"Boss Zhang, I'm Woo Le from Sea Stone Records."
"Oh, CEO Woo, hello."
"Boss Zhang, your YY music has been very popular recently."
"Not at all, it's all thanks to your record company."
"It's like this, Boss Zhang, one of our singers is about to release a new album. Can you see if you can release a single on your website as a warm-up?"
"Of course, that's not a problem. But, CEO Woo, what about the copyright? "
"We'll let YY operate the electronic copyright exclusively. What do you think?"
"CEO Woo, you're so generous. However, our website sometimes needs some celebrities to interact with the netizens. What do you think?"
"That's simple. Just let me know in the future. You can tell me any celebrities you want."
"Thank you so much, CEO Woo."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Jianming felt extremely comfortable all over.
Previously, when he asked these record companies to invite a few celebrities to support him, they actually thought that the music website was too low-class.
Now, everything was fine.
Now, Zhang Jianming didn't want to look for these celebrities anymore. Instead, the record companies came to him.
Of course, Zhang Jianming wouldn't reject this kind of business that was delivered to his doorstep.
However, this kind of dramatic reversal really made every cell in his body extremely happy.
"Brother Jian, why are you so happy?"
During lunch, Chen Yu asked Zhang Jianming.
"Boss Chen, let me tell you. This afternoon, several record companies begged to upload their new songs to our website."
"That's great."
"Of course, but thinking about how they ignored us back then, I feel really good now."
"Haha …"
When he said this, Chen Yu also smiled slightly.
But he still said, "It's great, but the website still has to be done well. The reason why they begged to come to our website is because of our popularity. And what's the basis of our website's popularity? It's actually the VIP subscription model. "
Speaking of which, Chen Yu didn't expect that he would be able to create the VIP music model so early.
In his previous life, even in 2020, the VIP music subscription model wasn't very good.
"Yes, I understand."
Zhang Jianming also nodded.
He knew what the record companies meant.
"I'll definitely get Xie Zhenyi to work hard on the VIP subscription model."
In fact, this model might not be able to make much money.
At least for the record companies and the big stars, the VIP price of ten cents per song was not considered high.
Even if they sold more, it would only be a small amount of income for the big stars.
However, what they valued was not this piece of income. What they valued was YY Music Network's role as a weather vane.
As long as he could get a certain number of subscribers on YY Music Network, he would be able to perform well in the physical market.
This was equivalent to YY Music Network selecting these songs in advance.
No one would listen to a bad song or a song that couldn't be popular, even if it was sung by a celebrity.
As for good songs, once they were verified by the online media, there would be an explosion in the physical market.
Especially through electronic subscriptions, the major recording platforms could better understand the attributes of the subscriber group.
For example, who were the people who subscribed to this single?
What was their age distribution?
What were the professions?
After studying the data of these subscribers, the physical records could also be used for more accurate advertising.
Even if it was an average song, they could obtain a lot of income through the analysis of the subscriber group.
This was also the reason why the major record companies were crying and begging to cooperate with Huanyu Technologies.
Of course, this was for the major record companies.
For ordinary singers, they didn't care about electronic subscriptions, but ordinary singers did.
Celebrities couldn't survive on electronic subscriptions that cost one or two thousand yuan a month, but one or two thousand yuan could make their lives very good.
Therefore, YY Music Network also received the support of more ordinary singers on the other hand, and they continued to create new songs.
"In addition, doing a good job of interacting with the singers of the major record companies and netizens will be of great help to us."
"Don't worry. Although some singers didn't want to use our website before, I'm not so stingy as to make things difficult for them. Moreover, I'm already very happy now. Doing a good job of interacting with the fans will also help us. "
"It's good that you know."
Chen Yu nodded.
These singers who didn't want to come had no choice but to come. They even begged to come.
Wasn't this a higher level of satisfaction?
Of course, they couldn't think of it that way.
It was normal for many record companies and celebrities not to think of music websites at that time.
No one knew what was going on with a new music website like this.
It was normal for them to selectively reject things that they didn't know.
Now that they knew, it was reasonable for them to enter.
Therefore …
After the record companies deepened their cooperation with Huanyu Technologies, all the major celebrities logged on to YY Music Network.
"Hi, everyone, I'm Lin Junjie. Welcome to my new song."
"Hello, I'm Sun Yanzi. The title song of my new album will be released on YY Music Network in advance."
"I'm Chen Yixun. Hahaha, I know my new song is awesome, but the audience is God. I beg for a subscription and to explode all my chrysanthemums …"
Wasn't it very comical?
Countless netizens had never seen such a real side of celebrities.
Countless netizens had never been so close to celebrities.
They didn't expect YY Music Network to be so awesome. They actually invited so many celebrities at once.
Oh, no, no, no … It wasn't invited. It seemed like these celebrities were working for YY Music Network.
But regardless of whether they were invited or working for the website, countless listeners chose their favorite songs and subscribed.
"Hehe, I ordered Chen Yixun's song. The new song is very cool."
"I ordered Lin Junjie's song. I haven't listened to the new song yet."
"F * ck, you still want to subscribe when you haven't listened to it?"
"No, I'm his die-hard fan."
"Okay, I'll be a die-hard fan too. I want to order Sun Yanzi's song."
The popularity of celebrities wasn't just for show.
A group of friends who had never thought of subscribing also subscribed for the celebrities in their hearts.
Of course, not all of them were die-hard fans.
They still chose the songs that sounded good and subscribed to them.
All of a sudden, the major celebrities used all their means to compete for the top spot. It was amazing.
At the same time, YY Music Network's subscriptions exploded like a volcano after these celebrities joined.
The subscriptions of all the major celebrities and singers had reached a terrifying number of more than one million.
Although one million subscriptions only amounted to 100,000 yuan, which wasn't much, the addition of these celebrities made more ordinary users join the legitimate website.
At the same time, they also understood that there was a difference between authentic music and pirated music.
Even if you listened to or downloaded the music on a pirated website, the celebrities and singers you supported wouldn't earn a single cent.
The fee for a legitimate website wasn't high either. It only cost 10 cents.
Could it be that you weren't even willing to pay 10 cents?
Other than that, after these celebrities joined, the subscriptions of some ordinary singers also skyrocketed.
This was easy to understand.
Many netizens subscribed for the celebrities.
After they subscribed, it was inevitable that they would listen to other ordinary singers' songs.
Since they had already paid for the first time, there was no need to consider the second time.
…
"Teacher Duan, I've settled everything here. How are things on your side?"
"I saw your website. You're amazing. You're now the boss of the entertainment industry."
Duan Yongping was very emotional.
At that time, he didn't think that Chen Yu's music website would have any future.
After all, music had its own way of doing things. He didn't expect that Chen Yu would succeed.
Huanyu Technologies didn't have any entertainment industry attributes at all. They relied on a music website to break into the entertainment industry.
They had even become the partner that all the major record companies wanted to work with.
This situation paved the way for the upcoming MP3 player.
"Don't worry, it's almost there. I'm setting up the channels. It'll be available soon."
"Okay."
The prototype had already been made, and Duan Yongping, the electronics big shot, was personally leading it.
Pear Technologies' first generation MP3 player would soon enter mass production and was currently in the process of receiving orders from major stores.
"But there's bad news. The iPod will be available in China."
"When?"
"In a week at the latest."
"So soon?"
"I reckon they must have gotten wind of our news and are one step ahead of us."
"Teacher Duan, what do you think?"
"Apple is very innovative. We'll be under a lot of pressure."
"Let's wait and see."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Yu felt a little uneasy.
Apple, whether it was now or in his previous life, was a great technology giant.
Whether it was his computer, his MP3 player, or his phone … they all changed the world.
"Brother Jian, find me an iPod."
"Okay."
Although the iPod wasn't available in China yet, it was already available in the US.
It wasn't hard to find an iPod.
Zhang Jianming only had an hour before he delivered an iPod to Chen Yu.
It was a beautiful MP3 player.
Chen Yu played with the iPod.
From the looks of it, even if Chen Yu had the foresight from his previous life, the first generation iPod was still unique.
The controls were also very reasonable. He only needed a thumb to perform 80% of the controls.
Chen Yu then tried it out.
The sound quality was very realistic. It was the best out of all the MP3s that Chen Yu had ever heard.
Of course, the sound quality was also much better than the MP3 player that he made.
It couldn't be helped.
Although Bubugao was an electronics giant in China, there was still a big gap between them and Apple.
Chen Yu thought to himself, "This is bad."
My MP3 player will be sniped by the iPod.
He took three deep breaths.
Chen Yu continued to carefully read the iPod's manual.
After he finished reading, Chen Yu finally let out a sigh of relief.
"Good, good, it's not that bad."
He was scared by Apple and the iPod's fame.
The real iPod wasn't that perfect.
Even if it was the most successful music player in history, it still had a fatal flaw.
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