Michael Jackson asked in confusion.

He is not as resistant to these things as the five major record companies. However, he is very doubtful whether this can really bring benefits.

If you buy it online, there will be fewer people buying it in reality. In reality, record stores, merchants, and a series of middlemen all have to make money, including singers.

You rashly touched so many people's cheese, is this appropriate?

"Michael, what I want to say is that although the selling price of singles has dropped, the number of buyers will increase. Before this, just like you, a record sold 25 million copies. This is a very amazing sales volume. But if you put

On the Internet, I think this number may exceed 100 million." Qin Feng said, "You currently have a vinyl record for 19 US dollars. If you sell it on the Internet, it will be divided into songs. For each song, we

Our initial intention is to set our own pricing based on the artist, and then package and sell the entire album at a discount.”

Michael Jackson looked at Qin Feng curiously.

"If our discounted album sells for $9.9, which is half the price, but the number of buyers exceeds 100 million, then it is cost-effective. If you have 25 million copies on the market, you can probably sell $425 million. If you put it on the Internet,

It’s US$990 million,” Qin Feng said.

Of course, in reality, it may not be that expensive. However, with the charm of Michael Jackson, it is not impossible to price it so high. After all, this is Michael Jackson.

"I understand!" Michael Jackson nodded.

From this aspect, it may indeed be more profitable for singers. For fans, it will be more convenient to purchase and they can enjoy greater discounts and benefits.

"But those middlemen have lost their business. What should they do?" Michael Jackson asked.

The record store will bear the brunt of this. I am afraid that the business of this record store will disappear.

"This will definitely be affected." Qin Feng nodded and did not hide it. "The advent of e-commerce is a general trend. With the popularization of the Internet, humankind's dependence on the Internet is like Amazon, which only sold books before.

.Now, it has become an electronic sales platform. More and more people are shopping on Amazon.”

"With the development of the times, there will always be some old industries that are eliminated by the times, and some emerging products come out." Qin Feng said, "As for record stores, do they have any patents or technical content? No. It does.

It is just a platform. This platform originally made no contribution, but it relied on some market monopoly status to make money. This was originally unreasonable. But now, with the advent of the Internet age, consumers can choose freely. This is reasonable.

"

Although Michael Jackson felt that there was something wrong with this, he also agreed with what Qin Feng said.

"Of course, there is a downside to this, that is, all singers will compete on one platform. Whether their sales are good or not depends entirely on the quality of their songs to please fans. Unlike before, an album may only have one or two.

The song is nice, but the rest is just fake." Qin Feng said, "So, I'm afraid many fans will choose to sell it as a single." Qin Feng said.

In this way, the competition will be very fierce. Maybe even the singer himself, only the songs that are widely sung will be downloaded by fans crazily, and the rest of the songs may not be interested.

Of course, for Michael Jackson, he doesn't have to worry.

After all, he is now the only king in the world.

In particular, he holds a large amount of music copyrights. In this case, there will be no loss for him.

The only thing I need to worry about is Sony Records.

Fortunately, he has a cooperative relationship with Sony Records, and both parties jointly own the record company. However, Michael Jackson does not own the management rights of the company. However, he does own half of the management dividends.

As for the rights to use these songs, Michael Jackson has the final say.

In this regard, he still has absolute say.

As long as he agrees.

"I have another question, that is, will this lead to rampant piracy?" Michael Jackson asked.

"The problem of piracy has always existed. However, compared with the copying of records, it is actually more convenient to control piracy on the Internet." Qin Fengxiao said, "For example, users only have the right to listen to certain songs. On the Internet,

You can listen to it unlimitedly on the Internet. If you want to download it to an MP3 player, you can only download it through some authorized MP3 players. In this way, you can ensure that the MP3 resources will not be leaked."

Regarding piracy, these singers and record companies, including record stores, have always been the most disgusted. Because it directly deprives them of their profits. And it is completely deprived, leaving nothing behind.

Unfortunately, there is no way to deal with piracy.

Even if there is a law, pirates will take risks when faced with absolute profits.

In this case, there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop it.

You can only let it happen.

At most, we occasionally catch the biggest pirates to vent our anger. That's all.

Piracy is fundamentally unstoppable.

Now, Qin Feng can ensure that piracy will not break out on the Internet, which is a good attraction.

If there were no piracy, the singer's income would increase a lot.

Including record companies, their income will probably increase several times.

Unfortunately, even with such huge profits, piracy cannot be prevented. The piracy industry from around the world is extremely rampant and difficult to guard against.

Now, if it can be solved, that would be a good thing.

"I can try to sell some of the copyrights in my hands for digital rights sales." Michael Jackson pondered.

Most of the copyrights he mentioned belong to some deceased bands, such as the Beatles. The music of these bands has been circulating for a long time. Even if something happens on the Internet and is pirated, it doesn't matter. At least to him

, and will not constitute any economic loss.

The income from these music copyrights usually comes from quotes from some movies, TV series, some advertisements, KTV on-demand, etc. It is no longer making money from selling their records.

In fact, for a musician, the more popular his works are, the more subsequent income will be in the future and the more lasting it will be.

In the early days, I made money by selling records. Later, it was all about derivative series copyrights.

After hearing what Michael Jackson said, Qin Feng was a little disappointed. After all, what Qin Feng wanted was to upload all the copyrights of Michael Jackson's records to be sold online. However, this is not bad.

If the situation is good, then it is naturally OK.
Chapter completed!