Chicago 1990

Chapter 276: Finalize the first special

In the afternoon, the official recording of WhereIsTheLove Studio was completed. CNA Insurance Company has dispatched a professional security team to wait outside. All the master tapes of A+ Records that have not been released by Sony Columbia Records have been heavily insured and entrusted by this Chicago consortium related company. After Song Ya’s first album is released, the management rights of the songs in the album will be transferred to Sony Music Copyright (not affiliated with Sony Columbia Records).

"If there is no problem, please sign."

In the security room of the CNA company vault, a person in charge handed Song Ya the document.

The metal storage drawer was placed on the workbench. After Dilai and others cooperated with the company's professionals to check the integrity of the master tape one by one, they nodded to Song Ya to indicate that there was no problem.

"Please send it to Sony Columbia Records within the stipulated time." Song Ya asked while signing.

"Mr. APLUS, please don't worry."

Professional security personnel came in with a heavy safe. In addition to the password, the box must have three keys to be opened at the same time. Song Ya was also assigned to one.

After finishing this matter, he led the singers, important staff, lawyers, accountants and others to the airport and flew directly to New York.

"The riots seem to have subsided." Samuel, managing partner of Yongdao Midwest, was also accompanied by the plane.

"Yeah." Song Ya answered casually.

"You don't care?" Samuel asked.

Song Ya replied: "I only care about my first major, I don't want to fail."

"You are very focused, APLUS, this is a very good quality." Samuel glanced at the white clouds outside the window: "Are you worried about Motura?"

"He always worries me, his way of acting, power, character..."

Suppress once and force yourself to modify EmpireStateOfMind's release method once. Motura's raids are always without warning but can accurately grasp the timing. Due to the timeliness of the current WhereIsTheLove popularity, Song Ya is afraid that the opponent will come again all of a sudden.

"He shouldn't have the motive to do anything wrong with you this time." Samuel said, "Your interests are the same now, and...cough, miss." He stopped walking around Song Ya's seat. First-class flight attendant, "Can you give us some personal space?"

"I'm sorry, sir." The beautiful blonde had to walk away in embarrassment.

"Moreover, Motula's power was severely hit last month." Samuel whispered.

"Oh?" Song Ya, with a ghost in his heart, was very happy to hear this kind of news. "How do you say? Nothing big happened in the record industry last month, right?"

"Last month, John Gautí, the'Chinese Godfather' of the Gambino family in New York and the last mafia godfather who loves to use violence to solve problems, was convicted, and the Italian underground power in New York will also be declining."

"Motula is still related to the Mafia?" Song Ya knew that Motura was of Italian origin, but he never expected that he would have a relationship with the Mafia.

"There are rumors, you know, how dare most people verify it personally?"

Samuel said: “You don’t have to be too afraid of Motula, as long as your first album can sell tens of millions. Think about how MJ treated him... and 20 years ago, Motula wanted to marry The daughter of the president of ABC Records chose to convert to Judaism. Following a series of undoctrinal actions after his divorce, the marriage at that time seemed to be just a tool for him to move up the camp, and the perception of him by the top Jewish figures would only get worse. "

"This guy……"

Hearing this secret, Song Ya smiled, but he didn't expect that Motula would have the kind of'son-in-law' past. "Even if I can reach the status of MJ, I won't treat Motura like that. It's totally meaningless." Is the company's president and manager secretly releasing a MV without the other party's permission? Song Ya can't do something that is not good.

"You are very cautious." Samuel nodded in approval: "In addition to the two points I said, Motura has a third backing..."

"Benzi management." Song Ya has experienced Benzi's trust in Motula, which is the most important foundation of his power in the recording industry.

"Our cooperation will be perfect APLUS." Samuel ended the conversation.

‘APLUS! Did you really finish WhereIsTheLove in ten minutes? ’

‘APLUS, please talk about your views on the Los Angeles incident! ’

"It is rumored that your album will be released soon, can you confirm it?"

Song Ya smiled and waved at the reporters who came to block him, and walked away quickly.

When he arrived at the large conference room at Sony Columbia Records headquarters, Motula was already waiting with a large team. They and Song Ya's staff began to deliberate on the content of the premiere and the strategy of publicity in great detail.

"The song BeautifulGirls has great potential. Have you ever thought about saving it to the next album in case of accidents? You know, many singers have a single blockbuster first, and then the second album is mediocre. With this song, Your second major can at least maintain a certain amount of sales."

Motula is also very optimistic about this saliva song. The first disagreement between the two sides is about this song.

"Forget it, I managed to make up ten songs, Mr. Motula." Song Ya declined.

"Didn't you also prepare two more mediocre songs?"

Motula enthusiastically searched for the two guava-related files for the unexpected, "Even if you use them to replace BeautifulGirls, your first album is already very strong, WhereIsTheLove...wow wow wow wow wow, When I heard this song yesterday, I seemed to have heard MJ’s WeAreTheWorld! Next year’s annual single award may be yours again, and WeAreTheWorld will have it!"

Song Ya observed with cold eyes, Motula’s excitement should not be disguised. His suggestion of putting BeautifulGirls in the second album seems to be completely out of good intentions, “I’m a newcomer, I can’t think so far, I just want to try my best Keep it simple."

He thought for a while and still refused. A good song is there. The ghost knows when Motura will seize the opportunity to replay the EmpireStateOfMind scene.

"Hahaha! You are always so stubborn about APLUS... OK! Just do it according to your opinion, who makes you a big star!"

Motura laughed and said, and everyone in the office laughed in agreement.

He got up to open a bottle of champagne, poured the wine, and handed Song Ya a glass, "And that WanttoWantMe, I also like it very much, the mood of rushing to meet my lover like a cat's paw, haha , Too accurate, too in place! Don't worry, your first album will be a big hit, and Sony Columbia Records has sufficient resources." He toasted Song Ya.

"Uh..." Song Ya clinked glasses with him, "Thank you for complimenting Mr. Motura."

"But the other two backup versions of BeautifulGirls don't seem to need to be put in. They will grab each other's blurring focus, which is not conducive to this song's topping the charts." A Sony Columbia Record executive said.

Song Ya thinks about it, too, it is indeed a little bit awkward, "Let me discuss it with my subordinates, ten minutes."

He called Hayden, Yeremov and others outside, and after a brief discussion, he came back and agreed to this opinion.

"What is the budget for the announcement and distribution?" the executive of the publicity and distribution department asked.

"Eight million." Motula had already considered it. "MJ's Dangerous first publicity fee was only more than 20 million. What do you think? APLUS."

Then came the publicity fee for the first album. So many singles by Song Ya basically didn’t use the resources of Sony Columbia Records, and even the MV didn’t cost much, but an album with a dozen songs was expensive. The ordinary way of publicity can no longer be used. He is not a contracted singer of Sony Columbia Records, and A+ Records is not a subsidiary of the other party. If the publicity cost exceeds the previous contract, it will be shared by both parties.

Song Ya looked at Hayden, Yeremov, Samuel and others, and nodded in agreement after getting a positive answer, "Yes."

"Hey! I just like you just like APLUS! WhereIsTheLove, WhereIsTheLove..."

Motula was humming the song and almost dancing. It can be seen how much joy the song WhereIsTheLove brought him. The whole meeting room was infected with him and was happy. "I know your kid never knows money. Worrying! How about letting all the big-name singers of our record company perform WhereIsTheLove again with you in a while?"

"Uh, I still need to make a careful evaluation of this matter. Can you not talk about it for the time being?" Song Ya declined again. Only the chorus part of this song is sung. Once the song is sung together, he must let it out, because Sony Columbia Records There are not many RAP singers, and he doesn't want to give a wonderful chorus part at all, otherwise, if others sing better than him, it would be bad for the audience to have a contrast mentality.

"Okay, OK, do what you want." Motura is very good at talking now.

After intense discussions and calculations, IFeelItComing's dance music mixed version was also removed. Song Yashou Zhuan will have a total of fifteen songs, including ten singles, one studio version, four mixed versions, and a pre-release CD Like vinyl records, the price is $14.99. A much more expensive MD version will be released later. According to the sales of MD discs, Sony Electronics will also provide some subsidies. The cheapest and most easily copied cassette version will be delayed for a long time. Was issued.

The arrangement of CD tracks will be:

WhereIsTheLove

RememberTheName

FeelItStill

BeautifulGirls

Showmethemoney

Trumpets

WanttoWantMe

IFeelItComing

ihateuiloveu

EmpireStateOfMind

IFeelItComing Studio Edition