Chicago 1990

"Boss, boss? APLUS!"

Song Ya was awakened by a knock on the door.

"Huh... what time is it?"

Sit up from the sofa and wiped his face to wake up quickly. Yesterday’s MV shooting went well. He was happy for a while on his body and accidentally drank too much. Now his head is still a little groggy, he opened the door and took Song Asheng. Let in.

"It's ten o'clock." Song Asheng handed him a cup of coffee, "Marvota asked me to bring it to you."

Good employee, Song Ya, look outside. The cleaning staff of the service company is cleaning. Mawota lifted the heavy pool table by himself and was about to put it back against the wall.

"What's the matter?" He sat behind the boss' table.

"On the A+ pedal company's side, the new general manager Rise has chosen the site." Song Asheng took out the documents from his bag.

"Sunnyvale, Silicon Valley..."

Song Ya couldn't figure out the specific location of such a small city, "What do you think of the site selection?"

"I don't know too much, let's take a look at the site together. It's always going to be a visit." Song Asheng said.

"Um..." Song Ya took out the itinerary and looked at it. Two days later, he was going to Hollywood to meet Zach Schneider and discuss the MV editing together. "Then go, let's go around the West Coast."

Before he could just leave, he called Dile and Al, prepared for a long time, and easily blasted the audience in the underground nightclub performance at night, and then went out with Song Asheng the next morning.

"Did you remember what I said? The big players next door, if you harass the girls who come to the record company, you must stop them in time, and don't let in irrelevant people in during the time we are away." Song Ya told Mavota before leaving.

"Understood, Boss." Mavota asked, "Is Miss Fergie an irrelevant person?"

"Of course she doesn't count. She can use the recording studio when we are away, but apart from her sister, they are also forbidden to bring in unrelated personnel." Song Ya threw a small roll of cash, "Yours."

"You paid... the boss." New Jersey blue-collar Mavota is still not used to this kind of'communication'.

"Just treat it as a bonus. You did a good job last night. Work hard."

Song Ya left A+ Records and went straight to the airport with the three of them. There was no performance arrangement this time, and the trip was relaxed without a large bag of musical instruments.

When they arrived in San Francisco, the four of them rented a car and headed straight to Sunnyvale. "Is this a bit far from San Francisco?" Song Ya arrived at the address given by the general manager of A+ Pedal Company, Rise, and there was a very simple two. The small-storey building is much smaller than the original factory in New Jersey. The first floor is the factory building, and the second floor is the manager room, meeting room and R&D office, if there is future research and development.

Riiser is a tall white man of Nordic descent. He has been doing sales work before. Roberto Klevell told him that his former owner, Warren Brothers Synthesizer Company, had changed hands. There was a vacancy for the general manager position. Recognized by Ya et al.

Now he is in high spirits, and he is very concerned about the operation of the A+ pedal company. "This is Silicon Valley, we are also a high-tech company..." He said that high-tech he himself smiled embarrassedly, "will take There are some tax incentives to the local area. There are Lockheed and AMD nearby, both of which are top companies in their respective industries. It is convenient to recruit technical personnel. The traffic is not bad, and the Dumbarton Bridge is not far away. The scenery and air are also very good. There are orchards everywhere."

It seems that he likes it very much.

Lockheed Song Ya knows that AMD doesn't know much about AMD.

"A computer chip company, but the current prospects are unclear. They are in a patent lawsuit with Intel." Riiser said.

"Which side will win?" Song Ya asked.

"That's Intel..." Riiser's tendency is self-evident.

"Okay." Song Ya put out his thoughts of buying AMD stock.

"In fact, the boss, you can try to buy the factory building and the land where it is located. I think this place will definitely appreciate in the future." Riise suggested.

"Don't think about it for the time being, I borrowed a lot of money to buy this company." Song Ya didn't want to make his capital chain too tight. This is Song Asheng’s suggestion, "Okay, right here, you can contact the owner. Negotiate a good price."

"Thank you, boss." Riise was very happy. "I rented the factory and started relocating the factory."

"can."

With Song Asheng staying here to supervise the accounts, Song Ya took Dile and Al again to Los Angeles by plane. In a small editing room of Columbia Pictures, they met Zach Schneider who had just parted.

"APLUS."

Zach Schneider greeted the three of them, "I just saw you on the news."

"It means that I have to report when I came to Los Angeles. Am I so popular?" Song Ya smiled helplessly.

The atmosphere here in Los Angeles is very wrong. The three people not only recruited the reporters guarding there to be "siege" at the airport, they were also questioned by several local police officers for a while.Of course, Song Ya didn't say anything, only that he had to consult a lawyer before answering questions.

"You, an affirmative activist, who come to Los Angeles will definitely receive special care. Under the current situation." Zach Schneider briefly introduced the local situation. Four white police officers who beat people were arrested and investigated, but The black community is still very dissatisfied with the explanation given by the police.The assaulted black Rodney King, the police said he drove speeding, ran red lights, insulted female police officers and resisted arrest, but they could not provide any definite evidence. Instead, they were considered by the black community to shield each other among whites.

"Okay, let's focus on the MV."

Several people simply went through the first cut version in the editing room. Due to the limited budget, there were not many materials available for editing, and Zach Schneider could not spend much.

"The overall rhythm and music work well together."

Song Ya expressed satisfaction that the wide-format texture of the film is even better than the original.Compared with the original version, the performances of Dile and Al appear to be a bit overstretched, both of them tighten their facial muscles, as if screaming at the audience...

This is also understandable. The situation of the two people determines that this opportunity is very important to them. They have been in the music circle for many years and have no ambition. This time they have completely released their grievances.

Even this time, they couldn’t get the same status as Song Ya's lead singer. The lead singer on the cover of the single was still APLUS, followed by the addition of'Feat.', and then the names of Dile and Al, which means they It is roughly equivalent to the status of a vice vocalist, and the income is much lower than that of Song Ya.

Song Ya noticed that the two people watching the first clip were extremely focused, and there were faint tears in their eyes.

He sighed slightly in his heart. Although he suffered some poverty after crossing, he had a great advantage in entering the industry as a creator, and he was much better than Al and the other small singers who followed the record company.Not to mention them, such as Fergie, who will travel all over the country to look for opportunities at the age of sixteen. After signing a small singer contract, she will have to suffer. If three years later, there is still a small role on an album that no one cares about. The bulk of the revenue is taken away by the record company. The remaining small amount has to be shared with the agent. The next singer appointment is also difficult to obtain. If time flies, it may be wasted to Al and Dile. age.

"Wait...stop, go back a little bit, that's it." At this moment Al noticed a young black man in the screen secretly comparing GD's gang gesture to the camera.

"FXXK!" Song Ya was absolutely defensive, but couldn't prevent these birdmen.

"Ah, this is a long shot. Do you want to edit it again?" Zach Schneider scratched his head in annoyance.

"It's okay for rap songs to have a gang element, right?" Dile said, "It's not the gesture we compared. Besides, the relationship between APLUS and GD is no longer a secret in the rap circle, and there is a hint that it will be for us in the future. It is also good to run publicity all over the meter. Those small local characters don't dare to provoke GD easily." He already knows the black rap culture very well.

"Don't don't don't." Song Ya hurriedly waved his hand, "I don't want to touch gangs, violence, drugs, and so on. A bit of dirty language in the lyrics is the bottom line."

"Okay, then take this picture off, let's readjust..." Zach Schneider said to the editor.

After the film was cut, it had to be graded and so on, and it was finally converted into a format that could be played on TV. After expressing satisfaction with the re-edited version of Zach Schneider, it was getting late and he checked into the hotel.

Just about to go to bed, the pager rang, it was Halle Berry's.

The shrewd woman in this impression could not fail to understand her own hints, why she had been entangled several times, Song Ya called back, ready to speak clearly.

"I saw you on the news, in Los Angeles?" Halle Berry was crying over the phone.

This is not the first time she cried in front of her. Song Ya is afraid of her acting skills. "Harry, did you remember what you told me when you filmed the MV last time? You said you were your own, and the rules You know, you won’t get entangled..."

"I know, but I almost have nothing, I was beaten by him, and he promised that my role is gone... Please." Halle Berry cried and begged.

"What's the matter? Who is he?"

Song Ya accidentally found out about the hanging dentist Kaizi. Hallie had nothing to disguise in front of him. It turned out that she entered the'jungle fever' crew and soon hooked up with the important black actor Wesley Snee. Puss, the other party promised to take him into the big production of next year's starring "Tour Titans" to play an important role.For this reason, Halle happily turned down a lot of announcements. Unexpectedly, this New York University graduate, step by step from the theater to Broadway and then to Hollywood, known as one of the most capable black people. The famous actor is a violent guy. He even knocked Hallie in one ear during a quarrel. How dare Hallie continue to be with him? After the breakup, the well-cooked character naturally flew. The follow-up promotion of jungle fever It's gone, and the popularity of the beautiful heroine in Song Ya's MV is too early.

Just like in New York, she was once again in the dilemma of no film to show in Hollywood. In order to maintain the so-called star vanity, she has spent tens of thousands of dollars for the poor Chicago dentist...

"I dare not offend Wesley. Exposure of this kind of thing is not good for me, so you said last time that you can arrange two roles for me..." Hallie begged, "Will it work? Where do you live? Hotel, shall I come to find you?"

"No, I'm being stared at by reporters and the local police." Song Ya was reminded by her, only to remember that he had invested in two films of Xiao Lizi in Hollywood, "I will ask tomorrow, don't hold on too much hope. "

"Harry, are you too clever? Are you clever?" He put down the phone, shaking his head and laughing.