he doesn't need his name up in lights

He just wants to be heard whether

it's the beat or the mic

He feels so unlike everybody else， alone

In spite of the fact that some people

still think that they know him

But fxxk 'em

he knows the code

It's not about the salary

it's all about reality and makin' some noise

Makin' the story makin' sure his clique stays up

That means when he puts it down

In Motula's office, Song Ya sang a large section of RAP to the strong accompaniment of the beat, and then pointed at Al, "Ale's pickin' it up, let's go!" ”

Al then answered, Who the hell is he anyway

He never really talks much

Never concerned with status

but still leavin' them star struck

Humbled through opportunities

given despite the fact

That many misjudge him because

he makes a livin' from writin' raps

Put it together himself，

now the picture connects

Never askin' for someone's help，

to get some respect

He's only focused on what he wrote，

his will is beyond reach

And now when it all unfolds，

the skill of an artist

And then there's Dielay, This is twenty percent skill, eighty percent beer......

As soon as the song was sung, the audience in the office was excited, "Wow! Mariah Carey stood up and applauded and said: "The music melody is very powerful and passionate, and the words are very good, APLUS, you have completed another good song, This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill, Fifteen percent concentrated power of will, Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain, And a hundred percent reason……”

She improvised a hip-hop gesture and sang a few words, and sure enough, her talent was amazing, and she learned it well after listening to it once.

Motura looked at her with a grin, "Why don't you just turn into a rapper, Mary." ”

"Nasty." Maria Carey smacked him on the arm.

Motura laughed heartily.

"The accompaniment is wonderful, it's just a little shorter...... "Walter still said something like that:" and the rest is basically repeated. ”

"That's the way rap music is, rhythm and rhyme are the most important." Song Ya replied that in order to make the changed lyrics rhyme, he burned a lot of brain cells.

"Indeed." David Cole handed him and Al and DeLay champagne, "This remember the name is much better than your first single I Feel It Coming." ”

"Will it be a big seller?" Song Ya asked.

"Absolutely." Motura raised her glass, "I was very impressed with your first promotion, I didn't expect such a non-compliant approach to traditional distribution to sell platinum records, and this song would be more successful APLUS." Walt, continue to help with the production of his official version, and the follow-up publicity is ......"

"Of course." Walter and the head of publicity agreed.

Everyone drank the wine in their glasses and left, Roberto Clairwell took Song Ya by the shoulders and took him to the recording studio, and asked very enthusiastically, "What are you going to do about the Warren Brothers Company?" ”

"I've asked a well-known law firm in Chicago to negotiate with AW Investments, and I'll go to New Jersey in person after the Grammys." Song Ya replied.

"Okay, call me then."

"No problem."

"By the way, there are ......," Roberto Clevard stopped at the door of the studio, "We are also planning to sign some rappers this year, do you have any optimistic people to recommend." ”

"Really? Can I recommend? Song Ya looked at the other party, not sure if he was casually mentioning it or for the sake of the acquisition case later.

"Of course, we're friends." Roberto Clevard replied.

That's a gesture of goodwill, which shows that the other party may have other thoughts about the acquisition, "Okay, I'll take note, thanks, Robert." ”

Saying goodbye to Roberto Claywell, Song Ya walked into the recording studio prepared for him by Columbia Records, the characteristics of this song are not suitable for Mariah Carey's 'iron cage' recording studio, and she will release her second album in May, and the use time is not coordinated, so she changed to another studio with regular specifications, of course, the equipment is still top-of-the-line, and it no longer needs to be shared with other singers.

"Columbia Records is getting better and better for you." Hayden, who was waiting in the studio, complimented.

"But they're still reluctant to pay early for the millions of sales of I Feel It Coming, and the rental fees and staff compensation here still have to be paid at market prices." Song Ya shook her head.

"There is not much room for maneuver in the financial aspects of large companies, but fortunately, there are results on the SBK side." Hayden laughed.

"Oh? How so? ”

"I've already asked Song Asheng to leave for SBK."

“YES！” Song Ya was overjoyed, he was too short of money now, "This money is too crucial for me to acquire Warren Brothers!" ”

"As I said, you're not the same kind as them, Lori Jr. and Mira both bought their first property, and the first big money you spent when you became famous was to buy a company." Hayden pulled a bottle of champagne from the wine cabinet, "Wishing us success?" ”

"No, I've already had a drink just now." Song Ya heard the news of Mira's house for the first time, "Mira bought a house?" ”

"Yes, near Beverly Hills, we William Morris suggested that she buy it, and it is better to exchange the money for real estate and put it in her name than to be taken and spent by her father, who runs an investment company." Hayden said: "And Hollywood people are too snobbish, and if a list actress like Mira doesn't buy a good property to live in, the tabloids will speculate." ”

Song Ya thought about it, so he left it alone, he was a little impatient, "Let's go to SBK......"

The average price of the first 1.5 million sales of second-hand stores is more than 6 yuan, and the average price of the second 1.5 million sales volume cannot reach such a high level, because in order to sell goods in the future, the discount and marketing costs will be higher and higher, and the average price calculated by SBK is 5 yuan 5. Song Ya's 10% royalty is 825,000, but this money is not in full, and the actual amount is less than 770,000, minus 10% of Hayden's and Song Asheng and Goodman's remuneration, only less than 700,000 yuan entered Song Ya's account.

To De Klerk, the average sales price of the first million is six and a half yuan, the average sales price of the second million is five yuan and eight, Song Ya's royalty is 12 percent plus 31 percent of the producer's 15 percent, which is 870,000 yuan, and the actual amount is about 830,000, and then subtract the distribution to Hayden and others, and enter Song Ya's account in the early 700,000 yuan.

Second-hand stores and the overseas sales part of De Klerk were also given, and the second-hand stores only sold 200,000 or 300,000 sales, while Zhi De Klerk is very popular in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other English-speaking countries, and the total sales volume is even higher than that of the United States, and the two records add up to 3 million sales, but unfortunately, the average price given by SBK is only more than three yuan. According to them, the cost of overseas marketing is high, and it has to be shared with local agencies, Song Asheng has some doubts but there is no good way, which is beyond his audit ability, if you want to figure it out thoroughly, unless you sign a contract with a top multinational accounting firm when you sign a contract, you can't help SBK behind EMI Records.

Song Ya was able to share about 1.5 million of the 3 million sales overseas, and actually entered the account of 1.3 million.

The first million of Lowry II's album sales, the average price was about seven yuan, and Song Yaneng got less than one percent, and finally recorded 60,000 yuan.

The rest of the sales share SBK will not adopt this centralized settlement method, and they will settle the accounts at the end of the annual accounting cycle and then remit it directly to the account of Songya's A+ Copyright and Investment Management Company.

In addition to these four transactions, there are also BMI's royalties drawn according to the playback volume of its merchants and radio stations and other customers, which are settled once a year, and this calculation method is more complicated, but fortunately, it is a small amount of money, less than 20,000 dollars, and BMI will not make a fool of it.

These totaled 2.78 million, and Song Ya made up the difference from the deposit, and scraped together a full 4 million dollars as ammunition to buy Warren Brothers, basically, all his working capital is here. These should not be enough, when the time comes, it is estimated that he will have to use the expected personal income of I Feel It Coming to mortgage the bank, 70% of his income in this song is roughly divided into two parts, more than 50% is the producer A+ Records, and the remaining 10% is his personal royalties and producer and singer income, and it will only be the personal income part that will be used as collateral, after all, A+ Records and A+ Audio are two separate companies.

If it is not enough, the subsequent income of SBK and BMI can also be taken out as collateral.

Song Ya can even use his identity as a popular singer to brush his face and let the bank make an unsecured loan, but the interest rate will be much higher, and he is not ready to do that. If he can't stop the acquisition, he doesn't want to take the risk of bankruptcy.

With all this done, Song Ya devoted herself to the recording of the song.

On the night of the nineteenth, Hayden came to him with a suitcase of dresses, and tomorrow was the Grammy Awards.