Chapter 373: A Clever Gift Giving Method

Bahn Chemicals, no, it’s called Bahn Company now, Song Ya holds 80% of the shares, and Northern Trust 20%. He can share more than 37 million of the 47 million income, which is just right The acquisition cost in the early stage and the subsequent operation and equipment storage expenses, and the 10 million miles paid in the future will also have 8 million knives in his income.

But the account is not calculated in this way. For this acquisition, he borrowed 15 million from Northern Trust. The interest expense alone is a large sum. There are also commissions and working hours to be paid to Yongdao, and Goodman The financial costs such as commissions and working hours of the Hamlin Law Firm are about three million dollars that can really be paid to him.

The fluorescent agent factory used to lose nearly three million a year.

So this business, which has caused him a lot of trouble, only earns the remaining intangible assets such as the brand and patents of Bahn Company, and the fixed assets such as the land, plant and equipment of the fluorescent agent factory, which also account for 80%. .

It is worth a lot of money to get a factory for nothing, but it is more of a burden now, if it cannot turn losses into profits next year.

The MV with the fluorescent party was released, but the effect has not yet appeared, and those rave party organizers of a small scale will almost all receive fluorescent agent cans for promotion from Bahn Company. The quantity is sufficient, and Song Ya voluntarily pays If the logistics cost cannot be increased as expected, the loss will increase next year...

Anyway, Song Ya has done everything she can, and now she can only wait.

He has another 37 million cash in his hand, plus the existing liquidity in the account is about 40 million knives. After two days, Sony Columbia Records will settle the second record revenue. There will be more, but the money is After repaying 15 million collateral for the Northern Trust loan, there shouldn't be much left.

Fujibi magazine estimated his income last year at more than 50 million, ranking fourth among singers only after MJ, Madonna and Garth Brooks. It reached 60 million, and she also won the highest royalty share that a singer can get, 20%, and only MJ is in the same file as him. This kind of detached status once again left DIVA, including Mariah Carey, far behind. back.

In the afternoon tea restaurant of the Plaza Hotel, Song Ya casually flipped through the last issue of the American Music Magazine in 1992.

The cover character is the Chinese cellist YOYO who chatted at the Grammy celebration dinner last year. He was nominated for this year's Grammy again. The inside pages of the magazine still maintain the same style with some changes, but most of them are made after I just bought the magazine.

"I lost a lot last year." He said this to Shirley Fleming, who was sitting elegantly across from her. This old lady hardly did anything. The magazine lost two million a year, and he had to subsidize half of it.

The old lady put down the teacup,

"But sales have grown."

Sales have increased, thousands of copies.

"Quincy Jones and Russell Simmons' VIBE magazine was launched in January this year, and The Source magazine, which focuses on hip-hop music, is also selling well." Song Ya reminded her.

"I don't read those." The old lady nodded to the Rolling Stone magazine on the dining table, "It has good reviews on your album."

Song Ya sighed, picked up the Rolling Stone magazine and flipped through it. They defined their first album of the same name as one of the most worth buying divine albums in 1992, and wrote a lot of praise. Like the Rolling Stones, most music magazines and music critics have given favorable comments to the ‘A+’ album this year. In their eyes, inconsistent styles are not a major disadvantage. They value the quality and innovation of singles more.

He was nominated for Best Rap and Hip-Hop Singer in AMA this year, and he was nominated for Grammy Single of the Year and Best Rapper for Where Is The Love. Among them, only the AMA award is stable. Due to the deal last year, this year he won At the Grammys, the singer who will support the relationship between BABYFACE and Rick Rubin is inconvenient to argue for himself.

"Rick Rubin wants to do a special January issue to promote his Sir Mix-a-Lot and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and he's willing to pay for it."

The old lady asked: "What do you think?"

"I have no objection, you are the editor-in-chief."

Song Ya didn't want to spoil Rick Rubin's affairs. This guy swept away the shares of other minority shareholders of American Magazine last year. He sold a wave of favorability to these people in the classical music circle. This year, he has to pay others back Love, for the Grammy Awards, quite determined to win the momentum.

"He's smarter than you, little guy." The old lady revealed a message, "He's going to send this special issue to the Grammy judges for free, and he'll come with a copy of the Red Hot Peppers and Sir Mix-a-Lot album. CD-ROM."

"Can you still play like this?" Song Ya was shocked, "Is this a small amount of bribery? Two albums and a magazine are worth at least 30 dollars, right? More than 10,000 judges, he will spend 40 to 50 dollars for this Ten thousand knives? Eh!? Only forty or five hundred thousand..."

Song Ya figured it out and found out that this is a good idea! Spend 400,000 to 500,000 yuan to impress all the judges, and maybe it can directly affect the voting tendency of some judges who love small things. American Music, a magazine with a high standard, will not be offensive if it is sent in the past. Typical Do big things with little money.

"No, it's a gray area. In fact, I can't get the addresses of more than 10,000 judges. At most, I can send them to thousands of people." Objected, "So I said Rick is smarter than you. People in Hollywood have already played this trick. The Weinstein Brothers of Miramax Films are experts. They often send all kinds of tricks to Oscar and Cannes judges. Such a little gift."

"Um."

Song Ya, the Weinstein brothers, has never heard of them. He has a good impression of these two Hollywood bigwigs. First of all, these two brothers are a model for small film companies to survive in Hollywood, and they are good at both production and distribution. They often win the distribution rights of films that balance artistry and box office, and they are frequent visitors to major film awards.

Secondly, like David Geffen, they are hard-core supporters of the Donkey Party. During last year's general election, they raised the flag for Arkansas and paid for it. They established a personal relationship with the Arkansas couple very early.

In the end, the two of them are also very friendly to Huaguo movies. They distribute Huaguo movies in Beimi almost every year. In recent years, they have known about Judou, Double Dragon Club, Swordsman, Flying Eagle Project, etc...

The method of 'buying' the judges they invented is very flattering, and they can learn it by themselves, so let's forget about it this year. It was just to pay back last year's favor, and they didn't want to fight.

Rick Rubin is kind of interesting...

"So be it."

One million a year, I can still afford to lose.

After learning that there was still this kind of prize-winning routine, Song Ya took a closer look at the magazine. She had prepared some requests for Shirley Fleming to continue to move closer to the popular direction before the meeting, but she simply didn't bring them out. Quality is very important, otherwise the magazine will appear low when it is sent out.

"The style of the magazine in 1993 remained the same?" Shirley Fleming asked.

"No change, by the way, ask more about the addresses of other Grammy judges, please."

Song Ya got up and said goodbye to the old lady. She was still sitting and had no intention of moving. Drinking afternoon tea was normal for them to kill a few hours, and it was still too early to leave.

Song Ya was not in that leisurely mood, "Have you made an appointment to meet MJ?" After getting in the car, he called Donovan.

"His manager, Sandy Glenn, said MJ was tired, that the world tour had taken a toll on his body and that he needed to rest."

Donovan replied.

"What... what do you mean? I went to visit Neverland, and he didn't want to spare some time for a chat?" Song Ya was a little upset, the king of pop was too airy.

"I will find a way to bypass Sandy Glenn and ask MJ what he means directly. His agents and lawyers are really annoying. I don't know if it was MJ's decision not to see you." Donovan said.

"Okay, as soon as possible, I'm going to start school soon." Song Ya said.

"..."

Donovan on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, "I will try my best, you wait for my news."