Chapter 525 524. Influence beyond imagination! A signature worth a thousand gold coins! (Subscribe)
Actually!
Many European and American media professionals, as well as industry insiders in the music and entertainment circles, are extremely shocked at this moment.
I am shocked that Wang Qian’s influence in North America has become so huge.
The whole world could see the grand occasion when Wang Qian left Los Angeles through the live broadcast of TV stations and reports from various media. It was also the first time in history that someone had achieved such a level.
However, after thinking about it, everyone can understand it better.
After all, Wang Qian became famous worldwide in Los Angeles, and it was on the world stage in Los Angeles that he conquered the world with his original music and live performances.
Many local audiences in Los Angeles spent huge amounts of money to watch Wang Qian's performance, and hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the performance venue to feel the atmosphere of Wang Qian's performance.
Therefore, naturally, many Los Angeles residents have become Wang Qian's die-hard fans. This is a phenomenon that many people in the industry can think of and understand.
Because the more people in the industry there are, the more they understand how incredibly attractive Wang Qian's performances and works are.
Audiences who have seen Wang Qian’s live performances are unable to resist his charm.
But……
Why did so many people come to the airport in New York to surround Wang Qian?
Just to see Wang Qian first?
You know, it's not daytime now, it's almost midnight in New York! Why did these people come to the airport without sleeping to see Wang Qian? New York is the largest city in North America. It's not an exaggeration to say that it's the largest city in the world in terms of development. It also has a senior and developed entertainment industry. What haven't the people here seen?
So many people who had never met Wang Qian were conquered just by downloading music from the Internet?
Many media outlets at the scene, as well as the onlookers who read the media reports on the Internet, were surprised and shocked.
Far away in Los Angeles, there is still a group of people who have not slept.
Oni and other members of the program crew gathered together at this moment, watching the live broadcast footage reported by the program crew from the New York airport. Looking at the crowded scene, it was no worse than when Wang Qian left Los Angeles. A large number of security personnel could be seen outside maintaining order, and there seemed to be more people gathered outside.
The number of media gathered at the scene was no less than that in Los Angeles.
Thousands of Wang Qian's fans were at the scene, shouting Wang Qian's lyrics. This scene was spread to the world and was extremely shocking.
A trace of shock flashed in Oni's eyes, and he said softly: "It seems that we still underestimated Wang Qian's influence in the world. The number of his loyal fans around the world is far beyond our imagination... If this is the case in New York, then other places may be similar."
"Perhaps, the weekly sales of each of his works reaches 1 billion, and these 1 billion people are all his fans?"
Say this.
The major copyright holders and TV station representatives in the conference room were all surprised and silent.
If a person has one billion loyal fans around the world, his influence is absolutely unparalleled and he is definitely the king of world pop music.
He has over one billion loyal fans, and the number of people who have heard his works and know him is several times that, possibly including everyone in the world.
In other words! There is no one in the world who doesn’t know the name Wang Qian.
There is no one who has not heard his work.
This global influence.
Even the owner of the White House in North America can't do it.
The program crew has just ended its cooperation with the King of Pop and will not be able to continue working with Wang Qian next time.
Everyone in the conference room felt extremely uncomfortable, as if they had lost their greatest support.
As the new representative, the TV station representative said softly: "I think we should agree to his terms and invite him back. Although we will lose a lot of profits and part of the control of the program. However, he can bring us greater success, and our final gains may be greater."
The North American copyright representative shook his head and said calmly, "Impossible. He wants 30% of the copyright and income. This is impossible. And this was his previous offer when he was in Los Angeles. Now he has gone to New York and knows that he has a greater influence. If we seek cooperation now, they may increase the offer."
"Then we're all working for him, are you willing?"
The words of the North American copyright representative silenced everyone.
Almost everyone present here represents the top of the world's entertainment industry, so naturally they don't want to just work for Wang Qian.
Wang Qian wanted 30% of the copyright and profits. They were attracted by Wang Qian's huge popularity and benefits and reluctantly agreed. As long as the top ten copyright holders united as one and worked together, they would not be afraid of Wang Qian controlling the progress of the program. It didn't matter if they gave Wang Qian the biggest share of the profits, as long as they could make more money!
But……
If Wang Qian relied on his current super popularity to raise his offer again, then they really would not be able to tolerate it.
Once more than 40% of the copyrights are given up! Then it is really easy for Wang Qian to control the program group. It is enough to win over two or three copyright holders.
Moreover, after giving up 40% of their profits, how much will they have left?
I can’t stand it…
Only Zhou Qinghua supported the cooperation in his heart, and he was willing to do so even if it meant giving up more benefits.
However, when everyone was reluctant, he still didn't dare to speak out. He had already been excluded and isolated by these European and American copyright holders. If he went against everyone again, he might be kicked out of the new program, which would cause him a lot of losses.
Although Wang Qian is gone, Zhou Qinghua still believes that the new program will definitely be successful and profitable.
After all, the whole world is now under the impact of the music wave. Now they are catching up with the world competition and quickly launching a program of the same type. There is basically no possibility of failure. It just depends on the size of the harvest...
Someone immediately said, "We just ignore him. I don't believe we can do it without him."
Someone else asked worriedly, "Have Kristen, Sophie, Miyuki Nakamori, and Green agreed? They had always been with Wang Qian..."
Oni replied: "We contacted Sophie and Christine, and Miyuki Nakamori's agents. Their agents all agreed in principle and said they would help persuade them. However, there has been no reply yet. I believe their agents will definitely be able to convince them, after all, our offer is very sincere."
"As for the others, Green doesn't have an agent. I contacted her personally, but she refused."
"Adam, Elizabeth, Jonathan and the rest of the contestants have already agreed and have signed a preliminary letter of intent for cooperation. What remains are the specific details."
"We are also in talks with some big-name singers out there, and we have already reached out to a few. No one can refuse our invitation to collaborate..."
Oni's words were tinged with arrogance.
Now, star singers in the entertainment industry all over the world hope to work with them. They all know that their next show will definitely attract global attention and will surely be a huge success. Those standing on the stage will naturally gain a lot of attention and popularity. Maybe they can even be on par with Wang Qian in one fell swoop, and then stand on top of the world.
Therefore, almost no one refused the invitation sent by Oni.
Only...
Green!
As well as Sophie, Christine, and Miyuki Nakamori.
The North American representative immediately said, "It doesn't matter if Sophie, Christine, Green, and Miyuki Nakamori disagree. The ten contestants in our previous world competition were all unknown newcomers, but they were able to achieve record-breaking success. We have invited so many powerful and famous singers to the new program, so it will definitely be more successful..."
"We can't give up too much profit like we did in the last World Championship!"
After hearing this, everyone's faces twitched with heartache when they thought about the contract signed for the World Championship, in which they gave up the copyright and all proceeds from the players' performances on stage, as well as the players' commercial income during the performance.
because……
After their statistics.
The revenue generated by all the works performed by the ten contestants on stage, as well as the commercial cooperation with off-site income, exceeds their advertising income and ticket revenue combined!
By this calculation, it seems that they were working for several players before.
Such huge income is mainly concentrated on Wang Qian and Sophie, followed by Miyuki Nakamori, and then Adam and Elizabeth and others.
The total income of these players combined is higher than the combined income of their ten copyright holders and TV stations.
Such a huge loss of profits made everyone in the program crew so distressed that they couldn't sleep.
Each copyright holder lost at least one billion US dollars! This huge sum of money would make even the Wall Street giants feel so distressed that they couldn't eat, let alone them who had just made their fortune.
So! The contract for the new program is much more demanding than the contract for the world competition players.
Half of the copyright of the performances of all contestants and guests belongs to the program team, and naturally half of the profits also belong to the program team.
In addition, half of the commercial income of the newcomers during the performance also belongs to the program team.
Those big names who were invited naturally would not give up their commercial income, and the program crew did not ask for it.
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However, even with such a demanding contract, no one except Wang Qian and his friends refused...
Thinking of this, everyone present had more expectations for the future.
Many eyes were looking at the TV screen, and they were no longer so eager to see Wang Qian appearing on the screen.
…
Wang Qian and his group did not stay in the airport for too long, for fear of disrupting airport order.
When they saw Professor Max and others from Juilliard School who came to pick them up at the airport, they immediately walked out and got in the car and left.
The Juilliard School's luxury bus slowly left the airport.
Everyone in the car could see that there were probably tens of thousands of people gathered at the airport, and the number of media outlets was in the hundreds. The lights for taking photos never stopped, and there were hundreds of cameras running. There were also many cameramen carrying cameras and moving slowly along with the bus, trying to capture the entire process of Wang Qian's departure.
The loud shouts continued one after another and could still be clearly heard in the well-soundproofed luxury bus.
"we will, we will rock you..."
"we will, we will rock you..."
"we will, we will rock you..."
"we will, we will rock you..."
…
Even the sound of humming could be heard from inside the car. The driver and the passenger in the car were humming along, obviously very excited.
Wang Qian sat at the very edge of the bus with the window open. He waved to the outside and shouted, "thank you..."
What responded to him was a louder song: "We will, we will rock you..."
Max sat opposite Wang Qian, his face also slightly flushed, and he said excitedly: "Professor Wang Qian, I never expected that you would be so popular in New York! When our school announced that you were coming to give a lecture, it seemed that the whole city was excited."
“You are the first person to achieve such success in the field of pop music.”
Wang Qian chuckled and said, "Thank you. I didn't expect you to welcome me so well."
A young woman with extraordinary temperament came carefully from behind, opened a notebook, looked at Wang Qian and said pleadingly: "Professor Wang Qian, I am your most loyal fan. Whether it is your pop songs or classical music, I like them very much. Can you sign an autograph for me?"
Max said helplessly, "This is Sophia, a student from our college's opera house. Her father is my student. She came to me today and asked me to bring her to pick you up."
Wang Qian nodded, took it, looked at Sophia, and a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes.
Sophia doesn't look very old, probably around 20 years old, which is the peak age of youth and invincible beauty.
However, Sophia is a very typical European and American classical beauty. She was born into an artistic family and has an extraordinary temperament. In addition, she studied opera, so she has a strong artistic and aristocratic atmosphere, and her big eyes are full of smartness.
Wang Qian was just about to start writing.
Sophia hurriedly said, "Wait, Professor, can you write in Chinese characters? I heard that your Chinese characters are art in themselves and are very beautiful."
Qin Xuerong beside Wang Qian, as well as Qin Xuehong, Jiang Yu, Juliet, Murong Yue and others around him all looked at Sophia curiously. They didn't expect that this Juilliard student actually knew that Wang Qian's calligraphy was so rare?
Wang Qian smiled and asked curiously, "How did you know?"
Sophia looked directly at Wang Qian with undisguised admiration in her eyes, and replied with a smile: "This is not a secret. The signature you left at the Curtis Institute last time is already a very rare work of art in New York. I have seen two of them, and they are very beautiful. Moreover, I heard from my father that someone is buying your signature at a high price."
"One thousand dollars a word! I've never seen such a high price for a piece of writing. Of course, those artists who have been dead for hundreds of years are not counted."
Wang Qian raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect his calligraphy to be so popular in New York? Actually, this wasn't really calligraphy, it was just a signature.
Wang Qian then wrote a line of Chinese characters on the paper with a pen - To Sophia, Wang Qian!
Sophia happily took the notebook and said excitedly, "Thank you, professor. I will treasure it."
Wang Qian smiled: "You're welcome, it's just a signature."
Sophia wanted to talk to Wang Qian, but when she saw Max's serious look, she quickly turned around and left, sitting back at the back.
After watching Sophia go back and sit down, Max looked at Wang Qian and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Professor, for causing you trouble."
Wang Qian shook his head: "It's okay, Professor Max, it's just a signature."
Max smiled and said, "In fact, your autographs do have a big market in New York. After you wrote some autographs during your lecture at Curtis last time, several collectors spent money to buy them. Then the news spread in New York, and other collectors and wealthy people also bought them out of curiosity, so the value of the autographs was raised."
"Now, it's very difficult to buy your autograph in the New York collectors' market. Those who have your autograph won't sell it easily, as they think it's something worth showing off to have a copy of your autograph collection."
Wang Qian laughed and said, "Oh? Then, Professor Max, do you want my autograph?"
Max also laughed and said, "Of course, if I can."
The two of them made a little joke.
However, Max really took out a piece of paper and asked for Wang Qian's signature.
Wang Qian also carefully wrote a line of words for Max and gave it to him, and Max also carefully put it in his bag.
Left the airport.
The singing became quieter and quieter.
Wang Qian also closed the car window and began to rest, then took out his cell phone to check.
It's past midnight.
Wang Qian then became curious and opened the music platform to see how the sales of his songs were today.
(End of this chapter)