Chapter 560 Record Contract

Ye Ming dialed Sister Fang Fang's number and said very calmly: "I'm ready, everything is ready, and we can start releasing records. How is the discussion with Sony?"

Sister Fang Fang said with some worry: "We Chinese singers rarely succeed in releasing their own albums in Europe and the United States. Even if they do, they are only a few king-level singers doing some promotion in the Chinese circle. Basically Our Chinese music is excluded from the mainstream media. Sony promised to release records for us, but we were required to pay for it. Moreover, they were not responsible for the promotion. Accordingly, they only charged one million. It’s just a management fee. It’s equivalent to renting their sales channels to us. Is this appropriate?”

Ye Ming said very definitely: "Don't worry about this. I think Sony will change their attention soon. Just wait and see. Don't forget to kill them hard when the time comes."

Will Sony change its mind? This is almost impossible, at least Sister Fang Fang thinks it is impossible. However, what Sister Fang Fang did not expect was that Carl, the marketing department manager of Sony Company, personally went to Beijing, found Sister Fang Fang, and said very enthusiastically : "Miss Fang, I'm sorry, the matter about Mr. Ye's record is actually the fault of my staff. I have already fired that bastard who failed to achieve anything but failed. As you know, Japanese people are born with There is just a kind of jealousy in my heart.

That bastard Yamamoto was jealous of Mr. Ye's talent, so he gave such harsh conditions. Now Sony has changed the contract and will focus on recommending Mr. Fang's records. The first release volume in Europe and the United States is no less than three One million copies, additional circulation will be added depending on circumstances. Now please take a look at this official contract. I hope we can get off to a good start. What we offer is an A-level contract, which is the second-ranked contract among popular music singers. "

This result is that Ye Ming is treated as an international first-line singer. Sister Fang Fang looked at the contract and immediately said: "No way, this copyright cannot be given to you. Sony also needs to show some sincerity."

Karl immediately said: "As an Asian singer, offering such conditions is already very sincere."

Sister Fang Fang was not moved at all and said: "Don't think that I don't know international practices. As a contract, there are two types. One is copyright sharing and the other is copyright buyout. You want to buy out my artists. It’s basically impossible to obtain song copyright, but if the copyright is shared, it’s almost the same.”

Karl immediately shook his head and said: "You are right, there are two forms of contracts, but those who can complete copyright sharing are top singers. This is no longer within the scope of A-level contracts, such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, Britney Spears is the one with this kind of super contract. Mr. Ye is obviously not suitable for this kind of contract."

Jackson, Madonna, Britney, these are the top singers in the world. They surpass the first-tier singers and have countless fans all over the world. They can easily reach the top of the charts in various countries by releasing a single. If an album doesn't make three to five million yuan, you'd be embarrassed to say you're a top singer.

Only singers of this level are qualified to be on an equal footing with giants like Sony. And like Jackson, he owns the copyright of all the Beatles' songs, and is a recognized title as the King of Pop.

Sister Fang Fang shook her head very firmly and said: "If this is the case, then we should not change the contract. Not to mention that we cannot issue without Sony's recommendation. Quantum Fund still has many channels in this area. Yes, and Mr. Carl should also know that our Huihuang.com cooperates with the Quantum Fund."

If we don’t share the copyright, I won’t change the contract. This is also Sister Fang’s insistence. Anyway, we have already signed a contract. Therefore, in such a situation, Sony does not dare to tear up the contract casually, otherwise it will wait. Let's go to court.

This is Ye Ming's bottom line, and Sister Fang Fang will not give in.

In fact, Karl had a bottom line when he came. He must get Ye Ming's contract. Even if it is an appropriate concession, it doesn't matter.

If it were an ordinary singer, even a singer at the level of the Four Heavenly Kings in Hong Kong City, there would be no room for bargaining with Sony, but Ye Ming does have such strength. The behemoth Quantum Fund is Ye Ming's partner, and Sony has to be careful about this.

What's more, Quantum Fund has a certain say in Sony, and they own a lot of Sony stocks.

Therefore, at this time, Karl hesitated and said: "Sharing is not impossible, but we have a requirement. Whenever there is such a requirement at Sony, there is at least a rigid standard. If we want to follow the standard of shared copyright, five Platinum records are the least, and we can agree to copyright sharing, but the premise is that the sales of the album reach five platinums, otherwise I have no way to explain it to the company."

Sister Fang Fang couldn't make a decision about this. After thinking about it, she said: "My artist will go to Madrid tomorrow, so let's go to that place. Then the two of you can talk face to face."

There are some things that Sister Fang can decide, but there are some things that she cannot. When Karl heard this, he felt helpless. The company had given orders to get Ye Ming's record contract as soon as possible, otherwise he would not have to go back.

One hundred thousand people are dancing to a song together. What kind of rhythm is this? This is simply a rhythm that defies heaven. In the West, Gangnam style has become a viral outbreak. The real storm is coming soon.

Spain, Madrid. At this time, Ye Ming was having dinner with the members of Hua'er and Juvenile. Because they had gone through days without money, therefore, at this time, the members of Hua'er and Juvenile's group had learned to live a calculated life. How much a meal costs has finally become a number they care about.

Breakfast was milk, potato salad, and bread with tomato juice. Well, this combination made Fan Binbin very depressed. In the end, everyone added a hot dog, which was already the limit.

While eating hot dogs and drinking milk, Fan Binbin did not forget to complain: "Brother Ming, there is really no way to survive these days. It's not like we don't have money, why are we so frugal?"

Ye Ming said with a smile: "What's wrong with saving money? If in the end, we don't have the chance to ask for help, we can ask the crew to arrange a big meal for us. It will be a real royal and noble enjoyment, and we will eat a lot of mangoes." The jumping kind."

Thinking of having a big meal, Fan Binbin immediately became interested, nodded quickly and said: "Pay attention to this, pay attention to this, let's see how many times we can ask for help by then."

Just when everyone was about to finish their meal and prepare to start the day's trip, Sister Fang Fang unexpectedly had other people come to her door, and she also brought a blond and blue-eyed foreigner with her.

Ye Ming waved his hand and said: "Sister Fang Fang, you are late. If it is ten minutes later, then we will visit the places of interest in Madrid. It will not be easy for you to find us by then."

Sister Fang Fang said very rudely: "You can't be so heartless. We came here as soon as we got off the plane. As you know, you won't starve to death, but you will never be full. Forget it. Come first." A steak will be cooked for me. If it is undercooked, I won’t pay for it.”

Ye Ming called the waiter to prepare. At this time, Sister Fang Fang introduced: "This is Mr. Carl, the marketing manager of Sony Records. As for us, the negotiation has not been successful. Your conditions, Mr. Carl said that you must have at least five platinum sales." It counts, this is also international practice. You can talk about the rest."

Ye Ming looked at Mr. Carl curiously and said: "In my settlement, general contracts will not have this clause. Mr. Carl will not discriminate against us yellow people, right?"

This is a very big hat. Not to mention that Carl is the manager of the marketing department. Even the chairman of Sony Corporation would not have the guts to take on this big hat. Even the President of the United States does not have the guts.

Therefore, Mr. Karl immediately said: "This is impossible. This kind of shared contract can only be based on performance. Some singers have already proven their performance with previous records. Of course, Mr. Ye's performance is also obvious to all. Yes, but that is just the achievement of the Asia-Pacific region and has not been internationally recognized, so this clause must be written in the contract."

Ye Ming thought for a while and said: "Actually, I am confident that I can achieve this, but your attitude does not allow me to recognize it, so I can give you an answer, triple platinum, this is my bottom line, if you do not recognize this As for the results, at this time, I refuse to change the contract. Even if you tear up the previously signed contract, you still have to wait for my lawyer's letter, and I think EMI will also be interested, no matter It’s true that I didn’t suffer much loss.”

Ye Ming had this self-confidence. When he approached Sony some time ago, Ye Ming was in a disadvantageous position, so he signed a contract that was almost at his own expense.

However, Ye Ming now occupies a favorable position, so he will never give in easily. After hearing about EMI, Carl was surprised for a while. He was afraid of what he was worried about. EMI was an old rival of Sony.

At this moment, Karl immediately made up his mind that he would never let EMI succeed. Otherwise, you should just pack up and get out. (To be continued)