The producer of "The Voice of China" sued Coco Li's agency and will hold a trial
ON APRIL 7, ACCORDING TO THE QICHACHA APP, THE CONTRACT DISPUTE BETWEEN SHANGHAI CANXING CULTURE MEDIA CO., LTD. AND WARNER MUSIC CHINA (HK) LIMITED WILL BE HEARD IN SHANGHAI NO. 1 INTERMEDIATE PEOPLE'S COURT ON APRIL 9, 2024.
According to reports, Canxing Culture is the producer of the Voice of China program, and Warner Music is the agency of singer Coco Li. Previously, in response to singer Coco Li's accusation about the recording of the voice, Warner Music once posted on Weibo, "As CoCo's agency, the company not only has the responsibility to spare no effort to fight for the rights and interests of the artist and maintain the reputation of the artist, but also has the obligation to protect her privacy and respect her choice." We will continue to monitor the investigation and fully cooperate. ”
In August 2023, a recording of the late singer Coco Li talking about the unfair treatment encountered in the "The Voice of China" program was exposed, which attracted the attention of the whole network. In the recording, Coco Li complained: "It doesn't matter if I sacrifice myself, I didn't expect that they were all a bunch of bad people, to fix me, because I told the truth, I didn't want my life, I just wanted to help these children......"
Coco Li also mentioned in the recording that when she recorded "The Voice", she couldn't stand for a long time because of her old leg disease, so she chose to wear 7 cm heels on stage for the stage effect, and she discussed with her students, "I want to stand next to support me". But in the final recording, the director team called the students away, and Coco Li fell on the stage.
Although the "Voice of China" program team subsequently responded on the official Weibo, "Recently, some self-media accounts have spread maliciously edited recordings on online platforms 'Coco Li complained about "The Voice of China 2022" before his death', which is disrespectful to the deceased and seriously damages the image of the program, and we strongly condemn it." He also said that Coco Li, as the mentor of "The Voice of China 2022", "The misunderstanding during the period was cleared up after communication." Out of respect for the deceased, we will not explain too much about this matter, and will always remember her true dedication to the show. May the departed rest in peace!"
But this video still had an impact on the market, and the stock price of Star Chinese (HK6698), the parent company of "The Voice of China", fell by more than 20% on the same day. From the start of the broadcast in 2012 to the whirlpool of public opinion, the "Voice of China" program could not escape the fate of "outdated", especially the unexpected death of Coco Li, who previously served as the mentor of the program, which made the show the target of public criticism.
According to media reports, the rating of "The Voice of China" was as high as 7.9 at the beginning of the broadcast more than ten years ago, but then the score plummeted, and the income generated by the program also declined. According to the data, especially from 2019 to 2021, the gross profit generated by "The Voice of China" fell from 229 million yuan to 5.6 million yuan, and the gross profit margin plummeted from 46.6% to 2.2%.
In addition, Star Chinese has been deeply involved in a number of copyright and contract disputes. Previously, singer Deng Ziqi asked the producer of "The Voice of China" for salary and also appeared on the hot search, Deng Ziqi's agency Hummingbird Music and Canxing Culture performance contract dispute first-instance documents show that Deng Ziqi participated in the recording of "Heroes of the World" was broadcast on Jiangsu Satellite TV from June to September 2016. Canxing Culture has not signed a contract with Hummingbird Music and paid 16.3 million yuan in compensation.
Cansung Culture has also been sued in court over copyright disputes with South Korea's MBC Radio. In May 2015, MBC signed a contract with Canxing Culture for "The Masked Singer" and obtained the copyright of the show. Since the second season, Chan Sung changed the name of the show to "The Masked Singer Guess Guess" and made some changes to the show, refusing to pay the proceeds on the grounds of "original show". In response, MBC Shanghai Branch filed a lawsuit against Canxing, demanding that it perform the contract and settle the relevant proceeds.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Zhou Shihao