Mariah Carey dispelled the idea of tanning, Song Ya soon got Motura's quiet thanks, NBC's David Lightman late-night show invitation, absolute first-line TV show, four-minute performance, ten-minute interview, past guests are basically film and television songs and even political celebrities.

But not now, probably in February and March after the Grammy Awards, David Letterman has very high requirements for the quality of the show, and he must be burdened with a ten-minute interview. Song Ya notified Hayden and asked William Morris and the late-night show program team to communicate an excellent script, he is not a joker who can play on the spot, and NBC's energy is not comparable to that of small and medium-sized radio DJs, if the ratings of this kind of top show are removed by two points, it is estimated that there will be no first-line interviews for a long time to dare to invite him. Moreover, NBC also has NBA broadcast rights in its hands, which offends them and is not conducive to the promotion of Remember The Name in the future.

The four-minute performance was even more difficult to fool, really singing, and at the same time had to improvise with the funny artists of the program team, which was Song Ya's own life, and he had to spend his free time practicing hard.

As soon as the four-week publicity period passed, his single disc immediately disappeared into a conspicuous position in the major video stores, customers had to go around the shelves inside to look for it to see it, the background music list that was playing on a loop in the store was gone, and the delivery of rice knives to small and medium-sized black DJs was also stopped, and most of them didn't bother to swallow back the praise they had said, after all, the heat was over, and the scolding also increased Song Ya's exposure.

Judging from Columbia Records' estimates, the end of the fifth week will definitely cross the platinum line, and then it will encounter the Grammy effect head-on (award-winning songs grab listeners' attention and sales skyrocket), and the grainless Song Ya and I feel it coming will be sad, and they can only wait for the final wave of rebound after David Letterman's late-night show airs, and then completely cool.

Don't blame Columbia Records, Song Ya doesn't want to make some news or scandals or anything to cooperate with the hype, he is going back to Chicago and starting school.

Chicago in mid-January was much colder than New York, and the three of them were so cold that they didn't want to talk when they left the airport. ”

"yes."

Song Ya took out a bunch of miscellaneous items brought back from New York and put them in the honor corner of the office, there are second-hand stores and platinum-certified replicas to De Klerk, as well as a bunch of trophies from the previous Grammys for small awards, best new singer, best lyrics and composition, etc. If Song Ya is willing, he can carry back more, and he didn't care about the small awards that he would get if he asked him to go to the scene to receive the award in person, and the pheasant award that he was willing to give out the trophy after paying a sum of money in advance.

"Wow, it's so much more fancy here."

Al went around the office, and taking advantage of the opportunity to run the publicity, Song Ya asked Song Asheng to hire an interior designer to decorate the whole place, with new furniture, a new boss's desk, a new sofa, and elk antlers hanging on the wall.

"yes."

Song Ya took out the photo frame in the bag and put it next to the same photo frame on the boss's table, which was a group photo taken by him and Mariah Carey, Walt and others at dinner, four men and one woman, looking at the camera around the table and smiling happily, the atmosphere was very warm. In addition to the photo with his family, there is also a 'grandfather and grandson relationship' with Mandela, a photo with Federal Congressman Underwood and his wife at the dinner, and a photo with Michelle and Baptist pastors under the banner of an affirmative action rally.

There is also a photo of New York rappers such as Rakim, Big Professor, and NAS in a nightclub, looking at the gang gestures in the hands of the followers behind several people, Song Ya shook his head and threw the frame into the drawer.

In fact, in the South Pacific, he also took a lot of photos with Mila on the beach, but they haven't been washed out yet, and he doesn't want to hand over those rather 'cool' negatives to some street printing shop, so he can only hide the film at home and see if there is a chance to get a darkroom to do it himself.

"Delay, you only have one task next, to get the synthesized sounds that Remember The Name is going to use." He commanded.

"Understood."

Delay took in a large pile of agent business cards and various singer resumes stuffed through the crack in the door and threw them on the boss's desk, "You should hire a front desk, preferably one like Old Joe Music Carl, so that you can deter the big A." ”

He has always been dissatisfied with Big A's harassment of female singers who come to A+ Records to find opportunities.

Even if the harassment is forgotten, Big A still lies, he and his younger brothers, taking advantage of the relationship between those girls with little social experience who are stupid and unclear about 401 and 401A, and they have succeeded many times by bragging about the old routine of helping to distribute films.

"The front desk, the assistant, one needs to shake the big A, and the other needs to be able to mix in nightclubs all over the country, it's not easy to find."

Song Ya scratched his head in distress, there is no shortage of that kind of person in Nancheng, but there is no one he can trust now, "Big A is very useful to me, and I can't stiffen the relationship yet." ”

After four weeks of publicity for small and medium-sized black DJs, Song Ya practiced Cooper's theory of bringing goods well, spending a total of about 200,000 dollars, that is, just matching his cash income, and brought the single to the eighth highest Billboard, platinum sales. Big A is very hard-working, he can eat well in Chicago and Detroit, and he will have to be used for the next release of Remember The Name, from another perspective, if it weren't for the fact that Big A could get those girls from Song Ya and other benefits, he would definitely not work so hard.

"Also, A+ Audio has a high cost of producing a synthesized sound, and there are almost no outside customers for licensing other than A+ Records, what's going on?"

He asked Delay if he was still paid as the general manager of A+ Audio.

Delai is also very distressed about this, the company can't make a profit, and the equity reward that Song Ya promised him is the moon in the mirror, and it can be seen that it can't be fished, "Our synthetic sound reserves are not enough, and big record companies generally buy packaging licenses, and they won't settle accounts with us one tone at a time." ”

"That? Is there any solution? ”

"Unless we acquire a relatively large synthesized rights library, at least the market share will be higher than three percent."

"Uh......"

Song Ya knew that it wouldn't be a small amount of money, "Let's not consider this for the time being, unless you encounter a good opportunity." ”

DeLay also knows the reality, he and Al began to get busy, in addition to tossing synthesizes, the two also have to practice rapping, Al is the best of the three, after all, he is the partner of little Lowry, Song Ya is second, Delay used to play rock and roll, and after turning the keyboard, he has lost his singing skills for many years, and it is a little difficult to recover. Fortunately, the threshold for rapping is not high, and there should be no big problem with diligent practice.

Back at school, Song Ya went straight into the classroom.

He does not participate in any opening ceremonies, Christmas balls, and social activities among students, which are discussed with the school, and often ask for leave and the other party will also give convenience.

However, when he returned to school this time, his classmates had a completely different attitude towards him.

The songwriter naturally has a bit of cultural attributes, and the students in private schools have a good family background, and they can be treated with a normal heart, but now Song Ya's identity has become a singer, and he is also a platinum singer in the first single, you must know that N.W.A's old singer Cooper, who only got a gold record on his last album, is still far from platinum sales.

"Hey! APLUS！ As soon as they entered the school, regardless of black and white, the female classmates took the initiative to greet each other and flatter them.

Even male classmates, such as Breed, who had been bullied, came over with a piece of paper and ink in his hand, "Can you help sign it?" I asked for it for my sister. ”

Song Ya could only smile generously and took out a pen to sign for him.

"Mine, I want it too!"

"Sign one for my mom too, APLUS!"

One person succeeded, there were countless followers, and the classmates chattered, and instantly surrounded Song Ya into an iron bucket.