Chapter 117: Earn points at both ends

Although Donny Bladstone is highly favored, he is still a small role, and as far as a big record company like Sony Columbia is concerned, Motura will give up when he says it, and it will not affect him. However, Song Ya still took the initiative to take the pot, nothing else, he wanted to rely on this to get benefits from BABYFACE.

Both parties are very energetic people in the music industry, and this kind of opportunity to sell well at both ends is hard to come by.

In addition to the 200,000 dollars, BABYFACE has made promises in terms of radio charts and music awards, and he also helped Halle Berry to audition for Eddie Murphy's movie, if nothing else, there will be a female supporting actress with a lot of scenes, and she can directly enter the second round of auditions for the heroine.

He also agreed to Song Ya's request to send Phigi to LAFACE Records for a period of 'further study', and he would work out a training plan to reverse the vocal and singing methods according to Phiggy's characteristics.

Fergie's voice now has a strong 'milky smell', which is a problem left by her previous years of age but had to continue to participate in the recording of children's songs, and later formed an NRG with two other girls, which also aims for adult lyricism and teen pop music, resulting in almost seventeen years old now, and she still feels childish when she sings, which is fatal to her transition to rhythm and blues and hip-hop music.

Song Ya and Delai tried to do this job for a while, but neither of them was good at it, and the vocal personal trainer they invited was not a master, so they had little effect. And BABYFACE, especially his partner L.A. Reid of LAFACE Records, is the world's top singer in terms of training and training, and with their help, I believe that it can be 'cured'.

Of course, Song Ya also picks a target for sending a girl, the two bosses of LAFACE Records are very well-behaved when it comes to women, and Song Ya also deliberately asked Ferge's sister to accompany her to Atlanta.

After reaping enough benefits, Song Adam called Donnie Blesson's agent in front of the two, "Miss Kelly wants that song, so ...... Say sorry to Donnie for me. ”

WHAT HE SAID WAS ACTUALLY THE TRUTH, BUT BABYFACE AND STEEVEN THOUGHT IT WAS AN EXCUSE, IN SHORT, THEY MADE A SPECIAL TRIP TO THIS SILICON VALLEY TOWN TO 'CATCH' SONG YA'S GOAL WAS ACHIEVED, AND THE TWO HAPPILY SAID GOODBYE AND LEFT.

Everyone is satisfied with the whole thing, and the only one who seems to suffer is Donnie Breston, but not necessarily, LAFACE Records paid such a big price to get her, and it will only value her more and have high hopes.

Seeing them off, Song Ya dialed Halle Berry again to inform them of the news.

"Thank you, APLUS! I...... I ......" Halle Berry began to cry again.

It's hard to say that this woman is 'sent' out, the black circle in Hollywood is not large, Eddie Murphy's reputation as a playboy has long been known, and he is a top black movie star, and he has a strong voice in Paramount Pictures, and it is difficult for ordinary actors to refuse him.

But Song Ya doesn't care, he didn't want to have any entanglement with the other party, this favor was sent to the door by chance, and he helped casually.

"I paid a very big price for doing you this favor, very, very big...... So, cherish it. ”

Of course, you have to help, and you have to earn points.

"Where are you, I'm looking for you?"

Hallie doesn't know how many times she took the initiative to say, 'I'm coming for you,' "Forget it, I've been busy lately. Although Song Ya refused, she was quite useful in her heart, at least the other party knew the 'Gratitude Map', "By the way, is Eddie Murphy easy to deal with?" He remembered his failed film investment, and happened to consult with Hallie, who has been working in the film and television industry for many years.

"It's hard to deal with, he started thinking of himself as a superstar a few years ago...... "Hallie briefly introduces Eddie Murphy.

The black movie star started as a funny entertainer on Saturday Night, then started his own talk show and then entered the film and television industry, and the journey was smooth, and the people who thought he was worthy of being friends with him were super black celebrities like Quincy Jones, except MJ, who was very inflated.

Coincidentally, in the mid-80s, Paramount Pictures collapsed after being poached by other film and television giants such as Barry Diller and Michael Eisner, and Eddie Murphy's stable and profitable comedy films were a lifesaver for them, so Eddie Murphy was able to dominate Paramount and become the most powerful black actor in Hollywood ever.

"But the year before last he started to go downhill......"

Since the beginning of the previous year, Eddie Murphy's Harlem Night has lost both box office word-of-mouth, and white audiences in the United States have begun to be aesthetically tired of his comedy, and black audiences have also complained about his image in the movie. And he is such a big black star, but he doesn't promote other black practitioners much, such as Spike Lee, a black director who has worked with Hallie, he is very unaccustomed to him and has spoken out many times.

"So he's going to play a big ...... this time"

Eddie Murphy is a smart person, stealing the mood for this new film Saint La's investment of more than 40 million from Paramount, and from the actors to the soundtrack, he will also change the image of the harlequin in the movie and play the boss of a company with a successful career. In short, this movie is a reversal of word-of-mouth that he has high hopes for.

"More than 40 million ......" Song Ya knew that there were black people playing so big in Hollywood, and the more than 40 million in this era is not the top in Hollywood, but also an absolute first-line big production, "Then you should fight for it......" He never doubted Hallie's efforts and hard work, but was afraid that she would be smart and mistaken, "The heroine of the film with such a big investment, it is estimated that it is useless to climb whose bed, you should work more on acting skills and figuring out the role." ”

"Don't worry, I'll be yours alone in the future." Hallie misunderstood.

"Hehe, I didn't mean that." Song Ya smiled and licked her lips and hung up the phone.

The next day, he and Song Asheng rushed directly from Silicon Valley to New York, and Hayden and others were already waiting at Sony's Columbia Records headquarters.

"That's pretty much it."

In the large office, Motura sat in the middle of the long desk, Song Ya sat on one side with Song Ah Sheng, Donovan, Hayden, Goodman, and Mariah Carey and the other attendees from Sony Columbia sat on the opposite side.

In order for Mariah Carey to get the Empire State of Mind, a compromise was negotiated.

The chorus version of Mariah Carey and Song Ya will only appear in Song Ya's debut album and single, produced by A+ Records, and will not be released on her own album, her singer will be divided into 5 percent of the single, Song Ya's debut album will be 5 per 1,000, and Song Ya's triple identity as songwriter, producer and singer can be divided into about 17 percent. The two also signed a special acting contract for this song, and the income from commercial performances and other performances with appearance fees is split in half, and they participate in each other's concerts as free guests, of course, there is a limit on the number of times, and the appearance fee will be agreed upon when the number of times is exceeded.

Mariah Carey is the new DIVA, this deal is a big advantage for Song Ya, in order to close the deal, he took out the girl solo version, this no rap element of Empire State of Mind Part 2, will be Mariah Carey next year unplugged concert as a single debut, and then included in her third album in '93. As a songwriter and producer, Song Ya has a 15 percent share of the singles, and she can also get a 1 percent share of Mariah Carey's album in '93.

The reason why the solo version was delayed until next year was because Song Ya insisted that he not let the chorus version be played at the same time as Mariah Carey's solo version, which would not only not do him any good, but would also be compared by listeners and critics, which is not a good thing, after all, the mainstream media and listeners are biased towards white tastes, and most of them don't like rap music.

One by one, the documents were exchanged for signatures and then sent to Motura.

"So be it!"

Motura successfully solved the problem of domestic violence, and Song Ya carried the pot that gave up Donnie for him, and happily signed his name on the contract.

β€œNew York~New York~”

Mariah Kelly also hummed happily, "GOGOGO!" APLUS, LET'S GO TO THE STUDIO! ”