"Mr. Xia, our Geffen Records has now acquired twenty small and medium-sized record companies, and now it can barely be considered a first-tier record company in terms of scale." David Geffen reported to Xia Tian.

After failing to acquire Columbia Records, Xia changed his mind and started from childhood, centered on Geffen Records, and successively acquired other small and medium-sized record companies in the United States.

Today, Geffen Records' total assets are nearly 800 million US dollars, with as many as 120 singers and nearly 200,000 songs. This song library alone can generate 30 million US dollars in profits for the company every year.

The copyright protection of the American record industry is very good. Even works that have been published for more than 50 years have not yet been thieves. So when people want to listen to these old songs, they can only buy records. Therefore, in the United States, old songs still have good sales.

Especially well-known singers such as the Beatles, Elvis, Michael Jackson, and Madonna have repeatedly released selected collections and replicas. Because they have many die-hard fans, even if the record company is "refreshing" and these fans are willing to pay for it. Therefore, in the United States, the record company's music library is quite profitable and can even account for half of the company's total revenue.

Unlike in the mainland, when new songs were released, Tuozaka was already flying all over the sky, let alone old songs. Therefore, mainland record companies no longer value selling songs, but only focus on promoting singers. They even took the initiative to contact Tuozaka merchants to help singers gain popularity, and then make money with various commercial performances.

Therefore, the mainland music scene once launched some saliva songs such as "Please Buddha", "Perfume is Poisonous", "Love Business", and "Don't Hurt Me Again". Because such songs are simple and popular, they will basically sing them twice, so they can help singers gain popularity quickly.

"It can be considered a first-line, that means it is less than a first-line." Xia Tian waved his hand and said a little dissatisfied.

Because as far as he knows, the real first-tier record companies in Europe and the United States, such as Universal Records, EMI, BMG, Polygin, etc., have thousands of singers. Their songs have as many as one million songs, and the song library alone can earn hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

Although Geffen Records is bigger than other record companies, it is still a long way from these real front-lines.

"Have Columbia Records acquired now progressed?" he asked again.

"There is no big progress. Lawrence Huette is the main seller, but Chairman Stephen Palai still disagreed with the sale. Because he has a high reputation among shareholders, shareholders of all sizes are willing to obey him, which has led to Lawrence Huette being somewhat isolated in the company." David Geffen shook his head and said.

"Stephen Palai~" Xia Tian pondered for a moment. When he wanted to acquire Columbia Records, he was obstructed by Stephen Palai. Unexpectedly, he still hadn't given up yet. He was really a smelly and hard pit stone.

"As long as he is done, other shareholders will not resist again?" Xia Tian asked.

David Geffen thought for a moment and nodded, "The other shareholders do not have as much influence and appeal as him. Even if they want to obstruct them, they cannot unite more than half of them."

"That's fine." Xia Tian nodded.

...

After talking to David Geffen, Xia Tian called Jonah James, editor-in-chief of the Washington Daily News.

"Boss, it's you, what are you?" Jonah said with great eyesight. He knew that Xia Tian would not call him for no reason.

"Do you know Stephen Palai, chairman of Columbia Records?" Xia Tian asked.

"Of course I know." Jonah nodded and smiled. As a qualified newspaper editor, you must see all directions, listen to all directions, and know celebrities. Otherwise, even if the big news comes to your eyes, you will not realize its value.

"That's good. Please help me send someone to stare at him. You must make a big news." Xia Tian ordered him.

"What a big news?" Jonah asked cautiously.

"At least he can never be the chairman of Columbia Records again." Xia Tian answered.

If you want to be the chairman of a listed company, you must have a good image and honesty, not affect the company's image or tarnish the company's reputation. So once a big scandal breaks out, even if Stephen Palai doesn't want to resign, the board of directors will not let him go.

Just like a few days ago, after the president of Weinstein Pictures in the United States broke out of the scandal, he was kicked out of the company by the company's board of directors. This company was founded by him, and it turned against him.

"Okay." Jonah James agreed happily. He only did things for money. Xiatian paid him a salary, so he would do whatever Xiatian said. As long as he didn't kill someone and set fire to him and cheat him out, he could do anything else.

He doesn't care about Stephen Palai's behavior, whether he is a bad person or not, whether he should be punished like this. He only cares about his own interests.

"Okay. Do you know Lawrence Hutter?" Xia Tian asked again.

"I know, is he a resort tycoon, a very rich rich man." Jonah nodded again.

"Here also help me collect some of his scandals, but don't report it for the time being, listen to my orders." Xia Tian ordered again.

Although Lawrence Huette supports selling Columbia records, it seems to be standing with Xia Tian. However, Xia Tian knows that once Stephen Palai is destroyed by him, he and Lawrence Huette will become rivals in the mall.

At that time, Lawrence Huot is likely to have to pay a price, and may even resell the company to others. After all, he has a good relationship with Shaofu Morita. So you must be on guard against it in summer.

"Okay." Jonah James nodded again.

...

Half a month later, Xia Tian completed the post-production of the movie "Eat Raw". Judging from the quality of the finished product, Xia Tian felt that it was not far different from the previous life version. In particular, the actor's appearance was far beyond that of the previous life version, and I believe it would win more people's love.

Chen Yixin also called Xia Tian and told Xia Tian that he had found the top pilot in Hong Kong and would go to Raytheon Company to learn how to operate the Air China King 300 soon.

In addition, he also has two Hong Kong airlines, Hong Kong Dragon and Cathay Pacific, and is sure to help select the most beautiful and serviced flight attendant in the summer.
Chapter completed!