Chicago 1990

Mariah Carey gave up the idea of ​​doing tanning, Song Ya soon got a thank you from Motula Quietly Mimi, NBC's David Letterman sent an invitation from the late night show, absolute first-line TV show, four Minutes of performances and ten-minutes of interviews, past guests are basically film and television songs and even political celebrities.

But not now, probably until February or March after the Grammy Awards, David Letterman has very high requirements for the quality of the program, and he must be burdened during the ten-minute interview.Song Ya notified Hayden and asked William Morris to communicate with the late-night show crew to make an excellent script. He is not a joke player who can play on the spot. The energy of NBC is not comparable to that of small and medium radio DJs. If you compare this The ratings of this top-brand program have lost two points, and it is estimated that there will be no one-line interviews daring to invite him for a long time.And NBC still has NBA broadcasting rights, offending them is not good for the future promotion of Remember The Name.

The four-minute performance is not easy to fool, really sing, and at the same time have to improvise interaction with the comedians of the show group, this is Song Ya's order, he has to spend his free time to practice hard.

After the four-week promotion period, his singles immediately disappeared from the eye-catching spots in major audiovisual stores. Customers had to go around the shelves and look for it to see it. The background music list that played in the store was no longer I. Feel it coming, the delivery of rice knives to small and medium-sized black DJs has also stopped, most of them are too lazy to swallow the praise that has been said, after all, the heat is over, and the scolding also increases the exposure of Song Ya.

Bulletin board rankings will definitely suffer a cliff-like decline, and sales feedback will be later. Judging from the estimation of Columbia Records, the platinum line will definitely be crossed by the end of the fifth week, and then the Grammy effect will be met head on (award-winning song captures the audience) Attention, sales skyrocketing), Song Ya and I feel it coming, who were not harvested, were sad, and could only wait until the last wave of rebounds after the broadcast of David Letterman's late night show, and then completely cooled down.

Not to blame Columbia Records, Song Ya is reluctant to make some news or gossip or other hype. He is going back to Chicago and school starts.

In mid-January, Chicago was much colder than New York. The three of them were so cold that they didn't want to talk when they left the airport. After returning to the recording studio with big bags and small bags, Dile took off his jackets and exclaimed, "Chicago is so cold."

"Yes."

Song Ya took out a bunch of miscellaneous items brought back from New York to the corner of honor in the office. There were second-hand stores and copies of certified platinum records to De Klerk, and a bunch of trophies for small awards before the Grammys. , Best rookie singer, best songwriter or something.If Song Ya was willing, he could bring back more. He ignored the small awards that he had to go to the scene to receive the awards in person, and the pheasant awards that paid a sum of money in advance to give out the trophy.

"Wow, it's more grand now."

Al went around in the office. Taking advantage of the opportunity of running publicity, Song Ya asked Song Asheng to ask an interior designer to decorate the whole place well. New furniture, new boss desk, new sofa, and hanging on the wall Elk antlers are all available.

"Yes."

Song Ya took out the photo frame from her bag and placed it next to the same photo frame on the boss’s desk. It was a group photo of him, Mariah Carey, Walter and others at dinner. Four men and one woman gathered around the table to watch. Smiling happily to the camera, the atmosphere is very warm.In addition to taking photos with his family, the other frames also include the "grand-grandson love" with Mandela, a group photo with the couple at the dinner party with Federal Councillor Underwood, as well as with Michelle and the Baptist priest. Group photo of people under the banner of equal rights rally.

There was also a photo of Zhang with Rakim, professors, NAS and other New York rappers in the nightclub. Watching the gang gestures in the hands of the followers behind them, Song Ya shook his head and threw the frame into the drawer.

In fact, in the South Pacific, he also took many photos with Mira on the beach.

"Dilai, you only have one task next, to get the synthetic sounds that Remember The Name will use." He ordered.

"understand."

Dile took in a lot of agent business cards and various singer resumes stuffed in through the cracks of the door, and threw them on the boss’s desk. “You should hire a front desk, preferably someone like Old Joe Music Carl. Yes, anyhow it can deter Big A and them."

He has been dissatisfied with the big A harassing female singers who come to A+ Records to find opportunities.

Even if the harassment is gone, the big A is still cheating. He and his little brothers have succeeded many times by taking advantage of the inexperienced girls' silly and unclear relationship between 401 and 401A, relying on bragging and helping to publish movies. .

"The front desk, assistant, one needs to shake the big A, and the other needs to be able to open nightclubs all over the country. It is not easy to find."

Song Ya scratched his head in distress. Nancheng has no shortage of people like that, but he still has no one he can trust. "Big A is very useful to me, and I can't make the relationship stiff now."

After four weeks of publicity for small and medium-sized black DJs, Song Ya practiced Cooper’s theory of bringing goods well, and spent a total of about 200,000 dollars, which was just in line with his cash income, and brought the single to The eighth highest bulletin board, platinum sales.The big A is very hard, and he can eat well in Chicago and Detroit. He will have to be used for the next release of Remember The Name. From another perspective, if it weren't for the big A to get those girls from Song Ya and other benefits, he would definitely not be so. Hard work.

"Also, the cost of producing a synthetic sound for A+ Audio is very high, and there are almost no external customers except A+ Records. What's the matter?"

He asked Dile that the other party was still holding the salary of the general manager of A+ Audio.

Di Lai was also very upset about this. The company could not make a profit. Song Ya promised to reward him with a lot of money in the mirror. He couldn't see it. "We don't have enough synthetic sound reserves. Big record companies usually buy package licenses. , They won’t count it with us one by one."

"Then? Is there any solution?"

"Unless we acquire a relatively large synthetic audio copyright library, at least the market share will be higher than 3%."

"Uh……"

Song Ya knew that it would not be a small amount of money, "Don't consider this for now, unless you have a good opportunity."

Dile also knew the reality. He and Al began to get busy. In addition to tossing synthetic sound, the two had to practice rap. Al was the best of the three. After all, he was originally Lori’s partner, Song Yaci. By the way, Dile used to play rock and roll, and has lost his singing skills for many years after switching to a keyboard player, and it is a bit difficult to recover.Fortunately, the threshold for rap is not high, so there shouldn't be any major problems with practice.

Back at school, Song Ya went directly into the classroom.

He does not participate in the opening ceremonies, Christmas balls, and some social activities among students. This is a good discussion with the school, and it will be convenient for the other party to often ask for leave.

But this time back to school, the attitude of the students towards him has been completely different.

The songwriter is naturally a cultural personality. The students of private schools are in good backgrounds and can be treated with a normal mind. But now Song Ya has become a singer, and he is also the first single, platinum singer. You must know NWA’s The old singer Cooper only got a gold record on his last album, which is still a long way from platinum sales.

"Hi! APLUS!" As soon as they entered the school, regardless of black and white, the female students took the initiative to say hello and winked.

Even male classmates, such as Brad, who had been bullied, came over with a piece of paper and ink in his hand, "Can you help me sign it? I want it for my sister."

Song Ya could only smile generously and took out a pen to sign for him.

"Mine, I want too!"

"Help my mother sign one too, APLUS!"

One person succeeded, and there were countless followers. The classmates talked about each other and instantly surrounded Song Ya in iron buckets.