, you can call me at any time. ”

Seeing Eric hand over a business card and about to get up and leave, Madonna hurriedly stopped him, "Hey, Eric, you have asked me so much, shouldn't you compensate me for something?"

"Well, Maggie, I'm actually a very conservative person. ”

Madonna rolled her eyes at him, she teased herself so many times, Eric was indifferent, of course she didn't bother with herself anymore, and said, "You guy, actually, I mean, I'm working on my new album right now, how about writing a few songs for me?"

Over the years, Eric has produced a very small number of songs, but almost every song has reached the point of being amazing. A few hours ago when she was backstage at the Oscars, Madonna took the initiative to say hello, in fact, she had this in mind, to be honest, her career has begun to decline over the years. If Eric can help her write a few songs that match the quality of his previous work, even if it doesn't rub off on Eric's personal fame at the time of release, it will definitely help her make a comeback.

Eric was really looking forward to Madonna agreeing to enter the Yahoo Music Store, and he couldn't refuse it, so he thought about it and said, "Let someone send me a copy of the style of your new album, preferably with a few sample songs, I'll try it." Of course, I can't guarantee that it will take inspiration. ”

"Of course, I'll have someone send it to you tomorrow," Madonna nodded quickly, thought for a moment, and added, "I'll also have someone negotiate with Warner about the distribution rights of the branch as soon as possible, in fact, I also have some hope to cooperate with you." ”

"Well, let's hope none of us let each other down," Eric said with a smile as he reached over.

Madonna shook his hand and nodded, "I hope so, too." (To be continued.) )