It is also intriguing to mention the history of EMI. It was in 1897 that a British lawyer named William Barry Vaughan went to Britain as the authorized representative of Emily Berline, the inventor of the American phonograph, and set up a company to sell the newly-released phonograph and records. 1898, he signed a contract in a hotel in London, bought the patent right of Berlin's phonograph in Europe for 5,000 pounds (about15,000 pounds), and founded a company called the phonograph company. The company's business content is still to sell Berlin's phonographs and records. This company is located near the famous Covent Garden. Their first business was to export goods to Emily Berlin. Soon, they had their own tabletting factory in Hanover, Germany, which was also Polaroid's CD tabletting base. At this time, an English painter, Frans Braud, drew a dog named Nipper listening to Edison's wax disc player. Originally, he wanted to sell the painting to Edison Company, but he was turned down. This painting was bought by the phonograph company for only 50 pounds in 1899. Of course, later the painter got a copyright fee of 50 pounds and replaced the original Edison-style phonograph with Berlin's disc phonograph, so that the phonograph company had the copyright of his master's voice. It was this unremarkable painting at that time that became the trademark of EMI and RCA that fans all over the world are familiar with today. Incredibly, it is said that the first record released by the phonograph company with the trademark "Dogs listen to horns" was actually the singing voice of the waitress in the restaurant next door to the record company. The first artist to sign a contract with a record company was Albert Chevalier. It is said that his royalties are pitiful: he earns a shilling for every dozen records he sells. 1902, caruso, the king of songs, began to sign a contract with the phonograph company, and the royalties were considerable, but the figures will definitely make people laugh today. 1909, the phonograph company began to officially publish records with the trademark "dogs listen to horns"; 19 10, the trademark "dog listens to the horn" completely replaced the phonograph. Soon, the Colombian phonograph, founded in 1900, became the most powerful competitor of the phonograph company. This situation lasted for 30 years, until 193 1, the two record companies decided to join hands and merge into the electronic music and music industry, referred to as EMI. Since then, the British recording industry has been brought into a new realm. In just a few years, EMI has established branches in 19 countries around the world, including China. That was the French Pathe-Marconi record company acquired by EMI. In the 1920s, it set up a branch in China and recorded many popular songs in China, which was deeply rooted in people's hearts. At that time, Hu Die, Nie Er, Xian Xinghai and other former superstars and progressive musicians gathered for hundreds of generations. EMI is called "EMI" in China because of the transliteration of French company Pathe. Until today, the predecessor of Zhongxing Shanghai Company, which is located in hengshan road, Shanghai, is the branch established in China by EMI. Anyway, EMI has set up 50 factories around the world and is the largest record company in the world. 1937, the master conductor foot Wengler began to cooperate with EMI. Since then, except for Decca in Britain, DG in Germany, Victor(RCA) and CBS in the United States, the world record industry is almost completely in the hands of EMI. After World War II, EMI still occupies the leading position in the recording industry. 1955, EMI acquired American Capital Records Company. 1957, EMI Records Co., Ltd. was formally established in the UK. In the 1950s, EMI was lucky to have a record-setting mineral prodigy, Walter riegel. This great producer is also the husband of the famous soprano Schwartz Kopf. Because of Li Ge's high taste, EMI left many excellent records with unparalleled value in this era. He even made karajan, who was under investigation for Nazi suspicion, win the crisis and become the leader of European music. In 1960s, EMI trained a pair of the best production and recording files: Christopher Bishop and Christopher Parker. They cooperated with Kingsway Hall, a famous recording venue shared by Decca Records at that time, and left many excellent records for record fans. Those records with day disc sound effects are still the collection targets of enthusiasts. In addition, the most famous musicians in the world at that time, from karajan and kellenberger to Callas and the Beatles, were almost all owned by EMI.