Going on a European tour is something Liang Liang hasn't even considered right now.
Where is Schmidt?
"You should be in your capital now, and you might come to Lianwan tomorrow."
Buying the rights to Schmidt's band's album isn't a big deal, but touring Europe is something we need to seriously consider.
According to foreign etiquette, a hug upon meeting shows a close relationship.
Liang Liang thus feigned a friendly relationship with Schmidt.
“Liang! This time I’m going to introduce your Eastern culture to Europe.” Schmidt said this with great enthusiasm, his beard looking very spirited.
Stop messing around! Just say you're buying our band's copyright to make money, that's all. Why bring up Eastern culture?
Eastern culture is profound and extensive; how could a mere department manager in your company possibly explain it?
"Liang! I heard your band just released a new album, how are the sales?"
The album "Red Flag Fluttering" has been on the market for more than ten days now, with cassette tapes exceeding two million units and CDs exceeding five hundred thousand units.
The company has completed the first phase of its shipment plan and is now increasing production.
Upon hearing that Blue Shark's album had sold nearly three million copies in ten days, Schmidt looked surprised.
In Europe, for an album to sell three million copies, it basically means that the album has become a hit throughout Western Europe.
Country folks are so ignorant. Is it really that hard to sell an album for three million in China?
Schmidt asked to see the contents of Blue Shark's album.
Liang Liang then took Schmidt into the Maritime Ballroom.
The studio of the Maritime Ballroom features a video wall composed of dozens of televisions.
Liang Liang stayed here with Schmidt and watched all four albums released by their band.
It took an entire afternoon to watch all four albums from beginning to end, and by the time we finished watching all those videos, it was already dark outside.
Schmidt was full of praise for Blue Shark's songs.
At the Huanghai Hotel, Liang Liang hosted a banquet for Schmidt.
"Liang! Tomorrow I want to visit your audio-visual company to see what inventory you have. Our company wants to buy it all and publish it."
They spent several million marks to buy the film and television rights to Berlin Vanguard Week, which earned them tens of millions of marks after publication.
Chinese bands have a large following in Germany and Europe, which gave them the courage to buy the copyrights of Chinese bands.
hehe!
Liang Liang sneered inwardly.
Don't be fooled by the fact that their audio company hasn't been around for long; they still have a lot of inventory. If Schmidt's company wanted to buy it all, you'd be leaving empty-handed for tens of millions of marks.
In addition to the copyrights of the singers and bands signed by its own company, Haiyun Audio-Visual Company has also acquired several hundred works from other bands that are similar to submissions.
Some of them have been published, but many more have not yet been published.
Liang Liang plans to sell the European rights to these works to Schmidt first, to get some cash back.
He took out a loan of 200 million yuan for Pingshan Film and Television City, and has put out 100 million yuan of it. He plans to invest over 100 million yuan next year, so he is a little short of funds. Being able to cash out is a good option.
The next day, Han Chui took over the task of chatting with Schmidt.
Hannah was his translator.
Han Chui, with his silver tongue and a mix of deception and bluffing, sold all the copyrights to Haiyun Audio-Visual Company's songs and video content to Schmidt Company for 35 million marks.
This price is not low; converted into Chinese Yuan, it's a huge sum of nearly 150 million.
This was like a godsend for Liang Liang, who felt he didn't have enough money for his investment in the film studio.
He felt very satisfied.
With the copyright issue resolved, the next step is the European tour.
Schmidt's side promised that they would handle all expenses and procedures for Blue Shark's European tour, and all revenue would be split equally between the two parties.
Because these albums may be released next summer, they hope Blue Shark will tour Europe next summer.
This indirectly advertises these albums.
The specific number of tour performances still needs to be discussed between the two parties.
Liang Liang does not object to a European tour, which is also a shortcut for the Blue Shark band to go global.
In Western Europe, the stronghold of Western power, gaining recognition is essentially equivalent to being accepted by the West.
However, there is one important factor that Liang Liang is quite concerned about.
An arts group as influential as Blue Shark in China is bound to attract the attention of some reactionary forces in the West, who may be planning to hire them as proxies.
If you become their spokesperson, you will win various awards in the West, and your work will become popular in the West.
For example, if the Blue Shark band became their spokesperson, they might walk the red carpet at the Grammys and win a major award.
Of course, to reap these benefits, you have to make sacrifices, such as promoting Western values at appropriate times, exaggerating and smearing the country's flaws through your works, and frequently speaking ill of the country's system, etc.
As a reborn person, Liang Liang has a lot of knowledge about these things.
He didn't want people to talk behind his back and say he had forgotten his ancestors.
If the West fails to recruit you, they will definitely retaliate, and they will try to ruin your reputation by spreading rumors and scandals.
In the 1990s, if you went out, someone might come knocking on your door, but you were safer at home.
With this in mind, after careful consideration, Liang Liang declined Schmidt's invitation for their band to tour Europe.
Who knows what complicated background this guy has?
The last trip to Germany was a government-sponsored trip, so there were security guarantees.
But going there again would be a private matter, and the safety factor would be greatly reduced.
Liang Liang felt it was safer to stay at home.
Liang Liang's refusal of the suggestion to tour Europe greatly disappointed Schmidt, but he still took the copyrights back to his country.
Even if you can't make money from tours, selling albums is still a good way to earn money.
After Schmidt left, Liang Liang patted his head, wondering if he had been overthinking things.
Twenty years later, Jiu Bao, Hangai, Parhat and others are doing very well in Europe and haven't been chosen as spokespeople. I must have been worrying too much.
But regardless of whether it's an overreaction or not, since I've already refused, I no longer want to go on a European tour.
At the end of October, Haiyun Company's publicity department began operating to promote Taojin's album.
We used almost everything – television and newspapers – and spent hundreds of thousands on advertising alone.
I don't know if I can even recoup my investment.
The gimmick used for the "Gold Rush" album wasn't the promotional slogan of a prince of love songs and upbeat tunes; his specialty was modern dance.
Liang Liang used the very impressive name "King of Dance Songs".
Hopefully, his dance moves will still have an appeal.
By October 31st, the album "Red Flag Fluttering" had sold over five million copies, and the CD sales had also exceeded one million copies.
It's fair to say that this album has been a great success.
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