Chapter 26

After closing the door and getting dressed with Ellie, Song Ya cleaned up the sofa and some leftover things before going out to find Eric.

"Where's old Joe?" he asked.

Bringing the girl over last night was just part of the plan. He needed an excuse to come to Old Joe's music, and then "chance" into Old Joe who finished the promotion.

"He's not coming back this week, he's gone to Los Angeles."

Didn't expect bad news.

Song Ya could only ask Eric to drive him and Ellie home, and talk on the road by the way, Eric didn't have much defense against him, and told the whole story what happened during the announcement.

In Atlanta, Old Joe had listened to someone's idea and planned to invite a Hollywood public relations company to intervene in the release of the album, but Pablo, who preferred to cooperate with Warner Records, of course strongly opposed it, and the two had another big quarrel. Then Pablo left suddenly with Lowry Jr., AK, Tony, and 'Muffler'. He didn't even tell Old Joe where he was going, and Old Joe didn't bother to care about them, and boarded the flight to Los Angeles alone.

"A Hollywood PR firm?"

Song Ya's heart sank. He didn't understand what a PR company was for, but since they could also be responsible for the release of the album, Old Qiao obviously wanted to completely cut off the possibility of cooperating with major record companies. What about his agreement with Daniel? Wouldn't the introduction fee of 10,000 knives and the commission of 150,000 knives be ruined?

After sending Ellie home first, women's quarrels were soon heard inside.

Well, the family environment in the slums is similar, and even the words used by Ellie's mother to scold Ellie are exactly the same as those used by Aunt Susie to Connie.

Song Ya quickly asked Eric to start the car and run away, and immediately called Daniel when he got home.

"PR firms are like mercenaries. They are generally used for short-term cooperation. They prefer to take a slant. They are good at making big news for their employers to attract media attention and exposure."

Daniel is a veteran, and he quickly made a judgment, "A good PR company in Hollywood is very expensive. Based on the current album sales, the money that Old Joe earns is not enough to pay their bills! I feel that Old Joe is about to lose his mind , we have to hurry to Los Angeles, race against time, and step in before he reaches a deal with the PR firm!"

Song Ya had no choice but to dial Lao Qiao's cell phone again. The "encounter" scene failed, so he had to show his cards directly. At least he wanted to earn Daniel's 10,000 dollars introduction fee.

"Hey, APLUS, what's the matter?" Old Joe's voice was tired.

Song Ya didn't go around in circles anymore, and directly explained her intentions, "Daniel Glass, the vice president of SBK Records, came to me and said he wanted to see you, look..."

"FXXX! You son of a bitch!"

As expected, Old Qiao began to scold, "You all betray me!" After scolding, he planned to put down the phone directly.

"Hey! Hey! Wait! Don't hang up! Boss, it's because I wrote that song for you! Okay?" Song Ya hurriedly played the emotional card.

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, "Maybe we are happier now without that song..." Old Qiao said slowly, "The 7,000 cassettes have been sold out, so I will pay the price and leave. Pablo is still my friend. Lori is still that good boy...money, it's all about money, money is everything..."

"Isn't your hand that kicked Al out of the game quite ruthless?" Song Ya complained secretly in her heart.

But you have to persuade, "Then you have to have a good chat with Daniel, he is a person who has a lot of ideas about record release, he convinced me, and I believe he can convince you. Money is the problem, that song is problem, so we have to find a professional person to solve the problem, and we will meet each other, okay?"

Old Qiao took a deep breath, and finally softened his attitude, "One side?"

"one side!"

"Well, I will only give you this face." Old Qiao reported the name of the hotel.

"Thank you, boss!"

Song Ya made an appointment with Daniel, and the two took the nearest flight to the City of Angels on the west coast.

It was the first time to take a plane after crossing, and the first time to Los Angeles. Song Ya was not in the mood to appreciate the scenery along the way, and led Daniel to take a taxi to the hotel where Old Joe was staying, and knocked on the door of the room.

The moment Daniel met Old Joe, the jingle of the supermarket cash register seemed to sound in his mind, ten thousand dollars in hand, beautiful!

There were two other guests, a combination of a short black man and a fat white man, saying goodbye to Old Joe.

After a brief self-introduction, "Was that N.W.A's EAZY-E just now?" Daniel asked.

"Yeah, sit down, Big E is also here to discuss cooperation with me." Old Qiao replied, he opened a bottle of wine, took out a glass from the wine cabinet, and poured it for the two of them.

"Thank you, Big E's reputation..." Daniel hesitated to speak.

"I know what you want to say. Big E is dangerous and greedy, but he has nothing to say about music. N.W.A was established with the money he earned from drug trafficking." Old Joe lay back on the sofa and raised his glass to Daniel, " And he has a lot of experience dealing with the big labels."

Hearing the thorn in Old Joe's words, Daniel smiled, "I heard APLUS talk about Pablo's theism about the big record companies. Unfortunately, he is just a layman in this industry. The simple fact is that the big record companies Can't control everything. For example..." He stretched out his hand towards Old Joe, "You can almost listen to music produced by any company or individual at any time, any place, and the big record companies can't control you. Monopoly? Distribution? Aren’t you just releasing records? No one can stop you. Of course I won’t deny the advantages of big record companies, they can control some channels, some awards, some media, but that’s all, many big record companies There are hundreds of labels under the banner, and everyone can play a dog's brain. How can we monopolize it? We SBK did not belong to EMI before, and we lived well. In fact, the giants that can really control an industry are not in the record industry, but in the record industry. Here, Los Angeles, Hollywood..."

Daniel is a biography...the master of marketing, "Continue." Old Qiao really became interested in his words.

"Different from the record industry, the number of movie theaters and the number of screens in the country are limited. If you want to watch a new movie, you have to go to the movie theater. You can't see it anywhere else. This is the soil that really breeds monopoly. So here Universal, Warner Bros., MGM, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Disney, and Columbia, oh no, it should be called Sony Columbia now, and they are the ones that can really monopolize an industry." Daniel Said: "Old Joe, cooperate with us, we are not Warner, we are more suitable for releasing rap music, have you heard of ICE ICE BABY?"

Old Joe smiled disdainfully, "A white man."

"Yeah! Vanilla Ice is a white guy! A white guy who sings hardcore rap! The single is also a hit!"

Daniel's words were too lethal, and Old Joe fell into deep thought.

Song Ya on the side can definitely empathize. Last time he was fooled by Daniel, he couldn't tell the difference between south, east and north.

"Guess what." Daniel will never give the hoodlum a chance to breathe, "We plan to promote that single by APLUS, and promote you to the same status as Little Lowry. Everyone in the industry knows that your chorus is better than His rap part is much better! He is the lead singer of this song, and so are you! If you want, we SBK can even sign a singer contract with you, every concert, every commercial performance, and every award show in the future , as long as you are willing, little Lowry will never try to get rid of you! Never..."