Chapter Twenty-Six: Flickering

After closing the door and getting dressed with Ellie, Songya cleaned up the couch and some leftover things before going out to find Eric.

"Where's Old Joe?" He asked.

Bringing Niu over last night was just part of the plan, he needed an excuse to come to Old Joe's music, and then 'bump into' Old Joe who ran out of publicity.

"He's not coming back this week, he's going to Los Angeles."

Didn't expect to get bad news.

Song Ya can only ask Eric to drive him and Ellie home, and by the way, he will talk on the road, but Eric is not very defensive against him, and tells him what happened when he is announced.

In Atlanta, Old Joe didn't know whose idea he had and planned to ask a Hollywood public relations agency to intervene in the release of the album, but Pablo, who was interested in working with Warner Records, of course vehemently opposed, and the two quarreled again. Then Pablo took little Lowry and AK, Tony, and 'Silencer' and they left suddenly, without even saying hello to Old Joe, who didn't bother to care about them, and got on the flight to Los Angeles alone.

"Hollywood's PR agency?"

Song Ya's heart sank, he didn't understand what a public relations company do, but since they could also be responsible for the promotion of the album, Lao Qiao obviously wanted to completely cut off the possibility of cooperation with a big record company, so what about his agreement with Daniel? The introduction fee of 10,000 dollars and the commission of 150,000 yuan will not be all in vain?

Send Ellie home first, and soon the sound of a woman's quarrel can be heard inside.

Well, the family environment in the ghetto is similar, and even Ellie's mother scolds Ellie with the same words that Aunt Susie uses with Connie.

Song Ya quickly asked Eric to start the car and run away, and immediately dialed Daniel's phone when he got home.

"PR agencies are like mercenaries, usually used for short-term cooperation, they prefer to go off the rails, and it is good to make a big news for their employers to attract media attention and exposure."

Daniel is a veteran, and he quickly made a judgment, "Hollywood's good PR companies are expensive, and based on the current album sales, Old Joe doesn't make enough money to pay their bills!" I feel like Old Joe is losing his mind, and we have to rush to Los Angeles and race against time to get in before he can make a deal with the PR agency! ”

Song Ya was helpless, and dialed Lao Qiao's mobile phone again, and the 'chance encounter' scene failed, so he had to have a direct showdown, so he had to earn Daniel's 10,000 knife introduction fee.

"HEY, APLUS, WHAT'S THE MATTER?" Old Joe's voice was tired.

Song Ya didn't go around in circles anymore, and directly explained his intentions, "Daniel Glass, vice president of SBK Records, came to me and said that I wanted to see you, you see ......"

“FXXX! You son of a bitch! ”

Old Joe scolded directly, "You all betrayed me!" After scolding, I planned to put the phone directly.

"Hey! Hey! Wait a minute! Don't hang up! For the sake of that song, boss, I wrote it for you! All right? Song Ya hurriedly played the emotional card.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time, "Maybe we would be happier now without that song...... Old Joe said slowly: "Seven thousand cassettes are sold out, I admit compensation and leave, then Pablo is still my friend, and Lowry is still that good boy...... Money, it's all about money, money is all about ......"

"Isn't the hand you threw Al out of the game ruthless?" Song Ya secretly complained in her heart.

"Then you have to talk to Daniel, he's a guy who has a lot of ideas about record releases, and he convinced me, and I'm sure he can convince you." Money is the problem, that song is the problem, so we have to find a professional person to solve the problem, one side, just one side, okay? ”

Old Joe took a deep breath, and his attitude finally softened, "One side? ”

"One side!"

"Okay, I'll just give you this face." Old Joe gave the name of the hotel.

"Thank you, boss!"

Song Ya made an appointment with Daniel, and the two took the nearest flight to the City of Angels on the West Coast.

After crossing for the first time by plane and the first time in Los Angeles, Song Ya was in no mood to enjoy the scenery along the way, and led Daniel to the hotel where Lao Qiao was staying by taxi and knocked on the door.

When Daniel and Old Joe met, the jingle of the supermarket cash register seemed to sound in his mind, 10,000 knives in hand, beautiful!

There were also two guests, a combination of a short black man and a fat white man, who were saying goodbye to Old Joe.

After briefly introducing himself, "Was that N.W.A's EAZY-E just now?" Daniel asked.

"Yes, sit down, Big E is also here to talk to me about cooperation." Old Joe replied, he opened the bottle of wine, took the glass from the wine cabinet, and poured it for the two of them.

"Thank you, Big E's reputation ......" Daniel stopped talking.

"I know what you're trying to say, Big E is dangerous and greedy, but he has nothing to say about music, N.W.A. made it with the money he earned from drug trafficking." Old Joe lay back on the couch and raised his glass to Daniel, "And he has a lot of experience with big record companies." ”

Hearing the thorn in Old Joe's words, Daniel smiled, "I heard APLUS talk about Pablo's theology about the big record companies, and it's a pity that he's just a layman in this business, and the simple fact is that the big record companies can't control everything." For example...... "he stretched out his hand to Old Joe, "you can listen to music from any company or individual at almost any time, at any time, anywhere, and the big record companies can't control you, how can they monopolize it?" Issuance? Aren't you releasing a record? No one can stop you. Of course, I won't shy away from talking about the advantages of big record companies, they can control some channels, some awards, some media, but that's all, many big record companies have hundreds of labels, and their own people can play dog brains, how to monopolize? We SBK didn't belong to Baidai before, and we didn't live well, but in fact, the giants who can really control an industry are not in the record industry, but right here, Los Angeles, Hollywood, ......"

Daniel is a ...... Marketing Guru, "Go ahead." Old Joe was really interested in his words.

"Unlike the record industry, there is a limit to the number of cinemas and screens in the country, and if you want to see a new movie, you have to go to the cinema, and you can't see it anywhere else, which is the soil that really breeds monopolies. So the seven major studios here, Universal, Warner Bros., MGM, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Disney and Columbia, oh no, it should be called Sony Columbia now, they are the existence that can really monopolize an industry. Daniel said: "Old Joe, work with us, we're not Warners, we're more suitable for releasing rap music, have you heard ICE ICE BABY?" ”

Old Joe smiled disdainfully, "A white man." ”

"That's right! Vanilla Ice is a white man! White people singing hardcore rap! The single was also sold out by us! ”

Daniel's words were too lethal, and Old Joe fell into deep thought.

Song Ya on the side can definitely feel the same way, the last time he was fooled by Daniel, he couldn't tell the difference between the east and the west.

"And guess what." Daniel will never give his flicker a respite, "We're going to promote that APLUS single and elevate you to the same status as Little Lowry, and everyone in the industry knows that your chorus is much better than his rap part!" He's the lead singer of the song, and so are you! If you want, we at SBK can even sign a singer contract with you, every concert, every commercial performance, every awards party in the future, as long as you want, little Lowry will never want to leave you alone! ...... forever"