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Chapter 136 Hip Hop Empire
As if a signal, Snoop Dogg's angry roars had a reaction from the entourage who were loosely gathered in the living room and chatting outside on the lawn.

They groped towards the loose waist in unison, and quickly approached Kean Griffin, forming a semicircle in front of him, forcing him to the corner.

"Calvin, think twice before you act."

Even in the face of more than a dozen strong men, Kean Griffin showed no fear. He just raised his hands expressionlessly and took a step to the left to make the danger farther away from his employer.

"You don't want to do that."

"Oh yeah, when is it your turn you son of a bitch to teach me how to do things?"

Lord Dog suddenly got up, looked down, and looked at Kean Griffin, who was slightly shorter than Han Yi.

"Woah, wait, Calvin."

Dr. Dre quickly stretched out his hands and walked up to Han Yi.He knew very well that the black people surrounded by Lord Dog at the moment were Han Yi's personal bodyguards.

Only he, the middleman, can resolve such a tense situation.

"What happened, who is he?"

"I don't know the exact name of this dead nigger, but I know he was with Su Ge before."

Snoop Dogg pointed at Kian, his voice sharp and excited.

"He was one of Death Row's entourage, doggy scum. He came to my house more than ten years ago... that's the fucking house, negotiating with me, threatening my wife, forcing my children Afraid to go out. Tell me to go back to Death Row or blow my head off."

"I've never been a shit, Calvin." Kean Griffin glanced at Dr. Dre, "Think again, Calvin. Andre, you should remember me. Kean. Kean Griffin."

"Kian."

Andre Young's two professional bodyguards look much more capable than Snoop Dogg's ragtag ragtag gang. Dr. Dre's detached status on the West Coast will also make the most reckless gang members fear three points.Andre, who was stepping forward, automatically made a gap in front of him.

"You did work under Su Ge, right, I've seen you."

Andre looked at Kian carefully, and asked calmly.It didn't sound like Su Ge Knight had anything to do with him, but the two bodyguards behind him had already flashed the Glock-22.

At UTA's welcome party, there were too many important people to greet, and Andre Yang didn't notice Kean Griffin, who was guarding on the edge, and in the meeting with Han Yi, the latter never brought personal security. .Therefore, this is actually the first time Andre has looked at Kean in the eye.

"Yes, but I left in '01, before Poochie was shot."

Kean Griffin shrugged, relaxed and natural.

"I'm not from Mob Piru... In Malibu, also in 01, remember? His villa, when you persuaded him, I was the only one who spoke on your side."

"Oh..." Hearing Gian Griffin's precise description of the time and place, that bad memory that had been dusted up flooded his mind, and Andre raised his chin and dragged his voice, "So it's you, 'The kid from the East', right?"

"it's me."

"It's nice to see you again, buddy, and I hope you're doing well." Dr. Dre reached out and gave Kean Griffin a high-five, then turned his head and looked at the bewildered Dog Lord.

"He cool, Snoop. He left Marion at the same time as me, I remember."

"Isn't it him?"

Snoop Dogg frowned.

"Not the one who tried to kill Eminem at the Source Awards?"

"Man you tripping, I told you, don't smoke when talking about things." Dr. Dre sighed helplessly, and said, "You are confused, brother, that person is dead."

"Is that person dead?"

Snoop Dogg looked blankly at the several followers beside him, and grinned regretfully after receiving their affirmative reply.

"Oh shit."

"Calvin."

From the dramatic change to the present, Shante Broadus, who had been sitting on the sofa, spoke.

"Apologize to the nice guy and sit back."

"Look, my fault. Kean, right?"

The completely relaxed Snoop Dogg resumed his perpetually boneless slump and bumped Kean Griffin.

"We're all right, we're all right. A little misunderstanding."

"It's eye-opening, isn't it, Yi?"

Dr. Dre elbowed Han Yi who was standing beside him, trying to ease the atmosphere in a humorous way.

"indeed so."

Han Yi didn't write too much on this kind of issue about ethnicity and community. Han Yi knew very well that when it comes to African-American issues, he only needs to uphold one principle-the more you say, the more mistakes you make.No matter how much others don't mind him exporting his views, he should exercise restraint.

As for the tense situation just now, it didn't make Han Yi's mood fluctuate much.He has such a character, the bigger the problem he encounters, the calmer he becomes. Only messing up the seemingly inconspicuous little things will make him feel a little more irritable.

What's more, the scene a few minutes ago is really too much like "Empire".Starring Snoop Dogg again, it was really hard for him to take the whole thing seriously.

Come to think of it, Snoop Dogg is in front of you, talking about cleaning up the mud on Sug-Knight, and Dr. Dre intervenes.

It was indeed difficult for Han Yi to connect this kind of script beyond reality with his real life.

Just like watching a show.

If you have to say what Han Yi gained from this episode, it would be that he has strengthened his views on the overall layout of the hip-hop sector.

Definitely can't participate in it in person.

Leave it to respected insiders to navigate the intricacies and chaos of the situation, and provide financial support and useful information from the future yourself.

American hip-hop may be the most savage jungle segment in the world music industry.

European electronic music, at best, is riddled with drug abuse problems.As for American rap music, if you are not careful, blood will splatter five steps and you will die on the spot.

Not to mention Tupac and Biggie, just look at the rappers who will lose their lives in various gun violence after 2016.

XXXTentacion, killed by a rifle in i8, Pop Smoke, killed by five men breaking into an AirBnb, and Takeoff, killed by stray bullets in Houston.

Be it the never-ending disputes between the Blood Gang and the Lame Gang, the high-profile style of acting, or the drunken living habits.The idiosyncrasies of rappers, and the avalanche of firearms in this country, put them, and those around them, in extreme danger anytime, anywhere.Either they strike early, or they shoot the enemy first.

To give just two examples, Drake is already considered the mainstream rap superstar whose image is closest to a pop singer, but he is still believed to be inextricably linked to XXXTentacion's sudden and long death.

another example?
Dr. Dre sitting next to him.

In 2014, Suge Knight was shot six times at the 1OAK nightclub in Los Angeles.

In 2015, Suge Knight went to the filming site of "Straight Outta Compton" to make peace with Dr. Dre...

Then he accidentally killed Dr. Dre's entourage and his long-time friend, Terry Carter.

It doesn't matter who is right or wrong, the important thing is to remember that none of the two rap superstars sitting opposite me has completely clean hands.

Don't look at Dr. Dre's success and fame now, he is also Beats and Apple Music, and he has never admitted his relationship with the lame gang, and even publicly stated in the lyrics that he does not smoke green plants.

But don't forget that Dr. Dre was still the co-founder of Death Row Records when Suge Knight killed a few people.

With this in mind, Han Yi sat on the right side of Shante-Broaders and smiled politely at Mrs. Dog.

"Nice to meet you, Mrs Broaders."

"Oh, just call me Shante, Yi." Shante folded his hands and bowed with a smile on his face, "I'm sorry for letting you see this as soon as you entered the door, and I apologize again, Kean."

"It doesn't matter at all, ma'am." Kean stood with his hands down not far behind Han Yi, "I know what Marion's name means in this house, and I won't apologize for my previous work experience, but some of his I really don't agree with that behavior."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Shante pursed her lips and smiled, compared to Snoop Dogg, who stood aside in a daze with her forehead propped up, she was the real talker in the dog house.

"So, Yi, Andre told me that you have some ideas for working with Calvin."

"Yes, in many ways, Shanter."

"Tell me one by one." Shante raised his hand and smiled, "We have a whole afternoon."

“Okay, first thing, we—HMG—with Apple Music, are planning a hip-hop festival in Miami in late March, during spring break.”

"Technically speaking, it is an exclusive online live broadcast of Apple Music, and provides online announcements and post-production video reviews, as well as corresponding artist music exposure." Andre Yang does not intend to be greedy for credit in this regard, "The entire music festival The overall expenses will be borne by HMG."

"Where is the venue?"

"Maurice Ferre Park." Han Yi replied, "It can accommodate 45000 people in a single day."

"It's huge."

"It could be bigger, but Park by the Bay was booked. You know, every year at the end of March is Ultra Week."

"It should be difficult to compete with them for the audience." Snoop Dogg interjected, "I remember more than [-] people watch it every year."

"If it's an ordinary lineup, it should be difficult." Having said that, Han Yi turned his eyes to Dr. Dre with a smile.

"Yi's idea was to replicate Coachella in 2012."

"Oh, haha." No one can forget that classic Coachella, not even Snoop Dogg himself. "You add me, and Tupac's hologram?"

"I won't be doing holographic projections this time. The brightness of the city over there can't meet the requirements, so I want to add Eminem, 50 Cent and Kendrick Lamar." With such a good resource as Dr. Dre, Han Yi must of course Make the most of everything.Not only Mad City in Las Vegas, but also this hip-hop music festival in Miami.

From 2016 to 2017, launching a series of large-scale music festivals with different styles and genres across the United States was originally an integral part of Han Yi's music career planning.There are copyright distribution companies, record companies, and artist management companies. Now there is only a third live giant that will compete with Live Nation and AEG Live.

Han Yi, who has sufficient funds and reward mechanism, will never start from a Livehouse with hundreds of people or a warehouse party with thousands of people.If you want to hold it, hold the largest annual event, because only in this way can the accumulation of positive emotions be the strongest.

The comprehensive music festival landed in Las Vegas, the hip-hop music festival was selected in Miami, where the most young people are in spring break, the electronic music festival has a touring Block Party, and he is about to talk about big projects with several partners.Coupled with the long-planned event of the century with Jimmy Yuewen and Andre Yang, as long as it is operated properly and the schedule and account period are planned reasonably, Han Yi may be able to leverage hundreds of millions of dollars through these few music festivals reward return.

The lineup of Mad City has already begun to take shape. If the hip-hop music festival wants to attract the attention of the whole country and even the world, which artists should be confirmed?
West Coast All-Stars, enough?

"The plan I mentioned to Andre is that we don't need to start in the afternoon at all, and we don't need little guests on the stage. The Ultra next door is already our hot party."

"At the beginning of the night, I will ask UTA to bring our hottest hip-hop artists. You know, Desiigner and other artists. They alone can drive a lot of box office."

Han Yi already had a rough plan in mind for the guests before the top all-stars. Needless to say, Desiigner is a hot newcomer whose singles are at the top of the charts. Since they are UTA's own family, they can order directly internally.

In addition, because this hip-hop music festival will be held in March next year, by then, Han Yi will sign a full contract with 3 Savage, Post Malone, which is fully controlled by Electric Feel through the acquisition, and other things that he will cooperate with Lord Dog to sign The potential new stars will burst out their own light and heat.

Now it seems that legends like Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg are leading a group of newcomers, and the status of artists is seriously disconnected, but in March 2017, it will become an out-of-print feast where new and old hip-hop stars gather together.

Starting from the first person on the stage, even Rolling Loud has to use the largest and thickest font to place the heavyweight guests in the front row.

This kind of lineup and this kind of box office appeal can only be arranged in advance by the future Han Yi.

This irreproducibility is not only attributed to Han Yi's advanced vision, but also to his comprehensive and meticulous layout.For a new hip-hop music festival, it can only be said that it is impossible to invite these giant Buddhas.

But what if the organizer donated 1000 million to Dr. Dre's academy?
What if the organizer's record company just signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Dr. Dre's Apple Music?
What if the organizer has two other music festivals to cooperate with Andre?

What if the organizers wanted his younger brother, Snoop Dogg, to head the hip-hop section?

The combination of the four elements, is it enough for Dr. Dre to raise his arms and recruit an unprecedented West Coast Rap Hall of Fame team for the music festival?
"Sounds like a grand scene."

While everyone was not paying attention, Lord Dog quietly held the rolled up green plant in his hand.

"How many days are you going to do?"

"Two days."

Han Yi stretched out his index and middle fingers.

"One day I want to be a West Coast All-Star, and the next day I want to..."

"Young Money."

"Everyone?" Snoop Dogg took a breath and said in a drawn out voice, "Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj?"

"And DJ Khaled who used to be at Young Money."

"Shit, kid, you're trying to kill Rolling Loud." Snoop Dogg glanced at Dr. Dre, and laughed hoarsely.Afterwards, under Shante-Broaders' death gaze, Lord Dog's face froze, and he silently put the one in his hand back into the ashtray.

"This kid has big plans."

Dr. Dre sniffed, pointed at Han Yi, and smiled.

"Your jaw would drop if you knew about his plans for another music festival, Calvin."

"What's unique about it?"

Andre leaned over and whispered something to Snoop Dogg.

"Mother—fucker."

Master Dog took a deep breath and widened his eyes.

"If you can make this show, man, Live Nation or AEG Live, one of them has to step aside."

"It's not that dramatic, but I do have a lot of faith in that festival ... and this one in Miami."

Knowing that the topic has entered the core track since then, Han Yi looked serious, slowed down his voice, and said slowly to Snoop Dogg who was listening more and more seriously.

"And this is just one of my projects in the hip-hop field. Calvin, Shanter, and Andre, my family and I have thrown more than a billion dollars into the music industry. Mad Decent, UTA, and more With all the companies we've acquired that haven't been announced yet, that's just the appetizer for us."

"The main course we want to eat is much bigger than any album, any rapper, or any show."

"What we want to build together with you is a unified hip-hop empire."

When Han Yi said this, he knew very well that he was talking about Calvin, Shanter and Andre, but no matter how good the meeting was today, the only one he could really talk about was Snoop Dogg and Shanter are just a couple.

why?
Although Snoop Dogg is a universally recognized West Coast rap legend, compared with his big brother Dr. Dre, in the later stages of his career, in the process of business transformation from artist to entrepreneur, Snoop Dogg's performance is much inferior.

It is undoubtedly his personality as a green plant promotion ambassador that plays a vital role.Although the current green plants in the United States have reached the point where the streets are full, 7800 million people have smoked at least once, 4800 million people have used it in 2015, and 2400 million are active users who often buy. Look, to judge the non-Asian content of a student apartment, just stand at the base of the wall and smell the shade of green plants.

But recreational greens are still considered illegal drugs, both at the federal level and within California state lines.Therefore, those mainstream brands that want to carry out commercial activities nationwide will never have anything to do with Snoop Dogg.This also led to embarrassing achievements in the field of commercial endorsement despite the prestige and status.

Even Big Brother's Beats and Apple Music keep him at arm's length, and he doesn't have any big-name cooperation. In 2016, Snoop Dogg probably authorized several products - $36 Snoop Dogg iPhone case/lighter dual-purpose device, $35 Snoop Dogg blue cap, $85 Grengo Science co-branded electronic cigarette, $29.95 dog House slippers, and 2 knives of cigarette paper.

On the other hand, Dr. Dre, he has passed the stage of an artist who is going to endorse other brands.Now, it's Beats by Dre throwing money at LeBron James, Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar and...yes, future Billie Eilish with millions of greenbacks Top stream spoke for this black capital tycoon.

All major brands dare not hang up the ruthless character on the billboards on the street. One can imagine the attitude of the public television network towards him. Needless to say, ABC, none of the media brands under Disney dared to engage in actions above PG-13.In the field of television, after being acquired by Disney in 1995, ABC has always used the image setting of "family station" as its signature. Snoop Dogg's only relationship with ABC is to appear on the Jimmy Kilmer Live Show late night, chatting about who smokes green plants harder than him.

As for Viacom's CBS, Comcast's NBC, and News Corporation's FOX, although ABC is not as conservative in terms of scale, but from the political spectrum, no TV network can accommodate Snoop Dogg's radicalism. liberalism.Comcast is from Mississippi, FOX was built with a conservative audience, and Viacom, whose founder Sumner Redstone claimed to be a longtime Democratic supporter, was still The Republican president of Texas who had endorsed him actually had a more neutral political orientation.

Commercial development is limited, public communication channels are suffocated, coupled with the creative exhaustion period, few works have come out, at this juncture in 2016, together with Peter Hill and Jared Leto, most of the funds have been invested Snoop Dogg who voted in Reddit is actually quite short of money.

How short of money is it?

He was so short of money that he sold his feature publicly in the industry. The verse he had recorded long ago, a section of 16 bars, was priced at 25 US dollars.

Are there many people buying it?
There are some, but not many, mainly bought by people from all over the world, including the Far East, to promote their reputation in their own countries.

Therefore, at present, in addition to the old songs that continue to generate royalties, Snoop Dogg's music career seriously lacks a stable source of income and new growth points.

This is the reason why Dr. Dre wanted to introduce him as the spokesperson of HMG's hip-hop section, and it is also the source of confidence for Han Yi to be able to achieve this cooperation.

"Next, the newborn HMG will make a series of attempts in the hip-hop field, signing many potential rap rookies, so that they will become the cultural symbols of the next decade or even the next decade."

Han Yi explained to Lord Dog and Mrs. Shante the core purpose of his coming to Diamond Bar today.

“And we believe—and so do our highly trusted principal advisor, Mr. Andre Young—that you, Snoop Dogg, a West Coast legend, are the best choice to help us make this happen.”

"Chief consultant, me? Then you haven't written me a paycheck yet."

Dr. Dre didn't dislike Han Yi's words, he knew that the other party was showing respect and gratitude to him in this way.And he himself has his own plans for Han Yi and their future professional relationship.

Since Han Yi established relationships with Jimmy Yuewen and Andre Yang through the Yuewen and Yang Academy, Han Yi communicated with the latter several times more than with the former. Dr. Dre knew very well that Han Yi easy idea.

Jimmy Iowen already has Interscope Geffen A&M Records Group, which is an indispensable general in Universal Music.Until 2014, when Jimmy Iowen resigned as chairman of the IGA board of directors, the company he founded had become the well-deserved No. 7.72 leader in the American music market with a market share of [-]%.

The reason why he resigned was not because of a power struggle, but because of the intention of Jimmy Iowen, who was 61 years old at the time.Only by leaving Universal Music can he enter the larger Apple and take the helm of the nascent streaming platform Apple Music.

No matter how high the price Han Yi offered, it could not be higher than Apple's $30 billion acquisition of Beats.What's more, in the field of record industry, Jimmy Iowen's achievements have reached the peak, and he is unlikely to accept a position of real power in a nascent music group.

But Andre Young is different.

Musically, he tops off as the founder of Aftermath. Is Aftermath famous?Of course, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar cultivated under the banner are the cash cows that many people dream of.

But in any case, Aftermath is still just a subsidiary label of Interscope.

On Interscope, there is also the IGA Group.

Above the IGA Group, there is still a layer of Universal Music Group.

In other words, Dr. Dre, as a record tycoon, only stays at the fourth level - the subsidiary label of the record company under the group of the three major music groups.

Want to go one step further?

of course.

In 2016, Dr. Dre was only 51 years old.As a rapper and producer, his career has come to an end.But his new life as an entrepreneur was just beginning.

But can Universal, Sony and Warner give Andre Yang a higher platform and allow him to flex his muscles in a wider world?
Impossible.

The CEO of Universal Music Group, who will be awarded the Order of the British Empire by the Duke of Cambridge in a few months, is the most powerful figure in the music industry in the 2010s. It can be said that there is no one.He has been the CEO of Universal Music Group since 2011, and he is currently a celebrity in the eyes of Vivendi.In his previous life, his contract had even been extended until 2028.

Doug Morris, chairman and CEO of Sony Music Group, was replaced by Lucian Grain, and soon, his position and position at Sony will also be taken over by Robert Stringer, chairman of Columbia Records.The chief executive of Warner Music Group is Steve Cooper, who took office following the $2011 billion acquisition of Warner by Arcas Industries in 33.

What do these people have in common?

Botoxed or not, with hair transplants, real hair, or no hair, they were all older white men whose skin was beginning to wrinkle and turn lobster-colored in the sun.

Among them, Lucien - Grein, Steve - Cooper and Doug - Morris are Jewish family background.As for Robert Stringer?WASP from Buckinghamshire, rooted in red.

do you understand?

No matter how the times change, how open minds become, gender expands to include gunships, equality equals to the point where a single #metoo can knock out a TV network's decades-long reputation... there is something deeply ingrained in western society that is Never change.

The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, and Childish Gambino can stand in front of the stage, and seven Asian faces will be added in two years. It doesn't matter if the most popular male singers are all ethnic minorities.

As long as the chair on the board remains white.

true white.

For Andre Yang, he can praise himself and Jimmy Iowen in front of the media as the only successful black and white partners in the American business world.But everyone knew that it was the pale face of Jimmy Yeowen that had been leading the partnership between the two.

Anger is an emotion that Dr. Dre has carried with him since Compton. It has turned into a desire to prove himself, to prove the blood of the entire ethnic group and the entire community, and it is still stuck in his throat.

But even if he made a lot of money from the Beats acquisition, the wealth that Dr. Dre can control is not enough for him to start anew.The most important thing is that the countless cooperation agreements signed over the years are like huge and invisible shackles on Andre, holding him tightly in place and unable to move.

Compared with Eazy-E who died of AIDS, Tupac who died on the street, Suge Knight who went to prison frequently, and MC Ren who disappeared without a trace, he and Ice Cube are the two recruited by the mainstream society.

He sells earphones, and Ice Cube makes movies. It sounds tall, but the reality is that simple and crude.

The white people gave them a chance to survive and live well, and they took it.

Westchester, Calabasas, Malibu, Brentwood, the Hollywood Hills, there are estates with acres of land everywhere. Dr. Dre, as a West Coast hip-hop legend, was applauded by the crowd, and in the process of reaching the pinnacle of fame and fortune, he and his team also changed from "Still DRE" in "Fuck the Police" to "I Need "Animals" by a Doctor.

Not only does he have no capital, but also no courage to challenge this unfair system that has given him everything.

In order for him to rekindle the fireworks, there must be a strong enough spoiler to break into the party.

Han Yi is the spoiler.

From buying UTA, to acquiring Mad Decent, to cooperating with the Carlyle Group and using more than a billion dollars to break through the upstream and downstream of the music field, Han Yi will pass on information to Andre Yang in a timely manner every step of the way.Even those investment and mergers and acquisitions that outsiders will never know about, Dr. Dre knows all about it.

The real reason why Han Yi contacted Dr. Dre so frequently by "seeking advice" was well known to both parties.

Han Yi wants to not have any actual cooperation with any of the three major groups at present, only one Aftermath hangs there and Dr. Dre, which is operated by others, jumps on the big ship of HMG.

The signal is too obvious - although there is already a collective name of HMG, the so-called Han Music Group has not actually established a structure.The three subsidiaries, Han Distribution, Han Music and Renyu Management, are still operating independently.

What is Han Yi waiting for?
Wait for a suitable opportunity to introduce his careful layout and grand blueprint to the world in the name of the group.

Waiting for more capable people like Dr. Dre to board the ship.

If Andre Yang can participate in the operation of HMG as the CEO or the chairman of the board of directors, the voice, opportunities and industry attractiveness of this nascent group will definitely increase exponentially.

Han Yi, who actually invested and holds absolute control, does not need such a false name.Giving up his reputation and taking back his benefits is in line with his usual style of doing things.

Coincidentally, fame is what Andre Yang, who is already financially free, needs most.

One of the leaders of the world's four major music groups.

As black.

This has an unusual fatal attraction for Andre Yang.

However, the old fritters who have worked in the streets, music circles and business circles for decades understand that they must not put all their bets on Han Yi at such an early stage.That's right, he spent almost 2016 million US dollars to build infrastructure in one quarter. According to the financial report of Universal Group in the first quarter of 3.6, the cash in the hands of the world's number one group is only [-] million US dollars.

People like Han Yi don't need to find capital institutions to raise funds, and can wave checks everywhere based on their own account balances. Even Global has to draw half of its liquidity to do so.But whether it is the construction of the copyright library, the improvement of the artist matrix or the business operation itself, it is a matter of long-termism.Virgin Records was majestic back then, backed by super rich Richard Branson, but in the end it ended up being eaten by EMI.

Therefore, the best thing for Andre Yang at this moment is to keep a certain safe distance while deepening his intimate relationship with Han Yi, at least he can't hold any position in HMG on the surface.

That's why, when Han Yi asked him for advice on setting up the hip-hop section, Dr. Dre would recommend the younger brother Snoop Dogg instead of other industry legends.

First, Snoop Dogg is his person, and having Lord Dog is like him.This is Andre's cryptic attitude expressed to Han Yi.

Second, it can provide some financial support for the younger brother, making Snoop Dogg's life more stable and more loyal to himself.Although it is Han Yi who pays on the surface, Dr. Dre will also transfer benefits to HMG's hip-hop sector through other means.Convincing Eminem to participate in a series of music festivals planned by Han Yi is already a major advantage.

Thirdly, if this section of HMG can really take advantage of the momentum and become the hip-hop empire that dominates the rap circle, then Dr. Dre's continuous "consultant" work will become a stepping stone for him to enter HMG.Not as an airborne mercenary, but as an external consultant who assisted in the founding stage.

Three birds with one stone, inside and outside, looking inside and outside, able to advance and retreat.

Dr. Dre's business wisdom is deeply hidden under the skin that is despised by the top class.

"The check is on my desk anytime you want, Andre."

I can't fully understand Dr. Dre's intentions, but Han Yi can also judge from the known information.From the moment he saw Andre's only recommended candidate, he knew that the possibility of Dr. Dre being recruited by him was getting higher and higher.

"But not today, haha, today I'm here to write a check to another legend."

Han Yi has not forgotten who is the real protagonist this afternoon, who needs absolute respect and attention the most.

"This is my offer on behalf of Han Music to the two, Calvin and Shante."

"Annual salary of 300 million US dollars, as the CEO of Han Music's hip-hop label, the first term of office is five years. The bonus is linked to the EBITA performance of the label, and the annual bonus is worth 200 million US dollars, 50% of which are performance stocks. 50% are restricted shares. In addition, as a long-term incentive plan, we have also prepared a one-time award of 300 million US dollars in the fourth and fifth years of the contract, which is also 50% performance shares and 50% restricted shares. Proportion."

Han Yi's offer to Snoop Dogg was sincere and attractive enough.The negotiating parties at both ends of the tea table knew very well that the so-called CEO, Mr. Dog, would definitely be a hands-off shopkeeper who would not intervene in specific affairs. At that time, the vice presidents and chief operating officers would have to fill in the vacancies in daily operations.

His functions in the hip-hop label are firstly a signboard and secondly as an etiquette officer. He uses his name and identity to attract rap newcomers to sign contracts.When there are important events and business cooperation, pull out to stand on the platform and cut the ribbon.

This kind of easy work, $300 million a year, is basically the equivalent of pie from the sky for Snoop Dogg, or hot pockets that are heated and dropped directly into the mouth.With such a stable income that lasts at least five years, the life of the couple and the whole family is basically guaranteed.

And Han Yi also wanted to use such an offer to show Dr. Dre his attitude.

Your little brother is here, and the CEO of an affiliated label has $300 million.

If you are willing to be the face of my entire group, how much can you get?

Doug Morris' contract is $1700 million to $2000 million a year.

Lucien Grein's contract, the basic salary alone is 1500 million US dollars.

What about you, Andre?

As the head of the world's four major music groups in the future, how much do you think you can get?
How much are you willing to pay for this fame and fortune?
Thinking of this, Han Yi turned his attention to Andre Yang, and found that the famous hip-hop doctor was smiling at him.

I already know your intentions.

This is the message contained in Dr. Dre's smile.

"Okay, okay, let's let the lawyer talk about the specifics... But I don't think there's any problem, right, Shante?"

Snoop Dogg picked up the cigarettes again, quite complacently.

With such a big contract in front of him, shouldn't his wife stop blaming him for his living habits?
"Of course I can, anything to get you old ass out of the house is welcome."

Shante glared at Snoop Dogg, turned to look at Han Yi, and laughed.

"Calvin would be delighted to accept this offer of collaboration."

"Yeah, for the establishment of a hip-hop empire, isn't it?"

Lord Dog exhausted all his lung capacity, took a deep breath of the green plant, then raised his head, and blew a long column of smoke towards the ceiling.

"Okay, boss, next... as CEO, what do you need me to do?"

　Regarding the music career line, I have some thoughts that I would like to share with you.

　　I saw many students say that there will still be a lot of science popularization in the music career line, which may seem boring.

　　But it may be a matter of different perspectives. At least for me, I don’t feel that what I wrote is purely popular science. It is 100% related to the protagonist’s career. I will only write about these things, and it will not be irrelevant. I wrote a lot of things eloquently just to let everyone "understand".

　　Moreover, I still pay more attention to professionalism. I think that many other types of business articles, whether it is about finance or stock trading, if the writing is too simple and written in one stroke, many people will complain.Insufficient information such as data will also give people a poor sense of substitution.

　　But when it comes to entertainment and business literature, there seems to be a kind of "almost OK" mentality. Whether it is true or not, as long as it looks good, then there is no problem.At least in my memory, very few people are serious about the data, operating models, rules and operations of the entertainment industry.

　　I personally want to change this. The entertainment industry is essentially a business, and I basically don’t see a starting point for this business. Someone can almost restore the real appearance. I know that there are some directors or Those who study screenwriting are writing entertainment articles, but like me, the whole structure, from artist management, performance management, music copyright, copyright trading, performance planning, and performance hosting, should not be involved yet.

　　So what I want to do is to make Han Yi's business path as real, detailed and deserving of scrutiny as possible.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)