Of course, Zhou Juelun was no longer in need of money now, and although the price Zhang nglong offered was hard to refuse, his priorities had shifted from career and creative work to life and family. Even if he never worked another day, he could remain a happy millionaire, so he turned down Zhang nglong's invitation.
However, he promised Zhang nglong that should he hold a concert in the future, he would reserve the best seats for him, or if they both had ti, they could also et up to sing together.
"Alright, 2.5 billion has reached your account, and I've already paid the taxes for you."
"Mr. Zhang is so generous!" Paying taxes on 2.5 billion would usually result in a staggering amount, and most singers and actors employ various thods to avoid or evade taxes. Zhang nglong voluntarily paying taxes and even covering it himself was indeed a breath of fresh air.
"Juelun, the money is in your account," Zhou Juelun's assistant said.
With 2.5 billion credited, even Zhou Juelun couldn't help but smile. Even if his forr company took a share, this money was enough to double his personal assets—a single deal equivalent to all his past efforts; how could that not make him happy?
Having signed the contract, this ant that from now on, aside from Zhang nglong's company, any other party distributing Zhou Juelun's works online would be infringing copyright. Be it Tengxun Music or any other platform, they had permanently lost their competitive edge over Zhou Juelun's output.
Even because Zhang nglong had bought the cover rights, as soon as their existing rights expired, those songs would be forced off the shelves, or else they would face a lawyer's warning from Zhang nglong.
"By the way, are we still going to the next event?" Zhang nglong asked.
"Not going anymore," Zhou Juelun said with a smile, "Since the rights have been sold to Mr. Zhang, there's no need to go."
"Dani," Zhou Juelun told his assistant, "buy the tickets, we are going back."
"No need for that trouble," Zhang nglong said, "Hong Yi, arrange it for , send Director Zhou back with my private jet, and on the way back, help
bring a genuine oyster olette."
"Mr. Zhang, that won't be necessary," Zhou Juelun thought Zhang nglong would have a private plane since he himself owned a private plane worth over a
hundred million, but he cherished it too much to use it just to send a guest.
"No worries, it's alright, I have more than a dozen private planes in Modi City."
"More than a dozen..."
"Don't feel burdened, I mainly want to eat the oyster olette, sending you back is just incidental."
Using a private jet to fetch takeout for an authentic oyster olette? Are you kidding ? Zhou Juelun and his assistant could never comprehend the thought processes of soone like Zhang nglong, which they considered outlandishly lavish.
With that kind of money, one could hire a chef specializing in oyster olettes to cook for him full-ti.
"Haha, actually, I do have a chef," Zhang nglong said, "I just forgot to bring him from Jiangnan City, the chefs from Bao Island Province here went ho to visit their families for a couple of days."
"I... oh wow, that's really nice..."
"Mr. Zhang, your Indian flying bread has arrived," just then, an employee of Zhang nglong's rushed in.
"Hmm, no jams right?"
"Jams?" Zhou Juelun's pupils dilated considerably, their jams, and not just ntioning machines but civilization too?
"Wait, what's with this bread?" Zhou Juelun suddenly thought of a terrifying thing, "Mr. Zhang, this isn't sothing you had flown in from India, is it?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?" Zhang nglong told the employee, "Go heat it up, the Western European roast should also be arriving soon, we'll have Indian flying bread wrapped with Western European roast tonight, go prepare."
"Okay, Mr. Zhang."
"Uh..." Forrly, Zhou Juelun thought he was sowhat of a millionaire, but now he realized he might be quite poor.
...
"What? Zhou Juelun gave up signing with us?" Ding Yuxi received a call from the business departnt and was montarily stunned.
"Yes, and the penalty fee has already been transferred."
"What about Tengxun?" Ding Yuxi asked. Now in Huaxia, the only one capable of competing with their Wangyi Music, other than Tengxun, was absolutely no one else.
"I just went to ask, their agreent was also terminated, Zhou Juelun's assistant said, the exclusive online distribution rights and the cover rights of his songs have all been sold, for a duration of ten years."
"Ten years? And exclusive?" Ding Yuxi knew what this ant, this ant that for the next ten years, their platform would not be able to feature any of Zhou Juelun's songs.
You should know, although the post-2000 generation might not understand Zhou Juelun, but those born in the '80s and '90s, who grew up listening to his songs, have now beco the main force in today's society.
They have the financial capability and purchasing power to afford the copyright fees for his music, and many would be willing to recharge a VIP mbership just for his songs, and the number of people in this group is enormous.
"Boss Ding, look at Weibo! Zhang nglong said that he has bought all the copyrights of Zhou Juelun, not just that, but also those of Xue Zhitian, Lin Junjue, and my God, he even got the rights to that Korean supergroup!"
"What?"
Ding Yuxi imdiately opened Weibo, and Zhang nglong's post had already trended on the hot search.
"Friends, announcing good news; I recently partnered with Principal Wang to launch a new music platform called Music Forest. On this app, you can listen to music and download for free, all copyrights are already purchased, and you don't need to recharge for VIP. If there's any artist whose rights we haven't bought yet, just let the custor service know, and I'll buy them."
"Damn it!" Ding Yuxi slamd his phone hard onto the ground. Acquiring dostic artists' copyrights wasn't hard, but foreign ones, that was a whole different story. Not to ntion anything else, two years ago, dostic platforms had already lost the rights to the group called "Big Bang."
But Zhang nglong actually managed to buy them, and for 10 years!
"Aweso! Boss Zhang is just Boss Zhang, so dominant!"
"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap! Finally, a platform like this has erged; I've been waiting for years!"
"No need to recharge for VIP to listen! My God! Even if it requires recharging VIP, I would still be willing!"
"Wuwu, my youth is over."
"Okay, I've already deleted Tengxun Music and Wangyi Music."
"The one above, I deleted them too, and also left a 1-star bad review!"
"Hahaha!"
"Damn, has Music Forest been bombarded yet?"
"What is he aiming for, spending so much money and not charging?"
"Aiming for you not taking a bath!"
"Aiming because you are handso."
...
"Boss Ding, our app's download volu is plumting!"
"The rating has also been brushed down!"
"Boss Ding, think of sothing quick, at this rate, by the ti our purchased copyrights expire, our platform will collapse!"
"He is simply a madman!" Ding Yuxi suddenly rembered Zhang nglong's words, this was not going to be an easy matter to resolve!
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