Chapter 1167

"Hey, APLUS, I heard from Doug Morris that your second single is expected to be the theme song of the World Cup?"

Little Bronfman's attitude was still so perfect, "Do you need any help from Universal Music? Just say it."

"Yes, the Cup of Life...President Morris has already helped me a lot. The agent told me that I have a 90% chance of winning it. Thank you very much, Mr. Bronfman Jr."

In a trance, Song Ya even began to wonder whether the other party was the behind-the-scenes instigator who used the piracy incident to suppress Litman Media's IPO. Although judging from some details of Universal's actions, it should be him, "Under your leadership... "No matter, let's take advantage of the situation and flatter, "And the matter of Marilyn Manson, wow, those politicians dare not mention it at all now, you helped us withstand the pressure, and you are protecting us deviant singers. "

Sloan lowered his head and suppressed a smile beside him, Song Ya touched it with his hand, but she pushed it away.

"Hahaha……"

Little Bronfman laughed heartily, "By the way, I apologize to you. I was in a bad mood that day at the meeting. In terms of attitude... I was just talking about the facts, don't take APLUS to heart."

"No, how could it be." Song Ya laughed, "I did not do it right, my fault, American Music..."

"Then why didn't you go to the party that night?" Little Bronfman interrupted whether intentionally or not.

"I'm going."

"I didn't see you there..."

"I went to stay for half an hour. I didn't see you and Mr. Geffen. Then the gunshot wound on my body hurt a little, so I left."

"Oh, I did go there very late. It's understandable. Haven't you recovered from your gunshot wound?"

"No, you know, that kind of old injury will recur from time to time, and it will probably accompany me like a chronic disease for the rest of my life." Song Ya made it up casually.

"Dangerous, isn't it? That shooting...your physical fitness and your willpower saved yourself."

"And luck, thank God."

"Hahaha……"

The two chatted very affectionately, and Song Ya tried to get to the point again, "Hey!" He sighed and said, "If nothing happens, I will be able to release a new album in 1997? The sales data should be better."

"yes."

"The world is changing really fast. After half a year in a coma, I felt a little out of touch. I remember that the problem of piracy in 1996 was far less serious than it is today." Is it still a bit abrupt? But there is no way? It's already March? Littman Media IPOs next month, and a second wave of ad bans on sites like American Music could be imminent, even if Daniel, the chairman of the Copyright Dispute Committee, quietly uses NARAS and RIAA bureaucracy to stall.

This rumor caused investment institutions to wait and see for Littman Media's IPO? Some participants suggested lowering the issue price.

"uh-huh.

’ Bronfman Jr. agreed in a drawl.

"Uh... Little Mr. Bronfman? There's something I need to report to you."

"You don't have to be so polite when talking to me APLUS. Although I'm 40 years old, I think I'm still young at heart? Just pretend you're talking to your Homie? Yo! What'sup? Haha? Is that right?"

"Wow... very authentic."

Song Ya compliment? "Uh... is that so? After the meeting that day, I asked someone about the situation of the American music website? Indeed, as you said, there is a problem of users sharing songs in MP3 and other formats without permission, and I have already started to deal with it gone."

"That's good."

"However...America Music website still needs some time to confirm whether privately uploaded data can be deleted on the grounds of spreading piracy, and there is currently no clear law prohibiting that kind of sharing behavior? And the parent company of American Music website Lite Man Media is about to IPO..."

"APLUS? APLUS."

Bronfman Jr. repeated interrupting? "You know this is a matter of life and death for all record companies, right? We can't compromise on things like this."

"We will change? I swear, but I hope to extend the advertising ban until after the IPO." Song Ya continued.

"Your attitude is not even as good as an MP3 site," Bronfman Jr. said.

"They are deliberately guiding users to do this, and the American Music website will first face legal risks of deleting user uploaded data without permission? We need time to confirm. I am very..."

Song Ya speeded up her speech, and then took a deep breath, "I sincerely beg you to do me a favor on this matter, I will be grateful and reward you, such as..."

"Wow, Hohoho..."

Bronfman Jr. sneered on the other end of the phone and could still hear applause, "Are you talking to me about business again? APLUS."

"Business is business, hehe."

"If I had to haggle with people for every decision I made, I'd be so busy that 24 hours a day wouldn't be enough."

"Just let me delay for more than a month, okay? It's easy for you..."

"enough!"

Bronfman Jr.'s tone suddenly turned sharp, "You are annoying APLUS like this. I have made a decision and you implement it. This is the easiest way. Any other excuses are a waste of our mutual time!"

"I am a singer under your banner, but at the same time I am also a shareholder of the American music website... and rushing to crack down on this kind of behavior now will only increase PolyGram's stock price, and it will also have a negative impact on your acquisition, won't it?"

When he mentioned this, Sloan immediately waved his hand in warning.

"How the hell did I talk to this guy for so long..."

Sure enough, Bronfman hung up the phone, and Song Ya could vaguely hear him swearing to himself before the call was cut off.

"What did I say? Never talk to him about his business again," Sloan said.

"It doesn't matter if we talk or not, and he won't change his mind. Contact Daniel's people."

Song Ya scratched her head and put down the microphone, "And isn't my judgment right? Lei Shidong indulged and even secretly supported Cochrane to help me sue CBS to suppress the value of CBS and pave the way for the acquisition and price reduction. For the same reason, since he wants to buy At least for Polygram, there is no need to rush to deal with factors that are unfavorable to Polygram’s stock price before the merger. In short, now I can be sure that this young man was causing trouble at the beginning. According to his temper, it is estimated that he will immediately urge NARAS Issue an advertising ban as soon as possible."

Taking advantage of Sloan's call, Song Ya also began to contact Wall Street investment institutions that participated in Litman Media's IPO and also owned shares in websites such as YAHOO.

"It's time to act, we decided to start right away, yes, right away."

"Everyone already knows that NARAS' second wave of advertising bans is not only aimed at the American music website, we need to unite..."

Song Ya's mood didn't fluctuate greatly, maybe because he was mentally prepared and Sloan always arranged all the steps in an orderly manner, just execute them in order.

Or maybe Bronfman Jr. is not like Motura, who likes to speak harshly to the face of a strong and fierce person, which gives people great stimulation.

Of course, people on Wall Street are also better at communicating than the inexplicable rich three generations, which is also one of the reasons.

"call……"

I had talked too much before, and Song Ya couldn't help but feel a little dry after making a round of phone calls. "What would you like to drink?" he asked Sloan.

"Soda water. Have you ever thought about APLUS? After this time, you will offend a boss again. The energy of the Bronfman family is far beyond that of Motura." Sloan took the water he poured and reminded.

"I can't just watch Littman Media's value shrink by tens of millions and break the deal, right?"

Song Ya replied: "I'm not the rich third generation who takes money improperly."

"But your recording career...maybe more than tens of millions of losses, and alcohol."

"In short, let's settle this matter first, and I don't want to offend him to death. Besides, I really find it hard to believe that Bronfman Jr. is not a business-oriented person at all. What about Universal if I lose tens of millions in the record industry? What about him?"

After all, Song Ya still had a glimmer of hope, "Besides, the weight of Littman Media in my heart is actually more important, because it is me, and it is also your business...our business."

"Wow, it's a bit touching." Sloan squeezed his throat and joked, "Did you finish it so quickly?"

"Well, I'm too thirsty."

Song Ya put down the cup that he drank in one gulp.

"Then keep working, hurry up." Sloan threw some change into the empty glass.

"Is there someone inside who is secretly obstructing?"

On the side of Bronfman Jr., he is very rarely so concerned about a trivial matter. One day, he calls and urges Universal Music President Doug Morris to get the relevant agency to issue a ban. He is not stupid, and he also realized it after three days. weird.

"There are indeed internal and external pressures, especially Time Warner, the parent company of Warner Records, which has begun to invest in the Internet industry on a large scale. It’s so new and there’s still a lot of legal gray areas as of now.”

Doug Morris persuaded: "YAHOO, American Music, Infoseek, AOL, Webchat and other companies have gathered a huge amount of funds in their plates, and the market value of YAHOO has almost risen to 19 billion dollars. Compared with the previous Internet The scene is exaggerated."

"YAHOO? Hehe, it's a completely unprofitable company. Don't worry, the bubble blown up by Wall Street will burst sooner or later." Bronfman Jr.

"But not yet, and it is still the sustenance of countless investors. How about reducing the attack surface?" Doug Morris observed the situation, and then carefully suggested.

He still didn't understand the boss thoroughly. He guessed that Bronfman Jr. was targeting someone, but he didn't fully grasp the subtle psychology that Bronfman Jr. didn't want to be seen by the outside world as who he was deliberately targeting.

Bronfman Jr. believes that few people can see through his true intentions, and indeed no one will expose this to his face, because those who can see it probably already know his character.

"The Internet is not a place outside the law."

The seriousness of the website infringement in the second wave of bans is similar. Bronfman Jr. did not find an excuse to separate the American Music website. He said: "Don't dawdle, make an announcement, tomorrow..."

At this time, the secretary outside knocked on the door and came in to report, "A person in charge of Interpol contacted us, saying that they cooperated with the Mexican police to crack a major transnational production and sale of pirated music CDs."

"Ha, it's good news again, this is worth a drink." Bronfman Jr. went to the wine cabinet to get the wine himself, not noticing the sudden flickering eyes of Doug Morris.

"Well……"

But the secretary continued to report with an ugly face: "They also captured a few of our people."

"What about our people?" Doug Morris asked.

"Our employees, the employees of the vinyl disc factory in California, secretly transcribe the master tapes sent in the past, sell them to pirates, and make pirated CDs with the highest sound quality on the market, and the pirates will resell them to Mexico. , Asia and Da Mao's peers."

The secretary peeked at the boss's gloomy expression and said: "The people from Interpol said that this is a global network with a huge number, because our vinyl factory also undertakes... record recordings by other publishing companies, so we are not the only one who suffers. .”

"Damn it, it looks like you're going to make a few phone calls to apologize to our friends."

Little Bronfman stretched out his frowning eyebrows, and quickly regained his aristocratic demeanor and joked to Doug Morris: "I said how the pirated discs came out so quickly."

"Okay, but I guess there are such people in each of their families, it's just that our management is stricter, and the first ones are caught."

It seems that the boss has not yet realized the connection between the two things? Doug Morris said a few words of comfort, and made an excuse to call other companies, and immediately wiped his sweat and called Daniel after going out, "Is that you?"

"Me what?"

Daniel asked back.

"Keep in mind the casual suspicion I had when I had dinner with you last time."

"What doubt?"

"Stop pretending, what benefits does APLUS give you?"

"APLUS? I broke up with him a long time ago, and it's not clear to you."

"Come on, I finally know now that you are secretly helping him delay the ban inside the RIAA."

"Banning? It's just a procedural issue. It will be released soon. What are you talking about?"

"I want to expose you!"

"It's not like this, is it? Forget it, anyway, you should think about Mr. President first."

Chicago 1990