Back to 1995

"According to the rules of the recording industry, new songs must be packaged and sold as an album, and the same should be true in the Saipan music store!"

Paul Vidic moved out of the rules of the record industry. Generally, record companies like to release albums containing more than a dozen songs for singers, because they make more money.

Even for top singers, it is impossible to guarantee that the first song will be a high-quality product. Generally, they will choose a few songs that may be popular, and put together a few songs that are not particularly outstanding, and then form an album for sale.

In this way, it is impossible for users to buy one song alone, even if they don’t like the other songs, they have to buy the entire album, which can be called buy one get ten free!

Paul Vidic wanted to bring this set of rules to the Saipan Music Store, and didn't want to split it out and sell the songs separately.

"This is the Internet, not the record industry, the rules of the record industry, not the rules here!"

Hobro refused, saying that he did not agree with Vidic's request. If he did that, the one who would be scolded would be the Saipan Music Store. It might not be long before all the users would run out.

Song Yang looked at Vidic, who was asking for a lot of money, and knew that he wanted to take the initiative, control the pricing power and distribution rights of digital music, etc., in the hands of Warner Records, and only regard the Saipan Music Store as a distribution center. Channels, just like record channel dealers and record retail stores in the past.

"President Vidic, I hope that being here today will enable Saipan Music Store to start cooperation with Warner Records instead of continuing to argue!"

Song Yang knocked on the table and told Paul Vidic to stop asking for prices.

"Saipan Music Store, you can pay Warner Music a license fee for the copyright library, but it can't exceed [-] million U.S. dollars!"

Song Yang didn't allow Vidic to refuse and said that he knew Paul Vidic and hoped to use this licensing fee to silence the public, to tell the board of directors of Time Warner, the singers signed by Warner Records, the record industry, and fans that this In the negotiation, Warner Records won. See, in order to get the record copyright library, Saipan Music Store also paid Warner Records?
Of course, the face can be given to Warner Records, but if you expect to spend more money, then it is out of the question. If you can use [-] million US dollars to contract all the copyright libraries of the five major record groups, then it is not too profitable!
"However, the Saipan Music Store also has a condition. Within two years, Warner Music's copyright library must not be opened to third-party digital music platforms!"

It is not so easy to get money from Song Yang. With this licensing fee, within two years, Warner Music will not be able to sell the copyright library to music platforms such as Yahoo Music, AOL Music, and Apple iTunes. up.

As for two years later, if the Saipan Music Store cannot become the overlord of the digital music industry with the exclusive music agency rights of several major record groups in two years, then it might as well just close down and close the business, maybe you can pay less... …

Paul Vidic hesitated for a moment. In fact, he also meant to shop around. He thought that he would first rely on the Saipan Music Store to stabilize the situation in the record industry, and then sit on the ground and raise prices to see which Internet music platform opened. If the price is high, they will cooperate with any music platform, and the record group will become the leader of the Internet music platform!
But Song Yang obviously saw through his mind, and he could make a choice if he wanted to, but it would take two years to decide.

Seeing Song Yang's expression, Paul Vidic understood that this point was not negotiable, and finally nodded.

After negotiating a condition, the rest is nothing more than wrangling. Warner Records wants to get 70% of the income of a song, that is, for every song sold in Saipan Music Store, [-]% will be given to Warner. .

Hobrow disagreed with this point, he was still thinking about a [-]-[-] split, if Vidic hadn't wanted to slap the table and leave, he would really have proposed a [-]-[-] split.

"At most 60% of the copyright fee will be distributed to Warner Records, and the Saipan Music Store will also have to bear the risk and costs!" Hobrow said wryly, unwilling to give in.

Paul Vidic didn't object any more. He could tell that the June [-]th share was already the bottom line of the Saipan music store. If it was pressed down, it would not be able to go anywhere. At most, it would be two years later to re-discuss the distribution of spoils up.

"According to the sales volume of music phones and MP3s, it is impossible to distribute the share to Warner Music. Users who buy music phones and MP3s may not necessarily download music in the Symbian music store!"

Paul Vidic wants to get a share of the sales of the machine, and for every mobile phone or MP3 sold, he will give Warner Music a dollar.

This amount of money does not seem to be much, but the boiled frog in warm water only costs one dollar now, will it cost two dollars in the future, or even give the record group a dollar based on the sales price of the mobile phone?

When Qualcomm was cleaning up the mobile phone industry back then, it boiled frogs in warm water. At the beginning, it also had benevolent intentions. It supported various mobile phone brands, big and small, just to let mobile phone manufacturers use its chips.

As a result, when Qualcomm's wings hardened, it backhandedly gave mobile phone manufacturers a big pocket, demanding that Qualcomm's patent fees be allocated to Qualcomm based on the sales price of the mobile phone. The more expensive the mobile phone is sold, the higher the patent fee allocated to Qualcomm!
Song Yang didn't want to let Alcatel mobile phone, but also to carry this kind of burden, cut off Paul Vidic from the very beginning.

"Actually, cooperating with the Saipan Music Store may not necessarily reduce Warner Music's revenue!

As long as there are mobile phones or MP3 players, there will be users of Warner Music. In addition, the Saipan Music Store will share the revenue from advertisements, ring tones, and streaming music derived from songs to Warner Music in the future! "

"Streaming music?!"

Another word that has never been heard before appeared in the ears of Paul Vidic. Dealing with this group of Internet players is the most troublesome point. They come up with all kinds of new tricks. Some of these things are old in new bottles. Wine, some are indeed new things, real and fake, making it hard to tell the real from the fake.

What Song Yang said was calm, but Paul Vidic didn't dare to underestimate what Song Yang said, no matter it was true or not, he didn't dare to underestimate anything.

"Streaming music is very important in the future?" Paul Vidic asked Song Yang speculatively.

Song Yang laughed it off, and was not prepared to explain too much to Paul Vidic, let the pig eat and drink well, let the pig understand the truth, would the pig be willing to stretch its neck and be slaughtered?

Streaming media, to put it bluntly, is not just listening to songs, such as short video "background dubbing" popular all over the world, music in live broadcast rooms, game background music, cover songs by music lovers, etc., as long as you use it Videos, games, cover music, etc. of the "original song" are all part of streaming media, and as long as these things make money, including rewards, they will be distributed to the company that owns the copyright of the "original song". share!

How come classic songs will not disappear, they will only exist in another form, but the money that should be earned, but not a lot, will be earned back, and maybe even more will be earned.

One thing Paul Vidic said was right. The record group, singers, songwriters, and those in the entire record industry chain all need to make money. Otherwise, who would want to stay in this industry forever? Saipan Music It's impossible for the store to do everything right, and the money that should be distributed should be distributed.

"So, director Bruno, manager Hobro, president Ertian, and companies like Scour, shouldn't they be relegated to the dustbin of history?"

When he came out of the Alcatel Mobile Phone Industrial Park, Paul Vidic didn't show any excitement on his face, but became more dignified.

After meeting with Song Yang this time, Paul Vidic felt that he could not understand the future music industry more and more. The water of the Internet was too deep. Paul Vidic felt that he was a little out of control ...

Now the record industry needs to worry about not only the direction of music trends, poaching among peers, wrangling between record companies and singers, but more importantly, the interfering guy of the Internet will bring the record industry, In which ditch to go, no one knows...

When Paul Vidic left, Hobro looked at the contract in his hand and couldn't help but smile.

The Saipan Music Store exchanged [-] million US dollars for the entire copyright library of Warner Music. Although it was only an authorization, not a purchase of the copyright library, two years later, it would have to re-authorize the agreement with Warner Music, but in the past two years, All songs from Warner Records, including the latest album, will be available on Symbian Music Store!