Chapter 959

"Bathing in the Morning Light" made a big killing on the bulletin board, but the promotion work of Glory to Death has been carried out in an orderly manner. There is no increase in the schedule because of the outstanding performance of the album, but no reduction in the schedule because of frequent publicity. Everything is according to the original plan On schedule.

The ups and downs in the music market certainly made the members of Glory to the Dead overjoyed, but objectively speaking, compared with the surging sales, the madness of the previous "Road to Glory" tour process was more real, so the band members did not have much. It has a special feeling, and there is no sense of the absurdity that I am creating history.

Of course, there are more and more news reports, more and more interviews on radio programs, more and more fans waiting outside the studio, more and more enthusiasm in the promotion process, more and more crazy skin and flesh... These details still make glory. The members who died felt the changes after the release of "Bath in the Morning Light".

It's not just Glory to Death, even Joseph feels it, and now he's walking down the street, and everyone can recognize him, including Henry Bloom and Rick Rosen, which means more and more People began to understand Hugo deeply, and even the people around Hugo became familiar.

Joseph thought of the enthusiastic fans he met in the restaurant tonight, and felt that it was a bit incredible. Even an outsider like him felt it. If a band member appeared, I'm afraid the restaurant would be crowded tonight. Fortunately, the band members did not attend the banquet.

"Is everything going well today?" After returning home, Joseph came to the second floor first, walked into the hall, saw Hugo lying on the sofa at a glance, and asked.

Hugo didn't look up, he was flipping through a thick stack of papers, "Well, nothing special. Radio programs, you know."

Joseph went to the kitchen to pour a cup of coffee, then walked over with it and looked at the script in Hugo's hand. Recently, Hugo would study his own script whenever he had time. He also discussed with Ernst about three, Four times, during this period of time, I can clearly feel that Ernst's whole person is full of vitality, which is really amazing.

"Aren't you curious about tonight's dinner?" Seeing that Hugo had no intention of speaking at all, Joseph could only take the initiative to mention it. Today, To Die Glory was advertised on the radio, but he went to dinner with Henry Bloom because of other things. Samora took To Die Glory to participate in the recording of the radio program.

Hugo nodded absentmindedly, "En, um..." Then he was silent for a while, and found that there was no sound from Joseph, then he looked up at Joseph, "Oh, yes, dinner, so, what's new? ?"

Today, Roger Fazon, the deputy manager of the recording department of EMI, came to Los Angeles in person and invited Henry and Joseph to dinner.

This is not surprising. After the first week of sales of "Bath in the Morning Light" was released, some media began to care about the contract between Glory to Death and EMI Records. Everyone knows that EMI signed a contract for two albums within three years of Glory to Death for $5 million - five million is the declared number, but it is actually one million dollars. Now, Glory to Death has completed two albums in less than a year, which means that the Glory to Death and EMI contract has lost its legal effect, and today's most popular band is back to freedom.

In the past two weeks, Henry seems to have become the hottest music manager in the circle. Major record companies are making friends with Henry through various occasions. Although they have not said anything, everyone knows that Apparently, all major record companies are now coveting the record contract of glory to death.

Faced with such a situation, EMI's mood is really complicated.

On the one hand, EMI is happy. At the beginning, Roger resisted all the opinions and signed Glory to Death. The most important thing is that Roger gave Glory to Death absolute creative freedom, so this is the rise of new metal rock. Now is the time for EMI Records to harvest. The excellent results of "Almost Famous" have made EMI Records overjoyed, and now "Bathing in the Morning Light" has only been released for two weeks. Overjoyed.

But on the other hand, EMI is struggling, because Glory to Death has repeatedly said that the second album needs to be released later, but EMI has repeatedly put pressure on Henry, which makes Roger and There was some unhappiness between Henry. Now, the results of "Bathing in the Morning Light" are so outstanding, EMI's position is now a bit embarrassing, especially the better the follow-up sales of this album, the more difficult it will be for EMI to renew the contract. Therefore, they should be quick rather than slow. In this negotiation, they have lost the initiative and can only be forced to take the initiative.

When Roger signed Glory to Death, it was of strategic significance. British-born EMI needs to explore the American market, but it has always lacked new forces. It is difficult for them to compete with the four major local record companies, which also makes EMI in the United States. The music market share has been at a disadvantage.

So EMI hopes to sign a dynamic and energetic rock band like Glory to Death to hit the American music market.

In fact, this is a gamble. Roger used a million-dollar contract as a bet to fight for the faint hope of less than 1%. As a result, Roger won the bet.

If it was just a gamble at the beginning, then the strategic significance of Glory to Death for EMI has now risen to a decisive and critical position. Even if they lose the initiative, they must take the lead. There is no room for hesitation and no hesitation. leeway.

So Roger appeared in Los Angeles in person.

Joseph didn't sell anything, he simply said, "Twenty million dollars for three records, five years."

Hugo's eyes widened unexpectedly, pursed his lips and nodded his chin, and said meaningfully, "Shocked..." Joseph shrugged, expressing his shock, but Hugo then said, "I thought Roger was just being polite with you today, and we won't discuss terms until the next time we meet. You know, he and Henry didn't have a good time."

Generally speaking, this kind of social situation requires a bit of humiliation and condescension. Roger and Henry had quarreled several times over the album "Bath of Morning Light". Henry rarely mentioned it to the band members, but as far as Hugo knew about it at least three times, then according to common sense, Roger should repair and Henry first relationship, and then bring up the transaction, so that the chance of success will be higher.

But today, Roger couldn't wait to bring it up first, which seemed too urgent, and it was not good for negotiation. That's why Hugo was so surprised.

Joseph thought that Hugo was an unexpected price, but it was not. He was stunned for a while, and then he laughed, "Henry heard the news, I heard that you still got a gold album in sales this week." This week is "bathing in the morning light" In the third week of the release, Henry went to inquire about the news before receiving Roger's invitation, and got an answer. This week, the sales volume of "Bath of Morning Light" was still at the level of 500,000, and the sales volume exceeded 500,000 for three consecutive weeks. It's no wonder that EMI can't sit still.

As long as "bath in the morning light" continues to set records, EMI Records will only become more and more disadvantaged, so instead of struggling, it is better to show the enemy's weakness and be the first to show the cards. Instead, it is an act of sincerity. What's more, the cooperation between EMI Records and the two albums before Glory to Death is quite pleasant, especially they have never intervened in the creative style of Glory to Death, which is absolutely impossible for several other major record companies to do.

"Golden record? Are you serious?" Hugo raised his eyebrows in surprise. When "Almost Famous" achieved good sales, Hugo thought he was surprised enough, but this time, the market feedback from "Bathing the Morning Light" was still the same. It was too unbelievable to surprise him repeatedly.

"The point of your surprise seems to be wrong." Joseph looked at the expression on Hugo's face and said with a helpless smile. Then seeing the doubts on Hugo's face, Joseph had to speak again, "Three records? Twenty million?"

"Oh... that's right!" Hugo remembered this matter, and at this moment he realized that his eyes widened, "Are you serious? Twenty million for three records? Is Roger crazy? "

Compared with the praise and adoration of all the media, compared with the madness and enthusiasm of countless fans, in fact, the new contract conditions of EMI records are the most direct and vivid proof of the rise of glory to death, because the record company is the first interest, and can let them open. At such a price, they knew that they believed that Glory to Death could bring corresponding profits to the company, so they were willing to be so generous. More importantly, this is only Roger's first negotiation, and it can be seen that there is still room for improvement, which is really too scary.

Seeing Hugo's three-beat slow response, Joseph couldn't help but smiled and nodded in affirmation, "Henry and I both think we don't need to worry for the time being, Roger is far from showing his real cards. "

Hugo opened his mouth wide and didn't respond. He seemed to be still digesting the shock of the contract. After a while, he said, "I remember our first contract was one million two records? How many times did it double?"

In just one year, the record contract of Glory to Death has soared from one million two records directly to 20 million three records, which is more than thirteen times. It is no wonder that countless media have compared Glory to Death with Nirvana. From this paper contract, we can see the stormy waves that Glory to Death has brought to the entire music market.

It took 13 months to go from being unknown to the top in the United States, and it took 13 months for Glory to Die; from thoughtful to impatient, it took EMI Records nine months. In a blink of an eye, Glory to Death and EMI Records’ offensive and defensive positions happened Conversion, because EMI believes that the renewal of the contract will allow them to complete the offensive and defensive conversion in the US market!

However, this time the negotiation does not seem to be that simple.