Zhang Zitao smiled: "You really know how to think."
Li Qing also smiled and said: "I'll support the brave to death and starve to death the timid. I've stated my conditions. Mr. Zhang will think about it. If it's possible, you'll let me know when the time comes."
There was silence on the phone for a while. After a while, Zhang Zitao's voice came: "Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief, stretched his body, and sat at the conference table again. Seeing the others staring at him with wide eyes, he smiled and said, "What, there's something wrong with my face?"
"Qi San, my big boss, you are really thoughtful!"
Xu Wen was the first to shout.
When Ma Xuyi cooperated with Hongzhi Records to release the album "Heavy Rain Pear Blossom", the two parties split the album 40-60, with Ma Xuyi getting four and Hongzhi Records getting six.
This condition would be absolutely fantastic for a first-class record company, such as Yuanzheng, Starlight Entertainment and other companies. Therefore, Ma Xuyi repeatedly hit the wall. Under the consensus of insisting on a 40-60 share, in the end he could only compete with Hongzhi Records' desire to win.
To achieve platinum record certification and cooperate with second-rate record companies in urgent need of development.
If it were the original Ma Xuyi who cooperated with the current Universal Music Group, let alone the 46, 28, it may not have been successful!
Universal is the world's top record company, with distribution channels all over the world, not just mainland China and Hong Kong. If the singer himself is a world-class superstar, such as Michael, Celine Dion, etc., then the sales volume of certified diamond records exceeds 10 million.
Not even possible!
Seventy-three percent of the profit, if Li Qing's records are good, then even 30% of the profit will definitely net tens of millions or even over 100 million. After all, this does not include sales from other channels.
Although Universal Music is a new company, it has a solid foundation in PolyGram and has frighteningly rich resources. In the eyes of Xu Wen and others, it is normal for the other party not to agree, but it would be strange if the other party agrees.
After all, if production, distribution, publicity and other costs are excluded, at least 30% of the 70% profit will be lost.
They have been working for a top record company in the world for a long time, but in the end they make about the same amount as you as a singer?
Isn’t this justified?
The most important thing is that you are not my singer yet!
If you become popular, your subsequent commercial performances, concerts, endorsements, etc. will all be calculated with sky-high price contracts.
But all of this has nothing to do with Universal Music.
Starlight Entertainment, Warner, and COSCO would not do this kind of dowry for others, and in the view of Xu Wen and others, Universal Music would not do it either.
Then the boss's meaning is also very obvious, perfunctory!
Doesn’t this make it clear that you don’t want to cooperate with the other party?
And to put it so tactfully!
So insidious and cunning!
Li Qing smiled innocently, looked at Zhou Shu and others, and said: "This incident is just an interlude, let's continue the meeting."
Everyone looked at each other.
Zhou Shu coughed and said: "The ratings of "The King of Masked Singer" have been a huge success. It has exceeded expectations by a full double, with a ratings of 1.63%. However, Beijing Satellite TV, Shonan Satellite TV and Donghai Satellite TV have also successively announced their respective programs.
The official recording will be launched in the near future, and it is expected that May will be the main battleground for major TV stations to compete for ratings. CCTV is worried that the ratings of "The King of Masked Singer" will start to fizzle out, and that there will be no trace left after being surrounded and suppressed by major TV stations, so they asked us to take
Come up with a solution.”
"Solution?"
Li Qing leaned forward and said with a smile: "When soldiers come to block it, when water comes to cover it up, what plan is needed? We have anticipated this situation from the beginning, aren't we mentally prepared enough? It's just that there are two more food grabbers.
That's all, are you afraid of this? What's that saying? Don't be afraid of cheap goods, just be afraid of comparing goods. Don't look at how happy they are now. When the time comes to compare, it will be clear which one is better and which one is worse.
Already."
"That's what I mean too."
Zhou Shu said: "But CCTV is not the producer after all, so I don't know what to do. Today, they have sent two faxes in a row."
"What a deadly chain of events!" Li Qing laughed.
However, although Li Qing was smiling broadly, it was obvious that no one else in the conference room could smile.
Faced with the encirclement and suppression by several major TV stations, it is really unknown whether "The Masked Singer" can continue to maintain such high ratings.
Li Qing continued: "The ratings exceeded expectations, so what we should do next is to prepare for the second episode of the program. Today we will do nothing else and specifically select singers. As long as they meet the strength standards from Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan,
No matter how far away you are, you should contact us. If you can’t catch up with this issue, there will be another one, so be more prepared.”
Everyone nodded, and Zhou Shu suddenly said: "Can you get in?"
Liu Qin and others immediately looked over.
Li Qing tapped his fingers on the conference table and said with a smile: "Keep it secret."
After deciding on the topic, everyone started flipping through their phone books.
At this moment, Liu Qin and Zhou Shuo's strong relationship and connections were first revealed. Just when Li Qing, Fang Haotian and others were looking at the phone book with sad faces, Liu Qin and Zhou Shuo had already listed more than 20 entertainers.
come out.
There were more than 20 people, including singers, actors, writers, directors, hosts and other well-known people from all walks of life. After screening, everyone trapped a few of the entertainers with excellent singing skills, and then started to make phone calls.
Make a reservation.
At this time, the benefits of "The King of Masked Singer" with a ratings as high as 1.63% became apparent.
Most of these entertainers are outdated and not very popular. They are similar to Yang Feng, who is a music professor at Beijing Satellite TV. Popular actors like Wang Kun are very rare.
Therefore, when I heard that "The King of Masked Singer" invited me to record a program, everyone seemed to be glowing with a new lease of life. They were so excited that they forgot about themselves. They agreed very readily. Some people didn't even plan to ask for appearance fees.
Yes, I will go to the capital at my own expense.
Naturally, Li Qing wouldn't be so stingy. After thinking about it, he thought, well, just give each person a red envelope worth ten or twenty thousand.
Of course, confidentiality contracts and appearance contracts must be signed when necessary, and the rules must not be broken.
The effect of "The King of Masked Singer" with a ratings as high as 1.63% is obviously more than that.
"Real-time traffic statistics of the music network. From the broadcast of "The King of Masked Singer" to 8 a.m. today, the number of unique IP visits reached a maximum of 1,443 people. The number of music box downloads was 116,901 people, and 80,456 members were registered."
Gu Xiaohong, who is responsible for the management of the music network, said: "In the song download and listening data, "Born to Wander" has the highest number, with 136,184 downloads and 263,243 listening times, followed by "Fly Higher" and "Northeast Wine"..."
As Gu Xiaohong described it, Li Qing and others gradually became surprised.
More than 100,000 unique IP visits, 80,000 online registrations, and more than 100,000 downloads of a single song. This data has been recorded in the past night alone...
It’s no exaggeration to say that this is the most popular music network on the Internet!
After all, the official statistics from China Telecom last month showed that the number of people on the entire network was only one or two million!
Although starting this month, the country has vigorously developed telecommunications broadband services, and the number of broadband installations nationwide has exceeded 2 million, but even so, the popularity of the music network at this moment is not comparable to that of ordinary amateur websites!
But obviously, the short-term glory does not mean anything. Whether the music network can continue to be brilliant depends on the subsequent increase in the traffic of the music network.
"And this."
Gu Xiaohong stood up and handed Li Qing a folder: "According to your idea, Brother Ye and the others have programmed the 'Weibo' social networking site, and the specific framework has been integrated. The backend is connected to the Jinghua University database, which can be used
Users have independent access. As for the instant messaging software you proposed, it is also under development and is expected to be launched next month. As for the search engine, due to insufficient mastery of core technologies, Brother Ye suggests that you pay a high price to poach people in Silicon Valley."
Li Qing, who was nodding his head at first, immediately raised his head when he heard this and said with a face full of astonishment: "I'm offering a high price? Why?" (To be continued.)