Chapter 117 Two Heads Earn Points

Although Donny Braston is highly anticipated, she is still playing a small role. As far as a major record company like Sony Columbia is concerned, Motura will give up as soon as he says he will give up, and it will not have any impact on him. But Song Ya still took the initiative to take the blame, nothing else, he relied on this to get benefits from Babyface.

Both parties are very powerful people in the music industry. This kind of opportunity to sell well at both ends is rare.

In addition to the $200,000, BABYFACE has made promises in terms of radio rankings and music awards. He also helped Halle Berry get Eddie Murphy's movie audition. If nothing else, there will be a lot of roles The female supporting role is guaranteed, and she can directly enter the second round of auditions for the heroine.

He also agreed to Song Ya's request to send Fergie to LAFACE Records for a period of 'training'. He will work out a training plan to reverse the way of vocalization and singing based on Fergie's characteristics.

Fergie's current voice has a strong "milk smell". This is a problem left by her when she was getting older but had to continue to participate in the recording of children's songs. Later, she formed NRG with two other girls, and the goal is to It is also adult lyrical and teenage pop music, so now she is almost seventeen years old, and she still sings with a childish feeling, which is fatal to her transition to rhythm and blues and hip-hop music.

Song Ya and Dilai tried to help her transform for a while, but neither of them was good at it, and the vocal music private trainer they invited was not a master, with little success. And BABYFACE, especially his partner L.A. Reid in LAFACE Records, is world-class in terms of singer training and training. With their help, I believe it can cure the disease.

Of course, Song Ya also chose a target to send off her daughter. The two bosses of LAFACE Records are very polite in terms of women. Song Ya also specially asked Fergie's sister to accompany her to Atlanta.

After reaping the benefits, Song Ya called Donnie Braston's agent in front of the two of them, "Miss Kelly wants that song, so...say sorry to Donnie for me."

What he said was actually the truth, but BABYFACE and Steven thought it was an excuse. In short, they made a special trip to this small Silicon Valley town to 'catch' Song Ya, and the two left happily.

Everyone is satisfied with the whole thing. The only one who suffers seems to be Donnie Braston, but it is not necessarily true. LAFACE Records paid such a high price to get her, and they will only value her more and have high hopes for her.

After sending them off, Song Ya called Halle Berry again to tell them the news.

"Thank you, APLUS! I...I..." Halle Berry began to cry again.

It’s hard to say that this woman “sends” her out. The black circle in Hollywood is small, and Eddie Murphy’s reputation as a playboy has long been known to everyone. Moreover, he is a top black movie star and has a strong voice in Paramount Pictures. Quan, it is difficult for ordinary actors to refuse him.

But Song Ya didn't care, he didn't want to have any entanglements with the other party, this favor came to his door, and he helped him casually.

"I paid a very high price for helping you this favor, very very high...so, cherish it."

Of course, if you want to help, you also need to earn points.

"Where are you, I came to find you?"

I don't know how many times Harley has said 'I'm here to find you', "Forget it, I've been very busy recently." Although Song Ya refused, but she was quite happy in her heart, at least the other party knew that she would "repay her kindness" "By the way, is Eddie Murphy easy to deal with?" He remembered his failed movie investment, and just happened to consult with Harley, who had worked hard in the film and television industry for many years.

"It's not easy to deal with, he started to think of himself as a superstar a few years ago..." Harry briefly introduced Eddie Murphy.

The black movie star started out as a comedian on Saturday Night Live, then started his own talk show and then entered the film and television industry, all the way smoothly,

He thinks that besides MJ, he is worthy of calling him friends, and he is a super black celebrity like Quincy Jones, which can be said to be very inflated.

Coincidentally, in the mid-1980s, Paramount Pictures was in a slump after the helm Barry Diller and Michael Eisner were successively poached by other film and television giants. Eddie Murphy's stable and profitable comedy movies were a lifeline for them. Straw, so Eddie Murphy was able to dominate Paramount and become the most powerful black actor in Hollywood ever.

"But the year before last he started to go downhill..."

Since the year before last, Eddie Murphy's Harlem Night has lost both box office and word-of-mouth. White audiences in the United States have begun to feel tired of his comedies, and black audiences have also complained about his image in movies. Chattering in a black accent, the ugliness-style interpretation full of shortcomings is considered by blacks to be self-dwarfing for white people to make fun of. Moreover, he is such a big black star, but he doesn't support other black practitioners very much. For example, Spike Lee, a black director who once worked with Harley, dislikes him very much and has criticized him many times.

"So he's going to play a big game this time..."

Eddie Murphy is a smart man. Paramount invested more than 40 million yuan for this new movie, and he used an all-black lineup from the actors to the soundtrack. He will also change his old clown image in the movie. , playing the role of a successful company boss. In short, this movie is a reversal of word-of-mouth that he has high hopes for.

"More than 40 million..." Song Ya knew that there are black people who are so big in Hollywood. In this era, more than 40 million is not considered the top in Hollywood, but it is definitely a first-line big production. "Then you fight hard..." He never I don’t doubt Harley’s hard work and hard work, but I’m afraid that she will be misled by her cleverness, “It’s useless to climb into someone’s bed for a movie heroine with such a big investment. You should put more effort into acting and figure out the role.” Bar."

"Don't worry, I will be yours alone from now on." Harry misunderstood.

"Hehe, that's not what I meant." Song Ya licked her lips with a smile and hung up the phone.

The next day, he and Song Asheng rushed directly from Silicon Valley to New York, and Hayden and others were already waiting at the headquarters of Sony Columbia Records.

"Basically that's it."

In the big office, Motura sat in the middle of the long desk, Song Ya and Song Asheng, Donovan, Hayden, and Goodman sat on one side, and Mariah Carey and other Sony Columbia participants sat on the opposite side.

In order for Mariah Carey to get the Empire State of Mind, the two sides discussed a compromise plan.

The chorus version of Mariah Carey and Song Ya will only appear in Song Ya's first album and single. It is produced by A+ Records and will not be released in her own album. Her singers are divided into 5% of the single. Five-thousandths of Song Ya's first album, Song Ya's triple identity of songwriter, producer and singer can be divided into about 17%. The two also signed a performance contract specifically for this song. The income from commercial performances and other performances with appearance fees is split in half. As free guests, they can participate in each other's concerts. Of course, there is a limit on the number of times. If the number of times exceeds, the appearance fee will be agreed upon .

Mariah Carey is a new DIVA. This deal is a big advantage for Song Ya. In order to close the deal, he took out the girl solo version. This song Empire State of Mind Part2, which has no rap elements, will be released in Maria Carey debuted as a single at next year's Unplugged concert, before being included on her third album in 1993. Song Ya, as a songwriter and producer, enjoys 15% of the single and 1% of Mariah Carey's album in 1993.

The solo version was delayed until next year because of Song Ya's insistence. He couldn't let the chorus version and Mariah Carey's solo version fight at the same time. Not only would it not do him any good, but it would also be compared by the audience and music critics , this is by no means a good thing, after all, mainstream media and audiences are biased towards white tastes, and most of them don't like rap music.

A document was exchanged for signatures, and then delivered to Motura.

"So be it!"

Motura successfully resolved the domestic violence problem, and Song Ya took the blame for giving up Tang Ni, and signed the contract cheerfully.

"New York~New York~"

Mariah Carey also hummed happily, "GOGOGO! APLUS, let's go to the recording studio!"