hollywood billionaire

Chapter 93 Matcha Boba

Author: TrojanRW

Chapter 93 Matcha Boba

What does Horsi want?

An independent stance that can be perceived by the outside world, and a copyright library that seems to be in one's own hands.

And what does she need to embrace for this?

In addition to having to fully accept all the additional conditions in Pandora's Box as mentioned just now, Horsch has accepted sharing arrangements for different types of entertainment income that are very different from ordinary contract artists.

First of all, the establishment of the partnership Halsey Inc. means that Holsey will not receive any advance payment, but this is not a bad thing for her.

Although there is less cash at their disposal immediately, no one should forget that the funds provided by the record company are essentially an interest-free loan. No matter how much is used or how much is saved, it will ultimately come from royalties.

The profits are taken out and returned to the company.

Now, under the framework of a partnership company, every expenditure of Horsh, whether it is living costs, channel distribution fees, production fees or other operating costs, can be directly deducted from the performing arts income obtained, and the remaining amount

Then divide it.

Although this settlement method seems to be full of constraints, and every money must be audited by the partnership before it can be accounted for, in fact, it avoids the debt trap in traditional music agreements.

In other words, every money Holsey received from Halsey Inc. was clean, audited, and did not need to be repaid.

Another sharing condition that is very friendly to Horch is that her gross profit sharing ratio in recording royalties reaches 29.74%, which is almost unimaginable in ordinary record agreements. Not only that, before generating acting income, Huo

Ershi and her two managers also receive a guaranteed minimum salary from the partnership.

In addition to receiving a 15% personal income share from Halsey, Jason Aaron and Anthony Lee can also receive a base salary of $60,000 per year from Halsey Inc. As Halsey Inc.'s "creative affairs"

Ashley herself, a senior director, can get $120,000.

If considered from the perspective of the full contract agreement, the money received by the three people is actually equivalent to a stable advance payment that does not need to be repaid every year. It is not linked to the delivery of any album, and they do not need to be responsible for it.

Loose conditions in terms of recording royalties and guaranteed income will naturally need to be exchanged for concessions in other areas. In terms of non-recording income, Horsch will only receive 55.065% of the share, which is far lower than what Madison Beer received from the full contract.

70% gained.

And this is exactly what Han Yi wants to achieve. Needless to say, the copyright distribution section will always be divided into 50 and 50 points. In terms of record royalties, it will be reduced to 73: 30 shares, and then from the non-record income section, the ratio will be about 45:55.

This is in line with Halsey Inc.'s 50% equity structure, which each party holds. After all, the proportion of non-recording income to an artist's overall performance income can even reach more than 80% for some artists who rely heavily on live performance income.

The shared music copyright and master tape copyright are much higher than ordinary people's recording royalties, and far lower than other income shares of ordinary contracted artists.

Did Horsi lose money?

Different people have different opinions.

At least for her now, being able to get such a partnership agreement is a very fortunate thing.

Therefore, after lunch, Horsi, Jason Aaron and Anthony Lee followed Han Yi and his party back to the Star Tower. The partnership memorandum of cooperation had long been sent to them for review, and the two parties were already exchanging emails.

Negotiate the detailed modifications.

Next, what they need to do is sign a formal agreement in the office in Room 1000.

Then, wait for Halsey Inc. to be established, and wait for Halsey to surprise the world as HMG's first music partner.

Fill in the English abbreviation YH of your name in the lower right corner of each page of the agreement, and then sign the Chinese signature on the last page. HMG, as an emerging force in the music industry, has completed another milestone under the leadership of Han Yi.

Signed the first artist Billie Eilish, the second artist Anne-Marie, the first joint venture Halsey Inc., and the first single released will soon be on the Billboard chart...

This All-Star weekend looks pretty perfect.

Of course, there is absolutely no 100%, flawless day in the real world.

Even if you are in a good mood, even if things go well, there are always one or two things that will remind you - this is the earth, a place where everything will not run according to your plan.

"Bibi Rexxar signed a contract with Thrall."

As soon as he shook hands with Horxi and said goodbye, Zhao Youzhen whispered the latest news into his ear.

"oh."

Han Yi still had a warm smile on his face, waving and watching Horsi leave. It wasn't until the three figures disappeared into the depths of the elevator hall that he turned around, breathed a sigh of relief, suppressed his smile, and asked.

"You didn't even give us a chance to meet?"

"She sent me an apology text, if that counts."

Zhao Youzhen shook his phone screen at Han Yi and said.

"Okay." Han Yi nodded, followed Yu Zhen's footsteps, turned around and walked towards the CEO's office.

"There is no surprise. In the past two years, she has obtained a lot of resources from Warner's system. "Hey Mama", "Me, Myself & I". For her, the best way to cooperate is not to jump out of that framework and start over.

It's about finding the best behind-the-scenes promoter within the original system... From this point of view, Waseem Slaibi and Guy O'Shealy are more suitable than us."

Han Yi has been fully prepared for this. In fact, he will not feel uncomfortable if any artist chooses another path, whether it is Billie, Madison Beer, Anne-Marie, Holsh or Bibi.

Surprise, anger, or any other emotion.

He is very self-aware of the current situation of HMG. No matter how abundant the funds and the professional talent pool are, it is still an emerging enterprise that is outside the system of the three major music groups and has no historical achievements or business cases to back it up.

The new picture scroll means an infinite possible future, but at the same time, it also means that at least at this stage, it is still a blank piece of paper.

Billie and Phineas, who have not yet debuted, are willing to sign the contract because they see the complete and self-consistent HMG industrial system behind the rising playback volume of "Ocean Eyes".

Social media celebrity Madison Beale accepted the paper towel agreement at her home in Long Island. On the one hand, it was because she had just been abandoned by her management company and record company, and she had a serious crisis of trust and emotional crisis in herself. "8000000" written by Han Yi

, is undoubtedly a life-saving straw full of hope.

Karate black belt player Anne-Marie is willing to move to Los Angeles alone because she wants studio-style focus and resource allocation, which is something that any of the three major record companies cannot give her.

Halsey was willing to leave Astralwerk and form a partnership with Han Yi because she and the two managers took a fancy to the looseness and independence of the agreement... Of course, there was also the 18 million for Halsey.

Funding for future development of the project.

The four artists currently signed all have desires created by their own conditions and external environments that cannot be satisfied under the original circumstances. The olive branch extended by Han Yi can just help them take a further step in their careers. Future development will continue

Even if it doesn't work, it's better than standing still.

But Bibi Lexa is different.

At the end of April 2016, her career was already on the fast lane, going smoothly without any obstacles.

Already just one step away from becoming a first-line singer, Bibi doesn't care about independence, because all the music copyrights and master tape copyrights were signed to Warner Chappell and Atlantic Records early. Even the entertainment management agreement has just been signed.

I have been with UTA for five years and there is no room for change.

Bibi Lexa can still choose freely now, which is an artist management company, and that's it. Therefore, without the need to invest a lot of financial resources, Bibi's selection criteria for managers must of course be based on the past.

Successful cases, as well as their business relationships and monetization capabilities in recent years.

Therefore, Han Yi and Zhao Youzhen actually understand Bibi's final choice. After all, if you put aside the bottomless wallet, even Bibi, Horsi or Madison will choose the right choice.

Wasim-'Sal'-Slaibi, who brought The Weeknd to the top of Europe and America step by step.

Having a huge cash flow that can compete with the three major music groups in the short term without falling behind is Hanyi's advantage.

Only cash flow is the disadvantage that Hanyi must face up to now.

However, he has been a lucky guy since his rebirth.

I have lost some, but I can always gain more.

Today, he lost the opportunity to become the promoter of Bibi Lexa's career, but he signed Anne-Marie, Holsh, and Madison Beal who burst into the office like the bright sunshine in Los Angeles at one go.

"Hey, guys."

Madison Beale stood by the door of the president's office and stuck his head out.

“Guess who just became a trust fund baby?”

"It's not this kind of trust fund." Han Yi raised his hand and waved towards Madison with a smile, "Hi, Madison... Good afternoon, Tracy! I like your skirt... Hey, why have you changed your body?

clothing?"

Han Yi looked at Madison Beer carefully. This morning, the girl was still wearing a simple white Topshop T-shirt and light blue jeans, but now she had changed into a beautiful outfit that made people unable to take their eyes away.

The white and blue printed short skirt on the upper body was a cheap piece of clothing bought at the flea market in Melrose. A picture of Andrew Jackson can fix it. The black leather boots on the feet are also from Steve Madden. All you need is

Sixty-four dollars. Even the bright leather Tote bag in my hand was randomly selected from a second-hand store in Silver Lake and is a gadget that I usually use as a toy bag.

But even so, Madison Beale still fits Han Yi, or most people in the world, the ultimate fantasy of an American sweetheart.

"There is no wrong type of trust fund."

Madison lifted the hem of her skirt slightly with both hands and curtsied in a playful and cute way.

“Good days mean dressing up… who’s ready for brunch?”

As we all know, brunch in LA is from 11 am to 4 pm.

"Just finished lunch, but, anything for you, Maddy." Han Yi looked at Madison, who was clapping his hands to greet Xiaoru, and then looked at Madison, who had just eaten so much, but when he heard the word brunch, he started to

You Zhen, who was jumping for joy, couldn't help laughing and said.

"Has the contract been signed?"

"That was the first thing I did after entering the office." Madison puffed up his chest, feeling a little proud, "Four contracts, more than 100 pages, were signed in ten minutes. Who else can move faster than me?

?”

Yes, there was one in the morning. I didn’t even read the content, I just wanted to sign two names on each page.

Han Yi silently complained in his heart that Anne-Marie could almost be described as vigorous when signing the contract.

"So, for brunch, where should we go?"

"Where else can we go?"

Madison's right hand was raised flat in front of the apple of his muscles, as if he was displaying an invisible treasure.

“Urth Caffé of course!”

"I should have known it was here."

Han Yiru sighed as he sat under the turquoise umbrella of Urth Caffé, squinting his eyes slightly and casually scanning the passers-by.

"Why?" Madison asked as he took the drink from the waiter and unwrapped the straw.

"Because this is the most basic way of life, and you are the most basic girl I have ever met." Han Yi smiled and added, "In a very beautiful way."

"Basic itself is beautiful." Madison inserted the straw into the cup, shrugged nonchalantly, and responded with a happy smile, "Basic represents that most things and most people in this world can make you happy.

What’s there to complain about? For example, this cup of Boba, Grace, Yuzhen, you have to try it!”

"Urth Caffé's Matcha Boba, just the name can make me happy all day long. This is my and my mother's favorite."

"Yes, it's absolutely impeccable." Tracey intertwined her index finger and thumb and passed it from her mouth, "An important factor that made me fall in love with Los Angeles."

"Yeah, that's really worth looking forward to."

He said this, and the smile he showed to Tracy was sincere enough, but Han Yi didn't really listen to these words.

Why?

In the United States, there are three criteria to determine whether a cup of milk tea is authentic.

1. If it is only called Boba, and there is no word Milk Tea at the end or in front, or there is no corresponding Chinese translation...run!

Two, if it’s milk tea served in a non-Asian restaurant…run!!

Third, if you are a white person, especially a white girl, and I recommend "Boba" to you, for the sake of your life...run!!!

"This...is the bomb."

Madison took a sip of the matcha Boba in the cup, raised her head, and made a satisfied sound. Of course, her mother was the one with a similar expression. Mother and daughter are quite bad in this regard... no, they have the same interests.

"You really have to try it right now!"

Unable to refuse the warm hospitality, the three Asians lowered their heads in unison and took a gentle breath.

broken.

Feeling the strong flavor of matcha powder stinging his throat, Han Yi knew that he had stepped on a big thunder today.

The pearls that followed melted in your mouth without any chewiness and disappeared on the tip of your tongue like a puddle of mud.

Han Yi and You Zhen looked at each other, nodded at the same time, and said a long "mmmm..."

In the United States, Mmmm can mean delicious, or it can mean hard to describe.

It doesn't matter how you interpret it, just take what you need.

As for Xiao Ru, who comes from the land of pearl milk tea, she just held the cup and started to freeze on the spot. If this was an animation, Xiao Ru should have turned into a big Q-version face by now, with only the whites of her eyes remaining, and the top of her head.

A crow flies by holding the ellipsis.

What on earth did I drink?

"She drank too much coffee at noon." Han Yi thoughtfully helped Xiaoru, "She feels a little nauseous."

"Then you can try this!"

Madison wasn't done yet, so she handed Xiao Ru a fork and continued to work enthusiastically.

“If your stomach feels too heavy and you need something refreshing, this is the way to go!”

"Oh, good……"

Xiaoru looked at the fried corn tortilla in front of him that was bigger than his face and shaped like a cabbage that had failed to escape from prison, as well as the various kinds of chowder inside, and fell into deep thought.

How should I answer this...?

(End of chapter)