Chapter 266: I Can Shelter Him
I heard the boss say that I could get Britney Spears to DreamWorks Music.
David Geffen and Robert were a little surprised.
At this time, Britney's popularity even caught up with Michael Jackson at his peak.
In Sony's support, as well as her suitable personality, and even middle-aged and elderly white men are sought after.
At this time, Britney is at the most popular time in her life.
It's just that behind the infinite brilliance, there is an abyss so deep that she can't get up in her life.
Everyone only knows that Xiao Tiantian is the most popular now, more popular than last year.
All the owners of music companies want her, and she is now a guarantee of record sales and concert tickets.
If you can get Britney Spears.
David Geffen, the head of DreamWorks Music, is certainly more than willing.
"Abel. If you can get Britney to join, of course it would be the best." David Geffen said:
"Also, as far as I know, Britney Spears' contract with JIVE Records is about to expire at the end of the year. I heard that the senior management of Sony Music is negotiating with her and wants to renew her contract. However, the offer from Spears is too high, and Sony is still hesitating."
Robert wondered how Able managed to get Britney Spears.
Of course, if you throw money at it.
Don't talk about Britney Spears, even Michael Jackson can be poached.
Who can't get along with the smell of dollars?
"Leave this alone for now." Abel said with a smile.
"Britney Spears, I'll try to figure it out."
"Michael Jackson, I'll get in touch too."
Abel said, "I can't guarantee success. You have to work hard, especially you, David, and I know you want to be a newspaper owner."
Abel gave David Geffen a promise that didn't count as a promise.
"If only you could help me make DreamWorks music, real. Not to mention that it is comparable to the Big Three, at least it must be on par with BMG."
"If only it could be done to this extent. Then I'll help you, help you buy the Los Angeles Times, or ***, and make you addicted to being a newspaper owner?"
David Geffen smiled wryly:
"It's not that easy. I'll give it a try, though. "***" is a bit difficult, but "Los Angeles Times" I think it's good. We're going to get it."
Able raised his hand, "We high-five."
David Geffen high-fived him, believing Abel's promise.
The result of the deliberations of the three of them.
It's Abel who uses his methods and means, and how many can be dug are few.
David Geffen continues to run DreamWorks Music, trying to see if he can find new young artists.
Good seedlings like Avril Lavigne are as good as the merrier.
As for Robert Iger.
Music isn't Mickey Mouse's strong suit. As president of MGM Entertainment, he was also the first CEO of Smith Media.
Robert's task was to do a good job of David Geffen's logistics to ensure that DreamWorks' operations and supporting resources could keep up.
Robert and David Geffen both work.
After the discussion was settled, Abel let them go about their work.
Wait for two people to leave.
Abel called Edward and David Jones in.
"How's Jamie Spears doing?"
Abel asked David Jones.
David replied:
"In April of this year, Jamie Spears failed again in business and filed for bankruptcy in the Manhattan court in New York, which has not yet been passed."
Hearing the satisfactory answer, Abel smiled and said, "What about Lynne Spears?"
"She's with Jamie Spears." David replied, "This lady is bankrupt,
She had to take refuge in her husband. It's just that her husband can't protect himself at the moment."
"Well done." Abel praised David.
Lynne Spears, is Britney's mother.
Jamie Spears is Britney's father.
At the end of last year, Abel met Britney Spears in the backstage hallway of Isha's Christmas Eve show.
He told David what he had done.
These things include, but are not limited to, luring Lynn and Jamie into some investment scams, leaving them penniless while starting a business.
The resources provided by Abel in all aspects.
For example, the financial resources of Wall Street.
Let Lincoln get the gangster resources through dollar bills and the IRS.
There is also the help of some of Smith Media's media resources.
David arranged these little things very well.
Lynn and Jamie, who are middle-class, don't know that they are being targeted by giant crocodiles.
It ended up being what it is now.
"Then let them contact Britney. The time has come." Abel said.
"Understood." David smiled.
"Edward. You asked Lincoln to help David." Abel commanded Edward again.
Edward nodded.
The number one bodyguard and the number one glove, who received the order, left one after another to run errands.
Abel took out his mobile phone and searched for a while to find Ikana's father's phone.
A call goes out.
"Hey~ Ted, good afternoon."
"Hey, I knew something good was going to happen today. When I went out in the morning, I picked up a penny."
D. Ted Lerner's signature hearty voice rang out in the microphone.
One of the real estate tycoons of New York.
Since his daughter met Abel last year, it can be said that she has had a good life in the past year.
The most noticeable change is that the Wall Street banks, who had previously treated D. Ted Lerner badly, have a much better attitude towards the real estate tycoon.
At the very least, he was able to get a lower interest rate when he made a loan to these banks, and he was able to review it faster than before.
Ted's daughter is now one of New York's biggest names. This also helped him a great way as an old father on the side.
In terms of practical benefits, D. Ted Lerner has also launched some collaborations with AMC TV this year.
Bought a lot of private placements from Smith Capital.
In addition, this year is the year of the beginning of the real estate bubble in the United States, and the real estate market is hot.
For D. Ted Lerner, it's fair to say that there is good news everywhere.
All these changes came from the owner of the phone call that D. Ted Lerner answered at this time.
As a smart and pure businessman.
D. Ted Lerner naturally knows what kind of attitude he should use to treat this concubine of his daughter.
Abel's side, he has always been polite to his cheap fathers-in-law, and he has never known what it means to be polite.
He didn't even say hello to D. Ted Lerner, and after the opening remarks, he said directly to D. Ted Lerner:
"Dear Ted, I need you to do me a favor."
"Huh? What will make you speak, are you sure I can help you?"
D. Ted Lerner said over there that Lao Pu was self-aware.
"Other things can be hard. But this thing may be easier for you. I don't think you're the only one who can do it." Abel said.
"It can't be Hudson's Bay Yards, right?"
D. Ted Lerner had heard from his daughter about Abel's attachment to this place.
"It's not."
Of course not, at this time, D. Ted Lerner, Abel knew that he didn't have the strength yet.
"It's Michael Jackson's thing.
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"What's wrong with Michael? What happened to him?" D. Ted Lerner asked with concern.
Abel could tell that D. Ted Lerner really cared a little about Michael Jackson.
Abel smiled and said:
"Nothing happened to Michael. But he's not very good, he's in a lawsuit, and Sony has been hacking him."
"Madefaq." D. Ted Lerner scolded unceremoniously
"Those neon dwarfs, Michael made them so much money, but they weren't satisfied!"
"That's right." Abel smiled and said:
"I think so too. But now there's a chance to get your good friend out of the fire pit, dear Ted, would you like to help Michael Jackson?"
"How's that chance?" D. Ted Lerner is not stupid, the old man asked cautiously.
"Let Michael Jackson work for my music company." Abel spoke directly, "I can shelter him."
D. Ted Lerner was silent on the other end of the phone.
A few minutes later, D. Ted Lerner asked:
"And dear Abel, what do you want from Michael?"
There is no love without a reason, and there is no hate without a reason.
There is no shelter for no reason.
For the capitalist D. Ted Lerner, everything has a price.
It's just a different price.
"It's simple. 50% of Sony/ATV, sold to me at the normal market price. In addition, Michael Jackson became a signed singer with DreamWorks Music." Abel said.
When it comes to Michael Jackson, D. Ted Lerner seems to be much more cautious.
There was silence for a few more seconds before Ikana's old father said:
"If that's the case, it's no different from Sony, right? I don't think MJ would agree."
"It's a big difference." Abel said to D. Ted Lerner:
"Sonny thinks he's too angry. Sony has more freshman singers emerging, and they have too many good singers. Even Michael Jackson is getting less and less valued."
"If MJ comes to DreamWorks Music, he's the music emperor of DreamWorks Music. As for the issue of remuneration. Dear Ted, do you think I'm not generous enough?"
It may have been Abel's last words that moved D. Ted Lerner.
Or maybe it's just D. Ted Lerner, who can't wipe Abel's face.
It could also be other reasons.
D. Ted Lerner agreed.
"I'll find an opportunity to talk to Michael in person. But I'm not guaranteed success." D. Ted Lerner said.
"Your words make me very happy. By the way, it may be a few days before Ikana returns to New York with me. She's going to have a few days to get things done in the Bay Area." Abel said with a smile.
D. Ted Lerner pouted on the other end of the phone.
Is it up to you to go back to New York after Ikana's affairs are settled, and it's not up to you to decide?
Tell me what to do.
Thinking so, D. Ted Lerner and Abel hung up the phone.
As for whether Michael Jackson can be poached into DreamWorks Music.
Abel himself did not dare to guarantee it.
In his previous life, he didn't have a deep impression of MJ.
& At his best, he was a kid.
By the time he started listening to pop music, MJ had faded out of the public curtain.
Not long after he became an adult, the news came that MJ had committed suicide by taking drugs.
This made him not very impressed with MJ.
& Not Abel's feelings.
At this point, he wanted to sign MJ for two reasons.
One is that even now, Michael Jackson is still the emperor of European and American pop music.
If DreamWorks had MJ, it would immediately have the strength to compete with BMG.
To put it simply, it is very profitable to make money.
Second, before Abel's rebirth, he read a few articles later.
Those articles are saying one thing -
The "child molestation case" that put Michael Jackson in the quagmire can basically be said to be a false frame-up.
Thanks to the blessing of rebirth, as long as it is something that he has seen before being reborn, Abel remembers it very firmly.
He remembers that in those articles, there was some news about the aftermath of MJ's death.
Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009.
In the final moments of his death, surveillance footage from his home disappeared.
After Jackson fell into a coma, his personal physician Murray stopped giving Jackson CPR in order to collect the medicine bottles left at the scene first, and did not call emergency personnel in time.
& After death, the body was dissected twice, the brain and eyes were removed, the lips were torn open, the blood from the body was drained, and the hair was torn off the scalp.
&9/6/28, Chang Deler, the victim of child molestation fraud that year, revealed: His father, Ivan Chang Dele, for money, made the 13-year-old lie to the psychiatrist and the police that Jackson had touched his xxx, and made up a series of lies about Jackson's sex xx him.
At the end of the 9th year, the mastermind of the child molestation committed suicide by swallowing a gun.
&9/12/23, FBl announced the results of the investigation: not guilty.
On November 7, MJ's personal physician, Murray, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Just this memory made Abel feel a little sympathetic to MJ.
If MJ was willing to come to DreamWorks Music, Abel wouldn't mind sheltering him.
The premise is that MJ is willing to make money for Abel and is willing to come to work at DreamWorks Music.
In the afternoon, in the evening.
Abel returned to Villa 10410 Bellagio Road.
Abel saw that yesterday Liv Taylor was pretending to be reading.
Someone is reading again.
It's the person who reads books today, who changed from a little green tea to Cate Blanchett.
Seeing that Kate was here and didn't leave.
Abel guessed Liv Taylor's plan, and it was probably successful.
Another employee has signed up.
With this in mind, Able walked over with a smile on his face.
Unlike yesterday's Liv.
Abel walked over to Kate's side.
The Australian actress is still reading a book, as if indulging in it.
"She's not like me. She really loves to read."
A playful voice sounded behind Abel.
It's Liv.
Abel turned around and saw Princess Arwyn, who was wearing a romantic bohemian dress today.
The fiery red color is dazzling, the skirt is layered with cut-out patterns, and the gorgeous and delicate tassels float around her delicate ankles.
Slightly long but full of pure temperament, the beautiful face that looks very high-class with a smile is walking towards Abel.
Liv's voice and Abel's body block out the sunlight, and Cate Blanchett also returns to reality from the book.
"Hey." Liv came over and said unceremoniously to Cate Blanchett:
"My dear colleague. Our boss is back. We're going to get to work. What is the second requirement of the second contract?"
Getting to work?
Article 2 of the Second Contract:
Cate Blanchett was stunned, and then remembered the contract she signed at noon today, under the instigation of Liv Taylor.
The contract is divided into two parts, yin and yang, and the yang one is very serious, and no one can find fault with it.
It's just that the benefits and compensation of Kate's employee are too good.
It's so good that she can't help it
The contract was signed.
The yin part, just thinking about it made Cate Blanchett's face hot, and at the same time there was a trace of anger in his heart.
But I signed it anyway.
Thinking of this, Cate Blanchett had to put down the book in her hand.
She sat up from the couch and came to Abel with a red face.
In Abel's gaze with some puzzlement.
Kate made a surprising move.
Abel:!!!
"Please xxx"
The sound of a mosquito screaming came from Cate Blanchett's mouth.
Able couldn't hear it clearly, and he was shocked.
What's going on, what's the plot?
Abel looked at Cate Blanchett, who was extremely shy, and then at Liv Taylor.
The latter finally couldn't hold it back and laughed.
"Hahahaha~"
Half an hour later.
Abel and Cate Blanchett both figured out what was going on.
To put it simply.
It was under Liv's instigation, demagoguery, threats and temptations.
Cate Blanchett can't resist the temptation of "employee" treatment.
She thought she had lost her hands anyway.
That time is also a loss, and twice is also a loss.
It's better to sign a short- and medium-term contract and give three or five years in exchange for benefits for yourself.
Kate signed the contract.
But after her contract was signed, Liv came up with another one.
The content of this contract is very excessive compared to the previous serious contract.
Cate Blanchett, of course, was reluctant to sign.
Liv immediately turned around and threatened with the breach clause of the first contract.
Cate Blanchett was forced to do so, plus the sunk cost was already there.
She broke the jar and signed the second contract.
In the second contract.
Very much that whatever.
It's really just a spoof of Liv Taylor.
Cate Blanchett believed it.
Because in Hollywood, there are more guys who are far more perverted than Abel.
Something like this is not uncommon, and even more excessive.
Kate hasn't experienced it but has heard of it.
I didn't know that it was actually Liv who made it up, so she believed it.
The result of believing it was a scene that Abel also felt inexplicable just now.
"Tut-tut"
Sit in Wonderno's flagship sofa.
Abel was amazed that Liv had made up a yin contract in his hand.
This Liv Taylor, so creative.
Under the gaze of the two female employees, he suddenly spread out the yin contract and pointed it out to the two people-
"I think that's pretty good, maybe I can consider it true? Both of you will obey it in the future?"