Chicago 1990

"If they don't do it to me now, it doesn't mean that they won't do it in the future. There is only one year left for the release of a+ albums, and I still have an appointment for a selection of albums. At the same time, Motura will make a profit if I do Sony."

Song Ya didn't see Daniel in Malibu, but rushed directly to the other party's home in New York, "No, kill me and remember me again, you can make money!" He couldn't help thinking of Little Lori after he finished, which was ironic.

"Don't always be Motura, Motura, I am the spear you used to stab at Motura, and now it has become a shield against Motura. I can't take the risk of this kind of task, I can't do it. !"

The two yelled at each other, and Daniel said, "Sony has 10,000 ways to deal with a senior manager like me."

"Shit! Where's Gubel? Where's Peters? They pitted so much money from Sony in Columbia Pictures and can still go to the bank. You accidentally gave Sony too much handle. What else did you do besides def jam? You Don’t you know to be more careful when digging the corner of your company? Learn from them!"

"Sony is prepared? They are not stupid and fell twice in the same place? They are prepared aplus!" Daniel replied.

"That is you are stupid, no, or you are not stupid, what promise Sony has given you?" Song Ya asked.

"Exceeding the expected termination fee, injecting capital into my own record company, ignoring the past, a decent curtain call, and then adding the chair of the riaa dispute piracy litigation committee." Daniel said.

"Wow, wow..." Song Ya applauded and mocked him, "It turns out that the conditions you got are not worse than Gubel's leaving."

"Not an order of magnitude."

Daniel's mood stabilized a little bit, "Admit it, aplus, you can't keep me, and I don't hate Motura as much as you. I have tried my best to fight against Motura within the company. I have done a good job, but to get I had a good-looking financial report, and I was caught by the Federal Trade Commission as a cornerstone of monopolistic behavior. It was too unlucky... After that time, I had a foreboding that there would be such a day. The Mariah Carey copyright library thing pushed me one last time and admitted Well, you are also responsible. You have been refusing to talk about renewal. Now that you are supporting me, don’t you plan to get better terms when you make peace with Sony? You and I are also in a game, and it is difficult for us to achieve mutual benefits. The arrogant equilibrium state, so I surrendered to Sony first, otherwise they will rush people after Christmas. I am afraid, forgive me."

For many years of friendship, Daniel said that can be considered frank, "So Stringer was not persuaded by you, right?" Song Ya continued to ask.

"I don't know, I feel pretty good. His feedback at the time was very good, but... I am not the roundworm in his stomach." Daniel smiled bitterly.

Neither of them spoke again.

Song Ya held the whiskey glass and sipped gently, while observing Daniel, who was dumbfounded.

It's a pity, I thought that in accordance with his previous dedication to the position of president, he would insist on tearing his face with Sony until Christmas, creating even more pressure...

"Do you have any tricks?" After a long time, Daniel broke his silence. "Except for those parades, this is no secret. Someone has discovered the t-shirt you prepared to protest against Sony."

"No more." How could Song Ya tell him the information now.

"I don't mean anything else, I can still help you." Daniel took a sip of wine, "I have placed a lot of my own people at Sony Columbia Records in the past two years."

"Those of your own people have long since turned around." Song Ya said coldly: "What about the so-called'owners' you used to be in sbk? They abandoned you long ago."

"Don't worry, there will always be some loyal people. I'm leaving. Your manager is vacant. This position can be used to catch many people, even if your contract is only one year left."

Daniel put the cup down and said, "aplus, let go, now Sony is still willing to give you good terms. It is very bad for Motula to come back, yes, but the manager will still be his own, and they will also be involved in all your affairs. I'm doing a cut with Motula. I heard that Motula himself promised not to retaliate against you."

"Motura is deceiving Sony. The more he pretends now, the more violent his revenge against me will be."

Song Ya shook his head, "You should know this. Did they also promise other benefits for Sony to persuade me? Surely there will be?"

"It does, but I respect your personal choice."

Daniel admitted, then there was another silence.

He suddenly laughed to himself, "Remember? The scene we met for the first time, you were only fifteen years old? Huddled in the booth with that rookie agent Hayden, arguing with me behind his back , I made good signing conditions. It is rare that a poor boy from South Chicago would refuse an annual salary of 30,000 to 40,000 dollars, so I decided to start to value you at that time."

Song Ya also laughed, "Later I was still bought by you."

"Of course, I can always persuade others, it's like a talent aplus." Daniel is very confident of his ability in this respect, "You are also the best communicator of the singers I work with, you know? I've been popular. Vanilla ice, but the guy moved into the mansion after he became famous. I advised him not to publish the damn autobiography. He didn't listen. He asked for it. Many stars will swell to think that success comes from them. Personal struggle and ingenuity? Shxt, maybe they have been smart and struggled before, but they soon became fools by the smell of money."

"Where did he go now?" Song Ya also cast aside his troubles and fell into memories.

"The singer has merged with SBK into EMI, quietly enjoying life, and then sulking at the embarrassing incident that he was hung upside down on the hotel balcony in the media. What's the point? He didn't dare to provoke him. Fortunately, Su Ge, his life is not too degenerate. One song of ice ice baby is enough for him to spend the rest of his life."

"What about the Wilson sisters and Phillips combination? They are really red when they are red." Song Ya asked him another proud work.

"It fell out, sisters turned against each other, friends turned against each other, everything is for money, and after the expansion, the weird temperaments of various artists are all over the body, and the good combination is completely unsustainable by infighting, plus the traditional adult lyric style. Not popular anymore..."

Daniel said with a deep heart: "The outside world always thinks that I can't make the singer popular, but I can't help it. After the singer became famous, he began to look down on the manager. They are richer and the money comes easily... I thought I was Aplus, who can work with you for a lifetime, you are the star I have seen most likely to surpass the mj. In your daily life, you don’t have the stink of those artists at all, and you rarely even talk to people about music topics such as lyrics and composition. You Usually more like a shrewd businessman, but suddenly... bang! A talented album shocked everyone, and then another one. Ha! Sometimes I think, if your character is less paranoid, not so A little bit of romance is really perfect."

"I take this as compliment." Song Ya smiled.

"In fact, we are the most perfect combination aplus together. Your a+ record, my own record company, we can actually continue to cooperate."

Daniel moved his body close with his eyes beaming, "Fuck Motula, you and I merge the record companies, and then wait for your contract to expire and go to my old friend Doug Morris' Universal Music, what do you think?"

Song Ya sneered when he heard this, merge?Does your record company match it?Still maintaining the habit of being in sbk, signing a lot of street rock bands, not a well-known group, "I can't think of Daniel so far now, I am occupied by the trouble in front of my entire brain."

"You always have to think long-term, don’t you? Our new record company can even look forward to getting involved in the field of distribution. I know you have planned this way. In terms of distribution, I am more professional than Linda under your hand. I used to be. President of Sony Columbia Records, one of the Big Six."

Daniel has started that set of fudges that he is good at again. He keeps depicting a bright future, but Song Ya already has immunity. "If the piracy problem is not solved, the small distribution company seems to be a loss-making business." He shied away.

"That's because they have no experience and no contacts. After the spin-off of the caroline distribution company, the old people are in a bad situation. We can even consider digging the EMI corner and regroup the team." Daniel continued to persuade.

Isn't the caroline distribution company your own spin-off?In order to integrate resources at EMI Beimi, the old brothers were sold out. In the end, they were defeated by Capitol Records and Viking Beimi.

Daniel kept persuading, Song Ya kept pushing away.

His smile faded, and he became more and more impatient. He said that since Sony has given you decentness, do I still have to give it to you?Really, think so beautifully!?

"I still want to see someone, let's go first!" Just ignore the chattering opponent, stand up and walk outside.

"This... will you go?"

Daniel chased it out, "aplus, think about it, look forward, or how many people should I meet and see you in time?"

"Mike, drive."

Song Ya walked into the back seat, turned his head and did not respond to Daniel's smile, closed the window, "Cut!" With a cold snorted, the car started, leaving the dumbfounded Daniel in place.

Daniel looked at the exhausted car, and he stood there for a while, "fxxk!" Then he kicked to the ornamental bushes next to him to vent his breath, one foot after another, "fxxk! fxxk!" He yelled and cursed. , Vent like crazy.