Chapter 348: The Birth of a Giant!

42,863 pieces of "Woman's Flower" and 33,168 pieces of "Witch's Tears"!

If it weren't for the sudden outbreak of the Sony incident, this would definitely be a big news worthy of any media's special mention-whether it is Zhou Mo's historic breakthrough of the 30,000 single-page mark, or two days later The evenly matched performance in the face-to-face confrontation is absolutely eye-catching.

In addition, Feng Feifei's continuous decline and near-depression, Zhao Xinfu and the four beauties' strong ability to continue to sell well, etc., are all worthy of the media's writing.

However, these news are destined not to occupy the headlines of the entertainment section of tonight's Evening News and Tomorrow's Daily.

Although Liao Liao got the second highest single-week record in her life, and through the big sales of four consecutive albums, she once again consolidated her absolute status as the top star in the domestic music scene, even though Zhou Mo, through the big sales of this album, Once again, she continued her upward trend after her comeback. At present, her momentum has surpassed the two queens Zhen Zhen and Feng Feifei, and she has become the third most powerful female singer after Liao Liao and He Runqing.

However, for at least the next week, the biggest limelight will belong to Sony Records, there is no doubt about it.

At noon, when everyone was sitting in the office eating boxed lunches, one piece of news after another had already begun to be confirmed, and Sony Records had also announced that they would hold a formal press conference this afternoon.

The company of Zhen Zhen and his wife has indeed been fully acquired by Sony, and Sony paid them a 4.2% stake in Sony Records. As a result, the two of them will jointly become the seventh largest shareholder of Sony Records . At the same time, Zhen Zhen did sign a share contract for three albums with Sony Records. According to Zhen Zhen's consistent album release speed, if there is no accident, she will stay at Sony Records for at least five years.

Of course, according to the gossip, I don’t know if it was stimulated by money, or by the fact that her status in the domestic music scene has obviously changed in the past two years. In short, when the two parties reached the contract, Zhen Zhen once As I said, these three albums will be finished in the next three years. If this gossip is true, it means that in the next three years, Zhen Zhen will release a new album every year.

For Zhen Zhen's fans, this is of course a happy moment in life, but for the current domestic music scene, her decision and determination may mean that she will rejoin Liao Liao, He Runqing, Zhou Mo, Feng Feifei , Li Xinru and many other powerful female singers in the country are competing for the queen of the music scene.

But in fact, because Liao Liao's status has been stabilized, He Runqing and Zhou Mo are already far ahead, and Feng Feifei is almost sentenced to be out of the game. Therefore, Zhen Zhen's joining in is actually going to make her ten times too late. Li Xinru, who debuted in 2010, competes with Li Xinru - Li Qian and Liao Liao, both of whom are not very optimistic about this big lady in the music scene.

Because times have changed.

However, according to relatively unreliable sources, the little queen Li Xinru has also been won by Sony Records. If this is true, I have to say that in terms of female singers, relying on Zhen Zhen, Feng Feifei, Li Xinru, Sima Duoduo and others will have completed Sony Records with singer resource integration, even if it is only for female singers, they will already have enough qualifications to wrestle with Minghu Culture.

And if Zhou Mo stays with Sony Records in the end...Sony Records will even have a considerable advantage.

In terms of male singers, Sony's advantage will be so great that all other record companies in the entire domestic music scene will be unable to compete!

Huang Yuqing has been confirmed to join!

Zhou Feng, has been confirmed to join!

Zhao Xinfu Studio is negotiating with Sony Records, and the acquisition is almost a certainty. What they are talking about now is only the acquisition price--Zhao Xinfu Studio has a contract with Sony, and it is currently half affiliated and half cooperative As long as the price is negotiated, the integration of resources between them is even faster than that of Zhen Zhen's company, and it takes almost no effort.

At that time, Sony Records will have a super luxurious lineup consisting of Zhao Xinfu, Huang Yuqing, Zhou Feng and Zhang Chang in terms of male singers!

After confirming the news one by one, looking back, whether it was Li Qian, Qi Jie, or Liao Liao, they finally began to understand why Xinda Records, which has been known for being stingy for more than ten years, would suddenly report to Zhou Mo The astonishingly high price of 50 million yuan for 30 songs-they must have gotten the relevant news earlier than Minghu Culture, and they are really scared!

Once Sony completes the integration of their singer resources, no matter male or female singers, the lineup will be absolutely luxurious. By that time, in terms of female singers, Minghu Culture may not be left behind by relying on Liao Liao and He Runqing. A suppressed situation.

Therefore, at such a critical moment of drastic changes, if a record company wants to gain a certain right to speak and a certain market position that can provide support in the future, then it is necessary to have at least one superstar in hand!

Otherwise, which record you want to focus on, Sony will directly bring out a superstar with a similar style, and if the release dates overlap, let alone smashing it to death, at least it will make your publicity plan less effective to a large extent. An album that could have sold well may also be greatly suppressed in sales.

Simply put, if there is not even one superstar who can support the scene and the market, a record company will lose the right to talk to the other party-if you want to negotiate, you are not qualified!

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Before the work meal was finished, the people who rubbed the meal came.

Without saying hello in advance, Zhou Ye drove over by himself.

He and Minghu Culture have always flirted with each other. This is not new news in the industry, even in the circle of media reporters. Many reporters have already made the news that Zhou Ye will soon join Minghu Culture.

Like this time, when he came here, he was also discovered by the extremely sensitive reporters nowadays. When the car was parked downstairs, the reporters even took photos. Of course, even though it was in a hurry, Zhou Ye still had a sense of proportion. After all, he still had to continue to finish the album in his hand with his company. Therefore, facing the two reporters' questioning, he asked I don't know, but when he saw the reporters and even followed him into the elevator, he had no choice but to say that he had made an appointment in advance and came to pick up the song.

Of course, he didn't dare to say that it was Li Qian's work. If that was the case, it would be an excuse to invite a song, which was a bit shameless. He was talking about Liao Liao's work - anyway, Liao Liao did promise him.

Then, Huang Wenjuan, Wei Lan and the others happened to have a surplus of boxed lunches, so Zhou Ye ate them together. While eating, he said frankly that he came here this time to report.

According to him, four record companies, Sony, Cinda, Huage, and Dongfang, all gave him quotations.

It should be said that although Zhou Ye has only released one album so far, and he is not too popular, his potential is still very optimistic by the musicians and record companies in the industry. In the battle for resources, instead of being able to stay out of it, he became the hottest one!

The reason is simple, he has enough potential, and he may soar into the sky at any time because of a certain album or a certain song, but unfortunately, he has not become popular at the moment, so he is relatively "cheap".

Thirty songs, 6 million, the price is still negotiable, this is Sony.

Thirty songs, five million, or three albums, 12% of the basic commission, this is Xinda.

Twenty songs, plus the priority of the next album, five million, this is Huage.

Thirty songs, seven million, this is the East.

It should be said that the quotations of any one of them are not low, not to mention that they all said that as long as Zhou Ye is interested, the price can be negotiated again. For Zhou Ye who only has one album at the moment, this is really quite generous.

However, Qi Jie's promise was four albums, which basically meant four to five years of binding, and only 10% of the basic commission... It can be said that in comparison, it is almost uncompetitive.

But on the contrary, while eating and chatting, when the box lunch that was neither salty nor light was finished, Zhou Ye put down his chopsticks and said, "Brother, I'm just here to report to you and my sister. Don't worry, they'll just give you a report." I'm 10 million, and I'm not going either. I'll hang out with you, with my sister!" Then, he said lightly: "If you have no other orders, I'll go back to work! Put this album one day earlier. After finishing it, jump over here one day earlier!"

This time, Qi Jie personally sent him to the door of the company.

After wiping his mouth after eating, Li Qian said three words to Liao Liao: "This is a debt!"

Liao Liao laughed loudly.

After laughing, she said, "We can afford it!"

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, Sony Records' press conference was held on time, and at the same time, a series of news announced by Sony General Manager Kazuichi Watanabe at the conference quickly shocked the entire pop music world.

Mr. Li Yaofu, chairman of Sony Records, has officially decided to accept the share acquisition of Japan's Sony Comprehensive Entertainment Co., Ltd., as the company's largest shareholder other than Japan's Sony Comprehensive Entertainment Co., Ltd., Mr. Li Yaofu, who holds 17% of the shares, has agreed Sell ​​about 15% of the shares in your own hands, and the contract has been formally signed and implemented.

After the completion of this transaction, Mr. Li Yaofu has less than 2% of the remaining shares in his hands, and he has become an ordinary shareholder, and he is ready to resign as chairman at the next board meeting. After the transaction is completed, Japan’s Sony Comprehensive Entertainment Co., Ltd. The shareholding of Sony (China) Records has increased to 52% in one fell swoop, with an absolute controlling stake.

Why did Li Yaofu suddenly sell his shares? Is Sony's offer too high for him to refuse? Or is it as rumored, because of a series of investment failures in the industrial and financial markets in recent years, the legendary rich man has been in debt and had to sell some less important stocks in his hands to revitalize his assets?

Kazuichi Watanabe emphasized that the transaction price between the two parties is a commercial secret and cannot be disclosed to the outside world.

And then, he said that thanks to the attention of the Japanese shareholders, he has been entrusted with the support of Sony Japan to take over the post of chairman at the board meeting held next month. At that time, he will accept the order to reorganize the board of directors of Sony Records .

This is the biggest headline. A change in capital level is a heavy news that can not only make the headlines of the entertainment section, but also has enough qualifications to make the headlines of the economic section. But for the uninitiated, the harvest may be just a concept: Sony Records is already in the hands of the Japanese!

Therefore, many reporters asked on the spot: Where does music director Xie Mingyuan go?

Kazuichi Watanabe's answer was a little cautious. He said that Mr. Xie Mingyuan had submitted his resignation letter with a firm attitude, but the company was doing its best to stay. In the face of hundreds of reporters, Kazuichi Watanabe was very humble and low-key. He said that in the past few years of cooperation, he and Director Xie Mingyuan cooperated very well. He himself is also very impressed with Mr. Xie Mingyuan's musical talent Appreciation, therefore, he strongly advocated supporting Xie Mingyuan to serve as the general manager of Sony Records after the reorganization, or continue to serve as the music director.

After talking about Xie Mingyuan, of course it was the turn of the singer to change.

Zhen Zhen's news has been confirmed, and Huang Yuqing is also confirmed to officially join in June. As for Zhou Feng, Sony Records will hold a grand joining together with Li Xinru, the young queen who has risen in the past two years, this Friday. ceremony.

Feng Feifei's last contract has not been executed yet, and three contracts have been renewed.

On Zhou Mo's side, Watanabe Kazuichi claimed that since Sony Records had the priority to renew the contract, it would never waste it, and for a diva-level superstar like Zhou Mo, no matter what the price was, it was negotiable. And he also said that Zhou Mo is considering the contract renewal invitation from his own side, and maybe in the future, the two parties will start contract renewal negotiations on this.

Of course, in front of hundreds of reporters, he did not forget to jokingly say, "There is something I want to discuss with Mr. Li Qian, you already have Empress Liao here, so don't rob Zhou Mo from us. Otherwise, it is easy to cause trouble.”

However, his little humor did not arouse much reaction from the reporters at the scene.

In fact, facing this series of big news and big actions, even the well-informed reporters were a little confused, and they didn't react at all at the time.

And in meeting room No. 1 of Minghu Culture, watching the news broadcast on TV, when Watanabe Kazuichi said this, Liao Liao let out a "ha", not knowing whether it was a smile or a sarcasm.

At about 3:40, the press conference ended, and all the executives of Minghu Culture who were at home were sitting in the conference room, discussing something in twos and threes.

Sony Records has become dominated by Japanese capital, and this big integration of resources is obviously sharpening the knife. As Minghu Culture, as the record company with the highest sales in the domestic pop music scene besides Sony Records, naturally it will not be completely without a sense of crisis. It's just that at this time, everyone is just discussing casually. Regarding this situation, it is difficult to come up with a completely clear clue and coping strategy in a short period of time. And... To be honest, Sony's information may not have been fully revealed yet!

At this time, before Li Qian or Qi Jie could say anything, Li Qian's mobile phone rang suddenly.

Li Qian took out his phone and glanced at it, slightly surprised.

Facing Liao Liao's inquiring eyes, he said, "It's Watanabe."

The conference room quickly fell silent.

Li Qian answered the phone, "Mr. Watanabe, hello."

"You are also good, Li Qianjun. I wonder if you have read the news?"

"You mean your company's press conference?"

"Yes."

"Well, I'm watching, just finished. Your company is amazing! Congratulations!"

Watanabe Kazuichi smiled softly, and said: "It's like this, this time I called Li Qianjun mainly because our company decided to hold a celebration reception tonight, and the staff are currently calling to invite them one by one. It was a bit hasty to leak it suddenly. But after the press conference, I still thought that other people can be invited by the staff, but you, Li Qianjun, must be invited by me personally. Please... be sure to appreciate it! "

"Oh..." Li Qian frowned, and said calmly, "Tonight? That's really unfortunate. I've already made an appointment to drink with someone!"

Watanabe was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then said immediately: "Is it someone in the industry?... Oh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't inquire about privacy, but it doesn't matter, even if you are not an insider, as long as you are a friend of Li Qianjun, then He is our most honored guest from Sony, can you invite him to our celebration reception for me?"

Li Qian thought for a while, and said with a smile on his face: "Of course, I can invite him on his behalf, but... I guess he won't be willing to go?" After a pause, he said again: "It's Mr. Xie from your company."

On the other end of the phone, there was silence for four or five seconds.

Afterwards, Watanabe Kazuichi seemed to sigh, and said helplessly: "We really want to keep him! Personally, I highly admire his work ability and his musical talent! In China, I Personally, in my opinion, only Li Qianjun and Ming Yuanjun are top-notch in terms of the combination of commercial records, art and technology!"

"However, Mr. Mingyuan pays too much attention to capital. He insists that Sony Records must be dominated by Chinese capital, otherwise he will resign. But what we art people need to do most is not to rely on a good Is it possible to use a platform to make better works? As for whether the platform is dominated by Japanese capital or Chinese capital, is it really that important?"

The meeting room was extremely quiet, so even though it was only a built-in sound, people who were close could still clearly hear Kazuichi Watanabe's voice on the phone.

At this time, Li Qian just smiled when he heard the words, and made a palm down gesture to Liao Liao, signaling her to be calm, and then asked: "Then, did Mr. Watanabe use this to persuade Mr. Xie? "

Watanabe Kazuichi replied: "Of course, we talked a lot, and I want to talk to him again recently! If possible, Li Qianjun, can you persuade us to meet you tonight? Sony Records, really His talent is needed!"

Li Qian smiled again and asked, "When you persuaded him, how did he answer you?"

On the other end of the phone, there was another four or five seconds of silence.

Then, Watanabe Kazuichi said slowly: "Ming Yuan-jun said, 'The music made by the Chinese is sold to Chinese audiences, of course the Chinese have the final say!'" After a pause, he continued: "He Also said 'art knows no borders...'”

"But artists have different countries... right?" Li Qian continued with a smile.

Watanabe Kazuichi's voice was a little low, but he still replied: "Yes."

Li Qian nodded and said with a smile: "Mr. Watanabe, Sony's integration of resources is actually not a bad thing for the entire industry. Increased competition may mean that high-quality products will be doubled. Regarding this, I, And Minghu Culture, I am very happy to see it, and, for commercial purposes, Minghu Culture will not reject some commercial cooperation with your company. However, personally speaking, I support Mr. Xie Mingyuan's decision .……sorry!"

Watanabe Kazuichi was silent for a moment, "Li Qian-jun, I understand what you mean. However, as the spokesperson for the two largest record companies in China, I personally hope to arrange a meeting with you. Excuse me, is it possible?"

Li Qian replied at that time: "Of course, I am also very happy to meet Mr. Watanabe."

"Okay, thank you Li Qianjun, excuse me!"

"You're welcome, I wish your company a great future!"

"Thank you, thank you!"

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After hanging up the phone and putting the phone back in his pocket, Li Qian shrugged his shoulders and said to Qi Jie, "I'm not going to be the background board. You can lead the team to congratulate and witness the success of Sony Records by the way." Peak night!"

Qi Jie raised her eyebrows and was about to speak when her phone rang suddenly.

She took out her mobile phone to look at it, and showed a helpless smile to Li Qian, and said, "Watanabe..."

Li Qian shrugged, and while walking out side by side with Liao Liao, he asked her, "Old Liu Won Stewed Dumpling Restaurant, do you want to go?"

"Xie Mingyuan? No!"

"No luck, you!"

"I'm going, but it will affect your dating a school girl!"

"I want to soak early, but you are here?"

"despise!"