Chapter 87

The market share of synthetic music copyright is more than 3%. There are only a few companies that are not in the hands of large companies and are willing to sell. These companies can be divided into two situations. Some of them are new companies like a + audio. Most of them are in the hands of some avant-garde musicians. The licensing income is good. At present, the transfer price is not cheap in the profit.

The other part, on the contrary, are all old-fashioned companies with a bloated structure, years of losses, low prices but heavy burdens.

After several rounds of inquiry and evaluation, there is only one target left. Warren brothers synthesizer company, New Jersey, was established in 1979. Although the market share of the synthesized sound copyright library is about 5% to 7%, it is all outdated. Last year, the authorized revenue was about $750000, which is expected to decline year after year.

"The copyright library is not the company's main business. They also have a synthesizer factory with more than 30 employees."

"Because of the competition of the subsidiary, they began to lose money in 1985. In order to cope with the new MIDI standard to be introduced this year, Warren brothers mortgaged the land and factory building of the factory to the bank to develop new products. This year, the orders for new products were not ideal. Under the pressure of banks and shareholders, Warren brothers sold more than 60% of its shares to Wall Street aw The investment company, the financial company after taking control, is preparing to spin off for sale. "

Hayden made a special trip to New Jersey for a field trip. "Synthetic music copyright is profitable. Not only is it sold, aw investment company offers $7 million, but also it has to eat the synthesizer factory and more than 30 workers. The land and workshop of the factory have been separated. We don't have our share. If we continue to produce, the annual factory rent and wages and other miscellaneous expenses will be about $1 million, and the synthesizer is unsalable. At present, we have to compensate one for each one. "

"Good business." Song a Sheng mentally calculated for half a minute, "if we get it, we will shut down the factory, and the workers will pay off their money, which is equivalent to taking a copyright library for nothing in about 15 to 20 years."

"It's not so easy."

Hayden wryly said, "the people on Wall Street are not idiots. It is because of these more than 30 workers that they can not get rid of, they use the method of packaging and selling with the copyright library."

"Can't you throw it away? Trade unions? " Goodman asked.

"Yes, the workers are now united under the leadership of vice manager Weser, who is an active figure in the local trade union. If the factory is shut down, the local councillors will be forced to make trouble for our acquisition." Said Hayden.

"We're in Chicago. What can we do? Congressmen in New Jersey can't stretch that long, as long as Warren brothers doesn't have government funding... " "It's impossible for the local government to save that kind of small company," Goodman said

"We don't have it, but aw investment company has it. They won't sell it if they can't set up unions and local councillors."

Hayden looks at Song ya.

"It seems to be more than we can do." Song Yameng had the intention of retreating.

"Maybe I can go to New Jersey and meet the head of the union named whiter?" As the general manager of a + audio, Mr. delay suggested that he was not willing to give up the opportunity for the company to grow.

"Don't be distracted. Practice your rap part well is the first priority. Don't put the cart before the horse."

Song Ya thought, "well, let's put it on hold for a while. I'll go to New York on February 20 to attend the Grammy Awards ceremony. Then, the semi-finished product of rememberthename will be made. By the way, I will send it to Columbia Records to discuss the next post production. At that time, we will go to New Jersey to have a look

"Before the tax season in April, it's better to invest your money and borrow money from the bank. You can get a lot of tax rebates in the future." Song a Sheng left the information on the boss's desk to remind song ya.

"I see."

Sonya sent everyone out of the door and looked at Warren brothers alone. "Roberto clevell?" He saw a familiar name from the shareholder list. He was an independent director promoted by the minority shareholders who held about 5% of the shares.

He looked at the photo frame on the boss's desk. Roberto clevier was sitting next to Maria Carey, smiling brightly into the camera. He didn't know if he had the same name or surname. He called.

"Hi, how are you? How is Miss Kelly getting ready for her new college? Will it be available in May? How fast. "

He exchanged a few words with each other, and then mentioned the words of Warren brothers.

"Do you mean it?"

Roberto clevell is really one of the minority shareholders. He was surprised to hear song Ya mention Warren brothers. "It's a good business. The land is very valuable, but you're late. Aw investment company takes the initiative."

As one of the shareholders, he hopes to get rid of the burden as soon as possible.

As a composer and arranger, he, like song ya, invented some syntonics when he was young, and then he was acquired by Warren brothers in the 1980s by way of stock and cash, and became a small shareholder of the company. Unexpectedly, the book was so fierce that Warren brothers company soon fell into a loss. As a small shareholder, he can't do anything about Warren brothers' business decisions, and can only watch the company fall into the abyss step by step.

"The synthesizer is completely out of the question. The Warren brothers want to challenge Yamaha, which is totally unrealistic...""I also helped to get Columbia Records to buy, but none of the musicians wanted to use them. I was scolded by the purchasing department. His family has only one pedal product left, which still has a little market. The workers rely on the union, and none of them can be cut off. The Warren brothers have to accept the compensation and leave."

"If you are in charge, is there any way to improve your business?" Song Ya asked.

Roberto clevier and song a Sheng have an idea, "to lay off employees, only one pedal factory will be left at most, and about five skilled workers will be employed to outsource pedal components with no technical content to Brazil."

"Why outsource to Brazil?" Song Ya asked.

"It's cheaper there, and I have a way in Brazil." Replied Roberto clevell.

Song Yacai remembered that when he had dinner, Walter mentioned that this guy's family was a big landlord in Brazil.

"You can speak Chinese. Do you have a way in China? It seems that the production cost in China is cheaper, and the shipping cost in Shanghai is better than that in New Jersey. " Robert clevell laughed. "Have you heard of it? Those people who play rock and roll in China are so poor that they have to eat bread on their backs. Ha ha ha

"Chinese don't eat bread..."

His words made song ya feel uncomfortable, "they eat steamed bread."

Roberto clevier did not tangle with this topic. "Anyway, if you can't lay off people, we will die together. If you want to buy this company, I will support it. Of course, our small shareholders can't help."

At the end of the call, song Ya called Hayden and said, "can you buy Chinese rock records in America? You can get me as many as you can. "

After dealing with these, he began to look through the various e-mails that had accumulated.

“NRG？” He saw the name of a group and three singers' resumes. All of them were white girls of 16 or 7 years old. One of them, Fergie, had a girl's temperament similar to Cassidy McGee, but she had a little more flesh on her face, a little breast, and a little bit of buttocks and chin.

With the Wilson sisters and Phillips' trio reaching the top of the billboard annual list last year, countless white girl groups singing adult Lyric have sprung up in the United States. This is the case all over the world. When the supply exceeds the demand, the fate of these groups can be imagined.

As Hayden said, agents sometimes act like human traffickers. Singers are forced to sell everywhere, and their a + records receive such resumes from time to time.

Songya looks at the girl's picture, and her mind comes up with the look of Cassidy in her Nordic sweater, sportswear and school uniform. She is moved. Since she played with Mila in the South Pacific last time, she hasn't eaten meat for a long time.

Good girl students don't dare to touch it. This kind of female singer should have no future trouble if she sneaks in

Right?

He reached for the agent's name card on his resume, hesitated and drew back, "forget it..." In the end, he resisted, as he had resisted Halle Berry's seduction several times. "It's all up to now. How about another one? I endure, endure for a while, calm waves, ninja turtle. "

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