The highest bidder wins. After several days of consideration, Apple still offered the highest bid of 100 billion yen.
As for Sony and Penguin, neither was willing to pay 100 billion, and offered 50 billion and 70 billion respectively.
It’s not that they don’t have the money, but that they think it’s not worth it. This is also related to the company’s management decision-making and other aspects.
Sony is a super old company in Japan and is influenced by the culture of its predecessors and successors. In terms of decision-making, even if the young elites encourage it, if the upper management is not satisfied, the project plan will be difficult to pass. Being willing to pay 50 billion is already an outrageous price.
You know, they control the music copyrights of various countries in the world and are very familiar with the prices in the music market. They think that Zero Hour's asking price is too high and not worth it.
With so much money, wouldn’t it be nice to buy the copyrights of a few more superstars
Although Penguin Music has the ambition to enter the international market, there are two huge mountains blocking its way: one is Apple and the other is Sony.
The decision maker of Penguin probably thought that the power of Lingshi alone was not enough to move these two huge mountains, and 70 billion was the maximum he could afford.
In other words, Apple wants to become the number one in the music market. In addition, the company was founded not very long ago and has strong new forces, so it has the courage to do so.
Although Kurosawa Hikaru wanted more for this price, he was generally satisfied.
As a member of Zero Hour, he has only been in the industry for a short time and has not even released an album. However, relying on his influence and fame on the Internet, his achievements, and a piano recital, it is already very impressive that he was able to get such a collaboration.
The music copyrights of the first ten years were sold for 100 billion, plus sales commission. It is hard to say how much the final profit will be, but the guaranteed 100 billion is enough to satisfy people.
In the afternoon, Kurosawa Hikaru and Igarashi Runa met with Apple's head together.
Because the amount involved in this contract is so high, the person who came this time was the president of Apple's Neon branch.
Both parties brought lawyers with them, from the formal meeting to the casual chat, confirming the terms of the contract, recognizing their respective obligations, and finally signing.
We met at 2pm, spent several hours and talked for a long time before we officially signed the contract.
After bidding farewell to the representative sent by Apple and then the lawyer, Kurosawa Hikaru and Igarashi Runa went up the stairs together.
"It's signed..."
Igarashi Runa held the contract, her face flushed slightly, it was the excitement and joy that was difficult to conceal, she was both surprised and delighted.
In this collaboration, her vision was insufficient, but fortunately there was Kurosawa Hikaru.
You know, the original copyright fee for this cooperation was just over 10 billion, but Kurosawa negotiated it up to 100 billion as soon as he made a move.
What’s exciting is that in this contract, 100 billion is just the minimum guarantee, and there is also sales commission.
"Calm down and don't fall."
When Kurosawa Mitsuru saw her silly smile, he simply slowed down his pace and supported her.
Today, Igarashi Runa is wearing an OL suit, which is a decent and formal outfit. She is also wearing black pantyhose and high heels.
Although high heels look better on girls, it is easy to sprain your ankle if you are not careful when walking.
Black stockings and high heels... Miss Runa really understands his preferences for this combination.
After a while, they climbed the stairs and walked into the lounge on the third floor.
"Kurosawa, you are awesome, mua, mua, mua, mu..."
As soon as Igarashi Runa put the contract on the table, she couldn't help but open her arms, hugged Kurosawa Hikaru's face and kissed him.
She was originally kissing him madly on the face, but as a hand wrapped around her lower back, lifting her up slightly, they were kissing him mouth to mouth.
"Once the money from Apple arrives, you can open an office in Ginza."
After kissing deeply for a long time, Kurosawa Hikaru looked at the smile on her face and felt very relieved and happy.
What is the happiest and most satisfying feeling in a relationship
In fact, it’s not the heartbeat, but the sense of accomplishment.
For example, if you carefully prepare a gift and give it to your girlfriend, if she is very surprised and excited, then she will feel that it is worth it.
By analogy, when he saw Miss Runa's beautiful reaction, he felt that he had made the right decision to be an artist.
"There's no rush for this. The lease of this house still has a long time to run. Besides, your identity is too sensitive. Ginza is too busy and crowded."
"Isn't your goal to open an office in Ginza? Why don't you want to do that now that you have money?"
“That was my goal before, not my goal now.”
When Igarashi Runa first went for a tour of Ginza, she was indeed ambitious and wanted to open the first agency in Japan in Ginza, but as her horizons broadened, her ideas had long since changed.
"So what is your goal now?"
Kurosawa Hikaru was not surprised to find that her mind had changed.
People living in this world have different dreams at different ages and at each stage as they grow.
Obviously, she has grown a lot compared to before.
Igarashi Runa put her arms around his neck, tiptoed gently, leaned close to his ear, parted her sexy red lips, and whispered softly word by word:
"I want to catch up with Chizuru's progress."
The whispers in your ears will go straight to your brain and touch your heart.
This answer was something Kurosawa Mitsuru had not expected. He was shocked and couldn't help but look at her.
His neck and cheeks were tickled by her fine hair, and his heartstrings were tickled even more by these words.
"Gurgle..."
The beauty threw herself into his arms, and Kurosawa Hikaru's throat felt a little dry as he listened to her words, and he couldn't help swallowing.
"Is it okay~"
Igarashi Runa is actually very shy. After all, she has never seduced a man since she was a child, but for Kurosawa, she gave it her all.
"this… "
Kurosawa Hikaru's heart is wavering and he is faced with a difficult choice.
To be honest, for any man, there is no need to hesitate when faced with this situation.
He wanted to say yes, but it was Tuesday and he had promised himself tutoring lessons in the future.
It's already past 5pm and he's already late. If he agrees to help Miss Runa achieve her goal, he might not be able to leave the office tonight.
He wanted to refuse, but if he did so, it might be a blow to Miss Runa.
Seeing how he was extremely shaken, Igarashi Runa was neither anxious nor angry. Instead, she looked at him leisurely with a smile in her eyes.
She knew that Kurosawa was a man with aspirations and was particular about romance, timing and place.
For example, he and Chizuru had to go to Hakone specifically for a date.
If it were another man, with a girlfriend as beautiful as Chizuru, why would he go to Hakone? I'm afraid he would want to eat Chizuru on the first night of their official relationship.
In fact, she can also wait, wait for a romantic date and a perfect night.
But opportunities are rare, and she doesn't have many chances to be alone with Kurosawa. If Kurosawa is willing to put aside his pursuit and rationality for her, she will be satisfied.
“Ring, ring, ring!”
Just then, a cell phone rang.
"Who is so ignorant..."
When Igarashi Runa noticed this, a hint of anger flashed in his eyes.
She took out a cell phone from her suit pocket, marked Sony.
"Ms. Runa, we signed such a big contract today. Shall we hold a celebration party tomorrow?"
With the interruption of the phone call, Kurosawa Mitsuru immediately said.
He thought about it and felt that today's timing was not right.
He had already learned a lesson before because of Bai Yu’s incident.
It’s better to find a suitable opportunity when you spend the night with your girlfriend for the first time, which is better for both of you.