Chapter 362

"The warehouse has been vacated, right? The first freighter left the port, and their cargo plane also left? Okay."

Song Ya stayed in Chicago for a few days. He was relieved when he heard that the Huaguo Chemical Factory had hired a cargo plane to transport the technical materials away. He could help a little. "The order for fluorescent agent has increased, right? It's over now. Continue to increase production and stock up to fill up the warehouse."

This is also helping himself, he doesn't want to take the risk of delaying for more than a dozen working days, 57 million dollars, and he hasn't seen the money yet!

"I know it's mostly giveaways, and I know the little money I make isn't enough for the delivery fee, but at least it's better than not selling before, isn't it? It won't be a problem when our fluorescent agent becomes popular, and my music video It will be released early next year, um, again, your task is to prolong the luminous time and increase the color of the flower.”

He hung up the phone, ended his conversation with the general manager of Bahn Company, and smiled at the middle-aged white man sitting in front of him: "Excuse me, what did we mention just now?"

Scout, a talent from Sears Department Store who got A+ Apparel, he has been the general manager of A+ Apparel Company. Make up your mind and jump over here.

"I want to go to Huaguo to learn about the joint venture garment factory of A+ Apparel over there, as well as the style and quality of the clothes."

Scout has just taken over the A+ clothing designer studio set up by Song Asheng in San Francisco, and is in the stage of getting more familiar with the business.

"No problem, I'll let Riise help you with the itinerary. The first batch of products over there should be T-shirts, and the cost is very low. Riise said it's less than a dollar." Song Ya said excitedly.

Scout laughed and poured cold water on him, "Everything depends on the quality. If the quality is not good, the cost may not be able to compete with places like Bangladesh and Ceylon."

"Anyway, take care of these things." Song Ya said.

The two chatted for a while, Scout said goodbye and left, and Song Ya began to review the documents again. The ten rehired engineers stationed in the Huaguo Chemical Plant were basically old men, and their salaries were expensive. In addition to high allowances, they also asked for Lots of holidays.

He signed the agreement with a pen and put it on the side of the boss's desk, and someone will come to deal with it regularly.

"Boss, the time is almost up." Taraji came over to remind.

"Um."

Song Ya finished the work and left A+ Records with her. Delay had already finished the sampling required by LondonBridge and agreed to Warner Records' asking price, that is, to leave the name of the original composer on the composer column, which means that the sampler has about six points. One of the accompaniment music copyrights, that is, one percent of the single's income.

Because it can't be delayed any longer, Song Ya can't get a bargain from Warner Records. The other party recognizes the name of 'APLUS'. As long as APLUS uses things in my repertoire, it won't be cheap. I have no choice but to reach a cooperation. After all, the right to give you a sample is in the hands of others.

After getting this done, before Song Ya gave the song to Fergie, she had to settle Fergie's next singer contract and renew the rookie contract with a little over a year left. The new contract is five years and two plus one professional.

"Hey, Chuck, Jimmy."

He visited Chuck Goodman's house again and met with the Goodman brothers, "Hurry up and bring this to Fergie, Jimmy."

Song Ya sat down and asked Taraji to take out the contract text he brought and hand it to Jimmy.

"New contract?" Jimmy was cooking, wiped his hands, took it casually, and looked at it seriously.

Song Ya and his brother went to the study and chatted while watching TV. During the global tour, MJ was singing against the government again. He called on all parties in the Yugoslav Civil War to coexist peacefully, while Western countries led by the United States are busy pulling sideways Woolen cloth.

"MJ has a lot of trouble himself." Chuck said: "Now all the rumors about him are well-made."

In addition to the clichés of bleaching and plastic surgery, the little boy in his manor, the unknown instrument he used to lie in, and the mysterious Neverland, the American public likes to discuss these,

Many people don't necessarily do it out of malice, but just as ordinary gossip. But because of this, everything about him has been spread more and more evil. There is some kind of cult ritual in the manor, and children are sacrificed to keep MJ youthful and immortal. He has nose and eyes.

"He should have participated in the Oprah talk show at the beginning of the year. If he had made everything clear earlier, there would be nothing more." Song Ya said.

"Yeah, I hear he's willing to be on Oprah's show now?" Chuck asked.

"I heard it will be March next year, and he will settle everything." Song Ya nodded, "But I feel a bit late, he should have listened to Motura at the beginning of the year."

At this time, Jimmy came in with the contract text, "Uh... APLUS." He looked at his brother a little bit timidly, "Is this new contract too unfavorable to Miss Fergie?"

"What?"

Song Ya frowned, "What's wrong?"

"She will release her debut album next year, right? I heard from her that in addition to the female solo version of ihateuiloveu, you will also prepare a strong single for her, right? Then her record should be able to achieve some results, but none of this shows On the next contract," Jimmy said.

"What do you want to embody?" Song Ya asked.

"Signing fee, you paid one million for signing Common, it doesn't make sense that Miss Fergie can't get more, and there are related benefits that are promoted according to the coffee position, assistants, bodyguards, installation fees, dressing room, recording studio usage rights Wait... By the way, the conditions for getting out of the contract are too harsh, far below the normal industry standard." Jimmy pointed to the terms of the contract and counted them.

"No..." Song Ya was caught off guard, looking at the black question mark on his face, "Jimmy, I asked you to be Fergie's manager for this day, remember?"

"Uh, but..." Jimmy held the contract document with an aggrieved expression on his face, "This is too detrimental to Miss Fergie. I am her manager, and now she is my employer, so I have to work for her interests..."

"WTF?" Song Ya was a little angry, "It's true that she is your employer, but you are still an agent under my agency! Don't forget this."

"You're too involved Jimmy." His brother also supported Song Ya, "We talked about it when we were willing to give you this job. Your first responsibility is to help APLUS control its artists."

"But..." He didn't dare to speak anymore, he kept mumbling something in his mouth, completely unable to hear clearly.

"What are you talking about?" Song Ya pressed.

Jimmy seemed to have suddenly summoned up his courage, "But this contract is not good for my income! And Miss Fergie values ​​the things about vanity, dressing room, car distribution, travel ostentation and so on... She saw This contract will be very unhappy, she is not the kind of rookie singer who doesn't understand anything."

"Hehe, don't worry about that."

Song Ya smiled, "This is just my offer, show her first, and then negotiate with me for her. I have a second contract, and I will give her better treatment. Don't worry. When the time comes She will be satisfied with you and me, and everyone will be happy."

Song Ya didn't choose to talk directly with the girl who shared the same bed, just to avoid hurting feelings over money, and he also knew that Fergie was very smart, so he left enough room for bargaining, "You go and give her this contract now, I'll wait for your reply, I'm going to New York soon, I don't have much time to linger."

"Okay." Jimmy agreed, put on his coat and went out.

"Will he be obedient?" Song Ya asked Chuck Goodman worried.

"It was he who came up with the idea of ​​double-teaming last time, have you forgotten?" Chuck was also unsure, shrugging his shoulders: "As I said, he had a lot of bad ideas when he was young."

"Well……"

Soon, Fergie arrived with him angrily, "I've been with you for so long, and you treat me with this contract!?" She picked up a pillow and threw it on Song Ya, "I don't even pay a penny for the signing fee. Isn't it worth your money?"

Song Ya gave Jimmy a hard look, smiled and raised his elbow to protect himself, "This is my first offer, we can do whatever you want...don't mess it up, we can talk about it again!"

"The ghost will talk to you!" Fergie folded her hands and sat down on the sofa. "I'm going to talk about the contract after I post my post!"

Song Ya's face turned cold, "No, the contract renewal must be negotiated before the posting of the post, otherwise what will you do if you run away? Didn't I praise you for nothing?"

"Is that how you guard against me?" Fergie burst into tears, "I'll accompany you, Harley, Amy, Cassity, and Taraji..."

"Ahem." Taraji hurried to her, put his arms around her shoulders, and gave Song Ya a look, "Stop being a cold-blooded boss, and take out the second contract."

"Okay, okay." Song Ya asked her to take out another contract from her bag.

"Jimmy, read it first." Fergie wiped away her tears, and Jimmy accepted the contract, "Or..." He moved away a little, "It still doesn't work, the cost of breaking the contract is too high."

"Hey! Jimmy! Are you M-Fxxk...isn't it..." Song Ya was so angry that she almost threatened and sternly said, "This is the best offer for Fergie, otherwise I won't give you a strong order, And don't do any promotion for your first album!"

Fergie burst into tears again.

"Don't cry, girl, I know you often use this method to get something from me, but this is my bottom line, is there anything wrong with staying in my company? Or do you really want to leave me?" Song Ya scowled.

"Mr. APLUS, Miss Fergie doesn't want to leave, but she deserves a better contract." Jimmy spoke again.

"Jimmy, if you say one more word, I will fire you." Song Ya said the same thing to him as to the general manager of Bahn Company.

"Jimmy is my agent! Only I can decide whether to fire him!" Fergie yelled.

Song Ya took a deep breath. He didn't expect things to turn out like this. He sneered, "But I can still fire him. He signed with Aunt Susie's agency."

"Uh, Mr. APLUS, this is not good for both of us, right? Your operation method is actually still illegal, if it is exposed..." Jimmy said.

Song Ya was startled.

"Jimmy!" His brother was also angry this time, "You crossed the line!"

Jimmy took a few steps back again intimidated, "I just want to get a better contract for my employer."

"This is already very good. I asked you to sing ihateuiloveu, participate in WhereIsTheLove, and play Fergie in Trumpets' MV." Song Ya calmed down and began to play emotional cards with Fergie, "I still have a strong single, which has already I bought the right to sample, just wait for you to sign this contract..."

"If I don't sign you, will you really not give me the song and the promotional resources for my first album?" Fergie also stopped crying, she asked in a low voice.

"That's what the record industry does! Otherwise, if I were a newcomer for three years and then you ran away, everyone in the industry would laugh at me!" Song Ya said to her.

"Hmph." Fergie sneered, "That's what Motura did to you back then, and you resisted desperately. Now you treat me in the same way, how ironic, you finally became the person you hate. "

"That's it, Fergie!"

At this point, Song Ya also laughed, looking at the girl in front of her, she felt a sense of relief in her heart, "You always use all kinds of tricks, begging, acting like a baby, pretending to be angry, and wanting something in front of me Si, I'll let you get your way once in a while, but I don't feel good about it. That's the way it should be! You put your smarts out there, talk to me like an adult, negotiate, challenge, you Half a year older than me! I desperately got what I wanted from Motura, and you can try it from me too."

"Then I'll discuss the contract after the release of the first album." Fergie raised her head and said.

"Then I won't give you a strong order, and I won't help you make your first special announcement." Song Ya replied.

"I'll let Jimmy expose the ownership structure of your agency," Fergie said again.

"Go ahead, let's expose it. We'll fight a lawsuit for three to five years." Song Ya replied.

"I signed a publishing company, wrote an autobiography, exposed your absurd life, and pierced your hypocritical veil under the packaging of WhereIsTheLove."

"Write it, I'm a black hip-hop singer from the ghetto, it's far more ridiculous than me, you are a white child actor, your potential audience will not like to see that."

"The water I gave you to drink has slugs in it!"

"You...you stop making trouble, be normal."

For the first time, the two looked at each other like adults, competing for will.