Chapter 1228: Premiere

"I'm very glad to have your appreciation, but in the past two days, someone has approached me through Yo-Yo Ma and wants me to give a concert. You know, I'm friends with Yo-Yo Ma, and I need to see what he's doing before I make a decision! Shen Long gently patted Guo Yan's hand under the table, signaling her to be calm.

Well? When did this happen? Why didn't I know? She didn't tell me about it when I went out shopping with Yoyo Ma? Guo Yan was a little confused.

"Damn it!" Chris scolded his mother directly, "I knew those guys wouldn't let go of any opportunity!" Mr. Wang, you haven't promised them yet, have you? ”

"Not yet, after all, I'm just new to it, after all, this is my first appearance in front of American music fans, I have to be cautious, if I fail this time, it will be difficult to get a chance next time!" Shen Long said matter-of-factly, in fact, there are many reporters who have come to him for interviews in the past few days, but the performance company is still the first.

"Yes, yes, you really need to be cautious, you have to find a company with great strength, so that they can help you deal with the venue, publicity, ticket sales, etc., which ordinary companies can't do; And our company at Chris, Inc., has been operating in the classical music scene in New York for many years and has an extensive network...... We can help you take care of these things. Hearing that he hadn't signed a contract yet, Chris breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly bragged about his company.

"We've got a plan, you see." Chris took out a performance plan from his briefcase, pointed to the words on it and explained to Shen Long one by one, "In terms of venue, we chose the New York University Concert Hall, which can accommodate ...... In terms of timing, we want to start as soon as possible, and at least we need to release the news of the performance before this wave of news fever has stopped, so as to attract more audiences to buy tickets...... In terms of the performance team, I can help you find an experienced orchestra to work with, here's their profile......"

This was originally Chris's internal plan, but now that I heard that someone had taken the lead, Chris had to take it out directly, "In terms of performance sharing, we follow the rules, deducting venue fees, publicity costs, orchestra expenses, and on-site material costs...... In addition, you can get about 30% of the ticket revenue......."

In fact, Chris said that it was less, generally speaking, this kind of concert, Shen Long and Guo Yan can get about 30 into 5, Chris deliberately lowered, and he has not said anything about the copyright fee, Shen Long has a few songs composed by himself, and Yo-Yo Ma paid him the corresponding fee when he performed.

However, relatively speaking, Chris is quite reliable, and he didn't squeeze Shen Long too much, after all, he mentioned Yo-Yo Ma just now, if the gap is too big, he will understand when he goes back and asks Yo-Yo Ma.

"It can be seen that your company is very strong and the plan is very careful." Because of this, Shen Long's tone softened a little, at least this company really wanted to do a good job in this concert, so that the two sides would have room for communication.

"Of course, Chris's show agency deserves your trust." Chris said proudly.

"That's okay, I'll go back and talk to the company introduced by Youyou, if the conditions he gives are not as good as yours, I tend to cooperate with you." After a few more polite words with him, Shen Long left with Guo Yan.

"When did Pony introduce you to the company? How did I not know? As soon as she came out of the café, Guo Yan couldn't help but ask.

"Haha, what company is looking for me, I fooled him, otherwise he can show us the plan." Shen Long said with a smile.

"People shouldn't be angry, right? If you don't agree, what if someone else finds someone else to do a show? It's not easy for us to get such an opportunity! Guo Yan began to worry again.

"I'm worried, as long as I can help him make money, no matter how much you beat his temper, he will have to accompany him with a smiling face, if you can't squeeze oil out of you, even if you kneel down for him, he won't bother to look at you, Americans, especially American businessmen, are this urine; If I don't talk about this, he'll treat us like turtles! ”

"Let's not worry, when he comes next time, I'll ask your friends for a favor and ask his agent Banana to help us negotiate the conditions, I estimate that the conditions he just told us are still water." In fact, Shen Long can talk about it himself, but this will make Guo Yan feel strange, so he simply asked a professional agent to help him, and the big deal is to give Banana a sum of money as a reward at that time.

Sure enough, within two days, Chris came to the door again, Shen Long pretended to be moved by his sincerity, and asked Banana to come over to help him negotiate, as soon as he saw Banana, Chris understood, yes, let's follow the standards of the industry, the things he hid must not be hidden from this famous agent in the industry.

Since everyone is an expert, and there is a fixed standard for the profit sharing of the concert, it is simple, and Chris took the initiative to raise the price.

Shen Long put forward two conditions, the first is to invite Yo-Yo Ma to come over to participate in the performance, Chris has no objection to this, plus a well-known performer like Yo-Yo Ma, the appeal of the concert will only be higher, and the price of tickets can also be increased; Shen Long gave away a little of his own interests, so that Yo-Yo Ma got a higher appearance fee, which can be regarded as repaying Yo-Yo Ma for helping him.

Second, he recruited the members of the orchestra himself, and he wanted to find out if there were any other musicians from China in New York, and wanted to use this opportunity to help them; Don't worry if you can't find it, there are many players on Kitaro's side who are proficient in traditional Chinese instruments, and as for players of Western instruments, it is enough to let Boris and Robert appear.

After all, this is not a performance at Carnegie Hall, and the requirements for the performers are not so high, Boris and they are professionals in the first place, and they definitely have this level.

Kitaro and Yo-Yo Ma had already said hello to him, and it was an unwritten convention in the classical music world to use the members of the band he was familiar with, so although Chris might suffer a small loss, he agreed for more benefits.

So the two sides signed the contract smoothly, and then Chris immediately released the news, taking advantage of the fact that the news craze caused by Shen Long in Central Park had not passed, and released the news that the amazing oriental musician was about to hold a concert.

"Our premiere in the U.S. is finally about to begin, and it's not Carnegie Hall, but it's a good start, so let's get ready for it!" Shen Long summoned all the members of the performance and said solemnly.