hollywood billionaire

Chapter 38
"United Artists Agency said Monday it will receive a cash infusion from two new strategic investors."

"Pavilion Capital, a well-known capital management institution on the west coast, together with its mysterious partner Han Capital, will hold a minority stake in this Beverly Hills performing arts agency."

"Neither the investment size nor the specific equity acquisition share was disclosed-although according to sources, the joint investment of about 2 million US dollars has enabled the two investment institutions to obtain nearly 40% of the shares."

"As part of the deal, key UTA employees, regardless of tenure, will receive dividends, an insider told Billboard."

"UTA, ​​which represents stars such as Kevin Hart, Angelina Jolie, Chelsea Handler and Brian Cranston, will continue to focus on expanding its core business of talent representation."

“United Artists says it has more than doubled in size over the past five years and now has more than 1000 employees.”

"Over the past year, UTA has made a number of acquisitions in the live speaking, electronic music, and esports and gaming businesses. It also took a stake in Industrial Media (formerly Core Media Group), which was relaunched to the market last year "American Idol" talent show."

The English of Han Capital is Han Capitals.

"I want to start my own acting agency, or buy one."

"Let's play a game..."

"If it were you, when you bought the shares of UTA and became a member of the board of directors, which customers would you use this capacity to conduct in-depth cooperation with?"

Han Yi's words were connected with the bulletin board news at this time, forming a seemingly absurd but impeccable conclusion in Zhao Youzhen's mind.

Han Yi is the mysterious partner of Baihui Capital and the founder of Han Capital.

Two investment institutions spent 40 million US dollars to buy a [-]% stake in United Artists Agency, one of the four major performing arts agencies in Hollywood.

How did he lie to me?
No, he doesn't seem to have lied to me.

What he's been saying all along is the truth.

Thinking of this, Zhao Youzhen felt that her mouth and tongue suddenly started to dry up. She didn't care to put away the hair dryer, so she grabbed her mobile phone and ran towards the rest area.

"Johanna, may I ask... where is Mr. Han?"

"Mr. Han is in the study on the second floor. I'll help you right away... Hey, Miss Zhao, wait a minute."

Before Johanna finished speaking, she saw that Zhao Youzhen had stepped up the floating stairs, and in two or three steps, she opened a distance that she couldn't catch up with.

Long legs are good.

The Dutch girl JJ scratched her slightly curly red hair in distress, thinking to herself.

"Is this you?"

As soon as he reached the second floor, Zhao Youzhen found Han Yi who was walking out from the master bedroom. He just drafted a greeting email and sent it to Jim Berkus, Jeremy Zimmer and Peter Bennett Dirk, cc Douglas Le Pen.

The newly appointed governor, ready to inspect his territory.

"Ah, yes." Han Yi glanced at Zhao Youzhen's phone screen, "Han Capital, this is me."

"So the plans you mentioned, buying a performing arts agency, and then expanding some other aspects of the music business through this company. It's not a long-term goal, but something that will be completed soon, right?"

"I never said that this is a long-term goal. Tomorrow is a later day, remember? You said it yourself." Han Yi smiled and blinked, "Copyright distribution companies, record companies, and artist management companies are all established Put it on the agenda."

"Great."

Zhao Youzhen took a deep breath, the strong hope that Han Yi had never seen before shot towards him like a laser light.

"Yi...Mr. Han, if I told you that I know two absolutely outstanding musicians who will 100% become world-shaking superstars in the future, would you be interested in meeting them?"

"It's really you."

Han Yi tilted his head with a playful smile on his lips.

No wonder I can meet you everywhere, but the one who sent me the future superstar is you, Yujin.

"What do you mean?" Zhao Youzhen was a little confused, "I didn't mean myself."

"Yes, I know." Han Yi coughed lightly, "If you guess correctly, you should be more than just an introduction, right?"

"Yes, I hope..." Faced with this rare opportunity to enter the industry he loves, Zhao Youzhen showed a nervous expression, "If you are interested in them, I hope to become their manager... Also, if it goes well, maybe in the future we can also... collaborate on other music sectors."

"Let us first invite them to come here as our guests."

Han Yi smiled noncommittally.It is still unknown whether the candidate brought by Zhao Youzhen can truly become the music superstar in the future world as she said, without a doubt.

In addition, Han Yi is very cautious about the selection of partners.Even if they are friends, even if they are too beautiful to look like humans from this world, business is business, and it is not uncommon for old friends to be stabbed in the back. Unpredictable common phenomenon.

In other words, no matter how good Zhao Youzhen's appearance is, what does it have to do with him?
If you look twice, can you really prolong your life, or do you have other thoughts hidden in your heart, and you have to take the risk of sacrificing your career in order to achieve your ulterior purpose?
Hijacking emotions with career, or promoting career with emotion, no matter which one you choose, Han Yi may be regarded as inferior in these two levels.

Things in the business world can only be seen after the hands.

Thinking of this, Han Yi took a step back imperceptibly, and the smile on his face became even more enthusiastic.

"Also, don't call me Mr. Han, just call me Yi like before... It's best if everything stays the same."

Han Yi thought that he would not show any traces, but Zhao Youzhen still keenly observed the subtle changes in the other party.The girl frowned slightly and pursed her lips, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't speak in the end, but there was a ray of stubbornness and unwillingness in her calm eyes as always.

"Okay, I'll make an appointment with them first."

……

"Yi, we're here."

On March 3th, when Zhao Youzhen knocked on the gate of No. 30 Stella Della Road with two slightly embarrassed children, Han Yi had a trace of concern about whether the term "future superstar" was credible. , disappeared in an instant.

Sure enough, it was the future superstar they sent.

"Billie O'Connor and Phineas O'Connor, right?"

Looking at the siblings who were sitting on the sofa, trying to restrain their gazes, Han Yi had to act like they were meeting for the first time.

But who has experienced 2019, who would not know them?

Billie Eilish and FINNEAS.

Biological siblings, creative geniuses, pop phenomena, global sales champions, and annual Grammy Grand Slams.

However, in March 2016, none of these auras belonged to them.This year, Billy was 3 years old and Phineas was 15 years old. They had never been to school, and they were all educated by their actor parents. plan.

In this life, Billy, Phineas and their parents have only one goal, and that is to turn things around through music and rewrite the dismal ending of the previous generation's shattered Hollywood dreams.

This is an all-or-nothing American fairy tale.

Now, under the recommendation of Zhao Youzhen, Han Yi is going to join in and paint this fairy tale with more vivid colors.

"Yes, sir."

Bi Li nodded, and gave Han Yi a friendly smile. Both of them seemed a bit reserved in this unimaginable mansion, but the younger sister was obviously more cheerful, with the pride of a newborn calf and recklessness.

"What would you like to drink, can you have a Coke?"

"White water is fine, Mr. Han."

"Mom doesn't allow us to drink soda, uh..." At this point, Bi Li stopped talking, looked at Han Yi, and then at Zhao Youzhen, who was by her side, with a worried expression, as if she was afraid that her childish answer that she blurted out would be caught off guard. People take it lightly, "Iced coffee is good if you can."

Iced coffee, this should be enough for grown-ups.

"Coming soon."

After Johanna brought the iced water and iced coffee to the two of them, Han Yi asked.

"How did you know Yuzhen? It seems that you have a very good relationship with her, Bili."

"Yes, she is my lucky star."

Bi Li took Zhao Youzhen's arm and leaned on Zhao Youzhen's shoulder, showing a relaxed and attached smile.

"She was the first person to contact us on SoundCloud. Less than an hour after the first song was released, Yuzhen sent me a private message... What did you say at that time?"

Bi Li raised her face and looked at this big sister whom she trusted so much, as if she was looking forward to hearing that compliment again.

"You and your brother are voices that must be heard by the world."

Zhao Youzhen affectionately touched Bi Li's smudged blond hair, this is a tenderness that is hard for outsiders to see.

"I really am." Bi Li changed into a hugging position, leaning against Zhao Youzhen, so happy that those gray-blue eyes disappeared.

"It's too much, Yujin." Phineas touched the back of his head and smiled shyly.

"No, I think what she said is absolutely right, I can't agree anymore." Han Yi spread his hands and turned towards Zhao Youzhen, "After listening to your first official single, I was completely conquered." .What did I tell you, Yujin?"

"Work with them, or you will regret it for the rest of your life."

"Yes, otherwise I will regret it for the rest of my life." Han Yi nodded in agreement, "We have a built-in Funktion-One sound system in this room, do you want to listen to "Ocean Eyes" here?"

"I think this is a very good space to use your imagination." Han Yi opened his arms, as if to lead the brother and sister to pay attention to this spacious interior space and the magnificent view of Hollywood outside, "Imagine this It's playing on stage at Coachella, and you're the headliner of the day."

Bi Li needs imagination, Han Yi doesn't.

Because he'd actually seen that musical elf bouncing around on the main stage of Coachella.

"I like the description of this scene." Bi Li took out her mobile phone, looked around, and said with a smile, "Where is the Bluetooth connection?"

After connecting to the built-in audio system, Bi Li pressed the play button. Phineas wrote the lyrics, composed the music, acted as the producer and post engineer, and Bi Li sang "Ocean Eyes", gurgling like flowing water.

The chord progression of I - II - iii - V - I is paired with a very simple prelude, the Dark Pad sound made by the ES1 synthesizer, and then stacked with Billy's harmony, creating a quiet and melodious ocean atmosphere.There is nothing special about the production technique, but it is very precise and effective.

"My concern for you,
It's been a while.

oceanic eyes,

I can't help staring at it all the time.

burning sky,

burning city,
The ocean-like eyes hide endless past events. "

The main voice in the first four measures is completely without drum accompaniment, even if the kick drum enters after the 26th second, which is a simple combination of African drums, pads and clapping, leaving enough room for Bi Li’s vocals, and the reverb also It is deliberately enlarged to almost the level of KTV to create an ethereal sense of hearing.

"There's no justice,

Your eyes of the sea.

you know how to make me cry,
All it takes is one lingering of those ocean eyes. "

Even when it comes to the chorus, Phineas does not use more than ten tracks in "Ocean Eyes". It doesn't mean there is any problem with the quality of this song.Contrary to ordinary people's ideas, the most difficult thing to do in music works, especially popular music works that want to be commercialized, is to simplify.There are too many music producers who have mastered the technique, but never captured the core elements of what makes popular music popular.

What core elements?

The theme of a song.

In the music world, this term is called Leitmotif, the leading motive.In the field of classical music, a main motive is usually no more than one or two bars, but it can support the composer to turn the idea into a complete work composed of four movements.The most typical representative is Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.People can enjoy two hours of surging music waves in Carnegie Hall, but when they get up and leave, what they can remember is often the most direct melody at the beginning of the first movement.

Human beings are extremely complex, yet extremely simple.We are composed of countless different possibilities, and it is impossible for any one person to be truly, completely and accurately defined by language.But when we face the world and come into contact with new things, we often like to use short and easy-to-understand labels to help us remember and classify.

Apple is the one that "makes the phone."France is a "romantic country". "Star Wars" tells the story of "a group of people fighting around with lightsabers in space".Historical figures, cutting-edge technology, movies and television, and music works, creations without memory points, are difficult to retain in people's minds for a long time and vividly.

Retaining the audience through the theme melody is true in the classical music world, and even more so in the pop music world.The most extraordinary ability of all music masters throughout the ages is to fuse the magnificent galaxy in their chests into a small light spot, and then integrate it into their works, allowing it to explode into a brand new universe in the eardrums of the audience.

Beethoven, Rossini, Stravinsky, Williams, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Billy Joe, they are all in the same category as Phineas.Of course, this is not to say that Phineas has reached the level of the great predecessors, but that he has found the correct methodology for music creators. What Phineas needs to do now is to let time and patience work for him. He precipitated more outstanding works.

From "Ocean Eyes", to "Bad Guy", to "Let's Fall In Love Tonight" written for himself, his music and production are always like the simplest bronze sword.Not flashy enough, but a knife kills.

As far as this song is concerned, various styles such as alternative pop, alternative R&B, indie electronic and ambient pop are mixed together. Obsession, and the pain of unrequited love.

Although limited by the conditions, the SoundCloud version of this song did not do well in the later stage, but it was released on the Funktion-One sound system, which made people hear it very clearly.The crowded sound placement, and the poor quality of mixing and mastering have all pulled down the score of the song.But even so, it is not difficult for people to hear that it is Phineas' creative talent, coupled with Billie Eilish's X Factor as a superstar, that constitutes a complete Billie Eilish.

"Bravo!"

After the song was played, Han Yi lightly clapped his hands and cheered.Then he leaned forward and gave Bi Li and Phineas a high five.

"Can you tell me more about this song? I'm very interested in it..."

Han Yi glanced at Zhao Youzhen. Although the other party was still sitting there calmly, his hands on his knees had already clenched into fists.

"Maybe Miss Zhao and I can help it reach a higher position."

(End of this chapter)