After failing the college entrance examination, he became a big star

After hearing this, Li Kai was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "I want to go to the United States in person and talk to Walter."

"You went there yourself?"

"Well, then I will give up."

Li Kai smiled: "You can come with me, you won't give up if you don't have a face-to-face discussion with Wald, right? If you can't make a deal, you should sneak away for a few days in your busy schedule and go directly to the specific negotiation of the acquisition if the deal is reached."

Su Ting responded with a good voice, and then said, "When do you want to leave?"

"The sooner the better, how about tonight?"

"tonight?"

"Well, Miss Li's talks with Xingna have collapsed. Wait for the last negotiation with DDC. You don't know what the outcome will be. Time is not waiting."

"Well, I'll arrange the company's affairs as soon as possible."

In the evening, at eleven o'clock, Li Kai, Su Ting and two entourages boarded the flight, and [-] hours later, they landed at Lomeshan Airport, which was already past ten o'clock in the morning local time in the United States.

Su Ting received a call immediately and learned about Quandixing's record sales last week.

Ning Lan's album exploded as expected, and it was still a staggering explosion.

In the third week of the album's release, domestic sales exceeded 47 copies, breaking personal weekly sales records in one fell swoop, surpassing Xu Qiaoling, and becoming the second album in the domestic music scene after Li Kai's weekly sales.

Over 145 million copies were sold in Asian countries.

Omi sold more than 162 million copies.

In total, more than 355 million copies.

Zhou Murphy's sales of more than 325 million copies in the previous week increased by nearly 30 copies, the highest weekly sales record of a single album in the international music scene since last year.

In addition, this weekly sales result is also ranked 4th in the history of the international music scene.

It has erected a so far the most majestic monument for Chinese singers in the international music scene.

The momentum of Murphy's album is also strong. After selling more than 325 million copies in the previous week, the sales volume of Quandixing broke through 300 million again last week, reaching more than 316 million copies.

Released for 4 weeks and 25 days, the cumulative sales are nearly 9 platinum, and it is almost certain that the full moon sales will break 10 platinum.

The object of the challenge, Laura, who released the film a day earlier than her, opened up a gap of nearly 3 platinum.

The album of Dog Days has further opened up the gap with Chiyo. In the seventh week of its release, the cumulative sales volume is nearly 12 platinum.

Apart from Shen Guanchang, John was the one who came to pick him up.

Shen Guanchang was able to privately meet several shareholders of Walt Brothers in such a short time, thanks to John's recommendation.

Firstly, John has been in the largest brokerage company of Xi Cheng for 7 years, and he once recommended several singers for Walt Records. Now, John is the manager of Xi Cheng Boys, and Universal Star Records also gave him a manager position. , the status in the circle soared, and the relationship network further extended to the upper level of the circle.

Seeing Li Kai again after more than half a year, John was both emotional and excited. When he took Kalai Ni to Shenzhen City for the second time to ask for songs, Li Kai was just a top-notch international celebrity, but now he has transformed into an international singer-songwriter. Coffee is still the hottest.

After shaking hands cordially and exchanging greetings, Li Kai and John sat in the back row of the business car. John was eloquent and generous in his compliments. Even though he knew that this was the cultural style of Americans, Li Kai was still a little tricked. The feeling of being overwhelmed. …

"Li, if Huacan wants to expand into the United States, it doesn't have to buy Walt Brothers. I know that you don't like second- and third-tier record companies, but you can find a few entertainment giants to discuss cooperation. The cooperation I am talking about is not A simple exchange of benefits, but a mutual shareholding, for example, a share exchange with Universal Star Records, a subsidiary of Universal Star Entertainment, so that we don’t have to worry about losing Huacan’s control, and at the same time, we can fully use the channel resources of Universal Star Entertainment.”

After driving for three kilometers, he finally stopped, and then got to the point. Shen Guanchang had already told him the purpose of Li Kai's trip, and he was going through an intermediary to arrange a private meeting with Wald on Li Kai's behalf.

Li Kai was noncommittal: "If the shares are exchanged, what ratio do you think Universal Star Records will accept? Based on the market value, the market value of Huacan Group will exceed that of Universal Star Records."

"In addition, Huanxing Records is a subsidiary of Huanxing Entertainment, and Huanxing Entertainment is a listed company. Huacan has exchanged shares with a subsidiary, so can it fully use the channel resources of the head office?"

John was startled, afraid that Li Kui might misunderstand, he quickly explained: "I just made a suggestion, and I didn't get the company's approval."

Li Kai waved his hand: "I understand this point. If you don't trust you, Huacan's acquisition plan this time, I won't ask you to go through the needle."

"To be honest, it's not that I haven't thought about your suggestion before, but I always feel that Huacan is not important enough in the eyes of international giants. Cooperation with insufficient weight has always been a disadvantage for the inferior, let alone mutual equity participation."

John didn't shy away from it: "I don't deny this point. If Huacan and Universal Star Records exchanged shares, but also needed to use the channel resources of Universal Star Entertainment, I guess it would be difficult to replace them 1:1."

Li Kai nodded. This was similar to what he had expected. In order to get a foothold in the United States, Hua Can regarded it as paying an entrance fee.

Compared with the international giants, Huacan is like a wolf and a tiger. It is difficult for the wolf to give up the profits to satisfy the tiger's appetite, and once it is in the company of the tiger, there will be endless troubles.

Therefore, the best partner for profit sharing should also be a wolf, and if you are a bit self-motivated, or ambitious, the best partner should be a leopard once, but now it is seriously ill.

And the Walt Brothers are the seriously ill leopards!

It took some time for Yowald to meet privately. Shen Guanchang did not stop working because of Li Kai's arrival, and continued to negotiate with Walter Brothers on a public-to-public basis, and met with other shareholders in private.

Li Kai, on the other hand, had nothing to do. He and Su Ting visited the scenic spots during the day, and visited the night market at night, eating delicious food and shopping. As he said, it was just a few days of relaxing travel.

On Tuesday, at around nine o'clock in the evening, when Li Kai and Su Ting were eating desserts in a food street one kilometer away from the hotel, Su Ting received an overseas call from her assistant.

Su Ting's originally smiling face turned serious. After hanging up, she said, "Tan Guangyue's album promotion is in trouble."

"What's the trouble?"

"Yinguo, Faguo, and the United States and other six countries originally negotiated six variety shows, but now the other party has unilaterally breached the contract for one reason or another, and directly returned 6% of the liquidated damages to the company's account."…

While talking here, Li Kai's cell phone rang, Qiao Li called, and the call lasted for a quarter of an hour.

It's the same thing as Su Ting, but in more detail. The first-tier and most second-tier promotional resources in the top seven countries with Omi Records' market share rejected Tan Guangyue's album promotion.

Obviously, this is the result of a joint boycott by many Omi records. If it can lead to a joint boycott, it must be called by international giants. DDC and Xingna are the most suspected, and it is not ruled out that they are all involved.

On the other hand, after listening to Li Kai explain the situation, Su Ting's face became more solemn: "If it's just a third-tier source, the publicity is too small, and if Tan Guangyue's album is not sold well in Omi because of this, there is a precedent. In the future, if my singers under Huacan, or even singers from Huaguo, release videos again, they will suffer the same thing.”

Li Kai nodded and agreed that the collective boycott of Omi Records and the collective entry of Chinese singers into the international music scene are the same.

If Ning Lan and Murphy's first single fails to achieve the expected results in the international music scene, it will be a serious blow to the confidence of the 7 companies to join forces, including the subsequent efforts.

Conversely, if a Chinese singer releases a record, it will sell well, and the 7 companies will become more and more confident in joining forces, and their investment will become more and more bold.

In the same way, if Omi Records collectively boycotts Tan Guangyue's album promotion and sees results, it will become more and more active in the future, and more record companies will participate.

"Tan Guangyue's English first song is the theme song of the Hollywood animation blockbuster "The King of the Jungle". The promotional resources of this song cannot be weakened. I am still relatively optimistic. The key is the promotion of the second main song duet with Murphy."

Li Kai pondered and said: "This hurdle may be the last hurdle for Chinese singers to occupy a place in the international music scene, and it is time to use some trump cards."

Su Ting blinked: "The hole card?"

Li Kai said deeply: "He Jingyun, Xu Qiaoling, Murphy, Ning Lan, the Old Boys Band, and Four Dog Days Band have not yet reached the standard of singers in the international music scene, but the level of popularity is well understood by the performers and advertisers. Will not extend olive branches one after another”

Su Ting understood everything. Before Li Kai could finish speaking, her eyes lit up, and she continued, "You mean, let them get in touch with the performers and advertisers. The prerequisite for accepting commercial performances and advertisements is to be Tan Guangyue. , and the Chinese singer who released the film later won the corresponding promotional resources from Omi."

Li Jing said: "Based on the sales trend of the album of Murphy and Ning Lan, we only need to wait until the double full moon of the album, and it must reach the standard of the top international. They hold a lot of weight in the hearts of performers and advertisers, and record companies are fighting against each other. We are not rivals in Omi’s territory for the time being, and we can’t even face each other head-on in Asia, so let the performers and advertisers open the way for us.”

After that, he continued: "Besides, Sister Li told me that apart from Huacan Records having reached a cooperation agreement with Yinguo's Tiger Records, Time Records, TY Records, including Sunset Records, they all hope to cooperate with Ou Yu before this Friday. The record company signed a cooperation agreement. At that time, I will join forces with Nisuo, Gunxue, and Huilijing, which have reached cooperation with international giants, to exert pressure together. My Chinese singer said no."...

Su Ting nodded deeply.

Li opened his index finger and nodded between his eyebrows: "As for the United States, if we want to open the gap, we need to see if we can persuade Wald to successfully acquire Walt Brothers."

Su Ting nodded lightly, took a breath, picked up the phone and said, "I'll call Ning Lan and the others right now."

Li Kai stretched out his hand: "If you don't want to move this matter, you can do it together. Don't be in a hurry, go back to the hotel and call again. Eat the dessert first, and it will melt."

As she said that, she picked up the spoon on the plate in front of Su Ting, scooped a spoonful of ice cream, and handed it to Su Ting's mouth.

Su Ting glared at him, snatched the spoon, and fed herself a mouthful.

Wednesday night.

John drove Li Kai and Su Ting into a club in Hollywood.

The three of them entered the clubhouse, and under the guidance of the waiter, they entered a coffee shop.

At the window of the coffee shop, two white men in their 40s communicated face to face. When they saw the three of John coming, one of the white men got up to greet them and introduced them to each other.

This white man was the vice president of John's original brokerage company, and he was also the middleman that John found.

Wald is used to leather shoes and keeps his figure. His hair is a little thin, but he is meticulously groomed. His face is angular and his eyes are full of vigor. He seems to be a person who pays attention to his image and has a strong opinion.

The three of Li Kai and Walter shook hands politely. After they sat down, the middleman chatted with him for a few words, that is to say, he went to the gym and left.

He is in charge of making connections, and he does not participate in the specific talks.

As soon as the middleman left, the smile on Wald's face faded obviously. He glanced at Li Kai and the three of them, and landed on Li Kai. I appreciate your talent, but you should be the big boss of Huacan Group today, and you are looking for me to sell my shares and achieve the purpose of acquiring Walt Brothers, so I can only say sorry."

The attitude is very clear, never out of the water.

In fact, if he hadn't had a good personal relationship with the intermediary and a long period of business cooperation with each other, he would not have agreed to meet at all.

Before Shen Guanchang visited Walter Brothers, at the negotiating table, he had clearly rejected Shen Guanchang.

John frowned: "The Walter Brothers have been unable to make ends meet in the past two years, and have not cultivated good singers. The money they earn from their second-tier singers is not even enough to pay the bank interest. This won't last long, Walter, You have to find a way out for the company."

"Walt Brothers has been established for 20 years. I have never seen any storms. Now it is just a low point, and it has not yet reached the point of selling."

Walter looked coldly, his tone was indifferent, but he still maintained restraint. After all, John was no longer the senior scout with the title of deputy manager in the brokerage company, but the serious manager of Universal Star Records, and the most popular in the international music scene. Manager of boy group.

Su Ting said: "Mr. Walter, Huacan is very sincere, and the quotation is [-]% higher than the market value of Walter Brothers calculated by the accounting firm."

Wald shook his head and smiled, and his smile was full of sarcasm: "I have made it very clear at the company's negotiating table that if Huacan just injects capital into shares, everyone can talk about it, but if they want to acquire, I will not agree. Can insists on the acquisition, I think we need to continue talking, sorry, excuse me."

After all, he took a sip of coffee and got up.

"Mr. Walter, I want to confirm one thing. You refused to be acquired by Walter Brothers because of commercial considerations. You thought Huacan's bid was low, or because this company was jointly founded by you and your brother, and it carried you. And his dreams, therefore, are unwilling to deliver to others."

Li Kai smiled, stretched out his hand, and asked like this.