684 Cooperation failed
Recommended song: greysne expresses.out privately de.te.line Lee Junyi's straightforwardness made Stephanie White pause, and he didn't turn around. In fact, she realized that Lee Junyi wanted to go straight and go straight to the point, but she felt that it was a bit surprising that such a straightforward personality appeared on Lee Junyi.
Before this, although Lee Junyi's news was flying all over the place, Stephanie White, as an insider of the entertainment industry, knew that news always had to be skeptical, so her understanding of Lee Junyi has always been based on the image of "handsome guy, idol". This is also the reason why Universal Records invited Lee Junyi before, because it was popular and topical; but it is also the reason why Universal Records ignored Lee Junyi's talent, because they still think that Lee Junyi is a vase, and talent is hype.
This time, the "FV te.gir1" created by Lee Junyi for Justin Bieber did touch Universal Records. Stephanie White also admitted that Lee Junyi is indeed a little talent, but it is inevitable that she is a bit superior. This cannot be blamed for Stephanie White, which company is Universal Records, one of the five largest record companies in the world; who is Lee Junyi, a newcomer who has only been in the United States for half a year - no matter how good the Asian performance is, it will start from scratch when it comes to the North American market; no matter how good the Asian albums sell well, everything will start from scratch when it comes to the North American market.
But after only a few words of confrontation with Lee Junyi, Stephanie White's view of Lee Junyi was a little more correct. Unexpectedly, Lee Junyi's image and the rumored image gradually became consistent. Does that mean that Lee Junyi's requirements for the album are not pretending to be noble, but have real materials; does that mean that Lee Junyi's talent is real?
Although Stephanie White's thoughts were chaotic, the pause was only about a second. She adjusted her mentality a little. No matter what the result of the talk today was, at least she would talk to Li Junyi in an equal manner. As for whether to cooperate or whether she could cooperate, it was something she would discuss after she went back today. After all, today was just an informal meeting.
"Mr. Yi's words are wrong. Of course, I came here to compliment Mr. Yi. If I didn't think Mr. Yi really has this level, I probably wouldn't represent Universal Records. I've been in contact with you for the third time, right?" Stephanie White was also a veteran. He paused for a while, but his thoughts quickly followed. He was not disrupted by Lee Junyi, and he cleverly connected Lee Junyi's words.
This made Li Junyi laugh, "Then I should thank Ms. White. I should be more confident to be able to get the recognition of Universal Records." Li Junyi was not humble, and she hit the snake and followed the stick, and the smile on her face became more calm.
Fred Pyre sat next to Lee Junyi, leisurely picked up the fruit tea to fill the three glasses on the table. Every time he talked with Lee Junyi, it was easy, because Lee Junyi knew his strengths and weaknesses, knew what he wanted, and what his bottom line was. To put it bluntly, "self-knowledge". Fred Pyre himself is a agent from Universal Records, so he knew very well that Universal Records was the third time
When I came to the door, my attitude was actually very high. If I were sincere, I would definitely make an appointment in advance and meet with the official meeting, instead of asking Stephanie White to inquire first. Although Stephanie White's eyes changed in a fleeting way just now, Fred Pyre was keenly aware of the differences before and after and confirmed his thoughts. Therefore, Fred Pyre did not have much hope that he could reach a result this time.
While speaking, Fred Pyre remembered that Sony had visited him for the second time not long ago and talked sincerely about the release of the album for Lee Junyi. Although there was a big dispute over the conditions, at least Sony's sincerity and attitude were much better than Universal: the number of times cannot determine everything. In addition to Sony, several small record companies including Xiaodao Records also contacted Fred Pyre, and they were very sincere. It can be seen that Justin Bieber's popularity was not only Justin Bieber himself, but Lee Junyi's talent gradually surfaced. These record companies have a keen sense of smell, so how can they not be noticed?
Not only that, Fred Pyre also made an appointment with Warner Records for the official meeting the day after tomorrow. The world's five major record companies, Sony, Universal and Warner, all came to visit, which also made Fred Pyre confident. Although Lee Junyi was very strict with the conditions for the album, she could always find partners. Putting aside these top record companies, those small record companies are also good partners. So, now Fred Pyre is not in a hurry at all, at all.
Stephanie White had just talked with Lee Junyi for a few words, and knew that she had time to get around the bush and tug-of-war with Lee Junyi. She might as well go straight to the topic and fight the matter. So she changed her mind and went straight to the point. "We Global Company had contacted Mr. Yi twice before, hoping to discuss the release of the album, but unfortunately, we were unable to reach an agreement in the end." Although Stephanie White was talking about the topic, her tone was inevitably in a public relations tone. There was no way, because of professional habits. "I came today to understand Mr. Yi's idea of his album and discuss whether it was consistent with the planning direction of our company."
Stephanie White said this beautifully, but it actually means one thing. What is your idea of Lee Junyi? What is your album? Let’s see if you want to see if you can accept it. If you accept it, we will talk formally. If you don’t accept it, you will still have to disperse it. Overall, Stephanie White still feels that Universal Records is willing to give Lee Junyi a chance to release an album, and it still occupies a dominant position, so the words still bring some feelings of superiors.
Lee Junyi and Fred Pyre both understood and exchanged glances with each other. Now Fred Pyre also knows Lee Junyi very well, and knows that this matter is basically impossible. Lee Junyi's requirement is to have absolute voice and decision-making power on his album, but Universal Records is still so high now. Even if they really cooperate, there will definitely be many conflicts in the future. Maybe when it comes to real decisions, Universal Records will still deprive Lee Junyi of the decision-making ability. This is the instinct of taking the initiative in a big-name company.
In fact, Fred Pyre still hopes that Lee Junyi will work with Universal Records. After all, that is where he has worked for many years, and his connections are still there, making it much easier to operate. But if Stephanie White represents Universal Records' attitude, then the possibility of cooperation is slim.
Lee Junyi and Fred Pyre exchanged glances just to glance. Lee Junyi quickly turned his eyes to Stephanie White in front of him, and smiled, "I actually have many ideas about the album, but it is probably difficult to get into the eyes of Universal Records to hit the company like this."
Stephanie White remained calm and still looked like he listened. Lee Junyi raised her eyebrows and didn't mind, and then continued, "For example, I hope to make a hiphop/r※b album, all of which are written and composed by myself."
Just as this was just beginning, Stephanie White's right eye hopped slightly, and Lee Junyi's heart was really big. hiphop/r※b market is now very saturated. Not to mention newcomers, it is not easy for senior singers to make a breakthrough in this field, let alone Lee Junyi, the "miscellaneous population". Looking at the history of the American music market in the past twenty years, Asian singers have achieved good results and can count them with one hand, and their best results have not reached the top 50 in the 11brd rankings, which shows how difficult it is for Asian singers in the American music market.
Moreover, Lee Junyi also hopes to write lyrics and compose music himself. Not to mention Lee Junyi, even a top creator does not have the confidence to create an album entirely by himself. Now which singer's album is not a collection of talents, it is normal for the ten songs of the album to come from seven or eight different creators. Therefore, in Stephanie White's opinion, this is "a big talk".
Actually, why didn’t Li Junyi know this? He deliberately said so much. Although he now handled his albums in Asia, he didn’t dare to open this Haikou in the United States. But today, Universal Records came with a superior attitude. Even though he visited the cottage three times, his sincerity was still not as sufficient as he imagined, so Li Junyi didn’t mind Lei Lei and the others and boasted about it.
If Stephanie White was a little bit correct about Lee Junyi just now, but now Stephanie White has once again determined that the cooperation case needs to be postponed. Lee Junyi had said before that to cooperate, he needs absolute control of the album. Today Stephanie White came here to talk about how much control Lee Junyi has over the album. But now it seems that Universal cannot meet Lee Junyi's requirements, and they still have their own bottom line.
Although both sides didn't say much, they were both smart people. Things were actually decided between them. After that, Fred Pyre took over Lee Junyi's class and talked to Stephanie White. This was not what Lee Junyi was good at.
After dinner, Stephanie White said goodbye. It is unknown whether to go back to Los Angeles or stay in a hotel in Berkeley.
Fred Pyre and Lee Junyi walked side by side to the villa and asked only one question, "Is this a matter not done?"
Lee Junyi nodded, "Yes."
The two of them did not continue this topic anymore. Fred Pyre was at the scene just now and saw it very clearly that his and Lee Junyi's decisions were actually the same, just to confirm them again. "In two days, I will have an interview meeting with Warner." Fred Pyre mentioned this matter again.
Lee Junyi didn't turn his head, just nodded and said, "I hope you can talk about more content." The subtext is that you can talk about something that has something actual content, instead of tempting like today. This made Fred Pyre chuckle.
Chapter completed!