Chapter 459

The consumer electronics industry is very busy. When the meeting was held for a while, an executive who was observing was called away by his secretary. People kept bringing documents for Schulhoff to sign. meaning stage.

"You know, I have a cheap clothing company, and if you guys choose to stick with Motura, maybe I'll print the Sony logo on the back of a five-dollar t-shirt, and put it on like that Put a X or something like a war sign, and then mark it with small words like racial discrimination criminals..."

Most of the time, Song Ya was talking, and he tried his best to exert pressure.

"Hehehe."

Schulhoff looked away from the document in his hand, pulled down his reading glasses, and just looked down at Song Ya, "You will be sued for bankruptcy by us, kid."

"Don't be angry about aplus." The vice president of legal affairs also said.

"This is not angry words, and this is not business, but a clear matter of principle. Your current performance is clearly trying to protect discriminators." Song Ya said: "Zero tolerance for discriminatory behavior is an obligation that we African Americans must fulfill. "

"Mr. Gao Shu." A female clerk came in, walked up to Gao Shu, and whispered in her ear.

Gao Shu got up, followed her and walked out the door, "Aplus, you must think calmly, I have to leave first." When he passed by Song Ya, he apologized slightly, left without saying a word.

"So are you taking me seriously?" Song Ya complained with open arms.

"Keep talking, we're listening," responded the vice president of legal affairs.

"Where did I go? Oh yes, t-shirts, uh... let's not talk about t-shirts, let me just say that you have to choose between me, just me, and Motura." He continued Bragging: "I'm going to have a youth musical movie coming out next year, it will definitely be a hit. I wrote the lyrics for the soundtrack of the whole movie, about 16 songs, and it will be distributed by Sony Columbia Records."

"There are a lot of my solo repertoire in it, which will also be put into my second junior high school. Besides, I have prepared a lot of good songs, first and foremost, and I will come up with a song that is better than 'a' There is no problem with the second album that sells well, and even a two-disc version with a high price, Sony Columbia Records will follow me and make a lot of money, believe me."

"Don't laugh, let alone doubt my ability. The music critics who predicted that I would run out of talents after my debut album were all slapped in the face by the song Londonbridge. Fergie, the first white female hip-hop singer."

Goodman reminded him in his ear: "It's ok, aplus, they're not listening." Shuf Hall was contemplating studying some documents, tapping his fingers unconsciously on the table...

Only the vice president of legal affairs was listening intently, so Song Ya changed the conversation partner to him. There was no way out, he couldn't admit defeat, and he couldn't even be seen as lacking confidence. He kept talking, trying to impress the front with a certain sentence. of these people. He wiped the sweat from his forehead casually, "You can't delay, do you know what Motura is doing these days? He is creating negative news against me and taking my record off the shelves in disguise. He even I also want to deal with other singers under my record company, such as Fergie..."

"He put his personal grievances above the interests of the company. He always does this. If he hadn't interfered with it in 1991, my debut album would have been released earlier and sold better. All of this is for the record company. There is a loss of revenue, in an intuitive sense..."

"He was also entangled with Italian gangs. I thought it was a rumor before. This time, the singer, Diva, and his ex-girlfriend Mariah Carey used Italian connections. Two of the three arrested were Italian. .”

"He introduced a small agent to take the blame, also of Italian descent, which shows that he is starting to panic, wiretapping is a federal felony, you continue to protect him, and you will get into trouble when the truth comes out. And, you Have you ever thought about,

Maybe he's a veteran at it? Maybe he is not the only one who eavesdropped on Mariah Carey, maybe he will also use eavesdropping methods to gain benefits at the personnel level of the parent company..."

In the meantime, two more executives left for business, and the number of people in the meeting room became less and less.

"What time is it?" Song Ya asked Linda.

"It's half past eleven, something's wrong with Aplus." Linda showed Song Ya the phone under the table, and Mariah Carey's phone number was on. "I'll go out to pick it up," she said.

Song Ya nodded in agreement, "Can you give me an answer before lunch?" He asked the vice president of legal affairs.

"Maybe not, we are evaluating." The other party replied.

"I didn't see your actual actions, you just sat here and listened to me alone." Song Ya continued to complain.

"Believe me, we are indeed evaluating."

"I don't have much patience."

"One day is always given, right?" The other party smiled.

Linda came back and signaled at the door, Song Ya had no choice but nodded, "Just one day, subject to your off-duty time. Sorry, I'll go out for a while."

He went outside, found a remote corner and asked Linda, "What's wrong?"

"Miss Kelly said..." Linda turned around vigilantly, and at the corner not far away, a female clerk was fiddling with a coffee machine.

The two moved to the bathroom, and a male executive walked out of the meeting room, standing at the sink and washing his hands slowly, "Hey, can you give me some private space?"

The other party glanced this way, ignored him, continued to wash his hands, and walked into the men's bathroom before Song Ya wanted to get mad.

"fxxk, can you say it? Just say it." Song Ya felt that there was no personal space here, and the other party obviously wouldn't give the opportunity easily.

"Motura went to the Proctor Theater again, and he tried again to get Miss Kelly back, but she was still rejected by Miss Kelly, but she seemed to be a bit soft-hearted, and she said that Motula was crying in front of her, looking very pitiful and Helpless..." Linda whispered, "Exact words."

"This bastard, you can't be hard, come soft." After all, Mariah Carey was held up by Motura, and Song Ya knew that she was still thinking about him, "I believe Mimi, she won't do it at a time like this." If something goes wrong, I have repeatedly explained the stakes to her."

"Newman called and said..." Hamlin followed suit.

"Ahem." Song Ya coughed twice, pointing to the men's bathroom.

"Newman called and said..." Hamlin lowered his voice, and whispered in his ear: "The personnel director of Sony Columbia Records is looking for all the executives to interview one by one, asking straightforwardly about the second choice between Motura and you. 1. Motura’s cronies have also started contacting the bosses and presidents of all his label labels, and they are probably also looking for support, this news was revealed by Epic Records.”

"The people inside are right, they are indeed evaluating." Song Ya nodded, "Of course, they are biased towards Motura, and they are deliberately helping Motura to delay time, which is not what I expected."

"Do we have to wait until the afternoon? Maybe we can leave at noon, and they can do a lot in one afternoon." Hamlin sighed.

"If I don't dare to wait all afternoon, they will prefer Motura."

Song Ya gritted her teeth, "Let's go back and continue."

When the three of them walked back, there was the sound of flushing inside. The executive came out with a smile on his face and wiped his hands, and followed Song Ya back to the office.

"Any new developments?" Shufhall asked.

"No, my position will not change." Song Ya sat back in her seat.

"Do you want something for lunch? I'm old, and I usually don't eat at noon." Shuf Hall continued to look back at the document in front of him.

"Sandwiches are fine, is there?" Song Ya found that there were fewer people in the conference room, and the vice president of legal affairs was closing his eyes to rest.

Shuf Hall made a gesture, his secretary got up and went out, and soon came back with a plate, on which the sandwiches were cut into beautiful small triangles, one bite at a time.

No one wanted to start. Song Ya took a piece directly and threw it into his mouth to replenish energy. His mouth was a little dry after talking all morning. He picked up the small mineral water bottle on the table, unscrewed the lid and drank it.

"You've got a lot of willpower, boy." Shufhall looked over his presbyopic glasses.

"I am fighting for the dignity of the African-American community." Song Yayi replied solemnly.

This was difficult to answer, and Shufhall looked at the document again.

Song Ya pushed the plate towards Linda and the others, Linda declined, Hamlin also shook his head, and only Goodman ate together.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Shufhall's secretary came in to take away the dishes, do some more cleaning, and whispered something to him again.

"Sorry, you can continue this afternoon, I'm in a hurry." Shuf Hall also left.

"Mr. Vice President, has your so-called evaluation come to fruition?" Song Ya held back her temper and took the initiative to start the second half.

"It should be soon." The other party replied.

"If you let him go, I'm even willing to release one more album on Sony Columbia Records, changing the five-year two-album contract to two plus one album, the last album is new songs plus best selections, the most creative in my life Time slots will be dedicated to this company.”

"Believe me, the value I can create for Sony Columbia Records is much more than a senior manager. There are a lot of management talents in the United States, and singers who can create blockbuster albums are hard to come by..."

Starting in the afternoon, he tried to make some concessions and write some bad promises.

"A senior manager like Motura?" The other party laughed when he heard this. "It's very rare for Benzi Capital to meet such a person in the United States, but you want us to fire him."

It is a good thing to be willing to communicate, Song Ya said: "I think you have already known my plan through a certain channel. The former SBK president Mr. Daniel Glass will not be worse than Motura."

"So you still want to intervene in Motura's successor?" the other party asked back.

"This is part of the condition I made when I came here. If you change that position to Motura's cronies, what's the point to Mariah Carey and me?"

The other party shook his head, "Bring me a newspaper." He asked his subordinates to bring the newspaper, but he just held it up and read it face to face, completely cutting off communication.

Unwilling to be reconciled, Song Ya scanned the meeting room and made eye contact with a senior executive of the book. She immediately smiled at him and continued to chatter, "Although I am young, I am not joking. Wait until things get serious." It will definitely be a major blow to your company's reputation in the future, just like the Rodney King case, the African-American community will never tolerate people like Motura..."

"Su Yi Ma Sai..." The other party smiled and bowed frequently in the seat, and pointed to his ear, as if apologizing, indicating that he could not understand English at all.

Song Ya took a deep breath, "Paper and pen." Linda asked Linda to tear up a piece of paper, and pushed over some Chinese characters she had written.

The other party picked up the paper and glanced at it, immediately raised his thumbs up to praise, but immediately got up, bowed and apologized and left the room.

"Fergie's call."

Song Ya didn't move anymore, and finally shut up. At two o'clock, he received a call from Fergie.

"Hmph..." The girl started with a cold snort on the other end of the phone, "Have you found a new girlfriend? Is she willing to play multiplayer games with you?"

"Uh, cough, Fergie, what's the business? I'm very busy now." Song Ya just walked out of the meeting room door, and hurriedly stopped her from chatting on this topic.

"The people from Sony Columbia Records came to me just now and said a lot of inexplicable things."

"baffling?"

"Well, I'll let Jimmy talk to you."

"Mr. Aplus, the people from Defjam Records came to Fergie, and they offered very good conditions for Fergie to change the manager, leave Newman, and switch to Defjam Records." Jimmy reported.

"So? What conditions did the other party set, and what do you think of it?" Song Ya asked.

"We said no," Jimmy replied. "The defjam guys have been bragging about their hip-hop heritage, and they're saying that Fergie's influence in the hip-hop scene will be multiplied by going to them, and that sort of thing."

"Hehe, defjam has been losing money for several years in a row, and Russell Simmons still wants to take the opportunity to help Motu pull my people?" Song Ya saw that another person followed out, so she didn't lower her voice at all, and said in a normal tone: "I'm afraid he can't even afford Fergie's termination fee."

"We didn't give them a chance to talk about the release fee," Jimmy said.

"That's good, tell Fergie that her support is very important to me now." Song Ya hung up the phone, returned to the meeting room with a sneer, and looked at his watch in front of the vice president of legal affairs, "You only have the last few It's been an hour."

The vice president of legal affairs shook the newspaper and made a clattering sound.

Song Ya continued to sit expressionlessly, her heart fell to the bottom, feeling that the other party should not be ready to give in.

Then there is only one way left, to fight the media war.

"Hayden." The phone was handed back to Linda just as it was handed back.

"Sorry." He went out to answer the phone again, "Is it bad news again?"

"No, it's good news, it should be..." Hayden replied.

The call lasted more than ten minutes, and Song Ya wobbled back to the meeting room after answering the call, "Damn it." He cursed directly.

"What's wrong?" Goodman and Hamlin looked over.

"It's nothing, two burglars were caught at the Highland Park home," he replied.

"Thief?"

"Yes, Hayden told people from the Ministry of Justice that the two men were well-equipped. They actually sailed over from Lake Michigan. They disembarked from my pier in broad daylight..."

"Why do people from the Ministry of Justice help you catch the thief?" The vice president of legal affairs finally put down the newspaper.

"Coincidentally, they followed my agent to pick up the gift that Mira gave me, and they were accompanied by FBI agents to investigate the case of Mr. Jovovich. Those two thieves were caught..."

Song Ya said it easily, but she was also secretly afraid in her heart. If a thief finds the works of art collected in the wall under the master bed and the forests, then he will really be in the hands of the other party. He thought he was fully prepared, but including the experienced old Mike, he never considered that someone would attack his home in Chicago, "They must have been sent by Motura, in order to catch me... Wait Wait, is this one of the evaluation procedures?"

"Don't make random hints." The vice president of legal affairs raised the newspaper again.

"Anyway, with the help of people from the Ministry of Justice to hand it over, the local police will take this case seriously. That's Chicago, hehe..." Song Ya sneered.

"Come here." At this moment, Shuf Hall appeared at the door and called out the vice president of legal affairs.

"Did they do it?" Hamlin asked quietly.

"It's unlikely, it's more like what Motura would use, but that's not bad." Song Ya replied.

Not long after, Shuf Hall and others reappeared in the conference room, "Is there any result of the evaluation?" Song Ya asked him deliberately.

"Yes." Unexpectedly, he finally got a positive answer, "We can't give up on Motura, sorry, aplus." Shufhor replied.

"I see."

Song Ya and his subordinates stood up at the same time, "Your md is really bad..." He spit out what he was holding back in his heart. Anyway, he had no scruples about starting a war after leaving.

"Wait a minute boy." Shuf Hall stopped him, "Here is a compromise draft, you have to read it before making a decision."

Song Ya took the document from him, sat down and read it carefully.

"So the result of my fuss was that Motura was promoted?"

In this draft, Motura will become the president of the new North Missoni Entertainment Company, and retain the positions of chairman and president of Sony Columbia Records, but he has given up his managerial position and half of Mariah Carey's management. Sony has left a vacancy for the executive president to Daniel, who will become his new manager, and another Motura confidant will become Mariah Carey's new co-manager.

"He has nothing to do with you at all, and you don't have to worry about being suppressed by him again." Shuf Hall said.

"This is a promise without guarantee at all, and I don't accept it." Song Ya circulated the document to Goodman and the others.

"It seems that the price can still be negotiated?" Hamlin pointed to Schulhoff and said in a low voice.

"Both losers should always be the last option aplus." said the vice president of legal affairs.

"I have no objection to let Motura become the president of Sony Entertainment." According to the document, Motura will be responsible for the joint management of the integrated film and music department. Gubel and Peters of Columbia Pictures are not It's good to let them fight, but the power inside Sony Columbia Records can no longer be touched by him. He has been operating there for several years, with good results and many cronies. Daniel, an outsider, can't compete with him.

"But he can no longer stay in the record company." Song Ya said: "And this matter must be resolved before get off work."

"Wait." Shuf Hall went out again immediately.

"Motura is here?" Goodman immediately understood.

The vice president of legal affairs was noncommittal, "You don't even know what kind of achievement you have achieved aplus, it is more beneficial for you to accept it as soon as you know it."

"I want to protect myself and my girlfriend. The bottom line is not too much." Song Ya replied.

"Well, Motura will no longer be the president. He and Daniel will manage the artists in parallel, and there will be no overlap between them." Shuf Hall said back.

"Specific details?" Hamlin asked.

"Let's talk." Shufhor left impatiently.

But at the door, he was stopped by Gao Shu who was driving back, "So you turned our best-run record company into a vanity fair for infighting?" polite.

"As long as I stay in this position for a day, I'm the one who has the final say, okay?" Schulhoff pushed him back.

"I will report to Mr. Akio Morita, don't think I don't know your real purpose!"

"I'll make it clear to him..."

The quarrel between the two gradually faded away.

Song Ya and his subordinates looked at each other, and nodded slightly to their inquiring eyes.

It was almost time to get off work, and finally negotiated a plan that satisfied Song Ya. Motura was promoted to become the head of the new Sony Entertainment and retained the position of chairman of Sony Columbia Records. He retained the manager of other singers including MJ, and Daniel took office. The president of the record company has also become the manager of Song Ya, and Newman has become the co-manager of Mariah Carey. They have the right to remove all record company employees on these two lines, and Daniel will not be a lame president.

The other co-manager is still Motura, but he can only retain relevant interests and is not allowed to participate in any specific affairs. Song Ya specifically asked Mariah Carey about this point, and she was still soft-hearted to Motura's plea in the morning, which is not surprising, after all, it was Motura who made her famous.

Inevitably, Song Ya will sign a non-disclosure agreement regarding the tape.

"Work overtime? Turn these into black and white?" Song Ya asked.

The vice president of legal affairs shook his head, "We still have to negotiate contracts with Daniel and Newman."

"At least implement the Motura part first." Song Ya urged.

"Okay." This time the other party gave an affirmative answer.

While handling the paperwork, Song Ya walked into the bathroom alone, "yes!" He clenched his fists and roared suppressedly.

"You actually did it. Although the result was not as expected, you did aplus." Linda's voice came from outside the partition.

"This is Linda in the men's bathroom..." Song Ya was afraid that the other party would rush in like Taraji. This new assistant was the black bucket aunt.

"You are indeed much stronger than mc."

"You're comparing me to your former employer again..."

"Never again."

After finishing everything, it was already past twelve o'clock, and I didn't have dinner. After a stressful day, everyone felt hungry. They were chatting about which restaurant to go to and walked to the elevator door. "Aplus, let's talk?" Motura suddenly appeared Behind him, he was indeed there.

"OK."

The man in front of him looked sluggish, his beard was messy, he seemed to have drunk a lot of alcohol, his eyelids were drooping, and he was a little unsteady on his feet.

As the winner, Song Ya nodded graciously, "What do you want to talk about?"

"Will you be nice to Mimi?" he asked.

"Of course it will."

"That's good...that's good..." It seemed that he came to see him only to ask this question, and it seemed that he really had feelings for Mariah Carey. Looking back, he asked, "Can you tell me why you fell in love with her? Let's assume you really love her."

"It's hard to explain, Tommy."

Song Ya asked back: "Do you believe that people have past lives?"

"Why do you ask about this?"

"Do you remember the Palace of Auburn Hills? In 1990, I saw her for the first time. She sang at the Pistons home court. At that time, she just debuted..."

"You've been thinking about her since then? You were only sixteen at that time?"

"No, do you remember? You were there the first time you saw me, when I saw her and burst into a completely uncontrollable laugh at the door of her dressing room."

"Very disrespectful..."

"Yes, but I don't know why, maybe she brought me great happiness in the previous life or the next life." Song Ya changed the way of time travel, "After that, every time I was with her, I I'm very happy, I've never felt like this around other women, you can think it's a supernatural phenomenon, a kind of arrangement from heaven."

"I see……"

"Things have come to this point, will you bless us, Tommy."

"Blessing? I will..." He lowered his head, and slowly moved a few steps, "bull**!" Suddenly yelling, he turned around and grabbed Song Ya's neck, "I want to kill you, I want Kill your aplus!"

"fxxk! Let go! You let go immediately." The subordinates hurriedly pulled and pulled his hands away.

"I'm going to kill you!" He roared as he struggled frantically under the joint control of Goodman and Hamlin.

"Guess what? You fell down before I exerted much force today, Tommy Motura." Song Ya sneered and touched his sore neck, and began to hit him mercilessly.