Chicago 1990

"No, no, Daniel, don't bring the Catherines from KM Pictures to Kiev. Just let them talk to Yeremov about the Blade Warrior project..."

"I know, I know you know we want to change the issuing company..."

"Doug Morris asked you about the monopoly case? OK..."

"No, no, I don't want to hear about the progress of the Cold Mountain project, I am very busy here."

Song Ya, who had already checked into a local hotel in Kiev, put away his cell phone and shook his head helplessly at Donovan beside him and smiled bitterly.

"Mr. Glass seems to be in a good mood?" Donovan also smiled.

"He is dependent on me."

Song Ya was half-truth and half-false. Daniel is too able to get into the camp, his mobility is MAX. There was just a bit of wind on the Hollywood side. He and Catherine and his wife took the head and extended their hands to the Blade Warrior project. He must decisively stop it, otherwise Yeremov will explode again. Angry.

"Hahaha!"

Donovan laughed and stretched out his hand to pull open the curtain, and made a "please" gesture to the balcony.

Rubbing his face, Song Ya grinned and walked over. When his figure appeared on the balcony, a huge cheer broke out under the hotel, ‘Ah! S! The crowded Ermao local fans yelled with great enthusiasm. They are all young people. I think the number can reach thousands?

They raised their heads and waved to themselves, greeted them, and fell into a carnival. Many girls screamed frantically on the shoulders of their boyfriends and waved their coats in circles.

Looking down on all this like the pope, Song Ya also waved, nodded, and aired kisses frequently, happily watching reporters than scissors.

"It seems still not as popular as MJ in Eastern Europe."

After more than ten minutes, he ended his interaction with the fans, returning to the room unsuccessfully, his eyes couldn't adapt to the changes in light inside and outside for a while, so he had to squint temporarily.

"MJ's influence here and the social atmosphere of the 1980s have achieved each other, and there is a high probability that there will be no newcomers."

Donovan answered truthfully.

"Ha ha……"

"Gang Er Mao Commander's Office informed me that they cancelled the meeting at the Presidential Palace." Donovan then reported: "But Er Mao Commander agreed to see you on a less formal occasion. A few days later."

"Why?" Song Ya asked.

"Maybe they are afraid that you and the presidential palace will appear in the news at the same time, so that the outside world will have some other associations?" Donovan guessed.

"Hahaha!" The touring creator and the lawyers in the room laughed when they heard this.

"..."

Song Ya was speechless, "Go out, all out, I want to rest."

He drove everyone away, thinking about it, picking up the phone and calling Sony Columbia Records President Rick Klubin, "Hey! Rick! How are you doing?"

"..."

Rikrubin couldn't adapt to his affectionate attitude for a while, and after a few seconds he replied: "Just like that..."

"I heard Sandy say that Mimi's contract renewal is almost finalized?" Song Ya asked for a chat.

"That's about me and your ex-wife. You are helping her if you don't show up!" Riclubin was very rude, "you know? For the first time in so many years, the New York City Hall did not invite her to participate in the New Year's Eve... …"

"Uh, I just ask..."

"Ha! APLUS, don't think I can't guess what you are planning without any trouble!"

Riclubin showed a little pride and gloat, "Is it because you want to leave Universal Music again? Looking for the next home? Don't dream! My Sony Columbia doesn't have your place. You kid will only bring plague and war. , Famine and death!"

"I'm not a knight of the doomsday! Forget it, don't feel good about yourself Rick, I won't beg you!"

Song Ya cursed and hung up.

Decoupling negotiations are already underway there. He really wants to seize the time to explore the other four major styles. Barry Diller’s "friend" who wants to break into the record industry in this environment is too vague, and he needs to prepare something. Back hand.

The first thing to exclude is BMG. They have a rapid rise this year in the south of the United States and are expected to win the best artist of the 1998 B list in one fell swoop. R Kelly, the king of rhythm and blues in the north, are all blacks, plus from Europe. The red-backed white idol men's group Backstreet Boys, the overall momentum is very good, is waiting to quit the music scene, even if you accept it, there is no top resources.

Next is EMI. Their global head office and Beimi branch are very severely separated. The two princes, Viking Beimi and Capitol Records, have major conflicts with the former EMI President Daniel, and now they are so close to Daniel...

Now Sony Columbia Records President Rick Rubin has this attitude again...

Only Warner Records is left, plus one Disney at most.

However, he broke up with Universal, his reputation in the circle of senior managers in the recording industry... I want to know that the streets are almost stinking, and Warner and Disney may not dare to take over.

He knows that he and David Geffen, Barry Diller, and Doug Morris do not trust each other and are very alert. The current state is a bit like a boxing ring with no fingers. The four fighters each have a corner and are all set. Defensive posture, constantly relying on listening to the wind to distinguish position step by step, and occasionally tap a jab to try.

One of the arms raised on his side is to allow Sloan to follow up the monopoly of the Federal Trade Commission. Since he does not intend to betray Daniel, this move can only be used as a defensive action. The other is actually Song Ya's intention to find Riklubin, but unfortunately he didn't have the opportunity to speak: Def　Jam, after all, Riklubin was once the founder and former boss of Def　Jam records.

Why did the rich three want to merge A+ Records and Def　Jam? Just because you had a conflict with Def　Jam, you are deliberately humiliating?

In the past few days, he has been analyzing the words that Little Bronfman said to Linda during the meeting. It will not be that simple. The rich three generations are not bad. The Bronfman family may have already grasped their important handle, sure. Either you are willing to redeem yourself and leave, or you submit.

But why merge with Def　Jam?

There is only one conclusion. Def　Jam’s valuation of hundreds of millions is a big bubble blown from the Polygram era. In order to successfully go public next year, Seagram Universal Group must continue to use capital games to maintain the bubble, and A+ records even if they drag it. If no new albums are released, due to the presence of singers such as Fergie, Mira, Brenda, and mon, the fundamentals are still very healthy. The merger will be very beneficial to Def　Jam.

He didn't know that he was completely thinking about it. The rich three generations really saw Lyle Cohen, the president of Def　Jam sitting at the time, and said casually.

But the most amazing thing about this is that he used wrong reasoning to get the correct result, as there is a saying, "Thinking about day and dreaming at night".

In fact, the rich three generations who are'very poor' are just worrying about Def　Jam's accounting problems in his mind, so the intuition brought by his subconscious mind makes him unthinking in the meeting that if it can be implemented, it can be solved perfectly. The solution to the problem: A+Record and Def　Jam merge.

Take his most annoying APLUS hard assets to mix with Def　Jam's capital bubble, suppress, repair holes, personal humiliation, etc...

"This is a weakness."

Song Ya was talking to herself in the room alone, and she thought that she had accurately grasped the key points after careful analysis of the three generations of rich.

He intends to hide in the dark and secretly accumulate his strength, and get the definitive evidence that Def　Jam's valuation is high. Once the redemption plan fails to reach agreement, the Bronfman family will show their'handle' in their hands and then fight back. A listing plan that matters the life and death of the other party.

In the dark, he also didn't know the details of Seagram Global and Merrill Lynch's bet, but that was not important. Whether a company went public or not was always the core interest of a company.

But now Riclubin doesn’t cooperate, and Russell Simmons, the other founder of Def　Jam, has a bad relationship with him. Russell Simmons’ old friend Quincy Jones ran after Natasha Kinsky broke up with him that night. Come to my party, the friendship that has just improved has collapsed again. The most influential singer in Def　Jam, LL　Cool　J, has old grudges with him because of his early competition for the Blade Warrior project...

Other singers in Def　Jam who have a good relationship with him, such as Derui’s half-brother Warren　G, do not have the energy and qualifications to access the company’s internal financial information, and they have to be ‘true accounts’.

It was a bit frozen for a while, but there should be a way to solve it. He has a lot of energy in New York where Def　Jam is located. He has secretly assigned the mission to Ms. Sloan, Linda, the president of Metropolitan Records, and the Suttons of Inner City Broadcasting Company. If you go down, I believe you will be able to make a difference soon.

"Is this this one? Thank you Mike."

While racking his brains and thinking, a familiar and beautiful voice came from outside the door, and Song Ya's breathing suddenly became heavy.

"Hi...why!"

Old Mike pushed the door open, and the tall Mila stood outside. After the shooting, the soldier’s short hair had grown longer. There was no longer any need for messy color wigs, or a neutral jacket and jeans, but the whole body was more up and down. Some shiny punk rock accessories, sunglasses, red lips.

The time management is very precise. After the separation in Germany, Shakira returned to New York and replaced her as a guest performer on the Eastern European tour.

Before she finished her greeting, Mira was dragged in. The door was closed. Song Ya rudely hugged and gnawed. She also responded quickly and emotionally, just like the first of the two in the music classroom eight years ago. In the same way, the long legs of the blonde hair girl were folded and hung behind the door.

"APLUS? Are you..."

"Oh, I'm working out, what's the matter with Mr. Gefen."

"I heard that there is a change in the meeting plan between you and Er Mao?"

"Yes, after a few days, we will meet in a football club in Kiev. The press will report on it. There is no major problem."

"The plan remains the same, and you are ready to take over the money for the Beverly Hills house."

"I was ready, Hayden will do it for me...Help me keep the price down. Hey Mr. Geffen."

"Don't worry. Also, I'm talking with Universal Pictures about acquiring the distribution rights of the project. The next two Blades only involve the A+ Film Studio, KM Pictures and Marvel, and I will dance the third A+ film in my life. The studio can be fully responsible, right?"

David Geffin asked, flipping through the documents.

"It seems like this. If you have any questions, I will ask Yeremov to report to you in person." Song Ya replied.

"Hehe OK, then you continue to exercise."

"Young man..." David Geffen put down the phone and shook his head with a smile, "Has Lazarenko been honest recently?"

"It's not honest, he is in prison to remotely direct his subordinates to move around." The cronies in front of him answered.

"Then put more pressure on him, and he will be scared when APLUS sees the leader of Ermao." David Geffen sent away his cronies and thought alone.

There is no doubt that APLUS wants to get away from the world. The question is how much interest he is willing to compromise. In the darkness of mutual suspicion, he must be careful to test. This time there can be no more problems. Geffen Pictures takes over the two blades. After the warrior and the movie show my life distribution rights, it is equivalent to completely unable to disguise in front of the little Bronfman.

"How did I offend that idiot? Or did he keep pretending to be stupid? Actually, nothing escaped his eyes? After the defeat of the Digital Millennium Act, a series of operations turned out to be pretty..."

Because his intelligence lacked the concerted action agreement between Barry Diller and Little Bronfman, he was puzzled, thinking about it more and more.

But in fact, it doesn’t matter anymore. Towards the end of the year, the cash in my hands must be invested, and then I will take a closer look at what I can get from the A+ record booth, but Barry Diller is also hiding in the dark and watching closely. , He is not easy to act rashly to trigger the enemy's hostility.

Barry Diller claims that a friend can take over A+ Records. Doug Morrison is the president of Universal Music. He is the farthest away from the core interests in the Quartet. It doesn't matter if he holds a small share of Geffen Records and Universal Music. , An improper handling will be kicked out...

It doesn't matter to him, he first fished into his mouth what he could earn, and didn't expect anything from the Bronfman anyway.

He also has two hard punches that are hidden and unspoken. As a Jewish Hollywood tycoon with a lot of political energy and strong support from same-sex groups, a little bit of rumors about the Bronfman family and Deutsche Bank and UBS gradually spread to him. Ears. He knows APLUS too well, and he has been drooling about Lazarenko's Beverly Hills villa long ago.

"I heard that the negotiations between David Geffen, Ron Meyer, Yeremov, and Catherine are progressing very fast."

In Barry Diller's eyes, he did not think that he and Song Ya and others were on the ring in the same darkness, but it was a spider web in the dark, and he was in the center of the spider web.

He has to maintain the friendship with the little Bronfman, and let Universal get enough cash from the APLUS breakup, and at the same time find a way to earn a little. Finally, after APLUS leaves, he shows the five big punches that are so small. Bronfman was happy.

"Yes, the interest relationship on the movie side is relatively simple, the record company is more complicated, the singles that APLUS has released, and the money that Fergie, Mira and other singers have already made for Universal Music..." the subordinate answered : "Linda means it must be clear."

"The key is to warm up in advance, and make APLUS leave as someone who has actually exhausted their talents and has to leave. Apart from the Cup of Life and Can\'t　Hold　Us, he can't squeeze any good products. Maybe the fact So. And he has to confess his anger to redeem his body, otherwise Edgar will not be able to pass that level. Edgar is the emperor mentality."

Barry Diller said: "He has to sign in the end."

"What about Doug Morris? If APLUS leaves the new franchise, he will definitely be unlucky. He won't lose sight of this." The subordinate asked.

"What's the new APLUS special about me? You know that my so-called "friend" doesn't exist at all, just throw it to someone else. He is so quick to slap Edgar in the face, and I will be slapped by him. Degas is jealous."

Barry Diller replied: "Doug Morris will find a way out himself."

"To whom? If the Big Five do not block APLUS, the little Bronfman will still blame you. You have already promised him."

"Don't worry, I deliberately left a Disney hole. When APLUS finally knows that he has been banned by the top five, Biran will go to the second-tier No. 1 Disney. His Metropolis Records works well with Disney, and there are some in the Disney executives. It is almost inevitable to take this path for personal friendship."

Barry Diller sneered, "Of course, it must be done to make him think it was an idea he had come up with." He picked up the phone and started calling his own and other media outlets to set up public opinion.

"Yes, Barry Diller left the task to me."

And Doug Morris is now conscientiously contacting the ban. He discussed with his friends from his old club Warner Records, "It's still an old trick. When the time comes, I will let the lead singer of the metal band Hetfield come out to protest against the indulgence of piracy on the APLUS website Point out that APLUS is a traitor to the recording industry, and you can just refuse to accept him for this reason. There will be no responsibility. Well, I will fix it from Hetfield..."

"Did you bring Disney in?" My friend reminded, "If you can go to Disney without the top five APLUS, you might still be able to live well~www.wuxiaspot.com~Think about Metropolis Records."

"Metropolitan Records are all rappers who focus on the domestic market...I have been communicating with Disney, and there is no big problem."

Doug Morris comforted him and put down the phone.

"Doug, is it really okay? When the transaction is completed, the new APLUS movie will sell out, and it will be us and the unfortunate one." Universal Pictures President Ron Meyer called and asked.

"What are you worried about!? You are in a much better situation than me. The boss's close friend David Geffen took over the project. If something goes wrong afterwards, the boss will only hate him. You can find 10,000 reasons to clear the blame."

Doug Morris answered quietly.

"Hey, isn't you also the boss's mentor Barry Diller over there?" Ron Meyer asked with a smile without denying it.

"That's different...well, let's stop talking, I'm too busy here."

Doug Morris was too lazy to deal with each other's spying hypocritically, and the two also competed within the Seagram Global Group.