Chapter 495: The American Music Scene
"Okay, no problem." Li Chencan simply agreed, all he wanted was a platform, as for the royalties of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone......
He, a person with a net worth of more than a billion, still cares about these hundreds of thousands of dollars?
After that, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" finally negotiated the terms of publication, but the royalty was reduced to $100,000, but Li Chencan owned the full copyright of "Harry Potter".
In the future, he can change the publishing house at will, and it will not be affected.
Thinking of James. Bourne, Li Chencan is a little sorry, but now he really needs a good platform.
After really coming to North America, Li Chencan found that many things are not so simple at all, and if you want to make a movie here, you have to deal with too many relationships. He didn't have those conditions yet, so he had to start from other places again and slowly invade the film industry.
Now, first of all, the novel he will publish, and secondly, the American music scene that Li Chencan is paying attention to.
At that time, his "My Heart is Eternal" also caused some ripples in North America, but it came and went quickly.
And at this time, Li Chencan's feet on the land of the United States will also show many more authentic things under the European and American cultural industries.
On the side of the United States, the main proof of the strength of a musician and some music works is several major charts-
The Voice of America Singles Chart, The Voice of America Album Chart, The Voice of America Singers Chart, The Voice of America Song General Chart.
Each of the three major charts has its own calculation rules, such as the singles chart. It's not just about downloads, it's about music critics, and what ordinary music lovers say about the song. In short, this is a comprehensive list, and on the list of American vocal musicians who consider the strength of a singer, it is not entirely about business, but also about his artistic achievements......
Li Chencan browsed the songs on the three major charts, and the current American music scene is not as developed as the American music scene that he knew back then.
The current American music scene is in the degree of development, rock and roll. Styles from different eras, such as rapping, have not yet converged......
There's no Michael here. Jackson, there is no real god of music!
Therefore, Li Chencan began to play with the idea of this aspect.
In fact, he didn't hear many American songs in his previous life. Most of them are still concentrated in Avril Lavigne and Taylor. A rising star like Swift, and it's also on the songs of female singers. He listens to a relatively large number of foreign singers, or Michael. Jackson, because of the perverted memory of this life. He was also able to recall his more classic songs and turn them into musical compositions.
The next few days. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was handed over to Purin Press for publication, and Li Chencan came to the recording studio and began to try to record some of the classic songs he intended to put in front of everyone's eyes.
Li Chencan carefully replayed Michael over and over again in his head. Jackson's songs are also trying to make himself feel more comfortable over and over again so that the songs can be recorded in the studio...... I have to say that Michael Jackson's beautiful voice is really not something that he can easily imitate, and it takes too much time and energy to do something on it.
However, all this will not discourage Li Chencan's confidence in making achievements in this area.
In the U.S., music is to be published. It can be self-published or in collaboration with music studios.
There are more music studios in the United States. Many are responsible for the production of songs, and also have the ability to distribute songs.
Li Chencan: They work with a music studio in terms of distribution.
"Mr. Li, how do you feel?"
When Li Chencan came out of the recording studio again, he finally basically sang the songs he had planned so far.
When Li Chencan breathed a long sigh of relief, a person next to him came up.
This person's name is Jesse, and he is a manager in that music studio, and he is very enthusiastic about Li Chencan, so he asked Li Chencan to call him Jesse instead of his last name.
Now, Li Chencan has just come out, and he has come over to greet him warmly.
"It's a great feeling, and the studio works really well." Li Chencan said with a smile: "I like it here." ”
Jesse snapped his fingers and said to Li Chencan, "That's fine...... Our expectation is to be able to make this song start hitting the charts next week, do you think this is the right time? ”
"We've all said that we can come according to your arrangement, you know, I already have trust in you."
"Good! Then it's decided. ”
…… At night, Li Chencan dragged his tired body back to his place.
The place where he lives is in a hotel in Los Angeles, and there are many other stars living in this hotel, but most of these stars stay because they are filming or promoting something here, and there is basically no such situation as Li Chencan - stationed for a long time for needs.
Li Chencan and Zhong Bufan have one room per person, and the monthly price of each house is a total of 800 US dollars for two people a night, and it is also a lot of expenses in a month...... But for Li Chencan, who is now worth hundreds of millions of dollars, these are all sprinkling things, and the key is to make achievements.
Now, Zhong Bufan came to Li Chencan's room to discuss with him about the previous publication of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".
"They dealt with it very quickly, and the book will be published in May, and they are now starting to hype it up in advance......" Zhong Bufan opened the page to Li Chencan: "These are the things they hype." ”
Li Chencan glanced at these things that were being hyped...... After taking such a look, his heart was a little uncomfortable......
Now they are hyping Li Chencan's journey from China to the United States, and hyping that this is the author of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" once again releasing a new book......
At the same time, they are also actively spreading information to the Chinese side, hoping to attract some transatlantic readers through Li Chencan's name.
"Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is also very marketable in the United States, after all, there are many people in the United States who study Chinese history, and there are also many Americans who are interested in Chinese history...... China, a rising empire with thousands of years of splendid civilization, is really fatal to the American people's history of more than 200 years.
In this way, it has become a more effective thing to use "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" and Li Chencan's directorial identity to attract readers to buy "Harry Potter". The commercial hype of China and the United States has already run relatively maturely, so the current hype is quite effective, but this Pulin Publishing House has a feeling that Li Chencan was persecuted by China and came to the United States......
"No, let them stop saying that."
Although Li Chencan came to the United States because of "Truman's World", his sense of identity, no matter what, stayed in China, with black hair and yellow skin, this can't be changed, how can these guys spread rumors casually?
Zhong Bufan also nodded and said, "I'm a little self-assertive, I've already given them a protest just now......"
"Well, that's it." Li Chencan thought about this matter.
Now that he has come to the United States, he has found that it is much more difficult than China to do anything here.
In China, he made his debut with a few songs and then soared......
However, it is better to start from scratch when you come back to the United States!
After all, when he was in China, he was surrounded by Chinese, and everyone also had a sense of identity with Chinese culture, and Li Chencan's things quickly became popular. But on the American side, life is not familiar, and many things need to go through more effort to get the knowledge of these people here, and it is difficult for them to establish a sense of identity with themselves, after all, with a Chinese identity, he cannot really integrate into this group...... Of course, he doesn't want to integrate into the United States, but he just wants to make a name for himself here.
"It's a long way to go."
Li Chencan read this sentence, but his face was confident, if he can become popular in China, he is not afraid that he will not be popular in the United States.
"What, there is a protest?"
In the office of Pulin Publishing House, Roman looked at Li Chencan's protest, his brows tightened, and then said, "This Chinese guy is enough...... Confident, but even if he is very good in China, this is the United States! ”
While thinking like this, his assistant walked in and told him, "Sean is coming back to the world." ”
This news made Roman ecstatic all of a sudden, Sean is an author he used to hold, wrote a best-selling book that sold 5 million copies, and now Sean is back in the rivers and lakes, and the Chinese actually protested against his previous approach? Well, I'm sorry, I'm going to put all my focus on Sean, and I don't have time to pay attention to you.
Roman sounds like he made this decision impulsively, but in reality, this guy was also carefully considered.
He believes that the book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" should not have too much potential, and he signed it before only because this book can catch the gimmick of Li Chencan...... Since Li Chencan doesn't want to be a gimmick, the usefulness of this book is greatly reduced, and it is not necessarily worth spending so much effort to support it.
As for paying Li Chencan's royalties...... Their previous hype should have allowed the book to sell between 50,000 and 100,000 copies, and the money could be easily recouped.
So, he made a decision, and at the same time, he also sent Zhong Bufan and them a strongly-worded letter - in that case, you will bear the consequences!
Li Chencan and Zhong Bufan are keenly aware that this guy must be planning to give up "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" because of something. (To be continued......)