Chapter 590 Damon Dash's Urban Pop Theory

Just do what you say, DIVA is also very strong in action. Mariah Carey immediately called her brother Morgan happily, made an appointment with the two families to meet, and even sent a plane to directly pick up the well-known Chinese wedding dress designer Weiwei Wang who was on vacation. (VERAWANG).

A fashion industry leader like Weiwei Wang can't be called at random. She used the name of invitation to the housewarming party of her new home, so it was inevitable to have a grand party.

"NAS brother, welcome."

Both of them called a lot of friends, especially people in the fashion industry, "Hey, Newman." After Song Ya and NAS fist bumped, they shook hands with Newman, the manager of him and Mariah Carey, "Where's Daniel?"

"He's behind, here he comes."

Letting NAS and his attendants in, Song Ya accompanied Newman to wait at the bottom of the villa steps, and saw Daniel leading Samantha Cole and his party from a distance. The girl was holding the arm of Walter, who was divorced behind him, The two of them put their heads together and chatted very affectionately. The honest and old-fashioned Walt was amused from time to time.

"Is it okay for Walt?" Song Ya remembered that she was less than sixteen years old when she auditioned to dance out of my life, so she must not be seventeen now. "Daniel doesn't care about his niece?"

"You entered the recording industry one day?" Newman was surprised.

"APLUS, Newman."

When they walked in to shake hands, "Have you guys gone to see David?" Daniel asked.

"I went with Mimi yesterday, and he's so skinny I can't even recognize him."

Song Ya replied. David Cole, who is infected with HIV, is already terminally ill, and it is estimated that he has only a few months left to live. "Roberto Clivell is with him."

"Yeah, it's a pity..."

Daniel sighed, "That disease is terrible."

"Let's talk about something happy." Newman looked at the topic a bit heavy, "Your performance this year is great, Daniel, congratulations."

"Thank you." Daniel was also a little proud when he said this, "You really don't know how I survived the first full year. APLUS, I also want to thank you for agreeing to transfer all the settlement business between us and A+ Records. Put it off until next year."

"Help each other, as long as the result is good."

Song Ya knew that he was fighting fiercely with the Motura people inside Sony Columbia Records. Under such circumstances, it is already very impressive that his performance can exceed last year. With his big umbrella, he and his fiancée can avoid a lot of troubles. Help if you can.

Everyone chatted a few words and walked into the villa together.

"Daniel! Walt! Welcome!" Mariah Carey raised the champagne glass in her hand and yelled loudly. She, Brenda, Vivi Wang, Patti Labelle and other women gathered in a circle, chatting happily .

"Hey, Miss Kelly, Patty..." Daniel and the others went over to say hello.

"I'll show you around this new home!" Mariah Carey took the initiative to act as a guide.

A steady stream of music and fashion celebrities, nearby neighbors and local politicians, the party quickly became lively with live band performances.

"Gloria, Monsieur Estefan, welcome."

Song Ya saw Shakira in a large group of people behind Sony Columbia Records' Latin gang leader, "Delícia, delícia, Assim você memata..." and sang two apocalyptic songs to the other party in a beautiful evening dress AiSeEuTePego, "I've learned some Portuguese recently."

"Very standard."

The girl froze for a moment, but she squeezed out a polite smile before feeling lonely, turned her head to continue chatting with her friend, passed by, and blocked Song Ya's question about her next year's album.

"Honey!" Mariah Carey hurried out of the villa, "Galiano is almost here."

"who?"

"John Galliano, well known, is rumored to be Givenchy's designer next year."

"Do I need to wait?"

"Top fashion designers have a bad temper.

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Mariah Carey was waiting at the door with her arms around her. Soon a car drove into the villa. Galliano, who was thin and a bit strange, got out of the car. The exaggerated magician's black top hat is not quite right, the hat itself is fine, the key is that there are two flower garlands around the brim of the hat...

"Welcome, John, and thanks for coming."

No matter what status a woman is, in front of a fashion designer of this level, most of them have the motivation to build a good relationship with each other, and DIVA is no exception. Mariah Carey quietly elbowed the stunned Song Ya look.

"Sorry, jumping pig." Song Ya stretched out his hand.

"Bonjour, but I'm British, so I just need to speak English." The other party smiled after shaking hands, and went to hug Mariah Carey again.

"Uh... well, please come in."

John Galliano quickly integrated into Mariah Carey's circle of women. Song Ya watched coldly, feeling that he was gay and didn't run away, so she felt relieved.

The fashion circle will naturally bring many men and women from the model circle, and soon, a large group of tall models will also come one after another, most of them are women, and the party atmosphere will soon be brought into a carnival rhythm by the energetic women.

Song Ya drank a lot of wine unknowingly, so she also imitated Rakim and Kane in the past, half-lying on the sofa to rest like a hip-hop boss and master, surrounded by many newcomers in the music scene for fun, and guests from time to time Come over with the models to say hello and get to know each other, and occasionally sign autographs for the neighbor's children.

"APLUS, let me introduce you."

NAS led a white man in a blue vertical striped shirt and a skateboard cap over, "James Gebbia, a well-known buyer in Manhattan."

"Hello."

Song Ya casually chatted with the other party. This person's trendy brand shop has just opened, specializing in skateboard products and clothing, and using his personal fashion sense to buy various other brands of clothing and then resell them. So NAS Call him a buyer, and he has also helped NAS fashion stores.

"In fact, I am not bound by the style of skateboarding. Today's young people don't want to be bound by any style. They can wear whatever they want, and match it with whatever they want, as long as it can reflect their unique personality..."

Song Ya was listening to James Gebbia expressing his opinion, when suddenly someone leaned over to his ear from behind the sofa, "APLUS, is it convenient for us to chat alone?"

Song Ya heard the black accent, and looked back, it turned out to be Damon Dash, whom he had met twice, Jazzy's brother who was reported to the police by Goodman anonymously, the one that NAS called the most cunning guy in Brooklyn people.

"What!? Hey! How did you get in here!?"

It is impossible for me to invite such a person, Song Ya immediately questioned loudly, and signaled to the bodyguard by the way.

Two bodyguards rushed over, one strangled Damon Dash's neck with one arm from behind, and the other dragged him out with his arms around his waist.

"APLUS, give me a chance, let's talk." He begged to be dragged away.

That's when everyone noticed that he was wearing a pair of waiter's pants, which must have been sneaked in through a party service company.

There was a small commotion among the nearby guests, "I thought he was your follower." Mawota came over and said to NAS, "He was hanging behind you just now."

"None of us paid attention to the people behind..." NAS's valet muttered.

This guy is really cunning, "Why don't you listen to what he wants to do with you, APLUS." NAS said: "His boss, Jazzy will not be able to get out of the prison for a while, I heard that he was involved in the violence inside , was punished."

It is still the normal operation of NGer. Many people sneak in and make troubles one after another. They have been sentenced for more than ten years. There are also all kinds of grievances and grievances in the prison. All kinds of unavoidable things will be caused, especially for young black people. .

"What's the matter? Honey." Mariah Carey also came over and asked.

"It's nothing, there is a waiter who sneaked in, let's talk about it after the party is over." Song Ya comforted her. Suddenly, he saw a blond waitress standing against the wall opposite, holding a tray, no matter how he looked at it, he looked familiar.

Glancing a few more times, I remembered that in the original cat and mouse game, the stewardess who played the role of the flight attendant who met Xiao Lizi on the plane and had sex...

"Brother NAS." It didn't take much effort to get here, but I couldn't strike up a conversation, so I had to let NAS come, "Can you help me get that girl's contact information? Keep a low profile, don't say I want it."

"Um?"

NAS first glanced at the back of Mariah Carey who had just turned around and hadn't gone far, and then looked at Song Ya with admiration, "You are really APLUS brother, no problem, look at me." He gave a big thumbs up from the bottom of his heart. Thumb, and then led the servant to approach the waitress in a circle.

He misunderstood, but since the girl is still a waiter, it must be easy for NAS to ask for a phone call. It's still early before the cat and mouse game starts, and he is not in a hurry.

At this time, the person in charge of the party service company heard the news and came over to apologize in person. Song Ya waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, but he would definitely not use this service in the future, and let idle people from society mix into the waiter team. This kind of company is very important to a star Untrustworthy.

"Pre-wedding party... Las Vegas... Gigolo... Rave..."

Later in the party, many celebrities left one after another. When Song Ya was looking for Mariah Carey to send Daniel off, she saw Brenda dancing and shouting something to her from afar. Some words came into her ears, and she couldn't help but He frowned, "What are you talking about so happily?"

"Hey Man! The bridegroom-to-be, step aside, this is our girl's secret! OK?" Brenda should have drunk a lot, and directly used the black aunt's voice to drive people away.

"Huh?" Song Ya glared at her.

She seemed to have just remembered that the person in front of her was her boss, so she pouted and dared not speak.

"What are you guys talking about? I just heard..."

Asking his fiancée to hold his arm, he asked on the way to send Daniel off.

"It's just a pre-wedding party. You shouldn't inquire about it. Go to your best man Dilai and the others to discuss your own." She didn't want to say it either.

It seems that men and women in the United States do have the habit of being taken by their best friends to a carnival for one night or a few days before marriage. The shows are usually arranged by the best friends, so... they will have a crazy time.

Song Ya raised her head subconsciously, without wearing a hat today, "Can't this session be cancelled? I think this...is this a bad habit?"

"You can be really moody sometimes, honey."

She refuses casually, "Hey, Daniel, are you leaving?" Concentrate on socializing.

Forget it today, Song Ya decided to force her to give up her mind later.

"That person is still waiting for you." Around two or three o'clock in the morning, Old Mike came over to remind him, "He refuses to leave."

"Who?" Song Yaren was already in a daze on the sofa.

"The guy who used a service company to sneak in, I had someone throw him out, but he is still wandering around the gate of the villa." Old Mike said, "He doesn't seem to be driving."

Song Ya thought about it. At this time, it is difficult to move without a car in such a location. A black man wandering around in a rich area at night may be arrested by a responsible patrolman at any time, "Forget it, it's okay anyway, let me hear what he wants to say What."

Old Mike brought Damon Dash back, and of course searched beforehand, Song Ya chose to meet him in the new study here, "Say, what's the matter with you? If you want me to help your elder brother get out of prison Just avoid it, I will not help a drug dealer."

"No, don't worry about APLUS, I am very grateful to you for giving me this opportunity..."

Damon Dash's conversation is very good among black people from the bottom. Song Ya has learned about this last time. This time the other party didn't deliberately use a hip-hop accent, which is even more obvious. He even popped out a few advanced words occasionally. , "Actually, to put it simply, I want to be your follower and do things for you."

"That's it? I don't need a follower." Song Ya refused.

"What you need..." Damon Dash said: "I feel that some money is on the ground, but you didn't pick it up, or you didn't see it."

"money?"

"Yes, like Puff Daddy, many of his businesses, such as suits, T-shirts..."

"He learned from me." Song Ya interrupted the other party. Now there is no singer's clothing business as big as her own. "It's nothing more than a well-run fashion brand store."

"I haven't finished, there are other things, alcohol, you haven't paid attention to it? Hosting parties and small performances?" Damon Dash continued.

"It's nothing more than relying on popularity to bring goods."

Song Ya dismissed it. Hip-hop singers from the east and west coasts have been dissing each other for more than half a year. Puff Daddy really won a lot of attention with that incident. His first album ReadyToDie tailored for Biggie also sold very well, and Biggie also Known by the New York music media as a figure who can stand shoulder to shoulder with 2PAC on the east coast.

But when it comes to making money, Diddy can't see his own taillights yet.

"No, I think you're much more popular than Puff Daddy or Biggie. Why don't you pick up the money if you can? No one thinks there's too much money, right?"

Damon Dash asked: "You know the city is popular? APLUS."

"CityPop? The style of music that has become popular over there is very early." Song Ya replied.

"Yes, the city is popular, and the city leads the fashion. The urban life in the prosperous period of the book economy is the soil that created that kind of music, but what about the American cities now? It's our old black world at night, so we, don't , Black superstars like you can naturally lead the trend of people's nighttime consumption, can't you?"

"It's interesting, go on."

Song Ya remembered that Rick Rubin had said a similar theory to himself before, no matter how poor black people are, they are also city people, and things in the city must be fashionable...

"What do people spend at night? Clubs, bars, parties like yours. You started the fluorescent night trend, but I thought you would continue to explore the potential of this, but I didn't expect you to do something else Yes, and of course your other businesses are also very successful," Damon Dash said.

"I don't want to get involved in the nightclub and bar business..." Song Ya shook her head.

"You forgot a consumer staple."

"liquor?"

"Yes, in New York alone, how much alcohol do people drink every night? This is a gold mine APLUS..."

"The cost of brewing wine is high, the cycle is long, and it is basically dominated by multinational companies. It is even more difficult to make high-end wine. The French are very good at it."

"There are so many kinds of alcohol because people like to drink fresh ones, especially cocktails, so the base alcohol market for cocktails has not been completely eaten by big brands, especially vodka, which is not expensive and consumes a lot. Many good brands are concentrated in Eastern Europe and Maozina are extremely cheap now."

"I'm going to bring vodka?"

"Yes, that's right, that's what it means. You will earn money from APLUS. It's not even limited to bringing goods. You can jointly produce a sub-line product with a vodka company, which is exclusive to your brand."

Damon Dash said: "Although it may not be as successful as your clothing and chemical factory business, why not pick it up when the money is in sight? I originally wanted to do this business with Jazzy after he became popular, but now he is in. , and since I was not in New York at the time, the sentence was the lightest, and they suspected that I had betrayed the place where I hid things..."

Song Ya smiled without saying a word.

"How? Is my idea worth your keeping me?" Damon Dash asked.

"Maybe, but I need to discuss it with a professional, Old Mike, and send a car to take him back." Song Ya took out a small roll of banknotes from the drawer and threw it to the other party.

"Isn't this the money to send me?" Damon Dash asked holding the few hundred dollars.

"You don't need to doubt my reputation, but your words have not been verified yet, so... that's all for now, save some money for now."

Song Ya sent him away, and after a little thought, he called Song Asheng, "Old Song, does China make vodka? No? What about wine and champagne? There are very few, right? No, no, baijiu is not available here in the United States... ..."

After chatting and chatting, the next day he asked some professionals again, selected the Changyu Winery with a long history over there, and sent Song Asheng to go there, planning to negotiate a joint venture with the other party first, and then try to find a way to acquire a Maozi Dongfang The vodka distillery, and then opened a sub-line brand for the US market, monopolizing vodka, wine and champagne.

As for the name, he remembered that when Fergie was crowned single in Tianqi London Bridge, the lyrics mentioned that there was a wine called Gray Goose (Gray Goose), but after looking for it himself, he found that there was no such brand on the market. Use it.