Chapter 539

Abraham opened his mouth and finally shook his head helplessly. It was a willful choice, and he knew it, and he believed Teddy knew it, too.

Don't expect to make money for an album like Don Quixote. It's a victory to lose less money.

Now the music market in the world is in recession. Even though North America is still the most prosperous region, the glory of ten years ago when an album sold tens of millions of copies is gone forever. Now the year-end sales champion album may not sell five million copies; What's more, just two million copies need to be sold to make it into the top 20 or even top 10 of the year-end sales list. You know, two million ten years ago, even the top 50 may not be able to squeeze in.

From Abraham's professional point of view, Don Quixote's sales in North America should be between 150000 and 200000. At least, the hot name of "Langley hall" has some influence. With the promotion of "Cleopatra" and "Ophelia", it is possible to achieve this sales figure.

Abraham is not a liar.

As a reference object, Nora Jones's "far away" picture only sold 600000 yuan before Grammy, which was the year 2002 when the market was still prosperous.

Recently, Bruno Mars' debut album "Doo wops hooligans" released last year has not sold more than 700000 so far, which is the result of two nominations on Grammy in February this year.

On the whole, Abraham thought that the sales volume of Don Quixote could not exceed 300000, even if it was a miracle, it would be extremely difficult.

To make an ordinary album, 250000 US dollars is the lowest standard in the industry. For independent musicians, the cost may be lower, but it's not much lower. As Teddy said just now, 100000 US dollars is the upper limit. From this side, we can see that Teddy clearly realizes that this is a crazy gamble, and he is trying to minimize the loss as much as possible.

But the album is not finished when it is produced. The so-called "250000" is just the cost of the recording stage. After that, it needs to be designed, packaged, burned, and then put on the shelves, released, and publicized. Every link needs to be paid. Although it is not to say that the higher the cost of publicity, the better the sales, but it is certain that if the cost of publicity is too low, the sales will naturally be difficult to create good results.

Record companies and distribution companies want to recover costs and even make profits: sales volume is the first factor, and copyright is the second factor. But the revenue of copyright must also be based on the excellent performance of sales volume, so as to create more possibilities for the use of copyright channels. But if the sales volume of an album is only 300000, then the profit is almost impossible.

That's why Abraham refused George.

As a music lover, he likes the album Don Quixote, and even can't wait to see and listen to the full version of the album. He believes he can't put it down; But as the helmsman of Atlantic Records, he can't do anything at will - knowing that Don Quixote is a loss business, he can't nod his head.

What's more, in the final analysis, Atlantic Records is not his company, he is just a wage earner. Teddy can be willful and devote his blood to his dream and art, but he can't.

Think about it, maybe that's a good thing. At least one company is willing to release "Don Quixote", at least such independent record companies are tirelessly supporting artistic creation, at least the producers are willing to make an album like moths to the flame, at least the musicians can keep calm and pursue the height of art... Most importantly, at least his wish can be realized——

When Don Quixote goes public, Abraham will definitely buy more than one.

He hopes that this will be another album worth collecting in the 21st century. In the past ten years, there have been fewer and fewer such albums, which can be counted without two hands. In the 1970s, there were more than ten or twenty classic collections in a year, and they will never go back. Therefore, he is more eager than anyone to hope that "Don Quixote" can go on the market smoothly, which is his pure hope as a music lover.

"Thank you, Teddy." Finally, Abraham expressed his true feelings to teddy. "I really hope this album can be successfully completed." It's not polite or acting, but sincere wishes and expectations“ I think, next you still have a lot of work to complete, so I will not continue to stay here to disturb, after going back, I will quietly wait for the album to come on the market

Immediately, Abraham walked away, leaving the work space for them.

The joy came so quickly and unexpectedly that before he had time to see Abraham off, he was about to enter into formal cooperation negotiations. George's mind was full of thoughts. For a moment, he didn't know where to start. Looking at Teddy in front of him, George was not sure because he really knew nothing about the bell brothers, But never really dealt with.

"How many songs do you think are acceptable for this album?"

While George was thinking, someone next to him spoke. It was not Nathan, but the stranger he met for the first time today. He didn't even know the name of the other person, let alone the identity of the other person. George looked at Nathan and cast a look of inquiry. But Nathan didn't have time to speak, so the other person went on.

"I'm talking about the ceiling. For example, for 20 songs, we only make one CD-ROM album. Is that acceptable? "

No hurry, no haughtiness, no hurry. The most important thing is that they are clear-cut, steady in tone, not too aggressive, but closely related to the theme. Just a conversation, Teddy looked at the person in front of him with new eyes. It can be seen that this is an old dogma with the ability of decision-making and negotiation. "Why don't you introduce yourself before we get to the topic?"

Teddy is obviously not a soft persimmon. His modest and polite words directly ignore the attack of the other party. The subtext is "what identity do you talk with? Are you qualified for that? " In an instant, both sides are pulled back to the same starting line.

"Roy rockery." Roy didn't panic. He introduced himself with a smile. "I'm talking on behalf of Langley now. Nathan can testify."

Nathan, sitting next to him, looks at Roy in surprise with question marks. Obviously, he doesn't understand what Roy is saying, because Langley has never mentioned it to him, and Andy hasn't said it. So, why does Roy say it like this? And why does Roy represent Langley? He thought Roy was just Langley's friend.

Nathan can feel that teddy and George's eyes are both projected, and the pressure on his shoulder is a little breathless. What should he do? Deny or confirm?

Nathan didn't participate in the conversation, but he heard it all the way. He doesn't understand the interests involved and the twists and turns, which doesn't mean that he is a fool. He knows that Roy is fighting for more rights for Langley and more opportunities for the album Don Quixote. If it's not for Roy, the current situation is still a fog.

I can't help thinking about the last time I met Roy - at that time, surrounded by reporters, Roy successfully rescued Langley, and Langley and Roy had a good talk. Is this similar to today's situation?

Nathan secretly clenched his fist, made up his mind that even if he couldn't help, he couldn't hold Roy back, and then dressed his words a little bit, "yes, Roy is a very good partner of Langley."

Partner, this definition should be correct, right? Partners can be friends, partners and spokesmen. That's not helping, is it?

Deep down, Nathan's not sure. Subconsciously, he looked up at the recording room. Langley was still concentrating on the recording. His conversation with Herbert sounded from time to time, completely ignoring the others in the recording room; Then Nathan took his eyes back, concentrated and listened to the discussion in front of him, which was the only thing he could do before Langley finished his work.

"Before signing in black and white, I think Langley will read the contract carefully." Roy added, which immediately relaxed the atmosphere, and George couldn't help smiling.

Teddy can feel that Roy's concentrated and concise eyes fall on him, keeping polite, but not the slightest concession. He knows the meaning of this look: it's time to get down to business. Now Teddy began to believe that he was really a good negotiator on behalf of Langley, "about the album's repertoire..."

Herbert, with his big earplug, wrapped his whole ear in it and listened to it repeatedly. Finally, he raised his head and made an "OK" gesture to lenley. His tight shoulders relaxed and his face was filled with joy.

The recording is finally coming to an end. Originally, they planned to record 16 songs and then select 10 from them. However, in the process of recording, the number of works that they could not give up is increasing. Now they have finished recording 17 songs and the last song, and then they will complete all the recording.

Next, Herbert will enter the post production and track selection work. However, it is a sweet and painful task to select 10 songs from the 18 songs. Just thinking about it, Herbert feels a pain in his cerebellum.

"Why, where are they?" Lanli opened the soundproof door and came out. Then he saw an empty recording room full of question marks.

"What?" Herbert didn't react. He turned and looked at it, and then he was confused——

When did those people leave?