Chapter 23 Daniel

The car drove into a road restaurant, and Daniel Glass used an excuse to go to the bathroom to give Song Ya and Hayden a chance to talk alone. This is a standard Caucasian elite, with suits and leather shoes, bronze skin that is often tanned on the beach, well-proportioned, calm and winking. Just in the car, Song Ya kept humming and perfunctory him, basically refusing to answer.

"What are you doing?"

The two sat in the carriage-style booth, and Hayden pointed to the direction of the bathroom and said, "Last year, SBK was acquired by EMI. Do you know the exact amount? Three hundred million dollars! This is a big man, and you have no idea what a huge opportunity is in front of you." ! Don't play petty temper!"

"FXXXYOU!" Song Ya usually seldom swears, but this time she was really anxious, "Did you hear something outside the door last time?! Did you? Otherwise, you would never think of bringing a big record company people come to me!"

"Yeah, that's right, I heard almost all of it from outside the door."

Hayden readily admitted, "Pablo's opinion is right, we must introduce a big company to be responsible for distribution, otherwise Old Joe will screw things up, he doesn't understand the modern record industry at all."

"I don't care if he understands or not! Wait, I think I need to make things clear to you."

Song Ya showed up to Hayden very seriously: "You are my agent, and I am your employer. You can't make up your own mind about some things, at least you should ask for my opinion on the phone before bringing someone to me! If Old Joe finds out that you brought a big record company to me, what will he think of me? He will think that I am cheating! Is it a matter of money? It is a matter of fate! Haven’t you seen it before in Old Joe Music? People from those gangs?"

Hayden was stunned for a moment, he probably didn't think about it at all, "I'm sorry, I apologize to you..."

He put his hands together, "I still underestimated the... danger of Nancheng, but you have to understand, it is difficult for me to refuse Mr. Glass, I have more than one artist in my hand, if I call you first and you disagree I can't explain to Mr. Glass..."

"never mind."

In fact, Song Ya deliberately exaggerated the seriousness to scare him, otherwise this manager might cause him any trouble in the future, "Your task now is to quickly get the song copyright and BMI membership for me, other... "

He saw Daniel Glass come out of the bathroom and lowered his voice, "I'll talk about everything else later."

"What's the matter? Can I help?"

Daniel Glass sat down opposite Song Ya, "I came to APLUS with sincerity, let's not talk about that album, I can decide to sign a singer with you first, two or three years, release it or not The film is up to you, as long as you sign, we will pay your salary, of course, the money is not much, about 30,000 to 40,000 dollars per year."

"Wow, this is too..." Hayden looked at Song Ya.

Song Ya glanced at him.

"Well, it's Mr. Glass..."

"Just call me Daniel."

"Okay, Daniel, my employer doesn't want to think about any business matters now. Before him..." Hayden looked at Song Ya: "Can you say it?"

Song Ya nodded.

"Before he gets the BMI membership." Hayden explained to Song Ya again, "The copyright will come down soon, and I've already got it."

"BMI?" Daniel was a little surprised. He called the waiter over and signaled the two to order something to eat first. "Their efficiency has always been like that. After going through the process, it will take about two or three months." He said to Song Ya : "You shouldn't encounter any resistance to join the association by relying on the song of the second-hand store, right?"

"Probably not." Hayden replied for Song Ya, "but my employer is impatient."

"Impatient? Hehe..."

After the two of them finished ordering, Daniel ordered a simple meal, took out another ten dollars, and asked the waiter to change it into coins, "APLUS, you grew up in a slum, right? You can do it for 40,000 dollars a year without being tempted." ,

Don't worry about the sales of Little Lowry's album at stake. Isn't this a sign of a quick temper? You know, if his album sales fall below 100,000 copies, you can only get about 5,000 dollars in royalties. "

"I'm used to being poor, and our poor ghosts in Nancheng treat people like you..." Song Ya pointed to Daniel, "There is a natural vigilance."

"I know I know."

Daniel smiled. He took the food and coins from the waiter, walked to the jukebox in the corner of the restaurant, and stuffed the coins into it. After choosing a song, he returned to his seat, "For people like us, time is very precious. So I'm going to work hard and try to convince you as soon as possible."

'Yo! VIP! Ice ice baby...Ice ice baby...'

The jukebox is old-fashioned, and a vinyl record is picked out from the mechanical shelf and played slowly, accompanied by very rhythmic music, followed by a rap song.

"APLUS, do you know why I chose this kind of place instead of a fancy restaurant to treat you to a big meal? Because there is a record player here, Ice (vanilla ice), a white guy, our signed singer, his album is not coming out until the end of the year It’s out now, but the single has sold so well that it’s readily available at street corner stores in Chicago.”

Daniel said as he ate, "You know your boss, what's wrong with that old Joe? He put his treasure on little Lowry's useless album. I tried to listen to every track, but sorry, except Your thrift store, I didn't make any of the other twelve songs. You know what's wrong with that manager of Little Lowry? He ran to negotiate a deal with Warner, my God, the star-studded Warner Records is not How many resources will be given to Little Lowry, a mediocre Chicago black guy..."

After the Vanilla Ice single was played, the clear female chorus rang out again from the jukebox.

"Is this song familiar? Hold on, the No. 1 single on the billboard, the Wilson sisters and Phillips, three white girls, also our signed singers, their album is coming soon, probably in June. What did you find? Right? Yes, our SBK strategy has always been to release singles first, and release albums only after building up momentum. This is exactly in line with your... APLUS’s interests. You get 1% of an album, and a single. You get a tenth of that. As long as we take care of Lowry II's album, trust me, I'll throw him in the trash for the other twelve songs and bet on this one at the thrift store Come on, I like second-hand stores, I only want second-hand stores.”

Song Ya listened and found that she was almost completely convinced. Is this a hypnotic speech technique? Are the real elites so strong?

"I can even sign a gambling agreement with you."

Daniel strikes while the iron is hot, "As long as you help me connect with Old Joe and negotiate a cooperation, I will give you an additional 3% of the royalties you deserve for the first one million singles..."

"Based on five dollars for a single, three percent of one million copies is... one hundred and fifty thousand dollars?" Hayden calculated the number in his mind, and couldn't help swallowing.

"That's right, and if the sales volume does not reach one million copies in the future, I will still give you 150,000 yuan. You don't have to pay anything, just help me negotiate this deal!" Daniel took out the checkbook and filled in the 10,000 yuan Pushing the number in front of Song Ya's eyes, "This is the introduction fee I personally gave you. You only need to help me arrange a meeting with Lao Qiao. The ten thousand dollars is yours."

Song Ya's fingers hidden under the table moved uncontrollably.

"I can't direct those BMI people to do things, but I can help you recognize your own advantages, and even help you realize how American society operates. In fact, you can completely force BMI people on your own. Helping people speed up and get memberships.”

Daniel's words were the straw that broke the camel's back.

Five minutes later, Song Ya took Daniel's brick and called Goldman, "Hello, Chuck, do you have time? Come and do me a favor... Yes, now... the address is... Don't worry, The reward will not be less for you."