Chapter 1340: Jos's Imbalance
Hollywood, across from an old movie theater, in a nondescript café. Yang Dongxu and Jos sat facing each other.
said that he just happened to meet a casual question about the YouTube incident this time, and Yang Dongxu was not completely lying. Because he did have more important things to do when he came to the United States, which is also the biggest challenge that Hainer Records has encountered since its establishment.
It stands to reason that the company is facing huge challenges and crises, and as the big boss of Haina and Jos, the president of Haina in the United States, the two big men should sit in the company's conference room for a meeting to discuss this matter.
But in fact, this matter cannot be solved by discussing in the conference room, because the things that can be discussed in the conference room are generally things that you can take the initiative or have the ability to solve. And now Haina's encounter with the right problem is not something that can be solved by sitting in a meeting and discussing.
"So, they feel that the current Haina is fat and very delicious, so they want to swallow it in one bite, right?" Yang Dongxu did not have a sneer on his face, and his tone was no one and sarcastic.
Because as a rich man, he knows the face of capital better than anyone else. Bullying people, big fish eating small fish This is the most common means of capital that is commonplace, so it is not strange in the entertainment industry of the United States that the other party suddenly sold Kahaina records offline, and major media and newspapers have reported all kinds of black materials of Haina's artists.
"In the past few years, Sony has to guard against many opponents on the side of the United States, and it mainly focuses on the Asian market. Universal and Warner are also in constant disputes, and it can be said that they are inseparable.
In the past two years, whether it is Europe, America or Asia, the territory of the record can be said to have been clearly divided. Now that he has encircled the territory he has divided into his own arms, his eyes naturally look at those territories that do not belong to him, and try to see if he can make some more money. Jos said helplessly.
Seriously, as long as he is given another five years, even if he is given another three years, he definitely has the information to make Haina completely rooted in Hollywood. pushed the singers of the Haina Records Department to the world step by step, but unfortunately the other party didn't give this time.
"So it looks like Haina is easier to bully. Yang Dongxu shrugged his shoulders as if laughing at himself.
"Haina is mainly in Asia, while in Europe and the United States, although the Chinese market has gained a firm foothold. But Europe and the United States are white people's world.
Although we have signed a lot of European and American local singers in the past two years, the records have sold well, and we have even been nominated for a Grammy. But compared to record giants like Sony, Universal and Columbia, we are still too weak in terms of European and American artists. ”
"That is, the other party will eat us?"
"In short, the situation is more difficult than before, and our records are only gaining a foothold in the Chinese market. But you also know the status of Chinese Americans in Europe and the United States.
At present, Haina's business scope is divided into three parts, variety shows, film and television, and records. The major giants of variety shows are trying, but the effect is not very good. So now we still have the advantage.
Although the situation in film and television is embarrassing, the movies we invest in are all profitable, but we have not yet made influential own movies, and there are no big directors in our hands, nor do we play big stars.
But because most of the investments in movies make money, there is not even a shortage of examples of making big money. Many Hollywood film and television companies have the meaning that we are lucky targets, and the films in which Hainer is one of the investors are almost become a promotional slogan to attract audiences. ”
In the face of such a strange film industry in Haina, Jos, the president, doesn't know whether to cry or laugh. I have made a lot of money over the years, but I always feel that my status is very embarrassing.
"So that's all left with the record industry, it's easy to bully, right? Yang Dongxu took a sip of coffee.
Again, more than half of Haina's current record industry is based on Chinese Americans. But the status of Chinese Americans in Europe and the United States is not good, and they do not even have as many votes as blacks.
And the Chinese like to stay in their own circles, they also do business, but most of them do business with their own people. Not involved in the media, not involved in politics. Even if other record companies took out our record industry, they wouldn't demonstrate. "There's really nothing Jos can do about that.
"What conditions do they have?"
"What other conditions can I say, I am talking about collaborating on a record. In fact, I want to poach the singers who have emerged through the talent show in the past few years. Joss snorted.
"Pick peaches. Yang Dongxu leaned back in his chair and watched the flow of people coming in and out of the old movie theater opposite.
The person who can be picked by Jos is naturally Yang Dongxu's satisfaction. Even among them there is no lack of later fires can become kings, diva level singers.
Although these people didn't win the championship, after a few years of training, they feel more promising than those draft champions who won the championship. It's a big deal to change hands and pack it, and at present, their respective territories have been clearly divided, and everyone's conflict is limited to a reasonable range, so naturally they can't help the greed in their hearts.
"Do you have any good advice now?" Yang Dongxu said after a moment of silence.
"If you can, you'd better be able to meet Bieber-Lendna. ”
"He can help us solve the problem of the company's records being blocked by other people. ”
"No, no, no, Bieber can solve the problem of film, but it can't help us solve the problem of records. Unless you're willing to accept the terms of the big record labels, who dominate the hairstyle of the record, we just provide a supporting role for the song. ”
"Movie?" Yang Dongxu raised his eyebrows, I don't know why Joss is talking about the dilemma faced by the company's records.
"Records are the first step for these big record companies, and the companies to which the big record companies belong are also film and television giants. So we can't break the game in terms of records for the time being.
Because they control the media, control all the publicity channels in addition to easy-to-listen technology, the production and distribution of records and other absolutely advantageous resources.
So this aspect can only be handled for a while, and after they take our records, the next step will definitely be our film and television production. Then the goal is the most profitable variety show in Haina at present, and finally swallow us all.
At present, if we want to make money, Hainer has indeed made a lot of money in Hollywood, and there are many people who are willing to make money with us. But again, Heiner has never made a blockbuster movie on her own.
We're just in the prologue of the movie, a line of text from the investor's report, and then it's gone. No one can remember us.
Similarly, the movies invested by Haina are selling well, many movie stars are very happy to cooperate with us, and there are also many artists who hope to invest in films invested by Haina, and we have a good reputation in this regard.
But so far, the entire Haina Company does not have a top superstar artist in Hollywood, nor does it have any well-known directors, or even a signed screenwriter, even if the other party is just a good worker.
It's abnormal, it's extremely abnormal. So this kind of seemingly lucrative business is like floating in the clouds, and one day those big studios don't want to take Heina to play, and the clouds will drift away with a gentle breeze, and it seems that you are not just entering Hollywood to make money. Jos spoke.
Yang Dongxu's brows furrowed completely. Naturally, he didn't invest in Hollywood just to make money, but if he wanted to make money, he had a lot of good projects in his hands.
He invested in Hollywood just to control part of the right to speak in public opinion, why do many news people feel angry. But foreigners don't feel anything, and even coax to see the excitement?
Is it just because they are not victims?
There are certain reasons for this, but it is more the guidance of public opinion. It's like more than a decade later, China has become the world's second largest economy, and it is only a matter of time before it begins to catch up with the United States and become the world's largest economy at a soaring rate.
But in the eyes of many foreigners, Huaxia is still a poor and backward country that can't even afford a full meal. That's the power of media guidance.
No matter how well you develop, how safe China is, and how friendly you are to the rest of the world. People didn't go to Huaxia, so they couldn't see all this at all. Therefore, all the capital of bull breaking is not as impressive as a casual smeared report of a tabloid.
And when the newspapers are all smearing reports, in the eyes of foreigners, Huaxia is black.
Therefore, it is necessary to have a certain right to speak in the media. The sports stars in China abroad are far more famous in the world than other so-called stars in China.
Why is this happening?
Because sports is the result speaks, no matter how you discredit it, as long as the gold medal is in your hand, there is no objection, and what people easily remember is that the champion foreigner is no exception.
So Yang Dongxu bought 76ers, bought Barcelona, and entered Hollywood. I just want to establish the image of Huaxia in the eyes of foreigners, so that they feel that Huaxia is very powerful, so that you can export culture.
No one likes to learn from the weak, and it is not enough for foreigners who are interested in Chinese culture to approach and understand Chinese culture based on interest.
"Can he solve our problems in film and television production?" Yang Dongxu asked.
"It's not a complete solution, but it's a good place to start. Bieber is the honorary mayor of Hollywood. Joss said.
Yang Dongxu was stunned for a moment, because under normal circumstances, the title of honorary mayor is actually not a good title, and the 'honor' prefix is basically a representative without real power.
"I really don't know how you make Haina make money, whether it's a record or a movie, variety shows are even more popular. Jos looked at Yang Dongxu with some anger.
Obviously, he saw Yang Dongxu's misunderstanding of the honorary mayor of Hollywood. And this misunderstanding shows from the side that he, the big boss, is not as attentive to Hollywood as he imagined.
Thinking of his previous efforts, all kinds of struggles, he can only survive in the cracks. But Yang Dongxu didn't take the initiative to understand Hollywood, and he didn't even pay much attention to it.
can make a lot of money in Hollywood, and even the record industry threatens those record giants to join forces to ban them, and Jos has a stomach ache.