China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 283 With a sky-high signing fee of [-] million yuan, Cao Tianwang finally made his way to the international music scene

Beijing, Shangri-La Hotel

Lao Feng took his apprentice Xiao Chen who had just rushed over, passed the security guard with his press card, and hurried to the banquet hall.

Xiao Chen, who was temporarily caught by Master, asked in a daze, "Master, what's the news today, so urgent?"

"Cao Xuan and Warner's contract renewal press conference, damn, it was originally Lao Chu's job, but this old boy had diarrhea today, the editor-in-chief sent me temporarily, and I didn't bring everything."

"It's news about Cao Xuan."

Xiao Chen understands that Cao Xuan's song "Stars and Seas" in the Spring Festival Gala has become a huge hit these days, and he is a key artist. Now that he has renewed his contract with China's No. [-] Record Company, it is normal to send an old reporter over.

However, Xiao Chen still underestimated Cao Xuan's influence, and when he arrived at the banquet hall, he was stunned to see the densely packed dozens of colleagues.

"Good guy, "Beijing Entertainment News", "Morning News", "Southern Metropolis Daily", Sohu, Sina and NetEase's three major portals, Phoenix Satellite TV, Enlight's "Entertainment Live", CCTV's "China Film Report"...

That is the "Wen Wei Po" in Xiangjiang, and reporters from Taiwan Province have also come, and I rely on it, as well as foreigners. "

Xiao Chen was dumbfounded, and even Lao Feng was a little overwhelmed. It is rare for entertainment news to reach this scale, covering almost all the well-known entertainment media in China.

Old Feng didn't pay much attention to this job before, so he quietly found a familiar reporter to ask about it.

"Old Wei, what's the situation? Why are there so many people here today?"

Old Wei looked at him in surprise, and complained, "You don't know what you're doing here?"

"Originally, Lao Chu was in charge of the temporary work."

Lao Feng explained something, and Lao Wei nodded. This is very common for their reporters, so he told Lao Wei about the situation.

"This contract renewal drama has been too ups and downs. In December last year, Sony began to flirt with Cao Xuan tentatively. Later, the words became more explicit. It seems that the progress is gratifying.

As a result, after leaving the country, the situation changed. Warner began to declare that Cao Xuan intended to renew his contract.

According to an insider's tip, I heard that Cao Xuan was about to sign a contract with Sony at that time, and the representative of China Unicom, the boss of Warner Asia, went to South Korea together, entangled Cao Xuan for three days and three nights, offered countless conditions, and played the emotional card , Cao Xuan changed his mind. "

"So what about Sony?"

Lao Feng enjoyed listening to it, and the two major international record companies are vying for Chinese artists, which is too exciting.

"What can Sony do? If Cao Xuan doesn't sign them, there is nothing they can do. Warner is not a vegetarian. In the final analysis, they were the ones who poached the wall first."

"If you ask me, Cao Xuan made the right choice this time. No matter how bad the Americans are, they are still better than Japan."

"Not necessarily. Sony is still very strong in Asia. Didn't Cao Xuan take the Oricon Ranking in Japan before? If the next step is to develop in Japan, Sony is more powerful."

"Isn't it better to go to the United States? Sony is not as good as Warner in the United States."

The three of them debated for a while before Lao Wei thought about the business: "Before Sony gave up, they made a fool of Warner by disclosing a signing fee of 1 million to Cao Xuan. Doesn't that put Warner on the shelf? These reporters are all Come and see the fun."

"1 billion!"

Old Feng and Xiao Chen were dumbfounded by this astronomical figure. After half a minute's delay, Old Feng sighed.

"Wang Fei's 6000 million in the past shocked the entire entertainment industry, but now Cao Xuan has almost doubled."

"You can't say that. Back in 1997, prices and the business environment were weaker than they are now. Wang Fei's 6000 million was worth no more than Cao Xuan's 1 million."

"It doesn't matter if it's 6000 million or 1 million, these singers are really making money. My whole life's salary is not enough to make a fraction of what others earn."

Lao Feng couldn't hide his sourness, but Lao Wei took it very seriously: "Everyone has his own fate, but others are not convinced, and I am quite convinced by Cao Xuan's money."

"How to say?"

"They earn a lot and donate a lot. I had dinner with a reporter from Xinhua before. He specialized in researching Cao Xuan's charity?"

"How much did he donate?"

"I don't know how much, but it's more than ten million. It is said that Cao Xuan has built more than a dozen Hope Primary Schools in the southwest, southeast, and his hometown of Lu Province.

In the past two years, the charitable organization [Tomorrow Fund], which was funded by individuals, has successively funded nearly a hundred impoverished students, and also regularly donated to some hope primary schools and children's welfare homes. "

"Cao Xuan is very particular about getting rich without forgetting charity."

"Well, I haven't heard of any celebrity who is more passionate about charity than Cao Xuan, and even funded and established a foundation to do it systematically for a long time, and he doesn't say anything about the good deeds. That reporter later wanted to do an exclusive interview, but Cao Xuan declined , saying that they don’t want too much exposure.”

Lao Feng also accepted it, no matter what, Cao Xuan really donated tens of millions of real money, and he didn't deliberately hype it, let alone celebrities, few entrepreneurs and rich people donated more than him.

"Before watching "Stars and Seas" and "Your Answer", I can see that people like Cao Xuan who have come out of hard times don't forget their roots and should make a fortune."

"It's just a bit of a waste, otherwise the character is really nothing to say."

"What's the matter with the flowers? I'm sick. You've even gone to get a massage. You just envy others who are young and rich. If I were a girl, I would also like someone like Cao Xuan who is young, rich, talented and caring."

Lao Feng became a fan of Cao Xuan's charity circle, and when he heard Lao Wei complaining about Cao Xuan's flirtatiousness, he quarreled with Lao Wei directly.

Xiao Chen's qualifications are low, and he didn't dare to speak just now, but now he called out in a low voice: "Master, it seems that it is about to start."

Lao Feng turned his head and saw that the staff was arranging the rostrum. Many reporters started to look for seats and rushed to grab them.

But soon they found that the seats were all arranged and they didn't need to grab them. Lao Feng knew it well. I'm afraid Lao Wei was wrong. These reporters were not here to watch the fun, but were invited by Warner.

According to the instinct of reporters for many years, Lao Feng sensitively sensed that there was big news, so he pulled Xiao Chen to find their seat and sit down.

The location is not bad, only a little worse than several authoritative media, but Xiao Chen walked around and found something was wrong.

"Master, why is the location of Fengyun Studio so good?"

"That should be Cao Xuan's cooperative media organization. I even suspect that Cao Xuan has shares in this media. He is a member of the media, so he must have a good position."

Although Cao Xuan does not have shares in Fengyun Studio on the surface, the media in the industry are not stupid.

For all the news about Cao Xuan and Fanxing, Fengyun Studio can grab the first or even exclusive releases, and basically they are all positive reports. If it is said that these two parties are not tricky, no one with a little brain will believe it.

Because of this, Fengyun Studio was somewhat squeezed out by other media.

On the one hand, Fengyun is a bit like a private mouthpiece, for the neutral attitude of journalists, and on the other hand, it is bitter, because they can get two top-level news, Cao Xuan and Hu Jing, and they are not short of money.

I heard that the father behind the fund is very generous, and the salary and bonuses are really top-notch in the industry.

And there is a lot of room for improvement. It is said that it has begun to communicate with multiple Internet platforms in depth. Once a strategic cooperation is reached, it can directly catch up with the three major portals.

To be honest, if Lao Feng hadn't been reluctant to work out, he would have jumped ship to Fengyun Studio to make a living...

The master and apprentice were discussing, and people began to take seats on the rostrum of the party hall, and the venue gradually became quiet. This time, the contract renewal press conference officially began.

Zhou Jianhui, President of Warner China Region, personally served as the host. After thanking the reporters for coming, he first introduced everyone on the rostrum.

Adam, President of Warner Music Asia, Mike Warner, Director of Warner Music, and Meyer Warner, Vice Chairman of Warner Music.

Li Yan, the general manager of Fanxing Entertainment, Jiang Yue, the deputy general manager of Fanxing Entertainment, and Cao Xuan himself.

After the introduction, there was a little commotion in the audience. Fanxing Entertainment Cao Xuan is the boss, and it is normal for the high-level executives to arrive. The specifications of Warner Records are not usually high.

That's all for the president of the Asian region. After all, Cao Xuan is the pillar of Warner in Asia. Even the head office has a vice chairman and a director. It seems that Cao Xuan is not generally valued.

Since it was a press conference, there were not so many twists and turns.

Zhou Jianhui talked about the previous experience of Cao Xuan and Warner, they supported each other until now, and looked forward to the future, hoping to continue to be brilliant, and then directly began to renew the contract.

Cao Xuan shook hands with Meyer, vice chairman of Warner Music, and Adam, president of Asia, respectively, and then the three signed the contract and took a group photo.

The following is the reporter's question. Cao Xuan and Warner also relatively abandoned the so-called stereotypes and missed a little truth.

"Excuse me, there is news that Cao Xuan paid a signing fee for the renewal of the contract. Could you please disclose the amount?"

It is the focus of Warner's publicity. Even if the reporter doesn't ask, there will be a special entrustment. Zhou Jianhui replied straightforwardly.

"The signing fee is 1 million RMB."

boom!
There was an uproar.

Before Sony revealed that it would give Cao Xuan 1 million signing fees, but that was just a rumor after all, and no Sony employee admitted it.

So it's just a gossip, not a fact. Others even said that they gave Cao Xuan 10 billion yuan.

But now, Warner publicly admitted at the press conference that it is obviously not as simple as talking about it, but a genuine 1 million.

Even though many reporters had already been mentally prepared, they were still beaten hard in the heart.

There are so many flavors that I can't tell what it tastes like.

However, some reporters still uphold their professionalism and asked: "The signing fee of 1 million is not a small number. Warner will pay this signing fee for a special purpose."

The reporter's question was obviously aimed at poaching Sony before, but Warner ignored it and just emphasized it solemnly.

"We believe that the value Cao Xuan brings to the company will far exceed the 1 million yuan. This is the reason why we gave the signing fee."

Some reporters at the scene applauded. Indeed, although 1 million is a sky-high price, Cao Xuan's value is far higher than this amount, and Warner is not at a loss.

And Warner's answer was an indirect support for Cao Xuan.

It wasn't that Warner used money to win over Cao Xuan, but that Cao Xuan was valuable and worthy of Warner's huge sums of money. Although it seems that they both used 1 million signing fees to throw people at others, the meanings are fundamentally different.

To put it more simply, Cao Xuan made money by standing up this time...

Before the reporters could digest the shock of the 1 million signing fee, Warner and Cao Xuan dropped another bomb.

"Warner Records and Cao Xuan have reached a cooperation. Cao Xuan's first English EP will officially land in the United States at the end of February."

All the reporters present went crazy, Cao Tianwang shouted hundreds of chapters, and finally hit the international music scene! ! !

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ps: I will open a post in the book review area later, if you have any English songs, you can talk about them
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