Chapter 1150? Hometown

"APLUS, what made you decide to invest in the big ship? In 1996, the project directed by Cameron was very unpopular, right?"

"Because he's James Cameron."

"Haha! But he told the media that he never communicated with you about Titanic."

"Well……"

Soon, Song Ya appeared on the scene of David Letterman's talk show. Facing the other party's little ambush, he grinned, "I trust him, he is one of the greatest film directors in the world. I I also like the legend of Titanic very much. I read relevant documents in the library a long time ago and watched some movies and documentaries in the early years. When I learned that Director Cameron copied the big ship one by one, I felt my whole body My blood is boiling... Then I heard that the big ship is short of money and the project may be interrupted, and a voice in my head immediately said: Well! I have money, you must complete it!"

"Did you know it was actually a love story?"

"have no idea."

The two laughed together, "I saw a short sample before investing money." Song Ya replied: "The kind with goofy shots is very rough, but I decided to vote."

"Thank you for helping Cameron complete such a great masterpiece."

David Letterman didn't dig deeper, and got back to the topic, "Thank you for giving me the first show after your comeback."

The two laughed again.

"So, your seven-minute Can't Hold Us radio version is the first single of the new album?"

"I haven't made a final decision yet. I'm leaning towards compressing it to the normal length of four minutes. I'm still deciding."

"Did you bring us a live show today?" David Letterman asked.

The audience cheered and clamored.

"No, sorry, no..." Song Ya spread her hands and apologized to the camera and the audience with a wry smile, "You know, David, I have been in a coma for five months, and recovery will be a very long process. Although I lost my crutch soon , but my doctor still doesn't recommend vigorous exercise like dancing."

"No need to dance, everyone is looking forward to hearing your Live, isn't it? It's been a long time since you sang on the show.

"

David Letterman made a gesture and took the microphone off the table and handed it over.

"Still sorry, David, I'm a perfectionist."

"That's regretful."

"yes……"

"Let's talk about something else. You got accepted to the University of Chicago Law School, right?"

"Yes, the spring term will start at the end of this month."

"Wow……"

The two chatted like old friends they haven't seen for many years. David Letterman didn't touch any sensitive topics, so the effect of the show was naturally a bit dull, and finally ended with his concern and condolences for his body.

'APLUS was featured on David Letterman's talk show last night, his first TV interview since he was shot...'

'APLUS has lost weight and is no longer as energetic as he was back then. When he smiles, people can easily find a faint sadness from his facial expression. He walks very slowly and behaves a little stiffly. It seems that he has not adapted to life under the spotlight. . Indeed, speaking of which, he has been away from the camera for a long time. '

‘APLUS announced a new album and a global tour plan in the second half of the year, but at the same time they also claimed that they would study at the University of Chicago. There seems to be some contradiction between these few things. His new spokesperson said that everything depends on APLUS's physical recovery. APLUS believes in science and his doctors, not himself or business partners, have the final decision. '

The next day, Puff Daddy, who was wearing an expensive checked suit, a top hat, and a fancy pocket square on his chest, told the driver to turn off the radio, took a deep breath, opened the door and got out of the car.

"Is it really necessary to spend so much money to buy shares here? This is 10 million knives."

His friend Dave Hall, the producer of Big Fat Man, persuaded: "You can actually wait, there are not many potential buyers for the shares in APLUS."

"Russell Simmons they're on the move, Dave, I have my own enemies in New York, my own wars."

Puff Daddy looked up at the headquarters building of the Inner City Broadcasting Company, full of ambitions, "APLUS says first come, first served, I can't take risks if I don't cooperate with them."

After 2PAC's death, Dre and Snoop Dogg would have attracted a lot of attention if they stayed on the west coast and engaged in internal strife, but they both ran away because they were afraid of Su Ge Knight's retaliation. , which caused the East Coast bandit rap circle to lose face and collapse after a setback.

APLUS was shot in a coma, and no one in the Midwest is qualified to fill his vacancy. His good brother Biggie was also shot to death later, but his new album and the commemorative album released by Bad Boy Records for Biggie sold well, and he won over Jazzy, NAS and others, and finally withstood the pressure.

And after the turmoil, the eyes of the entire gangster rap circle are focused on the East Coast, which is a good thing and a bad thing, Russell Simmons, a billionaire from the Def Jam family, and his old subordinate LL Cool J and friends of LL Cool J, really gangster Irv Gao Ti has formed a new opposing force, and is currently trying to win over talented new and old singers such as B-GOD and Wudang Gang.

Diddy decided to keep climbing, and had to hold new media power at a higher level to maintain his hard-won status as the king of New York rap.

"Let's go up." He raised his chin to the white lawyer and accountant behind him, and walked firmly into the building.

He has come to the Inner City Broadcasting Company to record many radio programs, and he is familiar with the road, but he has never entered the other party's big conference room.

"Hey, Puff Daddy, Dave."

Pierre Sutton, the chairman of the inner city who didn't think much of himself in the early years, was all smiles, "After today, you will be our largest individual shareholder, are you ready?"

"Where's APLUS?"

He put away his rage, and shook hands with the traditional New York media people in the inner city who thought highly of themselves but had to show their faces to please them. He was very happy, but it was a pity that he didn't see APLUS himself.

"He is preparing documents with his lawyer, please sit down first, it should be soon, we will wait."

Pierre Sutton ushered the group into their seats.

"Okay. Then try this, the best Cuban product." The bragging daddy asked the younger brother to take out the cigar box and share the cigarettes.

After waiting for about ten minutes, a woman coughed in my ears. A beautiful Caucasian elite woman stood at the door and refused to come in. She kept fanning her nose with her hand and expressed her feelings to the people in the conference room who were breathing heavily. dissatisfied.

"Sorry, Mrs. Flock."

Pierre Sutton pressed out the cigar, "No need to introduce, you should know everyone."

Diddy remember this woman as the wife of the governor of Illinois? He is also APLUS's lawyer, so he had no choice but to put out his cigar, stood up and shook hands, "Mrs. Flock, Yo, APLUS."

Song Ya smiled and followed Alicia, fist bumping with each other.

"Sit down."

Song Ya walked to the opposite side of Puff Daddy and the others, and the seat Pierre reserved for himself was accidentally knocked down by the stool leg, and he staggered.

"Be careful." Alicia held his elbow.

"Sorry, I'm not fully recovered yet."

Song Ya smiled and helped her pull out the chair, and then sat down by herself.

A billionaire in Illinois, even the wife of the governor is willing to be so close, but there is still a big gap between himself and him...

Seeing this scene, Puff Daddy secretly introspected, he must continue to accumulate strength, and kept catching up.

"So let's get started, uh..."

Alicia brushed her hair behind her ears in a good mood, and took out the documents from her briefcase, "APLUS transfers 15.6% of the shares of Inner City Broadcasting Company, and 12.8% to Sean Combe Mr. Si personally, at a price of 10 million, Mr. Sean Combs also acquired two directors who belonged to APLUS at the same time... The others were repurchased by the Inner City Broadcasting Company, and Litman Media of APLUS acquired the XXL magazine under the name of the Inner City Broadcasting Company part of the equity.”

The three-party transaction is not complicated. After the completion, Song Ya's personal shareholding will be reduced to 10%, but he can still retain some influence beyond the shareholding ratio, that is, two directors. Sloan hopes Littman The goal of increasing the influence of the media on XXL magazine was also achieved.

This price is very favorable, and it also means that after several years of tossing in the inner city, I definitely lost a lot from an investment point of view. But there is no way, these guys have received investment from Clear Media and joined the advertising network of the other party, and their income seems to have increased, but they still continue to play the game of political bribery, and the amount of money is not enough.

I have struggled and tried to change, but in the end, I have not been able to have any fundamental impact on them, and they are still rotten.

Simply leave some influence, and stop spending energy playing with them in the future.

"no problem."

The professionals on Puff Daddy's side nodded after checking the contract.

"Then sign it." All the early communication has been completed, and Song Ya immediately signed with a pen.

Puff Daddy's side was much more dignified, the tip of the pen hovered over the document and hesitated for a while before signing.

"You all go out." Pierre Sutton and other irrelevant people were dismissed after the transaction was completed, "Blag Daddy, according to our previous agreement, from today onwards you will use your influence in Harlem to help We're holding the lease on the Apollo Theater in New York City Council..."

"No problem." Puff Daddy nodded, "I know what this theater means to us African-American musicians."

"That's good." At this point, Pierre Sutton could only trust Puff Daddy.

The Manhattan gang cared nothing more than those few things, and Song Ya silently listened to Pierre and the new shareholder explain all the things that bothered him before.

"APLUS, come to my bad boy record tonight? There's a celebration party." Puff Daddy asked after staring at the lawyer and putting away the contract.

"No, I have something to do right now."

"Hey, don't spoil the fun."

"It's really something." Song Ya got up and went out with Alicia.

"Where are you going?"

"A place that means a lot to me." Song Ya turned her head and winked at the people in the conference room.

It really made sense, and the old Mike quickly drove him and Alicia to their destination.

"Aren't you going to get out of the car?"

Alicia noticed something strange about him.

"Um."

He agreed with his mouth, but still sat in the car and looked up at the black building in front of him for a long time. Some things seemed to have passed for a long time. When he entered this building for the first time, he had no idea that the struggle would be as intense as it was later. the point.

He even recalled in his mind the scene of the day he was shot, the falling snow, the apocalypse music in his ears, the alarm from Mawota, the sound of horseshoes, the sound of gunfire...

And the face of the thug Trevor who rushed to the front and has not been captured until now.

When he revisited the hometown of the shooting, he didn't feel much in his heart. Unexpectedly, here, in front of the headquarters building of Sony Columbia Records, he began to feel a lot of emotion.

He thought of Walter who picked him up at the time, his ex-wife Mariah Carey, David Cole, and Roberto Clivell, and thought of the restaurants they often ate with the four of them after the recording, and all the things that happened afterwards. ...

And of course Motura.

"APLUS?" Alicia stepped out of the car door with one foot, turned around and urged again.

"coming."

Everything has passed, and it is not really necessary to go here in person, but a person with a truly strong mind should go everywhere in the world, and it is the same here, Song Ya took a deep breath and opened the car door.

The people who enter and leave the building are basically insiders, and soon someone recognized him, and more or less knew about his struggle with Motura and Motura's strange suicide by swallowing sleeping pills on the inauguration day of the Grand Commander. Some people expected that he would come to the headquarters of his old club again. There was surprise and a little awe in the eyes of the people, and they all subconsciously moved out of the way, but they stopped immediately and fixed their eyes tightly, wanting to see what he was going to do. Well.

Song Ya didn't look at anyone, and followed Alicia up the stairs.

"Mr. APLUS, Mr. President is waiting for you in the office."

Rick Rubin's secretary greeted him at the door.

"OK."

Song Ya shook hands with the other party and walked into the hall. There is no change from before, but it will not be so after this year. It is also one of the top six, and the management behind Polygram has just reported that it is willing to resell it. At present, the other five have ideas. As the current number one in the industry, Sony Columbia Records naturally has an advantageous position for acquisitions.

With firm steps, he was led into the elevator.

The two middle-aged white senior executives were already in the car, and Song Ya nodded politely with them.

The other party's emotions were also very surprised at first, but soon there was a trace of resentment, the facial muscles of both of them trembled at the same time, and then silently turned their heads to cover it up.

Song Ya had a slight impression that these two guys seemed to be 'people from Motura' before.

It's been a long memory, it seems like a lifetime, he didn't say anything, these people hate him, but they are no longer a threat to him.

He looked at the poster of Celine Dion's theme song of the big ship in the car. Following the fire of the Titanic, it is now everywhere on the streets outside and in video stores.

'Ding. '

The elevator reached a floor, the two went out, and more people came in. The staff members who were holding the documents were still chatting, but when they saw themselves, they immediately shut up, walked in silently and stood up, the car There was always silence.

"arrive."

When they reached the top floor, they were already empty, and the secretary continued to lead the way.

"What?" Song Ya habitually walked towards Motura's former president's office, but saw the secretary walking in another direction.

"Not here, the president's office has changed."

"oh."

Song Ya took a deep look at the closed door. The nameplate on the door was gone, and it seemed that it hadn't been opened for a long time.

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