Chapter 143 Supporting Role

"There's good news, too."

Seeing that he was a little frustrated, Hayden took out a document from his bag, "The New York City government wants to obtain the authorization of this song for use in festival activities and external publicity."

"How much is the asking price?" Song Ya asked.

Hayden said, "This...they want to ask you for permission..."

"Free gift? FXXK!"

Song Ya was shocked, "You told me this is good news?"

"Government units are like this. If you don't want to, I will ask for a price." Hayden shrugged, "Politicians in New York like this song very much."

"Uh, don't be so direct..."

Song Ya thought for a while, "Go to Sony Columbia and talk to the New York City Government through their channels. Anyway, Mariah Carey has a copy of this song, and they must get their permission."

"Yes, your idea is more appropriate." Hayden took back the document, "Then I will go to Sony Columbia tomorrow. How are you preparing for tomorrow's interview?"

The next day there was an interview with MTV. The other party was well prepared this time and went to Chicago to interview some acquaintances such as Song Ya's school and old Joe and Delay.

"It's a very simple interview, and I can handle it with ease."

MTV's program is not as strict as David Letterman's late-night show. It basically focuses on touting singers, and the script is correct, so there will be no problems at all.

"Oh, that's right." Hayden looked at his watch, "Why did I forget the business." He turned on the TV again and tuned to MTV.

The short film "APLUS and Mariah Carey's chemistry" filmed last time started playing on time.

"Congratulations on getting the No. 1 APLUS on the Billboard. How do you feel?"

"Thanks, Roberto, unbelievable, you know? I have only one word on my mind right now, unbelievable, lol."

The screen was black for a few seconds, and the dialogue between Roberto Clivell and Song Ya was cut into a voice-over. After this dialogue, the title of the short film appeared, and then the scene of the two people hurriedly stepping on the elevator car was shot from behind. .

The camera is carried on the shoulder, the documentary technique is a bit rough, but the editing is very clever. The scene turns to Mariah Carey who is recording in the recording studio, giving her a close-up for a long time, and then she meets Song Ya and others, Discussion surrounding the recording work of Empire State&nbind.

At the end of the short film, it is the live performance of the two at the Billboard Awards Gala, but the audience scenes were cut out, and some scenes of the two in the recording studio were interspersed. This version is the first to top.

Of course, Song Ya feels that this version is no worse than the original MV of Empire State&nbind. The voices of both of them were in good condition that day. I don't like the scene of the original female singer standing and playing the piano on the street in New York, it feels a bit awkward.

Not releasing the MV for the time being is a publicity strategy decided by Motura himself. He plans to release it when the popularity of Empire State&nbind shows signs of cooling down. He does not want this song to collide with the promotion of Mariah Carey's new album.

"Not bad, but Sony Columbia cut me in a supporting role."

He was very dissatisfied with the length of his appearance in the short film, and Sony Columbia cleverly used the composition skills to clearly convey the difference between the two people, such as most of the scenes where the two were present at the same time, Maria Kay Lidu is beautifully located in the near visual center of the camera, while Song Ya always appears at the far end, and occasionally gets out of focus.

"There is a gap in your coffee position." Hayden laughed.

"But you can't let them cut it casually, can you?"

Song Ya was a little angry, "If this kind of thing happens again in the future, you must participate to protect my interests. You are my agent, and this should be your job."

"Okay, I will definitely pay attention next time." Hayden quickly hung up his promise.

The two chatted with music reviews from several important publications, one of which wrote: "Almost every work of APLUS has innovated since his debut, and I can clearly identify the change track of his creative thinking. It is a path of genius. This time, he combined rap and soul music so perfectly again. For the first time in my life, I heard the gorgeousness of musical drama from hip-hop music at the scene, and Mariah Carey's chorus part was especially outstanding. It is also a duet, we can compare Sarah Brightman in the excerpt of the Phantom of the Opera with the same name...'

"Look." Song Ya pointed at the article helplessly, "What do you mean by being particularly outstanding? It's just that you can sing better than me..."

"She is the princess of Sony Columbia. You are not even a signed singer. You must be biased in public relations. The influence of big companies in print media and TV stations is much greater than ours. Don't forget that you have a great advantage in small and medium-sized radio stations. "Hayden said, "And the author has said a lot of good things about you."

"I am accumulating a lot, and my influence is not at the same level." Song Ya said: "Next time I will never sing with a singer from a big company, and I will suffer from all kinds of publicity."

It happened that the phone rang, and Mariah Carey took the initiative to call.

"Hello ~ Mimi..." Song Ya called out the other party's nickname.

"Hi~" Mariah Carey's mood was very stable, "Have you watched the short film on MTV?"

"Yeah, I just finished watching..."

The two chatted around the stage performance, "Why did you point so directly when the paragraphs were handed over?" She said: "You should face up and use the action of introducing a lady."

"Don't you think this can make the audience's attention quickly shift to you?" Song Ya said: "It is also more in line with the rhythm."

"That's right, but it's a bit awkward to watch on the TV screen."

"well enough?"

"awkward."

"Okay, I'll try the gesture you mentioned next time."

"Also, when I sang "One hand in the air for the big city", your dance steps should take care of my emotions. Maybe I will be in a bad mood when performing in the future, and I don't want to twist with you."

"Okay, just say hello to me before you go on stage."

"That's too early. When I'm about to sing, I'll give you a little hint."

"Temporary decision?" Song Ya was taken aback, "So you weren't sure about your mood until before the performance?"

"Yeah, I said hello on stage on the day of the awards, but there were quite a few bitches below who didn't respond, and my interest suddenly disappeared."

"Uh, well, what code do you think would be appropriate?"

&nbmm, let me think about it, so..."

The two chatted one sentence at a time. Mariah Carey's tone was very flat, which was not as interesting as her usual speech. Song Ya felt that she took the initiative to call herself, maybe just to find someone to talk to.

"By the way, congratulations, you have topped the Billboard singles chart for three consecutive weeks." She sighed, "My album fell out of the top spot on the album chart."

"Didn't your first album win for eleven consecutive weeks? It's already very powerful, and your album chart is completely based on sales. My single chart champion has a lot of water." Song Ya complimented: "And Isn’t your new album released? Is this also to make way for the new album?”

"Hmm..." She was silent for a while suddenly, "Is that so?"

"Well, it's getting late, you should go to bed early~"

"Bye~"

"Bye..." Song Ya put down the phone and shook her head at Hayden, "She must be very sad."

"You two talked for twenty-five minutes." Hayden pointed to his watch.

"Uh, it's been a while since we talked..."

The phone rang again, and it belonged to Mira. "Who are you talking to? The line is busy all the time!" She was annoyed as soon as she spoke.

"Talk to Hayden about something serious, honey."