Chapter Forty-Eight: Touching Porcelain
SBK's marketing of the song 'Second-hand Store' was actually a bit half-hearted, and after the high-intensity publicity led to the first week's sellout, they did not chase the charts with the victory, but focused on sales. As Cooper said, the Billboard Singles Chart is not a sales-only chart, and the hype has not picked up in one go, and even though second-hand stores are now steadily heading towards two million sales, the rankings are still starting to drop significantly.
Daniel asked Lowry Jr. to find a way to fight the news page on his own, not out of consideration for saving publicity costs.
This is also human nature, after all, SBK is only the publisher, and Lowry Jr. is not his family's contracted singer, in stark contrast to SBK's own daughters Wilson sisters and Phillips, their single 'hold on' is still ranked fourth after a few months on the chart, and the publicity resources are very abundant.
"You're a genius, APLUS, but both of the songs you write are a bit niche."
Daniel suggested, "You have to remember the word in the future: 'LOVE'!" What rock, what country, what hip-hop and even adult lyricism...... The type and style of music is not important in my eyes, what matters is the mainstream preference of the market now! What do people like? Well? Like what? I love you, you love me, I love you, why don't you love me...... It's that simple! β
"Like her Vision of Love?" Song Ya towards Mariah Kelly's photo Nunu mouth.
"That's right, she's already climbed thirty-one on this single, and Motura will make good use of her dolphin singing in the NBA Finals yesterday, and the rankings will jump." As soon as he talked about Motura and Mariah Carey, Daniel's tone became very impatient, and he clearly felt the pressure.
The two chatted for a while, but Daniel still retained his opinion, "Mira has a good image, but her vocal range and skills are not high, and she can't focus on the record ......"
"Madonna and Whitney Houston, they're both film-music ......"
Songya's statement drew a sneer from Daniel.
Without the agents buzzing like flies, without Robert or even Lisa, under SBK's careful response, Song Ya spent a good time in New York, after recording the single, he accompanied Mila to shoot the single cover and MV, the two were the same as in Chicago, both stayed and flew together, so good that the honey was blended.
However, the day of separation has come.
"This thing can't maintain its throat, can it?"
In the hotel room, Mira obediently knelt in front of Song Ya and asked.
Song Ya pinched her flushed cheek and couldn't help but laugh.
"Nasty!" Mira was so angry that she jumped up and tore him up, "I've been deceived by you for so long!" β
Song Ya pressed her hands and feet and hugged her in her arms, "You will have a hard time next, can you stand it?" β
"It's just running propaganda, flying around from childhood to adulthood, and I'm used to it." Mira whispered.
"That's not what I'm talking about." Song Ya smiled evilly and fiddled her into the pose she liked.
"You! Dislike! β
The next day, Mira and the band left for New York to officially start promoting the trip, Al still accompanied him as an assistant, the music industry was too chaotic, and someone she could trust to keep an eye on her, with Al's 'axis' personality, she should be able to complete the task well.
And Eric made a different choice, this time he came to New York to record, he could only give SBK's tuner, and he also complained about Song Ya's strict prohibition of recruiting bees and butterflies in New York, and accompanied a female singer like Mira to run publicity, and it was far better to follow Lao Qiao and Little Lowry to shuttle through various nightclubs in Quanmi, he regretted it.
After getting together and dispersing, Song Ya threw him a small turn of cash, ended the cooperation, and returned to Chicago alone.
In the next month, the news from Little Lowry came to Song Ya's ears from time to time, and his relationship with the daughter of a famous Detroit music industry reached the moment of squeezing out the last residual value, and the two played the breakup drama with ups and downs, arguing in front of the paparazzi camera, each of them broke the news to the media about each other's shortcomings that were not shortcomings, and suddenly issued a formal breakup statement when the heat came down, and then expressed sympathy and regret in the interview, and they were still good friends after the breakup......
These actions of theirs saved Lowry Jr.'s Billboard rankings, and also gave the famous daughter's new album a good boost.
Song Yacai didn't bother to pay attention to these things, he began to concentrate on preparing for the next semester's homework, and under the leadership of Hayden, he ran between various private schools, the choice was two-way, he picked the school, and good schools also needed to interview students and even students' parents.
With his current resume, there are almost no schools that would reject such students, fifteen-year-old BMI member, two songs have been released, the first is a platinum record that has sold more than a million copies, excellent grades, and is also an active participant in affirmative action activities, with these, many schools even use tuition waivers to solicit.
The problem lies with Emily, according to her elementary school grades, it is a bit difficult to rely solely on the interview to pass the middle school audit of Song Ya's choice, but for these private schools, there is nothing that cannot be done with money, and it is easy to solve.
Song Ya finally chose a private middle school in the northwest of Chicago, the black and white ratio in it is very in line with his requirements, in fact, the security in the west of the city is enough, but the school is closer to the north of the city, and the surrounding environment is very good and acceptable.
Then he was busy moving again.
is also a two-way choice, his favorite house, the white old man who rented the house clearly told him a few days later that the residents of the nearby community voted to refuse his family's move-in, and the old man did not give a reason, but looking at the skin color of the nearby residents, Song Ya can also guess the reason inside, but out of political correctness, no one will declare the motive for refusal.
In the end, he chose a unit in a high-rise apartment near the school, which is similar to Little Lowry's house, with access control and building caretaker, and the surrounding environment and facilities in the building are better than Little Lowry's home, and the area is much larger than Little Lowry's house.
However, Connie rejected Songya's offer to help her pay for her community college, and she didn't plan to move in with everyone.
"You've all moved away, and I'm starting a family in this house."
She brought home her well-hidden boyfriend, named Tyron, a strong but somewhat wooden plumber, "We're going to be happy, and I'm pregnant." She said.
"You Bichi ......" Aunt Susie, gritting her teeth, was about to open her voice.
"Are you really a plumber?" Tony, who rushed back for a family meeting, asked Taryn.
"Yes." Taryn nervously rubbed the cap in his hand, "You see, my tool cart is right outside. β
Everyone walked outside to take a look at Tyron's box truck, which also had a cheesy water pipe repair advertisement.
"Plumber is good......" Tony looked at Aunt Susie.
Aunt Susie pouted and admitted that the income of a plumber in Mi Guo is very good in the blue-collar class, and it is definitely a good job in the eyes of the residents of the slums in Nancheng, and Song Ya has also seen a lot of videos with plumbers as the protagonist in the 'silencer' house.
"Okay, I don't care, it's all up to you, you Bichi ......"
Aunt Susie finally nodded, "Yay! Connie happily hugged Tyron.
At the end of July, Mira also came to Chicago and stayed in Songya's room, where she was going to attend the Chicago Music Festival in early August.
Due to the nature of the song, many promotional channels were blocked, and SBK's promotion efforts were not large, resulting in very average sales of the single "To De Klerk", which only sold more than 100,000 copies in a month.
But things have finally taken a turn for the better.
After a long absence, the two children, who were dying and lingering, suddenly received a call from Daniel himself, and he shouted very excitedly on the phone: "It's done!" The South African government protested! β
Daniel devised a rather outrageous propaganda strategy for the song scolding the white South African president, the key of which was to do everything possible to get the attention of South Africans. A month later, the South Africans finally took notice of the song, and as soon as they received the unofficial protest from the other side, the 'Touch' was a great success, and Daniel's propaganda chariot was ready to go full throttle.
'The World's Most Memorable White Woman Gives a Voice to Black South Africans! β
'Why did MirajovoviΔ's new order provoke protests from the South African government? β
Protesting apartheid, Mira faced pressure and made a statement that she would not back down easily. β
'Mira's New Words is a song created by a fifteen-year-old genius black boy! The second-hand store that became popular was made by him. β
'Solidarity with Mandela! The white girl in the United States is not afraid of the current government in South Africa. β
In a short period of time, a large number of PR news went out everywhere, scratching the itch of the entire American society, and the discussion of Mira and the new song exploded, causing De Klerk to drop to No. 17 on the Billboard in one fell swoop, and the sales rankings were both bullish.
Daniel and Songya teamed up for the second time and still succeeded.
Song Ya's second Apocalypse work will still be a platinum record.