"There is good news, too."

Seeing that he was a little frustrated, Hayden took a document out of his bag, "The New York City government wants to get the authorization of this song for use in festival events and outreach. ”

"How much does it cost?" Song Ya asked.

Hayden said, "This ...... They're looking for you to get permission ......"

"Given away for nothing? fxxk！ ”

Song Ya was shocked, "You told me this is good news?" ”

"The government unit is like this, if you don't want me, I'll make a price." Hayden shrugged, "New York politicians love this song. ”

"Uh, don't be so direct......"

Song Ya thought for a while, "You go to Sony Columbia and talk to the New York City government through their channels, anyway, this song has a copy of Mariah Carey, and you have to get their permission after all." ”

"Yes, you're a good idea." Hayden took the file back, "Then I'll go to Sony Columbia tomorrow, how are you preparing for tomorrow's interview?" ”

The next day, there was an interview with MTV, and the other party was more prepared this time, and also went to Chicago to interview some of Song Ya's schools and acquaintances such as Lao Qiao and Delai.

"It's a very simple interview, and I can handle it easily."

MTV's program is not as strict as David Letterman's late-night show, and the singers are basically touted, and the script is also right, so there will be no problems at all.

"Oh, yes." Hayden looked at his watch, "How did I forget about business." He turned the TV back on and tuned into MTV.

The last shot of the 'Aplus and Mariah Carey' short film started playing on time.

"Congratulations on getting the Billboard First Aplus, how do you feel?"

"Thanks, Roberto, unbelievable, you know what? There's only one word in my mind right now, unbelievable, haha. ”

After a few seconds of black screen, the dialogue between Roberto Clevard and Song Ya is cut into a voiceover, and after this dialogue, the opening of the short film is revealed, and then the footsteps of the two are shot from behind and hurriedly stepping onto the elevator car.

Shoulder-mounted camera, documentary technique, a little rough, but cleverly edited, the scene shifts to Mariah Carey, who is recording in the studio, giving her a long close-up, and then she meets with Song Ah and others to discuss the recording of EmpireStateofMind.

At the end of the short film, the two sang live at the Billboard Awards Gala, but the audience shot was cut and some scenes of the two in the recording studio were interspersed.

Of course, Song Ya feels that this version is not much worse than the original MV of EmpireStateofmind, the voices of the two of them are in good condition that day, handsome men and beautiful women, and they cooperate tacitly, and the original picture is black and white, too simple, and he doesn't like the scene of the original female singer standing on the street of New York and playing the piano, he feels a little embarrassed.

The suspension of the music video is a promotional strategy set by Motura himself, who plans to wait for the popularity of EmpireStateofMind to cool down, and he does not want the song to collide with the promotion of Mariah Carey's new album.

"It's not bad, but Sony Columbia cut me into a supporting role."

He was unhappy with the length of his appearance in the short film, and Sony Columbia cleverly used compositional techniques to clearly convey the difference between the two people's positions, such as most of the scenes where the two are present at the same time, with Mariah Carey beautifully in the visual center near the camera, and Song Ya always appearing at the far end, occasionally out of focus.

"There is a gap between your coffee seats." Hayden laughed.

"But they can't just cut it, can they?"

Song Ya was a little angry, "If there is such a thing in the future, you must get involved to ensure my interests, you are my agent, this should be your business." ”

"Okay, I'll pay attention next time." Hayden hurriedly hung up his assurance.

The two chatted with music critics from several important publications, and one of them wrote: "Almost every work of Aplus since his debut has been innovative, and I can clearly identify the trajectory of his creative thinking, which is definitely a genius path." This time, he combined rap and soul music so perfectly that for the first time in my life, I heard the glamour of musical theater in hip-hop music, and the chorus part of Mariah Carey was especially good. The same duet, we can compare Sarah Brightman in the excerpt of the same name from The Phantom of the Opera with her......

"Look." Song Ya pointed to the article helplessly, "What do you mean to be particularly outstanding?" It's better than me......"

"She's the princess of Sony Columbia, and you're not even a contracted singer, so there's definitely a tendency in public relations. Large companies have a lot of influence in print media and TV stations than we do, and don't forget that you have a big advantage in small and medium-sized radio stations. "And your kind words have been said by the author." ”

"I'm accumulating a lot, and my influence is not at the same level at all." Song Ya said: "Next time, I will never sing with the singers of big companies again, and I will suffer all kinds of losses in publicity." ”

said who arrived, and it happened that the mobile phone rang, and Mariah Carey took the initiative to call.

"Hello~mimi......" Song Ya shouted the other party's nickname.

"Hi~" Mariah Carey's mood was very stable, "Have you watched the short film on MTV?" ”

"yes, I just finished reading ......"

The two chatted around the stage performance, "Why do you point so directly to the paragraph when it is handed over?" She said, "You should use the gesture of introducing the lady with your palms facing up." ”

"Don't you think this will quickly turn the audience's attention to you?" Song Ya said: "It's also more in line with the rhythm. ”

"That's true, but it's a little awkward to look at on the TV screen."

"Are you alright?"

"Awkward."

"Okay, I'll try your gesture next time."

"Also, when I sing the onehandintheairfcity part, your dance steps have to take care of my emotions, and maybe I'm in a bad mood when I perform in the future, and I don't want to twist with you."

"Yes, just say hello to me before you go on stage."

"That's too early, I'll give you a hint of a little movement when I'm about to sing."

"Provisional decision?" Song Ya was stunned, "So you're not sure about your mood until the performance, right?" ”

"Yes, I said hello on the stage on the day of the award, and there were several Bichi below who didn't respond, and my interest was lost all of a sudden."

"Uh, well, what code do you think is appropriate?"

"emmm, think about it, it's ......"

The two of them chatted one by one, Mariah Carey's tone was very flat, not at all as interesting as her usual speech, Song Ya felt that she took the initiative to call herself, maybe just to find someone to talk to.

"By the way, congratulations, three weeks in a row at the top of the Billboard Singles Chart." She sighed, "My album fell out of the album chart." ”

"Didn't you win your debut for 11 weeks? It's already amazing, and yours is on the album chart, based entirely on sales, and my singles chart number one has a lot of water. Song Ya complimented: "And isn't your new album on sale?" This is also to make way for the new specialty, right? ”

"Hmm......" she was suddenly silent for a moment, "and that's it?" ”

"Well, it's not early, you should rest early~"

"Bye-bye~"

"Bye ......" Song Ya put down the phone and shook her head at Hayden, "She should feel very uncomfortable." ”

"You two talked for twenty-five minutes." Hayden pointed to the watch.

"Uh, I talked a little bit for a long time unconsciously......"

The phone rang again, it was Mira's, "Who are you talking to on the phone?" Busy all the time! As soon as she opened her mouth, she was puffing and puffing.

"Talk to Hayden about business, dear." I want to talk about "Chicago 1990" with more like-minded people, "Chat with more book friends about your favorite books."