Chapter 192: The Collapse of the Empire

"This year's Legend Award winner is: APLUS!"

At the scene of the Grammy Awards ceremony (the timing is a bit wrong for the sake of the plot), Phiggie took the card in Drey's hand, choked up and read out the award winner, and many of APLUS's 'famous songs' remixes sounded, and the big screen behind him began to flash back his childhood photos, singing scene photos, stills and other sounds and smiles.

The stars and the audience applauded warmly, and their eyes and expressions accurately showed incomparable sadness and regret.

Fergie opened her arms to Linda, who accepted the award on behalf of Shangtai, and the two hugged each other affectionately for a long time......

"Uh...... Thank you to the Board of Directors of the Society for the Arts and Sciences of Recording for this award. ”

Linda took over Song Ya's fourth Grammy record player from Drew, she knew that APLUS and his ex-wife had already fallen out with the Grammys, and she also knew that the Grammy award had other considerations, but this was a legendary award, and at the age of twenty-two, she won the same honor as MJ, Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand, and Lloyd Webber, if she missed it, APLUS didn't know if there was a second chance in this life, and she still came after hesitating and considering.

"Hi MC Hammer......"

She waved hello to her former employer in the audience, and now think about MC Hammer, who has run out of money, is still alive and kicking up until now! From this point of view, it seems to be stronger than APLUS?

Her thoughts were a little confused, and everyone waited patiently, "I'm sorry, I'm just, just a little touching...... APLUS IS A GREAT ARTIST, AND I KNOW THAT NOW THE MEDIA CALLS HIM THE BRIGHTEST SHOOTING STAR OF THE NINETIES, BUT I PERSONALLY DON'T QUITE AGREE WITH IT BECAUSE ...... Because there's still a chance he'll wake up......"

After crying and reading the acceptance speech, she took the gold record player and walked off the stage sadly in more enthusiastic applause.

This is followed by performances by other stars, the world does not revolve around one person, the mournful atmosphere on stage is fleeting, and cheers and whistles and applause are resounded for the next person.

"Linda! Linda! ”

Fergie chased after her from behind, "It's time to give me the title song of the new album!" ”

"You record the other songs on the album first."

Linda replied impatiently.

"Did APLUS write it or not!? You won't lie to me all the time, will you? Fergie asked.

"Listen! White chick! ”

Linda suddenly turned around and used the strength of the black aunt to push Phigi back against the wall, "Don't be dissatisfied! He's good enough for you! Praise you, write songs for you, what penny you wear and live now doesn't depend on him! She scolded in a faux puff: "He left you a song, I'll keep it, I'll give it to you when I should give it, don't M-FXXK always bother me!" ”

"Humph!"

Fergie turned her face, "Don't blame me for not reminding you, Geffen Records is going crazy right now, and will soon be looking for you to find his posthumous work." ”

"Shut up! APLUS isn't dead yet! ”

As Ferge said, as soon as Linda returned to Chicago on the front foot, Universal Music President Doug Morris led someone to the door.

"We gave APLUS 60 million for signing fees, and it cost 80 million to buy 50 percent of this company, Linda, can you understand what a lot of money it is?"

Doug Morris said angrily.

"CNA insurance company said it would pay you for your losses, if APLUS can't wake up." Linda replied.

"That's not enough...... And now we have become the unlucky ones who are ridiculed by the whole world, and Sony Columbia Records is making a lot of money by selling his old songs! ”

Doug Morris gave an ultimatum: "Anyway, you have to hand over the APLUS song today, or we'll fire you." ”

"You don't have the authority to do that."

Linda frowned, "A+ Records is certainly your label, but the management is in the hands of APLUS. ”

"Are you really going to be our global enemy!?"

Doug Morris ordered the men he brought, "You can use the forced hand to break and make sure all financial handovers are completed before then." ”

"Security!"

Linda had seen this kind of scene when she was under MC Hammer, and she was completely unfazed, and called the black guard of A+ Records into the president's office, "These guests want to grab something, ask them to leave the company." ”

The two sides, who had just laughed and laughed at the Chicago Symphony Center in early January, were now violently confrontationed.

"Wait."

Doug Morris didn't cheat Linda, "You all go out and let me talk to her alone." ”

His attitude immediately softened and turned to temptation, "You are just a senior manager Linda, your career does not need to be completely tied to A+ records, give us all the completed and unfinished songs of APLUS, let us send him an album while the heat is still at the moment, I promise, you will become the vice president of Universal Music in the second half of the year...... There's also an option, which is our agreement. ”

"What am I afraid of? I don't care what the vice president is, APLUS is like that, my sustenance is gone, and it's a big deal to be an idle member of the association in the future like Gordon. ”

Linda smiled relievedly, "I'll wait for him to wake up, and if he can't wake up, I'll resign myself." ”

"He owes us five years, two plus one!"

"Yes, wait five years, and if his money hasn't been tossed by the lawyers, he will pay you liquidated damages, and there will be insurance companies...... Of course, you'd better expect him to wake up as soon as possible and continue to fulfill his contract. ”

"M-FXXK, don't mention any insurance companies to me!"

Doug Morris jumped up in anger and walked around the room, only relenting after a few laps, "At least take out the title song of Fergie and Mira first?" ”

"Those damn white chicks, all lying on APLUS to suck blood!" Linda is now angry when she hears Phigie and Mira.

"That little pervert volunteered! Who is to blame!? Damn it! Hurry up and give it to me! Mira's football stunner and new album have been released in March, because APLUS is the male lead, and Columbia Pictures wants to forcibly rub the heat to catch up with Mira's python disaster before the release! They don't want to wait any longer for Mira's new album, and the new album has to be released at the same time as the movie, you know? There is no title song to lose, but we have Universal and your A+ records! ”

Doug Morris yelled.

"Damn White Chick......"

This is normal business, Linda cursed but still compromised, and took out the two scripts that had been prepared long ago from the drawer, Fergie naturally said so, and left it for Mira because APLUS didn't say the name of the song, and after she turned over the manuscript left by APLUS, she picked the CopyCat of Song Ya's apocalypse when Mira satirized Phigi and followed the ghost, she thought this song was.

"So they do exist?" Doug Morris was in a much better mood and reached for it.

"You know APLUS's rigorous style, and his good white people can't compare to it." Linda didn't let him get it, "Just let Phiggie and Mira record the song." ”

"OK, I'll get them to Chicago right away, but the guys at Geffen Records and I are going to go into the studio and keep an eye on it."

"No problem."

At the same time, Hollywood, the office of the president of A+ Film Studios.

"Listen, Yeremov! Hurry up and get this month's 10 million batches! Otherwise, don't mess around in Hollywood in the future! I don't care if you're Jewish or not! ”

Twentieth Century Fox president Bill McKennick was barking at him.

Without the support of the boss, Yeremov trembled under the anger of the other party, "Can ...... But Director Cameron didn't reach our previous agreement, the Titanic can't start the summer season, and you have broken the contract......"

"Money! Money! We need that damn money from you! Bill McKennick continued to roar: "I don't care if I break the contract or not!" ”

"You should protect APLUS, he saved you...... And you let him be shot......"

"What's the use of talking about this now!? I'm not a roundworm in the stomach of a gunner! Hurry up and sign the fuck for me! Who do you think you are?! You are nothing Yeremov! I've put up with you for a long time, and I've wanted to say this for a long time. ”

"I'm no longer the little propaganda ...... I used to be"

"Don't be verbose, sign it, I know what you want, and there's a commission on an anonymous bank account on a small island in the future."

"I'm not ......"

"Are you signing or not!?"

"Okay, I'll sign, I'll sign ......"

And at the headquarters of the Northern Trust, Hamlin is visiting O'Grady.

"APLUS IS IN THIS SITUATION, AND WE WANT TO CONVERT HIS STOCK WITH YOU INTO A SAFER WAY TO INVEST."

Hamlin placed the relevant papers on O'Grady's desk.

“No。” O'Grady, wearing baseball gloves, throws the ball into the sky to catch it.

Hamlin was stunned, "I'm not here to discuss with you, I'm here to inform you." ”

“No!”

"We are not going to transfer the money from APLUS out of the management of Northern Trust, but just to other investment products." Hamlin held back his breath and continued.

“No!”

"Don't you look at the papers?"

“No!”

"There's a limit to patience, O'Grady." Hamlin said coldly.

O'Grady tilted his head to glance at the papers, "You don't have the right to touch those stocks without APLUS's signature." ”

"Goodman and I are in charge of his A+ rights and asset management company, and these shares are under the management of the company, and we are lawyers, O'Grady, and we will not rush to you." Hamlin said.

"You only have management rights, but you can't get custody rights, hundreds of millions worth of stocks, huh? You think I'm not going to stare at it? O'Grady laughed.

"So, let's make a deal."

“No!”

"Listen, our offer is ......"

“No!”

Seeing Hamlin leave with nothing, O'Grady took off his baseball gloves, "Ms. Sloan, it's me, they're starting to do something on my side......"

University of Chicago Medical Center, ICU, "I'm so tired, Mike. Sloan finally showed fatigue in front of outsiders, "Samour and Song Asheng of Coopers have sent me warnings several times, Goodman and Hamlin have been secretly working for a long time, they frequently meet with the wolf of Wall Street, Carl Icahn and others, and use APLUS's money to buy junk stocks they secretly acquired, and the rats move......"

She looked at the sunset outside the window in distress and confided: "I know that you are from New Mexico like them, but I am willing to trust you, I can't go on like this...... APLUS is very shrewd, and the series of management systems and senior management checks and balances he asked Morningstar to help build are also very rigorous. But those people always have a way...... There is always a way, Mike, A+ Liquor President Reeser suddenly signed a long-term exclusive underwriting contract with Seagram, and Scott of A+ Apparel also began to get close to his old club Sears Department Store, which means that there must be sky-high commission transactions under the water, Yeremov is more loyal, but he told me that he can't stand the pressure of Hollywood giants. ”

Old Mac looked at the newspaper silently, as if he didn't hear her.

"We've got to stop them, Mike!" Sloan exhorted.

"I consulted a number of other lawyers anonymously." Old Mac said, "I don't care what Goodman and Hamlin are doing, at least because they don't want this kid to die......"

He pouted at Song Yanunu on the hospital bed, "It is in their best interest for him to do this now, and my task is only to save his life, and I don't care about other financial matters, and I don't understand." ”

"When they empty APLUS's money, do you think they'll let APLUS go?" Sloan asked.

"Then it's better to talk about it then, for now than to fall into the hands of someone who wants to share his inheritance." Old Mike knew it very well.

"Damn woman! You cross the river and tear down the bridge!? Open the door! Sloan, open the door for me! ”

At this time, Alicia appeared outside the door angrily, knocking angrily on the door and the glass.

"What's wrong again?" Sloan let her in.

"Littleman Press just got an order from the Illinois Department of Education, and A+ Audio suddenly fired my law firm? I just took out a loan to merge a law firm in Silicon Valley for this business! I'm going to go broke! Bichi! ”

The governor's wife cursed with a hideous expression.

"I haven't heard of it."

"See for yourself!"

'The America Music site has just had a successful funding round......

In the picture, the ambitious DeLay is shaking hands with Goodman and Wall Street bankers, all of them are unfamiliar faces, Sloan only recognizes one Carl Icahn, 'This website will be spun off from the parent company A+ Audio and listed independently, and the shareholding of APLUS's asset management company has fallen from 85 percent to 49 percent, because the website infrastructure has invested too much and its parent company has been on the verge of bankruptcy this year, and President DeLay has to bring in more investors, He claimed that the site will also have a final funding round before going public. ’

It was enough to recognize one, and she instantly understood, "I didn't expect Delay to ...... too"

"They just fired my firm, they changed Coopers to Arthur Andersen, and Morgan Stanley to Demingson and Carl Icahn......," Alicia cried.

"What can I do ......?"

Sloan muttered to himself, but he didn't expect Alicia to rush to the hospital bed, raise her hand and slap it, and Song Ya's head tilted to the side.