hollywood billionaire

Chapter 77 Madison's Musical Career
"Complicated and beautiful."

Han Yi put a piece of French fries in his mouth, felt the oily pleasure brought by the collision of deep-fried potato pieces and rough sea salt, and repeated Madison Bill's words in a low voice.

"It's the same with everything in this world."

"Yes, everything in this world." Madison tilted her head slightly, she liked Han Yi's perspective on the problem very much.

"Like this fries."

Han Yi held up another golden french fries that were still steaming.

"It's delicious, but it will make me put on two pounds. It's complex and beautiful at the same time."

"Therefore, please join us..."

Having said that, Han Yi used a fork to distribute a French fries to the three girls' dinner plates.

"Experience the duality."

Why do you want to do this?
First of all, Han Yi, who has some knowledge of Madison Beal's past, knows that her life story is not all smooth sailing, whether in Jericho or Los Angeles.Heart-to-heart words will inevitably touch some obscure memories and low emotions.Han Yi hopes to use this amusing way to pull up the atmosphere on the table first, so that Madison can also be fully prepared.

If he didn't want to sign her, Han Yi could skip Madison Bill's childhood, upbringing experience, and career without mentioning it. Everyone can talk about food, gossip, and TV dramas, and have a good night.But since she has the idea of ​​becoming her manager, quickly getting closer on an emotional level will definitely be helpful for the subsequent negotiations.

Han Yi can keenly feel that Madison is a person whose perceptual cognition is far greater than rational thinking.In fact, almost all Pisces girls are like this. Whether it is love or career, if you want to really enter her world, you have to accompany her to search for memories or imagine wildly.

Every moment, the Pisces girl's mind is full of complex and intense TV series.Bringing her mental stimulation and making her remember you on a sensual level creates the possibility of developing a deeper relationship in real life.

Why does Han Yi know all this about Pisces?
Let's put it this way... his first crush doesn't belong to anyone at this table.

Of course, taking care of Madison's emotions through witty jokes was not the most important reason for Han Yi to share meals with the three of them, it only accounted for half of it at best.

The most important reason is...Han Yi could clearly observe from the corner of his eye that Zhao Youzhen had been staring at his plate for a long time.

The mouthwatering kind.

Therefore, Han Yi chose to use this method to implicitly provide Korean girls with the opportunity to taste delicious food.

If it was only given to her alone, Yuzhen would not eat it in front of Xiaoru even if she was killed.

You see, even now, Zhao Youzhen is pretending to carelessly insert the French fries, subtly biting off the sharp corner of one end of the French fries, chewing slowly like a lady.

Only Han Yi, who was sitting in the same row with her, could see that Yuzhen's legs were close together and his muscles were tensed. Using this method similar to exercise, he restrained his desire to sway his upper body.

Since Xu Yiru walked into No. 864 Stella Della Road this morning, Zhao Youzhen hadn't really eaten anything.

Six and a half hours of travel, [-] miles.

It's really hard for her to eat five meals a day in front of Han Yi.

After taking a few bites, Youzhen noticed Han Yi's sneaky gaze, and looked to the left, and he could see Han Yi struggling to suppress his smile.

Zhao Youzhen quickly put the remaining French fries into her mouth to destroy the evidence, turned her head to the wall hastily, and tried her best to hide her blushing face.

He was not idle under the dining table, and lightly kicked Han Yi's calf as a threat.

Han Yi grinned in pain, and then found that the small movements between the two had attracted Xu Yiru's attention.Xiaoru's eyes stared like copper bells, and the black cat searched for clues of something wrong like a sheriff.

"So, Madison... your Jericho, where is the complex and the wonderful?"

Han Yi brought the topic back on track to avoid complications.

"The complication is that my parents divorced shortly after my younger brother was born."

Madison Bill played with the french fries handed over by Han Yi like eating jigsaw candies, falling into the mood of memories.

"Dad remarried soon after, and I had to go back and forth between the two households every week starting at four years old, and then I had to bring Rhett with me ... I don't think that's a thing for any little girl. Easy thing, right? At the age of watching "Cinderella", you have to accept the cruel reality that love cannot last forever."

"I'm sorry to hear this, McGrady." Xu Yiru touched Madison's shoulder and said softly. She suffered a family accident at the age of 20, and it is hard for her to imagine what it must be like to experience all this since she was four years old.

"It's okay, Grace." Madison smiled openly and patted the back of Xiaoru's hand, "As Yi said, complexity and beauty coexist. Although their marriage is not considered happy, it is also It gave me the opportunity to spend a lot of time with my mother...After the divorce, she didn't choose to find another partner, but put her heart and soul on me and Rhett, especially me."

"I like singing and acting, and my mother took me to various competitions. I wanted to study at home, so she hired a tutor for me. I wanted to experience school life, and she immediately sent me to Jericho Middle School ...when I wanted to post a cover video on YouTube, guess who was the one who supported me the most?"

"Of course it's mom." Xu Yiru felt the same about the close relationship between Madison Bill and her mother like best friends.

"And this is the starting point of your music career." Han Yi listened earnestly and comfortably. A girl who is attached and grateful to her family will not have a bad personality.

"Yes, you should all know the next story." Madison Bill spread his hands and smiled sweetly, "May 2012, 5, I will always remember this day, when I uploaded a cover of Etta The Jones "At Last" video...two months later, Mr. Bieber retweeted the video link."

"'Whoa, she's only 13! She can sing and do a great job'."

Han Yi recounted Justin Bieber's tweet verbatim. Before this meeting, he did a lot of homework.

"It seems that someone is my fan." Madison raised eyebrows and teased with a smile.

"It's always been." Han Yi rolled his eyes, as if recalling, "For me, my favorite is still your first video..."

"Bruno Mars Mashup." Han Yi and Madison completed the sentence in unison.

"Oh - my - gawd, this is so embarrassing." Perhaps because she has lived in Los Angeles for too long, Madison-Bill's accent already has the demeanor of a valley girl. She frowned slightly and pursed her lips, "At that time I Only 12 years old!"

"Yeah, if I remember correctly, you are still reading the lyrics with your mobile phone."

"Oh my god, don't talk about it!" Madison Bill put his hands on his forehead and lowered his head in embarrassment, "The sound of that video was not corrected, and many places were out of tune... At that time, I didn't even have the most basic singing skills. I don't understand."

"But that's where it's most valuable, raw, untapped talent."

Han Yi looked at Zhao Youzhen, then at Xu Yiru, showing a warm smile full of encouragement.

"I think we can all agree that these videos do a great job of showing people the fact that you were born to be a singer."

"Thank you for your compliment, Yi." Mentioning this topic, Madison Bill's mood dropped rapidly in a way that perhaps she herself could hardly detect.Her right hand was on the side of the dinner plate, and the half-warm French fries were pinched into shapeless pieces by her at some point, "But Mr. Braun and Kojima Records obviously don't think so."

"I don't know if this will seem presumptuous, but I've always wanted to ask..." Hearing the topic he cared about, Han Yi leaned forward slightly, and asked softly in the most caring and considerate tone, "What's the difference between you?" What the hell happened? I mean, I wouldn’t be willing to give up a rough diamond like yours, either as a manager or as a record executive.”

"Mr. Braun is very nice, and so are the people in the record company. They all care about me very much." Obviously, Madison Bill is unwilling to say anything bad about her old club in front of others. This is her upbringing and etiquette. With professional conduct, "we have some creative differences, though...so to speak."

"The creative disagreement is that Scooter Braun and Island Records A&R want you to be the next Ariana Grande."

"Has he always been like this?" Hearing Han Yi's words, Madison covered his mouth a little, deliberately exaggerating, and asked Zhao Youzhen with a chuckle.Han Yi's analysis hit the nail on the head, leaving her no room for maneuver.

"He is like this." Zhao Youzhen gave an assist, "For those who deserve it, Yi will always remain honest."

"I like honesty... This is what is most lacking in this industry." Madison raised his head and exhaled silently, "Yes, you are right, Yi. Arianna and I were released almost at the same time." It took less than a year for Mr. Lawn to sign. There was almost no difference in the route he planned for us. One was signed to Island Records, and the other was signed to Republic Records. Card."

"The music styles of the first album we are preparing for are all popular dance music and modern R&B in line with the taste of the market...We even have the same channels for receiving songs."

"And you don't like that." Yi Han guided Madison Beal's narration in the manner of a late-night talk show host, like Stephen Colbert and Conan O'Brien.Of course, the words and direction of the former are much more straightforward.

"Of course I liked it at first, I mean, within a few weeks, I had over a million followers each on YouTube, Instagram and Twitter. Mr. Bieber himself was on the bottom of my first single In the video, it takes 100 seconds to introduce me... At Jericho, I was the only thing everyone was talking about that fall."

"'Look, that girl is the lucky one chosen by Justin Bieber'." Even now, Madison's mouth can't help but evoke a dream come true smile, "This feeling, really So addictive."

"I can imagine." Han Yi nodded slightly.The magic of the pop music industry is naturally more than just money.In fact, for a little princess like Madison Bill who was born in a wealthy family on Long Island and rarely went to the city center since she was a child, a good income is important, but it is not what she cares about the most.

Between fame and fortune, why fame comes first is because it can bring people the ultimate satisfaction in a short period of time, like a tsunami, which is incomparable to anything.

Many of America's teenage stars end up on drugs, largely not because of their sinister nature.

These yesterday's flowers that slipped from the peak need the peak pleasure of chemical stimulation to forget another addictive experience that is more inescapable.

Become famous overnight.

Ordinary singers are already ecstatic when a single hits the Billboard chart.As for Madison Beal, as soon as he debuted, he was escorted by the world's most concerned new generation superstar.How much stronger will the media spotlight she is bathed in, the public popularity she has gained, and the resulting sense of accomplishment be stronger than ordinary people?
"Isn't it good?" Thinking of this, Han Yi asked back, "Become Bieber's most promising disciple, and become Scooter Braun's next proud work."

"Yeah, isn't it good?" Madison Bill's left hand was in the shape of a pistol, pressing against his temple, with a bitter smile, "Maybe this is my distortion, I have the best, but always want to Ask for more."

"That's not what I mean." Han Yi shook his head, "I mean, in your heart, there is always something that can overcome the thrill of going on like this and becoming the next pop superstar."

"Have you heard the song I posted?" Madison Bill did not answer the question directly, but took back the initiative and asked the question himself.

"I heard."

"What evaluation?"

"which aspect?"

"The song itself."

"Youzhen, what do you think?" Han Yi didn't rush to answer by himself, but turned to look at the partner beside him.

"60 points." Zhao Youzhen replied very bluntly, without even a moment of hesitation, "It's not about your singing skills, but about composition, lyrics and arrangement."

"That's my opinion too." Han Yi pointed to Zhao Youzhen, nodded in response, "They are...pop songs that any Disney child star would recite in his dreams."

"Yes, that's my problem."

"Look...I'm not a Disney child star."

Madison Beal sighed more than any other day.

"Arianna is from Nickelodeon, and she has long been used to this kind of work method where all directions are controlled by someone. To Braun... oh, no, wait, I didn't mean that, what I want to say is... "

"It's okay, Madison, we all know what you want to say." Han Yi spoke out to soothe the pop singer in front of him who had obviously received too much training in media interviews and whose conversational defense mechanism had penetrated into his bone marrow.

"We are a safe enough space here." Han Yi took out his mobile phone and put it on the table, "There is no recorder, and there is no TMZ... For just one night, you can say whatever you want."

"I just want to say that I have my own ideas about music." Madison opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't find a more suitable alternative vocabulary, "This industry has memories, especially in this era... Although the Internet is popular every hour The labels are changing, but what you do will remain forever. I can see it, you can see it, and everyone can see it.”

"If everyone sees me who can only sing bubblegum pop... then no matter how much money I can make and how famous I can be, that's not the future I want."

"Scout is a very strong person." Han Yi thought for a while before continuing, "He probably won't be happy with your maverick attitude."

"It has nothing to do with being happy, it's more about... ignoring."

Madison Beal always had an indescribably attractive husky when she lowered her voice.

"They just sent me the song and asked me to learn it within the specified time. I still remember the words Mr. Braun said to me..."

"'Look, honey, you don't have the authority to decide whether to release this song'."

Hearing Madison's retelling, Han Yi did not show any disgust towards Scooter Braun.In fact, he didn't want the artist in front of him who he wanted to sign to manage to get any hints about it.

The manager should not be the artist's echo.Quite the contrary, the manager is the creative mastermind of a team, the real driving force behind the control of an acting career.The authorities are obsessed but the bystanders are clear, this sentence has been repeated time and time again in the entertainment industry.

Most of the time, artists don't know where their truest strengths and weaknesses are.As the closest partner, the manager standing in the audience is the one who has the most say.

Therefore, in the dispute between Madison Beer and Scooter Braun, it is impossible to talk about who is good and who is bad, who is right and who is wrong. Top traffic all over the world.

The reason why the cooperative relationship fell apart was because Scooter Braun believed that he had rich experience, so he was extremely strong in communicating with artists, while Madison Beal, who was stubborn by nature, insisted on his own music philosophy. That's all.

If one had to decide who was superior, from an objective and fair point of view, Han Yi thought that Madison was the one who needed more reflection.

After all, the other party is a benefactor who brought you from the small town of Long Island to the World Entertainment Center, praised you with the most famous artists under his banner, and matched you with top resources.No matter how big the differences in line are, this premise should be considered first.

This may be the difference between an artist and a man behind the scenes. When the latter makes unremitting efforts for a foreseeable bright future, what the former may see is the illusory artistic ideal, and even more short-sighted people can only see others. Provided, a higher signing bonus.

Of course, Han Yi didn't think that Scooter's approach was completely correct. Facts have proved that Madison Bill is indeed not suitable for general pop songs.Many superstars can interpret pop electronics in their own way, such as Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande.

But Madison Bill obviously does not belong to this category. From personal temperament, fashion style to voice condition, she has a more suitable route to take.

From different angles, the answers obtained are also different.

This is true of everything in the world.So Han Yi didn't need to distinguish right from wrong between the two, just stick to what he thought was right.

"How do you resist this attitude?"

Thinking of this, Han Yi continued the topic just now.

"Me?" Madison Bill made a peace gesture. "I'm my own mahatma."

"Nonviolent non-cooperation until they decide to break off, eh?"

"I'd love to say I terminated them...but yes, that's what happened."

Madison couldn't help laughing, as if mocking her own naivety.

"I thought if I was tough enough, they would see."

"Unexpectedly, I still didn't appear in their field of vision... they just took me as a stumbling block and stepped over directly."

"So now, your mother is your manager?"

He didn't choose to unravel Madison, and this is not something that can be done in a short time. Now Han Yi has more urgent tasks to complete.

"Hmm." Madison took a sip of the orange juice whose ice had almost melted, "She's the only one who hasn't abandoned me yet."

"Then it's even more necessary for us to meet her, isn't it?"

"Meet her...?"

Madison Bill asked back in surprise.Professional managers usually dislike the interference and intervention of family members in the artist's career.At least that's the case with Scooter Braun, who never spoke a word to Tracy Beal except on signing day.

"Yes."

Facing Madison Bill's hazel eyes that suddenly widened, Han Yi said firmly.

"In any case, she should be the most important part of your future plans."

"Yes... that's true."

After the initial surprise, Madison relaxed his shoulders and flashed a dazzling smile at Han Yi.

"If there is time, we can go to Jericho tomorrow, and I will take you to meet the family members who are the most important to me."

"I'm sure mom, brother and grandma... oh, Rhett's still in school. But mom and grandma will love you."

(End of this chapter)