Chapter 253(1/2)
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.
To be continued...