The performance at the New Year's Eve party made Zheng Qian's attention once again rise, and relevant media reports all praised Zheng Qian.
At the same time, the live version of "Big Fish" was officially launched on Kuran Music Network the next day after negotiations.
As the largest music network in China, Coolan’s development during this period can be said to be in full swing.
Because they have been authorized by Yuexiang Media, many of Zheng Qian's songs are also online on Coolan Music Network for free download by online listeners.
Compared with the huge piracy environment, the survival space for genuine digital music is very narrow, or even a dead end.
Therefore, Zheng Qian thought over and over again and decided to release digital copyrights and hand over all songs to Kuran Music Network for operation.
At the same time, it also invested 5 million to acquire 49% of the shares of Coolan Music Network.
This move can be described as a dangerous move for soldiers and a deviated sword move.
The reason why Kuran.com has been able to develop to this day is because of its huge user base and huge pirated resources. Although it has actively explored the genuine field in the past six months, it has achieved little results. If there are no pirated resources, the users of Kuran.com will
The number will definitely decrease rapidly.
But in this case, there will be a big legal loophole.
The current bill on Internet digital intellectual property rights is not complete, but as the Internet develops and grows, the country will inevitably introduce relevant bills, such as Operation Sword Network and so on.
At that time, as the leader of piracy, Kuran.com will definitely be taken out and beaten.
But what cannot be ignored is the user base of Coolan.com.
Today, Coolan.com is already the largest Chinese music website in the world. Although many creators hate this website’s copyright theft, there is still no way to solve the related problems. In addition, the cost of rights protection is too high, so
Just let the cool network gradually grow into a big tree.
Zheng Qian spent 5 million to invest 49% of the music network. For Coolan Music Network, which wanted to go online quickly, he was definitely overjoyed and hurriedly agreed. However, at most, he could only sell 49%, and the remaining 51% was left to other shareholders.
Apportion.
Zheng Qian was not dissatisfied with this.
Compared to the money-burning war that has been fought over copyrights by major music websites in later generations, this five million is just water.
Things are constantly changing, and it is impossible for KuRan Music Network to remain the leading music network forever.
Zheng Qian's move was just a random chess piece.
Furthermore, it also provides a stable home for the large number of digital music copyrights in your hands.
Because earlier, Zheng Qian had asked Ren Xin to go to the market with a large amount of funds to hoard online song copyrights.
With money flowing around, many online singers sell their hard-earned online songs for as low as a thousand yuan.
Some of these online songs are as popular as Zheng Qian's works on the Internet.
Most of these online singers have a vague sense of copyright, and they sell their copyrights cheaply with the idea of "rather than letting pirate websites steal them, it is better to sell the copyrights and make a profit first."
Of course, many people still hold publishing copyright tightly in their hands, but they don’t care much about the ethereal digital copyright on the Internet.
Under this situation, Ren Xin spent less than one million to acquire the copyright of online songs for tens of thousands of songs.
Zheng Qian held these copyrights in his hands, and then he safely invested in Coolan Music Network and re-licensed the copyrights of these online songs.
With a large number of copyrights in hand, coupled with the appeal of many online singers, the number of users of Kuran Music Network has increased sharply.
At the same time, Coolan Music Network is always keeping a close eye on network regulators.
Once there is any trouble, the website will be rectified immediately and a large number of pirated resources will be cleared.
But what is regrettable is that the current Internet can be described as a real "lawless place".
Although the regulatory authorities have just been established, they only crack down on pornography, gambling, drugs, etc. They don't even bother to pay attention to the piracy market.
Therefore, many pirated music stations are quite nourishing in this era.
Zheng Qian was not indifferent to this, but he actually had no choice but to adapt to the times.
Just like the "time machine" theory proposed by Masayoshi Son, the former president of SoftBank Group, any business that grows successfully in developed countries in the first world will become popular again in developing countries in the third world.
Have developed countries never experienced piracy?
of course not!
Now they have just landed successfully.
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After the New Year's Eve party, "Big Fish" also began to become popular rapidly.
In fact, with Zheng Qian's current popularity, even if "Big Fish" is just an ordinary song, it will quickly become a hit with this kind of popularity, not to mention "Big Fish" itself is a masterpiece.
Although many popular singers of the new generation have been clamored by the media to have exhausted their talents.
But for Zheng Qian, everyone has never felt that way.
Almost every song composed by Zheng Qian is a contemporary classic and has been sung by many people. This was unimaginable before. Even if he is as good as Wang Fei, many of his works have been criticized by others.
And with this huge popularity and popularity, notices inviting Zheng Qian to cooperate came one after another.
But Zheng Qian's energy is limited, not to mention working all year round, which has a great impact on his mental and physical state.
Therefore, we strive for greater excellence in business selection.
First of all, he has raised his net worth to the top in the country. If the appearance fee is less than 3 million, there is basically no chance. Although the market price of his works is still one million, there are rumors that some people have tripled it, but they are still expensive and have no market.
If you have a movie contract, you will not be cast if you are not the leading actor, and the salary will start at tens of millions, with no upper limit.
The same is true for TV series, where the salary for a single episode can reach millions.
There is no salary limit at the moment.
There are all kinds of sky-high salaries in the industry, only you can't imagine it, there's nothing you can't see.
Of course, Zheng Qian does not regard wealth as his life.
As long as the script is good, the pay is not a problem, and it doesn't even matter if you are not the protagonist.
This point is vividly reflected in the movie "A World Without Thieves".
In this case, more than half of the parties seeking cooperation with Zheng Qian were reduced.
This gave Zheng Qian enough rest time to do his own thing.
On January 5, 2005, not long after New Year's Day, Zheng Qian finished filming the new Longines watch commercial and began to prepare for the Chinese Music Chart Award Ceremony the day after tomorrow.
Before that, the time for Zheng Qian’s appointment for the subject three road test had also arrived.
In the vehicle management office, even though he was dressed in disguise, including a coat, sunglasses, and a peaked cap, Zheng Qian's aura that he often cultivated under the spotlight made his every move unique and attracted the attention of many people.
Soon, all the candidates in the waiting hall were whispering to each other.
The director of the Vehicle Management Office knew Zheng Qian's identity, so he also sent two staff members, a man and a woman, to chat with Zheng Qian.
But it still can't stop the candidates from squealing in surprise after careful consideration and taking photos for comparison...
In order to prevent commotion, the vehicle management office arranged a special rest room for Zheng Qian.
While waiting for the exam, it was Zheng Qian's turn to be confused.
The entire examination street and both sides of the street were filled with onlookers who came to join in the fun.
The crowd was full of people.
In addition, the DMV also called colleagues from the traffic police department to guard the entire street on both sides to prevent impulsive pedestrians from entering the examination room.
Under such circumstances, the director of the Vehicle Management Office suggested that Zheng Qian take the exam at another time.
Zheng Qian thought about it over and over and flatly refused.
So all the candidates who were scheduled to take the exam on the same day at the three-way test site were both excited and nervous.
I was excited because I was taking the exam at the same place on the same day as Zheng Qian, but I was nervous because there were so many people on both sides of the road.
Of course, there are also advantages. Under the obstruction of the traffic police comrades, except for the examination vehicles, there are no pedestrians or cars on the entire examination venue street.
This greatly facilitates candidates and reduces the pressure from vehicles passing by during the exam.
At around ten o'clock in the morning, Zheng Qian arrived in front of the examination vehicle under the watchful eyes of the public and the continuous applause of passers-by.
The security guard smiled and saluted Zheng Qian: "Comrade, I wish you good luck in the exam."
Next, the test began. Zheng Qian walked around the car, got in, fastened his seat belt, and after passing the lighting test, started on the road.
While the vehicle was driving, countless people were running wildly on the paths on both sides of the street until they reached the end.
"Passed the exam."
After successfully completing subject three, Zheng Qian's palms were wet with sweat.
I can't imagine the pressure of tens of thousands of people watching at the scene at the same time.
Today's exam pass rate is lower than the overall average level over the past month. Obviously, the attention of a large number of pedestrians has made many candidates panic. They either did not wear seat belts, stalled the car in the middle, or drove behind the line.
Fortunately, Zheng Qian was qualified and passed with full marks.
There is no subject 4 at the moment, so after Zheng Qian passed subject 3, at noon that day, witnessed by more than a dozen media who came from nowhere, the director of the Vehicle Management Office personally handed Zheng his brand new driver's license with a smile on his face.
Qian's hand.
For a moment, the spotlight flashed, making the scene look like an award ceremony.
Finally, the director of the Vehicle Management Office wanted to invite Zheng Qian to speak on stage. Zheng Qian quickly said that he would do it next time, turned around and drove away from the scene.
In full view of everyone, Zheng Qian got into the business nanny car driven by driver Fei Fei and drove away.
On the way, Fei Fei said with a smile: "Brother Qian, have you decided what car to buy?"
After getting the driver's license, it was natural to buy a car and have fun. In the past few days, Ren Xin, Mao Miaorui and others have been asking Zheng Qian to buy an imported sports car. With Zheng Qian's current worth, buying a sports car is indeed very easy.
But what Zheng Qian was thinking about was the Hummer SUV that Fang Shaoyuan drove. It had enough space and a wide field of vision. This was the car that a man should drive.
But when he thinks of Fang Shaoyuan, who is wearing a cheongsam and has a graceful figure, Zheng Qian feels a pain in his kidneys. Why do women like Hummer SUVs?
He couldn't figure it out.
The plan to buy a car is not urgent at the moment. There are also several commercial vehicles in the company that Zheng Qian can use.
Fei Fei is obviously a car fan. During the drive, he helped Zheng Qian recommend all kinds of popular sports cars, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, etc., as if he was listing treasures in detail.
But unfortunately Zheng Qian is not very interested.
Two days later.
On January 8, 2005, the Chinese Music Chart Awards Ceremony jointly organized by Star TV and CCTV began.
The venue is Donghai Grand Theater.
It takes more than two hours to get from Beijing to Donghai.
After boarding the cabin and sitting down in his seat, Zheng Qian opened the entertainment newspaper and read it with relish.
This is an entertainment newspaper published yesterday, containing some news surrounding the entertainment industry, celebrity scandals, etc.
Among them is the news about the 11th Global Chinese Music Chart Award Ceremony.
Relevant media also gave predictions. Among them, the competition for the seat of the best male singer is the most fierce, but overall, two popular singers have been identified, namely Zheng Qian and Zhou Jinglun.
The awards are divided into two regions, namely Mainland China and Hong Kong and Taiwan, so the most likely probability is a win-win situation, both of them won the Best Male Singer Award.
In terms of Best Female Singer, there are many candidates including Wei Yehong and Xu Ruoying.
In addition, there are also the most popular male and female singers, best group, band, best new artist, song of the year, music video of the year, etc.
It can be said that the Music Chart is the most valuable Chinese music award after the Golden Melody Award.
The cabin shook slightly, and after a while, the flight took off as usual and entered orbit.
An hour later, Zheng Qian finished reading the entertainment newspaper in his hand, closed his eyes and rested for a while.
When he opened his eyes and looked around boredly, he accidentally saw the female passenger reading a book in the seat next to him.
Then he suddenly froze.
He looked straight at the cover of the book, which showed a signal receiver and the vast starry sky.
There is a very conspicuous sentence in English above, which when translated, means "Three Body Problems".
He blinked.
The English version of "The Three-Body Problem" will be published soon?
The publisher completely failed to notify him and send him a sample book.
Zheng Qian tilted his head and looked at the book, not realizing that the young woman wearing sunglasses who was looking at it had also noticed him.
Although Zheng Qian was wearing a peaked cap as always, his handsome and angular face was not concealed at all and came directly into her eyes.
At the same time, when she accidentally caught a glimpse of Zheng Qian's eyes as bright as stars, her heart couldn't help but beat wildly.
"This man is so handsome! It's indeed first class! The chance of meeting a handsome guy is much higher."
"Maybe, are you my fan?"
Seeing that Zheng Qian kept looking at her, she secretly guessed and couldn't help but feel complacent in her heart.
Her name is Fanny, she is twenty-seven years old and an American. Although she is not very young, she is the author of the North American classic bestseller "Gulliver's Fantastic Journey".
Like her protagonist, Fanny also likes to travel, which makes her writing and ideas unconstrained and has won the love of many fans.
"Will you ask me for my autograph?"
Although Fanny was staring at the "Three-Body Problem" in her hand, she was already in a fugue, and the corner of her eye glanced at Zheng Qian from time to time.
To be honest, it is very difficult to make a European and American woman feel that an Asian man is handsome, because in the eyes of most European and American people, Asians all look the same.
However, Fanny has traveled around the world and has already developed a set of standards for "recognizing people", and according to her standards, Zheng Qian is definitely a handsome man.
Even if it is placed in Europe and the United States, it will definitely attract people's attention.
For a moment, Fanny began to daydream.
This is probably another benefit of being a writer. I have a particularly strong ability to obsess.