Heads Up Hollywood

Record companies usually have two core departments: the music department and the copyright department.

The music department includes the employment relationship of the active contracted artists of the record company, as well as the music copyright of these signed artists.

The copyright department is a pure music copyright reserve department.

If an artist in the music department resigns, the artist's music copyright will also be automatically transferred from the music department to the copyright department for storage.

It can be seen from the structural setting that the music department is the biggest source of profit for the record company!

Because all the active singers of the record company belong to the music department.

The copyright department is the mainstay of the record company, with a large amount of music content.

Doug Morris said: "The music department of EMI Records occupies about 35% of the copyright of the record company, which is 6% of the total market share. Adding up to 25% of our Universal Music, it is just adjacent to the monopoly red line."

"It's a good idea," Tang En nodded, "How about operability?"

In 1997, Universal Music acquired Polygram Records and spent US$1.07 billion, making Universal Music, which was not well-known in the music market at the time, the world's largest record company in one fell swoop.

After so many years, even if the recording industry is in a downturn, the price of this acquisition will not be too low.

For Tang En, the current priority is to complete the acquisition of MGM, which will cost a lot of money.

Doug Morris said: "Didn't we hoard a huge amount of money in the overseas market? This money can't be invested in the acquisition of MGM. It's better to confirm the dominance of New Universal in the music market. "

Tang En took a deep look at him, "It seems that you have been preparing for this plan for a long time."

Doug Morris was a little embarrassed, and said embarrassingly: "Mr. Lang Meyer supported my idea."

Tang En said: "Split and acquire EMI Records, we must do all the follow-up work of EMI Records, do you have any idea?"

According to Doug Morris, Universal Music only bought the music department of EMI, so what about the copyright department of EMI?

It is impossible for EMI to continue to operate the copyright department after selling the music department, right?

A cooperative buyer must be found and funded to buy the copyright department of EMI Records.

The five largest record companies in the world today, ranked according to market share, are Universal Music, Warner Music, Sony Records, EMI Records and Bertelsmann Records.

Warner Music is too busy to take care of itself, and it will face the fate of being sold; Sony Music is a direct competitor of Universal Music, and there is no possibility of cooperation.

Then, only Bertelsmann Records, which is headquartered in Germany, remains.

Doug Morris said: "Boss, as long as you approve of this deal, I can take charge of this matter. Bertelsmann Records' main market is Europe, and EMI Records happens to be also in the European market, which is a suitable supplement."

"What about the cost? Do you have a preliminary estimate?"

"The total price of EMI Records should be between 1.5 billion and 2 billion US dollars. The music department... will account for about 50% of the total assets."

Tang En pondered silently.

The future music market will be further globalized. European and American music will quickly occupy the whole world, not to mention the European market, even Asian music will be popular.

At this time, the dominance of world pop music will be controlled by two English-speaking countries: the United States and the United Kingdom.

Needless to say, the United States is the homeland of Universal Music. With Tang En personally in charge, many potential little monsters can be "taught" by him.

As for the UK market, it depends even more on the self-operating ability of Universal Music.

The current British music market is mainly divided by two music companies: one is Polygram Records and the other is EMI Records.

Polygram already belongs to Universal Music.

If the music department of EMI Records is also included in the account of Universal Music, then the future British singers will almost be caught by Universal Music.

"Well, the transaction can proceed!"

After thinking for half a minute, Tang En gave an affirmative answer.

Doug Morris was elated.

Tang En said: "You can implement the acquisition of EMI Music's recording department in detail. You can skip the film and television entertainment department and report directly to Robert Iger."

"Boss, trust me, I will definitely not let you down!"

Doug Morris was very excited. This time he came to meet the big boss, and his goal was achieved.

Tang En looked at him with a half-smile, "I agree with your matter, what about mine?"

Doug Morris blushed, "Boss, the fact that you are going to release an album is always on the first page of my notepad!"

"Well, if EMI is settled, then the female singers Shakira, Cheryl, and P!nk will be fine. What about the others? What's your opinion?"

Now, in Tang En's plan, several female singers have been identified.

There is Katy Perry, a beautiful singer signed by Universal Music, Kelly Clarkson, the champion of "American Idol" in the first season, Avril Lavigne, who was dug from Sony Records, and the little girl Taylor S. Swift, and Scarlett Johansson, who is passionate about music. Including Shakira, Cheryl and P!nk, a total of 8 people have been confirmed.

It's a pity that Britney Spears and Beyoncé couldn't jump ship.

Tang En didn't want to use his own resources to promote singers from other companies.

Doug Morris said bluntly: "Boss, actually... among these candidates, I am most optimistic about Miss Johnson."

"Huh?" Tang En was taken aback, and said strangely, "Scarlett is an actress, and her interest in music is just a personal hobby, and she hasn't even learned to sing professionally."

Doug Morris shook his head and said, "Boss, what I'm talking about is not a question of professional skills, but marketing. It is true that you have a great personal reputation and a large number of movie fans and fan groups, but the female singers you selected are all It's a newcomer, the biggest name...maybe Kelly Clarkson from a variety show. This is not suitable for the global promotion of the record."

"you mean?"

"If the original plan had been followed, Britney would be the best. She is the most popular female singer in the world at the moment. But without Britney, in order to maintain her popularity, she had to find another way. For example, Miss Johnson."

It's obvious what Doug Morris means.

This album is dominated by a group of new female singers. Even with the golden sign of "Dawn Walker", I am afraid it will not be very attractive.

Tang En's real identity is, after all, a director, not a singer.

"Song of Marvel" is so popular because it is the first song of the couple "Twain + Natalie", a song of love. Moreover, it has the promotion of Marvel feelings, the pursuit of movie fans, and the appearance of a stunning MV, which is why the music market is hot.

Now, Tang En is going to release a "layman + newcomer" album, will it really be popular?

Doug Morris was skeptical.

Since Tang En didn't want to borrow Madonna from Warner Records, and he didn't want to support Spears from Sony Records, the only way...was to start with the film and television industry.

Among Hollywood actresses, many are part-time singers, and there are too many actresses who sing better than Scarlett Johansson.

If two well-known actresses can be selected from them, it will naturally bring traffic and popularity to Twain's new album.

Thinking about Doug Morris's suggestion, Tang En nodded and said, "It's okay to use actresses to increase the popularity. Let Zooey Deschanel come, she has a good singing skill."

When Doug Morris heard this, a black line appeared on his forehead.

Zooey Deschanel, of course he does.

This is one of the few Hollywood actresses who has a singer date in Universal Music.

However, Zooey Deschanel's reputation is too small!

In the movie world, Zooey Deschanel is not as famous as Scarlett; in the music world, she is even more incomparable with Avril Lavigne and Shakira.

Doug Morris is not optimistic about this candidate, "Boss, I'm afraid she can't bring new heat to the album."

Dunn also knew that Zooey Deschanel was not famous enough.

But there is no way, since he wants to choose from Hollywood, he must choose someone close to him.

The girl worked tirelessly with him for months and even introduced him to her own sister, Hollywood actress Emily Deschanel.

That scene of sisters sharing the same bed was really amazing.

Now that the opportunity came, Tang En naturally wanted to show something.

"It's okay, Zoe's reputation is a bit small, as long as the last candidate is enough to attract the attention of the world!" Tang En waved his hands, full of confidence.

"World attention?" Doug Morris was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed. To reach this level, he must be at the level of an Oscar queen, and he blurted out as a matter of course, "Boss, are you going to invite Miss Portman to sing again?" ?”

"Natalie?" Tang En shook his head again and again, "Forget it, she won't sing anymore in the future."

The level is still too low.

The difficulties in recording "Song of Marvel" have already shown that Natalie is not suitable for the music industry.

"That is……"

"Don't worry, compared to Natalie, she's just as famous!"

"Who is it?"

"Nicole Kidman!"

Doug Morris' complexion changed slightly.

His thinking was fast, and countless associations were produced in one go.

Nicole Kidman is indeed a big Hollywood star, but her fame... Is it really bigger than Natalie Portman today? I'm afraid not necessarily.

Unless, like Natalie, she can also win an Oscar!

Immediately, Doug Morris' expression froze.

Isn't this year's Nicole Kidman the hottest Oscar queen?

At the Golden Globe Awards some time ago, she had already won the best actress in a drama category.

Could it be that this year...the boss is going to push Nicole Kidman to the throne of Oscar queen?

Doug Morris shook his head, this is not something he should consider, tentatively said: "If Miss Kidman can hold the line, then there must be no problem. If this is the case... Boss, I need to contact some Musicians, start making songs for you?"

Tang En has already said that in this album, he will do all the music creation.

But the shady scenes in the music industry are even worse than those in the film and television industry.

Impersonation is very common.

As long as the money is in place, the hush money is fine.

Doug Morris doesn't believe that the director boss has such an amazing musical talent.

Tang En smiled slightly, and said confidently: "No need, as I said, I will write all the songs!"