Seeing that Lin Xi didn't answer, Director Weng continued,"
"Lin Xi, this song 'Chengdu' was tailor-made for our city. You're the most suitable spokesperson for our tourism.”
"As for buying the copyright of this song, you should know that recently, other cities have been using your 'Chengdu' and changing a few lyrics to promote it. It has a huge impact on us and is not good for your song.”
"Don't worry, we're very sincere. The endorsement fee is two million a year, and the copyright fee for the song is also two million.”
Lin Xi was stunned when he heard these two numbers.
Two million for the endorsement and two million for the copyright. That was a total of four million!
Even the songs of some A-list singers might not be able to sell for such a high copyright fee.
Director Weng continued,"I know that the cost is not particularly high. After all, our department's budget is limited, but we are sincere in cooperating with you.”
Lin Xi thought to himself that being a tourism spokesperson was not a bad idea. The endorsement fee of two million yuan was already quite considerable. Not only could it increase his exposure, but as a tourism spokesperson for a city, his image would be very positive and sunny. It would definitely be helpful for his future development.
As for the copyright, how could he buy out the copyright of Chengdu with just two million?
The key was that if he sold the copyright to the city's tourism bureau, they would basically only use it for tourism publicity. This would cause the spread of his song to be greatly narrowed, and the popularity would not be high.
This was a departure from Lin Xi's original intention. What he needed now was to expand the popularity and influence of his songs, and not limit them to a small area.
"Director Weng, there's no problem with me being the spokesperson, but as for the copyright, I'm sorry, I won't consider selling it for the time being.”
The other party immediately became anxious when he heard that." Is it a problem with the price? We can apply again." How much do you think is appropriate?"
Naturally, Lin Xi couldn't tell the other party his deep considerations, so he only said,""Director Weng, I haven't thought about the future plans for the copyright, so I won't sell it to any company or unit for the time being.”
After thinking for a while, he said," But I did write this song for Chengdu. How about this? I can license this song to you for tourism promotion. Is that okay?"”
Lin Xi thought about it this way. Firstly, since he had become the spokesperson of the other party, it would be too unreasonable if he didn't even give them the song. Giving them the rights would also achieve the effect they wanted.
Secondly, although he had only been to Chengdu once. However, the leisurely and slow pace of life in Chengdu and the enthusiasm of the people in Chengdu gave Lin Xi a good impression. From the bottom of his heart, he quite liked this city.
When Director Weng heard this, he suddenly smiled and said,"Okay, okay, okay. I'll report to the leader now. If there's no problem, we'll arrange for the agreement to be signed as soon as possible. Also, if we want to grant the authorization, we might have to trouble you to hold a ceremony with us to announce it to the public.”
"Alright, no problem. However, the authorization given to you is only limited to tourism publicity. Other uses are not within the scope of authorization.”Lin Xi said frankly.
"No problem."
Director Weng was very efficient. That night, he replied to Lin Xi that the leader had agreed. The next day, he signed the endorsement agreement and authorization agreement in Chengdu.
In order to expand the influence, Director Weng and the others specially made this ceremony very high-profile and grand. All kinds of media gathered at the scene.
The fans who heard the news also gathered around the venue.
Lin Xi's appearance ignited the enthusiasm of the reporters.
The ceremony was successfully completed. As soon as it ended, the city tourism bureau immediately issued a statement through various official accounts and social media:
"Today, our city's tourism bureau and Mr. Lin Xi have signed an endorsement agreement and authorization agreement. Our city has hired Mr. Lin Xi as our city's tourism image spokesperson, effective today.”
"At the same time, our city has obtained Mr. Lin Xi's authorization to use the song 'Chengdu' for tourism publicity, including filming promotional videos.”
"Any act of using or adapting 'Chengdu' as background music for tourism promotion is considered an act of copyright violation, and we reserve all rights to pursue it.”
A single stone stirred up a thousand ripples!
Some netizens who saw it couldn't help but sigh. The city tourism bureau was still the best!
"F * ck, an image spokesperson. This is probably the youngest city spokesperson in the country. Scholar Lin Xi is too godly.”
"I was too careless. This city is too unethical. Why didn't we think of this every time?”
"Sigh, I miscalculated this time. Chengdu City made the first move. If I had known earlier, I would have contacted Lin Xi earlier and asked him to adapt a song that represents our city.”
The leaders of the various cities 'tourism departments were furious.
He was still using the adapted version of "Chengdu" to attract fans and promote it. It had just had some effect, but in the end, the other party directly hired the original singer to be the spokesperson and even bought the rights.
What was there to play? They had lost the initiative and were now in a passive position. Although they were reluctant, no one dared to break the law. They could only reluctantly take down the promotional video with the music of Chengdu.
......
At Weibo's headquarters.
Mao Wenqing looked at today's trending topic.
#Chengdu sold for a sky-high copyright fee #
#Lin Xi Becomes City Travel Ambassador #
#The youngest city spokesperson in history #
#Chengdu City's tourism bureau has been authorized to sing "Chengdu"#
Mao Wenqing's eyes widened. The four trending searches were all related to Lin Xi.
In the past month, the trending searches about Lin Xi had never stopped.
In the beginning, Mao Wenqing didn't think much of it. After all, the trending searches on Weibo changed every day. Occasionally, there would be some internet celebrities or streamers on the trending searches, but they were all short-lived. At most, they would stay on the trending searches for a day and a half before disappearing.
However, Lin Xi had recently become a frequent trending topic.
There were all kinds of topics, comments, and articles. Even Mao Wenqing, who was used to seeing the world, could not help but sigh. He was really the king of traffic.
He had only seen this kind of drainage ability from a few superstars.
At this moment, his subordinate came in to report,"
"Boss Mao, we've investigated and confirmed that Lin Xi hasn't opened Weibo yet.”
Mao Wenqing's eyes lit up, and his face was full of joy. He said excitedly,"That's great."
He paced a few steps on the spot and said in a high-pitched voice,"Find a way to contact Lin Xi immediately and invite him to open a Weibo account. He can set the price. As long as it doesn't exceed 2 million, sign the contract immediately!”
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