Huayu 2002, I'm going to dominate the music scene!

Speaking of which, the album "Ye Huimei" has a wider range of styles than Song Mo's "Pen, Ink, Paper and Inkstone".

Classical, opera, hip-hop, rock and other musical elements are all incorporated into this album.

Song Mo initially thought that since Jay Chou had already done it, it wouldn't hurt to do it himself.

Current sales figures prove that his considerations were correct.

An Ming, unaware of Song Mo's thoughts, continued, "I heard that Jay Chou's album this time is a big change. His last album, 'Octave Space,' dealt a significant blow to his momentum. This time, he's really determined to make a breakthrough. Luckily, we released it in June. If it had been released in July, we would have had to compete with him in the second half of the season, which would have been a real problem."

Song Mo nodded after listening. These days, nobody wants to go head-to-head with Jay Chou. Even if his last album wasn't ideal, that was only in his personal opinion. In today's Chinese music scene, he remains an unavoidable name.

"The market is really going to be lively now," Song Mo said with a sigh.

An Ming laughed, a hint of pride on his face: "The media are saying that the market recovery is better than expected, and we have to thank you for that. I estimate that the Chinese music scene will see a major boom in the second half of the year. Everyone had a tough time in the first half of the year, and everyone's been holding their breath."

"Alright, stop flattering me. I really don't have that much ability. At most, I just set an example. Even without me, someone else would have done it." Song Mo was unusually modest and waved his hand.

An Ming agreed with Song Mo's words. With the market reopening, huge business opportunities are right in front of us, and there will definitely be people who want to take a gamble.

"By the way, Brother An, has the SP cooperation in Yanjing been finalized yet?" Song Mo changed the subject and asked the key question.

"I've contacted two companies, both of which are acquaintances of mine. They have a proven track record of cooperation in Zhejiang, so there shouldn't be any problems," An Ming said confidently, leaning back slightly.

An Ming still finds the collaboration in Zhejiang somewhat unbelievable. He managed to secure a two-year partnership with a local SP company in Zhejiang without any major issues.

Originally, the terms offered by the local SP company were the industry's default golden ratio: 15:42.5:42.5.

Of this, 15% is the channel fee for mobile, and the remaining 85% is split equally between Ink Dot Studio and SP Company.

An Ming naturally couldn't agree to such conditions. Although SP Company held the SP license, they wouldn't ask for such an exorbitant amount. Currently, Ink Dot Studio practically monopolized nearly 60% of the popular online songs. With such enormous resources in hand, how could An Ming possibly agree to split them equally with SP Company?

Therefore, after several rounds of heated negotiations, Anming even brought in the relevant personnel from the local mobile company, and finally settled on a new rule of 20:25:55. Anming proactively increased the mobile company's share to 20%, while the SP company's share was reduced to 25%, and Inkpoint's share was increased to 55%.

Song Mo was naturally satisfied with this result.

This is why Ink Dot Studio currently has enough resources, making it a highly sought-after target for SP companies; otherwise, those SP companies wouldn't have bowed down so easily.

As for proactively increasing the market share for China Mobile, that was also instructed by Song Mo to An Ming beforehand.

Others may not know, but he knows the future trend. As the profits from ringback tones increase, in a few years, China Mobile will kick these SP companies aside and create a DO platform to cooperate with music companies like MoDian. Of course, correspondingly, the promotion of the songs will be the responsibility of the music companies themselves.

As the saying goes, money can be a powerful motivator. Song Mo wanted to let China Mobile taste the benefits as soon as possible, and in large chunks at that. This would give it enough incentive to cut off the middlemen, like SP companies.

To be honest, Song Mo didn't think these SP companies deserved a 25% share at all. They claimed to provide promotional services, but in reality, they were just making a living off their licenses; they lacked technology and content, they were just middlemen. This share was less desirable than MoDian directly sharing with China Mobile.

As the car entered a tree-lined avenue, Anming continued, "By the way, the preliminary accounts for June have also been calculated."

Song Mo turned his head: "Oh? How's the situation in Zhejiang?"

"It's even better than we expected. In June, Zhejiang Mobile's total revenue from its ringback tone service was around 3.5 million yuan, and our MoDian content accounted for 65% of the downloads," An Ming explained.

Song Mo nodded. As an economically developed province, Zhejiang has over 6 million mobile users, and the penetration rate of ringback tones reached about 8% in June, which is not unreasonable.

"After deducting bad debts and cancellations due to complaints, the actual revenue that can be settled is 159 million." An Ming took a deep breath, his voice filled with barely suppressed excitement. "According to the revenue sharing we negotiated, Mo Dian's net income is approximately 870,000. About 60% of the revenue comes from the dozen or so songs from our studio, and the other 40% comes from the songs that we subsequently licensed online."

Song Mo wasn't surprised to hear about the over 30% bad debt and cancellation complaints; such rates were already commonplace for mobile operators these days. He thought for a moment and then instructed, "The singers we work with must strictly adhere to the contracts; they must be paid what they're owed."

"Okay, don't worry about that. We men from Yanjing have our pride. I'll definitely keep my promise to them." An Ming chuckled.

Upon hearing this, Song Mo couldn't help but laugh, then became more serious. "Brother An, this isn't just about your face. Think about it, this is just Zhejiang now. When ringtones are promoted nationwide, it will be a huge undertaking. If we establish rules early, it will be good for both us and those singers."

Hearing Song Mo say this, An Ming nodded heavily, his voice slightly dazed, "You told me back then that this was a deal worth hundreds of millions, and I always thought you were bragging, but it turns out that your judgment is indeed much better than mine."

Song Mo sighed inwardly, "This is what happens when you're involved and you're blinded by it. In my previous life, when ringtones first came out, how many people could see the secrets behind them?"

With that thought in mind, he made up his mind. "Brother An, I've left some shares for you and Hongming at Ink Dot Studio. This isn't just a business for me alone. I can't run such a big operation by myself."

Hearing this, An Ming's hand on the steering wheel paused noticeably for a moment, then he chuckled, his tone somewhat dismissive: "You kid, trying to pull this on me again? My salary is already high enough, and besides, do you think I'm that short of money? I can't take these shares."

"Brother An, let's keep things separate." Song Mo turned his head, looking intently at him, his tone becoming serious. "Your current salary buys your time, but these shares buy your worry."

An Ming was taken aback: "Worried?"

"Yes, that's what I'm worried about," Song Mo said in a deep voice. "Think about it, the ringback tone business is just starting out now, so I can keep an eye on it. But once it opens up the national market next year, it'll be a behemoth that makes a fortune every day. How will the accounts be audited then? How will the SPs in various regions be managed? How will we deal with China Mobile? I don't trust anyone else to handle this mess, so I can only entrust it to you."

He paused, then uttered the most crucial sentence: "Brother An, these shares aren't given away for free; they're for you to guard this gate for me."