Chapter 990 New Development

"Charis? Charis? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine!"

"Hahaha..." Song Ya pushed open the door, smiled and slipped away from Xue Linfen's eyes.

"You can hear it from outside..." Xue Linfen murmured dissatisfiedly to his back.

EA announced that it will postpone the release date of Ultima Online (UO) to September next year. The game's production company OriginSystems had previously conducted a demo demonstration at the second E3 exhibition. They claimed that UO will be a graphics... er , multiplayer online... RPG. And its other new PC games next year, such as John Madden NFL 98 and Theme Hospital, will not be affected. '

'EA also stated that it has just completed a strategic investment, injecting 10 million knives into 3DFX, a graphics acceleration chip company, in exchange for 10% of the other company's equity, in order to strengthen its cooperative relationship with leading hardware manufacturers. Acquisition talks with UK game company USGOLD continue, which could help EA break into the football game market with the help of USGOLD's long-term partnership with FIFA...'

When I went to the living room to meet Hayden, I happened to meet him watching financial news. The anchor would tie knots whenever he encountered game nouns. Of course, Song Ya didn't care about this. Through EA's announcement, the value of 3DFX has finally been announced to the world. When Wall Street enters the market in the future, it will be even higher...

To rush back to Mexico, he only had time to deal with some record business.

After a series of contacts between William Morris and Linda, he eliminated three A + record suitors, including the original closest Universal Records.

This has to be said to be a pity. He has a good personal relationship with Doug Morris, the president of Universal Music, David Geffen, who is very influential internally, and Bronfman Jr., the big boss of Universal.

but……

Bronfman Jr. seems to have instructed Universal Pictures President Ron Meyer to participate in the negotiations, hoping to use the release of the Blade Warrior project next summer as a bargaining chip in exchange for the signing of the record business.

This has caused Song Ya to worry all the time. According to his own personality, if he really joins the Universal family, it is likely to be the same as when he was in Sony Columbia, and gradually all the old friendships will be frozen, especially the little Brown who has always been "very loose". This time, Fuman wants to talk about business on the premise of business.

Might as well keep a certain distance.

In addition, Death Row Records also belonged to the Universal camp through the publisher's records. 2PAC had just been suspended, and he really didn't want to get involved in the center of this storm.

And there is a rumor...

"After Foxby magazine calculated David Geffen's net worth as $1.9 billion on the rich list, a well-known reporter in Los Angeles immediately publicly questioned this figure, saying that according to his investigation, David Geffen The actual value of the art collection, which is the most important asset, is only one-fifth of what he claims, and many of the paintings by famous artists are of unknown origin, and may even be fakes. He has already obtained some strong evidence.”

Hayden reported: "This reporter died in a car accident a few days ago."

"It's over?" Song Ya frowned.

"The police said it was an ordinary car accident, and the timing might just be a coincidence." Hayden replied.

"Hehe, it's better for me to stay away from this old friend with great energy."

Because David Geffen wanted to sign A+ Records under Geffen Records, which was unanimously agreed by Bronfman Jr. and Doug Morris. After Geffen Records was sold to Universal that year, he still retained a part of the shares.

Geffen Records is star-studded and owns top rock bands such as Guns N' Roses, Eagles, and Nirvana.

The history of rich people’s fortunes is not so sentimental. David Geffen’s current main business is DreamWorks, and most of the recording industry is asset-light allocation, but art film collection is his core interest and core battlefield.

He is good to others, and he is also good to himself. He is also a leader who advocates selflessly for the rights of the same sex, but everyone has another side that is unknown. Song Ya doesn't want to be like MJ, and in the end he doesn't even have to be friends with him.

The other one, DreamWorks Records managed by David Geffen, is naturally not considered,

Not to mention anything else, the strength in distribution is too poor.

Finally, there is BMG Records. His family's Alistar Records has a singer who was born as a child star: Usher. From this year onwards, Usher's new single style has become more and more self-reliant. In terms of personality, it can even be said to be completely copied. The young man looks very good, and his dancing skills are much better than his own. Song Ya doesn't want to sign it with his family. The son fought among himself.

The same doubts as Universal, old friend BABYFACE is one of Usher's producers, and Alistar Records also owns half of Pladdy's Bad Boys Records.

In JIVE Records, another major label under BMG Records, Quincy Jones is again in...

With all these things, Song Ya feels that it is better to keep some distance, after all, distance produces beauty.

"Then there are Polygram, EMI, and Warner."

Hayden was in a dilemma: "As well as Disney... I agree with Donovan and Linda that if Disney doesn't design a complete global record distribution system for A+ records, it's too risky to join them. You know APLUS, The record industry is struggling now, and Disney can't even support ABC's 24-hour news station plan, so there is little hope for them to spend a lot of money to enter the highly competitive record market. In addition, this plan was first proposed by Ovitz, no matter Whatever he wants to do, Disney Emperor Eisner is against it, and that's been going on for a while."

"I know I know."

Of course Song Ya knew that he had never broken contact with Roy Disney, "It's already October..." he sighed.

"Yeah, up front Warner is in the lead."

Hayden said: "PolyGram is in charge of negotiations with Mercury Records, and EMI is with Capitol Records and Viking Beimi. Basically, they belong to the same group of executives who are at odds with us before. good."

"Mercury Records is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Our friend David Bowie was signed to this label before. The main direction is country, adult lyrics and rock, but there are plans to break into hip-hop music. He's a treasure Lijin is the label with the best operating conditions in the United States."

"Capitol Records wanted to get Fergie a long time ago, and of course they are very interested in you. Viking Beimi... If you sign it, you will be with MJ's sister Janet Jackson. She asked you to sing before."

"Capitol Records and Viking Beimi were the main force that emptied Daniel from the position of president of EMI Beimi?" Song Ya recalled that year.

"Things have changed. Daniel now runs his own small record company, signs a bunch of unknown rock singers, and most of the time quietly presides over the administrative work of the RIAA's controversial copyright committee."

Hayden replied.

"It's still the old condition. If you sign EMI, you will stay in their UK headquarters. Robert, who discriminated against me, must leave."

Song Ya instructed: "If they sign Polygram, then they must ensure that DefJam Records and the executives behind it, those old enemies of me and Daniel, cannot interfere in the release of A+ Records. This is my bottom line."

"I understand. Are you going back to Mexico tomorrow?"

"Yes, the team of hundreds of people over there are all waiting for me."

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