"Hi! Ivanka, what's the matter?"
After answering the phone, Link bit the bullet and chatted with Ivanka in front of Taylor.
Fortunately, Ivanka was talking about business. Lana's first single "Young And Beautiful" was also released last week.
The first week sales were 12,000 copies, ranking 42nd on the Billboard singles chart.
The ranking is lower than "Let It Go".
But professional magazines such as "Rolling Stone", "Billboard", and "Pocket Music" gave this song a very high evaluation.
It is said that this song uses the retro aesthetic copper rust to sing sadly about heartbreak, sadness and other similar dark themes.
Somewhat similar to Amy Winehouse and Adele in the UK, Lana's singing style has a more classical charm.
Rolling Stone magazine praised Lana as the most anticipated newcomer in the new Baroque pop music field, bar none.
Although new Baroque pop music is not mainstream music, there are still a group of diehard fans who like this kind of song very much. As long as Lana Del Rey can persist in this field, the future can be expected.
After the release of "Young And Beautiful", Link Music will continue to release the second single "Video Games", and the first album is planned to be released in early November.
Ivanka talked to him about the world tour.
In the previous tour schedule sent by Mandy, all the cities where the concerts were planned to be held, his two albums sold more than 50,000 copies in that place.
It shows that he has a market there, and holding concerts in those places can sell tickets.
Hearing that he refused, Universal took the initiative to increase the price, raising the basic appearance fee for each concert from US$800,000 to US$1 million per show, and the 30% concert ticket share remained unchanged. The tour cycle was extended to 18 months.
1 million per game, 200 games is 200 million US dollars in appearance fees, it sounds like a lot, but this money is not for the singer alone.
Singers often hold concerts in a team mode, including accompaniment dancers, makeup, clothing, lighting, directors, art directors, photography, etc., some of which can be as many as hundreds or thousands of people.
The salaries and expenses of these people also account for more than 30%.
If there is a brokerage company, you have to share it with the company. If the copyright of the song is not in the singer's name, you also need to share it with the creator.
Generally, singers can get 30%-60% of these incomes.
The copyrights of Link's songs are all in his own hands, and Link Music also belongs to his own brand, and his income from each concert exceeds 60%.
If he can persist in completing more than 200 concerts, the two incomes of appearance fees and ticket sharing alone can reach more than 200 million US dollars.
Counting album sales and other peripheral income, the income of a tour is not less than 300 million US dollars.
At the same time, it can also expand its own fame and influence during the tour.
Generally speaking, it is very cost-effective for popular singers to go on tour. This income is stable and sustainable, and they can earn money continuously.
In this respect, it is stronger than boxing.
Boxing matches are not profitable if you can fight, you also need publicity, choose suitable opponents, and create selling points.
After defeating an opponent, or being defeated by an opponent, the audience will lose interest in his game.
For example, De La Hoya, a top boxer, played against Pacquiao in December last year, and the prize money for the match was as high as 100 million US dollars, but after the match, De La Hoya had to consider retiring.
Because he has competed with other top players including Bernard Hopkins, Mayweather, and Pacquiao.
The audience knows who is better among them, loses curiosity about their games, and will not pay for their games anymore.
No one pays, and boxers can't make money, so they can't retire.
In the music scene, the music market has a larger volume. Although it is not like a top boxer who can earn tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars in a single game, it is very common to earn hundreds of millions or billions of dollars in a single tour.
Taylor held a small tour in 2008/09, earning more than 30 million U.S. dollars. Counting the record share income, she is almost a billionaire, and her future tour income will be hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars.
Link heard Ivanka's explanation and decided to agree.
He needs money now.
Need billions to do something big.
In addition, opening a world tour can also increase your own influence, and you will get higher PPV and ticket revenue when you hold boxing matches in the future.
The two complement each other and do not conflict.
"Sounds good, but I need time to train boxing, um, and to accompany Taylor. Last year, she cut more than ten concerts for me, and I can't go out on tour and leave her at home. "
Link glanced at Miss Taylor next to him and said.
Taylor pursed her lips and turned her eyes away from him.
"Okay, let's have another meeting to cut back a bit, and please send my regards to Taylor."
Ivanka hung up the phone.
"Okay, goodbye!"
Link secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Look, we are really just talking about work, you don't need to think wildly."
"I didn't think wildly, you were too nervous."
Taylor helped him wipe his forehead with a tissue, and said with a half-smile, "Look, I'm so nervous that I'm sweating."
"It's too hot, not nervous."
Link shook her hand away and concentrated on driving. Taylor rested her chin on her fingers, thought for a while and said:
"Actually, it's a good thing for you to go out and hold concerts. On the one hand, you can expand your influence and sell more albums.
On the other hand, if you go out to hold a concert, I will be at home alone. Maybe when I miss you, I can find inspiration and write some good songs. "
"I heard that, you want to drive me out of the house, right?"
"No, I'm a country singer, and small country towns are the soil for our survival. I originally planned to go out for a walk in a while to find creative inspiration.
It's just that I don't know how to tell you, now that you're going on tour, I don't have to worry about you anymore, I can arrange my future time freely. "
Taylor waved her hands and said excitedly.
"Okay, be careful, don't go to some strange places."
Link also saw that Taylor is a wild horse, if she wants to grow up quickly, she needs a bigger grassland, and the area around her is too small to meet her needs.
"Don't worry, I'm not a child."
Taylor excitedly kissed him on the face, almost causing him to drive the car into the ditch again.
After returning home, Taylor continued to read, play the piano, and play with the cat, while Link went to the boxing gym to train.
The WBA-WBC super middleweight championship battle is about to kick off, and he needs to use all his time to train during this time.
When he was training, De La Hoya would sometimes come over to watch, staring at him and Morales sparring.
When he invited De La Hoya to come up and fight, De La Hoya refused, saying that he would fight after he got on the boxing ring in the future, leaving some suspense for the two of them.
Morales laughed at him for being afraid of losing.
Of course, De La Hoya would not admit it, saying that he had found a way to defeat Link, and when the two really competed, he had a 60% chance of winning.
Sometimes Emma Roberts would come over, and when no one was around, she would practice boxing with Link. When there were others around, she would just stand by and watch for a while before leaving early.
In mid-September, two days before the opening of the WBA-WBC Championship, Link took the logistics and medical team to London to prepare for the competition.
(End of this chapter)