In Ibiza, Spain, listening to the chillout music that originated here, Song Ya opened the curtains and looked at the party crowd by the hotel pool, silent.

"Why don't you relax?"

Ms. Sloan walked in and asked, "There's a great atmosphere downstairs." ”

"Nope."

Song Ya looked back and saw that she had changed into a tropical shirt and a cocktail in her hand, presumably just having a lap in the party. So she casually stroked the bow she had tied up with the hem of her shirt and quipped, "Such a slender and beautiful waistline...... It shouldn't have been hidden in your class set before, it's a terrible thing. ”

"I'm not young anymore, APLUS. The atmosphere is ......"

Ms. Sloan was very useful, twisted her waist and took a sip of wine comfortably, "It's really the ultimate freedom and indulgence, even me, my emotions are inevitably infected." ”

"Ha, since you're so interested, let's go to the celestial beach over there? Not far. Song Ya said with a smile.

"I don't care, let's go." Ms. Sloane put down her glass, not at all.

"Forget it."

Then Song Ya had no choice but to coax, "Just kidding." ”

"It turned out that the owners of this hotel were friends of David Geffen, George Michael and the late Queen frontman Freddy, and they all showed up when it first opened in '84, and I saw a photo of the group at that time on the bar photo wall." Sloan said.

"It's a great place to have a carnival atmosphere, but it's also a high-risk area for HIV, and there are a lot of celebrities in the group photos you see in the bar, like Freddy, who have been dying of HIV and abuse of food in recent years, and they dare to try anything here."

Song Ya reminded her.

"Of course I do."

Ms. Sloane smiled and looked out the window with him, "But it's a bit of a disappointment to talk about it now...... Forget it, let's get down to business, William Morris just got Wesley Snies done, and Shelen Fen's photographer ex-boyfriend. ”

"Well, Hayden called me after the IRS approached Wesley."

Song Ya nodded, "It's only a little trouble, but it's not bad, at least the situation is improving." ”

"By the way, who do you think will be responsible for the series of snapshots leaked by the Spanish media? Ovitz? ”

Sloan asked, "Is he motivated?" When it was rumored that Eisner would be kicked out of Disney right away, David Geffen, Philip Anschutz, and maybe you...... At the same time, we gather here intimately and take the opportunity to show our strength to the outside world. ”

David Geffen also has, and let's not forget that the journalist who exposed his art collection had just died in a car accident...... He's also a bit of a burnt at the moment. ”

It was supposed to be a very secret meeting, but it was made full of loopholes by a certain ghost, Song Ya was a little angry but didn't want to waste brain cells guessing who was the culprit, "Actually, they can also suspect me, I'm not without a motive to do this, right?" Sloane. ”

"Ha, maybe that makes everyone have their own troubles."

Sloan laughed, "How was your conversation with Ovitz just now?" Now that your secret meeting with him has been exposed by the media, how are you going to explain it to the Disney Emperor? ”

"Ovitz is no longer the agent who will stand at the table and dance to please his clients, he can't let go of his body, although his words are still very demagogic......"

Song Ya and Ovitz talked a lot, and their respective external environments deteriorated rapidly compared to the last time they met, and there was a basis for huddle warmth. After all, there are only three possible A+ records left, Warner, Universal and Disney, and Ovitz was the first to take the initiative to invite Disney, and the temptation to participate in the establishment of a record label that can compete with the Big Six from scratch is not small for his ambitious self.

But......

Ovitz is reluctant to come up with ideas or help out of trouble without clear assurances, and Song Ya knows that the former boss of the No. 1 brokerage company is the best potential helper to solve his current troubles, but if neither side sees the rabbit or the eagle, there is no mutual trust.

"What about David Geffen?"

David Geffen's first choice was to merge A+ Records and DreamWorks Records, and the second choice was to sign a contract between Universal Music's Geffen Records and A+ Records. But ......"

Song Ya paused for a moment, "He offered 60 million on behalf of Universal to get 50% of the A+ record, which is only a little stronger than Quincy Jones's conditions for going to Warner, and David Geffen also wants to get some personal benefits in this acquisition." Then give me a personal signing fee of about 30 million. ”

"I can't accept the valuation of 120 million or 150 million, I'm a superstar with two diamond albums, Ferge's two albums and two Dancing My Life and Cat and Mouse Game movie soundtracks are all multi-platinum, Brenda has platinum sales, Jazzy and Fox Brown's first album has stabilized over the platinum line according to the current trend, if Eyre's first album is not counted, Common also has gold records and super good music reviews, all of which share half of the copyright with Sony ATV Music Rights."

"In addition, A+ Records also has the full record rights of Old Joe Music, including part of Little Lowry's first album, if it is replaced by a more established record company, the valuation can easily reach 200 million, even if the record industry is sluggish now."

"A+ Records also has an entire floor with three recording studios, which I'll peel off at that time."

How can the record empire built by myself be willing to give it up easily, this is all the apocalypse plug-in, my exclusive apocalypse plug-in reward! Not to mention those apocalyptic songs in the past few years, now A+ Records has Beyoncé, Jazzy, Ferge, William Adams group, these signed singers who will obviously be popular in the future, and it is not yet the harvest season, and how much they sell is cheap in Song Ya's heart, because it is impossible for buyers to pay a premium for the 'future'.

"Own record company, only distribution rights to large companies is something that many white singers, even superstars, dare not think of."

Ms. Sloan advised, "The reason why this phenomenon is more common in the rap industry is that I think you understand it better than I do. In the eyes of early record executives, rap music was a mosquito leg that couldn't sell many records, and rappers from the bottom had street violence as a counterbalance, and executives didn't bother to put in a lot of effort and didn't want to take too personal risks to suppress control. That's why MC Hammer was able to achieve historic achievements under various circumstances, but ......"

He continued: "From him to you, to death row records, rap music has gradually risen in the past few years, even if you are not a pure rapper, then 2PAC is always, right? According to the trend after his death, the album will definitely sell out of the diamond line, and no executive will take the hip-hop label lightly. Isn't the current situation for people with their own record labels, such as Sugnet, your best wake-up call? ”

"I know, I know, I just feel ......"

Song Ya muttered to herself, "I can be that exception, I have worked a lot for it, those political and business relations ......"

"You need the help of a big company, APLUS, if the public opinion storm continues like this, you are likely to be like Paula Abbadou will soon be out of breath, I asked Linda to do a questionnaire survey a few days ago, and the result is that compared with the first half of the year, your bad feelings in the minds of the people in the United States have risen sharply."

Sloan persuaded: "Judging from Mr. Philippe Anschutz's attitude, Anschutz can even accept that you become less popular in North Rice, and just agree to our request to reduce the burden of next year's tour and reduce the number of North Rice performances. ”

"I don't really care, I can just step back into the background."

Song Ya really doesn't care about this, the record industry's task of making a pot of gold for the traverser has been perfectly accomplished, and now it is not even the majority of his own asset ratio, "But I don't want to share half of the future with others." ”

"Half the future?" No matter how clever Ms. Sloan is, she can't understand the certainty of the owner of the Apocalypse plug-in.

"Literally."

Song Ya waved her hand, she didn't want to explain anymore, and she couldn't explain it to others.

There was a knock on the door, "Mr. Lesgarland." Old Mike said again.

"Please come in! Hello, Rice. ”

For the Paramount department, which is currently suppressing itself, Lei Shidong, the boss of the parent company Viacom, values most of his investment courage, artistic vision, media influence and the witness of his career: MTV.

What Paramount, Simon Schuster Press, and Blockbuster all later played big capital leveraged buyouts, and industries such as cinemas are his father's legacy and brilliant transcripts, only MTV has accompanied and supported him all the way from the second ancestor of the cinema line to the media tycoon, and there is no business under it that can be compared, which is an open secret.

And Paramount, Simon Schuster Press, Blockbuster and other large enterprises have not been acquired by Viacom Group for a few years, even as the boss, his control is not enough, and he is still in the period of integrating and balancing the major mountains to play power games, and the only one who really commands and personally asks is MTV, and he may have met more often than Paramount President Shirley Lansing.

"How did the photos of our meeting get exposed by the media!"

Unlike himself, David Geffen and Ovitz have their own motives, he is now angry that the media exposure of appearing in Ibiza will only have a negative effect on high-level wage earners like Lesgarland.

"It has nothing to do with me."

Whether he believes it or not, Song Ya wants to clear it up anyway, and it is true that he didn't do it himself, so he is justifiable.

"Then let's finish talking about what we want to talk about, I will fly back to the United States tomorrow."

Lesgarland said. He had a good relationship with Motula, but this meeting was ordered by William Morris who had managed to contact Lei Shidong and was personally ordered by the big boss, and he had to come.

"Rice, it's still that thing, we want to ask for and." Ms. Sloane lowered her profile on her behalf.

"I'm just a producer on MTV." Lesgarand shirked.

"You played the black material that Motura prepared to suppress APLUS on a funny show." Ms. Sloan reminded.

"The scene of the concert car accident? What is this, you are not a singer APLUS who completely relies on singing skills to eat, and you have even begun to develop into a singing and dancing artist, which is not a big problem for you, you must have an entertainment spirit. Lesgarland said.

"But at this point in time? You have become participants in the conspiracy. Sloan asked.

Lesgarand waved his hand impatiently, "I don't know, and I don't want to listen to any conspiracy theories, many artists always feel that they are out of luck because the whole world is plotting to kill them, in fact, it is ...... It's that the audience's tastes have changed. ”

"Don't dwell on this, Rice, I respect Mr. Lei Shidong very much, uh, maybe I'm not that active about participating in your MTV activities, but I think I've done my part over the years. I don't know why Paramount TV Network is smearing me with such intensity as it is now, this is unreasonable, and it is not in line with Mr. Lei Shidong's interests, right? Viacom doesn't play in the record business, and I don't turn down working with Paramount in Hollywood in the future. Song Ya said.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

Lesgarand replied, "Well, since the big boss asked me to come, then I will be responsible for helping you bring the message, that's all." ”

"Just for you to come?" Sloan asked.

"Just let me come." Lesgarand nodded.

"Alright then......"

Song Ya and Sloan both glanced at each other a little disappointed, "Thank you for your hard work, please tell Mr. Lei Shidong on our behalf......"