The legend of rebirth

Chapter 474 Copyright Barrier
Starting from Song Yan's album, Beauty Company's copyright strategy has changed, establishing copyright barriers, and stopping the sale of record copyrights.

American record companies, except for samplers, are all regular music companies, but at the same time, they are also commercial companies.

When Qin Shiyue's new album "Listen" began to be released across California, the major American record companies finally couldn't sit still.

Because the sales volume of this record is so good, after the warm-up in the local market in Los Angeles, the first batch of 1000 million records sold out quickly once they were released in the California market.

Then many major labels in the United States called Song Yan for copyright cooperation calls, but Song Yan refused.

Including Song Yan's album, this is the second album that Beauty refused to cooperate with.

This kind of thing, the first time, is justified, once it happens twice, it is not normal.

To be able to achieve the scale of a major label and to release records across the United States, the bosses of these record companies are all in the same circle.Although there are mutual dislikes and commercial competition, it is normal to exchange information at the basic intelligence level.

California is the most populous state in the United States, and the music market is also the most active. The record sales in California are extremely convincing in the market.

Two consecutive big-selling records in California, but the management rights cannot be obtained. For more than a dozen major record companies in the United States, it means that they cannot eat the fat that is close at hand.

After confirming that none of the major labels had obtained the copyright of these two records from Beauty Company, the bosses began to scold their mothers.

There is a good reason for their cursing.In layman's terms, everyone earns money together, and blocking people's money is tantamount to killing their parents.

To put it more bluntly, the beauty company broke the rules of the industry.

Of course, they are not that stupid, and they won't scold mothers all over the United States. That is tantamount to advertising for the beauty company and fueling its arrogance.So they chose the Los Angeles Times.Within the scope of California, give the beauty company a precise blow and force it to submit.

And the Los Angeles Times happened to be Ye Luo's breakfast reading material.

So, when Ye Luo was eating breakfast and reading the newspaper this day, he couldn't help laughing.

He handed the newspaper in his hand to Song Yan, and said to the beautiful CEO: "Mr. Song, I asked you to save some money to pay the compensation for the sampling ghost, and you don't have to keep all of it.

The media still needs to continue to dissuade, you see, people scolding mothers have come to our door. "

"Where is there?" Mai Ruina quickly put down the knife and fork, and snatched the newspaper curiously.

Song Yan glanced at the content of the newspaper, her outstanding sight-reading ability allowed her to read ten lines at a glance, and she quickly understood, she shook her head and said, "Why is there no guidance, but the media, you know, whoever has milk is a mother, there is no There's no morals to speak of, they pay more than us."

While reading the newspaper with great interest, Mai Ruina read, "The management of the Beauty Company is Chinese, it seems that they have inherited the national policy of their motherland hundreds of years ago.

But they are obviously not as lucky as their motherland, because their motherland was finally knocked open by the guns of the coalition forces.And the beauty company can only rot in California, and no one will ignore them again. "

After reading this, Melina frowned, with anger on her face: "This is too vicious!"

"There are some who are not vicious." Ye Luo smiled lightly, "They even complained about our singer, saying that our company's strategy hindered the promotion of the singer's popularity, which is extremely irresponsible to the singer. .”

Song Yan also smiled: "It seems that the first record with copyright barriers is my own album. They still think about me, it seems that I have to thank them very much."

Ye Luo heard Song Yan's intention to fight back, and he waved his hand: "Forget it, don't waste this money, it's meaningless to talk like this.

Speaking of which, they are also helping us.For public opinion, if you want to make a big noise, you have to do it like this. There is a fuse, a fermentation time, and a flash point.Their little movement is not worthy of our response, just keep letting them hang out.

What we really want to follow up in terms of public opinion are two lawsuits, just wait. "

Song Yan nodded slightly.

Melina said: "Speaking of the lawsuit, the investigation and evidence collection of my case is almost over, and Liyin suddenly proposed an out-of-court settlement."

"It's normal. It's disgraceful to lose you, an international superstar. If there is a trial, the public opinion will intensify, and they will lose even more in all aspects." Ye Luo analyzed it, and then asked with great interest, "They How much does it cost?"

"Return to the original liquidated damages, 6000 million US dollars." Mai Ruina said.

"Then give it to them." Ye Luo said to Song Yan, "President Song, do we have enough money?"

"Including Qin Shiyue's record sales profits, it's almost enough." Song Yan said, "However, if we don't file this lawsuit, we will lose a hot spot in public opinion."

"Hehe, you're on the edge of your head." Ye Luo smiled, "Is there any breaking news that will be bigger than Mai Ruina's announcement of joining the beauty company? Right, Miss Mai?"

Melina smiled and said, "I don't care about these, I only care about when you will write a record for me."

"I'm writing this right now." Ye Luo smiled, and said to Song Yan, "Don't be reluctant to spend money when the time comes, Sister Mai's joining ceremony, we're going to make a big splash."

"En!" Song Yan nodded.

……

After this breakfast, Ye Luo came to the company as usual to start working on Mai Ruina's new album.

In fact, Ye Luo has been quite free lately. The work intensity in the United States is far less than in China.

In China, Ye Luo never encountered bottlenecks or obstacles. All he had to do was run at full speed when the light was green.

But here, because of the restrictions of the stepped music market in the United States, Ye Luo is somewhat restrained.However, the market is not the main factor restricting the progress of Ye Luo's record, the most important thing is the singer.

In the past month or so since the establishment of the beauty company, Ye Luo has never given up looking for new singers. The scouts and producers of the beauty company spend every night in nightclubs all over California, trying to find some suitable singers to sign in.

But after a month, there was basically no gain. Those bar singers who had passed the scout's preliminary selection, even went to the beauty company for an interview, and they couldn't catch Ye Luo's attention.

Ye Luo was also mentally prepared for this situation, because Mai Ruina said that the record industry in California is very developed. As a record company that can gain a foothold in California, it must keep the three major channels unimpeded.

As a new record company, Beauty Company has sales channels and publicity channels, but these two channels can be spent with money.

Only the last very important channel, where money can't be spent, is the singer selection channel.This depends more on connections.

Once there is a good new singer on the market in California, they will be directly recommended by the bar owner and the eyeliner of the record company. If they actually perform in the bar, it is still not good enough. Find a film-level singer among this group of singers. ,very difficult.

Therefore, Mai Ruina's joining is of crucial strategic significance to Beauty Company.

Melina is not only famous, can write songs, can sing, has a strong private team, but also an important point is her status in the music circle in California.

Not only is she a native Californian musician, but she has reached the level of an international superstar, and she is also one of the world's top ten musical geniuses, the only disciple of Joe Jackson.

Her contacts here are unimaginable.

Based on this alone, she is worth 6000 million US dollars to the beauty company.

Of course, as far as the moment is concerned, Mai Ruina's joining has the most real meaning, that is, Ye Luo finally has a song to write.

At present, the beauty company only has singers such as Angel Boy, Xiao Qiong, Song Yan, and Qin Shiyue, and Ye Luo has already released a record for each of them.

How many records a singer releases each year is a business rule, not more is better.At least wait until the sales potential of the first record is almost exhausted, and the singer can make full use of the incidental value brought by this album to push the popularity to a similar level before pushing the second record.

It has only been less than three months since Angel Boy's album was released, and it is selling well in the US market. David and the others are not in Los Angeles, they are running commercial performances everywhere.

In fact, Ye Luo didn't have any singers to use, and Mai Ruina wanted to join, just in time.

As an international superstar, Mai Ruina joined the beauty company's first record, which is of great significance. Ye Luo chose songs all morning this morning, and finally drew up the playlist in his mind.

"Song Yan." In order to take care of President Song's emotional problems, Ye Luo turned to Song Yan and said, "Sister Mai has a different identity after all, so I will use better songs for her first record."

"Understood." Song Yan smiled, "Don't worry, I won't be jealous."

"Hehe." Ye Luo smiled and didn't answer.

"However, my second album is better than her first." Song Yan said quietly again.

Ye Luo rolled her eyes, cleared her throat, and pretended to be serious: "Mr. Song, you are also a person who understands music. Music cannot be used for comparison."

"Stop doing this to me." Song Yan cast a sidelong glance at Ye Luo, "I know you have a steelyard in your heart, anyway, if you say you want to give me a Grammy, you have to do what you say."

Ye Luo blinked, and thought: Damn it, I actually forgot about this.

Xiao Qiong, Song Yan, and Qin Shiyue all had zero initial popularity in the United States. At least Song Yan didn't suffer from her appearance. Coupled with Ye Luo's care, the Grammys were indeed guaranteed.

But when Mai Ruina came, she had already won one Grammy, and was also nominated last year. She came to the beauty company, and Ye Luo made a tailor-made record for her. How can she go to the Grammy?
So what about Song Yan?
Ye Luo scratched her head, almost dying of worry.

(End of this chapter)