New York 2006

Chapter 53 Future Records
This week has been really hard. Luo Ji, Blake, Braun and the rest of the team never rested except for a half-day break in Nashville.Starting from Chicago, we passed through Nashville, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and then returned to New York, the largest city in the United States.

The group had a few commercial performances in Nashville before, but no more commercial performances later. They were promoting the single around the clock, just to try to win the next week to see if they could become number one on the Billboard singles chart.

New York is the last stop this week. As the largest city in the United States, the number of listeners of major radio stations here is generally very high, which will have a great impact on the bulletin board.So Luo Ji dedicated two days this week to promote in New York.

Early in the morning, everyone drove into New York in an RV.Luo Ji's first stop back in New York was not to promote or go home to see his grandma and Chucky. Instead, he went straight to Manhattan and to Broadway to see his future record company.

The company was located in a small five-story office building. At the suggestion of Max and Jeff, Luo Ji rented the entire third floor as a record location.This office building is not far from photographer Casey's company, just a few blocks away, both on Broadway. Although the location is relatively remote, the rent is not very expensive.

This makes sense. Logic opened a music company on Broadway, which is enough to scare outsiders.

Walking into the office building and arriving on the third floor, at the entrance of the company, the Future Music signboard has been hung up.Luo Ji nodded, very satisfied. This was the logo he designed himself, with black characters on a white background, extremely simple, Future Music Records.

Luo Ji walked in the front, Max walked in the rear left, Jeff Busker walked in the rear right, and his friend Blake, the publicity manager, and his agent Braun followed behind to visit his company.

As soon as you enter the door, you will see a hall with many desks in it, separated by partitions and divided into workstations.On both sides of the hall, there are seven or eight rooms, which are intended to be used as offices for senior executives. The innermost room is a large room used as a recording studio.

Max introduced: "The hall will be shared by the Finance Department, Administration Department, Copyright Department, and Publicity Department. Considering that our company is a start-up and there is only you as a singer, the main purpose behind is to release your first album as soon as possible. So there shouldn’t be too many employees in the initial stage. These workstations are completely sufficient.”

"Ah."

Luo Ji observed carefully, not a single detail was missed, and he was basically satisfied. It seemed that Max had worked hard and the overall completion was good.Luo Ji looked at the empty workstation and remembered the layout of the Big Machine Records. They were almost the same, except for the lack of office supplies.

"Max, remember to buy a series of office supplies such as copiers, staplers, computers, etc. You can check online and try not to miss anything. Then make a list and give it to me."

"it is good."

Max was taking notes next to him. Luo Ji looked at Max next to him. She was wearing a professional attire, her head held high, and she looked a little more confident.She used to always lower her head when walking, but now her aura is much stronger.

The group continued moving forward.Luo Ji saw a space that was not being used, thought for a moment, pointed there and said.

"This is a tea room where everyone can make coffee and have desserts, and set up one or two tables. We bought a coffee pot and put the water dispenser here."

"it is good."

When they reached a corner and there was a way leading to the back, Max pointed and said.

"Turning out from here is the restroom, and next to the restroom is the washroom. We should just hire a cleaning staff then."

The group visited several independent rooms, where desks, chairs, potted plants and other items had been purchased.The furnishings in these rooms are all the same.Luo Ji came to the office that Max had decorated for himself.I found that his desk and chairs were much better than those in other offices.

This subtle difference made Luo Ji quite useful.Luo Ji suddenly remembered the dual-screen computer on his desk when he died in his previous life, so he pointed at his desk and said.

"Max, remember to get a dual-screen computer for my desk. The kind with two monitors."

After visiting this place, Luo Ji and his team came to the most important production department. Luo Ji's budget was very sufficient. He took one look and knew that Jeff had done a good job.When Luo Ji recorded Viva La Vida in Sony's top-notch recording studio, this was the setup and equipment.

"This is a mixing console, monitoring equipment, sound card, effects device, etc., as well as a computer and software. I have bought them all, so they can be used for post-production at any time. Behind this door is the recording studio, which contains all the necessary equipment for recording various types of music. Microphone. Perfect for any need.”

Luo Ji nodded with great satisfaction. He turned to Max and Jeff and said, "You two have done very well in the past ten days. You won't be able to get away with your bonus this month."

After the group finished their visit, Black and others applauded.Luo Ji looked at his company with a lot of thoughts in his mind. This would be his starting point. Whether his future records would be good or bad would all depend on his own efforts.

"Max, please make arrangements tomorrow night. We will hold an opening party here. Invite friends over to get together."

Parties are very frequent in the United States, but the purpose of parties is mainly for socializing. Luo Ji also conveyed the news of the opening of his company to his relatives and friends.

"I'm here"

Before Max could finish speaking, the head of publicity immediately interrupted: "Tomorrow night is not appropriate. Just now, the largest radio station in New York has agreed to your interview tomorrow night, but they have conditions. They don't know where they got the news from, and they know you Marvin Gaye and Britney have already recorded it, so they want to play your song on the radio tomorrow night."

"What about Viva La Vida? This is the song we charted."

"They also agreed to play it, and they also said that if you agree, your Viva La Vida will be played on the radio for the next few days."

The New York station's audience is so large that one broadcast is worth the number of listeners who play it several times on a dozen stations.Both Luo Ji's songs were played, and Luo Ji's songs would also be played in the next few days. The conditions were very good, and ordinary people didn't get this kind of treatment.

Luo Ji was able to get such good conditions mainly because of Britney's favor.Britney was the most searched celebrity on Google last year in the United States, which shows her popularity.She hasn't released a song in three years. If the scandal hadn't happened, she would probably have reserved this stunt for her own album.

The biggest radio station in New York had to operate well, but Luo Ji also needed to inform Britney. The two had previously agreed verbally that if there were any major issues related to the song, they would inform her.

Luo Ji last contacted Britney a week ago. After he was injured in the shooting, Britney often called him to ask how he was recovering.Luo Ji would occasionally call her.However, after the promotion got busy this week, Luo Ji never called her again. She didn't know what she was busy with, and he never called herself.

"Britney, what are you busy with? I haven't seen you on the news during this time. Look, you stay away from Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton. The paparazzi are much better to you and don't chase you. ”

"It would be nice if the paparazzi could stay away from me." Britney's tone was a little low: "I'm hiding."

"Where are you hiding?" "Hospital, my aunt Sandra has ovarian cancer and is being treated in the hospital. I have been with her during this time. Her body is losing weight day by day at a speed visible to the naked eye. I feel like she is going to It’s almost gone.”

"I'm so sorry. You need to be strong."

Britney on the other end of the phone suddenly started crying: "I'm so scared. The person who loves me most in the world is about to die. I feel so scared. There will never be anyone like her in this world." Love me."

The people who love you most are not your parents, why did you become your aunt?

Although Luo Ji was confused, he was not stupid enough to ask now. He comforted him: "Don't give up, maybe there will be a miracle."

Britney couldn't stop talking. She was in a bad mood right now, and Luo Ji couldn't interrupt her.

On the other end of the phone, she began to talk about what she had encountered recently, saying that her parents didn't care about her at all and only wanted money from her.She said her agent, Larry Rudolph, didn't care at all about the media's intense pursuit of her and didn't do public relations at all.He said that she had spoiled her brothers and sisters, and now she only asked her for money, which showed no respect for her at all.

The publicity manager walked up to Luo Ji and said, "The radio station is still waiting for your reply."

Luo Ji could only interrupt Britney and tell her about the radio station.

"You mean Marvin Gaye will only play on the radio but won't release singles, right?"

"Yes."

"Well, I agree."

Britney still has a kind heart. Playing it in advance may affect future charts.But she agreed.

“When do you think the best time to release a single is?”

Britney said: "It's definitely not possible to release it this month. I have to stay with my aunt and don't have time to promote it. Let's wait until next month. I hope my comeback can be an instant hit."

Luo Ji is not in a hurry. His single Viva La Vida is currently selling well, and continuing to release Marvin Gaye will blur the focus.

"Let's see next month, I'm going to be busy."

"Then go and do your work. I know you are placing orders this week, and I hope my agreement can help you."

"Thank you, Britney."

After hanging up the phone, Luo Ji looked at the person in charge of publicity: "Britney agreed. You go and notify the radio station and we will go there to promote it tomorrow night."

Luo Ji looked at Max again: "The party will be arranged the day after tomorrow."

"it is good."

"Then you go and do what I asked you to do today."

"what."

Max hesitated to speak and looked directly at Luo Ji.

"Do you have anything else to do?"

Max is no longer as free and easy as before, and is a little reserved: "I don't know, how can I tell you?"

Luo Ji could actually understand the reason why Max became cautious. It should be due to the change in status. The two were just friends before, but now they have an additional layer of relationship between boss and employee. Luo Ji tried his best to eliminate this sense of distance.

Luo Ji looked serious, distanced himself, looked at Max warily, and shouted loudly.

"Why are you so reserved after not seeing me for more than ten days? Is this still the Max I know? Are you possessed by an alien? Who are you? Give me my Max back."

"Fuck you, you are possessed by an alien." Max patted Luo Ji's shoulder and returned to his usual carefree attitude: "That's it, I want my friend to come to work in our company, and she is A top student who graduated from Wharton School of Business.”

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is one of the most famous business schools in the world. Those who graduate from it are all rare talents. Luo Ji was interested: "What's her name?"

"Her name is Caroline Channing, and she is Martin Channing's..."

"Stop, stop, stop." When Luo Ji heard this, he immediately interrupted Max: "Is that the Qian Ning in the newspaper?"

"Yes."

Luo Ji couldn't help but frown, this was not easy to handle!
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(End of this chapter)