Chapter 835 Decent

"If they don't do anything to me now, it doesn't mean they won't do it in the future. The release of the A+ record is only about a year away, and I still have a best-of-album appointment. Sony will be profitable when Motura kills me."

Song Ya didn't meet Daniel in Malibu, but rushed directly to the other party's home in New York, "No, kill me and commemorate me, you can make a lot of money!" He couldn't help thinking of Little Lowry after speaking, how ironic.

"Don't always be Motura, Motura, I am the spear you used to stab Motura back then, and now I have become a shield to defend Motura, I can't take the risk of this kind of task, I can't do it !"

The two yelled at each other, and Daniel said, "Sony has a million ways to deal with a senior manager like me."

"Shit! Where's Guber? Where's Peters? They cheated Sony of so much money in Columbia Pictures and still managed to make a fool of themselves. It's you who accidentally gave Sony too much trouble. What else did you do besides def jam? You Don’t you know how to be careful when poaching the corners of your own company? Learn from them!”

"Sony is prepared, okay? They are not stupid, falling twice in the same place? They have prepared aplus!" Daniel replied.

"That means you are stupid, no, or you are not stupid, what promise did Sony give you?" Song Ya asked.

"Exceeding the expected termination fee, injecting capital into my own record company, letting go of the past, and ending with honor, and then adding the chairmanship of the riaa dispute piracy litigation committee." Daniel said.

"Wow, wow..." Song Ya applauded and mocked him, "It turns out that the conditions you got are not worse than Gu Beier's leaving."

"Not an order of magnitude."

Daniel stabilized his mood, "Admit it aplus, you can't keep me, and I don't hate Motura as much as you do. I have tried my best to fight Motura within the company, and I have done a good job, but in order to get It’s unlucky to have a good financial report and be caught by the Federal Trade Commission for monopolistic behavior... After that, I had a premonition that such a day would come. The Mariah Carey copyright library incident gave me the last push, admit Well, you are also responsible. You have been refusing to talk about renewing the contract. You support me now. Don’t you plan to get better terms when negotiating with Sony? You and I are also in a game, and it is difficult for us to achieve mutual benefits The balance of arrogance, so I gave in to Sony first, otherwise they will start to drive people after Christmas, I am afraid, forgive me."

Having been friends for many years, Daniel is honest when he said this, "So Stringer was not convinced by you, right?" Song Ya continued to press.

"I don't know. I feel pretty good. His feedback was good at the time, but... I'm not the roundworm in his stomach." Daniel smiled wryly.

Neither of them spoke afterward.

Song Ya held the whiskey glass and sipped lightly, while observing Daniel who was silent.

It's a pity, I thought that according to his previous obsession with the position of president, he would persist until after Christmas to tear himself apart with Sony, creating more pressure...

"Do you have any tricks?" After a long time, Daniel broke the silence, "Aside from those demonstrations, it's no secret that someone has already found the T-shirt you prepared to protest against Sony."

"No more." How could Song Ya tell him the information now.

"I have no other intentions, I can help you." Daniel took a sip of wine, "I have placed a lot of people at Sony Columbia Records over the past two years."

"Those of your own people have already started to see the wind and turn the rudder." Song Ya said coldly: "What about your so-called 'your own people' who were in SBK before? They have abandoned you long ago."

"Don't worry, there will always be a few loyal people. I'm leaving, and your manager is vacant. This position can be used to catch many people, even if your contract only has one year left."

Daniel put down the cup, "Aplus, let go, now Sony is still willing to give you good conditions, it is bad for Motura to come back, yes, but the managers will still be their own people, and they will also deal with all your affairs Make a cut with Motura, I heard that Motura himself promised not to retaliate against you."

"Motura is deceiving Sony. The more he pretends to be a good person now, the more violent his revenge will be on me."

Song Ya shook his head, "You should know this, did they help Sony persuade me and they promised other benefits? Surely there will be?"

"Yes, but I respect your personal choice."

Daniel admitted, and then there was another silence.

He suddenly laughed to himself, "Do you remember? The first time we met, you were only fifteen years old? Huddled in the booth with that rookie manager Hayden, arguing in a low voice behind my back , I offered a good contract condition, it is rare for a poor boy in the South Side of Chicago to refuse a salary of 30,000 to 40,000 dollars a year, so I decided to start to value you at that time."

Song Ya also smiled, "I was bought by you later."

"Of course, I can always convince others, it's like a talent aplus." Daniel is very confident in his ability in this area, "You are also the best at communicating among the singers I work with, you know? I have been popular Vanilla Ice, but that guy moved into a mansion after he became famous. I advised him not to publish that damn autobiography. Personal struggle and ingenuity? shxt, maybe they were smart and struggled, but soon became fools with the smell of money."

"Where is he going now?" Song Ya also put aside her troubles and fell into memories.

"The singer has merged with sbk into EMI, enjoy life quietly, and then sulk at Su Ge Knight who frequently broke the news in the media about the embarrassing incident of him being hanged upside down on the balcony of the hotel. What's the use? He dare not provoke Su Ge, fortunately, his life is not too depraved, and a song of ice ice baby is enough for him to enjoy the rest of his life."

"What about the combination of the Wilson sisters and Phillips? They are really red when they are red." Song Ya asked him another favorite work.

"There was a falling out, sisters turned against each other, friends turned against each other, everything was for money, and after the expansion, various artists' weird tempers were upper body, a good combination was completely unsustainable due to internal strife, and the traditional adult lyrical style also It's out of fashion..."

Daniel said with a deep heart: "The outside world always thinks that I can't make the singer popular, but I can't help it. After the singer became famous, he began to look down on the manager. They have more money, and money comes easily... I thought I would Aplus who can work with you for a lifetime, you are the star I have ever seen who is most likely to surpass MJ, you don’t have any problems with those artists in your daily life, and you rarely even talk to people about music topics such as writing lyrics and composing. You I usually look more like a shrewd businessman, but suddenly... Boom! I stunned everyone with a brilliant album, and then another one. Ha! Sometimes I think, if you are not so paranoid, you will not be so paranoid. A little bit of wind would be perfect."

"I take this as a compliment." Song Ya said with a smile.

"Actually, our combination is the most perfect combination aplus, your A+ record, my own record label, we can actually continue to cooperate."

Daniel moved his body closer with bright eyes, "Fuck Motura, you and I merged the record company, and then when your contract expires, you go to my old friend Doug Morris's Universal Music, what do you think?"

Song Ya sneered when she heard this, merged? Does your record company match it? Still maintaining the habit of sbk, signed a lot of street rock bands, not a single well-known group, "I can't think of Daniel so far, my brain is occupied by the troubles in front of me."

"Always think in the long term, don't you? Our new record company can even envision getting involved in the distribution field. I know you have planned this before. In terms of distribution, I am much more professional than your Linda. I used to be President of Sony Columbia Records, one of the Big Six."

Daniel started the tricks he was good at again. He kept describing a bright future, but Song Ya was already immune. "If the piracy problem is not solved, small distribution companies seem to be a loss-making business." He shirked.

"It's because they have no experience and no connections. After Caroline Publishing Company was spun off, those old people are not in a good situation. We can even consider poaching EMI's corners and reorganizing the team." Daniel continued to persuade.

Didn't you spin off the caroline distribution company yourself? In EMI's tenure, in order to integrate resources, the old brothers were all sold out, and in the end they were defeated by the two "separatist" forces of Capitol Records and Viking Beimi...

Daniel kept persuading, but Song Ya kept evading.

His smile became weaker and impatient, and he thought to himself that since Sony gave you face, why should I give it to you? Really, it's so beautiful! ?

"I still have to meet someone, let's go first!" I just ignored the chattering person, stood up and walked outside.

"So... let's go?"

Daniel chased him out, "Aplus, think about it carefully and look forward, how about I make an appointment with some people and meet up some time?"

"Mike, drive."

Song Ya walked into the back seat, turned her head directly without responding to Daniel's smile, and closed the car window, "Cut!" With a cold snort, the car started, leaving the stunned Daniel on the spot.

Daniel looked at the exhausting car, and was stunned for a while, "fxxk!" Then he kicked at the ornamental shrubs next to him, kicking one after another, "fxxk! fxxk!" He howled and cursed loudly , vent like crazy.