Soon, Guo Yan was immersed in this musical feast, Bernstein, Yo-Yo Ma, Catherine Stott and other music masters appeared on the stage one after another, presenting classic songs for them, and the audience was fascinated; After the performance, they took a curtain call three times in a row before the applause gradually stopped.

Until she returned home, Guo Yan was still immersed in today's performance, "Qiming, I have seen today, what is the level of the world's top musicians, we are really far apart." ”

In addition to the excitement, Guo Yan began to worry again, the level of others has reached this level, it must be difficult for Qi Ming to enter Carnegie Hall to perform, right?

"Don't worry, although my playing skills may not be able to catch up with Yo-Yo Ma, you can't only be a performer when you enter Carnegie Hall." Shen Long is full of confidence, he has collected so many classic works of later generations, and with these things as a foundation, he doesn't have to worry about not succeeding.

"Tomorrow we will have a day off, and the day after tomorrow we will continue to work." After saying that, Shen Long went back to the bedroom and lay down, now Guo Yan's mood is still in the shock of the performance, I'm afraid I won't be able to calm down tomorrow, there is no way to perform well in such a situation.

The next day, they originally planned to go to Chinatown for a stroll, but they didn't expect to receive a call from Yo-Yo Ma in the morning, saying that they were going to visit, so they had to change their itinerary, Guo Yan hurriedly went to buy some vegetables, and prepared to entertain Yo-Yo Ma at home.

At the appointed time, Yo-Yo Ma came over with a gift, accompanied by his agent, and at a glance it was this combination, Shen Long probably guessed the purpose of their trip.

Sure enough, after eating, Yo-Yo Ma's agent, Ms. Banana, made a request like Shen Long, "Dear Mr. Wang, YO-YO likes your works very much, and he hopes to get your permission to play these two pieces." ”

"Of course, I am also honored to be recognized by Mr. Ma." Shen Long readily agreed, and he took out these two tunes for the sake of that.

"So, let's make an appointment, you bring your lawyer, and then we'll sign the contract." Banana thought that it would take some words to get the copyright down, but she didn't expect the other party to agree so simply.

After Yo-Yo Ma and Banana left, Guo Yan was a little curious, "Qiming, why do you have to bring a lawyer to sign the contract?" The lawyer's fee is so expensive, can we just go and sign it? ”

"That's not good, there are more economic interests involved, the United States is not domestic, everyone can use the written tunes casually; As long as you sign this contract, whether Yo-Yo Ma releases an album or holds a concert in the future, as long as you use my two songs, you have to give me money! "Copyright income is a long-term thing, a classic track can bring huge benefits to the composer, in order to avoid future entanglements, what is the cost of spending some lawyer's fees?

Then Shen Long popularized the relevant knowledge to Guo Yan, in the United States, songwriters generally have a variety of copyrights, first of all, mechanical reproduction royalties, as long as the music company uses your song, every time you produce a cassette, a disc or a record, you need to pay the author 0.99 yuan for a tune, which is also the composer's main income.

Of course, the sales of classical music records are not as good as those of pop music, but the sales cycle of classical music records is longer, and in the long run, it is also a considerable income.

In addition, there is the public broadcast rights, whether it is in the mall or on the radio or television station, as long as they broadcast your work, they must pay you.

Simultaneous licensing of copyrights, if a film producer, television studio, advertising production company, or other person or organization wants to use a musical work for a television show, film, or commercial, they must pay the appropriate fee to obtain the license; Depending on the situation, the cost of each authorization can range from a few hundred to tens of thousands.

When toy companies and game production companies synchronize musical works to toys, games, and cards and reproduce them on a large scale, composers can also obtain mechanical synchronization royalties from them, and charge different fees according to different situations; Printing copyright, some companies want to print scores, lyrics, melodic notes for publication or print on clothes for sale, need to pay the author 5% of the retail price as royalties.

If Yo-Yo Ma or others play these two pieces written by Shen Long in their own concerts, they will have to pay royalties to Shen Long according to the scale and income of the concert.

Shen Long estimated that Yo-Yo Ma's agent should talk to him about the copyright sharing of records and performances, both of which have corresponding regulations, and there will be no big problems, just hire an ordinary lawyer.

Through the help of Boris and others, Shen Long found a lawyer who was good at music copyright contracts, went to Yo-Yo Ma's studio at the agreed time, and successfully signed the contract.

This is not only to thank Yo-Yo Ma, but more importantly, he knows that his songs can only make his reputation known to more people in a short period of time, so as to bring more benefits.

Yo-Yo Ma has made a profit, but as long as Yo-Yo Ma can quickly get started with these tunes, start playing them in concerts, or put them on record sales, then more people will hear his tunes, and if there are more people who like them, they can consider the income from public broadcast copyright, synchronous licensing copyright, and mechanical synchronous copyright.

"Happy working together!" Both sides signed their names on the contract, and then picked up the champagne that had been prepared and toasted in celebration, and Shen Long took a solid step towards Carnegie Hall.

After the contract was signed, Yo-Yo Ma did not let Shen Long leave immediately, he still needed to continue to communicate with Shen Long about these two pieces and how to use the fingering of the erhu in the performance of the inverted cello.

So Shen Long and Guo Yan stayed in Yo-Yo Ma's studio for a few days, Shen Long came to communicate with Yo-Yo Ma every day, and instructed him to play fingering, and sometimes Guo Yan would join in the exchange, and they could both feel that Yo-Yo Ma had a lot of interest in traditional Chinese folk instruments.

He even invited Guo Yan and Shen Long to play pipa, erhu and other national instruments for him, an outstanding musician will never rest on his laurels, they are all good at absorbing nutrients from different music.

This time of getting along also made a lot of progress in their relationship, so after the guidance ended, Yo-Yo Ma invited them to his home as a guest.

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