Chapter 380: The boss of Warner gave it away in person
And after the album was produced.
Lin Xia was also very straightforward and asked Boss Huang.
"How many years are left in your contract with Warner?"
"Mr. Lin..."
When Lin Xia asked this question, Boss Huang actually understood what Lin Xia meant.
After all, they are all in this circle, so there is no need to pretend to be confused at this time.
Generally speaking, when the bosses of other entertainment companies ask how many years are left on the contract, it is nothing more than poaching.
If people from other entertainment companies want to poach Boss Huang, it is absolutely impossible for Boss Huang.
After all, Boss Huang has been working at Warner Bros. for these years, and it can be said that the cooperation with the company has been very good.
And the company is also very helpful to Boss Huang.
Generally speaking, a very large entertainment company like Warner and a small entertainment company are not on the same level at all, and they are not the same concept at all.
In a huge entertainment company like Warner, Boss Huang can not only get all the help he wants, but can even link up with other singers.
And whether it is the exposure of variety shows, the production of albums, etc., all the treatments are basically the best.
And there are only three super entertainment companies like Warner.
It would be very difficult for the other two entertainment companies to take action against the other company's artists.
Therefore, Boss Huang has almost never thought about being poached, and even Boss Huang has never thought that someone would ask himself such a question.
However, after Lin Xia raised this issue, Boss Huang immediately started thinking about it.
If someone from another entertainment company inquires, Boss Huang may simply refuse because of his friendship with Warner.
However, Lin Xia is different.
In addition to being able to give herself everything she wants, Lin Xia can also give herself a huge surprise.
Just like this album production, if we can have such cooperation and have such conversations with Lin Xia in the future.
Then Boss Huang couldn't imagine how happy he would be.
It can be said that Lin Xia has a very fatal attraction for Boss Huang.
So for Boss Huang, he must really want to join Lin Xia's company.
Because after this period of getting along with each other, it can be said that Boss Huang has extremely recognized Lin Xia as a person.
At the same time, Lin Xia also fell into a state of extreme admiration.
Being able to enter Lin Xia's company is already a very interesting thing for Boss Huang. Even if he enters Lin Xia's company this time, even if there are no particularly high contract conditions, Boss Huang is willing to do so.
As long as Lin Xia can give certain suggestions and evaluations every time he releases an album, this may be more important to Boss Huang than ordinary contract conditions.
Especially this time, after the changes to the theme song of his album, Boss Huang can clearly realize how much Lin Xia's changes have helped his album and his songs.
Moreover, although Lin Xia's company is still not as good as the three major ones.
But the potential of Lin Xia's company is unimaginably exaggerated.
After Boss Huang came into contact with Lin Xia this time, he felt that Lin Xia's current company may be even more powerful than the Big Three in the eyes of many singers.
In the past, in the music industry, the companies that everyone dreamed of working for were probably the three major companies.
What are the Big Three?
The Big Three are the three leading music record companies in the music industry, namely: Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group, that is, Universal, Sony, and Warner.
There are three Major Labels at the head and countless niche labels at the tail. This situation was only formed in 2012. It has also experienced a series of evolutions before, from six major labels to three major labels.
The three companies mentioned above are collectively called Major Labels. So far, in the music industry, the default concept is that there are only these three companies.
Other record companies, whether they are already large enough to stand on their own, or they are niche companies with only two or three artists, hovering on the edge of subsistence, are all called Independent Labels, which means independent labels.
Generally, as an independent label, its main business scope will focus on music production.
They will help their artists release records, from collecting songs, recording, to distribution and promotion, and will provide artists with different support and help based on different contract models.
However, independent music labels generally do not have their own songwriting copyright companies and other related businesses, so in many aspects, they need to cooperate with other companies.
For example, if an artist likes a song, the label may contact its songwriting copyright company to authorize the recording.
The three major labels are very different. They often have their own songwriting copyright companies. In comparison, they generate positive scale effects through their huge operating income and complex systems.
The songwriting copyright companies of Warner, Sony, and Universal are also at the top of the songwriting industry. In the 2019 TOP 10 Music Publishers, we can see that except for Kobalt, which has a foot in the third place, the three companies are still ranked at the top.
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Basically since 1988, there have been six leading music companies in the recording industry, namely Warner Music Group, EMI, Sony Music, BMG, Universal Music Group, and Polygram
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Later it slowly became five companies, then four companies, and finally three companies in 2012.
1988 to 1999.
There has been only one change during this period, which is that Polygram was acquired by Universal.
Polygram used to be a very brilliant and powerful record company.
Polygram was once the largest and oldest label in the world. It also acquired many companies in the 1990s. However, in 1999, after being acquired by Universal Music Group, Polygram slowly declined.
Over the years, two major things have happened at Polygram.
In 2013, Hong Kong Universal Music Group re-established the PolyGram label.
Polygram has a very large influence in Hong Kong, with many first-line artists. In April 2013, the label "Polygram" returned and invited Priscilla Chan to return to the label.
In 2017, Universal Music re-established PolyGram Entertainment.
In 2017, Universal finally thought of Polygram and established PolyGram Entertainment.
However, this label is more focused on projects related to film, TV, movies, and music. Compared with Polygram in the 1990s, it has indeed lost its glory, but under Universal, Polygram has also slowly found a new path.
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1999 to 2004
This stage is mainly a story between Sony and BMG.
In March 2004, BMG and Sony Music cooperated to establish SonyBMG, with each party holding 50% of the shares. The market officially changed from the top five to the top four.
I just mentioned that major labels have comprehensive and systematic industrial chains, and each has its own songwriting copyright company. MG Music Publishing, as a company under BMG, did not participate in the cooperation between Sony and it. Instead, it started in 2007
It was sold to Universal Music Group for 1.663 billion euros and subsequently became part of Universal Music Publishing Group.
On August 5, 2008, Sony Music officially announced the acquisition of another 50% stake in BMG and changed its name to Sony Music Entertainment.
As a result, BMG has withdrawn from the stage of history. But at the same time, BMG also announced the establishment of a new music company: BMG Rights Management.
Today's BMG is also very large, covering all types of music industries, including song and song copyrights, record recording, audio-visual synchronization, movies, etc. Its song and song copyright company is among the best, ranking fifth in 2019.
EMI was divided among Warner, Sony, and Universal in 2012, forming the current three-legged situation.
EMI's songwriting copyright company and recording production company were sold to the three major companies respectively, and most of the labels and content under its recording copyright were acquired by Universal.
His songwriting copyright company was acquired by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, a subsidiary of Sony.
EMI's two labels, Parlophone and Virgin Classics, were acquired by Warner in 2013.
At this point, the six brands in 1988 officially became Three Majors, that is, the three majors.
Since 2012, Warner, Sony, and Universal have become words that everyone in the music industry sees every day.
Their market share is very large, and every move they make will affect the direction and dynamics of the entire industry.
Now, due to the explosion of short videos and the extension of vertical content in various markets, although the three major forces are not as strong as before, they are still powerful.
But now, although they are said to be the top three, Lin Xia also knows it clearly in her heart.
Nowadays, Universal Entertainment is basically the only company.
The influence of the other two companies is now gradually less than that of Universal Entertainment, and Lin Xia knows this clearly.
Naturally, the boss of Warner, as well as the singers in this circle, also know clearly that the influence of the other two entertainment companies in music is indeed declining, and they are gradually being replaced by Universal Entertainment
Suppress, erode.
Boss Huang knows this and the situation clearly in his heart.
So now, in terms of influence and future development prospects, Lin Xia's company is indeed much better than Warner Bros.
Because Lin Xia Company's current global influence can be said to be increasing day by day.
And every day, there are more and more discussions about Lin Xia's company, and Boss Huang can be said to know it best.
Because within Warner, there are actually many singers who are discussing whether to join Lin Xia's company.
Nowadays, they all know that the largest music entertainment company in the world is Universal Entertainment, but it is not certain whether it will be Universal Entertainment in the future.
Nowadays, the potential of Lin Xia's company is really too great. Whether it is a singer or a producer, Lin Xia's company is clearly ahead of other companies.
Moreover, the quality of Lin Xia's music is now more and more recognized by everyone. Almost as soon as people mention Lin Xia, they will think that the quality of this song is definitely not low. This seems to have become a widely recognized
Boss Huang also clearly understands this matter.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So after Lin Xia finished talking about this matter, Boss Huang immediately fell into deep thought.
And I am already thinking about whether I should talk to the boss of Warner about my intention to change jobs.
Because now he is not actually bound to Warner with such a rigid and exaggerated contract. Singers of his level are already regarded as trump cards in the hands of several major entertainment companies. Naturally, they do not want these singers to
Have a conflict with your company.
Therefore, Warner has always been relatively lenient with Boss Huang in terms of contracts.
It is precisely because of this that Boss Huang is increasingly reluctant to change jobs and will not be impressed by the conditions of other companies.
After all, this is based on trust between both parties, but this time, what impressed him about Lin Xia's company was not the conditions, but Lin Xia the person.
Seeing Boss Huang thinking, Lin Xia was not in a hurry to say anything more.
After all, the timing of bringing this matter up this time may be a bit sudden and unprepared for Boss Huang.
Moreover, the other party also needed to consider whether to come to his company, so Lin Xia did not bother him too much.
And he directly told Boss Huang that there was no need to give an answer now. He could go back and think about it carefully. As long as the other party was willing to come, the door to his company would always be open.
When Lin Xia said this, she was actually very sincere.
But after hearing what Lin Xia said, Boss Huang also said very sincerely that he was willing to come to Lin Xia's company, but now he needs to go back and discuss with his boss, otherwise, it will not seem so good.
good.
After listening to Boss Huang's words, Lin Xia knew that it was her own words that were indeed said a bit too suddenly.
The reason why the two met this time was because Warner boss reached an agreement with Lin Xia to cooperate, and then asked Boss Huang to come over and cooperate.
I didn't expect that during the cooperation, a general of the other company would be poached.
This incident may indeed be a bit sudden and difficult for Warner's boss to accept.
Moreover, if Boss Huang agrees directly, it will indeed appear that the two of them are a bit immoral.
So after Boss Huang finished speaking, Lin Xia nodded in agreement.
What Lin Xia didn't expect was that not long after Boss Huang left, the boss of Warner called directly on the second day.
And I told myself very clearly that, not to mention Boss Huang, if Warner has a favorite singer, the company will not stand in the way. As long as the other party is willing, the company will have no objection.
After Warner's boss said these words, Lin Xia felt a little weird.
After all, Warner is also one of the three major music giants today.
Lin Xia was more or less puzzled by the fact that the singers in her company were willing to let each other leave without reservation.