Chapter 196: Who is not sincere?
In fact, this signing contract is not complicated, except for the explanation of various special terms, the body part is not much different from the ordinary singer signing contract. However, Ye Feng deliberately looked very slowly. Even his gaze lingers on the punctuation marks for a few seconds until he sees Tom out of the corner of his eye. Jackson's expression looked a little impatient, and he suddenly made a new move.
"Bang!" Ye Feng suddenly slapped the contract on the table with a heavy slap, and after the sudden loud noise startled everyone, including Chen Chufan, Ye Feng said as if he was extremely dissatisfied: "No! I don't think this contract reflects any sincerity in your company's desire to sign a contract with my client. Are you fooling my client like a newcomer? ”
After Chen Chufan glanced up at Ye Feng, who was pretending, he didn't pay attention to the performance of this thing. Continued to set his sights on his own magazine. Tom. Jackson didn't have such a leisurely mood, Ye Feng didn't play cards according to the routine, and suddenly slapped the table to scare him without saying anything, and the follow-up speech made him want to cry without tears.
Fooling newcomers? The record sales share given by this contract is generous enough, and if a newcomer can have this kind of treatment, I'm afraid he will wake up laughing when he dreams, right?
"Mr. Ye, I think you misunderstood. In fact, this contract is already a good reflection of Universal Music's sincerity. You must know that the record sales share alone, the contract gives 50% of the profit, and the company's new singers have never enjoyed such a high profit share. "Tom. Jackson explained.
"Oh? So how do you prove that no rookie singer has ever enjoyed such a high cut? Ye Feng asked unceremoniously.
Ye Feng put Tom in a word. Jackson was dumbfounded, saying that every singer's contract has a confidentiality agreement, of course it is inconvenient for him to disclose it at will, and even if he can disclose it at will, he can't take the contracts of all the singers in the world to Ye Feng for a look! He has been responsible for the signing of countless singers, and he has never encountered the situation in front of him.
"I can't prove this, but I can guarantee that many famous singers will not enjoy such a high percentage of sales shares!" Tom. Jackson said categorically.
"You see, we're negotiating opponents now. Does your guarantee make sense? And I think we need to talk about more than just the principle of distribution of benefits. "Ye Feng said to Tom. Jackson's resolute tone was unmoved, but directly told the other party lightly that his goal was not just to focus on the distribution of benefits.
"Oh?" Tom. Jackson glanced at the difficult-looking teenager with a little headache, and then turned his head sideways to look at Chen Chufan who was sitting on the sofa. The Lord seemed to be completely oblivious to what was going on here, and looked unconcerned. Still fascinated by the magazine, as if what they were discussing now had nothing to do with him.
"You don't need to go to see Chen Chufan, his contract has been entrusted to me with carte blanche to deal with it!" Ye Feng noticed Tom. Jackson looked at him and said directly.
"Okay!" Tom. Jackson nodded: "Then why don't you just put forward your request and see if we can agree on this contract today." "Tom. Jackson was reluctant to show weakness too much. Otherwise, he absolutely believed that the young man on the other side would open his mouth.
"First of all, Party A owns all the copyrights of my client's original music and the right to use and transfer neighboring rights, and this article must be changed, and I think that the copyright of digital music and the sale must be separated and kept in the hands of my client." Ye Feng put forward the first condition to let Tom. Jackson shook his head.
"Oh my God, it's unimaginable. A record company can't even own the full copyright of its singers' songs, Mr. Ye, I don't think you have been exposed to the record industry, you don't understand our mode of operation. Jackson tried to get Ye Feng to give up the idea, but before he could finish speaking, he was directly interrupted by Ye Feng.
"So you mean we can't even agree on the first one? So. It's a shame. I think we can end our negotiations for today. I don't think my client will sign this contract if I can't even get your approval of this normal appeal! Ye Feng shook his head and said very regretfully.
The tone is regrettable, but the content of the words is extremely tough.
Tom. Jackson was dumbfounded, this is also "a normal appeal?" He no longer dared to imagine what the conditions would be for the follow-up "abnormal appeal"! He looked sideways at Chen Chufan again. But Chen Chufan still didn't react at all. This makes Tom. Jackson felt a lot of pressure.
Tom. Jackson hesitated for a moment before looking at Ye Feng opposite and said, "Mr. Ye, I think we can make a step forward with each other, such as the song "lovetobelovedbyyou" that has been released. We can indicate in the contract that the electronic copyright of the song still belongs to Chen, but the copyright of the newly released single should still be shared with the record company. ”
"There's nothing to talk about!" Ye Feng shook his head directly. "You also know that my client will return to China in the near future, how many English singles can he compose?" Could it be that a big international company like Universal Music would care about that little bit of small profits? After my client returned to China to develop, the electronic copyright of the song was actually a meaningless thing for both parties. When country Z can start the digital music sales model, believe me, it will definitely be a matter of not knowing how many years later. So I think it's a reasonable request! ”
Tom. Jackson looked at Ye Feng's appearance of oil and salt not entering, and thought about it for a moment. Cai said very reluctantly: "Okay, then so be it, damn it." This is a treatment that no contracted artist in the world has ever had. Pavarotti didn't even enjoy such treatment! ”
"Your example is inappropriate, the audience is different, do you think Pavarotti's digital concerts have such hot sales? And he's a celebrity, and if you run one of his shows, he'll make a lot of money! My client is not! Ye Feng retorted. And not because of Tom. Jackson agreed to this clause and left Tom to the table. Jackson vented that in his concept, the negotiation should always let the truth be on his side, of course, he will not care if the other party admits his reasoning or not, he just thinks it makes sense.
"It seems we're off to a good start, Mr. Jackson, and now let's talk about the next condition. I have a different view of article 4, paragraph 3. My client is to entrust you with all matters relating to the performing arts activities, and without your written consent, he may not even participate in any third-party organiser, and my client does not even have the right to refuse any of your arrangements. It's definitely not going to work! Ye Feng said very seriously.
"What do you mean, just say it!" Tom. Jackson said helplessly.
"With regard to the first clause requiring a supplementary clause, if my principal's normal request cannot be agreed in writing from your company, then he has the right to decide at his own discretion and it is not a breach of contract. In addition, my client has the right to refuse your company's arrangement for meaningless activities arranged by your company, or activities that do not have any substantial benefit to my principal! Ye Feng gave out his thoughts and dishes word by word, in exchange for Tom. Jackson wanted to kill his eyes.
"You are so unprofessional, Mr. Ye! That's impossible! First of all, we will never arrange meaningless activities, and secondly, we need to spend a lot of money on packaging and promotion for singers, but in exchange for singers can not listen to the company's arrangement! Oh my God, are you kidding? Today is not April Fool's Day! Damn it! "Tom. Jackson said loudly, so loud that Chen Chufan looked up in surprise again.
"Grace, grace! Pay attention to the demeanor, Mr. Jackson. A gentleman will not curse at his opponent at will! I need to note that there is certainly a reason for such a clause! My client will be returning home in the near future, and his hometown is in the eastern hemisphere of the earth. If you have too many campaigns in the Western Hemisphere, do you want my clients to waste their time flying around every day? There is an old saying in country Z called special affairs, Mr. Jackson! Ye Feng said slowly.
"Grace! Oh yes, to hell with grace! Mr. Ye, your conditions are simply incredible. I don't think you've ever been in the business. So you don't know the rules, for sure! It's impossible! Your conditions are not negotiable at all! "Tom. Jackson said with great certainty.
"Oh? Is it? Ye Feng smiled, turned his head sideways and shouted at Chen Chufan: "Hey, buddy, the conversation has collapsed." We can go back to the hotel. You've got to prepare for tomorrow's TV show, so you don't have to spend it here. Believe me, the negotiations the day after tomorrow will definitely go much smoother than today. ”
After speaking, Ye Feng sorted out the things on the table. After packing up his own things, he got up directly and prepared to leave with Chen Chufan.
Tom. Jackson is going crazy, is this a formal business negotiation? Why don't you just stop talking about it as long as you have a disagreement and can't say two sentences? Who is this insincere? Not the slightest room for bargaining? Or has Universal Music degenerated to the point where it is completely unattractive to a rookie singer?
Time has not allowed Tom. Jackson was thinking about it a lot, because Chen Chufan had already cooperated with Ye Feng to get up from the sofa and walked to Tom. Jackson's side, rushing to Tom. Jackson smiled politely and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Jackson. It seems that we can only hope for the next opportunity to work together. Seeing that, the two of them turned around and left. (To be continued......)