Clive Davis, president of Alista Records, didn't believe that Daenerys Entertainment would make such an irrational decision to kill 800 enemies and lose 1,000 himself, and when he heard Nancy Brill's face-to-face notice, he argued with Nancy in shock and anger, and thought of contacting Simon, who he thought was making his own decisions.

Simon's answer is understandable.

Clive Davis still didn't believe Daenerys Entertainment would suspend the sale of the soundtrack of "The Bodyguard", and the two sides were at a stalemate for a whole day, and the news inevitably reached the media.

As of last Sunday, September 17, "The Bodyguard" has been in theaters in North America for 15 and a half weeks, with a cumulative box office of $116.35 million, and the film's single-week box office has also slipped to within the $500,000 range. However, when it was rumored that Daenerys Entertainment and Alista Records would stop selling the soundtrack of "Bodyguard" due to a sharing dispute, the film, which had begun to wrap up in North America, once again attracted strong media and public attention.

Regardless of Clive Davis's reaction, the soundtrack of "The Bodyguard" did stop shipping, and all related work in overseas regions such as Europe and Asia also stopped.

The severity of copyright protection in Western countries is well known.

The dispute between Daenerys Entertainment and Alista Records was originally limited to an unclear share, and if Alista Records insisted on selling the soundtrack of "The Bodyguard" after a claim filed by Daenerys Entertainment, which shares the copyright, it would involve copyright infringement.

As long as the two parties reach an agreement, the sharing dispute is easy to resolve, and even if it goes to court, Alista Records cannot lose too much. But when it comes to copyright infringement, a $100 claim in a $1 copyright lawsuit isn't too much, and Daenerys Entertainment is enough to sue Alista Records for bankruptcy.

On September 20th, seeing that Daenerys Entertainment had no intention of acting at all, and really stopped all business activities of the "Bodyguard" soundtrack, Clive Davis finally woke up.

Daenerys Entertainment has a lot of other revenues to build on, and without the entry of the "Bodyguard" soundtrack, the impact on the company is almost negligible. However, this record is the mainstay of Alista Records' revenue, and according to the original forecast, this record alone will probably contribute to Alista Records' profit of more than 70% this year.

Obviously, this record is more important to that side, it goes without saying at all.

Just after eight o'clock in the morning, Clive Davis, who had been suffering all night, arrived at the headquarters of Alista Records on Oliver Avenue in Burbank, but the media reporters were crouched nearby before him.

As soon as Clive Davis parked his car in the public parking lot next to the company's headquarters, a group of reporters surrounded him, pushed the door and got out of the car with a blank face, and all kinds of questions suddenly rang in his ears.

"Mr. Davis, will you reconcile with Daenerys Entertainment?"

"Is Alista Records planning to sue Daenerys Entertainment?"

"Will Alista's parent company, Bertelsmann Music Group, intervene in this matter?"

"Whitney is rumored to be working on her second film, will this event have a negative impact on her development in Hollywood?"

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"Clive, you have caused such a big loss to the company, will you be fired for it?"

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Clive Davis walked towards the company's office building without saying a word, and suddenly heard this question ringing in his ears, which touched his most worrying area, and suddenly couldn't calm down, turned his head and responded angrily: "I didn't bring losses to the company, you should ask Simon Westeros, that greedy bastard is the culprit who caused all this." ”

When the reporters heard this, they suddenly boiled even more.

This kind of irrational scolding war is simply the most popular material for the media.

"Clive, you mean, Simon Westeros is at fault for this?"

"Isn't it? Just because of some controversy, he forcibly stopped a good record that would go down in the history of music, which is a complete desecration of music, and of course, I'm sure that the bastard doesn't think it's blasphemy, because he only sees money in his eyes. Otherwise, why do you think he became the richest man in the Federation? ”

However, according to Daenerys Entertainment's announcement, the cause of the incident was that Alista engulfed Daenerys Entertainment's share of the score. ”

"Of course they say that from their standpoint. If it weren't for Whitney's song, such a shit movie might not even be able to recoup 10 million at the box office, they have made enough profits, but they are not satisfied, and they have to squeeze more out of Alista, which in my opinion is completely insatiable. ”

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After some venting, Clive Davis finally entered the office building of Alista Records. However, his comments about Simon Westeros' 'greedy' and "The Bodyguard" as 'shit' quickly went viral, and a similar topic soon surfaced on a local Los Angeles television station and the national CNN news channel, sparking a wider discussion about the incident.

As another party to the incident, or wishful thinking by the media and some people, Simon met with Janet at Los Angeles International Airport at one o'clock in the afternoon, and then flew directly to Milan, Italy, with a group of entourage on the Boeing 767, which is still still leased.

In fact, Simon just decided that he didn't plan to get involved in the rest of the matter.

Clive Davis's remarks spread, and Daenerys Entertainment also fought back as soon as possible, accusing Alista Records of being truly insatiable, which was enough to engulf Daenerys Entertainment's quarters of the score on the "Bodyguard" soundtrack, which can no longer even be called insatiable, it is completely a crime.

In fact, the circle can probably understand why Daenerys Entertainment reacted so violently to Alista Records' engulfment of "Bodyguard". Therefore, although on the surface it is still very pleasant to entertain Daenerys, it is inevitable to do some small actions to stir up the storm in private, so that Daenerys Entertainment cannot completely control public opinion.

In addition, Whitney Houston fans also jumped out to join in the fun, gathering outside the Daenerys Entertainment headquarters in Santa Monica and Burbank to demand that Daenerys Entertainment give up targeting their idols.

Clive Davis actually began to regret it after saying those words, however, since the situation is irreversible, he can only hold on, expecting Daenerys Entertainment to take the initiative to make concessions under the pressure of public opinion and fans.

Daenerys Entertainment certainly couldn't budge.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Nancy Brill said strongly that the soundtrack of "The Bodyguard" would never appear on the market again unless Alista Records underwent a financial audit by Daenerys Entertainment, paid all of Daenerys Entertainment's share and compensated.

Affected by Nancy's remarks, the price of a small number of "Bodyguard" soundtrack records that are still circulating in the market rose in response.

As the parent company of Alista Records, the German Bertelsmann Music Group was originally happy to have taken over the dying record from RCA two years ago because of the original soundtrack of "The Bodyguard". Now, seeing that Clive Davis not only did not take measures to de-escalate the situation, but also clearly dragged the matter out of control, he quickly decided to intervene.

One of the executives of the Bertelsmann music group also flew from Germany to Los Angeles the day after Simon's flight to Italy, and the first thing he did when he arrived was to announce that Clive Davis would be on temporary and indefinite leave to take over the operation of Alista Records and start negotiations with Daenerys Entertainment.

Italy.

Simon's residence in Milan is located on the shore of the famous Lake Como in the north of the city, a two-acre mansion built on a mountainside overlooking Lake Como, surrounded by dense woods, from the lakeside road at night through a forest path more than a kilometer long, very private.

Today is September 22nd.

Gucci's 1990 spring and summer show was scheduled for the morning of the 23rd, Simon and Janet arrived in Milan on the afternoon of the 21st local time, only to see the last rehearsal of the show in the city, and did not participate in some of the activities of the opening ceremony of Milan Fashion Week, and returned to the scenic mountain villa to rest.

In the blink of an eye, they haven't seen each other for more than a month, and compared to many strangers socializing, the two are more willing to stay together and talk small.

However, there are not only Simon and Janet in the villa, of course, bodyguards and the like, but Jennifer, the female assistant, Natasha Kinski, who came to Milan to cheer for the Gucci fashion show, also moved in. Because she was busy preparing for this big show, Sophia Fesse didn't stay this time.

Milan is still in the Mediterranean climate, but because it is more inland, the weather is already very cool in autumn, and the warm afternoon sun is perfect for sunbathing.

Janet was lying on a lounger by the pool in the courtyard, basking in the sun tightly, casually flipping through some news from Los Angeles.

After a moment, the woman's gaze slanted over to Simon, "They say you're a greedy guy?"

Simon was flipping through a local newspaper in Milan and expertly recited the classic line from "Wall Street": "Greed is good, greed is right, greed orks!"

"Hmph. ”

Janet was dissatisfied with Simon's showmanship, and her little feet in thin socks reached over and scratched Simon's body, and the woman was afraid of tanning her feet.

Simon lifted his legs, easily pressed Janet's little feet underneath, and said, "Do you want to go to the city at night?"

Janet immediately became interested: "Just the two of us?"