Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

Roland is a very good chatterer.

If Chen Qiming hadn't clearly sensed his intentions, Chen Qiming might have regarded him as a confidant.

Chen Qiming is like this, let alone Eminem.

After a short while, Eminem started talking to Roland about everything under Roland's verbal attack, acting like a good friend.

Although Chen Qiming was wary of this, he didn't say anything.

Although Eminem signed with Qidian Records.

But he was also a thoughtful man.

With the culture of advocating freedom in North America, it was impossible for Chen Qiming to prevent him from becoming friends with Roland.

If he intervenes at will, it may be counterproductive and cause Eminem's dissatisfaction.

However, Chen Qiming is not afraid of Roland taking away Eminem.

Eminem signed a ten-year contract with Qidian Records, and the compensation was as high as US$2.3 million.

For such a high liquidated damages, let’s not say whether anyone is willing to help him pay it.

Even if there is, Chen Qiming will be very happy.

Because, his investment in Eminem was less than a few million dollars at best.

If this investment can be returned dozens of times, he will only be happier.

Moreover, whether Eminem is willing to change jobs is another matter!
  Starting Point records were not soft on him.

Although the resources of Qidian may not be as good as those of large companies in Europe and the United States, no one can compete with it.

If you go to other companies, it will be different.

Companies like Columbia and Warner have hundreds of singers under their umbrella.

His joining the past means competing with many people.

He believes that Eminem is a smart man who knows who can give him the greatest help.

"Chen, can we talk alone?"

After Roland chatted with Eminem for a while, he finally set his sights on Chen Qiming.

"Of course!" Chen Qiming nodded.

The two found a quiet place to sit down.

As soon as he sat down, Roland stated his purpose.

"Chen, I believe you can see that I am very optimistic about Eminem and Linkin Park.

I want to get their contract from you! "

"How much are you willing to pay?"

Linkin Park and Eminem are both future superstars.

Naturally, Chen Qiming would not let them go casually.

However, if the benefits are sufficient, he is willing to let go of their contract.

"For ten million dollars, how about you package Linkin Park and Eminem to me?"

Chen Qiming's eyes flashed.

He noticed that Roland was talking about me, not Warner Records.

With a sneer in his heart, he had to admit that this guy had good eyesight.

He actually wanted to sign two people over Roland.

Many people think that Roland must represent Warner Records.

Actually not necessarily.

People like Roland will not tie themselves to one company.

His relationship with Warner Records is actually the same as that of Chen Qiming, which is a cooperative relationship.

This relationship is similar to that between Golden Harvest and Jackie Chan's Weihe Film and Television in Hong Kong.

Roland also has his own record company.

His company is responsible for signing singers, then producing records, and finally handing the records over to Warner Records for distribution.

This is similar to film production companies and film distribution companies or theater chains in the film and television industry.

"Mr. Roland's price surprised me. I didn't expect you to value them so much.

but……"

Chen Qiming said, shaking his head, "However, Eminem and Linkin Park are not for sale!"

Roland frowned, thinking that Chen Qiming thought it was too little, so he spoke again, "Twelve million US dollars.

Chen, I know you didn’t invest much in them. Twelve million US dollars is already several times your investment!

No one can bid higher than me! "

Indeed, Roland's asking price was definitely high.

He paid so much when Linkin Park and Eminem were still newcomers who had just performed one song.

You can imagine how much he wanted them.

pity……

If Chen Qiming didn't know the future, he must have happily accepted this condition now. Too bad he knew the potential of Linkin Park and Eminem.

Especially Linkin Park.

This started the new century as the best-selling band of all time.

Their record sales are in the tens of millions.

As for Eminem, he might be a little bit close.

But his sales are still not low.

He never sold less than two or three million copies of a single record.

The commercial value created by the two of them together is absolutely unparalleled.

It is no exaggeration to say that any company that gets one of them will make a lot of money.

This is no joke.

As far as Chen Qiming knows, at the beginning of the next century, the entire record industry will be very shrinking, and many large record companies will choose to merge in the future to reduce expenditures.

Among them, Warner is an exception. Not only did they not merge with other labels.

It also began to expand aggressively.

Part of the credit for this comes from Linkin Park.

Since the Linkin Park fire, the band has directly or indirectly created hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for Warner.

It is this money that gives Warner the strength to expand.

"Sorry, they really are not for sale!"

Twelve million US dollars couldn't impress Chen Qiming at all, so he refused without hesitation.

Roland frowned and finally sighed, "What a pity!"

It's a pity that he failed to win the contract between Linkin Park and Eminem.

Also pity Warner Records.

You must know that Chester was signed to Warner Records.

As a result, after Chen Qiming said hello, Chester was given away by Warner Records for free.

However, he also knows that this is actually not a loss for Warner Records.

If Chester stays at Warner, he doesn't know when he wants to make his debut.

But now it's different after being discovered by Chen Qiming.

Qidian Records and Warner are full partners.

The records of Qidian Records singers will basically be handed over to Warner for distribution in the end.

The two parties can be regarded as half a family...

"If you have any idea of ​​selling their contract, be sure to let me know, I really like them!"

Roland warned again.

"I will!" Chen Qiming stood up, shook hands with him, and then watched him leave the lounge.

"Will he join forces with other Warner Records executives to play tricks?"

Liu Ciwei appeared out of nowhere, looked at Roland's back and asked.

"No! He can't do it either! Although he works at Warner Records, I am also a partner of Warner Records.

Our record distribution is basically all done by Warner, including records by Linkin Park and Eminem.

As long as Warner is not stupid, he will not condone Roland poaching.

Going left-handed to right-handed won't do Warner any good, and it might even offend me.

If you offend me, Qidian will switch to other companies, which will not be a good thing for Warner Records! "

Chen Qiming is not worried about Warner Records taking action at all.

Roland acted on behalf of himself.

Warner and Qidian are partners.

They are the ones releasing Qidian's records.

They were stupid to offend Chen Qiming for Roland.

After all, even if Linkin Park and Eminem were signed by Rowland.

In the end, Warner can only obtain the distribution rights.

"I'm going to prepare first! It's my turn to play soon. I don't know if the audience will accept me after being bombed by Eminem and Linkin Park!"

Chen Qiming looked at the time.

It’s already halfway through the concert, half an hour into Linkin Park’s performance.

It's time to show up on your own in a few minutes.

To be honest, Chen Qiming is still under a lot of pressure.

The same is true for singing new songs.

If my songs are not as good as Linkin Park and Eminem, then I will be embarrassed!

(End of this chapter)