American Fortune Life

Back in the study again, Andy saw Carl and Li Xiaoying chatting about the previous copyright issue, sat back on his seat with a smile, and said to Carl: "Before you leave Tianchao, you go to the office of the Shanghai Metropolis to have a look. Make some arrangements."

Carl blinked his eyes, nodded with a smiling expression that I know what to do, then glanced at Li Xiaoying, and smiled at Andy: "Actually, if you think about it, there is still a copyright gold mine in the United States." It can be excavated, but it will be very troublesome to take it down, because too many people are staring at it, and all kinds of shameless methods have been used..."

"Oh?" Andy's interest was aroused, and he looked at Carl with a surprised expression on his face and asked: "It seems that it is not an ordinary trouble, otherwise you will definitely take it down first, come here to show off to me, talk about it Look."

"In 1985, Michael Jackson spent $47.5 million to acquire ATV's music library. At present, this music library mainly includes 250 Beatles song copyrights, as well as Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and the Rolling Stones. , Mariah Carey, Eminem, etc. 6,000 works by legendary singers and bands..."

Hearing Carl's words, Andy's previously mentioned interest suddenly disappeared, and he gave the other party an angry look, and complained: "Michael regards them as his own life, how could he let go, besides, Sony has already done it for him. The half of Sony Music in his hand is doing everything against him, and I don't think Michael would accept my olive branch if I joined it."

Carl also let go of his shoulders helplessly and said: "He is too stubborn and stubborn, which almost ruined him. He takes too seriously the ideal of the world's number one pop music player. It's a pity..."

"Hehe, to put it bluntly, I still can't see a black man who outsells records and owns the rights to the songs of the white Beatles and Elvis Presley. He made the smartest investment ever, and some people prefer to see the big money. Black people squandered their wealth and failed to invest, so that they would be psychologically balanced, and now it's the opposite..."

Li Xiaoying said with a sneer, and her argument was indeed on point, what was whitewashing, what caused Michael to go to hell was originally a Rashomon lawsuit, and to put it bluntly, it was a reason why white and black could not be reconciled.

"Ahem..." Carl couldn't help coughing twice. He would not express any opinions or comments on such a topic of white and black. No matter what he thinks in his heart, the string of political correctness has been attached to every American. My heart is tense.

"...Carl, do you know the current valuation of the music library in his hands?" Andy didn't want to comment on this issue. Michael was deliberately targeted and hostile. This cannot be changed by anyone alone. A large group of interest groups are collectively promoting it. After all, Michael has moved too many people's cakes, not to mention that the world's top pop music stars hate him and gnash their teeth.

"Forbes valued this music library at about 550 million U.S. dollars, but after he established Sony Music with this music library and Sony, he used it as collateral to borrow 280 million U.S. dollars from Barclays Bank to settle old debts. In the past, Sony continued to increase investment to expand the company's scale, forcing him to keep increasing the capital in order to keep the half of the shares. Therefore, in fact, he was already heavily in debt.

The reason why I say there is a chance is actually the agreement between Michael and Sony to establish a music company. The two parties can ask each other to acquire half of the shares in each other's hands. "

After Carl finished speaking, he looked at Andy with burning eyes, and Andy frowned slightly and pondered.

"No matter how brilliant the data is, but around this set of copyrights, there have been countless twists and turns and bloody storms in the past 20 years. After so many ups and downs, I don't think Michael will agree to sell the shares in his hand, and he himself is very clear. These copyrights are the root of all his troubles. He won't sell them. If he wanted to sell them, he would have sold them. Not worth it!"

Li Xiaoying is not optimistic about this,

Moreover, this is a pond of muddy water, with the accumulation of grievances and grievances for more than 20 years, no one can tell what kind of mine is buried in it, and it is very likely that it will be ashamed.

Andy frowned, smiled and glanced at Li Xiaoying, who had an elegant and indifferent expression, shrugged helplessly at Carl and said, "You heard me, my Fengshen is not optimistic about this investment, so forget it."

The corner of Carl’s mouth twitched, and he could only shake his head helplessly. Indeed, it cost hundreds of millions to acquire this music library, and the annual profit it can bring is only tens of millions of dollars. As for the cost, it would be good to get more than 10 million US dollars, but it is really not worth it.

However, the reason why Carl is optimistic about this set of music library is not only the value of money, but also the influence of the music industry. Therefore, I turned against many friends in the industry and became a loner.

Now that the proposal has been rejected, this matter will be overturned, but none of the three people present thought that they would be involved in this copyright battle by accident. talk.

Speaking of Michael, this is a chat topic that is difficult to end once it is opened. Michael's high debts, and even the inability to pay the legal fees for the lawsuit, can't help but make people feel embarrassed.

Many people think that because Michael's income is so high, how could he have hundreds of millions of debts, and would be short of hundreds of thousands of small money?

It has to be said that income and wealth are two different things, but people often confuse these two concepts. Jackson’s income makes him one of the wealthy few people on this earth, but his extravagant lifestyle and high debt interest, It will make his annual income very little, or even become a negative asset.

Not to mention anything else, his Neverland Manor alone requires five million dollars in maintenance fees a year, which also forced him to come back to make money after retirement, because the creditors forced the door, which is why he would privately Tell friends "If I don't sing, they'll kill me."

No matter how embarrassing, in this matter, everyone is just a melon eater. Even though Andy likes his music very much, he was so fascinated by him in his previous life. There are tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people in the dark crowd. Jackson appeared in uniform and dark glasses, followed by dozens of professional soldiers. . .

On August 16th, Flying Fish won the eighth gold medal without any suspense, achieved a legend, and became one of the greatest athletes in the world. He was in the limelight for a while, and the American media even praised him to the sky. .

The ancients said, "When fame spreads all over the world, so does slander."

Looking at the photo of Flying Fish with eight gold medals, Andy couldn't help but smile, closed the newspaper, and stopped paying attention. Flying Fish's legendary journey is over, and his ordeal is next.

A great reputation brings great envy and slander. Many people want to crush him, want to take advantage of him, and also exclude and suppress him. After becoming a superstar, rumors, controversy, danger, and terror followed closely. That great reputation will be a source of inspirational rumors, debates.

The greater the reputation, the greater the greed, and the greater the pressure to worry about reputation damage. The greater the trauma suffered psychologically, if you can't look away, if you can't let go, it will become a wound that cannot heal, until you die.

And if Andy remembers correctly, later Feiyu suffered from severe depression, "I live in a truly dark world, and I don't want to live anymore!" Andy was deeply touched by this. He also became famous at a young age. Although the dark period was experienced by his predecessor, the memory after fully accepting it is like experiencing it personally.

Of course, all of this is no longer what Andy cares about, because he ushered in his second game of this Olympic Games, the quarter-finals, against a player from Morocco.