In early September, the group finally returned to Chicago.

"Your Beautiful Girls have been No. 2 on the B charts for three weeks in a row, and it looks like it's going to continue this week." In the office, the people of A+ Records are standing or sitting, and the atmosphere is slightly solemn, "Have you seen the people of Motown Records in Detroit?" Hayden asked.

"I've seen them, they're very nervous now, and they're very uneasy about me and Motula, and Motula is not easy to see, so they've been looking for opportunities to talk to me."

Song Ya is also a little helpless, Boyz II man's End of the Road has won four consecutive weeks, and the momentum still shows no signs of weakening, according to professional predictions, it may even break the Elvis record for more than ten consecutive weeks and leave a name in the history of records, which is something he never expected.

And his side is also facing the difference in the historical status of the first two crowns and the first three crowns, and he and Sony Columbia Records have spent a lot of resources on the song Beautiful Girls, and they have been stuck in the second, and they can see that the hope is okay, and when they can't see the hope, they do have the motivation to mess with each other's black material or something, which is not uncommon in the record industry. But the other party is Motown Records, which is still in the black music circle, and the producer is still BABYFACE, so it is not easy to start with either business or favors.

"If this had been put in the past, Motown Records would never have worried about this." Yeremov said.

Motown Records, which originated in Detroit, was once one of the strongholds of black music, and in its heyday, it had a series of top black singers who could be said to have changed the world music trend, such as the Jackson brothers, Diana Rose, Marvin Gaye, Steve Wanda, Lionel Richie, etc., and the music style of the entire record company also had a special name "Motown Sound", and the owner Berry Gordy also occupied the throne of the richest black man in the United States for a long time.

It's a pity that in the 80s, the company began to memorize the words, Steve Wanda was out of breath, Marvin Gay and MJ left one after another, Lionel Rich faded out of the music scene, and finally Berry Gordy sold the record company to MCA in 88 for only a measly 60 million dollars. What's even more unfortunate is that as soon as the front foot sold the company, the money from the back script and Europeans poured into the record industry in the United States, and the record company purchase price hit a new high, and in the past two years, the Boyz II man group has risen again.

Of course, when it comes to bad luck, Marvin Gay who left is the worst, he just signed a sky-high contract with Columbia Records at that time in 82, and in 84 he quarreled with his father at home because of a trivial matter, and was shot by his father to collapse......

"What should we do?" Song Ya asked for their opinions, "If I keep being suppressed like this, the industry will look at my jokes, and now there are music critics who compare Boyz II man with me, and there is no chance of winning......

"You're a singer-songwriter, it's normal to be better than them, no fans will care, so it's better to listen to Mr. Motula's opinion on this issue? He is a big man in the record industry, and he has the best grasp of this delicate state. A staff member of the publicity department suggested.

"Motura is looking at things in the interests of Sony Columbia Records."

Song Ya shook her head, "He asked me to continue to die, but that would tire me out, and immediately I started filming with Mariah Carey's official version of the Empire State Of Mind MV, followed by the MV for the four songs of Want to Want Me, Show me the money, Feel It Still, and Where Is The Love, followed by the star chorus of Where Is The Love......"

In the second half of the year, NAS, Escubber, and Dre will issue one after another, and he will have to at least have a trip to each of them at that time, and there are still a lot of things on the other side of A+ clothing, plus the resale of Barn Chemical Equipment planned with John Liu, he is indeed a little lacking in skills now.

"I originally planned to end the high-intensity publicity of Beautiful Girls in September, but I haven't been able to rush to the crown list so far, which is very, very embarrassing."

Everyone here is his own people, and he told the truth: "There is an old saying in Huaguo, it is a pity to abandon the tasteless food, which refers to the current situation." Forget it, don't get entangled, I'm just busy with what I should be busy with, the MV must be filmed, and NAS their favors must also be given, so the high-intensity publicity and distribution can no longer be maintained. ”

"That's right."

Yeremov agreed, "It's just a crown list, anyway, your record sales are there, and the media won't be without eyes." Do you know? Now almost no one will say bad things about you in the media, your popularity is very high, and everyone is chasing popularity, because of the song Where Is The Love, even the group that doesn't listen to your music thinks that you are a young person with a good character. Praise your program for its high ratings, and in the absence of evidence, people don't like to watch your program, the so-called praise is high and low, and the media is naturally making their rational choice. ”

"Yes, Spike Lee, who didn't deal with you last week, said good things about you on the talk show, and even Quincy Jones, when asked about you, only said that you, a young man, are more impulsive, and Wesley Streep, who was beaten by you at Spielberg's house, didn't say a word, and he is now the most rising black movie star in Hollywood." Hayden chimed in.

"Does he dare to say it?" Song Ya pursed her lips disdainfully, and as long as Wesley Streep dared to talk nonsense to the media, Halle Berry dared to jump out and tear up his violent tendencies.

"Then change the itinerary for next week's high-intensity publicity?" Taragi asked.

"Well, let's get in touch with the people at Sony Columbia Records." Song Ya rubbed his eyebrows and commanded.

The people on the publicity side went out, and the office was swept away, leaving only the accountants of Coopers and Chuck Goodman.

"Your Beautiful Girls' commercial license, and some commercial performance income."

Check the documents one by one, Song Ya signed the income documents totaling more than 3 million, many stores like the song Beautiful Girls, especially those who specialize in teenagers, according to Yeremov's investigation, this song has become the so-called rotten street comedy, that is, when you walk on the street, you will hear the melody of this song coming out of a certain store from time to time. According to Sony Columbia Records, the sales of this single alone are likely to surpass that of Remember The Name, which won the fourth crown of the B gang, that is, more than five million copies.

"I just ran into a monster."

Song Ya muttered, sent Goodman and the others out of the door, and walked around his own company by the way.

"How's it going?" Pushing open the door of the deep-sea recording studio, Dion Wilson and others were nervously busy helping Fergi record songs.

"All the best."

Dion Wilson took off the headphones, "APLUS, I feel like Fergie's new album is still one strong single." ”

"Didn't I say that? Don't think about that strong single, count it as mine, just think that the strong single already exists. Song Ya replied.

"Are you ready?" Dieng asked.

"Nope." Song Ya doesn't plan to take out the London Bridge for the time being.

"Honey." Fergie saw Song Ya and ran out of the studio, "What do you think I just handled?" ”

"Very good, but ......"

But the rapping skills in London Bridge have to be taught to Fergie in advance, and she is still far more immature than her in the future, especially in hip-hop, biting, breathing, etc.

"Uh-huh, uh-huh......" Becky nodded her head like a chick pecking rice, and was very obedient and patient.

Song Ya knows that her current well-behaved motives are completely opposite to Amy Adams's well-behaved motives, and it is impossible for him to take Amy Adams with him to run propaganda in the past few days without being photographed by the paparazzi, Phygie has no indication of the relevant gossip, Song Ya knows that the shrewd girl in front of her is patient, and it is estimated that she will endure it until the first college is successfully released.

"Go ahead."

Coming out of the studio, he went to the door of the practice room again, and stood and looked inside.

Amy Adams was practicing with the dancers with the dance instructor, Song Ya watched it for a long time, this girl has a ballet foundation, yes, she can do her body movements in place, but her expressiveness is very problematic, and she feels like she dances rhythmic gymnastics......

Although the MV heroine of the song Want to Want Me doesn't have many dance moves, she is short and too young, and for a role that needs to show extreme sexy charm, I am afraid that she will not be as easy to do as she thought before.

"It's not enough to have capital." Song Ya thought of Charlise Theron again, how could a girl who was so suitable for the role be ......

"Script for Empire State Of Mind." Taraji came looking for him.

"Has Sony Columbia Records finally made up its mind?"

Song Ya took the script, and Motura didn't tell Mariah Carey that he was making the idea for the MV of this song.

"There are so few shots of us together?"

Song Ya flipped it casually, the director Motura found has a lot of similarities with the original director's ideas, New York's skyscrapers and close-ups of various crowds account for a high proportion of the MV, and she and Mariah Carey are singing separately most of the time, and there is no picture in the same frame until the last paragraph. The core idea is similar, and it can basically be regarded as a New York City promotional video.

The difference is mainly in three aspects, because Song Ya changed the lyrics, part of his scenes will be filmed in Chicago, and there is no scene of the original female singer playing the piano on the street, and then there is no black and white picture at all.

"So be it, tell them I agree."

Motura personally asked about the project, and Song Ya didn't want to reach out and change anything.

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