The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1476 Crazy
TMZ? Haha, don’t believe it.

Ultimately, TMZ has not gotten rid of the greed and vanity of its own paparazzi. They will do anything to create hype and news, and have absolutely no bottom line.

In 2001, Virgin Records signed a historic contract with Mariah Carey, a blockbuster contract that was unprecedented and will never be repeated.

That was Mariah Carey, the queen who dominated the entire 0.01s and accounted for % of the entire music industry pyramid. But even so, people still thought that Virgin Records was crazy, and there was no end to the complaints and attacks.

Sure enough, in less than a year, Viking Records had to bear the consequences.

After that, the entire record industry took this as a warning when negotiating contracts.

Don’t learn from Viking Records, otherwise the tragic ending of the past will still be fresh in our minds.

At the moment, TMZ did not directly name Mariah Carey, but the wording and sentence structure in the text are setting the atmosphere and stirring up all expectations. Anyone who knows a little about the music industry can think of Mariah Carey. The ruins of Virgin Records are still fresh.

Now, expectations have reached a whole new level. If Universal Music had snatched the deal at the last minute, or if Warner Music had announced a less-than-impressive contract, the result might have been different:

That's it?

Then, there will be something fun to watch.

Some people may say that Warner Music has never said that it is benchmarking Mariah Carey, so please don’t hurt me; but we can only blame TMZ, who has been fanning the flames there, and the expectations are rising steadily. Now that things have come to this, if Warner Music says that it has no intention of benchmarking Mariah Carey, there will be only one result -

Coward.

It's a good show too.

The hustle and bustle and the buzz surrounding the TMZ news continued to grow, and even the Hollywood film industry was paying attention.

Over the past few months, we have heard that the "Don't Be Serious" performance at the Grammy Awards has continued to create influence and its popularity has skyrocketed.

Now we finally have a chance to see where Anson stands in the music industry. Can a contract for an album be worth three million dollars?
Or a million dollars?

Everyone knows that the real money-making in the music industry still depends on concerts. Records don't make money and may even lose money. How can movies make money? The band has never toured on August 31st, so no matter how big its influence is, it would be wise for Anson to come back to Hollywood and work hard.

Those looks from Hollywood were full of condescending ridicule and contempt, just like adults watching seven-year-old children playing house. The more serious they were, the more hilarious it was, and they were not taken seriously at all.

The same goes for Anson.

then.

TMZ, "Signed, Done."

TMZ, "According to inside sources, this is a $50 million contract for three albums, and the royalty split is also historic."

Buzz, buzz.

Collective crash!

All the discussions, all the looks, and all the expressions were frozen at this second.

It's like the whole world is playing the game of "One, Two, Three, Stupid" together.

Wait, what—

Fifty million dollars for three albums?
Royalty dividends make history?
What kind of joke is this, TMZ? It's ridiculous and complete nonsense!

In some ways, this contract is even more outrageous than the one Mariah Carey had with Virgin Records. Although Mariah Carey earned $80 million for four albums, the royalty dividends were only the lowest in the industry. Mariah Carey aimed for a fixed price, while Virgin Records aimed for royalty dividends.

And now, what is in front of them is an industry-leading contract of 50 million US dollars for three albums. No record company dares to sign it for this amount, not even a single one; and as a result, Warner Records has also ceded its share of royalties?
…hell.

Warner Records has literally taped all their underwear on.

Because it was so outrageous, exaggerated and ridiculous, the entire industry was completely dumbfounded. The industry began to believe that this might be true and TMZ did not have the imagination to make up such a story.

Speculations, not too long to wait, Warner Music finally gave official confirmation.

It's true that the band parted ways on August 31st.

Miles and the others are preparing a brand new band, it’s true.

The bands just went their separate ways, but there was no falling out, that's true—

The first person to listen to the music that Miles and his team were preparing was Anson, who also gave his opinions.

It's true that Anson is preparing a solo album.

Fifty million dollars for three albums…yeah, that’s true too.

As for the royalty distribution ratio, sorry, it is a commercial secret and I cannot comment, but there is no doubt that Warner Records gave Anson a proposal that matched his value.

There was dead silence and everyone was stunned. The entire industry inside and out was reduced to a scorched earth. Shocked is not enough to describe the feeling at that moment.

After Anson Wood released just one album, Warner Records offered him a truly historic contract, doing everything they could to retain the superstar, which was even more sensational than Mariah Carey's signing with Virgin Records.

Even though TMZ's series of screen-sweeping trailers have continued to whet appetite and expectations have far exceeded expectations, they are still shocked by Warner Records' actions and have completely lost the ability to react.

Heavy!

The blockbuster of the year!

There is no doubt that Warner Music retained Anson with an unprecedented contract, which also means that Anson's crossover to music is definitely not just a hobby, not just a guest appearance in the music field like Johnny Depp and Will Smith, but like Barbra Streisand, Cher, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and other legendary stars, he has truly left his own footprint in the music industry.

Those Grammy phonograph trophies are definitely not just for display.

Just now, people were still marveling at how "Eternal Love" created a box office miracle and subverted people's cognition; the next moment, people found that Anson's pace of creating history was unstoppable, and the superstar further expanded his influence.

Now, TMZ's news has finally been confirmed, and traditional authoritative media have finally arrived.

“Breaking news: Warner Music and Anson Wood reach agreement on contract extension.”

"Anson Wood is ushering in a new era, with a solo album on the way."

"With 50 million dollars for three albums, Warner Records finally convinced Anson to sign."

"The entire music industry is shaken, and Warner Music has brought exciting news."

"Anson Wood: I'm not just playing around. I'm not an actor, I'm not a singer."

From "Rolling Stone" to "The New York Times", from "US Weekly" to "The New Yorker", all the major professional media focused their attention and discussed it one after another.

Warner Records, crazy.

After the Viking record, another crazy

From any perspective, this is a short-sighted decision, and it happened again just two years after the disastrous contract between Virgin Records and Mariah Carey. Does Warner Records have a brain?

Not to mention people in the music industry, even the Hollywood spectators realized how crazy this signing was, and they were completely stunned.

They were originally planning to watch the show, but in the end -

The melon fell.

(End of this chapter)