Chapter 66 Dinner

"So, APLUS, is your single scheduled for release at the end of December?"

After finishing chewing the vegetable salad in her mouth, Mariah Carey sipped the wine and asked.

"Yeah, that's the current plan, if the MV shoot goes well."

Song Ya replied that since the last "Iron Cage Conflict" incident, he hastened to start crisis public relations, and within ten days, he and the other party have developed into good friends who can often have dinner together, the kind who talk about everything.

As for the trick, it is very simple. Although Mariah Carey is five years older than him, she is actually a very simple girl, and she is also a song addict. Talk about, like now.

"I feel it coming... I feel it coming."

She sang a few lines impromptu. In all fairness, her skills are a hundred times better than that of Song Ya, who has been working very hard lately. It is really like what Steve from Atlantic Records said. A few short words are performed by her coloratura. Song Yalu's effects are completely two styles.

"Bravo! Bravo!" Song Ya applauded softly, complimenting her loudly.

The other three white men present could only clap along with him, except for Walter, the other two were David Cole and Roberto Clavier, the producers and composers of her next album. It stands to reason that the three of them and Song Ya are all high-level people in the music circle who can compose and produce music. There is no need to be so attentive to a female singer, but don't forget her other identity, the girlfriend of the president of Sony Columbia, At any rate, she can be regarded as half of their proprietress.

"Hmph." She triumphantly picked up the cup and took another big sip.

"Your voice, Miss Kelly." Walter, who was more upright, stepped forward to be the villain.

"I know, I know, I won't drink this cup after drinking it."

She put down the glass, suddenly thought of something and burst out laughing, "It was so funny just now, the guy from Guns N' Roses (the guitarist of Guns N' Roses) was at FXXX when he received the award. FXXX that, AMA's faces are all green."

A few people had just attended the AMA (American Music Awards) awards ceremony, and they were drunk and swearing non-stop when accepting the awards, embarrassing the organizers, and directly cut off the audio of Quanmi's live broadcast.

"The popular rock stars are all like birds." David Cole curled his lips with disdain. "And Bon Jovi (another rock band), their personal lives are a mess."

"We haven't harvested any grains this time." Mariah Carey brushed her hair and said casually.

"The selection method of AMA is not professional enough (according to the preferences of the audience), but you have a chance at Grammy (selected by professionals)." Walt hurriedly coaxed her.

She was immediately happy, "Really? Is there really a chance?"

"The chances are great, you're fully qualified for best new artist, best female pop singer is not out of the question, we have Tommy." Roberto Clivell said.

"Yeah, Mr. Motura can do anything."

Song Ya didn't miss any chance to flatter, even if the target person was not present, he raised his glass, "We respect Mr. Motura." He gestured to Mariah Carey, "I respect you too, Miss Kelly."

Everyone clinked glasses and drank for a round, Walter said with a smile: "APLUS, where did you learn this? Aren't you a kid from the slums of Chicago?"

"I am an alternative. I have both good character and academics, and I often participate in affirmative action activities." Of course, Song Ya will not forget to brag about herself. "I went to South Africa a few months ago and took a photo with Mr. Mandela."

"Boy you are nice."

Being able to sit and have dinner together, everyone naturally appreciates each other. David Cole boasted: "Your song to de Klerk,

It's about South Africa, right? "

"Daniel's marketing technique of touching porcelain on that song by the South African government is also a must." Walter praised his opponent.

"Ahem." Roberto Clivell coughed twice, and changed the topic to Song Ya's MV shooting, "I have seen the MV shooting plan for I feel it coming. Is it necessary to be so simple? Don't worry about it for us in Colombia." save money."

Shooting MVs in this era is just a means of publicity for songs, and the publisher is responsible for the expenses.

Song Ya naturally would not say that the original version is like this, "I personally don't like the kind of extravagant MV. The MV for De Klerk was also my idea. The camera followed Mira all the way to shoot, and even after listening to the song , and the response was pretty good.”

"It's also a concept, but don't say such things to the media, lest they be overused and imply that you mean something." Walter reminded.

"Uh... I see, thank you, Walter."

The MJ brothers and sisters have always followed the path of making large-scale MVs, and MJ is the top label of Columbia Records. Song Ya understands that her words are indeed prone to "free" interpretation by the media.

Roberto Clivell asked: "Where is the heroine? Are you sure?"

"No." Song Ya looked at Mariah Carey, "Will Miss Kelly be the heroine of my MV? You are the most beautiful woman among my friends..."

"Hahaha... Thank you." The other party was very happy to be coaxed.

"Miss Kelly can't, List (in private, it's called according to the degree of star celebrity, there is a word called coffee position in Wanwan, which means one thing) is wrong."

Walter was afraid that Mariah Carey would agree if she was happy, "APLUS, you can find a young female singer or actor with C-list or below. If you are a model, you can raise it to B-list."

"Do you have any recommendations?" Mira is from SBK and cannot participate in Columbia's MV. Song Ya doesn't want to repeat the mistakes that offended people in the audition last time.

"Our South American branch is promoting a Latin girl singer named Shakira."

Roberto Clivell mentioned a name, and it seems that he took the initiative to provoke this topic on purpose.

"Shakira can't do it?" Walter questioned, "APLUS's song has a little color, Shakira is only fourteen years old, not yet an adult."

"That's right." Roberto Clivell accepted Walt's statement.

The four men exchanged glances with each other, and there was no suitable candidate. It seems that the relationship between men and women of Colombian executives is much simpler than that of SBK.

"APLUS, decide for yourself." Roberto Clivell said, "Do you need us to hold an audition for you?"

"I don't want to offend a large group of brokers."

Song Ya didn't want to cause trouble again, so she quickly refused. Seeing the incomprehensible eyes of several people present, she realized that the other party might not have cared about SBK's internal affairs, so she described the predicament of the last audition again.

"This kind of thing is unavoidable in New York. As long as there is business to do, those agents will come around again." David Cole said with a smile: "Since you are afraid of dealing with them, hurry up and decide on the heroine, a low-cost It's just a MV."

After the dinner, several people left this high-end French restaurant and went home separately.

Mariah Carey is now in the A-List configuration, and the bodyguards and assistants rushed out from the back door of the restaurant first.

Song Ya returned to the hotel and thought of the girl she met in South Africa. Unfortunately, she and her agent never took the initiative to contact her, and then forgot to ask for their contact information at that time, and the clues were completely interrupted.

After thinking about it for a while, he picked up the phone and called Hayden.

"Don't the black music circles in New York have a problem with you? Isn't using one of them this time just to mend the relationship?" Hayden proposed a very good idea.

"That's right, but who am I looking for?" Song Ya felt worried because there was no such thing as a bigwig in the black music circle in New York.

Coincidentally, someone delivered a pillow when he was dozing off, and Steve, the black executive from Atlantic Records, called the hotel.