Chicago 1990

"I thought it would be a competitor like GAP."

Isn't Scott, the general manager of A+ Apparel, like the general manager of Barn, quietly communicating with big companies?Song Ya immediately followed Roberto Clever's words carefully.

"Haha, do you think we are already opponents of GAP?"

Roberto Clerville laughed and said: "We sold a lot of clothes, but we didn't make much money. Autumn and winter did not maintain the good momentum of summer..."

The graphic T-shirts brought by Song Ya and Mariah Carey are good and cheap, and they are very popular among the people of the bottom of the United States. The price range is comparable to the autumn and winter clothes of popular clothing brands such as GAP.

A+ Apparel does not have its own store, the distribution model at all levels is complicated, and the loyalty of distributors is very low. When T-shirts are good for sale, everything is easy to say. After the backlog of autumn and winter clothes with higher unit prices, the following distributors have begun to show their magic in order to clear the inventory. , What is the unified suggested price of the whole rice?Can you eat it?Excessive discounts and price confusion naturally caused some damage to the brand's reputation.

And next year, similar T-shirt products of brands such as GAP will also be launched. Also, some celebrities or cartoon characters will be invited to make joint names. There will be no problems with the promotion and design of large companies. The differentiated advantages of A+ clothing will also be quickly wiped out. level.

"Why would Wal-Mart want to buy our company?" Song Ya asked: "The private-label T-shirts in their supermarket are cheaper than ours, although the quality of those from Ceylon and Bangladesh is worse."

Roberto Klevell replied: "I don't know, I ran into an old friend who worked at Wal-Mart the other day. He said that Wal-Mart is considering acquiring our company, like a casual joke, but I don’t feel like..."

Old Wal-Mart friend, just kidding?There are faults everywhere in these words...

"I'm not going to sell." He didn't care what Roberto Clerville was thinking, and said, "I have specific plans for this company, new plans."

A+ Apparel is not like Barn Company. Song Asheng has been involved in specific operations in San Francisco. He often travels to and from China, so he will definitely report anything to himself as soon as possible.Competition in the apparel industry is fierce, but the barriers to entry are low. Dressing and matching is a very personal choice. The public will follow the trend and have individual demands. Big brands are not as sinister as monopolies in the chemical industry.Besides, the annual shipments of A+ apparel are not enough for those big brands.

"Oh? Tell me about it." Roberto Cleverville.

"Hey! Are you really going to talk about business at the party?"

Mariah Carey protested immediately, "My dear, let's visit the Cliff Suite upstairs, okay?" She shook Song Ya's arm like a baby.

"Visit...well."

Song Ya leaned back: "Sorry, let's be out of company."

"Go, go." The three of Walter and the others chuckled comprehensibly.

It feels good to be upright, and of course it was more exciting when secretly before. This party was all paid for by Song Ya himself. The entourage of Mariah Carey’s concert and people from the Daniel and Newman factions within Sony Columbia Records were invited. The man who danced my life crew, and his friends with Mariah Carey.

In the awards season at the beginning of next year, neither of them had any ideas. They had no new works in 1993, and Mariah Carey's music box album was only released at the end of the year, which was too late.

"You should also take care of your throat. Will you be in Philadelphia on the second of next month?"

When she reappeared in the banquet hall, Mariah Carey almost put her weight on Song Ya’s arm, she was shining brightly. Her year-end concert tour was about once a week. Compared to Madonna or MJ’s tour, the mission was impossible. It's heavy, after all, there is no need to dance, but due to the too many difficult singing methods in her songs, the vocal cords are still unavoidably fatigued.

"Yes, then I will return to New York for the last game on the 10th, in Madison Square..."

She touched her throat and replied, "No problem, I will be lazy in Philadelphia and try my best to win the hometown game."

"How will Daniel and Newman arrange for next year?" Song Ya asked her.

"I will go abroad for publicity in the first half of the year. They said that the global sales momentum is very good." Her mood became not very good.

"Pay attention to your body, I will say hello to Daniel so that they don't tire you out."

"Ok."

The two were chatting, Linda leaned behind them and whispered, "Here."

"Ok."

They met at the entrance of the banquet hall. He and DefJam were mutually successful. In the 1980s, DefJam made him the number one hip-hop singer on the East Coast. He also made DefJam the most influential hip-hop factory at the time. One of the cards.

In the 1990s, both sides fell silent under the tide of gang rap and Chicago rap at the same time.

"YO,..." Song Ya greeted him, stretching out his fist.

This guy, who is nearly 1.9 meters tall, has a more kind face and personality. He is different from other hip-hop singers who like to be cool. He has always appeared in the public with a more cordial image, so the mainstream media has a good impression of him. Even though it has gradually passed away, it is still a frequent visitor to major music awards. The alliance of Russell Simmons and Quincy Jones will find ways to give him various resources every year, and of course Will Smith and others.

Russell Simmons is not only his boss, the two are also teachers and friends, and they have a good personal relationship.

"APLUS, Miss Kelly."

But if you really put his pure and harmless little white rabbit on the spot, you would be wrong, "Introduce you, DJIrv." He lazily introduces a companion behind him, who is the guy that NAS has specially reminded to pay attention to. There are gangs. In the background, the record producer Irv Gotti uses the Mafia godfather Gauti as the stage name.

"Hello, brother." Song Ya fisted the two of them. "Let's talk?"

He lifted his chin and agreed.

The relationship between the two parties is very fragile. Not long ago, they helped Russell Simmons resist himself and Daniel, and also let go of a lot of cruel words.

Mariah Carey looked for a friend to greet her and left this small circle of awkward atmosphere.

"Are you also filming a new movie?" Song Ya and Linda exchanged glances, and they closed the relationship according to the designed dialogue.

"No, come and talk to Marvel about cooperation."

Answer, this guy is sober, knowing that he is dead, and began to work hard to find a way to host, variety show guests, film and television actors, the effect is very good, especially the radio host.

"I know, superhero Blade Warrior?"

Song Ya smiled and carried the wine glass: "I heard you beat Wesley Streep for that role?"

"Yay……"

He really became happy, "The guy was next door at the time, trying to secretly pry my horns, and I knew about it, so he just... bang bang bang..." He imitated the sound of beating the opponent and gestured with his hands triumphantly. With.

To be honest, with his harmless face, Marvel shouldn’t give him the cool vampire superhero role. Wesley Streep is much more suitable, but Song Ya would not say this in person. , Finally found a common topic, so he agreed: "That guy is just looking for a fight."

"I heard you beat him too?" IrvGotti asked cheerfully.

"Yeah, just at the Spielberg's make-up party, I beat him up with one punch." Song Ya also boasted of his'brilliant deeds'.

"Hahaha, good job." And IrvGotti laughed and praised.

Smart people know how to choose. Anyway, Song Ya became the largest individual shareholder of DefJam. It is irreversible. Since he is willing to come to the party, it means that he does not want to continue the cold war. Both sides have an enemy that they hate. The more we talk, the more speculation.

"Marvel wants to make Blade Warrior and Black Panther into a movie. You know, there are not many black superheroes and resources are scarce."

Said: "Why don't you just snatch Wesley's Panthers? We invested in these two films together and let him go!"

"But I heard that Marvel always uses this trick to fool our investments?" Song Ya asked.

Marvel is a giant in the comic publishing industry. It has been very popular in recent years. The old comics, superhero cards and other peripheral products of his family and established comic companies such as DC and Dark Horse have been speculated at a crazy price.But after Song Ya has done some understanding, he also knows that the situation is very complicated. Marvel’s parent company has been acquired by the tycoon Perelman. The tycoon who specializes in capital speculation ranked 14th on the global rich list last year. More than Murdoch, Redstone and others are richer in net worth, according to Fujibi Magazine’s calculations of 6 billion knives.

Perelman also owns Hummer, Durex, Revlon and other leading companies in various fields. He is also the party to the case of the Upper East Side of New York that has been rumored to refuse to move into the top rich man.

However, Perelman’s attitude towards industry is not good. For him, his industrial company is just the golden chicken of his financing. All long-term profits and stocks are used to make various pledges and loans to support him. During the significant expansion of the banking industry, he received a huge federal guarantee totaling 5.1 billion dollars when the Elephant Party was in power, as a special aid to take over the bankruptcy of Texas, and then started a career in the banking industry. Series of M&A expansion.

And companies such as Marvel and Revlon are all transfusing blood for Perelman's business empire. Revlon is clearly operating well, but its financial statements are still losing money year after year, and the profits are all drained by Perelman's various radical financial methods.

Marvel's situation is a little better. In 1991, it went public successfully, and then it began the road of mergers and acquisitions. For example, it bought Fleer, which produces comic star cards and star cards, and ToyBiz, which makes toys.But that's just Perelman's old tricks, using Golden Rooster to go public to raise funds, and then continue to issue bonds for mergers and acquisitions, first to avoid taxation, and secondly to use methods such as huge debt interest to transfer profits from the entity company to his complex bank network. Finally, Transformed into part of his fortune for the fourteenth richest man in the world.

The method is completely legal, but uncomfortable. In the past two years, many financial professionals have criticized this practice of killing chickens and getting eggs, so Song Ya can know so clearly.

"There are not many superheroes that black people can play.

But the angle of consideration is different. He is obviously fascinated by the wonderful vision outlined by Marvel. He is not the kind of singer who spends no money. After all, he has been popular and there is no shortage of money. "I know that Marvel wants to borrow ours. Money is a success, but it's still an opportunity, isn't it? Wesley Streep is not good at character, so it's okay to pick a script."

"All right, I think about it."

"Okay, then I will wait for your news? As soon as possible, you have my call."

"can……"

He did not mention Russell Simmons tacitly from beginning to end, Song Ya basically understood his attitude, and took the opportunity to mention the Source Hip Hop Music Awards in April next year, "If I go, you can help me take care of it. Huh?"

"No problem, New York is our turf." He agreed readily.

"Where is Fergie? She should go too."

"Uh, she is not liked by the black girls in this industry... The London Bridge song you wrote for her is so good, the girls are very jealous."

"But she is a hip-hop singer after all, won't she play with the first special hip-hop music award?"

"It's not that you don't take her, you know, most of the guests on the scene will be the old black, I can't guarantee that the girls won't say anything bad to her."

"But you and your people won't do anything to her, right?" Song Ya asked, "I will think of other groups of people."

"of course."

He glanced at IrvGotti and nodded in agreement.