Chapter 485

All in all, it was a short and brutal business battle. Daniel's reason was very clear. Russell Simmons had to leave. Even if the owner had some words, he could only bear it in order not to affect the prestige of the new president of Sony Columbia Records. After returning to New York, the people of Polaroid communicated with Daniel again and realized that there was no room for turning around, so they gave up Support for Russell Simmons.

But Russell Simmons really doesn't want to leave. His so-called fashion and media empire is built on defjam. Without his influence in the east coast record industry, there will be no singers to help him with his fashion brand. The influence of vibe magazine of him and Quincy Jones will be greatly weakened, at least his personal influence on the magazine will drop sharply.

For the final struggle, he began to expose song Ya and Daniel's alliance, and also denounced them in vibe magazine as the moth and robber of Sony Columbia Records. The low price of this acquisition was robbery. He also tried to tie himself to the hip-hop circle in New York, actively contacted other potential buyers in New York, claiming that even if he sold, he would never sell it to song ya, but would only sell it to New Yorkers. Some diehard loyalists, such as its singer and influential old hip-hop superstar llcoolj, came forward to endorse him, claiming that New York musicians would never accept a Chicago boss, even aplus. He was even willing to take over the shares from Russell Simmons with some friends.

On September 14, the big news from the West Coast came that MJ did not choose to settle before the court. The plaintiffs Evan Chandler and his son immediately launched a civil lawsuit against him, which reached a climax again.

Daniel's timing is very good. Few people care about a small-scale equity battle for the east coast record company. In addition, the record industry is not a sweet potato at all. The real estate and technology industries are making a lot of money. Nobody wants to get involved in the muddy water of years of huge losses. After he scared llcoolj back with the power of Sony Columbia Records president, Russell Simon Si did not find other strong figures to support, had to bow.

"Didn't aplus bother to come in person?"

In defjam's office, after a series of private deals that had nothing to do with Sonya, Russell Simmons picked up the pen.

"He's busy. It's not a big investment." Hamlin, sitting opposite.

"The pride of New York hip hop..."

Russell Simmons looked around the office. "What a pity." He buried his head and reluctantly signed a document.

Hamlin and Samuel, who is in charge of the financial audit, exchanged their eyes with each other's understanding smile.

After a series of desperate struggles to survive, Russell Simmons was not completely defeated. He was able to retain 9.8% of the shares of defjam, which fell from the first largest individual shareholder to song Ya and laircone, and became the third largest.

Song ya, rilcohen and Maria Carey shared more than 10% of the shares he sold. Song Ya contributed 4.5 million yuan for the same 9.8% of the shares, which was slightly higher than the purchase price of 7.8% for those small and medium shareholders, totaling $7.75 million, or 17.6% of the shares. Maria Kelly is here to play with tickets. She only gets a few tenths of the tickets, which is better than nothing.

In addition to the 5% held by Daniel, the remaining 12.6 is enough to ensure that he becomes the largest individual shareholder of defjam.

RIL Cohen accounts for more than 11% of the shares and is the second largest shareholder. At the end of the negotiation, this cunning guy became ambiguous again. He played an important role in Russell Simmons' ability to retain the 9.8% of the shares. He wanted to lay the groundwork for the two people to join hands again in the future.

This is almost a conspiracy, but song Ya knows that the development of things will not be as smooth as Daniel's chest is guaranteed, and the regional complex of musicians is real. After rousing the indignation of New York hip-hop circle, Russell Simmons reminds him that the fire must be put out in time. If it really burns up, he is afraid that it will not be easy to control, and there are potential enemies of bad boy records.

Moreover, Russell Simmons has forgotten one of his best partners, rickrubin. After moving his music company to the west coast, he has been enjoying a good life since his hip-hop singer sirmix-a-lot has been selling well since last year. He has helped the veteran country singer Johnny Cash to revive his career, and has made some achievements for Warner records' red pepper band Good albums and singles.

Song Ya knows that the guy who doesn't lack money is willing to take back the company he founded, especially from his former enemy Russell Simmons. Fortunately, Russell Simmons seems to hate him more than he hates himself, and he is not considered as a potential buyer.

Business is business, which is the golden rule in the United States. It's true, but people are also living people with seven passions and six desires. To some extent, no one can completely abandon their feelings and talk about business.

Under the situation that both sides began to fear, compromise was inevitable. Anyway, song Ya had no intention of defjam's actual management power, and the president was still lair Cohen's according to the agreement.

His investment can add value. By the way, he can gain more power in the hip-hop music circle by borrowing this long-standing hip-hop brand. Even if defjam still suffers huge losses every year, it is good for him.Defjam owns part of the copyrights of the records of famous rappers such as llcoolj in the 1980s. Up to now, he has signed retirement agreements with many of them. Although this is one of the reasons for their huge losses in recent years, those old guys still have a great influence on the streets of the east coast, which can add a lot of chips to the Chicago conference he founded. He also plans to learn from Russell Simmons Some old guys carry their a + clothes.

And he was so busy that he didn't even show up at defjam headquarters in New York until the deal was done.

After completing the acquisition preconditions set by Daniel, he transferred 50% of Sony's defjam shares to Polaroid. The transaction price remained unchanged at 50 million yuan. At this price, song Ya's 17.6% shares instantly rose to 17.6 million yuan. Regardless of the part held by Daniel, 7.75 million yuan was invested in it The net income is nearly ten million, more than double.

Daniel's return is really interesting. He is much better than motura in this respect, for himself.

Of course, he has to hold those shares for at least two years. Otherwise, it will be too ugly to eat. At present, no one will take over the price. Just like Russell Simmons's 60 million worth in the heyday of defjam, it's just a virtual one. The book companies that like to splash money in the United States have gradually lost their voice. With the increase of piracy, the record industry is also on the decline. It's the best time It seems to have passed. From this point of view, the selling price of Daniel is reasonable. The owner must be unhappy, but there is nothing to complain about. After all, the huge loss was caused by motura, and Daniel can also be regarded as wiping the buttocks for his predecessor.

"Get the accompaniment version."

The vocal cords also subsided. Song ya, who was in a good mood, took all the music of my life to a + record and gave it to his production director, Dion Wilson, "by next year."

"So many songs?"

Dean Wilson was surprised to get sixteen thick pieces of music. "Is it the soundtrack of my life?"

"Yes."

Before, because of the voice problem, song Ya made a very detailed mark beside the lyrics and music scores, "the requirements are all on it."

He found out what you wanna be's share, "I don't want a black evangelical chorus for this song. I'll find a white or even a European children's chorus."

"Then I'll make a budget first?" Asked Dean Wilson.

"Go ahead."

"By the way, do you have a better voice? Your performance on VMA, wanto wantme, was very well received, and your fans were petitioning. Sony Columbia asked if you would like to make another single disc release

"No

He now has a psychological shadow over this song. After a few simple words, he goes to the office to deal with the backlog of documents. When he comes out, he sees three people, William Adams, who are poking their heads out of the small studio to say hello to themselves, "boss."

“YO。”

He lifted his chin at will and tried to dodge after hitting three people.

"Well, Snoopy dog asked you to call him back." Said William Adams carefully.

"Oh." Song Ya agreed.

"Will you call back?"

"Will you?"

Song song was killed by a police bodyguard in the past month. For this role, he has always been at a distance, calls Linda to find an excuse to refuse to answer, did not expect to find their own singer to talk about.

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