I started to become more self-disciplined at the age of 30

Chapter 273 272. The finale of the Chinese music market? Nunchakus sold over million in a single day!
After Liu Qing, Ma Zili and Wang Xin went back.

Everybody knows!
The structure of the Chinese music scene may remain fixed for many years.

If no major fusion occurs in the future, it may be difficult to see changes.

Ma Zili called Mr. Zhang as soon as he got in the car.

"Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry that I couldn't sign a contract with Jiang Chen."

Ma Zili said regretfully, his eyes full of regret, a hint of worry, and a sense of exhaustion.

He was previously a top music producer in the country and also the music director of an entertainment group. He has been developing in the Chinese music scene for many years and is one of the godfathers of music in the mainland and an absolute big shot.

So, when a certain Internet giant wanted to develop a music platform, it pulled him in to be the top leader.

Just like Liu Qing and Gao He from Mido are also big names in the circle.

To develop in this circle, the most important thing is connections.

Therefore, their two platforms were able to gain a foothold within two to three years, relying on their connections and money to sign some powerful big-name singers and new singers.

Although it is still far from comparable to the scale of Penguin Music, it is at least showing signs of improvement. It is possible to continue to develop slowly and develop its own style and path.

After all, they have giant companies behind them who are not short of money and are also willing to develop music platforms.

But now...

Ma Zili felt powerless.

because!

Penguin Music is already a dominant player in itself, with more than 80% of the music resources in the Chinese music scene under its umbrella.

Even if Mido and Firefox have giants behind them, it will take a long time of operation and some special opportunities to shake the position of Penguin Music.

And now, a special opportunity has arisen.

That was the sudden appearance of Jiang Chen!

He released dozens of songs on his own in more than a month, and the average download volume of each song exceeded 100 million!
This month, Jiang Chen alone accounted for 98% of the sales of all songs on all platforms in the Chinese music scene.

The changes in the Chinese music market depend on Jiang Chen.

Whoever grabs Jiang Chen will be able to directly establish a music platform to compete with Penguin Music. From then on, the Chinese music market will no longer be dominated by one company. This is an absolutely significant event for the entire Chinese music scene.

If every big-name singer with resources now has a second choice, the entire Chinese music scene may become more vibrant, and more and better works may appear faster.

But now...

When Firefox and Mido were competing for Jiang Chen, they gave it to Penguin for free!

This made Ma Zili suddenly see no hope.

Penguin Music is already a dominant player in the market, and it has also tied up Jiang Chen, who is powerful enough to change the landscape of the Chinese music market. In the future, almost no one will be able to shake Penguin Music's dominance, and it may gradually and substantially monopolize the Chinese music market.

The only significance of the existence of other platforms such as Firefox and Mido is to prevent Penguin Music from forming a monopoly in name. The market still needs the existence of other platforms.

But in fact, Mido and Firefox no longer pose any threat to Penguin Music.

unless……

He held on until the first contract between Jiang Chen and Penguin Music expired, and then spent a huge price to snatch Jiang Chen away.

Mr. Zhang on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, then said, "Lao Ma is too generous! He directly spent more than 3 billion. If I had more time to think about it, I might have found someone to discuss it. However, to make a decision in such a short time, I can only avoid risks."

"We at DouYue Live have already paid too much to sign Jiang Chen's live broadcast contract!"

For each live broadcast, Jiang Chen would receive at least 300 million yuan in fees. On average, he would receive 400 to 500 million yuan for each live broadcast. After 100 broadcasts, the total fee would be 40 to 50 billion yuan!

Even giants find it difficult to cope with such expenses.

Mr. Zhang has been trying to raise funds as much as possible recently, and has lent the working capital of other companies in the group to DouYue Live through loans, and will pay it back after DouYue Live goes public.

If we have to give Jiang Chen a signing fee of more than 3 billion now!
Mr. Zhang really can't take it anymore.

If he didn't have Jiang Chen's live broadcast contract, he would definitely take a gamble.

It’s just over 3 billion, he can afford to lose it.

Mr. Zhang started out in the news traffic business, and then relied on short videos to grow and become a giant. He is the only giant today that can compete with Penguin Group in terms of traffic. He also follows the path of entertainment, unlike another giant in e-commerce.

There is a lot of overlap in the business between Mr. Zhang and Penguin's Lao Ma's group, and there will inevitably be conflicts in the future.

When Penguin Live signed Jiang Chen, it successfully snatched a part of the market share from Mr. Zhang's DouYue Live. Now it has firmly become the second largest live broadcast platform. The traffic has increased significantly compared to before, and the overall valuation has more than doubled. It will definitely be successful when it goes public in the future.

Then, Mr. Zhang spent a huge amount of money to snatch Jiang Chen away and tried his best to suppress the development of Penguin Live.

Live streaming and short video business is Mr. Zhang’s core business, just like Penguin Group’s instant messaging business.

and so!
Mr. Zhang also spent a lot of time and effort to carefully plan the entertainment industry. Unlike the giants behind Midu, they just try it out and withdraw if it doesn’t work, because this is not their core business anyway.

However, Mr. Zhang really wants to develop the entertainment industry and does not want to lose to the Penguin Group!
Therefore, Mr. Zhang is willing to give Jiang Chen a maximum of 50% of the shares. Even if he does not have controlling rights in the future, it does not matter, as long as he has actual control.

Unfortunately, Han Qing still didn't agree!

because!

Penguin Music gave too much.

Ma Zili said somewhat listlessly: "Mr. Zhang, you are still not determined enough for the development of the entertainment industry. If you miss Jiang Chen, you may never have a chance to truly develop. You should understand the significance of Jiang Chen and Penguin Music being tied together."

"The new song that Jiang Chen uploaded to Penguin Music yesterday has now sold over 70 million copies, with daily sales exceeding 100 million! The total sales of all of Jiang Chen's other songs have exceeded 6 billion."

"The sales he generates on Penguin Music every day exceed 500 million."

"This year, Penguin Music's turnover will definitely increase significantly, but the profit may not increase much, because all the sales of Jiang Chen's works belong to Jiang Chen."

"But sales figures and traffic will soar, and valuations will also soar."

"You gave Jiang Chen so much money during the live broadcast, you shouldn't save these two or three billion now!"

There was some blame towards Mr. Zhang in Ma Zili's tone.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Signing Jiang Chen is equivalent to signing the next era of Chinese music. As long as he doesn't mess around, he will be able to compete with Penguin Music. With steady development in the future, when his traffic increases, he can rely on his connections to sign more big-name singers, forming a virtuous circle. He has a great chance of surpassing Penguin Music.

If Ma Zili really achieves this, he will become a truly unique godfather in the Chinese music scene, and the music godfather with the greatest voice.

Of course, this is the case if Jiang Chen does not interfere.

After listening to Ma Zili's words, Mr. Zhang suddenly said, "If we take out this money now, can we sign Jiang Chen?"

Ma Zili smiled bitterly and said, "It's very difficult! They have already entered the signing stage, or maybe they haven't signed yet. However, if you offer the same amount of money, Han Qing will not agree. Even if you offer 50% of the shares, it will be difficult. Penguin Music offers 10% of the shares, which is now worth 1 billion. After Jiang Chen joins, it will at least double, at least worth more than 2 billion." "The sales volume that Penguin Music gave to Jiang Chen is worth at least 3 billion. If you want to sign Jiang Chen now, you have to give at least 50% of the shares, plus a signing bonus of at least 5 billion."

"Are you willing to pay this money? If you are willing to pay 5 billion as a signing fee, I will shamelessly go back and talk to Han Qing and Jiang Chen now."

Five billion in cash!
Mr. Zhang on the other end of the phone took a deep breath and felt that the world seemed to have changed after seeing Jiang Chen recently.

Money seems to be worthless.

Jiang Chen earned 10 billion from a live broadcast.

One of Jiang Chen's works sold for 20 to 30 billion!
The signing fee is now 5 billion!

Thirty to fifty billion!
Is this Huaxia currency?

Mr. Zhang felt a little eager to make a move.

If they could really sign Jiang Chen and build a platform that could compete with Penguin Music, it would be worth at least tens of billions. Even if he only had half of the shares, it would still be worth five billion.

And, most importantly, the strategic value of this platform cannot be measured by money.

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but……

Think of the company's cash flow.

He felt helpless again.

He wanted to leave enough per-person fee for Jiang Chen’s live broadcast.

He can definitely come up with 5 billion in cash.

After all, it is a giant-level entity, and it is easy for the group to raise hundreds of billions of funds at any time.

After all, it is a giant with an annual turnover of hundreds of billions and annual profits of tens of billions. Raising tens of billions of funds is just a matter of a few phone calls.

but……

This may affect the development of each subsidiary.

Each giant has a wide network and has many subsidiaries, most of which are not profitable. They just want to occupy the market and need to continue to burn money, just like this music platform.

Therefore, directly raising tens of billions of funds in a short period of time may affect the sustainable development of many other subsidiaries of the group.

In just a few seconds, Mr. Zhang thought a lot.

Finally, after weighing the pros and cons, he said softly, "Then we can wait a little longer! How long is the contract between Jiang Chen and Penguin Music?"

Ma Zili's face showed disappointment. He still wanted to use the money to sign Jiang Chen right away, but unfortunately Mr. Zhang was reluctant to spend 5 billion at once. After hearing Mr. Zhang's question, he thought for a while and said, "I don't know the specific details of the contract yet, but Jiang Chen is still young and talented, and there is still room for improvement in the future. Han Qing is so smart that she will definitely not sign a long contract. It will be at most four or five years, and maybe two or three years."

Mr. Zhang immediately perked up and said, "That's not a long time. When their contracts expire, we can prepare well in advance and directly use the money to buy Jiang Chen over. Three or four years is not a long time. During this time, you can accumulate some potential new singers and train them well."

Firefox Music also has a record company under its umbrella, which trains its own singers and has signed several veteran big-name singers, all of whom are signed under its own Firefox Music platform, making it self-sufficient.

This is also the ecosystem layout that all major giants are playing.

Penguin Music and Mido Music both have their own record companies and have signed many singers, but Penguin Music has signed more big names, while their two small platforms can only sign some newcomers for training. They have signed some big-name singers based on relationships and favors, but the financial cost is very high.

After all, small platforms don’t have much traffic to bring benefits to others, so they can only make up for it with signing fees.

Favors are favors, and you can't let others suffer losses, otherwise your reputation in the circle will be ruined and no one will want to cooperate with you in the future.

This is also the reason why Ma Zili asked Mr. Zhang to take out 5 billion to sign Jiang Chen.

If you don't pay enough money, talking about love is just hooliganism.

Ma Zili said regretfully: "This is the only way for now!"

But in fact, Ma Zili had already begun to have the idea of ​​retreating.

Mr. Zhang had a good idea. He planned to wait for Jiang Chen's contract with Penguin Music to expire in three or four years before trying to snatch Jiang Chen away.

but……

What will happen after a few years of strong cooperation between Penguin Music and Jiang Chen? If they can’t compete with the more powerful Penguin Music now, how will they compete with it in the future?

Ma Zili knew that there was almost no possibility for Mido and Firefox to develop in the future.

This was a well-known blow to him.

He gave up his identity as a musician and came to start a business with Mr. Zhang. He had an agenda and wanted to build a career in the future. But now that he can't see the possibility of success, he has no motivation to continue working hard.

Now that the company has not gone bankrupt, he can withdraw with a good reputation.

Otherwise, if the company goes bankrupt in a few years and he leaves, he will be ruined.

…………

in the afternoon.

Wang Xin returned to the company headquarters with the hot contract he had just signed with Jiang Chen, and announced the news to the public in a high-profile manner.

"Our platform has signed a new contract with Professor Jiang Chen. We welcome Professor Jiang Chen to become our partner. Let us work together to make our platform bigger and stronger and create greater glory!"

A very simple announcement.

But it caused quite a stir both inside and outside the circle.

Jiang Chen's whereabouts has always been a topic of concern to many musicians and singers.

At this time, I finally decided on my next home and stayed at Penguin Music.

Many people are asking about Jiang Chen's contract news.

Penguin Music also deliberately leaked some news. On the one hand, it was to create hype and let everyone know that Jiang Chen and Penguin Music were tied together. On the other hand, it was to show the wealth of Penguin Music, attract more big-name singers to join, and suppress other platforms again.

Penguin Music also immediately fulfilled the terms of the contract signed with Jiang Chen.

In the afternoon, Jiang Chen's works were directly promoted with traffic. The promotion of Jiang Chen's works can be seen everywhere on the Penguin Music platform, and similar promotions can also be seen on other platforms under the Penguin Group.

Especially when the nunchakus uploaded by Jiang Chen yesterday had over 100 million downloads.

Penguin Music and Penguin Group directly carried out a full-platform announcement and promotion, once again demonstrating their sincerity to Jiang Chen.

"Congratulations to Professor Jiang Chen for breaking the single-day download record for Chinese music with his work Nunchaku, setting an unprecedented single-day download record of over 100 million!"

When this news got out, the whole Internet was in an uproar.

(End of this chapter)