America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM.

Chapter 308 306. How much value does your so-called brother have?

After we have dealt with the Liu sisters, I believe there is a chance that we can get them to help deal with little Liu in due time.

Relying on her eloquent tongue, she is able to both talk and lick. With Liu Yifei's immature mind, she is at the age when she is most easily fooled.

After attending the opening ceremony, that slutty bitch Elena somehow found out that he was in New York and asked him out for a meeting.

The two haven't seen each other for several months, and they only contact each other occasionally by phone or text message.

He originally thought that this woman had asked him out in order to improve sales or have sex with him.

It turned out that Eric guessed half right. They did have sex in the hotel bathroom. Afterwards, Elena told him the real purpose.

"Eric, I know you must be curious about how I knew you came to New York. The answer is simple. Ashley told me."

After cutting off a piece of steak to replenish his energy, Eric glanced at her and said, "So, you often keep an eye on my whereabouts? In this way?"

"Not really, just occasionally. I was worried that it would arouse Ashley and Mary's suspicion. But seeing how they talked about you, I think you two are getting along well."

"Well, it's really good, very good, and I have a very good relationship with little Elizabeth."

"I know you often took her to Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch."

"Haha. It seems like you know everything. What's going on today? You're not just asking me out for dinner, are you?"

After a pause, Elena suddenly said, "I'm ready to resign from Morgan."

"Ok?"

Eric put down his cutlery. "Why? What happened? Your position is not low. If you work harder, you should be able to climb higher. Why did you leave?"

"I tried hard but didn't get the results I wanted. Now my mortal enemy has taken the position. My life is very difficult."

Seeing that she was a little depressed, Eric held her hand and comforted her, "Elena, dear, many things are not rewarded by hard work. You need to think more positively."

"If that son of a bitch had defeated me through work ability, I would certainly have accepted it, but that bastard was playing tricks behind the scenes."

She stared at Eric and said, "Speaking of which, this matter is related to you."

"It's about me? Are you kidding me?"

“Hehe, do you still remember the incident in which you asked me to make a loan in violation of regulations? Although it did not cause any substantial losses to the bank in the end, I was attacked because of this incident, and then the situation became what it is now.”

Eric recalled that Elena seemed to have done something to him, and more than once.

But later he paid off all the money he owed and never had anything to do with the bank again.

"That was a year ago. Why are you still bringing up the past? And you've made a lot of money."

"I didn't say I didn't make any profit, so I don't hate you, but I did lose my job, which is a major stain. At least I probably can't continue in this line of work anymore."

"Well, what do you want to do? In fact, with the money you earn, you can't spend it all in a lifetime with normal financial investment. If you don't have a job, it's gone."

"You can take a break, such as traveling around the world or buying a beach house for vacation, which are both good options."

"Then why do you still want to fight? Eric, your net worth is already over 10 billion, why do you still want to work? Why do you still want to go head-to-head with the Big Six?" Elena asked back.

"This is different. I'm only in my 20s. You can't ask me to retire now. Many people are counting on me for food."

"One of my decisions can affect the lives of tens of thousands of families. It's not something you can just let go of."

“So I’m old?”

"Of course not, you've always been so charming in my eyes!"

"Asshole, you always please women with your mouth."

Well.
After a passionate kiss, Elena licked the corner of her mouth: "Eric, I want to ask you for a favor."

"Say, if I can."

"Ashley and the others know my current situation, so they invited me to work at Double Star Entertainment, but you are the largest shareholder."

"I can't be a small follower after I go there. This requires your consent. They respect your opinion, and so do I."

"Do you want to see a woman who is no longer young living on the streets? Or do you want to give her a loving home? The decision is yours."

After talking for a long time, Elena finally told her real intention. It seems that the Olsen sisters asked her to come.

After more than a year of infiltration and rectification by Eric, many people inside the current Double Star Entertainment have been planted by him.

It’s not that he didn’t trust the Olsen family, but mainly because he had just become a major shareholder and his relationship with the Olsen sisters was not yet solid enough.

In order to be on the safe side, we must of course be fully prepared.

After such a long period of development, the bulk of Double Star Entertainment's profits have shifted from its original focus on the peripheral products of the two sisters to its focus on the peripheral products authorized by MGM.

Interests are always the most solid glue. Eric now doesn't have to worry about the Olsen family having bad intentions.

Unless they can find a stronger and more suitable partner, but the prerequisite is to get back Eric's 45% stake.

Is it possible? Absolutely not!
He cannot spit out the meat he has eaten unless he exchanges it for greater benefits.

What's more, according to his plan, Double Star Entertainment will gradually merge with Hasbro. Once this is realized, it will be a mess.

When the relationships become too complicated, no one can shake his position as the emperor.

As long as the overall situation is very stable, it doesn't matter if Elena is included.

Even if she was given the position of CEO, she would not dare to act recklessly. All major matters had to be approved by Eric.

"Double Star Entertainment, what position do you want?"

Elena instantly perked up: "Financial Director, I think this is a suitable position. I have relevant experience and certificates."

"I don't want to embarrass you right from the start, although I think I can handle a more important position."

"Finance, well, it's indeed more suitable for you."

Eric tapped the table lightly: "Let me think about it. The person in charge of this area is Yellen. He works hard and has not made any mistakes in all these years."

"Maybe it's time for him to take a step further. Yellen will be grateful to you."

Seeing that he agreed, Elena almost clapped her hands with joy. After all, she was only in her thirties and not even older than Nicole.

"Thank you, you helped me a lot, dear. If I hadn't just used it, I would really like to let the little one enjoy it again now."

"Don't jump to conclusions, maybe you can give it a try." Eric raised his eyebrows.

Rolling her eyes at him, Elena slowly leaned under the table, and the scene in Flindale happened again.

Since the end of The Voice, Meiyi has been developing very smoothly. The two-month national tour not only increased the popularity and exposure of the top eight contestants, but also made the company a lot of money.

Although the Chinese music scene relies on defense, singing is far less profitable than acting.

But in the United States, where the music industry is highly developed, singers make money just as fast as movie stars.

After the introduction of masks, this trend has become more obvious.

Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Chris Hemsworth and Anthony Davis also released their first album after the tour, which included the songs from the final night.

Although only a week has passed since they released the song, the B chart is already in chaos.

Not surprisingly, all four songs made it into the top ten of the overall chart at the same time, beating out many big names.

After "Let It Go" sat on the top of the list for 11 consecutive weeks, the throne finally changed hands.

Katy Perry's "Stronger" successfully seized the high ground and won the first B chart championship in one fell swoop.

Following closely behind is Xilin's "Sugar", songs with fast rhythms are relatively more dominant.

Although the studio version lacks the atmosphere of the live version, it has smoothed out the flaws of the live performance.

Each one sounds Eastern European to perfection, and each one sounds natural and smooth.

Ranked third is still "Let it Go". Queen Elsa is still very powerful, and it is estimated that she will continue to stay in the top ten of the list before the summer season ends.

Brontë ranked sixth on the list, while Taylor Swift was slightly behind at ninth.

But one of Taylor Swift's own country-style songs reached number 12, and several others also made it into the overall chart, proving her creative ability.

In terms of album sales, all four of them have exceeded 15 copies, ranking among the top ten this week.

Don't think that sales of 15 copies are low.

My lord, times have changed.

Since the late 90s, the global album record market as a whole has begun to decline, and after entering the millennium, the downward trend has become even faster.

In particular, the rise of online media has led many music fans to choose to listen to and download songs online, further sniping the record industry.

Since 1991, Nielsen Music Statistics has begun to collect data on record sales in the United States.

The highest weekly sales record was in December 2000, with a total transaction volume of 12 million copies in one week, and the total sales for the whole year exceeded 4540 million copies.

At that time, some organizations and people thought that the record industry was going to be revived, but they didn't expect it to be just a flash in the pan, and then it went downhill.
If we move the time forward 10 years, this figure will decline to 490 million, leaving only 2.89 million photos for the whole year.

To give two very intuitive examples, Avril Lavigne's masterpiece "Let Go" in 2002 sold less than 9 copies in the first week, but it ranked 8th on the charts.

In 2013, despite the support of movie promotion, the sales of "Let It Go" were only 86000 copies in one week.

Although during this period there were singers like Adele whose album sales could rival those of ancient mythical beasts, there was only one Adele after all, and the development of the global record industry continued to decline.

In this environment, the album sales of the four are already impressive enough, and many institutions predict that the four albums will go platinum.

The so-called platinum record means sales of more than 100 million copies, the gold record means 50 copies, and the diamond record means 1000 million copies.

Of course this is the standard in the United States. If the region is changed to the United Kingdom, there will be an additional silver record standard.

A silver record has sales of 6 copies, a gold record has sales of 10 copies, a platinum record has sales of 50 copies, but there is no such concept for diamonds.

Japan has 10 gold records, 25 platinum records, and 100 million diamond records. It is also one of the only two countries in the world besides the United States that has set diamond record standards.

0.5 gold records in Korea, 1 platinum records.

Wanwan’s early gold records were worth 2.5 and platinum records were worth 5. Later, the gold records were changed to 1.5 and platinum records were changed to 3.

The standards in Hong Kong have also been lowered one after another.

These can clearly reflect the decline of the record industry and the level of development of the music industry in different regions.

Why are foreign countries so much better than domestic ones in "Singer 2024"? You are decades behind them, so isn't it normal to be beaten?

So when you see that a certain young star has obtained a platinum certification, don’t be too hasty. Make sure you know where the certification is from. The gap is really too big.

If it is certification in the Internet age, for example, Penguin Music has its own standard system, and its authority can only be said to be for fun and to amuse brainless fans.

They are no longer judged by record or single sales, but by how much they were sold for.

For example, Lu Han and Hua Chenyu claimed to have achieved diamond record achievement and sold 1000 million RMB, which sounds so awesome.

But if 1000 million is converted into the price of a record, it is actually equivalent to selling about or copies, and the effect is immediately greatly reduced.

My brother's record sold 1000 million copies and my brother's record sold 20 copies.

How much value does your so-called brother have?

With the development of the music industry, the last diamond record was Adele's "21", which is now a thing of the past!

In addition to the four of them who are busy traveling around the country to promote their songs, Michael is still touring the country.

When it comes to making money, he is the most terrifying money-making machine in Meiyi.

Although it was impossible to cooperate with Sony again, Universal Studios extended an olive branch to him, hoping to host his global tour.

Now the two sides are in further negotiations. Maikou is no longer the lone artist he used to be. He is the boss of Meiyi and has the power to get more.

As we enter October, the weather has turned completely cold and people need to wear coats when going out.

But Los Angeles is still a hot city because the world's most famous stars gather here.

The Arclight Theatre is one of them, and the premiere of "The Hunger Games" will be held here tonight.

As MGM's main blockbuster this year, the publicity was in full swing and many celebrities were invited to the premiere.

Eric walked on the red carpet holding Gadot and Liu Yifei's hands on each side.

Student Xiao Liu was extremely excited as his first blockbuster was finally going to be released.

At the age of 17, it seemed as if I had suddenly achieved the ultimate dream of life, and was walking on the red carpet in Hollywood with yellow skin.

Apart from Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Lucy Liu, Michelle Yeoh and a few others, who else can do it?

"I have made history and will be recorded in film history."

Liu Yifei thought to herself, her beautiful eyes constantly looking in Eric's direction. She felt that she could never live without that man in her life.

With the roar of Leo the Lion, everyone was excited. It was time to experience this blockbuster produced by MGM with great effort.

(End of this chapter)