Chapter 211: Last 4 Minutes

"is this real?"

Until leaving the headquarters of Sony Columbia Records, Song Ya still couldn't believe it in the car, and repeatedly flipped through the copy of the contract in her hand, for fear that something might be buried in it.

"There is no problem with the contract, and it is exactly the same as what we submitted last time." Hamlin said, "That is to say, Motura has fully accepted your conditions, your five years and two colleges, and the five years of A+ records." Distribution rights, nothing else."

"Shall we go back and pop champagne?" Goodman suggested.

"Yeah, it's like a dream, we should open a bottle of champagne... This is the best result, APLUS."

Samuel was also a little unbelievable, "I was thinking at the time, if Motura proposed two plus one, or a little bit more profit, I also planned to suggest that you accept it, and the reconciliation between the two of you is in your best interest."

"Why! Why?"

Song Ya got the advantage, but he would never be able to sleep today if he didn't figure out the inside story. He called Mariah Carey, "Mimi, are you home? Are you asleep?"

"You..." Mariah Carey panicked, "Don't come here..."

"Uh, that's not what I meant. Did you say anything to Tommy later?" Song Ya was embarrassed, "He suddenly decided to match my offer, and we got back together!"

"Wow, that's right!"

Mariah Carey was very happy, "I left without saying anything to him, what do you think I would say to him? Say you are in the office..."

"Uh, well, forget it, you go to bed first, I still haven't realized it, I will be very busy tonight."

"Okay, bye."

"bye."

The two ended the call and returned to Tribeca, "What happened in the past few minutes!? We have to figure it out!" Song Ya said loudly.

"What can happen, except for the world premiere of MJ's single MV." After Hayden answered, he came to his senses first. He rushed to the TV and kept switching channels to search for the replay.

The picture moves from the block to the window of a family at a very fast speed. The popular child star Macaulay King is jumping and jumping in the room on the second floor, imitating the guitar solo on the stereo. This solo is actually played by the guitarist of Guns N' Roses Done, it's wonderful.

The father character downstairs couldn't bear the noise. He went upstairs, taught Macaulay King a few words, and then unplugged his audio power cord. When he closed the door, he was shocked by the MJ poster behind the door and fell. To the ground, the glass shatters.

Macaulay King continued the style of the little ghost at home, pushed out the giant speaker, turned the volume to the maximum, plucked the guitar, and sent his father and the sofa flying, smashing the roof in an exaggerated way, and flying all the way to the sky above the earth .

Then, the main theme of the song sounded, and MJ appeared with the dancers of African tribes, singing and dancing. There is a Slavic kapak dance in the background of the Winter Palace. At the same time, MJ's dance steps will also be converted into corresponding styles, and the arrangement is very innovative.

"The idea of ​​world unity," Hayden said.

"As expected of MJ, every MV is a work of art." Taraji looked at MJ on the TV adoringly.

After a rap in the middle, MJ stood on the torch of the Statue of Liberty, 'But if you're thinkin' about my baby It don't matter If you're ;or white' After singing the line, various people appeared again Under the processing of computer special effects, he constantly 'changed his face', still expressing his idea of ​​world harmony regardless of race or skin color.

"Is this the part in the legend that burned millions of dollars in one minute?" Song Ya asked, and the current computer special effects are just like this. He remembers that the special effects in the original version of I Feel It Coming can completely crush the level in front of him.

"It should be." Hayden opened his mouth and then closed it. He and everyone present were shocked.

"It's more than two minutes longer than the single version."

The picture returned to the busy filming set, which in the current film language is equivalent to announcing the end, Yeremov looked at his watch and said.

"It's not over yet!" Taraji exclaimed, and a vigorous black panther appeared in front of the busy crowd.

"Black Panther?" Samuel frowned, which could easily remind Americans of the Black Panther Party, a black society influenced by Huaguo ideology and trying to carry out violent struggles. It was active in the 1960s and 1970s.

"Whoa, people don't like that these days," Hamlin murmured.

"That's what you white people don't like," Taraji said.

Then there was MJ's solo dance without accompaniment...

"Uh..." When the camera showed MJ's crotch close-up, even Taraji frowned, "Although this is MJ's signature move, this time it's too..."

Indeed, this time it went too far. In the past, MJ's hand was still placed above that part, but this time he directly pressed his hands on the key part, and the other hand was still stroking on the body, accompanied by shaking his buttocks and Hip.

"Is this a global simulcast? Including radio stations?"

Song Ya observed that the older white elites who had mastered resources as a standard, Samuel didn't like this part very much, and the wireless station indicated that children in front of TVs all over the world could also see this scene.

"Yes." Hayden replied.

Everyone's expressions are starting to be a little subtle. As MJ started smashing a car covered in racist slogans and Ku Klux Klan (white supremacist group) signs, as well as the glass windows of street shops, differences emerged...

The entire MV is eleven minutes long, and the last four minutes of the Black Panther's appearance seemed completely unnecessary. Once MJ tore his shirt and turned into a Black Panther and left, the MV ended and the internal debate among Song Ya's small group began.

"Violence, smashing cars, smashing stores, blatantly promoting violence," Hamlin said.

"Hey, white people, that's a car with racist slogans written on it. As a black man, didn't MJ show his attitude by smashing it? As the most popular black man, he should have done this long ago." Taraji retorted.

The other white people stopped talking, this topic is not easy to answer.

"APLUS, right?" Taraji looked at Song Ya.

"None of my business." Song Ya didn't bother to analyze these nonsense, "The question we need to know now is whether Motura was furious because of this MV, which made him suddenly willing to match my contract."

Everyone, you look at me and I look at you, but you can't give an answer.

Or Yeremov solved the problem.

"Gao Shusang." Song Ya met Yeremov's old relationship for the third time.

"APLUS-san, I am very glad that you have signed with Sony. Our advertising cooperation can continue."

After exchanging pleasantries, Gao Shu said: "As far as I know, MJ submitted a modified version to Motura to pass the review of Sony Columbia Records. In that version, the smashed car does not have those slogans..."

"The difference is very small, isn't it?"

"This represents two things. One, MJ didn't take Motura seriously. In such an important event, MJ made things happen without telling Motura and many people in the record company. The global simultaneous release There are some contents in the MV that the president of the company does not even know, which makes Motura lose all prestige, and also makes us feel very embarrassed."

Gao Shu said: "Secondly, MJ can fight against racial discrimination and support disadvantaged racial groups, but he can't make himself as if he has been racially discriminated against, and he is fighting against racial discrimination. Looking at the whole world, who has the ability to discriminate against him ? I’m afraid there is only Motura, and only our employer.”

"So that's how it is..." Song Ya understood, and he immediately thought of David Geffen and Sandy Glenn, who were close to MJ, in their battles with Motura, and kept communicating with him, saying Maybe they want to continue the struggle between the two until this moment or even longer, so as to weaken Motura, so that Motura can't concentrate on dealing with them immediately...

"APLUS-san, you know, we made big purchases in the United States. It was very irrational at the beginning, and it could even be said that it was completely based on a momentary preference. Buying the Empire State Building was a blow to the hearts of Americans, and buying Impressionist paintings, because Impressionism has been influenced by us. Ukiyo-e has a great influence, especially Van Gogh, no matter how much he pays, he is willing to bring his paintings to the notebook, which has a very subtle national psychology. And MJ, we like him very much, we provide him with Lost super contract, power, and trust that white people in America will never give him..."

Song Ya felt that Gao Shu, who was talking calmly in front of him, was actually very angry, very angry.

"No one blamed him. Some black groups accused him of getting whiter and whiter. Then he just said the reason for his skin whitening. There is no need for him to please those black people in this way. Use this method to make our skin whiter. And Motura as in a very embarrassing situation."