Chapter 369: I'm going to China to see him
Michael Jackson was the first to know that Zheng Xiao was going to release his first English-language record, because he has always had a close relationship with Sony Records. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Here's a brief story about the relationship between Mike and Sony Records.
In 1995, Sony Records paid a terrible price for reaching a partnership with Michael Jackson. Sony merged with Michael's music rights company to form Sony/ATV, and the two parties agreed that each would own half of the other's music rights.
As a result, Michael's music rights to Elvis Presley and The Beatles were also shared with Sony Records.
But Sony Records paid more.
According to the agreement, half of their vast music rights library will belong to Michael Jackson. Half of the annual profits from the music rights they own are also Michael Jackson's.
Sony Records' previous wishful thinking was through a merger and cooperation, they will own Michael Jackson, a cash cow, and they will gradually own the rights to other very valuable music superstars in the hands of Michael Jackson.
After all, Sony is a big conglomerate, and they feel that they can eat away at Mike's rights little by little, and finally realize their dream of keeping Elvis, the Beatles, and Michael's own music rights for themselves.
It's a pity that their wishful thinking has come to naught.
They eventually discover that Michael is a shrewd man with an amazing talent for business, and that Michael has no bad habits and almost no weaknesses that they can exploit to achieve their original plan.
Sony Records began to taste the bitter fruits of the collaboration.
Especially when Sony Records grew dramatically and their music rights library expanded dramatically, they found that their $5 billion company, Mike, owned half of the interest, while the other shareholders, plus Sony, owned half of the company.
This made Sony Records a little restless.
As he enters the new millennium, Mike begins to be mired in endless troubles and lawsuits.
What a boy harassment case, what a rumor of bankruptcy, in short, this amazing musical genius is tormented.
For a year, Michael was even banned from leaving the country, banned from performing commercially, banned from publishing records, and even had to be checked by a judge to check his finances.
This sudden lawsuit almost brought the king down.
According to the grapevine, the disaster suffered by Michael was actually a game set up by Sony Records.
Of course, this is all hearsay.
What the truth is, no one knows.
But Michael himself once told his ex-wife, Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, that he himself might suffer the same fate in his life.
How did Elvis Presley die?
Elvis Presley is said to have died of poison, and he was found dead in the bathroom with 14 poisons in his body. Based on this, some say he died of a drug overdose.
However, the news of Elvis Presley's murder has never been extinct.
Later, Jackson died of an overdose of a drug for no apparent reason, and the incident was shrouded in a strong sense of conspiracy from beginning to end.
It's really possible that Jackson was murdered.
It's a big possibility!
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Now, although Jackson's relationship with Sony Records has been estranged, the connection is still relatively close, after all, he is still the majority shareholder of Sony/ATV.
Therefore, Jackson knows the news that Zheng Xiao is going to release his first English album.
He even saw the MV of the three songs in the album as soon as the pre-production of this album was completed.
Jackson was deeply moved by the creativity of these three MVs.
Michael's penchant for American preferences is clear.
He thinks that with such a powerful idea, such a sophisticated production and special effects, it is bound to be a huge success! That's for sure.
Michael was even a little jealous: how could this Zheng Xiao have such a great idea? They all look so fresh, so fun, so cool, and each one has all the trendy fashion elements.
"Deleo, I'm more interested in this Chinese boy named Zheng Xiao now, I think there's a shadow of me in him, he's a musical prodigy, he's going to be a huge success in the United States." Michael said to his agent.
"Mike, he's great, but it's still unknown whether he'll be able to succeed in the United States, only God knows what he'll achieve in the future!" Dileo said.
Michael pondered for a moment, and then said: "I want to go to China, I want to meet this boy, maybe there is a magical power in him, I have a good talk with him, maybe I can find my exhausted source of creativity." ā
Since the late 90s, Michael has actually fallen into a creative trough.
Perhaps it was his commercial success that undermined his creative talent.
Perhaps in the later stages of his career, there were too many troubles, which also made him unable to calm down and compose music.
Michael has rarely made albums in the later years, and few new works have come out.
However, his stance towards music remains religious.
After that nasty lawsuit, he flew out of the United States and spent a considerable amount of time in Europe, where he was trying to make new music.
However, he found that his inspiration seemed to run dry.
He could no longer make the kind of music that made him so excited, and it was painful for Michael, and it was extremely painful.
When he returned to the United States, he stayed in his Las Vegas apartment and continued to compose music, but his masterpieces were still difficult to produce.
This is the main reason why Michael came up with the idea of going to China to meet Zheng Xiao after seeing his new album and music video.
He wanted to rekindle his own flame of inspiration.
"Michael, if you want to go, I'll accompany you, I don't think you're suitable for isolation right now, you should come out and see the world, maybe nature will give you new musical inspiration." Dileo said.
"Thank you, thank you! De Leo, then, how about we leave tomorrow? Michael said with some eagerness.
"Oh? That's too fast, right? We need to apply for a visa and have to make some other preparations, and it will take three days at the earliest. Di Leo said with his big belly out.
"Then you go and arrange it, I want it as soon as possible! Meet that Chinese genius as soon as possible, by the way, Di Leo, do you think we should communicate with each other in advance? If Zheng Xiao doesn't want to see me, it will be embarrassing. There was a little childish anxiety on Michael's face.
"Mike, I'll do this for you, you just have to wait quietly." Dileo said.
"Well, my fellow, hope is in you." Michael patted Dileo on the shoulder and said.
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