Chapter 453 452. Want to find another Wang Qian? Wait another hundred years! (Subscribe)
The production team was excited, nervous, and expectant at the same time! The excitement was because the attention paid to the World Championship was so high.
Even now, the live broadcast of pre-match highlights has attracted over one billion viewers worldwide, with nearly 100 million people watching in North America alone, and over 300 million people watching in China. Other regions also maintain high viewership.
These are all naked profits. Advertising fees are now so expensive that even they themselves find it outrageous, but there are still giants rushing in to spend money to grab advertising time.
The reason they were worried was that they knew that this might be the most glorious time for the show, and that the next season would definitely not have such popularity and luck. Without super talents like Wang Qian and Sophie that are rare in a century, they didn't know how much the ratings would drop next season.
The reason for the anticipation is that this season's World Championship is about to end, and the production team will enter the settlement time, and then they will sit down and share the dividends. That is the harvest moment they are most looking forward to! Advertising fees and the like are not clear yet, but they know all the ticket revenues clearly, which are beyond their imagination. The preliminary estimate is 700 to 800 million US dollars. In addition, there will be a final farewell performance, and the final box office revenue may reach about 9 billion US dollars. This income alone makes them extremely excited.
but……
Think about it, the final champion will take 7% of the box office revenue.
All copyright holders who had the right to dividends felt extremely distressed, and they all looked serious as they watched Wang Qian leave.
This was the first time they had been constantly manipulated by a contestant and forced to make concessions. It was also a very unhappy experience.
They felt a little comforted when they thought that while the income from next year's World Championship would be reduced, their control over the program team and the players would also increase a lot, and they would truly have the life and death of every player in their hands.
The program team is already working with a professional law firm to develop the contract terms for the next round of contestants. The restrictions contained in the contracts far exceed those of this year's contracts. Not only do they take away the contestants' right to profit from their works, they also take away all of their freedom. During the program, they must unconditionally cooperate with the legitimate demands of the program team.
The contestants have been deprived of all their income during the show, and it is impossible for them to achieve financial freedom by riding on the popularity of the show or the sales of their competition songs like Adam and other contestants did.
Oni asked several copyright holders: "If there is another contestant like Wang Qian coming to participate next year, but needs the same contract as this year, will you agree?"
The top ten copyright holders all thought of consent at the same time...
But no one said it.
Because none of them really wanted to bow to Wang Qian!
Besides, will there be another contestant like Wang Qian next year? Just kidding...
This is just a hypothesis. They don't think there will be another Wang Qian in the world, not even a second Sophie.
It takes years of accumulation for such a super genius to appear. Now that two have been selected at once, it is extremely lucky.
Want more?
Wait another hundred years.
It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to cultivate a person. This is not just talk.
so.
Someone said stubbornly: "Of course we won't agree to this. We don't allow players to get out of control. If he doesn't want to, then forget it."
Zhou Qinghua smiled and said nothing, and the others remained silent.
They all knew in their hearts that if there really was one, they would definitely agree...
After all, who would go against the US dollar? If they could get the same returns as this year every year, let alone give in to Wang Qian, even if they were asked to kowtow to Wang Qian in public, they would eventually do it no matter how reluctant they were.
Compared with the huge profits, what is face? Oni did not expose everyone's thoughts. He already had the answer in his mind. He looked at all the copyright holders, reached out and knocked on the table, and continued: "Everyone, you have seen it. The current pop music market has been completely activated by our world competition. The entire music market is booming, and all musicians and singers are making a lot of money."
"But everyone thinks that once we finish the World Championship, the storm will slowly calm down. Music is not everything in our lives after all."
"Well, with our current successful experience, can we continue to build another stage and create a brand new singing program in the shortest possible time? I think, with the help of this storm, we will definitely succeed. Maybe not as successful as the World Championship, but we will definitely make a lot of money..."
Oni's words made several people in the office frown and think about it.
They were just planning to wait for the second phase of the World Championship next year...
But now thinking about it, it is indeed too long. If they wait so long, the pop music storm may have passed by then, and they will have missed the best opportunity to make money.
The storm they have created now has allowed those singers and musicians to take advantage of it.
The North American copyright holder immediately said, "Mr. O'Neal, do you have any plans?"
The Brazilian copyright holder said, "Yes, there are more and more music variety shows recently, and they all have good ratings. If we produce another world-class music show, even if it is not as popular as the World Championship, it will definitely be a success. And then we can connect it to the second season of the World Championship next year, so that we will not miss the best opportunity to make money."
Everyone else looked at Oni.
Zhou Qinghua was also moved and felt that what Oni said made sense, but he decided to remain silent for now and wait and see what would happen.
Oni nodded and continued, "First of all, our world competition is about to end, and we must first ensure that the world competition ends smoothly. Then, we will work together to find a music variety show brand that has some influence worldwide, and then find a way to integrate them to form a second world competition variety show project!"
"There's no need to change the competition system, it's the same as The Voice. But the core needs to be changed. We can discuss the details in a meeting later."
"Of course, the premise is that everyone agrees!"
The North American representative immediately raised his hand and said, "I agree!"
The Brazilian representative immediately said: "I agree..."
The others looked at each other.
The British representative also raised his hand: "I agree..."
The rest of the people were thinking.
Obviously, they do not have as much power as the previous representatives. They are just copyright representatives, not copyright owners, so it is impossible for them to agree to anything here.
The island country representative said: "I need to discuss with the domestic head office before making a decision."
Zhou Qinghua also agreed: "Yes, I also need to discuss with domestic companies..."
The remaining few also expressed their desire to discuss the matter with their domestic counterparts.
Oni did not say anything, but just said: "This is just a preliminary idea I proposed. Let's go back to our country and discuss it carefully before making a decision. After all, the world championships require the support of all domestic forces. If we cannot select the best representatives in a competition area, then we cannot have the strongest and most talented players to participate in the world championships, and the ratings will not be guaranteed..."
"So, after the Voice of China World Championship is over, we will vote again."
When everyone heard this, they all agreed.
"Okay, I agree."
"Let's talk about it after the game is over."
"God, I will not allow a contestant like Wang Qian to exist in the next show. He doesn't care about our authority at all."
"But it is Wang Qian who brings us more benefits. The ticket revenue with him participating is five times more than without him! The difference is billions of dollars, so I don't think there is anything wrong with him."
"But……"
"But……"
"A new program, maybe..."
With new ideas about the future, everyone started talking.
After all, they are all upper-class figures in the entertainment circles of various countries. They have unique views on entertainment variety shows, and when they chat with each other, they will quickly have different ideas.
Zhou Qinghua did not participate, but came to the show and saw that the place was already full of audiences. The host Jennifer interacted with some familiar big-name stars step by step, and occasionally interacted with the audience in the back row. The atmosphere was very warm and the ratings were very good.
If there is another show like this...
Zhou Qinghua felt that he would be labeled as great by the domestic entertainment industry.
But, is there really another Wang Qian in this world? No.
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Zhou Qinghua looked towards Wang Qian's lounge with a complicated look.
In fact, Wang Qian was not in the lounge at this time, but in the corner tool room that Diana had already selected. The two talked for about half an hour and then ended their conversation.
Diana left in another direction and went to the program crew.
Wang Qian went to the dressing room to change his clothes, sprayed a little perfume, walked out slowly, and saw Zhou Qinghua standing backstage.
Zhou Qinghua gave Wang Qian a thumbs up and said, "Keep going!"
Wang Qian smiled at Zhou Qinghua and nodded affirmatively: "No problem!"
At the critical moment, the two did not say much. Zhou Qinghua did not want to affect Wang Qian's state, and Wang Qian was not in the mood to say anything more. Diana acted a little crazy. After tasting the flavor for the first time last time, she was more devoted and exerted more effort this time, which made him a little tired now, and felt that he could not beat the young man.
Back in the lounge, Wang Qian didn't say anything, but just leaned against Qin Xuerong and closed his eyes to rest.
During another break.
Sophie was also resting her eyes, but she was not lying down. Instead, she was walking slowly and gracefully back and forth in the room, thinking about dancing with Wang Qian. This kept herself in the best condition. Only when there was only half an hour left did she sit down to have a good rest.
At this time, the atmosphere on the scene was already high...
Jennifer was in control of the situation and started directly with Robert: "Mr. Robert, what do you think of the final showdown between Wang Qian and Sophie?"
Robert remained calm and elegant, smiling at the camera and said, "Of course, we are sitting here and watching. Perhaps, you only saw the terrifying achievement that Professor Wang Qian's single will soon exceed 700 million weekly sales this week, but you all overlooked Professor Wang Qian's Guzheng piece that we heard for the first time, which has also sold over 200 million worldwide. This is the first time many people have heard of an oriental classical musical instrument, but it still has such terrifying sales."
"In the entire history, only Professor Wang Qian has achieved this!"
“Many people say that Sophie is also a genius in the field of classical music, but she can’t perform a piano piece to the point where it sells hundreds of millions of copies worldwide, while Professor Wang Qian can do it, and he has done it more than once.”
"Also, many people overlook that there are two piano geniuses in Professor Wang Qian's band, Jiang Yu and Juliet, both of whom are piano geniuses who are not inferior to Sophie. Jiang Yu's performance last week has been recognized by pianists all over the world. It is no exaggeration to say that she is the next world-class pianist."
"So, so many people outside say that Sophie is powerful enough to threaten Professor Wang Qian, but I don't see it."
Robert's words proved Wang Qian's strength and talent with reason and evidence. Whether in the field of pop music or classical music, he is unique and even better than Sophie.
And this is a fact, which many European and American media and industry insiders have deliberately ignored recently.
Robert made this point very clear at this time during a global live broadcast, which made many big-name stars and media people at the scene look unhappy. This was almost a slap in their faces.
Many people looked at Robert with unfriendly eyes, thinking that he was their traitor!
Robert didn't care about it at all. He just smiled at Jennifer and the camera again, and then sat down steadily in his seat.
Jennifer got a satisfactory answer, and her smile became even brighter. She ended the pre-match chat and saw that it was almost time. She also received a message from the program team, so she said loudly: "Although Mr. Robert has said that Professor Wang Qian has more advantages in all aspects, I think Sophie is not weak either. They will bring us an absolutely wonderful music duel."
"We don't know what kind of original music they will bring us, nor do we know whether they will make us cry or laugh..."
"Then, let us invite the first contestant, Professor Wang Qian from China, to come on stage and perform the first show."
More than 20,000 people at the scene applauded, and the enthusiastic applause almost blew the ceiling off.
The vast majority of the audience came for Wang Qian.
After watching the irresistible live atmosphere of Wang Qian’s previous performances, many people were excited and spent a lot of money to come to the scene to watch the performance, just to feel the enthusiasm on TV in person.
So, when people heard that Wang Qian was about to appear on stage, the applause was naturally the loudest.
Wang Qian had already brought everyone to the backstage. There was no mysterious appearance. After hearing Jennifer's words, he led everyone directly to the stage and waved to everyone amid applause.
Seeing Kristen and others whom he knew in the front row, he nodded and smiled at Kristen.
Christine also applauded and smiled brightly at Wang Qian.
Wang Qian could see that Christine’s face was a little pale and her eyes were very tired. She must have been very tired recently.
In fact, Kristen was still staying up late to record songs last night, and only finished two songs this morning. She took a break at noon, and rushed to the scene in the afternoon. She was no more relaxed than Wang Qian and Sophie who were also participating in the competition.
Jennifer quickly seized the opportunity, turned around and gave Wang Qian a hug, hugged Wang Qian with all her strength, then raised Wang Qian's hand and said, "Professor Wang Qian, the first performance is about to begin, are you ready?"
Wang Qian nodded, unscrambled Jennifer's hand without leaving a trace, looked at the audience, as if a king inspecting his people, and said easily: "No problem!"
Jennifer said loudly: "Okay, please welcome Professor Wang Qian to give us the first performance."
After saying that, Jennifer turned and walked out.
Then……
The stage lights went out one by one.
Wang Qian and others also disappeared from the stage.
Everyone stared at the dark stage intently, not wanting to miss any details.
(End of this chapter)