Seeing Evan's arrival, Sony's global music director Justin also felt that something was wrong.
Although Sony Music Group also has a great influence in the world, when it comes to the overall strength of the recording industry, Sony is still slightly behind Global. Of course, in addition to the entertainment industry, Sony is also involved in many high-tech industries, so they support each other.
Even so, Sony can still compete with Universal in the professional field of entertainment.
But Justin knows that Zheng Qian has often cooperated with Universal before. All of Zheng Qian's Chinese albums are distributed by Universal Records. This alone reflects a close relationship that far exceeds that of other companies. The advantage is obvious.
But what surprised Justin even more was that Evan himself came to the mainland and came to discuss cooperation with Yuexiang Media in person.
Because Evan is the chief operating officer of Universal Music Group's U.S. headquarters and a real senior executive, it is obvious that such a person is determined to win when he comes to discuss cooperation in person.
This made Justin's heart sink. Seeing that the meeting had not started yet, he stood up, walked outside the reception room, took out his mobile phone, dialed the number, and contacted the headquarters.
On the other side, Zheng Qian, Ren Xin and others were also on their way to the company. This meeting was unexpected because many foreign record companies had seen the potential of the single "You Are Not Alone".
So people queue up in droves to discuss cooperation with Yuexiang Media.
Of course, the most important thing is Zheng Qian’s English album.
So Ren Xin decided to invite all foreign companies with publishing qualifications to make an appointment on the same day, and everyone opened up to discuss it.
To put it simply, whoever pays the highest price and is sincere enough will have the opportunity to win Zheng Qian’s English album distribution rights.
Seven record companies came to the scene, each of which is well-known in North America.
For example, Warner Records, EMI Records, and Bertelsmann Records, together with Sony Records and Universal Records, are collectively known as the top five record companies in the world.
In addition to these five top record companies, there are two others, Guangjing Records and Blue Sky Records, both of which are very powerful independent record companies in the United States. They also discovered Zheng Qian’s potential and traveled thousands of miles across the ocean.
I came here just to get Zheng Qian’s English album distribution rights.
But as soon as they arrived at the scene, the people in charge of the two companies were dumbfounded. Not one of the five major record companies was missing, and all of them were here!
How can we compete?
In terms of resources, strength and channels, no matter how well an independent record company develops, it is impossible to compare with the five major record companies. They all have the ability to distribute their products globally. This alone is already beating all ordinary record companies.
In fact, Zheng Qian's idea is to choose a partner from among the five major record companies. This is very realistic, but this is a business after all. It is impossible to say that your sincerity is high enough. It still depends on your overall strength.
Soon, Zheng Qian arrived at the company. In order to save each other's time, all parties did not speak slowly and politely.
The meeting started immediately.
Although the heads of Guangjing Records and Blue Sky Records made fantastic remarks at the meeting, they were still collectively choked by the five major record companies: "Do you have the ability to distribute products globally?"
"No?"
"Sit down."
Although it is considered one of the top companies in the American record industry, facing the five major record companies, Guangjing and Lantian had no choice but to shut up and sit down again.
Next, it’s time to see the five major record companies exert their energy.
This is the moment that Evan has been waiting for. He has just discovered that although the other record companies present are sincere, he may be the only one with the authority to modify it.
In other words, as the chief operating officer of the group, Evan has the right to adjust the contract content based on the direction of the on-site meeting.
As for the other four major record companies, Evan just learned in advance that none of them are real senior executives with senior authority within their group.
"Mr. Zheng, our Universal Music Group claims to be second in terms of strength in the entire industry, and no company dares to claim to be number one. This is our absolute confidence in Universal Music Group."
Evan said slowly: "What's more, Mr. Zheng, you have had close cooperation with our Universal Music Group's Hong Kong headquarters many times. This time we conquer the global market, our California headquarters will naturally provide full support in terms of contracts.
, our company advocates a 50-50 split, with global promotional funds of no less than 30 million US dollars, and promises to hold no less than fifteen concerts in North America in the next year..."
"If Mr. Zheng is willing to join Universal Music, we are willing to provide a three-year signing fee of US$100 million on the basis of the above..."
The people in charge of other record companies were dumbfounded when they heard about this rich contract content.
Even with the exception of Sony Music Group, the other three major record companies have never thought about a 50-50 split. They will accept a 40-60 split at most.
The publicity funds are even more exaggerated, US$30 million, totaling RMB 250 million.
The number of concerts held is no less than fifteen, which is definitely superstar treatment.
Finally, there is the signing fee, which is US$100 million over three years, up to about RMB 800 million, with an average of RMB 270 million per year.
What does it mean to be wealthy?
Everyone looked at Evan with speechless eyes.
Even Justin from Sony Music Group has nothing to say at this moment. Is this the confidence of Universal Records?
In fact, we should have thought of it a long time ago. The fact that Universal Music can send a chief operating officer to its California headquarters has already shown its deep ambition. This time it comes to the mainland, it is obviously determined to win.
"Sorry, let me make a call." Justin stood up, smiled apologetically at Zheng Qian and others, then turned around and went outside the conference room to make another call.
Justin's departure caused a chain reaction among others. Except for Evan, all the conference leaders of other record companies stood up, took out their mobile phones and went outside the conference room to make calls.
Seeing this scene, Evan smiled and said to Zheng Qian: "Mr. Zheng, as the chief operating officer of Universal Music Group, I have the right to modify all terms of the contract. If you have any other suggestions, you can make them now.
Raise it and we can discuss and resolve it."
Zheng Qian smiled and nodded.
Zheng Qian still has a good impression of Evan, so what if the other person is different from what he looks like? As long as the other person is sincere enough when facing him, that is enough, no matter how he tries to cheat behind his back.
As for the reason why Evan was able to call out such a contract, Zheng Qian also understood that it was probably to make up for future cooperation. After all, before this, the release of the single "You Are Not Alone" was banned by Universal Music.
The group personally rejected it. If Sony hadn't cut it off and achieved incredible results after its release, Universal Music Group would never have paid such attention.
Soon, the others finished their discussion and returned to the conference room.
Justin was obviously much more confident this time. Seeing that the others were silent, he had an idea in his heart, and said to Zheng Qian, Ren Xin and others: "We at Sony Music Group are willing to provide the same conditions and specifications as Universal Music Group
, and at the same time, on this basis, we are willing to give you a 40-60 share of all album release income, four to me and six to you."
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire conference room was filled with deathly silence.
Evan looked at Justin in disbelief: "Forty to six? Are you crazy?"
Justin looked calm and confident: "This is a decision I made after consulting the headquarters, and it was approved by the highest authority."
Evan said: "If this is the case, there will be no profit at all from the album release..."
Having said this, Evan suddenly came to his senses.
Unlike Universal Music, although Sony Music is currently very large in terms of entertainment volume, there is still some gap with Universal Music in the related industry chain such as records.
If it obtains the publishing rights of Zheng Qian's English album this time, then Sony Music is likely to make further progress, and may even surpass Universal Music.
But the premise is that Zheng Qian's new album is good enough to cause Sony Music's stock price to soar. Only a soaring stock price can offset the losses caused by this contract.
But can Zheng Qian's new album really continue the quality of the single "You Are Not Alone"?
Although Evan has seen too much of Zheng Qian’s past information and achievements and knows that this is a singer-songwriter who continues to produce miracles, but the previous albums were mainly Chinese songs, this time they are all in English...
Of course, the most important thing is that a 40-60 split is a split ratio that Evan cannot currently accept.
Even at this point, it was beyond his authority.
He can increase funds for a few concerts or promotions, but this kind of sharing ratio that involves the core level, Evan really has no qualifications to modify.
In full view of everyone, Evan stood up with a hint of embarrassment on his face: "I'm going to make a phone call."
Someone burst out laughing.
But Evan just pretended not to see it, turned around and quickly left the scene.
There was a faint smile on Zheng Qian's lips. It seemed that except for himself, all the meeting leaders of other record companies did not have a good impression of Evan.
There is no way, this person is too pretentious and throws out such a big contract as soon as he opens his mouth, making it impossible for other companies to follow up and even lose the courage to express their own ideas.
Because, even if you talk about it in a very fancy way, it is impossible to compare with the other party in terms of the content of the contract.
But Sony Music Group obviously decided to be tough, and this time everyone saw the overall pattern.
Although seven internationally renowned record companies came to the event, the final contenders were Sony and Universal.
Ren Xin also saw this and couldn't help but admire Zheng Qian, because before coming, Zheng Qian had already stated this result based on data analysis.
Either Universal or Sony.
Only these two companies that have cooperated with Zheng Qian can understand how terrifying the energy and value Zheng Qian brings.
Even now, Zheng Qian's albums released by Universal Music are still on the best-selling list, competing with those first-line singers who have just released albums.
This is too scary.
Including Zheng Qian's Japanese album released in Japan through Sony Music, the situation is also the same.
This is probably the benefit of every album having the title song. Only if the quality of the songs is perfect enough can it have such popularity. And with popularity and word of mouth, the album will not worry about selling.
Although people in the industry say that the record industry is in decline, Zheng Qian’s existence has undoubtedly extended the life of the record era. Even if Zheng Qian’s songs are so popular on some pirated music websites that they have no friends, there are still people who are willing to go to physical stores to buy them.
Support Zheng Qian's album.
It can be said that every album by Zheng Qian has its own collection value.
In the future out-of-print era, it can definitely be cherished as a collection.
Soon, Evan came over with a wonderful expression on his face.
After sitting down, he looked at Zheng Qian and said: "Mr. Zheng, I have obtained the latest authority - no matter what conditions Sony Music opens, we will definitely follow up, even if it is 37, 28, as long as they dare to open it, we will
Dare to follow!"
"The final decision is still in your hands!"
This sentence caused the discussion in the conference room to stop for an instant.
Justin stared blankly at the excited Evan, almost scolding the other woman's grandmother from the grave.
Frank, you are so despicable.
He folded his hands in front of his chest, and after thinking for a while, he said to Zheng Qian: "Based on the conditions just mentioned, we are willing to increase the income from peripheral products. The income in this area can also be divided into 40 and 60. Of course, if Mr. Zheng wants to
We will buy out the relevant copyrights in one go, and we will also give a price that is sincere enough..."
"But it is worth mentioning, Mr. Zheng, that our Sony Music Group has the ability to create peripheral products and sales channels, but this is not necessarily true for Universal Music Group. Their industrial chain is not as large as ours. This is an indisputable fact.
There's no way they can follow up."
After hearing this sentence, Evan felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly.
But I have to say that Justin is right. Although Universal Music Group has unparalleled influence in the industry, it is obviously not comparable to Sony Music Group in the surrounding industry chain. In addition to Sony Music Group, there are countless
industrial chain.
After all, this is a world-renowned large-scale comprehensive multinational enterprise group. It is also a leader in the fields of audio-visual, electronic games, communication products and information technology in the world. It is the founder of the world's earliest portable digital products and the most representative one in Japan.
It is one of the manufacturers of digital products, one of the largest music companies in the world, one of the three giants of console games in the world, and one of the six major Hollywood film companies in the United States.
These industries are completely beyond the reach of a Universal Music Group.
Everyone understands this, Justin understands it, and Evan understands it.
So at this moment, Evan's face looked very ugly.
Zheng Qian looked at him with a smile: "Can you follow up?"
Evan said nothing.
"What about you?" Zheng Qian looked at the others.
Others also shook their heads slowly.
So Zheng Qian looked at Justin: "Then the decision is yours."
Justin smiled and made a fist-clasping gesture towards Zheng Qian. When he looked at Evan again, his face was full of joy.