Chapter 58: Showdown

The next day, saying goodbye to Mirayi, Songya took Al back to Chicago.

Before he came, he swore that he must sing it himself if he could sing, but now he finally got a man's love song, but it made him feel a little embarrassed.

Nothing else, the voice of the original singer is too similar to MJ (Michael Jackson), especially when he first opened his voice, if it weren't for the face of the original singer, Song Ya almost thought that he had inspired an old MJ song, and the music style was even earlier than this era. The only highlight is the electronic accompaniment part, which sounds retro, but the technology is new and fantastic.

"Imitate MJ in this day and age...... emmm…… Will it die an ugly death? ”

After struggling on the plane for a long time, he even thought about whether to vote the lyrics and songs to MJ.

Later, I dispelled my idea, MJ is too popular, unprecedented red, global red, chatting with Mira's agent before, the two inevitably talked about MJ. According to the other party, even Motula, the president of Columbia Records who met at the home court of the Detroit Pistons last time, has to make an appointment in advance to see his own MJ, and even if he makes an appointment, whether he can meet him depends on MJ's mood.

Although it is difficult to distinguish whether the various rumors about MJ are true or false, since the other party is a senior executive of William Morris, the information must be reliable. And he also said that MJ has begun to try his best to reduce the number of tracks for next year's new album, and he has had a very unpleasant quarrel with several well-known composers for this matter, and his own tune ......

The phrase I Feel It Coming has been sung over and over countless times......

"Damn, a man spits a nail! There is no reason to repent! ”

He made up his mind to record this song and sing it himself! Make your own! No matter how hard it is, you have to complete it.

As soon as he got off the plane, he hung up the phone and gave Hayden a brief explanation of his initial thoughts.

"Didn't you just date Mira? New songs don't give her? Hayden questioned on the other end of the phone.

Song Ya explained: "This is a man's song, and you will understand it when you see the lyrics." ”

Lyrics...... It's just a change, and Mira is missing a song. Hayden said: "I have learned about the songs prepared by SBK for Mira's first album, most of them are girly songs with guitar accompaniment, with simple melodies and catchy, but nothing new. ”

"What's the matter with you? Whose broker are you? ”

Song Ya's heart rose a little vigilant, "How can I listen to you think more about Mira?" ”

"Uh...... I'm sorry, I just ...... I want to finish Mira's album as soon as possible. ”

Hayden quickly apologized, "I wonder if you like her so much......"

"Come on! I know you have a stake in Mirana, and if you want to make a choice, I can give you a choice right now. Song Ya simply said bluntly, anyway, he had only signed a one-year brokerage contract with Hayden before, so it was a big deal to kick him away.

"No, no, no, where did you think of it?" Hayden froze, "Okay, if you have any ideas, I'll try to do it." ”

It's pretty much the same, Song Ya confessed: "OK, to put it simply, I have a new song, and then I want to be the producer myself, and find SBK or other big record companies to be responsible for the distribution." There is only one single at the moment, and the album plan is undecided, so I want you to find as many distributors as possible and negotiate the best terms. Of course, given our relationship with Daniel, SBK is the preferred option......"

Hayden was silent for a moment, "Okay, I'm in New York, I'll help you ask around right away." ”

"Be careful, Hayden."

"Of course, of course, you can rest assured."

Two nights later, he waited for Hayden's reply.

"SBK said they could help you make the song, and to clarify ownership, you would have to pay a nominal fee for the studio during production. In terms of publicity, you know Daniel's skills very well, so I don't need to say more. However, Daniel has to sign a gambling agreement with you, after the first single is released, you must produce more than ten songs in a year, and if you can't do it, the money from that single will not reach you. He was worried that you were just playing on a whim, and if the single was released for you and you delayed releasing the album, he couldn't explain the damage caused to SBK. ”

Daniel's conditions made Song Ya feel pressured, this gambling agreement can be said to be his fate, just waiting for the world to drop the plug-in songs, how dare he sign an agreement to release a special within a year, and casually take some garbage songs to fool and deviate from his original intention.

"What about the other companies?" He asked.

"SBK's terms are the best, and there are two other companies that give good terms, one is Atlantic Records, which is owned by Warner Records, and the president Doug Morris is willing to help with the production, and also requires you to sign a special contract, but the terms are a little harsher than Daniel's. But one of the advantages of his family is that they are not as 'white' as SBK, and their support for African-American singers is much stronger than that of SBK, whether it is the soul music era or the rhythm and blues era, they provide opportunities for a large number of African-American singers. ”

"And then there's the Motura of Columbia Records that we've seen, he doesn't ask you for the first album, but he doesn't provide any help with the production, he wants to see the finished product first, at least the semi-finished product, and if your single can meet the requirements, he promises to help promote it according to the resources of second-tier singers."

Song Ya thought about it for a while, and felt that Columbia's conditions were acceptable, anyway, the production step would have to be done sooner or later, but the ten-song album might not be able to come out within a year, "Have you used Columbia's conditions to talk to Daniel?" ”

“APLUS……”

Hayden advised: "Daniel is not bad for us, if we use Colombia to lower the price to him...... You know, he's at odds with Motula. ”

"Oh yes, I forgot about it." Song Ya scratched her head, remembering what Daniel and Motura had said when they attacked each other.

"In short, the conditions can be negotiated slowly, you can make a demo for me first, otherwise I can't talk about anything." Hayden finally said.

"Okay......" Song Ya hung up.

At this time, the access control buzzer rang, he pressed it, and Pablo's voice came, "APLUS, I want to talk to you, is it convenient?" ”

Song Ya opened the downstairs door for him, and a minute later, Pablo appeared in the doorway.

"You little bastard!"

He entered the door in a hurry and sat on the sofa, "You obviously have a new song, why are you lying to me?" He pointed his finger at Song Ya, "In Nancheng, we never lie to our own people!" ”

Song Ya was stunned, and the news leaked? It's only been two days, and even Old Joe hasn't told anyone except Hayden himself, "Hey, watch your attitude, Pablo." "But Pablo's style upset him.

"To cooperate with little Lowry, you can mention any conditions." Pablo is still in that place.

"I'll make it clear......"

Song Ya felt that he had to have a showdown with this birdman, he stepped forward in a few steps, took off the mouthless camel that Pablo was putting on the cigarette holder, and threw it into the garbage basket, "I'm sorry, my house is non-smoking, I said it, you said it was in Nancheng, so let's talk about Nancheng first......"

He sat across from Pablo, "whether it's the righteousness of the Chinese, or the brotherhood of the blacks, or even the Italians and Mexicans...... There is no ethnic gang that is not morally free at all, Pablo! Don't keep bluffing me with Nancheng Nancheng, I'm also my own person, my songs have made a fortune for you and Little Lori, and the same is true for Old Joe and the big guy, whether it's business or morality, I don't owe you, I say it again, I don't owe you. You want to play the gang set, so ......"

He pushed the phone in front of Pablo, "Big guy's call, you call as you like, let's let him decide." ”

He saw that Pablo was unmoved, and picked up the microphone, "If you don't fight, I'll fight." ”

"Hey!" Pablo hurriedly pressed his hand to dial the number.

The two stopped moving, looked at each other, and after a few seconds, "Okay, that's it, boy, let's ......" Pablo stood up, and wanted to say two harsh words.

Al had already rushed out of Tony's room, standing straight in front of Pablo, face to face, chest to chest, and his eyes as fierce as hyenas.

Pablo gritted his teeth and left silently.

"I'll do what you just said." Al said.

Song Ya shook his head, he sat in place and pondered for a while, Hayden would not leak the news to Pablo, then he could only get the news from the record company that Hayden visited, given that little Lowry was looking for a home, it is likely that the record companies contacted by the two sides overlapped, and it must have been leaked to him by a record company.

Pablo can get the news so quickly, it can't be delayed any longer, now that he has strengthened his determination to produce his own singing, it's time for a showdown to give a clear signal to the outside world, after all, the nature of his own initiative is completely different from what others passively know.

He dialed Old Joe's phone, "Hey, boss, I have something I want to talk to you about......"

made an appointment with Old Joe to a strange place, and Song Ya asked Al to drive him there.

Inside a large warehouse, which was divided into many small warehouses, it was very dim, except for the rolling shutter doors that shone with metallic silver paint.

"Old Joe won't do me here, will he? Looks like it's a good place to dispose of corpses......"

Song Ya looked at the strange atmosphere inside and was a little afraid to go in.

"HEY, APLUS!"

Fortunately, a black extended Lincoln slowly stopped beside him, and Old Joe walked out of the back seat, in a good mood.

"Wow, that's a good car." Song Ya looked at the exaggerated body length in front of him and hurriedly complimented.

"I'll regret it after I bought it." The old disguise said.

"Too expensive?"

"No, it's not interesting, I heard that Madonna's has a bathtub in it! What about mine? Nothing. ”

“……”

Song Ya was speechless.

"Am I going to lose you?" Old Joe asked suddenly.

"How so?"

Old Qiao fixed his eyes on Song Ya for a few seconds, "I'm really going to lose you." He smiled and took out a key from his pocket, threw it into Song Ya's hand, and then got into the car by himself, and extended Lincoln and drove away slowly.

Song Ya pressed the number on the key to open a warehouse, which was full of equipment replaced by Lao Qiao Music, mixers, microphones, synthesizers, stereos, record players, samplers...... It's a lot of piles.