It didn't take long for Hayden to also receive a call that the late-night show wanted to bring forward the interview with Song Ya, just two days later.

"They probably wanted to take advantage of this hot spot and invite a black star to be there." Hayden analyzed.

Song Ya was a little unsure, "Good thing or bad thing?" ”

"It shouldn't be a bad thing, let's have a meeting, we have to give an answer before twelve o'clock." Hayden looks at his watch.

Call Roberto Clevard, dial Donovan's phone again, and turn on hands-free.

"Of course it's a good thing, it's David Lightman's late-night show! And it is inevitable to talk about the current all-rice focus event! Donovan exclaimed, "There's nothing to hesitate about, at this time, even a top media person like David Lightman wouldn't dare dig a hole for a black guest." ”

Roberto Clever advises Songya to ask Motula.

Song Ya found a place where no one was and dialed Motula's phone.

Motula and Donovan agreed, but he saw it more clearly, "You've already communicated with the late-night show and the performance is almost ready, to be offensive, your list is actually not good enough to talk to David Lightman about big issues like racial discrimination, if you weren't the black star who can be on his show as quickly as possible, I guess he won't choose you at this critical time." This is a great opportunity for your luck to blow up APLUS, perform well and get a high impression score in the all-black group. ”

Song Ya no longer hesitated, hung up the phone and asked Hayden to reply to the late-night show program team, informing him of his decision to participate in the interview as scheduled. Indeed, if he hadn't decided to participate in a late-night show in early March, how could the other party think that he was a lot more famous and charismatic black stars and politicians than himself.

The next day, he and Hayden rushed to the NBC headquarters in Rockefeller Center in New York to participate in the interview and rehearsal of tomorrow night's performance.

The interview script was really overhauled, some funny jokes were cut, and a lot of racial issues were added, of course, about the beating.

Song Ya called Michelle again and communicated with her the tone of her statement, in short, there is no room to look calmly or ride on the wall, such a conclusive atrocity, he must stand on the side of the black man and condemn the white police officer.

In the meantime, David Lightman came to observe the rehearsal, and Song Ya chatted with him for a few words, and basically, the positions of both sides were the same.

In addition to hosting, David Lightman is also a very good screenwriter, and he is very satisfied with Song Ya's dedicated attitude, "Don't be nervous when you're present, you know? Many young stars are on the show, and the preparation is very sufficient, but because of nervousness, the speed of speech is too fast, so I can only deliberately lower the speed of speech, and then ......"

He made a gesture of holding a cup and drinking water, "This is the only way to delay time." So when you see me pick up the cup, you have to pay attention to the speed of speech. ”

"I will, thank you David."

On the evening of March 6, Song Ya appeared on time at the late-night show, through NBC TV, the four-minute performance clip was recorded in advance, he danced while singing I feel it coming, and had to interact with the funny artists on the side, which was inevitably slightly flawed, but NBC helped him solve it through post-editing sounds.

"Today we have a very young star who is only sixteen years old but has written several platinum singles, of course, I will not admit that I am worse than him, I was already a very famous host at the age of sixteen...... In our middle school. ”

The audience laughed.

Musician Paul Schaefer's live band played a mix that transitioned from I feel it coming to a second-hand store and then to De Klerk.

"When you hear this familiar music, you can guess who it is, right? Yes, APLUS! Let's welcome him! ”

Song Ya stepped on the rhythm of the background music, walked on stage lightly, first waved to the audience, then shook hands with David Letterman, and then sat on the sofa next to his studio, moved his butt and changed to a more relaxed sitting position, and then naturally looked at the other party behind the studio.

"Thank you for being here, the show was perfect." David Lightman followed the script and began to guide the topic......

"So you grew up in Chicago, right?"

"Yes, I'm from Chicago."

"Tell me about your teenage life."

"Uh, very poor, I grew up in my aunt's house, we were very poor, I remember one ......"

The children of poor families are talented, and the results achieved through personal struggle are liked by the audience, Song Ya tried her best to suppress her nervousness and told calmly.

The older audience watched as his gaze softened.

"Let's look at a picture." David Lightman took out Song Ya and Mandela's 'grandfather and grandson', and the photographer zoomed in, "When was this taken?" ”

"Hmm, this is a teen event I attended last year......"

Song Ya introduced the background of the meeting between the two, "Chicago...... Dr. Michelle of Affirmative Action, it was she who gave me this opportunity. He mentioned Michelle, and Daniel's integral theory he never forget.

"Have you two talked? What about others? David Lightman pointed to Mandela in the photo.

"Actually, we only talked about it for two (and no), he is a very kind old man, but I can feel the infinite spiritual strength in him, he is a role model against racism, I love him like my grandfather......"

"I remember that you wrote the song that scolded De Klerk, right? Didn't the South African government embarrass you? ”

"Hahaha, I didn't scold, I think I was just offended a little, but fortunately, they didn't seem to recognize me......" Song Ya patted his heart, making a gesture of palpitations after escaping, this is a burden set in advance.

Both and the audience laughed.

"Speaking of discrimination, do you know what happened on the night of the three?" Here comes the point.

"You know, I watched the news and I can't imagine the anger I felt when I saw the LA police brutality......"

Song Ya slowed down his speech as much as he could, looked at the camera lens with the green light on, and said solemnly: "It's the nineties now, less than ten years away from the next century, and Dr. Jin's speech...... It is absolutely unforgivable for such atrocities to occur in America, and although I am a young man of sixteen, I would like to take this opportunity to make an appeal to stop discrimination and punish the perpetrators of violence immediately......"

"Very well, my colleagues and I very much agree with your remarks, ladies and gentlemen......"

David Lightman said emotionally about anti-discrimination thinking based on the white position, "Although we are a not very serious show, we will still work with everyone to pay attention to the follow-up progress of this matter, please don't go away......"

Exactly ten minutes into the ad, "The performance is very good." David Letterman shook hands with Song Ya and gave a brief word of encouragement, and Song Ya left the studio hall.

"Perfect!"

Hayden, who was waiting outside, applauded him and praised: "Your performance just now is simply a perfect score, the tears in the corners of your eyes, the emotional recitation, I almost cried." ”

"Okay, that's over, it's time for me to go back and record songs."

Song Ya shook her head and smiled bitterly, she had too many things to do, she hadn't finished recording the name yet, the lyrics of Empire State of Mind was a big project, she had to go back to Chicago to participate in the protests in a few days, and the production of A+ Pedal Company was not on the right track.

The response to the show was very good, and he, who has always been a listeners buster, raised NBC's ratings by more than three points in a talk show with a lot less jokes than usual. Of course, it is mainly because of hot issues, but the credit will still be credited to him.

Song Ya took the initiative to call Motura and thanked him, after all, the opportunity to participate in the late-night show was provided by the other party.

Back at the hotel, his phone and pager never stopped, not only Michelle and other acquaintances, but also some ordinary black singers called to express their support, such as Escuber, who he hadn't seen for a long time, he had finished filming the movie, and he was in Los Angeles, the site of the atrocity, where there were more protests.

Quincy Jones, who had a Grammy relationship, also called, and the two met again at an event in Chicago.