Chicago 1990

In the evening in a local cafe, Song Ya and Al were chatting with the three black men on the opposite side.

They are the only three black employees in the Warren Brothers Synthesizer Company. They are all blue-collar workers. One is a warehouse manager and company security guard, and two are production line workers.

Blue-collar workers usually like to go to taverns to talk about things, but today the bartender in the nearby tavern doesn’t know which of the tendons is wrong. They have to check Song Ya’s age. Song Ya’s 16-year-old driver’s license in his pocket naturally cannot be taken out, so he crosses. After he was kicked out of the bar for the first time, he had to change the meeting place to this café in a desperate manner.

"The bartender must have read the news about you in the newspaper, a sixteen-year-old genius musician..."

The oldest worker smiled and said, "Otherwise, he would never ask to check your age just by looking at it."

Song Ya talked with them for about half an hour, and then raised the issue of funding, and suggested that the conditions could be higher secretly for the sake of the same race. This was also Will Gardner's idea.

"Thank you for the coffee, sorry, we will not betray the workers."

The other party politely refused, and the three of them stood up and said goodbye, "We also came to meet you for the sake of being black, otherwise we would not come, sorry."

"Okay." Song Ya had no choice but to shake their hands and bid them farewell.

"They are whiter than whites." Al said that the other party is not as polite as blacks. In fact, this is not surprising. The Warren Brothers Synthesizer Company has already had several rounds of layoffs before reselling. The company is not big and the boss is willing Those who are raised to the last minute must be employees who are more practical.

"Hmm..." Song Ya took out the company roster from her bag, found out the home address and phone number of the warehouse clerk among the three just now, copied it down and handed it to Al, "You can find it and say that I want to talk to him later. He chatted alone."

"Is it possible for him to turn back?" Al asked.

"I don't plan to invest him. A+ Records lacks a front desk and security guard, I think he is suitable."

Song Ya had seen Warren Brothers Synthesizer's warehouse before. Although there was a lot of dust, everything was organized in good order, and the warehouse clerk was one of the few people who could still hold on to his post. There was a sentence in the chat just now. I didn’t say that he seemed to be very introverted, he was 1.9 meters tall, he was in his twenties, and he was very strong. When Song Ya saw him at first sight, he felt that this man named Mawota was reliable and had no deterrence. problem.

Of course, the big A is now more respectful to himself than before. One is that he is getting more and more popular, and the other is that he was unscathed in the hands of the stormtrooper last time, and he suppressed the big A with unknown internal information.

Al went to find Marvota, Song Ya waited for a meeting in the cafe, and Roberto Clerville came with Andrew and Hunter who had met in the company during the day.

These two white people are both technical nerds, and they kept asking about MIDI and synthesizer technical issues in Song Ya. They gradually became more and more excited, and they were almost excited.

"There is no future for continuing to make synthesizers. This subsidiary is too powerful, and the new MIDI GM standard is also designed based on the GS standard of the Roland Company. We have no technical reserves."

"But the pedals have little technical content. When the MIDI universal standard becomes popular, our pedals should be sold. Besides, they are already selling well."

"Yes, WINDOWS is an operating system from Microsoft, and MS-DOS is also from his family. It supports the new MIDI standard very well."

"In the future, we can use the PC to generate and modify MIDI files, all synthesizers and peripheral products are common, music production will be countless times more convenient."

"Stocks? It seems that Microsoft is listed on NASDAQ? We don't know this."

Like Mavota, Song Ya had a good impression of the two who were still holding their posts during the day and offered to recruit them to A+ Records.

In the original MV of Remember the Name, the original singer greeted and shook hands with the person sitting in front of the computer screen. Song Ya didn't care at the time. Now I want to come. Those who work in the original singer's studio will use PC to assist music in the future. Production should be the norm, and A+ records need such talents.

Andrew and Hunter are both unmarried and no girlfriends. They have no resistance to going to Chicago. They and the blue-collar workers can't urinate in the same pot. They agreed to Song Ya's advance funding on the spot and then went to work in A+ Records. The proposal, of course, Song Ya's promised salary is much better than now.

The two left, and Roberto Clever stayed. "How about? My vision is good?" He said.

"Thank you, Roberto." Song Ya thanked him.

"Don't thank you for now."

Roberto Klevell finally said his true purpose, the pedal factory, "Just now you also heard that the Warren Brothers Synthesizer Company can only sell pedals, and technically the Warren Brothers have already dropped it. A lot of money, if we only keep the pedal factory, we might still make a profit."

He wants to take a stake in the pedal factory after the divestiture of other businesses, and proposes to move the factory away from the increasingly expensive surroundings of New York, to Florida, which is close to Brazil. Other parts of the pedal that do not require technical content can be given to his family in Brazil. Companies come to OEM.

Song Ya wants to hand over the foundry to China. It would be inappropriate for the pedal factory to stay in an east coast state like Florida. He prefers the Bay Area near San Francisco on the west coast.

Roberto Klevell also has no objection. He said that as long as he can buy shares, "It is still 5%. I have no energy to manage the company or anything. It is just an ordinary investment. I feel that although you are younger, you are better than the Warren brothers. The two idiots are much more reliable."

The two initially reached an oral agreement.

After he left, Al brought Mavota back. The taciturn big black man finally nodded under Song Ya's two hours of high-intensity flicker. Similarly, A+ Records provided the job after the remittance, and the salary was increased.

In this way, the 18 votes required to dissolve the small union of Warren Brothers Synthesizer Company will have three votes. In addition, the pedal factory will be able to solve about five skilled workers, one manager and one clerk. Employment, that's ten votes.

Song Ya called to inform Will of the results of the day. Will suggested not to announce the pedal factory, but as the last killer in his hand. If AW Investment Company knows that it can solve the problem so smoothly, I am afraid that it will not be able to be suppressed. How much is the purchase price?

On February 22nd, Will Gardner arrived in New Jersey and officially began negotiations with AW Investment Company.

Song Ya also called the workers again for a meeting. The original thirty-five people became thirty-two people. Mavota, Andrew, and Hunt were not present.

"What's the use of buying three people!?"

The deputy manager Wise said to Song Ya viciously: "These thirty-two of us are still united."

"Unity means unity."

Song Ya also used more fierce words, "I have formally issued a purchase request to AW Investment Company. After I buy this place, you will work hard under my hands!" He pointed to the white people present. Remember! I will be your boss from now on! I will treat you well! Watermelon and fried chicken are enough!"

The only two black employees left burst out laughing.

"X yours, I quit!"

Will's'real estate business tactics' finally worked. A white man with a German face suddenly scolded him. He walked directly in front of Song Ya, Face to face, "Where is the stipend agreement? Take it out, I won't serve N... "He only lip-shaped the word and didn't pronounce it.

Hayden took out the funding agreement from the bag.

"Don't use the capitalist tricks!" Wise shouted.

The man didn't listen to him when his temper came up. He signed the name directly, then dropped the pen on the ground, "Kiss my ass, big singer!"

After speaking, he held his head high and stalked out of the office like a hero.

The power of role models is infinite. Soon two white men followed his behavior and signed a severance agreement. One slapped the floor while leaving, and the other kicked the office door.

If eighteen is subtracted by three, it will be difficult for the rest of the people to handle it. They are definitely dragging their families in the local area, and they will never agree to send money easily.

The follow-up work can only be handed over to Will Gardner. Six people have contributed funds, and there are seven job opportunities in the pedal factory. Song Ya has completed his own task and boarded the flight to Washington alone.

The local congressman is a bit difficult to handle. Fortunately, the other party is also a member of the Donkey Party. He is going to find a relationship with Federal Congressman Underwood.