Chapter 367 Jump Up and Down

During the few days in New York, Song Ya was very happy. The police and the FBI did not take the opportunity to come to the door. They were also very honest and had a good time with Mariah Carey in the recording studio. He stopped Maria Kelly agrees to Mottola's marriage proposal and takes on a new challenge.

He had to win, and he wanted to win a long time ago. At least before the release of the second album, he didn't want to see Motura, the powerful president of Sony Columbia Records. There were too many variables, and he couldn't forget the few months with him last year. He is not the kind of person who does nothing and begs for mercy from the other side.

During the period between the release of the second album and the expiry of the five-year release contract of A+ Records, if Motura was still in office, he would definitely not honestly watch him switch to another company, just like he threatened to continue before Fergie released the album. As promised, he will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble, so instead of having another bloody battle at that time, it is better to kill him first! My APLUS is so ruthless.

Before leaving New York, he asked Yeremov to take another visit to Gao Shu, the deputy general manager of Sony Electronics Beimi, and began to test the attitude of the management.

"I'm very sorry Mr. APLUS, the delay in the release of MD has caused you trouble."

Gao Shu still maintains the good habit of bowing and apologizing when he comes up. His MD Walkman seems to have encountered some technical problems. Buy it, so far it is not a success. This also caused the sales of the MiniDisc version of Song Ya's "A+" first album to fall far short of expectations, "It's okay, this is a trivial matter, Mr. Takaki."

The two started chatting. Of course, Song Ya would not come up foolishly and say that Motura has me or not, but made indirect remarks about what the explorer thinks about Motura.

"I love seeing you all working together in '92, he's at the wheel and deciding the way forward, and the momentum you've provided, that's great."

Gao Shu didn't know what was going on in Song Ya's mind. The more he talked, the more excited he was, and he kept using engineering metaphors, "If nothing happens, he will be named one of the most powerful people in the American entertainment industry by various magazines. I heard That a lot of people at Sony Columbia Records started calling him 'Mr. Tommy' like the godfather? Haha! Next year he'll have more power, a bigger annual salary."

The result was a bit disappointing but not unexpected. Benzi liked Motura so much, even more than last year. The more successful MJ, himself and Mariah Carey were, and the better the records sold, the more Benzi liked him.

"Is MJ having a concert in this book?" he asked.

"Yes, he is very popular, and people are crazy about him." Gao Shu's previous dislike for MJ also subsided a lot, "But I heard that he is very dissatisfied with us."

"Why?" Song Ya asked.

"It's not about record sales."

Takaki shrugged like an American, "He felt incredible that Dangerous lost to Garth Brooks' Ropin' the Wind on the album sales chart in 1991. He thought we didn't try our best to help promote it. But it's no wonder We, you know, the country music crowd is very...well, very loyal and very disciplined, they only listen to that music, and he'll drive to the video store in town to buy records. And the pop music competition is getting The more intense the music, the more types of music, the more flexible the minds of urban people, and they prefer to transcribe privately and buy pirated copies.”

"Then you are still desperately launching a player that can record discs and related functions?" Song Ya secretly complained, wrote down the message, chatted casually, then said goodbye to Yeremov and left, and went straight to the airport.

The next day, Old Mike drove the car to David Geffen's Hollywood estate.

The parties in Hollywood never stop, but today he is not here to play, even Halle Berry didn’t even notice, he went around to the back door of the villa and entered, and then he avoided the party crowd under the leadership of the waiter, and appeared in David Geffen’s office inside.

"So you and Mariah Carey are officially allied?"

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David Geffen has always grasped it very keenly, "Celine Dion's husband told others that you helped Mariah Carey 'jump up and down' in New York."

Song Ya couldn't help laughing when she heard this comment, "Miss Kelly and I are friends, and the first studio where I recorded music at Sony Columbia Records was hers."

"You also helped her write EmpireStateOfMind and get a Grammy year list."

David Geffen handed the poured red wine to Song Ya, "We didn't expect you to have a lot of energy and good vision." He continued to chat, "Your support for Gore is very firm, and the final result is also very good .”

"Thanks."

Song Ya raised his glass to him with a smile, "Our results are all very good, aren't we?" He knew that David Geffen had spent tens of millions of dollars for this election, and he also "jumped up and down" with his artists.

"No, that's not the case."

David Geffen didn't respond to him, but also suppressed his smile, "My friends in Hollywood and I support Arkansas, and you support Al Gore."

"Is that different? They are partners?" Song Ya didn't understand the meaning behind his words.

"I made it clear, APLUS."

David Geffen said: "Gore is anti-gay, he is not my friend, and Arkansas is more flexible than him in dealing with this."

Song Ya understood now that he supported Gore, but David Geffen did not agree with Gore's political views, and he himself is a double.

"Arkansas has the final say. Politicians don't necessarily abide by the political views during the campaign," he explained.

"No, that's not the case. If you support a person, it means that you agree with all his political opinions. Otherwise, why would you support him?" David Geffen's eyes sparkled, "You can't say you support that person, but you actually Only eighty or seventy-five percent of the world supports him?"

"Uh... wait Mr. Geffen, I just turned eighteen, and you're driving me crazy."

Song Ya hurriedly took out the usual age card to block it first, and bought herself a chance to think, "I agree with Gore's technology and economic policies, as well as environmental protection, but I don't agree with his opposition, so indeed I only support It’s about 70% or 80%, isn’t that a problem? Could it be that you can find a candidate who is 100% in line with your political views?”

"Maybe you only support him 70% or 80%, but if you 'jump up and down' for him, it means that you can tolerate the remaining 20% ​​or 30% of the differences, right? If you can't bear it Even if you agree with 70% or 80% of his anti-gay views, you will not donate money, stand on the platform, or endorse him.”

The more David Geffen said, he seemed to be getting angrier. He obviously invited himself to talk about DTS's B-round financing.

"Well……"

Song Ya thought for a while and raised her hands in surrender, "I apologize, although I have never thought about it seriously, but I have no feeling about this issue at all, which means that I have no objection at all, and I can look at this with a normal heart... Uh , you group."

"But you supported Al Gore." David Geffen's excited attitude calmed down a little, "I also apologize to you, I am very sensitive on this matter, we had a proposal in 1993, it was about same-sex issues in the military, Gore Hall just publicly expressed his disapproval."

Gore or David Geffen? Song Ya suddenly found himself facing such a problem, "I don't agree with his approach, I support you on this issue." Whatever he is, Gore is a politician, he can understand all kinds of supporters, and David Geffen himself It's the guy in the game, he's the big guy in the Hollywood fraternity.

"Really?" David Geffen took a sip of his drink, "Can you prove it to us?"

"prove?"

Song Ya was stunned for a while, and after serious thinking, she remembered that there was a scene of two women kissing in the original MV of IGottaFeeling, "Add some related content to the music video of my next album? Like Madonna's MVs? "

"You promise?" David Geffen agreed. This is a very clear statement in the music industry. This era is very conservative, and although the lower-level black groups demand racial equality, they have nothing to do with red necks when it comes to women and same-sex equality. big differences.

"I promise."

"Okay, sorry, I was in a bad mood just now." David Geffen finally smiled and clinked glasses, "When will your next album be released?"

"Is it too early, two years later?" Song Ya asked.

"..."

"I signed with Sony Columbia Records for five years, Mr. Geffen." Song Ya smiled wryly at him.

"Okay, you've passed."

David Geffen didn't worry about it anymore, and finally started to talk about the business. The B round of DTS has some "related people" from around the world participating, plus some American venture capital funds. The expectations that I wanted to take advantage of before entering the arena were much lower.

"You have the right to prevent dilution, but I advise you to be smart enough not to use it lightly, otherwise it will affect the conclusion of the transaction. Everyone is a little..."

David Geffen didn't hide it, "I'm a little afraid of you messing around, what is your psychological expectation?" He asked.

"I now own 15% of DTS's equity, and I can give up to 12%?" Song Ya tried, this number was discussed with Di Lai and Alicia before.

"Yes, 12 percent, but there is no right to prevent dilution of the C round." David Geffen countered.

"Uh, the C round left me less than 8% of the anti-dilution right? I am the first Mr. Geffen who discovered DTS, and I am willing to continue to invest money." Song Ya also slowly paid back with him. Following this trend, The C-round valuation is estimated to be close to 100 million, and he wants to keep a certain number of shares after listing.

"No, three percent is the most."

"Seven percent..."