Chapter 39 Rampant piracy

An assistant on the co-pilot seat looked at the towering hotel building in front of him and exclaimed, "Teacher Liu, it seems that Du Yimeng has a special relationship with Mr. Ye. He invited us to dinner here today to help Du Yimeng advance smoothly in the "China Voice" competition, right?"

In this society, it is not uncommon for rich people to support a few celebrities. Ye Xuan is worth a lot of money, and Du Yimeng is good-looking. In order to make Du Yimeng famous, it is normal to spend tens of millions to bribe the tutor.

The assistant driving the car smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "I don't think it's that simple. Didn't Young Master Ye say he wanted to discuss cooperation? He should be asking Teacher Liu to be his image spokesperson!"

"Don't make wild guesses. Now that we are here, we should make the best of it. Let's see what Young Master Ye has planned!"

After the car stopped, Ye Xuan took out his cell phone and sent a text message to his secretary Ning Nanshi, asking her to arrange a VIP box on the top floor of the German Hotel.

After Liu Huan and his two assistants got out of the car, Ye Xuan opened the door...

After entering the hotel, Ye Xuan led a group of people straight to the elevator entrance. After reaching the top floor, the elevator door slowly opened, and a middle-aged man in a suit who looked very gentlemanly hurried up to greet them.

"Chairman, the box is ready for you!"

The top floor of the hotel is a viewing restaurant. Although it is quite large, it only has ten private rooms in total.

And if you want to dine here, you must make a reservation three days in advance, and the box fee alone starts at 100,000.

In the huge restaurant, in addition to the middle-aged man at the elevator entrance, there were five chefs wearing tall hats standing by the dining cart not far away. Ye Xuan looked around, nodded slightly, and followed the middle-aged man to the best private room.

Pushing open the door of the box, Liu Huan and his two assistants couldn't help but be stunned. Du Yimeng opened his mouth in surprise. Only Ye Xuan remained calm, with a satisfied smile on his face.

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Although there is not much decoration in this box, the three walls have been replaced with tempered glass, and the top and feet are also transparent. Eating here is like sitting on the clouds, and the whole view of the city center of Jiangdu is unobstructed.

After everyone sat down, the middle-aged man politely handed everyone a menu and spent two or three minutes ordering dishes. Then Ye Xuan instructed: "You can leave after the dishes are ready. The restaurant on the top floor is not open to the public today, and no one is allowed to come up!"

The middle-aged man was startled and nodded in agreement hurriedly.

The wine is good, a twenty-year-old fine vintage, and the food is also good, at the three-star Michelin standard.

After the door of the box was closed, Liu Huan, who was sitting opposite Ye Xuan, seemed a little nervous. He laughed dryly and said, "Mr. Ye, what kind of cooperation do you want to discuss? Let's get straight to the point. Otherwise, I won't be able to eat this meal in peace!"

Ye Xuan smiled but did not answer. He just glanced at the assistants sitting on both sides of Liu Huan.

Liu Huan was also a smart man. He immediately understood what Ye Xuan meant and assured him solemnly, "Don't worry, Mr. Ye. They have been with me for more than ten years. I can definitely trust them!"

"Well, what I want to talk to Mr. Liu about is...the copyright issue of original songs!" Ye Xuan took a sip of red wine and said very directly.

Liu Huan was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Ye Xuan meant. He frowned and replied, "Which song's copyright are you talking about, Mr. Ye?"

"Copyright to all songs!"

Liu Huan took a deep breath, then shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Nowadays, the musicians who really create music can't compare to those big stars who often appear on TV... Piracy is rampant in the market. The songs that musicians have worked hard for months to create are pirated and downloaded. All music platforms have never thought of buying copyrights from us. They are all pirated. It's very rampant!"

Liu Huan started composing music when he was young, and he knew well the hard work of musicians. He sighed, raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, with helplessness on his face.

A musician's album contains more than ten songs, which may have taken him a year or two to create, and it only sells for more than thirty or fifty yuan!

But there are too many pirated copies on the market, and all the online music platforms are pirated, which indirectly encourages the arrogance of pirates. The original musicians suffer. The money they earn from an album is not even as much as the pay of those big stars for an episode of TV.

Ye Xuan: "So I asked Mr. Liu to come here, just to use your influence to contact those original musicians, acquire their song copyrights, and even help them protect their rights!"

Hearing Ye Xuan's words, Liu Huan's right hand, which was about to raise the glass, trembled unconsciously. There was a look of disbelief in his eyes. For a moment, the whole box became quiet.

"There are too many pirated products on the market. Mr. Ye, aren't you afraid of losing money by doing business like this?"

After a long while, Liu Huan came back to his senses, stared at Ye Xuan with a serious face and asked.

How many songs are there in the market? How much does a song cost? As the saying goes, there is no business without fraud. What exactly does Ye Xuan want to do by purchasing so many copyrights?

These are the questions that Liu Huan was wondering about!

But Ye Xuan's words just now, "help original singers defend their rights", really touched Liu Huan's heart.