Chapter 295 The left hand turns to the right hand

Chapter 295 The left hand turns to the right hand

Chapter 295 The left hand turns to the right hand

After the English album "That Girl" was released, it did not cause much sensation in mainland China.

In fact, sales are pretty good.

The stock produced was snapped up by wholesalers, and many fans also paid for it.

However, due to the high sales of the first two Chinese albums, this new English mini album seems a bit mediocre.

All we can say is that since his debut, Fan Wumian has been at the peak from the start, which has invisibly raised people's psychological expectations of him.

Even if he makes another movie with a box office of over 100 million, there may be people who say that he has regressed and his performance is far inferior to "A Quiet Place" and "You Are the Apple of My Eye".

In addition, many young people cannot understand English songs, which resulted in the new album "That Girl", although well received online, not being that popular.

The media even bluntly stated that the company had "failed to go overseas" and "encountered setbacks in the international market".

Fortunately, even though Fan Wumian is not good, he is still better than other singers. Some foreign media have given relatively high praise to this album.

Relying on an English version of the mini album, he successfully sold more than one million copies in the mainland, which is far higher than the sales of other first-line singers' albums.

So overall, it’s still acceptable in terms of appearance.

overseas.

Fan Wumian's fame mainly comes from the movie "A Quiet Place".

Few foreigners would pay special attention to his identity as a singer. He did not go abroad in person this time to try every means to promote "That Girl", so the sales volume was certainly not very high.

Britney Spears, who occasionally contacts him, helped him advertise on Youtube and even made it to the trending search list.

Unfortunately, sales in North America were only 70,000 to 80,000 copies, even lower than in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

I thought that was it.

I'm too lazy to go all the way abroad just to sell tens of thousands of albums.

However, on the 23rd, "Crazy Stone" was released.

Sony Music, the agency that represented his album, suddenly called and told him that an American company wanted to buy the copyright of the song "something just like this" in the album and was willing to pay $60 for it.

Among the five songs included in this album, Fan Wumian is most optimistic about "something just like this".

Because it tells a story about superheroes, it is particularly suitable to be sold to Marvel and used as the theme song for a movie.

The offer of $60 was neither high nor low, but seemed a bit tasteless in his eyes.

Since he didn't need the money, he declined the offer on the spot.

Just over two hours later.

At around 9pm Beijing time, Britney Spears also contacted him and asked:

"Hi, Fan! A friend just found me and is willing to pay for a song from your album."

Before Britney finished speaking, Fan Wumian asked:
"'Something Just Like This'? Sony Music has already asked me, but I don't know if it's the same buyer. Has anything happened recently? Why are they suddenly paying attention to my song?"

".I'm not sure, I'm just asking for a friend."

Britney Spears still lives a miserable life.

Recently, he made news all over the world for driving under the influence and crashing into a roadside sculpture.

Fan Wumian is not her man, so she is too lazy to persuade him.

I just feel that as a not-so-bright naive girl who has rashly entered a class that she shouldn't belong to, coupled with her weird parents and her intractable personality, it is of course difficult for her to control her own life.

On the other side of the phone.

Britney went on to say:
"I think you should take some time to come to the United States. I will introduce you to some celebrities in the music industry, which will help increase the sales of your album. I went to a party last night and there was a well-known critic from a music magazine. He asked about you, but he likes men and seems to be quite interested in you."

"???"

"Could it be that I have grown up to meet the aesthetic standards of European and American men? This is not the first time I have encountered this kind of thing."

Having heard countless explosive news, how could Fan Wumian not know how complicated and chaotic the American entertainment industry is.

For example, Loli Island.

It is shameful for some celebrities to go to Loli Island, but as a star, it would be more sad and miserable if they went to the island as Loli.

Britney laughed for a while before saying:

"Maybe, maybe you are very charming in their eyes. From a woman's perspective, you also have a special charm."

"Fan, you just said that someone at Sony Music wants to buy your song? I'll ask around for you later. Maybe some company has taken a fancy to this song and wants to use it in other places."

"I've encountered this before. My father sold a song to an advertising company for $16, and later resold it to Little Caesars Pizza for $100 million, becoming the advertising song for the pizza chain."

After listening.

Fan Wumian thought, this girl was smart for once, maybe she really guessed it right.

Many music agents make money by taking advantage of information asymmetry. They do not create music themselves but only act as porters of songs.

Some companies find agents to give quotes, and then ask the agents to help contact singers and record companies. The main reason is that many big brands are strong and personally come forward to negotiate authorization, so they are easily treated as fat sheep and slaughtered.

One to two to go.

This gives agents an opportunity to take advantage of the situation and earn the difference from song copyright transactions.

Since the physical album of "That Girl" was released in North America, it has been lukewarm.

The songs in the album were included in the free overseas pirated website "The Pirate Bay" and had a very high number of online plays, but it did not bring any income to Fan Wumian.

Most netizens just listen to the songs and don’t care who the singer is. They neither make money nor become famous.

Thinking of the possibility of some unexpected surprises, Fan Wumian was a little excited, and said to Britney:
"Thank you. Do you know Marvel and DC comics? Spiderman and Batman are mentioned in this song. If there is a company that really wants to buy the copyright, it may be related to these comics and film and television companies."

Finish the call.

Compared to whether he can sell the copyright of this song, Fan Wumian is more concerned about what kind of image he has in the eyes of minority groups in Europe and the United States.

Being harassed repeatedly is obviously not normal.

So, Fan Wumian opened his laptop and used Yahoo to search for relevant information. Sure enough, he found some clues among the pile of information.

in short.

As early as after the release of "A Quiet Place 1", a well-known internet celebrity in the American gay circle wrote a blog to comment on Fan Wumian, saying that his appearance was simply perfect and met all her imaginations of handsome Asian men.

This blog post did not attract much attention from the outside world.

But it is widely circulated in the gay circle in the United States. The reason is similar to that of men posting and sharing photos of Internet celebrities and beauties. In addition, they also like to form small circles and gossip. Naturally, many people have developed a strong interest in Fan Wumian.

After simply understanding the reason, Fan Wumian was speechless.

I was video chatting with Zuo Ziyan late at night. After I mentioned this matter, she immediately opened the browser to search for information and almost laughed out loud after reading it.

Across the computer screen.

Zuo Ziyan sat cross-legged on the bed and said with a smile:

"This adds another worry to having a celebrity boyfriend. I didn't expect that there are not only many female rivals, but also many male rivals in the United States. They think highly of you and say that you are like a 'cupcake covered with cream, which looks particularly delicious', hahaha!"

".I want to thank you. If the outside world didn't know that I had been pursuing you for several years, the news might have spread to Asia long ago."

Fan Wumian held his chin with his hand.

I was so sleepy that I started to doze off, so I changed the subject:

"Today, the crew of Crazy Stone went to Shanghai for offline promotion. I saw someone posting online saying that they couldn't get tickets at all. Even the first and last rows were sold out. They went to three cinemas in a row and had to go home first."

"Many cinemas' ticketing systems are not yet connected to the Internet, so box office statistics are a bit slow. I estimate that even if the first-day box office in mainland China is not as high as the 2200 million yuan of "The Promise", it should not be difficult to make 1200 million yuan."

"It was shown in Shenzhen, Beijing and other places for a few days, and the attendance and reviews were quite good. I used the Penguin Weibo account to advertise it."

With the release of "Crazy Stone", it took over some of the market share that originally belonged to "The Promise", and the screening rates of the two films are comparable.

Since Fan Wumian had never failed, and the theaters also wanted to make more money, they were of course willing to cooperate.

Zuo Ziyan suddenly remembered something and said:

"By the way, I haven't registered a Penguin Weibo account yet. Can you contact the company to help me open one?"

"Of course you can, but is your heart okay? There are so many nitpickers and keyboard warriors on the Internet. I'm worried that you can't stand the overwhelming negative comments. Young people are very aggressive. Instead of sulking all day, you might as well not open an account and just register a small account to try it out. Anyway, you don't rely on the entertainment industry to make a living."

Fan Wumian had just finished speaking.

On the screen, Zuo Ziyan nodded seriously and replied:

"Yes, your female fans are amazing. After I acted in Those Years with you, some people still scold me until now. They say that I am just from a wealthy family and was born into a good family, but I am not worthy of you at all."

".Then just don't watch it. Think positively. At least you didn't get scolded for nothing. You made a lot of money from advertising endorsements."

Zuo Ziyan only took on two endorsements.

They are Lancome and Givenchy from France, which are definitely first-tier brands.

It has little to do with Fan Wumian. It’s mainly because her mother knows a lot of people and got the endorsement opportunity through the Greater China general agent of these two brands.

She only shot some flat posters and successfully earned 750 million Hong Kong dollars. When she went to Moscow some time ago, she also used this money to buy an Audemars Piguet gold watch for Fan Wumian.

Before the video was over, Britney Spears called back.

She was very excited and told Fan Wumian:

"I asked my agent to find out and found out that Spider-Man 3 is about to start filming. You might have been deceived by Sony Music! It seems that Sony Pictures Entertainment wants to buy the copyright of this song. They had asked someone else to write the theme song before, but they were not satisfied in the end."

".I see. Then I understand."

The left hand is the right hand.

As the agent and distributor, Sony Music's tricks to lower prices are indeed a bit deceptive.

(End of this chapter)