Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 239 Big Machine Records

 After answering a few questions, Link said goodbye to the reporters and editors and returned to the party.

After the American Music Awards, "Vanity Fair" held a celebration party at the Hilton Hotel, inviting many singers to attend, including Link, Taylor, Selena, and Lana.

“Link, will these two trophies be taken out for a lottery?”

Lana walked through the crowd holding a champagne glass, wearing a white pleated skirt and long brown curly hair. She was dressed very classically and elegantly.

 “Do you also want to participate in the lottery?”

“Yes, there are only tens of millions of records, I think it will be difficult to get them.”

　　Lana shrugged her shoulders and said.

“Your album sales are good, and you may have a chance to get this trophy in the future. I’ll give this to you, and exchange it with me next time you get it.”

Link smiled lightly and gave her the trophy for best album.

Later, Taylor's contract with Big Machine Records ended and he announced that he would not renew the contract, which caused dissatisfaction with Big Machine Records president Scott.

Selena pointed to the crowd in front, including Taylor and Mrs. Andrea, Big Machine Records president and producer Scott Borchetta, Justin Bieber and manager Scooter Braun, among others.

Lana held the trophy and smiled.

"of course not."

 “I’m getting ready to go back, where is Taylor?”

Later, Taylor saw the broadcast and had a good impression of Justin Bieber.

At the MTV Awards in September, after Taylor left the stage, Justin Bieber came on stage as the host and said, "Taylor deserves it," and asked the audience to applaud Taylor.

Until the conflict between Taylor and Kanye broke out again a few years later, Justin and Scooter sided with Kanye and led fans to frame Taylor, causing a lot of trouble for Taylor.

Taylor and Justin’s relationship dates back to the MTV Video Awards.

Scott, without telling Taylor, sold the rights to her first six albums to Scooter, whom she hated most, for $300 million.

Justin Bieber also sided with Scooter, criticized Taylor, and wrote a song to satirize Taylor.

“Tyler and Justin Bieber seem to be very familiar, will you be angry when you see them?”

 “What if I don’t get it?”

Link shook his head and smiled.

 Taylor started a public opinion war with Scooter and others to fight for copyright.

It is also because of this that Justin Bieber entered Taylor's circle of friends and also regarded Justin's manager Scooter Braun as a friend.

Scooter has also become Taylor's most hated person.

Link shook his head, and when he saw Selina coming, he gave her another trophy.

 “She’s over there!”

Selena said while holding the trophy.

“Then you should reflect instead of asking me what to do?”

On one side is the King of Pop, and on the other is the Queen of Pop. The battle between the two sides has spread to the world music scene, attracting many people to take sides.

Even though Link knows the future entanglements of these people, he will not tell Taylor right now that those people are not good people and tell her to stay away from those people.

 It is useless to say so.

Taylor is very opinionated and a smart man who knows how to deal with troubles.

Even if he was put together by several people in the future, he did not suffer much loss. Instead, he won the sympathy of many fans and the support of the music industry, becoming No. 1 in the music industry.

This also shows that some setbacks and blows are necessary in the growth process of celebrities. For example, after the microphone snatching incident, Taylor's popularity increased, while Kanye West was ridiculed by the crowd, and the American Music Awards did not come this time. .

 “Hi! Link, congratulations!”

 Lady Gaga came over with a wine glass.

Although Lady Gaga did not win the award tonight, she performed at the finale of the award ceremony.

In addition, last week, Lady Gaga won the top spot on the Billboard singles chart with her divine song "Bad Romance", and also knocked "seeyouagain" off the top spot, ending her 12th consecutive championship.

Afterwards, Lady Gaga called him to apologize and asked him to buy him a drink. She said it again when we met today.

Link certainly does not need this kind of apology. The song "Seeyou Again" was able to win the title for 12 consecutive weeks in the fiercely competitive 2009, far exceeding expectations. He has nothing to be dissatisfied with.

"Link, I wrote a song and I need a male singer to sing. Your voice is very suitable. Are you interested in collaborating with me?"

 Lady Gaga looked at him and smiled.

“Of course, I like your songs, please call me when you want to record them.”

Link agreed without hesitation.

Lady Gaga is the kind of singer who looks flashy and sensational at first glance, but if you listen to her songs carefully, you will fall in love with her style.

In addition, Lady Gaga’s songs are groundbreaking. Working with her, I can also learn some useful things.

After seeing off Lady Gaga, Link chatted with several acquaintances including Katy Perry, Eminem, and Carrie Underwood. Katy Perry is a bit unlucky this year. Her songs are also very popular and her album sales are also good.

 But he is always outshone by Taylor and Lady Gaga.

At the Grammys, MTV, and American Music Awards, she accompanied her throughout the entire process, unlike Lady Gaga who won several awards at the Grammys and MTV.

But things will turn around next year for her, with "CaliforniaGurls" becoming a hit, selling more than 4 million copies in North America and becoming a chart-topper.

Carrie Underwood is also a little queen of country music. She released her third album "PlayOn" last week. It sold 315,000 copies in the United States in the first week and topped the Billboard 200 album chart in one fell swoop. Its development momentum is not as good as Taylor's. How much difference.

There is also Eminem. His next album "Recovery" seems to be the number one album sales chart next year, with more than 3.4 million copies sold, and he has also successfully made a turnaround.

 See these three people, as well as the newly debuted Lana, Selena, Justin, and Mars.

Link believes that the competition in the music scene will be more intense next year, and it will be more difficult to continue to win.

 After chatting with a few people, Taylor, Mrs. Andrea, and Scott Borchetta came over.

Scott, 48, was originally the head of production at Universal Music in Nashville.

 Left Universal in 2005, founded Big Machine Records, signed Taylor, who had just switched jobs from RCA Records, and successfully helped Taylor produce and release his first album "TaylorSwift" and second album "Fearless".

 Big Machine Records has also become a famous record company in the United States.

 Last year, when negotiating the copyright of "Dream It Possible", Link met the other party.

At that time, "Despacito" became popular on YouTube, with more than 50 million views, and Link also became an Internet celebrity.

 Scott wanted to sign him and make both him and Taylor singers for Big Machine Records.

Link refused after thinking about it.

The other party is a businessman and a capitalist, who pays more attention to interests. At that time, Link was already a boxing champion and had no shortage of money. He didn't really want to work for others. Later, he persuaded Iwaka to set up Link Music and become a capitalist himself.

After the success of his two albums and Lana's first album, Link Music's reputation in the music circle has skyrocketed, not much less than that of Big Machine Records.

However, he and Ivaca are both laymen, and in terms of album production and promotion, as well as their grasp of market trends, they are temporarily unable to compare with Scott Bochetta, a veteran in the music industry.

This is also the reason why he did not poach anyone even though he knew that Taylor would be tricked by the other party in the future because of the termination of the contract.

If Taylor was recruited in advance, he was not sure that Taylor would be that successful. In addition, Taylor had an independent personality and would not agree to be a singer under Ivaca.

 “Haha, Link, congratulations on winning two awards.”

 Scott Borchetta stretched out his hand and smiled.

Link shook hands with him and said, "Thank you! Congratulations to Big Machine for winning the biggest award at this year's American Music Awards. This is amazing."

“Haha, compared to the total sales of your two albums of more than five million copies, all the singers in the music industry this year are worse than you.”

Scott smiled.

Link smiled lightly. If it hadn't been for MJ's death and Taylor's outbreak this year, he would have had the chance to pack all the awards.

 “Link, look here, are you envious?”

Taylor came over, picked up the Artist of the Year trophy and smiled.

 “Stop showing off! Next year is mine.”

“I will also release a third album next year, and it doesn’t matter who will win this award.”

Taylor said without giving up.

Bochetta looked at the two of them and smiled: "Link, you and Taylor are a couple, and both are the most powerful male and female singers in the music industry. Have you ever thought about collaborating once and creating a couple album together? I think this album will definitely Can create miracles.”

“We discussed this issue in June, but we were too busy and didn’t have time.”

“You can consider it. I look forward to cooperating with you and link music.”

Bochetta said.

Link nodded and looked at Taylor: "How about it? After releasing your third album, do you want to collaborate on an album?"

Taylor blinked and thought for a while, "Collaboration is not bad, but I like to write sad love songs. If the two of us collaborate, I'm worried that we won't be able to write good songs."

 “How do you know if it’s not possible if you don’t try?”

 “Okay, let’s try it!”

Taylor shrugged his shoulders and smiled.

“You two collaborate? It’s terrible. Please give us little singers a way to survive?”

Selena protested with her round face wrinkled.

 “Let’s do a collaboration next time.”

Link put his arm around Selina's shoulders and smiled.

 “OK!”

 Happiness is so simple. When she heard him talk about cooperation, Selina became excited again in an instant.

 (End of this chapter)