Taking the opportunity to eat pizza, Song Ya carefully observed the honor corner in the office, as a singer, Lao Qiao personally only had a 10,000 record sales trophy of dubious origin, which he won in the sixties. In other words, this second-hand store is likely to bring Old Joe to a new peak in his career as a singer, after many years of his retirement......

It's no wonder that he just told Pablo to 'don't make things too complicated', and now he's only looking forward to the song more than Songya.

Pablo is very strong, yes, but Old Joe is the man who says nothing about this music company, and the owner can be said to be very enthusiastic right now, and he immediately goes into rehearsals after eating pizza, and his attitude is much more positive than Lowry Jr. and Morgan Sr. In his free time, he kept making appointments with drummers, keyboardists and other accompaniments on the phone, and also made appointments with large companies for professional mixing studios.

Of course, it is a good thing for Song Ya for Lao Qiao to spend so much money, and most of the interests of the two are the same.

But Pablo is different, he has no conflict with Song Ya in the general direction of Lowry Jr.'s new album, but it is still the same old problem: lyrics copyright. After he rushed out of Lao Qiao's office in a rage, he immediately found little Lowry and asked him to start trying to modify the lyrics without asking Song Ya's permission.

"Hey, kid."

In the office, Lao Qiao pulled Song Ya, who came to complain, to the window, "Look at them, look at those girls......"

It was getting late, but there were many men and women gathered in the open space in front of the underground nightclub across the street, and they spontaneously formed several circles, and from time to time some people stood in the middle of the circle to carry out various 'battles', whether it was rapping with their hands or dancing as if their whole body was convulsing, they could make people wonder and cheer from time to time, and the atmosphere was very high.

"I can't see the face clearly......" Song Ya squinted and tried her best to distinguish it.

"Didn't let you recognize anyone, idiot."

Old Joe pointed over there, "Let me tell you, our Eric, the short, slender tuner, just go down and open the door now, pick any girl in here, and say to her, 'Hey, you're singing great, I'm very optimistic about you, how about coming with me upstairs opposite, let's record a song and try ......', guess what's going to happen?" ”

"Beaten?"

“NO！ I bet to you, seventy percent, no, eighty percent of the chicks there, even if they are still snuggled in their boyfriend's arms one second, they will follow Eric without hesitation the next second, and then be stripped naked by him in the studio in a few words, pressed on the sofa and changed into various positions X! ”

"Uh......"

"What are those chicks for? Well? For what? ”

"Singer dream?"

"Singer dreams, star dreams, dreams of being noticed, dreams of being talked about, dreams of being sought after, dreams of being cared for, dreams of luxury, dreams of exquisite life, women don't like these!" Lao Qiao used a lot of comparisons, "Especially the women there, the underground nightclub hasn't opened yet, and they come early to sing and dance there and make friends everywhere to accumulate contacts, just to play?" ”

“……”

Old Joe looked helpless, "You kid was as shrewd as a Jew in front of Pablo just now, how can you become so stupid now!" They want to get into the business! They want to get into the industry! If you have a chance to enter the industry after a good night's sleep, they know very well what to choose, do you understand? ”

Of course, Song Ya understands that Lao Qiao's use of this example is nothing more than to facilitate himself and Pablo to reach a deal as soon as possible, indeed, he has not yet entered the industry, and it may backfire if he is too entangled in economic issues, "I respect you, boss, but Pablo must take away my lyrics, it's really ...... It's hard to accept. ”

"If you each take a step back, half and half, do you agree?" Old Joe made a new offer.

Song Ya thought about it, "OK." He nodded, Pablo he didn't like very much, but was satisfied with Old Joe's attitude.

"Okay, Pablo, I'll go and say, you call the lawyer now, and we'll get everything done as soon as possible!"

Old Joe pointed to the phone on the boss's desk, "I still have to remind you, if it weren't for the fact that this matter is beneficial to everyone, Pablo will definitely not play this way, he can follow you first, trick you into signing a brokerage contract with him first and then play tricks!" He's already very restrained, he has a gang background, Lowry Jr. has a gang background, I have too, my music company also has gang shares, in the black quarter, you can't expect a lawyer to be the same as you can't count on a police officer, you also grew up here, you should ......know it," he clenched his hands into fists and gestured, "Take it easy, everyone still treats you as their own now, and the white man's tricks are played as little as possible." ”

"I understand."

Song Ya agreed, and watched Lao Qiao walk out of the office, he closed the door, took out the phone number on Goodman's business card from his pocket, and dialed it.

"Hello, this is Goodman Law Firm, it's time to get off work, please leave a message if you have something......" The call was diverted to the answering machine.

"Uh...... Mr. Goodman, I am the last time I saw Ali, Alexander Song, I have urgent matters to consult, and if you answer now, I am willing to pay fifty dollars an hour......"

'Click', there was a noise in the earpiece, "Hey Yali, I'm Goodman, how are you going to pay the bill?" I don't have any credit here. ”

"Hello, Mr. Goodman, I will pay you in cash or by check as soon as possible, I promise." Song Ya replied.

"Chuck."

"What?"

"Chuck Goodman, just call me Chuck, if you have anything to consult, you say, I'll start the timer."

"Okay." Song Ya told the other party about the situation she was facing.

"First of all, I don't have artist agency qualifications, and I don't know how to do it, your industry is very deep, what albums, singles, platters, selections, and compilations...... All of them, the songwriter has a different share, and if you are not careful, you will suffer, so I still recommend that you get a professional to help. ”

"Second, I don't know any of you professionals in this industry, especially those who can operate in the South City, but since you say that you don't have anyone to trust, it's better to trust the biggest ones, their power, professionalism, and manpower in Chicago are definitely no problem, you can rest assured, and it will save trouble. Of course, it is inevitable that the store will bully customers, and for newcomers like you, they will probably charge a commission of up to 10%. ”

"Third, you don't have to be afraid to sign a brokerage contract with someone, first of all, the general brokerage contract is about three years at most, and the first brokerage contract for a newcomer like yours is only allowed to be signed for one year. And you are underage, and if something goes wrong, the law will be more biased towards protecting you. You don't have to be afraid that they will ignore you, according to your statement, the contract is about to be signed, and the brokerage company can get 10% of the commission for nothing if the brokerage company sends an individual in the past, and they have no reason not to do it, is there still someone in this world who thinks that there is less money? There are dozens of artists under many agents, and there are not many more than you. ”

"In the end, it's the same sentence, after you enter the industry, you can strive to become a member of the Composers' Association, and then the benefits will be even greater."

In the two consultations, Goodman mentioned entering the industry, and Lao Qiao also emphasized entering the industry just now, they all tend to enter the industry first anyway, Song Ya looked at the men and women outside the window who were singing and dancing in the open space in the cold wind, and finally made up his mind, according to the number provided by Goodman, dialed one of the largest artist agencies in the whole meter, WMA (William Morris Agency).

The communication with WMA was much smoother than expected, Song Ya was relieved, breathed a long sigh of relief, pushed open the door and walked out of Lao Qiao's office.

"How?"

Old Joe and Pablo were standing outside the recording room chatting, and it seemed that the agreement was settled.

"Mr. Pablo......" Song Ya smiled apologetically at Pablo, "my agent promised to come over tomorrow." ”

"Isn't that the end of it! Let's work together to get the new special out as soon as possible! Old Joe patted them on the shoulder.

Pablo kept a straight face, pouted and smiled half a minute later, stretched out his fist, and Song Ya quickly touched him.