Max brought Wang Qian, Qin Xuerong and Qin Xuehong to the lounge at the back.
At this time, the live broadcast of the program team has ended, and they are recording some follow-up highlights, such as Wang Qian's signing process, and interviews with some celebrity artists on the scene, etc.!
The program director Evan and assistant director Diana were waiting for Wang Qian in the lounge.
Max said softly, "Director Evan said that their TV station wants to have a long-term cooperation with you, so you should think about it carefully!"
Wang Qian nodded, said thank you to Max, patted Max on the shoulder and walked in.
Max did not go in, but turned away to deal with the affairs of the academy. Now the Juilliard School is gathering top music artists from all over the world, as well as top celebrities and wealthy people from many other fields. It is the busiest time, and as the head of the piano department, Max needs to be on the scene to communicate with everyone.
Wang Qian, Qin Xuerong and Qin Xuehong walked in together.
Evan immediately stood up and extended his hand respectfully to Wang Qian: "Hello, Professor, it's a pleasure to talk to you in person."
Diana also stood up and nodded to Wang Qian with a smile, and glanced at the sisters Qin Xuerong and Qin Xuehong.
Wang Qian and Evan shook hands gently, gave Diana an apologetic smile, sat down first, and said casually: "Sit down and talk. We have already booked a flight back home, and we don't have much time. So, Mr. Evan, Diana, you'd better tell me what's going on quickly."
Qin Xuerong and Qin Xuehong also looked at the two of them carefully, acting as Wang Qian's advisers and witnesses.
Evan didn't waste any words and went straight to the point. He said, "Professor, the live broadcast of your lecture today was watched by a maximum of 3.5 billion people around the world! To be honest, this really shocked me. This is also the most watched show I have ever done in my life!"
"No one in the world can resist your charm."
Wang Qian smiled slightly: "Thank you."
Qin Xuerong and Qin Xuehong also sat upright and listened carefully to what Evan said.
Evan continued seriously, "We have decided to invest a huge amount of money to establish a long-term strategic partnership with you."
Wang Qian also looked serious. He looked at Evan without saying anything and gestured for him to continue talking.
Evan felt a little passive, and continued: "We want to make a documentary about your entire life, starting from your participation in the World Championship. We will broadcast all your public activities live! And we can edit and play all the recorded footage at will..."
Wang Qian immediately shook his head: "This is impossible! You recorded all the works I performed, so you can edit my works and play them separately? This is impossible..."
Evan was stunned for a moment, and quickly said, "Of course, this is impossible. We will not play any song in its entirety in the documentary unless we get your authorization."
Qin Xuerong said at the right time: "Mr. Evan, I don't know how much authorization you have obtained from the TV station? Can you represent the TV station in the negotiations?"
Evan looked at Qin Xuerong and shook his head: "Of course I didn't give you full authorization. I just asked the professor in advance about his cooperation intention. This is a long-term and large-scale cooperation. If the professor is willing to cooperate, a professional team will come to negotiate all the details with you later."
"After all, our plan is to record the professor's life, and our cooperation may last for decades. Therefore, all the details of the cooperation should be discussed in advance to avoid conflicts in the future, which will delay the cooperation. That will be a big loss for both you and us."
Qin Xuerong didn't say anything else, but looked at Wang Qian, asking Wang Qian to make the decision.
Wang Qian thought about it carefully and said, "Our Huaxia TV has already started producing an artistic life program and started recording some of my performances."
Evan said to you: "This is not contradictory. They can broadcast it in China. We can discuss this with Huaxia TV and draw up a contract for our broadcast in other places outside of China."
Wang Qian nodded: "In principle, I agree to this cooperation. It depends on how sincere you are."
Now that someone is filming a documentary for him, Wang Qian feels a little proud and is also looking forward to it.
Of course, this is actually the normal treatment for the world’s top celebrities!
Those European and American superstars, actors, singers, and even directors have professional teams shooting their documentaries so that they can sell the copyrights later and show them to their fans or interested people.
For the world's top star athletes, autobiographical documentaries are even more indispensable.
When many basketball and football stars just join the professional teams with the aura of genius, there are already teams following them. When they retire, the videos will be broadcast. This will not only promote the individuals, but also promote the professional league and improve the image of the professional league.
However, in the field of art, such things are relatively rare.
The reason is very simple, just one thing!
That is, the artists have too few fans.
No market, no money.
In the eyes of capitalists, the reason is so naked.
If you don't do something, it must be because the benefits are not enough.
If the benefits are enough, they are willing to do anything.
Wang Qian's current popularity around the world and his status in the mainland's art field represent huge benefits.
So many famous performance scenes and world-shaking music and art lectures are enough to attract worldwide attention when they are broadcast in the future!
Therefore, Wang Qian's documentary will definitely attract all major TV stations and production companies in Europe and the United States.
The question now is!
Who can offer the right price
Evan was not a good negotiator. He just relayed the conditions initially set by the station and said softly, "We will set the price based on the number of live broadcasts you do, and the specific price based on the ratings. A world live broadcast is worth $100 million to $500 million every two hours. For example, today's live broadcast is worth $500 million. The details can be discussed later! For the first overall copyright signing fee, we are willing to pay $1 billion in one lump sum!"
"You are still young, and you have a lot of time ahead of you. Just from the live broadcast around the world, you may be able to make tens of billions of dollars in your lifetime."
Future live broadcasts may not be as popular as today's lecture live broadcast. After all, Wang Qian still carries the prestige of being the world champion and has a considerable popularity bonus, so the live broadcast is quite popular and the value is naturally inflated.
Evan calculated that it would be no problem for Wang Qian to earn an average of two to three hundred million U.S. dollars for each live broadcast in the future.
There are several decades in a lifetime, so two or three live broadcasts a year is not too much, right
Isn’t this at least 100 to 200 billion US dollars in revenue
Moreover, it is a long-term and stable income.
As long as Wang Qian is willing to broadcast live in front of the whole world, he will be guaranteed to earn a minimum of $100 million.
With Evan's many years of experience in the television industry, this was the first time he saw such a huge contract, and the contract was for just one person.
The live broadcast contracts of the major sports leagues are worth tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars each time. That’s not surprising, because the top professional sports leagues have dozens of teams and hundreds of star athletes. The value of so many people is naturally huge!
But now, just to sign a contract with Wang Qian, they have to pay tens of billions of dollars!
This is really crazy.
If Evan had not personally hosted the live broadcast just now and checked with his own eyes that all the data was true and correct, he would not have dared to personally speak out about such a terrible contract.
But…
He looked at Wang Qian and found that Wang Qian seemed extremely calm when he heard his words and numbers, and there was even a hint of disappointment in his eyes
Evan was stunned for a moment and looked at Diana. Diana was also very calm and didn't seem surprised by the contract.
He looked at Qin Xuerong and Qin Xuehong beside Wang Qian again, and saw that these two Chinese beauties also seemed very calm, as if they were not surprised by the huge wealth of hundreds of billions of dollars
Evan shouted in his heart: Has wealth in the tens of billions of dollars become so common
Wang Qian was indeed a little disappointed.
During the World Championship, he could earn hundreds of billions of dollars in just one or two months!
Then, the tens of billions of dollars that one needs to earn in a lifetime seems very little.
Seeing Wang Qian remained silent, Qin Xuerong said, "Mr. Evan, to be honest, I don't see your sincerity. Take today's live broadcast as an example. You priced a program for 3.5 billion people around the world at $500 million. I think this is too cheap. In fact, you have already made a lot of money from this live broadcast."
"And you didn't discuss this with us in advance. You just obtained the authorization from the academy. After the live broadcast, you will not get our authorization for the recording of this lecture unless you delete all the footage of Wang Qian..."
"Let's go back to your proposal for long-term cooperation!"
"I'll come and finalize a basis for cooperation. If you agree, we can discuss the details of the cooperation. How about that?"
Evan felt tremendous pressure from Qin Xuerong. He felt heartbroken when he thought that the copyright of the video of this live lecture did not belong to the TV station.
However, he couldn't refute it.
Because they did not obtain Wang Qian's authorization in advance, Wang Qian has the right to stop them from broadcasting any footage or audio that appears in Wang Qian at any time.
This put both him and the TV station in a passive position.
Evan looked at Diana, hoping that she could help him say something, but Diana just sat there, quietly looking at Wang Qian, Qin Xuerong and the other two. This made him very helpless, and he did not dare to offend this young lady, so he could only bite the bullet and look at Qin Xuerong and said, "You tell me, I can pass it on to the TV station and the group headquarters above."
Qin Xuerong nodded, raised a finger, and said, "First of all, we will not transfer the copyright completely. We must enjoy at least half of the copyright and all related benefits of this half of the copyright until the copyright protection expires."
hiss!
Just the first condition made Evan gasp and think that this was really too much.
Even Diana, who had been very quiet all the time, looked at Qin Xuerong with slight surprise after hearing these conditions.
Facing the world's largest commercial TV station under the world's largest media group, Qin Xuerong actually made such a big request, which shows that he is very confident.
Qin Xuerong ignored Evan and Diana's expressions and continued, "Second, everything is led by Wang Qian. Your program team and the contract must not have any restrictions or interference in any of Wang Qian's life affairs. All details of the filming must be based on Wang Qian's ideas."
Evan nodded and agreed quickly: "Of course there is no problem with this one. We are just recording, not leading! We will not force Professor Wang to do anything he doesn't want to do."
Qin Xuerong hummed and said, "Third, although you are broadcasting in Europe and the United States. However, after the recording is completed, there must be Chinese and English subtitles on the screen!"
Chinese and English subtitles
Evan had never thought about this, but as a small director, he didn't dare to agree to any request, so he just said, "I'll pass it on. Anything else?"
Qin Xuerong continued, "As for the price, your previous price is too low. Based on the first point, the price for each live broadcast is most appropriate between 300 million and 800 million US dollars. The specific price details can be discussed. Perhaps, we can do without money, but we want half of the total income of each live broadcast. Note that I said total income, not profit."
Evan smiled wryly.
No matter how you look at these conditions of Qin Xuerong, it seems that he is just looking for a sucker to help Wang Qian make money!
If all agree, they will take away most of the profits, and the TV station can only get a small part of the profits, and half of this small part of the profits belongs to Wang Qian, because Wang Qian still owns half of the copyright...
this…
Evan was silent for a moment, not knowing what to say.
From the director's perspective, he would definitely not agree.
However, he knew that from the TV station's perspective, he could still agree to it, even if he could only take away a small portion of the benefits.
However, if Wang Qian's subsequent live broadcasts can continue to bring super high ratings to the TV station, then the overall bonus to the TV station will be immeasurable wealth.
Even if the program does not make money, as long as the ratings remain extremely high, the TV station can earn more profits from other programs.
Evan knows a lot about how television works.
At the very least, as long as it can maintain its position as the world's number one commercial television station, its value will be immeasurable.
The world's largest audience and reputation have a huge impact on the overall advertising revenue.
Coincidentally, Qin Xuerong also understood this, so he dared to ask such an outrageous price.
She believed that as long as Wang Qian's appeal remained, the TV station would have to agree!
There was silence in the lounge for a while!
Wang Qian didn't say anything and let Qin Xuerong talk.
Qin Xuehong did not say anything and let her sister perform. She was amazed at Qin Xuerong's growth during this period of time. She was able to speak freely in front of international media giants and ask for a huge amount of money. She felt a little envious.
However, she knew that she was not suitable for such a role.
There was silence for about a full minute.
Evan stood up and said, "I understand your conditions. I will tell the group. If they agree, we will send a team to discuss the details with you."
Qin Xuerong nodded, "Then you should hurry up. You should know that after Wang Qian returns to China, within a week at most, he will start giving a music art class to the world again, continuing his path as a music giant. I think many people around the world will be interested."
"If you don't want to miss this class, you have to make a decision quickly."
Evan nodded. He didn't want to miss this class either. He knew clearly how much the whole world was looking forward to this class.
After this class at the Juilliard School became a worldwide hit, all those who do not understand or are not interested in the art of music have strong expectations for Wang Qian's path to enlightenment as a musical master, and will continue to pay attention to Wang Qian's subsequent path to enlightenment.
Therefore, the popularity of Wang Qian’s subsequent live lectures continues to soar around the world, and the audience will not be low.
Wang Qian stood up and shook hands with Evan and Diana respectively: "Then we will leave first and wait for your good news."
Diana looked at Wang Qian and whispered, "I will convince them!"
Wang Qian smiled slightly, nodded to Diana, turned and walked out.
Qin Xuerong and Qin Xuehong also followed.
Evan watched Wang Qian and the other two leave before he said admiringly, "Their conditions are too outrageous, but even with such outrageous conditions, I think the group is likely to agree to them."
Diana nodded in agreement.
As long as there is profit to be made, capital will not let it go.
What’s more, the benefits are so huge.
…
Wang Qian went out and took everyone back to the hotel to rest.
However, someone leaked the news that he was about to leave New York and return home, which immediately caused a wave of enthusiasm around the world again.
It seems that any news about Wang Qian will attract attention from all over the world.
Every piece of information and event about him seems to have special meaning.
And this time his leaving New York and returning to China does have special significance for many people.
This means that Wang Qian has completely ended his trip to North America and returned to his hometown in China with glory and halo.
This also means that the next stop on Wang Qian’s road to becoming a music master is China!
Therefore, not only many Chinese people are extremely concerned and looking forward to it.
People in other parts of Europe and the United States are also very concerned about this.