“i hate you i love you，i hate that i want you，you want her， you need her and I’ll never be her……”

In the deep-sea recording studio, Song Ya was lying on the sofa, listening to the i hate u i love u girl's solo version that Fei Ji had just recorded, and took off her headphones.

"How's it going, honey?" Phigi asked, putting her arms around his neck.

"Not bad."

He smiled and nodded, without the comparison of the original version of the Apocalypse, his judgment had dropped significantly, but after all, he had been in the industry for more than two years, and Fergi's handling of this song was not too far from the chorus version of the two.

"Just a word?" Fergie was nervous about the song, and she was a little upset, "You weren't so perfunctory when you were a producer for Mariah Carey. ”

"Uh......"

Song Ya was embarrassed, "That's because she always likes to change it, and you haven't changed my things......"

"Well, I've recorded a version of it." Fergie took the opportunity to take out the ambush she had prepared for a long time.

"Did Dion help make it?" After listening to this version of the mix, Song Ya guessed that it was Dieng's style.

"Hmm."

In the new version, Fergie has changed her singing style, and the hip-hop style is heavier and less bitter.

"Nope." Song Ya decisively refused, "You just sing it according to my arrangement, I am the producer of this song, you are not qualified to bargain with me, even Mariah Carey has to listen to me in the end." ”

Petgi threw away her hand, pouted and shrank into the corner of the couch to start a tantrum.

This girl can always fight for her own interests in various ways, and Song Ya doesn't mind coaxing her when she is in a good mood, "Okay, okay, it's a big deal to put this version into your single disc." ”

Fei Ji really smiled like a flower, and pounced back again, "I know that you are the best for me, when will the single disc be released?" I can't wait dear. ”

"Let's talk about it next year." Song Ya has not yet taken out the first single London Bridge for her, and it is not appropriate to take a cover song as the first strong single.

Phigi used the same trick again, threw away her hand, and the person retracted.

"Be careful." Song Ya pointed at her to warn, got up and opened the door to leave, only to find Cassidy's ears against the door, startled by herself.

"I was about to knock on the door." The good girl said in a panic.

The door of the recording studio is so soundproofed that you can't hear it from the outside, "Did Denise get the notification from there?" Song Ya pretended not to notice.

"Well, Denise has started organizing people to attend your fundraiser fan meeting for Gore." Cassidy handed him the folder she was holding, "This is the roster. ”

"Okay, note that everyone who comes to participate must be at least eighteen years old, and the donation amount cannot exceed fifty dollars......"

Song Ya walked to the office while flipping through the roster, "Also, warn those fans under the age of eighteen that they should never go home to mobilize adult relatives and friends such as their parents, I don't want to be discouraged by the news that singers are unscrupulous in canvassing for politicians, and do Senator Gore a disservice......

"Understood, I'll let Denise know." Cassidi kept writing on her notepad.

"Forget it, let Denise come here, and then call Yeremov and the people from the publicity department, I don't want any accidents." Song Ya said: "You ask Yeremov to pay Denise as well, she is my most important fan club director, the Chicago fan club is getting bigger and bigger, and managing the fan club must have taken her a lot of spare time." ”

"Okay."

Cassidi recorded them one by one.

"What's next for you?" Taragi was in his office, handing the itinerary to Song Ya.

A+'s investment in clothing made Song Ya's liquidity urgent, and in late July, he began to take on commercial performances again, in addition to one with Mariah Carey in New York, he also had one commercial performance in several cities in the greater New York area.

"Rick Rubin asked me to be a guest at his Def American?" The first thing Song Ya saw when she went to New York turned out to be this.

"His singer Sir Mix-A-Lot's single 'Baby Got Back' squeezed Mariah Carey's Empire State Of Mind Part II off the Billboard crown list, probably looking for you to show off." Taragi said.

"FXXK, this guy."

This is not good news, Song Ya has an agreement with Rick Rubin that next year's awards season will support his singer to return the favor of his Grammy single of the year at the beginning of the year, but he also has a similar agreement with BABYFACE, and BABYFACE's singers are also a big hit this year, in addition to the TLC group, Donnie Bladstone also debuted with her and BABYFACE chorus, and Boyz II Man's End Of The Road song is also produced by BABYFACE.

He didn't expect Rick Rubin's Def American record to produce any decent singers this year, and it would be good to return BABYFACE's favor during the awards season, anyway, Dre and Escuber will not release their albums until the end of the year, and they will definitely not be able to catch up with the awards season at the beginning of next year, and now they are in trouble......

"Uh......" Cassidy saw that he was worried, "and I'm going to get busy?" ”

"Hmm." Song Ya took her into her arms and kissed her forehead, "Go, I'm sorry, I'm just back and I'm going to leave again for a few days, and I haven't been with you well all summer vacation." ”

"It's okay, I just like the way you work so hard." Cassidy stood on tiptoe in response and left happily.

Taragi rolled his eyes and continued, "Mr. Barenboy asked you to call back as soon as possible. ”

"Oh?" Song Ya dialed Barenboy, who had officially taken over the great god Solti as music director of the Chicago Symphony.

"APLUS, you know what? Rick Rubin wants to buy a stake in the American music magazine that we people have. ”

Barenboy revealed.

"This guy, see for yourself, anyway, I have a controlling stake in my hands, if he opens the right price."

Amerika Music has been released for three issues, and each issue has almost a fixed loss of 200,000 dollars, Barenboy and Shirley Fleming can afford it, but the music critics and musicians they brought in at that time are not necessarily the same.

"Okay." Barenboy didn't seem to want to keep his shares, as they had been there to help Shirley Fleming.

Song Ya soon flew to New York with Phigie and the others, and after settling at Tribeca's house, the first stop he took Hayden and Taraghi and others to was Def American records.

This guy has completely turned over with rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot, and there are many men and women who have come to apply for jobs in the small office space of Def American records, quite like Song Ya's A+ records have just moved into a new building. However, as the founder of Def Jam records, this guy is used to watching the ups and downs, and when Song Ya saw this bearded man, he was lying on the studio sofa in the same posture as Song Ya, listening to a rock band recording songs inside.

1

"APLUS, YOU'VE JUST COME AT THE RIGHT TIME."

He put down the large drink glass in his hand, "Donuts? He casually took out a large doughnut from the box next to him.

Song Ya didn't like to eat something that was so sweet that he died, so he waved his hand and sat down beside him, "What's the matter with me?" ”

"I guess someone told you, right? I would like to increase my stake in the America Music Magazine. He said lazily.

"I'm welcome." Song Ya shrugged, "Just to make the shareholding structure a little simpler." ”

"Will you give up a controlling stake then?" This guy is whimsical.

"Huh." Song Ya smiled, "It's not easy for me to buy this magazine. ”

"Well, when I didn't say it." He picked up the large drink glass and took a sip on the straw.

"Mr. Rubin, what do you think of that part?" The singer's question came from the loudspeaker in the control room.

Rick Rubin lifted his foot and reached the mixer and pressed the intercom button, "Not good enough." ”

"Can you give us some specific advice?" The other party asked.

"That's it...... Not good enough. "Rick Rubin was extremely perfunctory.

“FXXK！ I've had enough. The bassist inside suddenly scolded: "You are the most unlearned producer I have ever seen, you can't even come up with a little advice, you will keep saying that you are not good enough, not good enough!" ”

"It's just not good enough." Rick Rubin is still the same sentence.

The grumpy rock youths were not happy at all, and they rushed out with guitars and drumsticks on their backs, "Do you understand music!?" The long-haired singer-guitarist yelled at him.

"I don't understand." Rick Rubin said, "I just need to know whether your music is good or not." ”

"Then you can help us improve!" The drummer yelled, "You're our producer!" Every time you record a song, you just lie down like this, you lie down all the time, eat and drink, and even eat and drink! ”

"I don't know how to help you improve, you're just so bad." This guy really wants to be beaten.

“Son of a bitch！” The five members of the band rushed up, and a few strong men rushed in at the door, stopped the rock youth and put them out, seemingly very skilled in this process.

"APLUS, don't work with this kind of person, he's an idiot who blends into the music industry!"

The bassist who had been set up in the door shouted, his voice quickly muffled by the closed studio door.

"That's how you make music?" Song Ya was an eye-opener.

"It's all like that, aren't you?" Rick Rubin said: "Producers don't have an omniscient eye to see who has potential and who doesn't, so they just keep signing people in the hope of finding a rising star." It's not worth wasting an extra second on such a hopeless band. ”

"Then be cautious and try the sound or something......

Song Ya plans to rely on the information revealed in the Apocalypse song to find people in the future, so that he will not look for a needle in a haystack like him.

"It doesn't matter, it won't cost two dollars to sign this kind of garbage anyway."

Rick Rubin didn't care, "Okay, let's not talk about that." He brings Song Ah into the office and meets Sir Mix-A-Lot, a black rapper who has just topped the Billboard charts. His new crown single Baby Got Back sings very magically, and the MV is too, the lyrics are mainly in the praise of big PP women, but the vulgarity also clearly expresses the attitude, and expresses irony and dissatisfaction with the popular public aesthetics that are now becoming popular, that is, the pursuit and love of ultra-thin flat body women represented by Kate Moss (famous model).

Song Ya personally agrees with this very much.

"DO YOU SEE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLUS AND ME? ON CALL, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HELP OUT NEXT YEAR'S AWARDS SEASON, RIGHT? Rick Rubin bragged directly in front of Song Ya.

"Yay."

Song Ya can only admit that it turns out that this guy called himself only for this, he is really cheeky.

"Do you hear that? I told you a long time ago, I don't believe it. Rick Rubin said to Sir Mix-A-Lot.

The thirty-year-old black singer bumped fists with Song Ya and smiled: "APLUS, you know what? This guy doesn't know anything about music, and he's a liar, so I have to be careful. ”

Uh, is it really good to say it to your face? Song Ya glanced at Krubin, this guy didn't have the slightest intention to deny it, "You were signed by me for five years Sir Mix-A-Lot, your three albums are in my hands, you can't run, and I let your single rush to the first place on the billboard, and there is hope to win the Grammy next year." ”

"Okay, you're really good at business, but I'll say you don't understand music."

Sir Mix-A-Lot shrugged, unable to do anything about him.

The three chatted casually, "You're going to enter the clothing industry recently?" Rick Rubin asked.

"How do you know?" Song Ya also plans to keep a low profile as much as possible before the clothes are mass-produced.

"Mariah Carey, she is all over the music scene in New York and says that she has a clothing brand, and she will be involved in the design herself." Rick Rubin said.

"Uh...... Mimi didn't expect you to be a big-mouthed woman too! ”

Song Ya's face darkened, "Look at how I teach you a lesson when I turn around, hum!" ”

"It's too early to make ready-to-wear." He can only be so perfunctory.

"I'm optimistic about you." "Now that white people are moving their homes to the suburbs, and the city is full of African-Americans at night, even though a lot of New Yorkers are attacking this trend right now, I would say that no one can stop it," Rick Rubin said. It's also good for your African-American music and selling clothes and shoes, a lot of good. ”

"Oh? How so? Song Ya didn't understand how the two things were connected.

"It's very simple, no matter how poor you are, you are also from the city, and the things in the city must be fashionable, remember my words."