Actors from many countries in Asia have achieved great fame in Hollywood, but in the music industry, there are very few successful ones.
BGM is an emerging company, and its influence and financial resources are in the initial stages of growth. It is not easy to promote the development of Taylor alone. It is really difficult to promote the release of a second singer's records throughout Europe and the United States.
However, fortunately, there is a giant standing behind BGM.
Having just sent away Sony's copyright dealer, Zhou turned around and said, "I think the time has come."
Li Qing paused for a moment and said, "Let's wait a little longer until Taylor releases his second album..."
"Need not."
Zhou shook his head and said bluntly: "Your popularity in Europe and the United States is not low, I mean your popularity in the music industry."
"illusion."
Li Qing smiled: "I still have time, wait a little longer..."
"How about this?"
Zhou thought for a while and said: "You first prepare one or two hit songs, and you will be a guest at Taylor's concert soon, and try out the audience's reaction. If it's okay, then start preparing for your fourth album immediately."
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"I think it's okay too."
Liu Qin opened the door of the office and said with a smile: "The working capital on the books at the headquarters is enough to support the production and promotion of your fourth album. Now it mainly depends on you. Do you have the inspiration to write new songs? As long as the quality is consistent with
Taylor's album is not much different. I think it will definitely be a hit. Music knows no borders. And since your English is so fluent, your performance at the Billboard Awards Ceremony was already good enough. There is no possibility of failure..."
Li Qing spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "I still have something to be busy with."
"What's the matter?" Zhou asked.
"I wrote a script and am about to start filming it. To be honest, this script is a bit expensive." Li Qing said helplessly: "If there are not enough funds, there is no way to support the production of an English album."
Zhou thought of something and frowned: "You mean "Titanic"?"
"What's the number?" Liu Qin didn't hear it clearly.
Zhou slowly said: "Titanic, this is the name of a huge cruise ship, and it is also a movie. Wang Rui from Legendary Pictures has already filed it. Well, this movie is indeed a bit expensive."
"How much? Could it be several hundred million?" Liu Qin asked curiously.
Zhou slowly said: "Three hundred million, US dollars."
Liu Qin was just about to say that three hundred million dollars was okay, but then when he heard the US dollars, he looked stunned and looked at Li Qing like a madman: "Three hundred million US dollars?"
Three hundred million US dollars and three hundred million RMB are not at the same level at all.
Li Qing nodded and said: "Yes, 300 million U.S. dollars, but it is a Sino-American co-production. We will provide 200 million U.S. dollars, and the other 100 million U.S. dollars will be borne by the American Max Film Company."
Max Films, Liu Qin still knows, is a top independent film company in Hollywood. The famous director Ryan Scott belongs to this company. Many well-known science fiction and horror movies are produced by Scott. He is a
Talented world-class director.
But she still couldn't bear the beating frequency of her heart, and said in disbelief: "Three hundred million US dollars, even in the United States, there is no such a huge amount of investment, right? What type of movie costs so much money? Science fiction movies?"
"A drama, but this movie relies more on special effects."
Li Qingdao: "Three hundred million US dollars is just the budget, and it includes all publicity and distribution."
"That's a big deal."
Zhou pursed his lips and said: "In the past two years, "Underworld", which invested 27.5 billion U.S. dollars, had a box office deficit, and even the capital was not recovered. The company that made the film directly declared bankruptcy..."
When Liu Qin heard this, he suddenly became frightened.
"This is a script I wrote." Li Qing smiled slightly: "I am confident."
Zhou paused, and finally nodded: "Okay, but one thing goes for another, the investment in the movie will not hinder the release of your fourth album, and it is precisely because your family is in urgent need of money, so you decided to release this English album
It should be issued as early as possible, so that the funds can be withdrawn faster."
"The investment of 200 million U.S. dollars is indeed a huge amount, but after all, it is film production. If you proceed step by step, it does not need to be paid in one go. We can use the 200 million U.S. dollars to invest in "Titanic" and produce your new album at the same time.
In addition, the sales of Taylor's new album will be settled soon, which will be enough to support the release of your new album."
"What if we lose money?" Li Qing hesitated.
"You've always been confident, why are you worried about this?"
Zhou smiled confidently: "No, I have confidence in you."
"I also have confidence in you."
Liu Qin smiled and said: "I just said that music knows no borders, and your English album will definitely achieve good results."
"Besides, I never intend to draw fire from under the cauldron."
Zhou said: "In addition to the liquidity on the books, Mirage's current operating model is mature and can be listed anytime and anywhere. Even if the New York Stock Exchange rejects us, isn't there still Nasdaq? That is also a good choice.
If not, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange can do it! Some domestic securities firms have already been coveting the listing of Phantom. As long as the listing is successful, the company will still have the money to release an album, so you don’t have to worry."
Li Qing shook his head.
Even if Mirage goes public, he will not use Mirage Technology's funds to develop BGM's record distribution.
Hanhai is a group, and each of its companies has its own financial department with independent funds. If it is still like the studio era, and funds are moved around casually, it will be too messy, and something will happen sooner or later.
After this trip, Li Qing has not seen the group's financial report for a long time. He is not sure how much money is left on the books, but he estimates that there is definitely not 200 million U.S. dollars, which is nearly 1.8 billion yuan.
, unless the liquidity on the books of each company is collectively returned to the headquarters, otherwise, if Legendary Pictures wants to invest 200 million US dollars in "Titanic", it will still need the continued efforts of its major companies.
Fortunately, as Zhou said, the two hundred million US dollars is not a one-time investment.
The preliminary scene construction alone will take a long time, so this investment is gradual, which is enough for major companies to slowly make profits, and then provide funds when settling at the end of the year.
You don’t need to spend too much money to invest in an English record. If you are more frugal, one million US dollars is enough, or even less. The key is the later MV production, promotion and distribution. This is the top priority. The MV
Leaving aside the filming, publicity and distribution in more than ten countries in Europe and the United States will require a huge amount of funds, at least about 10 million US dollars.
BGM can't afford 10 million US dollars, but Hanhai can still afford it.
The reason why Li Qing wanted to wait was entirely due to lack of confidence.
There is almost no successful case of Chinese singers in the European and American music circles. Even in the previous life, there was no similar singer. If Li Qing succeeds in establishing a foothold in Europe and the United States, it will definitely be an epoch-making thing, but the greater chance is that
Hit rock bottom.
Because there was no precedent for either of them in the world, Li Qing felt uneasy in his heart for the first time, and could not feel the trajectory of his destiny for the first time.
This was a feeling that Li Qing had not experienced for a long time. The unknown and confusion about his future made Li Qing suddenly feel like he was back to the state he was in when he first participated in "Music Star" a few years ago.
Nervous, urgent, even a little panicked.
But this was just an emotion in the blink of an eye. After all, the me then and the me now are no longer the same.
"Then let's get started!"
Li Qing looked at Zhou and others who had turned around and said with a smile: "BGM's second project, my fourth album, let's start production!"——
Thanks to sailvdou for the cash red envelopes all the time. The update speed is well deserved... Thanks to the brothers for the rewards. The New Year has passed. I spent time last night to sort out the follow-up outline. All the plots have been sorted out. The plot will be