Chapter 427

In the entertainment industry, who is the singer or the actor earning more money? In fact, this is a topic that has always been debated. An actor can get ten million dollars in salary for a movie, but it is difficult for a singer to sell an album. The sales of 100 million copies, and even if they sell 100 million copies, they still have to pay dividends layer by layer, and they are even rarer in the hands of singers.

Strictly speaking, if a singer manages well, he will make more money than an actor in the short term, while an actor will make more money in the long run. Singer's income is generally divided into three parts, albums, concerts and advertisements.

The first to bear the brunt is album revenue. Similar to the theory of movie box office, album revenue must be divided into several parts such as distributors, producers, singers, distributors, etc. Generally speaking, the singer's share is 5 to 20%. The "waves" between them, the remaining part is divided among other links, like EMI Records, which is responsible for production and distribution, the greater the investment, the higher the income. Album revenue is the main source of revenue for record companies, but for singers, album revenue is the most basic, and it is only a small part of total revenue.

If a singer wants to rely on albums to make money, he will probably starve to death. The real money is in the latter two areas.

In the European and American entertainment circles, artists seldom directly accept commercials because they generally think that advertisements are detrimental to their image. Before the 21st century, artists' commercials were even considered a depraved and cheap performance. After the eleventh century, there are still not many artists willing to appear in commercials. So the advertisement for the singer is mainly about implanted advertisements, similar to the use of a certain brand of car in a music video, or a sponsor of a concert tour, and the use of one's own songs as the background music of the advertisement. Various types of advertisements can often bring huge income to singers, and they are not inferior to the pay of second-line actors.

Concerts have always been the most profitable part for singers. For a six to nine-month concert tour, it is very easy for the income to exceed the threshold of 10 million. It also refers to the singer's income after deducting all aspects of dividends, even many The hot concerts will stretch the number of shows and time, and the attendance rate will be guaranteed, and it is not impossible for the revenue to exceed 100 million. In addition to concert tours, large and small commercial performances are also a large share of revenue.

Therefore, the singer has never released an album to make money, but to win enough attention and prepare for the subsequent advertisements and concerts that follow. At this point, in fact, the model is the same as that of a movie production company. Since the box office dividend of a movie production company needs to be shared with distributors, theaters, and crews, there is not much left in the hands of movie production companies. Yes, if you can save money, you can make money. What the film production company really makes is the follow-up video rental, cable TV rebroadcast, and peripheral products, which account for almost 80% of the income of the film production company. The same is true for singers.

But there is one exception, and that is copyright income. Copyright is a very special part. As a kind of intellectual property, the copyright owner has the full right to deal with the work, and the income is naturally part of it. First of all, copyright will incur a fee during the album production process, which is divided between the distribution company and the songwriter; second, the song is broadcast in the process of broadcasting, whether it is for radio broadcast, TV broadcast, film, or advertising. Simply put, as long as the song is played in any public place, the corresponding copyright fee must be paid, and this fee belongs to the copyright owner.

The most famous example in the music circle is the "Happy Birthday Song". This song can earn an average of one million dollars a year, allowing the copyright owner Sami Publishing to have an extra income every year, 1988 In 2005, Sami Publishing sold the remaining 22 years of the copyright of the song to Warner Communications at a high price of 28 million U.S. dollars. In the future, all copyright revenues generated by this song will belong to the latter.

Therefore, copyright is basically equal to money. This is also the reason why the EMI Records Club has specially set the 'door' of the recording department and the 'door' of the copyright department. With the rise of the Internet era, the value of copyright has become higher and higher.

In 1985, Michael Jackson became Apple Records, the copyright owner of the Beatles. ) Was bankrupt and purchased the copyright of Beatles' songs for US$50 million; by 201, the copyright value of these songs had reached US$700 million. In order to alleviate his bankruptcy management situation, Michael had to sell the copyright. Arrange for cash. This shows the infinite value hidden by copyright.

Copyright income is generally divided into two parts, distribution royalties and performance royalties. The distribution royalties are equally divided between the songwriters and the distribution company. The 50% to 50% ratio is legally rigid. 'Provisions, in order to protect the rights and interests of songwriters; and performance royalties are divided among song performers, record companies and distribution companies. This part can be negotiated. Generally speaking, this part of the income of song performers will be in 100%. Between five and twenty-five percent'waves'.

In Roger's view, it is great for a rookie band like Glory to Death to have 5% of the performance royalties, but now Henry actually proposes to have 25% of the royalties, which really makes Luo Jie was quite surprised. But the more surprising thing is still to come. Glory to Death has actually registered all the copyrights. This move makes people staggering.

The underground rock band dared to let go of registering the copyright of their own songs, which is too bold. You must know that many underground rock bands can't afford to eat at all. Where there is still money to register for copyright, it costs a lot of money to register copyright, and a certain fee must be paid every year. No band can be sure whether there is a tomorrow, and who is willing to 'spend' unnecessary money to register for copyright? Most underground rock bands have professional ethics and disdain to plagiarize or plagiarize other people's creations, so even if there is no registered copyright, there are few creation disputes.

But Glory to Death does not play the cards according to common sense, but it can be seen that the confidence of the band may also be that Hugo as an actor has too much money to'spend'. Then Roger must now consider it because of this problem. Involved in the production of the entire album, should he use Hugo as the album producer? If the answer is yes, then the proportion of royalties will definitely rise in relative terms; if the answer is no, the proportion of royalties will decrease, but will the overall quality of the album be insufficiently guaranteed?

Roger must have registered the copyright from Hugo, hoping to get a glimpse of how many outstanding tracks the band has worthy of the company's investment besides "second chance (.. Dn. annger. The increase in the proportion of performance royalties is actually the degree of trust in the album's performance after the release of the album. Roger needs to make accurate judgments.

In fact, Henry has been paving the way for the Glory To Death band to win more benefits from the beginning. The premise is that he has absolute trust in the strength of the band, so he step by step increases the band's weight in Roger's mind for the camp. The ultimate goal is to be able to perform. A big piece of'meat' was snatched from the royalties. The reason is simple. The higher the band's income, the higher his agent's "drawing" will be. Of course, Henry is also adding weight to his ability to sign glory to death.

Hugo clearly knows how much these large companies attach importance to interests. Roger's vigilance must be very keen, but even so, Henry quietly completed the paving and gradually approached his ultimate goal. . It is a very interesting thing to stand aside and watch Henry's negotiation process. Sure enough, the 'crossing' of smart people can't see the 'flower' of fire.

Roger groaned for a while and gave his own answer, "Ten percent."

Roger has no need to make a decision today. He can ask the band to go back, hang the band for a few days, and then fight for more initiative for the company. After all, the band is just a newcomer, but EMI is one of the world's five largest record companies. They have this. Capital, but Roger did not want to do this. The main reason is that glory to death is in the "New York Times" news today. Which of EMI's competitors is not "pretty", and Henry's network is wide enough, it's not difficult to change a company, if there are other Competitors join, and it is the band that takes the initiative.

This is why Roger's current position is slightly awkward and passive.

Henry shook his head. He looked at Roger nonchalantly, "How many years have we known each other, are you sure we are going to tug at one percent or one percent? There are still a group of young people watching. "Henry's speech has always been in this rhythm and tone, but at this time it is full of ridicule, which makes people can't help but laugh, "Well, 15%, but we only sign a record contract."

"You are joking with me, right." Roger didn't even think about it, so he refused, "15%, three record contracts." After he finished speaking, UU read www.uukanshu. com Henry sneered directly, but Roger's expression did not change much. After thinking about it carefully, "Two record contracts." This is the bottom line of EMI Records. If Henry disagrees, Roger would rather look at his competitors. Cards in hand.

Henry curled his mouth, obviously still not satisfied with the result, but he raised his eyes and glanced at Hugo at them. Hugo saw a flash of 'smart' in Henry's eyes. Hugo immediately realized: This condition is a luxury for a rookie band. Sure enough, Hugo heard Henry say, "The decision is up to you. What do you think?"

Roger was a little surprised. Henry was willing to "hand over" the decision to the band himself. This is really rare. Generally speaking, the band negotiates with the agent and the agent negotiates the terms. The band is not satisfied with the situation. After discussing it, of course, the rookie band is basically in charge of the agent.

But Henry's next sentence dislocated Roger's jaw, "I am not your agent anyway."

Cheating, the negotiations just now were all...useless? Roger knew that he was completely **** by Henry.