One day later, Donde sat in the recording studio of Fez Music and watched Garcia, the sound engineer, record the black girl with a ponytail inside.

However, Garcia didn't look very serious, just gave some advice from time to time, and then played with his phone absentmindedly.

And the girl's singing voice is indeed a bit bad, worse than Raymond, at least Raymond will not be incomplete.

So Donde probably guessed what Garcia was doing, which was nothing more than a musical version of Apollion coaxing an ignorant girl on the set.

So after the girl finished singing, he left the studio and walked to Badman's office.

As soon as he approached, he saw the door pushed open, and Badman sent Giorgio out of it, and the two of them laughed and seemed to have a good conversation.

After seeing Donde, Giorgio also took the initiative to stretch out his hand: "I've finished talking to Mr. Badman, thank you, Donde." ”

"Looks like you've got an agreement?"

Tang De raised his eyebrows and looked at them with a smile.

Giorgio turned to look at Badman, who was wearing a white shirt in suspenders, and the two of them smiled at the same time.

After Giorgio left, Badman called Don and Raymond into his office.

After seeing the expression on Badman's face, Raymond seemed to sense that the negotiations were going well, and he couldn't hold back his excitement.

"Badman, how's it going! Did Republic Records give a better contract than SBK Records? ”

Badman lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled the smoke around his body, before replying, "That's right, Republic Records has offered a far better contract than SBK, with a 35% commission, a generous publicity budget, and no deductions for mechanical reproduction royalties." ”

"Wow! That's great! Raymond shook his fist in delight.

"But he has a small condition." Badman looked at Raymond.

Raymond subconsciously frowned: "What conditions?" ”

"That's where you're going to release singles and follow-up albums under a pseudonym." After Badman finished speaking, Raymond immediately retorted: "SHXT, this can't be!" ”

"Why? Raymond, do you want to release a new album in the name of the Beast star, the culprit of the New York car crash peak? Badman spat out the smoke in his mouth, obscuring his expression behind him.

"Then do I have to keep calling cats and dogs like that? Or take an English word, big A, old T? I'm going to lose face in the community! ”

"Face is more important or money is more important!" Bardman rebuked.

But Raymond doesn't think so: "I'm famous so that people can see me and say, "Hey, oh my God! It's rapper Raymond! Instead of letting people see me and ask, who the is this? ”

Don helped Badman explain: "No, Raymond, you have to know that you showed your face in the MV, and everyone will only say after meeting, hey, this is the singer of the song that blew up the dick." And it's only temporary, as long as sales take off, you can always announce your real name to the outside world! ”

"But that's not what I want!" Raymond still retorted: "Do I want to say that my name is Raymond every time I finish singing and others shout Big A?" Who the remembers! And won't it be turned out in the future? Wow! The big star Big A actually sang a song! I really didn't expect it~"

Raymond pinched his throat and imitated the snarky appearance, his chest rising and falling.

Don shrugged, it was clear that Raymond was implicitly meaning that he really liked the Beast Star song and was unwilling to abandon it. It may be a bit stubborn, a little out of place, but who calls him a singer.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about that yet." Badman was also a little troubled by Raymond's attitude, and waved his hand to fan the smoke away: "I'll talk about the name later, let's talk about the contract first, I plan to agree to the terms of Republic Records." ”

"Where's Daddy Fez?"

"He, he's given it to me." Badman couldn't help but complain when he said this: "This shit is trapped in a woman's belly every day, and I heard that she will be praised as a star." Damn, Fez's like he's been bewitched by a succubus, and he'll agree to anything as long as he can make money. ”

"What about SBK?" Don De asked.

Badman banged on the table and shouted, "Let those greedy vampires die, I don't care about them anymore, they'll regret their tricky contracts." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he didn't expect someone to push the door in: "Really? Who will regret it? ”

"Hell!" Badman was shocked when he saw the visitor.

Don De and Raymond didn't know each other at all when they saw each other.

"Edmund, why are you here?" Only Badman knew that the emaciated middle-aged man standing in front of the door with a briefcase and gold-rimmed glasses was one of SBK's top brass and the one who had proposed a demanding contract.

Edmond curled the corners of his mouth with a smile: "For your new song, Raymond, of course." ”

He didn't seem to care about Badman's thoughts at all, sat down on the sofa directly, and said straight to the point: "Actually, I just wanted to remind you that although Republic Records is a music company owned by Universal, they only have one artist now, and they don't have any experience in promoting singers at all. SBK Records belongs to EMI, we are one of the world's top five record companies, and there are countless artists, so let's say, a dog can get platinum results when he releases a record with us. ”

As he spoke, he folded his hands on his upturned knees, leaned forward slightly, and said in a pitiful tone: "So it's a pity that you said you wanted to choose Republic Records...... Because it means that you have a brush with platinum sales and professional publicity. ”

The other two were silent when they heard this, and only Don De retorted: "But Republic Records' artist is 3 Doors Down, and they just got five platinum sales." ”

"yes, that's right. So what? Edmund didn't care: "This kind of achievement abounds in our company. ”

After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment and suddenly asked Tang De: "Are you the producer of this song?" ”

Badman replied in his place: "No, he is the director of the MV!" ”

Edmund narrowed his eyes and nodded, as if to make a note of Donde's face.

Raymond was a little unhappy when he looked like this, and directly choked: "So what is professional publicity?" Is it also for me to change my name? Deceive everyone? ”

As soon as he said this, the chair under Bardeman's ass made a sharp sound, and Don De frowned.

Only Edmund laughed happily: "Fake name? I have to say that Republic Records does have a lot of ideas, but we at SBK don't need such a promotional strategy, we have a lot of music critics and radio channels, and if you want to turn around your image in the hearts of fans, you only need one sentence! ”

"Really?" Raymond was visibly moved.

Badman interrupted their conversation just in time; "Even so, what about contracts? I can't accept your contract! Raymond too! ”

Edmund lifted his glasses: "That's what I'm here for, oh, don't think about it." It's not because you contacted Republic Records that we're going to regress. Instead, after our joint evaluation, we believe that your single deserves more publicity, and we can increase the publicity budget by 50%. ”

"Also, I personally like your songs, including the beast star, so I can give you an additional five percent reduction, which is thirty-five percent. This is actually a very good contract for a new singer, I hope you will consider it. ”

Edmund got up directly, as abruptly as when he came, and he walked very simply, but when he walked to the door, he suddenly turned around and said something again.

"I advise you not to have unrealistic illusions, if you choose Republic Records, this song will not sell well. Because SBK has always been unrelenting to its competitors, fake names? Puff...... Sorry, that's a bit funny. ”

As he left his office, Donder slammed the door shut, and Badman then slammed his ashtray to the floor with a dull thud!

“FXXK！ See! He's threatening us! ”

"But he didn't let me use a fake name!"

"Idiot!" Badman was angry: "Who the knows how much publicity money is!" And he didn't budge with mechanical reproduction royalties! Do you know how much these things can be worth? Several hundred thousand? Millions! FXXK, ask yourself, can you still make so much money on your next album! ”

"Why not!"

Tang De sat back on the sofa and crossed Erlang's legs to watch the two argue.

Seeing that the two of them didn't give in to each other, he had to stretch out his hand: "Okay, stop!" ”

"What?" Raymond and Bardeman looked at him.

Tang De spread his hands: "Actually, this problem is easy to solve, isn't it?" Republic Records' contract is better, and you, as their second singer to sign, will tilt all their promotional resources on you, but if it's SBK, do you want to compete with a dozen well-known singers for resources? ”

Seeing that Raymond was silent, he continued: "In addition, the so-called fake name, since SBK knows it, Republic Records must not be able to adopt such propaganda tactics anymore. But that doesn't mean we don't have a better way, and who's to say you can't have the best of both worlds with a bad reputation and high sales? ”