Chapter 470 Disobedient Subordinates

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

Outside the locker room of the visiting team at the Staples Center, Yang Cheng and Konrad Koch had just finished their condolences to the team. They gave verbal praise to the veterans for their performance today. As for bonuses, they have never heard of it. Those who have paid bonuses for losing games, and an NBA team has to play more than 80 games a year, and if bonuses are paid every time they win a game, there is not enough money for him to lose.

Coming out of the locker room, Yang Cheng cursed angrily, Steve Ballmer has become a big villain in his heart, and his goodwill has been completely ruined.

"It's normal. You can see what kind of person he is by looking at what he has done at Microsoft. He is raising prices on the ground." Konrad Koch said with confidence.

Yang Cheng was taken aback. He must not have Conrad Koch to understand Ballmer, "So, he is willing to trade Chris Paul?"

Conrad Koch nodded with a smile, "If I'm not wrong, he wants to free up salary space and wait for LeBron James to become a free agent. Chris Paul does not meet his requirements for super giants."

"How do you know?" Yang Cheng was puzzled, did the two of them talk about it in advance?

"Guess!" Konrad Koch said meaningfully.

"In short, don't worry, Chris Paul didn't run away. Go back and ask Sean Marx to make a formal offer to the Clippers, and use Delonga as a core substitute to exchange Paul. There is an 80% success rate."

Yang Cheng shrugged, since Konrad Koch said so, he had nothing to worry about.

. . .

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

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

"Boss, that~ nothing happened, that is, I'm in Los Angeles now." Liu Jianjun faltered for a while before opening his mouth.

Yang Cheng paused, stopped at the gate, raised her eyes in disbelief, "Where do you say you are?"

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

He also knew that Yang Cheng would be dissatisfied that he came directly to Los Angeles without saying a word, but this time there was indeed an important matter to discuss, which was urgent and had to be interviewed in person, but he was afraid of being rejected by Yang Cheng, so he could only cut it first and then play it up.

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

"Yes, thank you, boss." Liu Jianjun hurriedly thanked him, but flattery and other things are not easy at this time.

After hanging up the phone, he beckoned White, "Ask the driver to pick up someone at the airport. This is a phone call."

White made a few quick calls on the screen of Yang Cheng's mobile phone, "Yes, I'll arrange it right away. Is it an important guest? Rolls-Royce?"

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

White smiled and didn't answer. He knew that Yang Cheng was talking angry, so he didn't ask any more questions, and went down to make arrangements by himself.

When he returned to the living room, he was still a little angry. He didn't expect that the always obedient old Liu would suddenly make such a fuss for him. Later, he would like to see how this old Liu explained it. What if the reason was unqualified? You have to let him go!

. . .

About an hour later, it was nearly 11 p.m. local time in Los Angeles. Dark clouds covered the moonlight, and the cool wind in the mountains was blowing a little bit, but for Liu Jianjun, he couldn't feel it at all, because the person opposite him emitted The chill was more than ten degrees lower than outside, which made him almost shiver as if he was in an ice cellar.

Yang Cheng stared at Liu Jianjun for a long time with cold eyes. Ever since he came in, let alone let him sit down, he didn't even give him a saliva. He just stood there. I don't know how long it has passed. Maybe Yang Cheng was tired of staring. , said coldly, "Say it, 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, after staying in Korea for more than half a year, he has become whiter and bloated, but his sleekness has not changed at all. It seems that Korea has had too many good days Alright, I forgot all the rules, Yang Cheng thought.

Liu Jianjun didn't know what Yang Cheng was thinking. When he heard the boss finally asked him to speak, he quickly cleared his throat and explained, "It's such a boss. I learned a piece of news in Korea that Universal Music Footbath Company intends to sell its footbath The business mainly includes EMI, which is a subsidiary of EMI Records, including the contracts of hundreds of economic artists from Japan and South Korea, and the price is 300 million US dollars.

I think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you miss it, I won’t come again. I didn’t think much about it. I packed my luggage and booked a plane ticket to fly to the United States to find you. Then I called the secretary’s office in advance to ask about your itinerary. Go to New York, or you'll miss out. "

"Isn't that a good reason? Can't you say it on the phone?" Yang Cheng obviously didn't accept this seemingly reasonable excuse.

Liu Jianjun swallowed nervously, and said tremblingly, "I'm afraid you won't agree, I think it's more convincing to say it face to face!"

Yang Cheng stared at him with his death eyes for a few more minutes before pointing to the opposite sofa and saying, "Sit down and tell me the specific situation."

Liu Jianjun smiled flatteringly, sat on the sofa with half of his buttocks, did not dare to touch the water glass on the coffee table, could only moisten his dry throat with saliva, and said, "When I was attending the S-M board meeting, I heard Li Xiuman While chatting with other shareholders, we talked about the news that Universal Music intends to go public, but before that, they need to sort out their assets and get rid of the burden of excessive debt, and Universal Music's subsidiary in Japan is their primary liquidation target!"

Yang Cheng crossed his legs, followed Liu Jianjun's words and asked, "Since we know that the debt is serious, why do we still have to buy it? Besides, the global record market is not very prosperous, and the money is made by Apple and other platforms and singers. The rest of the company The little profit you made is not enough to pay your wages, I really don't understand why you would travel thousands of miles to the United States for such a company, and make me angry, it's just thankless work!"

"Boss, I read the report on the global music market in detail on the flight to the United States. Just recently, IFPI released the report. According to the report, the revenue of the global recorded music industry reached US$13.7 billion in 2014, a year-on-year increase of US$2.1 billion. , an increase of more than 15%, which is the first time that the world has achieved reverse 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 also recover in an all-round way. If we can land on the beach ahead of schedule, we will surely grab a big piece of cake in the upcoming harvest period.

After all, the foot basin is the second largest music market in the world, and it is also the largest physical music market in the world. The proportions of physical music and digital music are 73% and 20%, which is completely opposite to that of the United States. Therefore, in the past 10 years, the global record market When it was sluggish, the overall operating conditions of Japanese record companies, which mainly produced physical records, were not ideal, and Universal Music had an opportunity to get out of the swamp. "

Liu Jianjun took a breath and continued to put forward his opinion, "Of course, the future is dominated by digital music, which is irreversible. Statistics show that driven by streaming music, digital music revenue accounts for more than half of the global recorded music market revenue. At the same time, By the end of 2014, there were about 126 million paying users worldwide, an increase of 40 million users year-on-year.

These all show 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 ushers in a new period of historical opportunity. "

Yang Cheng raised his hand, signaled Liu Jianjun to drink his saliva, and asked his question, "But you also said that the foot basin is the largest physical music market in the world, and it costs a lot to make records. The way people in the foot basin consume music Before the change, even if we acquired Universal's business in the foot basin, it was just helping Global to pass on the debt and put the pressure on our own shoulders. Why do we do such a useless thing?

More importantly, how can you be sure of the authenticity of the message? I don't think Vivendi Group, the parent company of Universal, will ruin its layout in the world's second largest music market with its own hands! To reduce the burden of assets, selling assets is undoubtedly the most low-level means. "

Liu Jianjun took a sip of water, and his face was full of helplessness, "To be honest, boss, footbath is a special case in developed countries. Its income mainly depends on the sales of physical records, and it lacks practical mobile music download services.

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

Foot basin records are sold at a fixed price, usually 18 pounds a piece, which is not cheap. As the main consumer group of pop records, the consumption capacity of young people in foot basin is not enough to support multiple consumption, especially foot basin Idol groups often encourage fans to buy CDs of different versions of the same single. This kind of repeated consumption is really unsustainable now that the overall economy is in the doldrums.

And the foot basin people extremely despise piracy. In the foot basin, theft is immoral. This will lead to a situation where fans can’t afford physical records and are unwilling to download digital music online. They would rather save money to listen to live concerts Yes, it is understandable that the record company has lost money year after year. "