hollywood billionaire

Chapter 81 Signing Progress
"One million..."

After lunch, a preliminary agreement was reached on the contract. Madison Bill stayed at home with grandma and mother, while Han Yi, Xu Yiru and Zhao Youzhen set off for the next destination.Sitting behind Han Yi, Xiaoru thought about it for a long time, and finally couldn't bear the urge to admonish him.

"Can you earn it back? Yiyi, should you think about it again?"

Speaking of this, Xu Yiru turned to look at Zhao Youzhen.

The meaning is obvious: you are in charge of this stall, why didn't you persuade him?

"I have advised you."

Zhao Youzhen looked out of the window and responded calmly.

"You know what he is like."

After thinking about it, it seems that what Yu Zhen said was true, what Han Yi was determined to do, even Maximinus Thrax couldn't pull him back.

"You have so much confidence in her?"

"Yeah, among other things, her social media followers are growing very fast." The road without people is always a bit boring to drive, Han Yi yawned and replied, "Going at this speed, just go Even on Instagram, breaking through 3000 million fans is not a problem. Think about it, just for brand endorsements and product placement, what kind of price can a star with 3000 million fans get?"

Han Yi is confident in giving this contract, and it is definitely not a whim.In the last life, Madison Beal's music career was a little mediocre, but the major social platforms were thriving.With his super good looks and exquisite makeup style, Madison quickly became one of the top influencers in the entire European and American world.The price of a product placement advertisement in a tweet is close to [-] US dollars.

For Madison Beal in 2023, it will take less than a quarter to earn $800 million.

And how long can Han Yi's contract bind him to Madison?

Seven albums in time.

In the last life, from 2016 to 2023, Madison Bill only issued two cards in total.

Compared with money, this is the biggest advantage of rebirth.

In Han Yi's eyes, the future trends that countless people in the industry have spent a lot of money trying to understand are history that has already happened.

Walking forward in the footsteps of history, reaching out to those star-studded names when they are dusty, can share their unimaginable glory.

Most importantly, although the promised total is 800 million... Han Yi actually only needs to pay 50 USD in advance for his debut album.

As for other advances?

Just let Madison earn it himself.

Capital always has all kinds of tricks, making you think that you have opened the treasure chest of the Amber Palace, but in fact what you got is a Pandora's box.

It sounds annoying, but when you're the capital yourself, it doesn't feel bad.

"Thank you for reminding me, but don't worry, it's fine."

After waiting for three seconds before a red Stop sign, Han Yi turned his head and gave them a thankful and comforting smile.

"Whether it's Billy, Madison, or the other artists we're about to sign, they'll all be representatives of the industry... It's not my belief, it's a fact."

"Okay, trust you."

Xiaoru nodded and replied softly.Choosing persuasion is her concern, and not being entangled is her trust.

Xu Yiru witnessed Han Yi's transformation from an ordinary college student who was at two o'clock and one line every day, and the biggest worry was whether the final score counted as attendance, to the current one driving a Bentley Bentayga, heading west along the magnificent Atlantic coastline in the Hamptons. The fast-moving new generation of investors.

What else is he unable to do?

"Speaking of other artists to be signed, I heard from you that there are five candidates for female singers?" Xu Yiru recalled carefully, "I only remember Bebe and Halsey, what about the other three?"

"Anne-Marie, Zara Larsson and Dua Lipa."

Another Stop sign. This is the most annoying thing about driving in the suburbs. There is no traffic coming from three directions, but you still have to stop at the intersection for three seconds—or at least make a stop.

"Bebe Rexha is quite interested, right?" Han Yi glanced at Zhao Youzhen in the rearview mirror of the car and asked.

"Yes, she has been with Sarah Steinett since her debut." Zhao Youzhen gave an affirmative answer, "First Access Entertainment."

"Iggy Azalea, Ellie Goulding, and Jessie J were all discovered by her, if memory serves."

"Yes, there is also Rita Ora." Zhao Youzhen has made detailed and sufficient preparations for matters related to human management, and any information can be retrieved from memory in an instant. The established artist management company, helping Warner manage artists in the UK is their main task."

"And Bebe is their biggest artist in America right now."

Without Han Yi, the biggest artist of First Access in the future should be Madison Beal.

What a pity, Ms Stennett.

"This is the main reason why Bebe is looking for a new management company. Her management contract with FAE expires this year, and Stanett really wants to renew her contract, but Bebe has not let go yet."

"It's good to be a sister, but a small temple can't accommodate a big Buddha." Xu Yiru summed up the information she heard in Chinese.

"That's what it means." Han Yi responded.

"Then she should be very satisfied with TGO." Xu Yiru pondered for a moment, then said, "Both legal and financial affairs are top-notch talents in Hollywood, and the boss is an important shareholder of UTA."

"Indeed." Zhao Youzhen paused before continuing to answer, "But it's not that there is no competition."

"Who?"

"Wasim Slebi, 'Sal'." Looking at Xu Yiru's blank eyes, Yoo Jin explained, "The founder of SAL&CO, The Weeknd is the artist he discovered... In addition, he also talked to Guy - O’Shea’s Mavericks has a strategic partnership, apart from Madonna, Miley, Britney, and U2 are all artists of this company.”

"This... is indeed a strong opponent."

Even though he didn't know as much about the music industry as the other two in the car, these names were enough for Xu Yiru. The Weeknd has been the male singer with the most momentum in the past two years, it can be said that there is no one, and Guy O'Shealy is a recognized legend in the industry.

"I can only say that each has its own merits." Han Yi seemed very confident, "Jordan is discussing details and conditions with her, and his contract with UTA still has more than three years. There won’t be much change in releasing a song at Warner...Although the competitors do have more experience in artist management than us, overall, I think our two wins are [-]/[-].”

"And, even if Bebe doesn't sign, there are others."

"Halsey, and her two managers, are basically close to a deal."

Han Yi introduced to Xiaoru the latest signing progress of another female singer living in the United States.

"The best thing about Halsey is that she only has a record deal with her label Astralwerks, not a full deal. This is also due to the nature of Astralwerks as an electronic music label... Generally speaking, a label that releases electronic music They rarely sign artists’ 360 contracts, and even the number of albums is very small. In our friend Ashley’s contract, it only stipulates the number of albums of 1+1.”

"That is to say, after the release of the next album, Halsey doesn't even have a record deal. What's even better is that her two managers are very smart. So far, neither of them has signed a music publishing contract."

"That means...you can get her all-round rights and interests?" Xu Yiru sat up straight, her tone raised slightly, "Do you want to form a joint venture company with her and pack all the rights and income into it? ?”

"Did you talk to Xiao Xu?" Han Yi pointed his thumb at Xu Yiru, and his eyes fixed on Zhao Youzhen.

"No." Zhao Youzhen shook his head, looking at Xu Yiru with some surprise.

"Then how did you know?" Han Yi's tone was full of undisguised curiosity.

"What's the matter, don't let people learn if they don't understand?" Xu Yiru pouted, "You mentioned the case of Robbie Williams before, I still remember it."

"Why do you have so many things in your head?" Turning his gaze back to the surface, Han Yi stepped on the gas pedal and joked, "Seven subjects...can you remember other things?"

"I'm an amoeba?" Xu Yiru rolled her eyelids angrily, "Okay, stop talking nonsense... What conditions did you guys meet in the end?"

"Halsey Inc., managed by TGO's subordinates. The investment quota of 1800 million US dollars, we hold 50% of the equity, and Halsey and her team hold the other 50%." The agreement reached between Jordan Bromley and Halsey, Han Yi reversed They can all be memorized.Compared with Robbie Williams' $1.57 million joint venture, the investment amount of $1800 million can be described as nothing.However, this huge sum of money is undoubtedly an astronomical figure for Halsey, who only released his first album last year and has just gained some basic volume.

The $1800 million fund will be invested in Halsey's third record, as well as future music copyright development, tour production, MV production, artist peripherals and a series of other performing arts affairs.

Of course, some of that will go straight into the personal accounts of Halsey, Jason Aron and Anthony Lee as an advance.

It was an offer that the three major music groups could not, and could not, match.

If any newcomer would invest $1800 million in a joint venture, Universal, Sony, and Warner would have gone bankrupt long ago.According to the average prepayment of US$10/album, this amount is enough for the three major music groups to sign 180 newcomers to raise Gu.Based on a 10% success rate, 18 artists who can make a small fortune for the company can also be found.

18:1, if it were you, which one would you choose?
In this world, only Han Yi would choose the latter.

Because he knew Halsey was about to reach the monstrous level of popularity-not in five years, not in a year, not even in six months.

On July 2016, 7, "Closer", a collaboration with The Chainsmokers, will be released on Columbia Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music Group.

Exactly three months.

At this moment, except for Han Yi, no one could predict the final astonishing performance of "Closer".

"The division is different for each section. For example, we have more for record sales, and a little less for the performance section... But according to Jordan's formula, it is basically the same as the equity ratio, which is [-]-[-]."

"It looks like you have more faith in Ashley than Madison."

When signing Madison Bill, Han Yi promised 800 million, but the actual payment in the near future is 50.As for Halsey, he had to actually put 1800 million on the table.In Xu Yiru's view, it is self-evident who has more confidence in the future.

"You can't say that. What was given to Madison was just an advance payment, and what was put into Halsey Inc. was the future operating funds. In fact, the two should be about the same."

Han Yi shook his head and smiled.

"Moreover, the amount of money invested in the early stage does not represent my confidence in a certain artist... If I say this, my confidence in Anne-Marie and Dua Lipa is only 800 yuan."

"Why?" Xu Yiru asked, tilting her head.

"A plane ticket from London to Los Angeles." Zhao Youzhen replied aloud, "Both of them are going to fly from Heathrow to LAX next week to talk about signing a contract." For these two British girls who have no labels yet, Talking about cooperation is obviously much easier than Madison Beal, Bebe Rexha and Horshey.

Han Music reimbursed Dua Lipa for two round-trip air tickets, because she was going to bring her manager to talk about joining TGO and the Han Music family.And Anne-Marie is simpler. She doesn't have a fixed manager yet, she will pack her bags and take the same plane as Dua Lipa to Los Angeles... and then she won't go back.

Although I haven't met Anne-Marie yet, the girl's straightforward character has already left a deep impression on the staff of Han Music.Even without a contract, he dared to move to LA with big bags and small bags, which is cute and silly.

"Another one? Zara...Larsson?"

"She has no intentions." Han Yi shrugged, "And she signed a full contract with Sony, and it would be troublesome if she wanted to cooperate... But it doesn't matter, we have many options behind us. Not only records There are also many outstanding singer-songwriters on the company side and the publishing company side that want to sign."

"There is a very simple and honest black guy, Bi Li's SoundCloud friend, you will definitely like his voice."

"what is it call?"

"Rookie, you sure don't know, I'll show you a demo when I get back..."

"You have reached your destination."

Before he finished speaking, a mechanical female voice without any emotion came out from the Garmin navigator provided by the car rental company.

"1730 Mido Drive."

"Let's talk about it back in Manhattan, we're here."

Han Yi turned the steering wheel to the right and entered the private driveway at No. 1730 Meidu Drive.Behind him is the entire inland sea scenery of Shinnecock Bay. In front of him is a milky white metal gate not much taller than Madison Bill's house. On the left hand side is a black L-shaped pole. How long has it been used, the white intercom box has turned yellow.

"1730 Mido Drive... Who am I lucky enough to be talking to?"

No need to press any buttons, the intercom box will automatically make a sound.Obviously, there are many high-precision monitoring equipment hidden in the seemingly messy bushes on the left and right sides.

"Han."

Han Yi rolled down the car window and stuck his head out a little.

"Yi-Han."

"Mr. Han, good afternoon."

Following the salute from the other end of the intercom box, the door slowly opened.

"Welcome to the Rubinstein mansion, Mr. Rubinstein is waiting for you."

(End of this chapter)