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Santa Monica airport.
It's Monday afternoon, September 18.
Nancy Brill was standing beside the runway with two other bodyguards who had come to pick him up.
When Gulfstream IV landed and stopped, the cabin door opened, and Nancy saw Simon and two other beautiful women who were too tall for her to catch up with, joking and walking off the plane. One of them, a woman wearing an open navel T-shirt and jeans hot pants, was still holding Simon's arm intimately, and her two long legs were dazzling.
As they approached, Simon was surprised by Nancy's appearance. He introduced the woman around him with a smile and said, "Nancy, this is Ella, and this is Jerry."
Ella McPherson is a little curious about the petite woman who is still standing on hattenko. She doesn't quite understand the identity of Nancy. She releases Simon's arm and politely shakes hands with her. Jerry hall also greets her. After a few words of conversation, Simon said to Ella McPherson and Jerry hall, "there's still a job. How about having someone send you back first?"
"Well," Ella McPherson replied with a smile, then came over and gave Simon a kiss. "It's a great weekend, Simon. I hope I have another chance next time."
"Certainly."
Simon patted the woman on her adorable waist, hugged Jerry hall, and told Neil Bennett to drive the two women away.
Seeing off the two women, Simon and Nancy got into another car.
As the black Mercedes Benz drove out of the airport, Simon asked Nancy, who was still looking at herself with strange eyes, and said, "what's the matter with alista records in such a hurry to get me back?"
Nancy did not rush to answer, but asked: "you, with those two women?"
Simon raised his hand to his chest with a smile, and said with a smile, "do you envy me?"
When Nancy saw Simon joking about his height, she was obviously changing the topic and criticized him impolitely: "playful man."
And then he gave the man a threatening look.
Simon immediately "retreated" and said in a low voice, "help me keep it a secret and give you a raise."
Nancy said scornfully, "it's your personal business. I won't gossip. Well, it's just that Ella MacPherson, that, that Jerry hall, seems to be Who does it seem to be? "
Simon interrupted Nancy's thinking, adding to her chips with a smile: "double the salary."
Nancy rolled her eyes, no longer entangled in this matter, but did not forget to add: "ridiculous man."
Simon put away his expression and said, "well, to get down to business, I was going to come back tomorrow morning."
The night before yesterday, Simon took two women away from the jonathons' party.
As a man of two generations, Simon never intended to treat himself badly in such a matter, and he didn't care what other people thought. If you have a chance to eat the woman you like, you won't miss it.
Recently, the paparazzi around them are chasing too closely. They don't want to be bothered by any messy things. After some inquiries, they borrowed a vacation villa with a private beach on Lanai Island in Hawaii from Steve Ross, and then they flew over with two women to have a good day and night.
It has to be said that the entanglement of the four long legs is really memorable.
Ben wanted to come back tomorrow. Several calls came from Los Angeles and he had to go back ahead of time.
Simon thinks that if it's just a matter of the company, no matter how urgent it is, it won't be so hot.
There are likely to be behind the scenes.
Yeah.
Like a jealous female assistant.
Simon certainly won't tell Jennifer about it. It's just that women probably have instinctive instincts about it.
Nancy paid no attention to Simon's private affairs, took out a stack of documents from her satchel and handed them over, saying: "according to the contract we signed with alista records, the revenue of bodyguard's original album is settled every three months, and the album goes on sale on June 5. The first revenue settlement should end on September 3. That day is Sunday, and the album sales are just 14 weeks, but it hasn't been put on sale overseas, Local sales totaled 12.16 million. "
Simon looked through the information Nancy had given him and asked, "and then what?"
"When the person in charge of our side asked for the settlement, Clive Davis, President of allista records, had been trying to shift the blame, hoping to change the contract terms to quarterly settlement according to the natural year, saying that this would facilitate the financial audit of allista records. Although it's all three months, alista records is obviously just delaying the payment. I personally communicated with Clive Davis and tossed about for two weeks. It wasn't until last Friday, when I was close to work, that alista records sent the statistical statement, saying that the funds would have to wait another week to be allocated. "
"That's it," Nancy said, reaching over and turning the paper in front of Simon. According to the original agreement, we should get more than $30 million in sales volume of 12.16 million records, but alista records only gave us $23.19 million. It's too much. Clive Davis probably included all the expenses of his company in the cost of bodyguard's original recordSimon has learned something about the record industry from a very early age.
For those singers who want to get ahead, the production and distribution cost of records is really a big expense. Some unknown singers can do almost anything to win the record company to help them release their own records.
However, once the record is a big success, it will be very profitable.
For the best-selling records, the gross profit that the record companies can get from each record will not be less than 50% of the selling price. For the phenomenal hot records like "bodyguard" original record, because of the huge sales volume, the cost will be diluted, and the profit margin will be higher.
Danielis entertainment and alista records signed a contract at the beginning, in which each party gets 50% of the gross profit of the original sound record of bodyguard. To be exact, after the expenses of production, marketing, distribution and singer sharing are deducted from the record shipping income, the two parties will share the remaining pre tax profit by 50%.
Just three months after it was put on the shelves, the local sales of "bodyguard" original records reached 12.16 million, with sales of more than 120 million US dollars. According to industry practice, the expected revenue sharing of danielis entertainment should not be less than $30 million.
Simon is not surprised that allista records did so.
Hollywood, a low-cost film with a production cost of 5 million, sold 300 million in the world, but it is still regarded as a loss by the film companies, and there are many cases that the film companies refuse to pay the main creative share. The way that allista records included a large number of other expenses in the statement to dilute profits is completely the rest of Hollywood.
After just a few pages, Simon closed the report and asked Nancy, "have you talked to Clive Davis?"
"I went to Burbank this morning, and Clive Davis insisted that there was no problem with this report. I asked for a financial audit. He said that if we have to do so, it may affect the subsequent release of the original album bodyguard. Simon, he's threatening us. "
According to the current sales figures, only North America has at least 10 million sales potential. In order to cooperate with the release of "bodyguard" movies, almost none of them have been put on the shelves overseas.
The success of the movie bodyguard is greatly stimulated by the success of the original record, which we all know. What Clive Davis said was a real threat. Denise entertainment has not yet been able to release a hit record on its own, let alone worldwide. By contrast, allista records is backed by the German Bertelsmann music group and has a complete global distribution network.
If there is a stalemate between the two sides, as long as allista records "slows down" on the subsequent release of the record, not only the sales of the record, but also the overseas box office of the movie bodyguard will be seriously affected.
Clive Davis dares to swallow up the share of danielis entertainment, that is, relying on the distribution channels of alista records and the whole Bertelsmann music group around the world, the distribution of the original sound of bodyguard must be relied on.
However, Clive Davis may think that Denise entertainment can only swallow this dumb loss in order to ensure the overseas distribution of the movie "bodyguard" and the follow-up sales of the original sound records of the film, but he ignores one thing. Denise entertainment is really interested in all aspects of the income of "bodyguard". However, for allista records, this original sound record is also crucial It's important.
After all, only Whitney Houston is a singer who can win the hand of allista records. The original sound of bodyguard is a phenomenal record. Although allista records only accounts for half of its revenue, it is enough to support most of the record company's performance in the next two years.
However, for Denise entertainment, even without the income of bodyguard, a large number of other blockbuster projects can still bring huge profits to the company.
The most important thing is that Denise entertainment now has a lot of projects cooperating with other Hollywood studios. If Simon chooses to be patient in this matter, other studios will only follow suit in the future.
Santa Monica airport is not far from Denise entertainment headquarters, and the two arrived soon.
Outside Simon's office, the female assistant is busy sitting behind the desk outside. When she sees Simon and Nancy appear, she says hello as if nothing had happened, but her eyes are more or less cautious.
Simon also pretended to be indifferent and told Jennifer to prepare two cups of coffee. Then he went into the office with Nancy, sat down and asked, "what are you going to do?"
Nancy sat across from Simon's desk and said, "we share the copyright of the bodyguard soundtrack with allista. If it's up to me to decide, I will immediately suspend all publicity and sales of this record until the dispute between the two sides is settled. However, this will have a great impact on the subsequent release of the record, including the overseas release of the film. The last two months are just the time for the overseas release of bodyguard. Several major overseas ticket warehouse countries, such as Britain, Spain and Italy, have started the production, and France, East Germany and Japan will also be released next month. All of these need the sales of original records to cooperate. So, Simon, it's up to you to decide what to do. "
"Then pause," Simon said without hesitation. "Moreover, this matter can't just get back the share that allista records swallowed. Even if it's over, they will spit out twice as much as they swallow. It's a punishment. The price of making mistakes is too low. If you don't get a lesson, some people will easily forget it, and it will be the same next time. "Nancy looked at her boss uncertainly. Originally, she just wanted alista to spit out the portion she had swallowed as soon as possible. The means of suspending record sales were already very tough, but Simon did better.
Allista swallowed at least $7 million this time, and now he not only has to return it in full, but also give another $7 million in compensation, which will definitely make Clive Davis feel very sad. You know, without the big bang of bodyguard, the net profit of the small family of alista records company in the past whole year may only be 20 million US dollars or 30 million US dollars. 7 million, which is a lot of money for allista records.
After a pause, Nancy asked, "Simon, are you sure you want to do this?"
"Of course, we are now cooperating with the seven major projects. If we are not tough this time, you can imagine how many similar troubles we will face in the future. It's also a warning to other collaborators. If they think they've got a chip, they want to threaten danielis entertainment. I don't mind lifting the table directly. "
Nancy is also a strong woman in her heart. Now that the boss has made up her mind, she will not persuade her to leave in a hurry.
As soon as Nancy left, Jennifer sent several documents: "this is the publicity plan of Batman, which Mr. REM sent in this morning, with an initial budget of 25 million US dollars; in addition, this is the candidate list of several important supporting roles in sleeping with the enemy; Mr. doechman came back from Venice yesterday afternoon, and he selected three films at this year's Venice Film Festival Ying, this is the information... "
Simon saw that the female assistant introduced a stack of documents to him one by one, picked up Batman's publicity plan with a smile, opened it, and said, "I'm really a lucky guy. Without Jennie, westero's life would be a mess."
Hearing the speech, Jennifer relaxed her business face and looked at the man opposite with a shallow entanglement in her voice: "which Jennie are you talking about?"
Simon said decisively, "of course, it's Jennie standing opposite me."
The assistant snorted, stopped running on Simon, put away the coffee cup that he and Nancy had just drunk, and turned to leave the office with a wagging ponytail.
Burbank.
When Nancy Brill was sent away in the morning, Clive Davis, President of allista records, was still thinking about how to cut off more profits from the original sound of bodyguard in overseas distribution. Unexpectedly, a few hours later, the little woman came back.
Now that he's determined to swallow up the original record of bodyguard, Clive Davis doesn't expect to work with Denise entertainment next time.
Although danilisi entertainment has made miracles in the film industry, in the record industry, a phenomenal hit that can make it into the top ten of the best-selling albums in history is definitely not easy to appear.
Like movies, the recording industry has a lot of variables. Even the top singers in the first line, the global sales of the last record exceeded 20 million, and the sales of the next record may be only 4.5 million. Clive Davis is not short of long-term vision, but he can be sure that the best-selling album like "bodyguard" original record may not appear in 10 or 8 years One, the expected sales volume of more than 40 million copies in the world, represents too much profit. Even if he gives up the potential cooperation possibility with Denise entertainment in the future, he still decides to get the profit first.
Making up his mind, Clive Davis, still ostensibly polite, welcomed Nancy Brill into the office with a smile.
But Nancy Brill didn't sit down this time, and the words almost made Clive Davis jump out of his office chair.
"Mr. Davis, due to the default of alista records, Denise entertainment has decided to suspend the global publicity and sales of bodyguard soundtrack. We have informed the record factory to suspend the delivery of the record, and the overseas promotion and sales of the record will be suspended until the differences between us are resolved. As the copyright sharer of the original record of "bodyguard", Denise entertainment has the above rights. If allista records continues to push ahead with any work on the record, daenerys entertainment will apply to the American Records Association and the Los Angeles federal court for enforcement. In addition, danilisi entertainment will also claim for this breach of contract of alista records. "
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Santa Monica airport.
It's Monday afternoon, September 18.
Nancy Brill was standing beside the runway with two other bodyguards who had come to pick him up.
When Gulfstream IV landed and stopped, the cabin door opened, and Nancy saw Simon and two other beautiful women who were too tall for her to catch up with, joking and walking off the plane. One of them, a woman wearing an open navel T-shirt and jeans hot pants, was still holding Simon's arm intimately, and her two long legs were dazzling.
As they approached, Simon was surprised by Nancy's appearance. He introduced the woman around him with a smile and said, "Nancy, this is Ella, and this is Jerry."
Ella McPherson is a little curious about the petite woman who is still standing on hattenko. She doesn't quite understand the identity of Nancy. She releases Simon's arm and politely shakes hands with her. Jerry hall also greets her. After a few words of conversation, Simon said to Ella McPherson and Jerry hall, "there's still a job. How about having someone send you back first?"
"Well," Ella McPherson replied with a smile, then came over and gave Simon a kiss. "It's a great weekend, Simon. I hope I have another chance next time."
"Certainly."
Simon patted the woman on her adorable waist, hugged Jerry hall, and told Neil Bennett to drive the two women away.
Seeing off the two women, Simon and Nancy got into another car.
As the black Mercedes Benz drove out of the airport, Simon asked Nancy, who was still looking at herself with strange eyes, and said, "what's the matter with alista records in such a hurry to get me back?"
Nancy did not rush to answer, but asked: "you, with those two women?"
Simon raised his hand to his chest with a smile, and said with a smile, "do you envy me?"
When Nancy saw Simon joking about his height, she was obviously changing the topic and criticized him impolitely: "playful man."
And then he gave the man a threatening look.
Simon immediately "retreated" and said in a low voice, "help me keep it a secret and give you a raise."
Nancy said scornfully, "it's your personal business. I won't gossip. Well, it's just that Ella MacPherson, that, that Jerry hall, seems to be Who does it seem to be? "
Simon interrupted Nancy's thinking, adding to her chips with a smile: "double the salary."
Nancy rolled her eyes, no longer entangled in this matter, but did not forget to add: "ridiculous man."
Simon put away his expression and said, "well, to get down to business, I was going to come back tomorrow morning."
The night before yesterday, Simon took two women away from the jonathons' party.
As a man of two generations, Simon never intended to treat himself badly in such a matter, and he didn't care what other people thought. If you have a chance to eat the woman you like, you won't miss it.
Recently, the paparazzi around them are chasing too closely. They don't want to be bothered by any messy things. After some inquiries, they borrowed a vacation villa with a private beach on Lanai Island in Hawaii from Steve Ross, and then they flew over with two women to have a good day and night.
It has to be said that the entanglement of the four long legs is really memorable.
Ben wanted to come back tomorrow. Several calls came from Los Angeles and he had to go back ahead of time.
Simon thinks that if it's just a matter of the company, no matter how urgent it is, it won't be so hot.
There are likely to be behind the scenes.
Yeah.
Like a jealous female assistant.
Simon certainly won't tell Jennifer about it. It's just that women probably have instinctive instincts about it.
Nancy paid no attention to Simon's private affairs, took out a stack of documents from her satchel and handed them over, saying: "according to the contract we signed with alista records, the revenue of bodyguard's original album is settled every three months, and the album goes on sale on June 5. The first revenue settlement should end on September 3. That day is Sunday, and the album sales are just 14 weeks, but it hasn't been put on sale overseas, Local sales totaled 12.16 million. "
Simon looked through the information Nancy had given him and asked, "and then what?"
"When the person in charge of our side asked for the settlement, Clive Davis, President of allista records, had been trying to shift the blame, hoping to change the contract terms to quarterly settlement according to the natural year, saying that this would facilitate the financial audit of allista records. Although it's all three months, alista records is obviously just delaying the payment. I personally communicated with Clive Davis and tossed about for two weeks. It wasn't until last Friday, when I was close to work, that alista records sent the statistical statement, saying that the funds would have to wait another week to be allocated. "
"That's it," Nancy said, reaching over and turning the paper in front of Simon. According to the original agreement, we should get more than $30 million in sales volume of 12.16 million records, but alista records only gave us $23.19 million. It's too much. Clive Davis probably included all the expenses of his company in the cost of bodyguard's original recordSimon has learned something about the record industry from a very early age.
For those singers who want to get ahead, the production and distribution cost of records is really a big expense. Some unknown singers can do almost anything to win the record company to help them release their own records.
However, once the record is a big success, it will be very profitable.
For the best-selling records, the gross profit that the record companies can get from each record will not be less than 50% of the selling price. For the phenomenal hot records like "bodyguard" original record, because of the huge sales volume, the cost will be diluted, and the profit margin will be higher.
Danielis entertainment and alista records signed a contract at the beginning, in which each party gets 50% of the gross profit of the original sound record of bodyguard. To be exact, after the expenses of production, marketing, distribution and singer sharing are deducted from the record shipping income, the two parties will share the remaining pre tax profit by 50%.
Just three months after it was put on the shelves, the local sales of "bodyguard" original records reached 12.16 million, with sales of more than 120 million US dollars. According to industry practice, the expected revenue sharing of danielis entertainment should not be less than $30 million.
Simon is not surprised that allista records did so.
Hollywood, a low-cost film with a production cost of 5 million, sold 300 million in the world, but it is still regarded as a loss by the film companies, and there are many cases that the film companies refuse to pay the main creative share. The way that allista records included a large number of other expenses in the statement to dilute profits is completely the rest of Hollywood.
After just a few pages, Simon closed the report and asked Nancy, "have you talked to Clive Davis?"
"I went to Burbank this morning, and Clive Davis insisted that there was no problem with this report. I asked for a financial audit. He said that if we have to do so, it may affect the subsequent release of the original album bodyguard. Simon, he's threatening us. "
According to the current sales figures, only North America has at least 10 million sales potential. In order to cooperate with the release of "bodyguard" movies, almost none of them have been put on the shelves overseas.
The success of the movie bodyguard is greatly stimulated by the success of the original record, which we all know. What Clive Davis said was a real threat. Denise entertainment has not yet been able to release a hit record on its own, let alone worldwide. By contrast, allista records is backed by the German Bertelsmann music group and has a complete global distribution network.
If there is a stalemate between the two sides, as long as allista records "slows down" on the subsequent release of the record, not only the sales of the record, but also the overseas box office of the movie bodyguard will be seriously affected.
Clive Davis dares to swallow up the share of danielis entertainment, that is, relying on the distribution channels of alista records and the whole Bertelsmann music group around the world, the distribution of the original sound of bodyguard must be relied on.
However, Clive Davis may think that Denise entertainment can only swallow this dumb loss in order to ensure the overseas distribution of the movie "bodyguard" and the follow-up sales of the original sound records of the film, but he ignores one thing. Denise entertainment is really interested in all aspects of the income of "bodyguard". However, for allista records, this original sound record is also crucial It's important.
After all, only Whitney Houston is a singer who can win the hand of allista records. The original sound of bodyguard is a phenomenal record. Although allista records only accounts for half of its revenue, it is enough to support most of the record company's performance in the next two years.
However, for Denise entertainment, even without the income of bodyguard, a large number of other blockbuster projects can still bring huge profits to the company.
The most important thing is that Denise entertainment now has a lot of projects cooperating with other Hollywood studios. If Simon chooses to be patient in this matter, other studios will only follow suit in the future.
Santa Monica airport is not far from Denise entertainment headquarters, and the two arrived soon.
Outside Simon's office, the female assistant is busy sitting behind the desk outside. When she sees Simon and Nancy appear, she says hello as if nothing had happened, but her eyes are more or less cautious.
Simon also pretended to be indifferent and told Jennifer to prepare two cups of coffee. Then he went into the office with Nancy, sat down and asked, "what are you going to do?"
Nancy sat across from Simon's desk and said, "we share the copyright of the bodyguard soundtrack with allista. If it's up to me to decide, I will immediately suspend all publicity and sales of this record until the dispute between the two sides is settled. However, this will have a great impact on the subsequent release of the record, including the overseas release of the film. The last two months are just the time for the overseas release of bodyguard. Several major overseas ticket warehouse countries, such as Britain, Spain and Italy, have started the production, and France, East Germany and Japan will also be released next month. All of these need the sales of original records to cooperate. So, Simon, it's up to you to decide what to do. "
"Then pause," Simon said without hesitation. "Moreover, this matter can't just get back the share that allista records swallowed. Even if it's over, they will spit out twice as much as they swallow. It's a punishment. The price of making mistakes is too low. If you don't get a lesson, some people will easily forget it, and it will be the same next time. "Nancy looked at her boss uncertainly. Originally, she just wanted alista to spit out the portion she had swallowed as soon as possible. The means of suspending record sales were already very tough, but Simon did better.
Allista swallowed at least $7 million this time, and now he not only has to return it in full, but also give another $7 million in compensation, which will definitely make Clive Davis feel very sad. You know, without the big bang of bodyguard, the net profit of the small family of alista records company in the past whole year may only be 20 million US dollars or 30 million US dollars. 7 million, which is a lot of money for allista records.
After a pause, Nancy asked, "Simon, are you sure you want to do this?"
"Of course, we are now cooperating with the seven major projects. If we are not tough this time, you can imagine how many similar troubles we will face in the future. It's also a warning to other collaborators. If they think they've got a chip, they want to threaten danielis entertainment. I don't mind lifting the table directly. "
Nancy is also a strong woman in her heart. Now that the boss has made up her mind, she will not persuade her to leave in a hurry.
As soon as Nancy left, Jennifer sent several documents: "this is the publicity plan of Batman, which Mr. REM sent in this morning, with an initial budget of 25 million US dollars; in addition, this is the candidate list of several important supporting roles in sleeping with the enemy; Mr. doechman came back from Venice yesterday afternoon, and he selected three films at this year's Venice Film Festival Ying, this is the information... "
Simon saw that the female assistant introduced a stack of documents to him one by one, picked up Batman's publicity plan with a smile, opened it, and said, "I'm really a lucky guy. Without Jennie, westero's life would be a mess."
Hearing the speech, Jennifer relaxed her business face and looked at the man opposite with a shallow entanglement in her voice: "which Jennie are you talking about?"
Simon said decisively, "of course, it's Jennie standing opposite me."
The assistant snorted, stopped running on Simon, put away the coffee cup that he and Nancy had just drunk, and turned to leave the office with a wagging ponytail.
Burbank.
When Nancy Brill was sent away in the morning, Clive Davis, President of allista records, was still thinking about how to cut off more profits from the original sound of bodyguard in overseas distribution. Unexpectedly, a few hours later, the little woman came back.
Now that he's determined to swallow up the original record of bodyguard, Clive Davis doesn't expect to work with Denise entertainment next time.
Although danilisi entertainment has made miracles in the film industry, in the record industry, a phenomenal hit that can make it into the top ten of the best-selling albums in history is definitely not easy to appear.
Like movies, the recording industry has a lot of variables. Even the top singers in the first line, the global sales of the last record exceeded 20 million, and the sales of the next record may be only 4.5 million. Clive Davis is not short of long-term vision, but he can be sure that the best-selling album like "bodyguard" original record may not appear in 10 or 8 years One, the expected sales volume of more than 40 million copies in the world, represents too much profit. Even if he gives up the potential cooperation possibility with Denise entertainment in the future, he still decides to get the profit first.
Making up his mind, Clive Davis, still ostensibly polite, welcomed Nancy Brill into the office with a smile.
But Nancy Brill didn't sit down this time, and the words almost made Clive Davis jump out of his office chair.
"Mr. Davis, due to the default of alista records, Denise entertainment has decided to suspend the global publicity and sales of bodyguard soundtrack. We have informed the record factory to suspend the delivery of the record, and the overseas promotion and sales of the record will be suspended until the differences between us are resolved. As the copyright sharer of the original record of "bodyguard", Denise entertainment has the above rights. If allista records continues to push ahead with any work on the record, daenerys entertainment will apply to the American Records Association and the Los Angeles federal court for enforcement. In addition, danilisi entertainment will also claim for this breach of contract of alista records. "
Santa Monica airport. It's Monday afternoon, September 18. Nancy Brill was standing beside the runway with two other bodyguards who had come to pick him up. When Gulfstream IV landed and stopped, the cabin door opened, and Nancy saw Simon and two other beautiful women who were too tall for her to catch up with, joking and walking off the plane. One of them, a woman wearing an open navel T-shirt and jeans hot pants, was still holding Simon's arm intimately, and her two long legs were dazzling. As they approached, Simon was surprised by Nancy's appearance. He introduced the woman around him with a smile and said, "Nancy, this is Ella, and this is Jerry." Ella McPherson is a little curious about the petite woman who is still standing on hattenko. She doesn't quite understand the identity of Nancy. She releases Simon's arm and politely shakes hands with her. Jerry hall also greets her. After a few words of conversation, Simon said to Ella McPherson and Jerry hall, "there's still a job. How about having someone send you back first?" "Well," Ella McPherson replied with a smile, then came over and gave Simon a kiss. "It's a great weekend, Simon. I hope I have another chance next time." "Certainly." Simon patted the woman on her adorable waist, hugged Jerry hall, and told Neil Bennett to drive the two women away. Seeing off the two women, Simon and Nancy got into another car. As the black Mercedes Benz drove out of the airport, Simon asked Nancy, who was still looking at herself with strange eyes, and said, "what's the matter with alista records in such a hurry to get me back?" Nancy did not rush to answer, but asked: "you, with those two women?" Simon raised his hand to his chest with a smile, and said with a smile, "do you envy me?" When Nancy saw Simon joking about his height, she was obviously changing the topic and criticized him impolitely: "playful man." And then he gave the man a threatening look. Simon immediately "retreated" and said in a low voice, "help me keep it a secret and give you a raise." Nancy said scornfully, "it's your personal business. I won't gossip. Well, it's just that Ella MacPherson, that, that Jerry hall, seems to be Who does it seem to be? " Simon interrupted Nancy's thinking, adding to her chips with a smile: "double the salary." Nancy rolled her eyes, no longer entangled in this matter, but did not forget to add: "ridiculous man." Simon put away his expression and said, "well, to get down to business, I was going to come back tomorrow morning." The night before yesterday, Simon took two women away from the jonathons' party. As a man of two generations, Simon never intended to treat himself badly in such a matter, and he didn't care what other people thought. If you have a chance to eat the woman you like, you won't miss it. Recently, the paparazzi around them are chasing too closely. They don't want to be bothered by any messy things. After some inquiries, they borrowed a vacation villa with a private beach on Lanai Island in Hawaii from Steve Ross, and then they flew over with two women to have a good day and night. It has to be said that the entanglement of the four long legs is really memorable. Ben wanted to come back tomorrow. Several calls came from Los Angeles and he had to go back ahead of time. Simon thinks that if it's just a matter of the company, no matter how urgent it is, it won't be so hot. There are likely to be behind the scenes. Yeah. Like a jealous female assistant. Simon certainly won't tell Jennifer about it. It's just that women probably have instinctive instincts about it. Nancy paid no attention to Simon's private affairs, took out a stack of documents from her satchel and handed them over, saying: "according to the contract we signed with alista records, the revenue of bodyguard's original album is settled every three months, and the album goes on sale on June 5. The first revenue settlement should end on September 3. That day is Sunday, and the album sales are just 14 weeks, but it hasn't been put on sale overseas, Local sales totaled 12.16 million. " Simon looked through the information Nancy had given him and asked, "and then what?" "When the person in charge of our side asked for the settlement, Clive Davis, President of allista records, had been trying to shift the blame, hoping to change the contract terms to quarterly settlement according to the natural year, saying that this would facilitate the financial audit of allista records. Although it's all three months, alista records is obviously just delaying the payment. I personally communicated with Clive Davis and tossed about for two weeks. It wasn't until last Friday, when I was close to work, that alista records sent the statistical statement, saying that the funds would have to wait another week to be allocated. " "That's it," Nancy said, reaching over and turning the paper in front of Simon. According to the original agreement, we should get more than $30 million in sales volume of 12.16 million records, but alista records only gave us $23.19 million. It's too much. Clive Davis probably included all the expenses of his company in the cost of bodyguard's original recordSimon has learned something about the record industry from a very early age. For those singers who want to get ahead, the production and distribution cost of records is really a big expense. Some unknown singers can do almost anything to win the record company to help them release their own records. However, once the record is a big success, it will be very profitable. For the best-selling records, the gross profit that the record companies can get from each record will not be less than 50% of the selling price. For the phenomenal hot records like "bodyguard" original record, because of the huge sales volume, the cost will be diluted, and the profit margin will be higher. Danielis entertainment and alista records signed a contract at the beginning, in which each party gets 50% of the gross profit of the original sound record of bodyguard. To be exact, after the expenses of production, marketing, distribution and singer sharing are deducted from the record shipping income, the two parties will share the remaining pre tax profit by 50%. Just three months after it was put on the shelves, the local sales of "bodyguard" original records reached 12.16 million, with sales of more than 120 million US dollars. According to industry practice, the expected revenue sharing of danielis entertainment should not be less than $30 million. Simon is not surprised that allista records did so. Hollywood, a low-cost film with a production cost of 5 million, sold 300 million in the world, but it is still regarded as a loss by the film companies, and there are many cases that the film companies refuse to pay the main creative share. The way that allista records included a large number of other expenses in the statement to dilute profits is completely the rest of Hollywood. After just a few pages, Simon closed the report and asked Nancy, "have you talked to Clive Davis?" "I went to Burbank this morning, and Clive Davis insisted that there was no problem with this report. I asked for a financial audit. He said that if we have to do so, it may affect the subsequent release of the original album bodyguard. Simon, he's threatening us. " According to the current sales figures, only North America has at least 10 million sales potential. In order to cooperate with the release of "bodyguard" movies, almost none of them have been put on the shelves overseas. The success of the movie bodyguard is greatly stimulated by the success of the original record, which we all know. What Clive Davis said was a real threat. Denise entertainment has not yet been able to release a hit record on its own, let alone worldwide. By contrast, allista records is backed by the German Bertelsmann music group and has a complete global distribution network. If there is a stalemate between the two sides, as long as allista records "slows down" on the subsequent release of the record, not only the sales of the record, but also the overseas box office of the movie bodyguard will be seriously affected. Clive Davis dares to swallow up the share of danielis entertainment, that is, relying on the distribution channels of alista records and the whole Bertelsmann music group around the world, the distribution of the original sound of bodyguard must be relied on. However, Clive Davis may think that Denise entertainment can only swallow this dumb loss in order to ensure the overseas distribution of the movie "bodyguard" and the follow-up sales of the original sound records of the film, but he ignores one thing. Denise entertainment is really interested in all aspects of the income of "bodyguard". However, for allista records, this original sound record is also crucial It's important. After all, only Whitney Houston is a singer who can win the hand of allista records. The original sound of bodyguard is a phenomenal record. Although allista records only accounts for half of its revenue, it is enough to support most of the record company's performance in the next two years. However, for Denise entertainment, even without the income of bodyguard, a large number of other blockbuster projects can still bring huge profits to the company. The most important thing is that Denise entertainment now has a lot of projects cooperating with other Hollywood studios. If Simon chooses to be patient in this matter, other studios will only follow suit in the future. Santa Monica airport is not far from Denise entertainment headquarters, and the two arrived soon. Outside Simon's office, the female assistant is busy sitting behind the desk outside. When she sees Simon and Nancy appear, she says hello as if nothing had happened, but her eyes are more or less cautious. Simon also pretended to be indifferent and told Jennifer to prepare two cups of coffee. Then he went into the office with Nancy, sat down and asked, "what are you going to do?" Nancy sat across from Simon's desk and said, "we share the copyright of the bodyguard soundtrack with allista. If it's up to me to decide, I will immediately suspend all publicity and sales of this record until the dispute between the two sides is settled. However, this will have a great impact on the subsequent release of the record, including the overseas release of the film. The last two months are just the time for the overseas release of bodyguard. Several major overseas ticket warehouse countries, such as Britain, Spain and Italy, have started the production, and France, East Germany and Japan will also be released next month. All of these need the sales of original records to cooperate. So, Simon, it's up to you to decide what to do. " "Then pause," Simon said without hesitation. "Moreover, this matter can't just get back the share that allista records swallowed. Even if it's over, they will spit out twice as much as they swallow. It's a punishment. The price of making mistakes is too low. If you don't get a lesson, some people will easily forget it, and it will be the same next time. "Nancy looked at her boss uncertainly. Originally, she just wanted alista to spit out the portion she had swallowed as soon as possible. The means of suspending record sales were already very tough, but Simon did better. Allista swallowed at least $7 million this time, and now he not only has to return it in full, but also give another $7 million in compensation, which will definitely make Clive Davis feel very sad. You know, without the big bang of bodyguard, the net profit of the small family of alista records company in the past whole year may only be 20 million US dollars or 30 million US dollars. 7 million, which is a lot of money for allista records. After a pause, Nancy asked, "Simon, are you sure you want to do this?" "Of course, we are now cooperating with the seven major projects. If we are not tough this time, you can imagine how many similar troubles we will face in the future. It's also a warning to other collaborators. If they think they've got a chip, they want to threaten danielis entertainment. I don't mind lifting the table directly. " Nancy is also a strong woman in her heart. Now that the boss has made up her mind, she will not persuade her to leave in a hurry. As soon as Nancy left, Jennifer sent several documents: "this is the publicity plan of Batman, which Mr. REM sent in this morning, with an initial budget of 25 million US dollars; in addition, this is the candidate list of several important supporting roles in sleeping with the enemy; Mr. doechman came back from Venice yesterday afternoon, and he selected three films at this year's Venice Film Festival Ying, this is the information... " Simon saw that the female assistant introduced a stack of documents to him one by one, picked up Batman's publicity plan with a smile, opened it, and said, "I'm really a lucky guy. Without Jennie, westero's life would be a mess." Hearing the speech, Jennifer relaxed her business face and looked at the man opposite with a shallow entanglement in her voice: "which Jennie are you talking about?" Simon said decisively, "of course, it's Jennie standing opposite me." The assistant snorted, stopped running on Simon, put away the coffee cup that he and Nancy had just drunk, and turned to leave the office with a wagging ponytail. Burbank. When Nancy Brill was sent away in the morning, Clive Davis, President of allista records, was still thinking about how to cut off more profits from the original sound of bodyguard in overseas distribution. Unexpectedly, a few hours later, the little woman came back. Now that he's determined to swallow up the original record of bodyguard, Clive Davis doesn't expect to work with Denise entertainment next time. Although danilisi entertainment has made miracles in the film industry, in the record industry, a phenomenal hit that can make it into the top ten of the best-selling albums in history is definitely not easy to appear. Like movies, the recording industry has a lot of variables. Even the top singers in the first line, the global sales of the last record exceeded 20 million, and the sales of the next record may be only 4.5 million. Clive Davis is not short of long-term vision, but he can be sure that the best-selling album like "bodyguard" original record may not appear in 10 or 8 years One, the expected sales volume of more than 40 million copies in the world, represents too much profit. Even if he gives up the potential cooperation possibility with Denise entertainment in the future, he still decides to get the profit first. Making up his mind, Clive Davis, still ostensibly polite, welcomed Nancy Brill into the office with a smile. But Nancy Brill didn't sit down this time, and the words almost made Clive Davis jump out of his office chair. "Mr. Davis, due to the default of alista records, Denise entertainment has decided to suspend the global publicity and sales of bodyguard soundtrack. We have informed the record factory to suspend the delivery of the record, and the overseas promotion and sales of the record will be suspended until the differences between us are resolved. As the copyright sharer of the original record of "bodyguard", Denise entertainment has the above rights. If allista records continues to push ahead with any work on the record, daenerys entertainment will apply to the American Records Association and the Los Angeles federal court for enforcement. In addition, danilisi entertainment will also claim for this breach of contract of alista records. "
