Chapter 77
now.
Ye Chen also opened the address book on his mobile phone.
The first call from Rolling Stone was returned. next moment.
Almost at the first second of ringing.
He was picked up by the other end
"Ye, it’s really you. Aren’t you at the concert?" Although
I have received a call back from Ye Chen, the record company president on the other end still can't believe it. Ye Chen actually put aside the extremely important concert and took the initiative to call him back! At this moment, Ye Chen Chen also smiled and said:
"You are the Rolling Stones record company. I have admired your name since I was a child. How could I not call you back as soon as I saw your phone number?"
Of course what Ye Chen said were just polite words.
In fact, what he was thinking in his heart was
"Nonsense, if I don't call back early and take a preemptive strike, then you major record companies will discuss it together and work together to lower the price!"
"Then wouldn’t I be at a huge loss?"
Now, since the top ten record companies have paid attention to him.
Naturally, the sooner the better, it is best to catch them off guard!
Of course. Of course, he will not say these words!
And of course the other end of the phone is not Fool.
Almost instantly, he burst out laughing.
On the other end, Williams, the president of the Vancouver branch of Rolling Stone Records, naturally knew that Ye Chen was speaking politely.
So, he also said straight to the point:
"Ye, you are too polite. Since you want to discuss, how about I quote you the price now?"
"At present, I have discussed it with the headquarters!"
"If you will, our current bottom line at Rolling Stone Records is two dollars a regular CD, while vinyl costs about five dollars a piece!"
"In addition, because the copyright belongs directly to you personally, once the album is recorded, we will only take 20% of the publishing fee as the sales cost, and the rest belongs to you!"
"Very good, very good!"
Ye Chen heard these words.
Although he said it was nice, he sneered in his heart.
"Sure enough, he is worthy of being a capitalist, and he is really like a wild goose!"
Ye Chen has been a trainee in China for seven years.
Of course he knows what Williams is saying at this moment. What
Williams means is that as long as a CD is printed with him, he needs to pay in advance. Give him 2 US dollars.
And if you print a piece of vinyl, you have to pay them 5 US dollars!
This money must be paid in advance.
Otherwise, he will not print it for Ye Chen.
In addition.
When the record is released After that, every quarter,
Rolling Stone Records will deduct 20% of the sales based on the sales volume of Ye Chen's records and keep it for their own use!
Of course, they will not say that this commission is the largest The profit point.
They only call it the cost of sales.
Almost all offline physical video stores and online stores in North America are monopolized by the world's top ten record companies.
This means that if you don't go through They.
Your records will not be sold through any channels!
And this is the confidence that Rolling Stone Records dares to pluck out!
At this moment,
Ye Chen's silence also made Williams feel a little uneasy.
He tried said:
"Ye...it’s not that this price cannot be negotiated. In fact, I……"
"No thanks, I don’t think you’re really sincere!"
Ye Chen's voice, Mobi. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)
But it made Williams anxious.
"No... I can still talk to the headquarters and lower the cost for you... $1.50 per CD……"
Williams wasn't done yet.
Ye Chen directly refuted it
"If you co-author it, you will only provide one channel, and you will eat up more than half of the revenue, right?"[]
Ye Chen's words immediately made Williams choke.
I was speechless for a long time
"What a bunch of vampires"
"They directly charge me $1.50 in recording fees and 20% of the total sales!"
"I am a co-author and ended up working for you, right?"
After saying that,
Ye Chen didn't waste any words and hung up the phone directly.
And this, this is the biggest advantage of independent musicians.
There is no need to look at anyone's face.
Because.
The copyright is all in his hands.
He has complete autonomy. Right.
Ye Chen can sell it whenever he wants.
He can even hold it in his hands and not sell it at all.
Kill these bastards who want to suck blood!!
Of course.
Ye Chen is not a child.
Kill the distribution rights. It won't do you any good to hold on to it. It's better to take advantage of the heat now.
And these guys haven't had time to discuss anything in private.
Selling tonight is the right way.
Thinking in his mind, Ye Chen set aside The second call was to Black Star Records.
At this moment, in a building in the city center of Vancouver,
President Williams was on the other end of the phone.
460 also hammered the solid wood desktop hard.
On his face Showing a trace of annoyance
"Damn it, I still underestimated this kid!"
"If we were not so greedy and talked slowly around the bottom line given by the headquarters, maybe we could……"
"Alas, such a big customer has become someone else’s!"
Just when Williams was feeling annoyed,
Ye Chen
's call to Black Star Records went through instantly.
But this time, the call was answered by a female voice with an extremely graceful and magnetic voice.
"Hello~ Is this Mr. Ye? I am Wesley Hepburn."
Just one sentence almost made Ye Chen lose control.
"Good guy, this voice is just like that of a big star!"
Ye Chen was curious and opened Wikipedia. He searched for Wesley Hepburn's personal information.
The next moment, the information that appeared in front of him immediately surprised Ye Chen.
This person's resume was actually the same as mine. An independent musician!
Moreover, she is also a beautiful woman.
Just by looking at it
, Ye Chen suddenly felt curious.
"I want to see what kind of conditions this old colleague can provide me?".