Chapter 470： Disobedient men

"Damn fat guy, he didn't spit in the end."

Outside the locker room of the visiting team in the Staples Center, Yang Cheng and Konrad Koch just finished their condolences to the team and offered verbal praise for the performance of the veterans today. As for the bonuses, they have never heard of it. After losing a game, a bonus is given. Besides, if an NBA team plays more than 80 games a year and pays a bonus every time it wins, there is not enough money to lose.

Coming out of the locker room, Yang Cheng cursed in an angry way. Steve Ballmer had become a villain in his heart, and his goodwill was completely defeated.

"It's normal. Just look at what he did at Microsoft and you will know what kind of person he is. He is sitting on the floor and raising the price." Konrad Koch said with confidence and disregard.

Yang Cheng was taken aback, he must have understood Ballmer without Konrad Koch, "So, is he willing to trade Chris Paul?"

Konrad Koch smiled and nodded, "If I'm not wrong, he wants to make room for salary and wait for LeBron James to become a free agent. Chris Paul does not meet his requirements for super giants."

"How did you know?" Yang Cheng was puzzled. Did the two talk about it in advance?

"Guess it!" Konrad Koch said meaningfully.

"Anyway, don't worry, Chris Paul didn't run away. Go back and ask Sean Marx to make an official offer to the Clippers and exchange Delonga for Paul with a core substitute. There is an 80% success rate."

Yang Cheng shrugged. Since Konrad Koch has said so, he has nothing to worry about.

. . .

Driving home, before entering the house, the phone rang. It was Liu Jianjun and Yang Cheng looked at his watch. It should be the morning in Korea, right?

"Hey~ it's me, what happened?"

"Boss, that~ nothing happened, that is, I'm in Los Angeles now." Liu Jianjun hesitated for a while before speaking.

Yang Cheng stopped at the gate, staring in disbelief and raising her voice, "Where did you say you were?"

"Boss~, I'm in Los Angeles. When I meet and explain to you, can you tell me the address? I'll take a taxi to find you?" Liu Jianjun was weak and said with a wry smile.

He also knew that he didn’t say a word and came directly to Los Angeles. This incident could easily cause Yang Cheng’s dissatisfaction, but this time there was indeed something to discuss. It was urgent and had to be interviewed in person. Up.

Yang Cheng suppressed her anger and snorted softly, "Okay, wait at the airport, I will send a car to pick you up."

"Yes~ Thank you boss." Liu Jianjun quickly thanked him, but flattering or anything was not easy at this time.

Hung up the phone, beckoned to call White, "Let the driver go to the airport to pick someone up, this is a phone call."

White quickly made a few calls on the screen of Yang Orange's mobile phone, "Yes, I'll make arrangements. Is it an important guest? Rolls Royce?"

Yang Cheng was still angry, and said angrily, "What important guest, a disobedient subordinate, it would be nice to have a car to pick you up, what Rolls Royce!"

White smiled and did not answer. He knew Yang Cheng was talking angry, so he didn't ask any more, and went to make arrangements.

Back in the living room, his anger was still a little uncomfortable. I didn't expect that the obedient old Liu suddenly made such a show for him. Later he would have to see how this old Liu explained. What if the reason was unqualified? Must drive him!

. . .

About an hour later, at about 11 pm local time in Los Angeles, the dark clouds covered the moonlight, and the cool breeze in the mountains was a bit infiltrating, but for Liu Jianjun, he could not feel it at all, because the person opposite him emitted The chill was more than ten degrees lower than the outside, which made him seem to be in an ice cellar, almost shivering.

Yang Chengsen stared at Liu Jianjun with cold eyes for a long time. Since he came in, let alone let him sit down, he just stood there without even giving him any saliva. I don’t know how long it took, Yang Cheng may be staring and tired. , Said coldly, "Speak up, don't give me a good reason, you know what the consequences are."

Unlike old Liu who was black and thin when we first met, he has been in Korea for more than half a year, and his body has become bloated, but his sleekness has not changed at all. It seems that there are too many good days in Korea. Yes, the rules are forgotten, Yang Cheng thought.

Liu Jianjun didn’t know Yang Cheng’s thoughts. Hearing the boss finally asked him to speak, he quickly cleared his throat and explained, “It’s such a boss. I learned a news from Korea that Universal Music’s foot basin company intends to sell it in the foot basin. EMI’s business mainly includes EMI, a subsidiary of EMI, including hundreds of economic artists from Japan and South Korea, with a price of US$300 million.

I think this is a great opportunity of a lifetime. The opportunity is not to be missed. I didn’t think much about it. I just packed my luggage and booked a ticket and flew to the United States to find you. So I called the secretary’s office in advance and asked about your itinerary. Go to New York, or you will be empty. "

"Isn't this a good reason? Can't it be said on the phone?" Yang Cheng obviously did not accept this seemingly reasonable excuse.

Liu Jianjun swallowed nervously, and said tremblingly, "I'm afraid you don't agree. I think just talking about it is more convincing!"

Yang Cheng stared at him with his death eyes for a few minutes, then pointed to the sofa opposite and said, "Sit down and talk about the specifics."

Liu Jianjun graciously smiled. He sat on the sofa with half of his **** and did not dare to touch the cup on the coffee table. He could only moisten his dry throat with saliva, and said, "When I was on the SM board of directors, I heard Li Xiuman While chatting with other shareholders, I talked about the news that Universal Music intends to go public, but before that, they need to sort out assets and remove the burden of excessive debt. Universal Music's Japanese subsidiary is their primary liquidation target!"

Yang Cheng tilted Erlang’s legs and asked Liu Jianjun’s words back, “Since we know that the debt is serious, why do we want to buy? Besides, the global record market is not very prosperous. The money is made by Apple and other platforms and singers. The profit you made is not enough to make a salary. I really don’t understand why you traveled all the way to the United States for such a company and made me angry. It is purely thankless!"

"Boss, I read the report on the global music market in detail on my flight to the United States. Just recently, IFPI released the report. According to the report, the global recorded music industry revenue reached $13.7 billion in 2014, a year-on-year increase of $2.1 billion. , An increase of more than 15%, this is the world's first inverse growth in the past 10 years, and it is also the highest growth rate since IFPI began to collect market data in 1997.

This means that the record market has entered a recovery period, and related industries will fully recover. If we can land in advance, we will inevitably grab a big cake in the upcoming harvest period.

After all, the footbass is the world’s second largest music market and the world’s largest physical music market. The proportions of physical music and digital music are 73% and 20% respectively, which is the opposite of the United States. Therefore, in the past 10 years, the global record market When it was sluggish, the Japanese record company, which mainly produced physical records, was not in a good overall business situation, and Universal Music had a chance to break out of the swamp. "

Liu Jianjun took a breath and continued to put forward his views, "Of course, the future is the world of digital music, which is irreversible. Data shows that, driven by the strong drive of streaming music, digital music revenue accounts for more than half of the global recorded music market revenue. At the same time, As of the end of 2014, there were approximately 126 million paying users worldwide, an increase of 40 million users year-on-year.

All these indicate that after more than ten years of downturn, the entire music industry has finally begun to gradually recover and get on the right track. For the participating streaming media platforms and record companies, it also ushered in a new period of historical opportunity. "

Yang Cheng raised his hand, motioned to Liu Jianjun to drink, and asked his question But you also said that the foot basin is the world’s largest physical music market, and it costs a huge cost to make records. Before the change in the music consumption model of people, even if we acquired Universal’s business in the foot basin, we only helped Universal to pass on the debt and put the pressure on our shoulders. Why do we do this kind of unprofitable thing?

More importantly, how do you determine the authenticity of the message? I don't think that Vivendi Group, the parent company of Universal, will personally ruin its layout in the world's second largest music market! Reducing the weight of assets and selling assets are undoubtedly the most low-level means. "

Liu Jianjun drank his saliva, his face was filled with helplessness, "To be honest, the footbass is a special case in developed countries. Its income mainly depends on physical record sales and lacks practical mobile music download services.

In the past decade, the advent of the era of digital music downloads has led to a sharp decline in physical record sales. The long-term downturn in physical record sales and rampant piracy have played a decisive role in supporting world music sales. In recent years, global music revenue has declined. It has a lot to do with the foam in the foot basin.

The footbath records are sold under a fixed price system, usually £18 per piece. This price is not cheap. As the main consumer group of popular records, the young people's spending power of footbath is not enough to support repeated consumption, especially the footbath. The idol group often encourages fans to buy different versions of the same single CD. This kind of repetitive consumption is really powerless in the current economic downturn.

While the footpot people extremely despise piracy. In the footbass, theft is an immoral behavior. There will be a situation where fans cannot afford physical records and are unwilling to download digital music online. They would rather save money to listen to the concert live. Yes, it is understandable that record companies have been losing money year after year. "