My wife is in my arms

Chapter 1587 First Place Five
The overseas branch of the iMusic platform has not been developing smoothly.

Top international singers primarily have their own music distribution platforms, with SP (Service Provider) holding the largest market share. Similar to domestic music platforms like iMusic, SPs acquired their music streaming rights when they were cheap, resulting in a massive music library that makes them popular among international music fans.

The remaining one is Ms, a platform known for its high-quality lossless audio and which collaborates with several record companies, resulting in a significant market share.

The key point is that these two platforms have signed song playback contracts with many singers, and for iMusic to come and expand into the market, especially since it is in someone else's territory and in the cracks of their market, you can imagine how difficult it is.

To be realistic.

Only Zhang You's adaptation of Jiang Yiren's "She" and a few other English songs were placed on the international version of iMusic. If they were placed on SP or MS, the sales volume would be at least one-third higher.

Therefore, Li Jinan is genuinely worried that Zhang You will abandon placing his songs on the international version of iMusic and instead switch to local platforms.

She became even more worried after listening to "500 Miles".

Foreign platforms haven't reacted yet, or perhaps they have, but they simply think that Zhang You has only created a few good songs and nothing worth their attention. However, Li Jin'an believes that once Zhang You releases "Try," which he recorded today, the heads of these foreign platforms will definitely be uneasy.

Foreign platforms don't care about a third-rate singer.

However, it is rare to find second-tier and first-tier artists, as well as top international singers, joining the platform.

Because the appeal of a top singer is not as simple as one plus one equals two.

"What, worried I'll run away!?"

Hearing Li Jin'an say that, Zhang You asked with a smile.

"It's very simple."

Li Jin'an smiled and nodded, saying, "I barely slept last night because I was so worried. If you succeed on 'Voices Abroad,' you'll be the first international superstar to join iMusic's overseas platform. To be honest, if it weren't for the high quality of your English songs, which attracted many fans and relieved a lot of pressure for me as the head of iMusic's overseas branch, I might have considered shutting down the overseas version of iMusic. The money we're burning is making me anxious."

"understand"

Zhang You laughed.

Building a platform isn't that expensive; the key is the music playback rights. Even if SP and MS have been playing old songs for many years, it still costs a lot of money for iMusic to buy them and add them to its own music library.

Some investments, once missed, are truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. AiMusic became one of the two major music platforms in China by seizing this early opportunity.

Opening up overseas markets now would be difficult and expensive... Zhang You estimated that his personal assets wouldn't last long. He didn't inquire about the exact price of song broadcasting rights. The key issue was that you couldn't just buy one song; you'd need to buy thousands or even tens of thousands. Even if each song cost a thousand US dollars, some singers like Taylor Swift and Katie Holmes would cost far more than a thousand US dollars.

Even tens of thousands of dollars might not be enough to buy one.

The key issue is that some songs may not even sell on SP and MS platforms.

Anyway, the issue of song playback copyright is quite complicated. Compared to foreign singers, Zhang You and the iMusic platform are relatively simpler. His songs are released on the iMusic platform, and iMusic takes 30% as platform operation fees. The remaining 70%, after legally paying taxes, belongs to Zhang You personally.

Mainly because his songs are quite independent.

He wrote the lyrics, composed the music, and sang the song all by himself.

There are no copyright disputes.

Unlike other singers, like Zhang Xiyu, if she hadn't signed with EE-Media and had the company help her negotiate with her original company, she wouldn't even have independent copyrights for the songs she wrote.

Entertainment companies then sell song copyrights back and forth. After so many sales, even the original singers get dizzy. In some cases, the original singers can no longer sing the songs because it would be considered copyright infringement.

This isn't an isolated incident; many singers have encountered similar situations. Seeing Li Jin'an still looking at him, Zhang You smiled and said, "Don't worry! My collaboration with the iMusic platform has been quite pleasant these past two years, and I'm not considering reposting the songs to other platforms for the time being."

It's possible that posting on overseas platforms would allow him to earn a lot more money due to the larger user base, but one must act with conscience, and the AiMusic platform has indeed treated him well.

Every time he releases a song, he gives it the best recommendation slot. Especially at the Grammy Awards, his behavior was tantamount to leaking the song in advance. To a certain extent, it also disrupted the iMusic platform's promotion plan for the English version of "Kiss Goodbye". However, the iMusic platform did not say anything and released it that night while it was still popular.

They didn't even remind me afterwards.

The styling team that came this time was also hired by Li Jin'an, and this part of the cost was not mentioned.

in fact.

People who are truly capable of doing big business don't have a conscience.

Zhang You understands this principle.

However, Zhang You never intended to expand the business. Since the cooperation was going well, he would continue to cooperate, even if it meant earning less money.

"..."

Li Jin'an really didn't expect Zhang You to answer so decisively.

She even considered that Zhang You might take the opportunity to increase his share of the profits... Although the share given to him by the iMusic platform was already the highest, even the queen of pop Liu Fei had never received such a high share, but who would complain about having a high share? So he would definitely want it to be higher and higher.

So for a time.

She didn't even react for a moment before solemnly saying, "Thank you. If you need anything in the future, just let me know. If the AiMusic platform can do it, I'll do my best."

"Don't be so serious, okay?"

Zhang You chuckled and joked, "I still prefer how you are when you're relaxed."

"puff"

Li Jin'an couldn't help but burst out laughing, saying, "You're not like a superstar. I've met the diva Liu Fei in person; she's someone who doesn't joke around."

As he spoke, Li Jin'an patted his chest and said earnestly, "Anyway, I've remembered it."

"That's because you're not familiar with singer Liu Fei."

Zhang You replied with a smile, then said, "Since you put it that way, I'll remember it. If I ever encounter any problems back home, I'll have to ask Miss for your help."

"must"

Li Jin'an said earnestly.

"I'll be going now, I have things to do when I get back!"

Zhang You waved to Li Jin'an. Just as he stepped out of the recording studio, Li Jin'an called out from behind, "Zhang You." When Zhang You turned around and looked at him in confusion, Li Jin'an smiled and said, "If you win the championship of 'Voices Abroad,' I'll give you a big gift."

I'm waiting.

Zhang You replied casually.

(End of this chapter)