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"Flag Flying" is exactly a song written by Lin Zhimo for this World Cup, and when he sent the brief score of the song to Shakira, he put the matter aside for the time being, and now all he can do is wait.

On the other hand, after receiving this score, Shakira was immediately attracted by the song's passionate melody and catchy lyrics after a little repetition in her mind, and in her opinion, this song will undoubtedly become a football song destined to go down in history.

To be on the safe side, Shakira did not tell Sony's executives about the incident, but first recorded a song sample, and then found Sony's executives with the recorded song sample.

"Shakira, you mean you want to sing for this World Cup?"

Sony Music has many big names in music, including Celine Dion, Beyoncé and the rock diva Avril Lavigne, who has become famous in the past two years. Lavini and others, and among them, Shakira's fame is definitely not very high. However, due to her Colombian origin, Shakira has an unparalleled natural influence in South America, so Sony also values Shakira's opinion.

"Yes, this song is very suitable for football, and I believe that this song is a good way to expand the company's Asian market, and at the same time, it will open up a wider path for me." Shakira's tone was a little stiff when she said these words—because they were all taught to her by Lin Zhimo.

There are two meanings in this sentence, one is that it can expand Sony's influence in Asia. Although Sony Music is a music company controlled by the Japanese. However, in addition to Japan itself, Sony's influence in other parts of Asia is awkwardly in a position that is not up or down, which is very inconsistent with the name of Sony, an international music predator. Therefore, taking the opportunity of Japan and South Korea to jointly host the World Cup, releasing a World Cup song is a good way to expand the influence of your company.

Another meaning is that Shakira expressed her desire to sing this song, which also prevented the company from depriving her of the right to sing. It's all too common for young artists to create songs that sometimes become the repertoire of celebrities for free.

And now Shakira has made it clear that she wants the song to be sung by herself, not someone else.

The head of Sony's music department rubbed his brows and asked, "Are you saying that this song was written by a Chinese singer?" He still wants to sing this song with you? ”

"Hmm. This song was created by Lin Zhimo. Shakira answered immediately when she heard the other party's question. At the same time, he carefully observed the changes in the other party's expression.

After hearing Shakira's words, the person in charge's eyes suddenly flashed with a burst of light: "Lin Zhimo?!" ”

As the head of Sony's music department, the name of Lin Zhimo, a musical genius in Chinese mainland, is naturally familiar.

Seeing the other party's expression, Shakira secretly thought in her heart: "Sure enough." ”

When Lin Zhimo handed over this song to Shakira a few days ago, Lin Zhimo explained these things now. This includes asking Shakira to keep an eye on the other person's face when the manager in charge of the matter asks for her name. If the other side is expressionless. Then Shakira can take a step back. In the subsequent negotiation process, as long as Lin Zhimo participates in the singing, it is enough. Don't insist that the company has to promote the song.

On the contrary, if the other party is excited after hearing Lin Zhimo's name, then Shakira must insist that the company make great efforts to promote the song. But in the end, Lin Zhimo also mentioned it. The latter is very likely.

Now seeing the light in the eyes of the person in charge, Shakira knew that Lin Zhimo had guessed correctly, and while admiring Lin Zhimo's thoughts, Lin Zhimo's curiosity and inexplicable emotions in her mind were a little more.

After that, as Lin Zhimo expected, the company first expressed how tight the funds are now, etc., the implication is that Xia Qila wants to come forward to persuade Lin Zhimo and fill the part of the funds by Lin Zhimo's side, after all, it is Lin Zhimo himself who will gain the most fame and profit after this matter is done.

However, since he had been reminded by Lin Zhimo, Shakira naturally bit his mouth tightly on this matter, and it was not until the final negotiation was stiff that Shakira said: "These things are useless to tell me, although Lin Zhimo and I are good friends, but I can't decide his attitude, I will give you his phone number, you can tell him personally." ”

The person in charge was silent for a while when he heard this, and then waved his hand to Xia Qila to go out, and then he listened to the sample of the song again, and after a long time, he personally dialed Lin Zhimo.

"Hello, this is Sony Music, and I'm the head of the music department, Mark. Williams, are you Mr. Lin Zhimo? ”

"Yes, I am. Can I help you? After receiving the other party's call, Lin Zhimo knew that this matter was done, and the next thing left was to bargain.

"That's right, our company's artist Shakira recently received a song from you, do you mean you want to participate in the singing?" Mark deliberately used the word "collect songs", just to show what he meant, and it is okay to ask Shakira to sing, as for you Lin Zhimo, let's go aside.

Lin Zhimo naturally understood what the other party meant, and he pretended to be surprised and asked, "Collect the song?" No, I just let Shakira enjoy one of my songs, and this song was originally a duet between the two, and I'm a singer myself, so of course I'm going to sing it. ”

Lin Zhimo directly cut off what the other party didn't say.

"Load! Just pretend! If you just want Shakira to 'appreciate', why should you, a Chinese, write English lyrics? Mark secretly despised Lin Zhimo's words in his heart, but he also felt that Lin Zhimo was different from those artists who only sang and handed over other matters to agents and lawyers.

Thinking of this, he stopped talking nonsense, and said directly: "Since Mr. Lin Zhimo understands, then I won't talk nonsense." I'll tell you frankly, if you participate in the singing, it is difficult to guarantee that this song can become the theme song of the World Cup with our company's financial and material resources. ”

Lin Zhimo heard the other party's words, and said directly: "Mr. Williams, I think you haven't figured out a problem yet, that is, I can't only cooperate with your company, I myself have some ways in our China, but I think of Shakira's friend before he made this suggestion." ”

Mark Williams was annoyed when he heard this, but he wasn't so angry.

Although the words of the two just now were not what they asked, he knew that these words were just big words spoken by both parties for their own interests, after all, if this song really became a representative track of the World Cup, even if it was not officially recognized by the World Cup Organizing Committee, it would be a win-win situation for Lin Zhimo and Sony Music.

Finally, after a new round of bargaining, Mark said: "We want to get the distribution rights of Mr. Lin Zhimo's music albums abroad. ”

As the head of Sony's music department, Mark Williams could naturally hear Lin Zhimo's intention to test the foreign market on the phone. Judging from the song "Flag Flying", the other party's English song production level is obviously comparable to his Chinese song level. For such a talented musician, it is naturally necessary to grasp the agency distribution rights of his albums.

Lin Zhimo naturally knew that he had to pay some benefits in exchange for cooperation, and the reason why he taught Shakira what he said before was precisely for this reason, as for the exchange conditions that the other party could come up with, Lin Zhimo also thought about it, and this agency distribution right was naturally also in Lin Zhimo's consideration.

Therefore, Lin Zhimo hesitated a little and then readily agreed to the other party: "OK, deal." ”

"Haha, Mr. Lin Zhimo, happy cooperation!"

After reaching the conditions with Lin Zhimo, Mark Williams also smiled heartily, and it can be said that it is a great credit to be able to win the foreign distribution rights of Lin Zhimo's song and future music albums.

With his many years of experience, Mark can imagine how much the song "Flag Flying" will bring to the company when the World Cup starts, and even the song will be widely quoted every year during a football match. (To be continued......)