hollywood billionaire

Chapter 148 Three Gifts

"Fendi..."

Xu Yiru looked down at the black logo.

"What did you bring me from home?"

No. 864, Stella Della Road, even the trash cans belong to Fendi, which Xiaoru knows better than anyone else.

"It's not from home."

Han Yi grinned at her.

"Bought it for you in New York."

"Didn't I tell you that you haven't finished drinking the coolant, really..."

Without the slightest psychological preparation, she touched the dust-proof cloth and the things wrapped inside, which were obviously leather bags, and she unabashedly showed a surprised expression.

"Is it a bag?"

"Could it be that the packaging on the shopping bag is not big enough?"

Han Yi poked his head forward to confirm that the Fendi logo was aimed at Xiaoru, with a strange expression on his face.

"I thought you put Dean & Deluca, just picked a bag at home."

While answering, Xu Yiru picked up the dustproof cloth with his fingertips and glanced inside.

"Pretty pretty!"

Xiao Ru raised her head, showing a lovely and charming bright smile.

Is it really good looking?

In fact, so-so.

Xu Yiru has never been too fond of Fendi, it's not her fault.

"I knew you would like it." Han Yi clapped his hands happily, "I picked this one just for you."

"Specially?" Xiao Ru tilted his head, quite interested in this topic, "Why did you choose this one for me?"

"Because it's called Peekaboo, hahaha, it feels very cute and matches you very well." Han Yi blurted out without thinking, "I originally went to Chanel and Dior stores to show you, but no matter which one feels like you have it , I didn’t buy it. How embarrassing would it be to give you a bag that you had before? Then I went to Fendi across the street to have a look, and found that this one is pretty good, and it feels very similar to my aunt’s Kelly bag ? I don’t know, I’m just guessing…”

It was a little messy, obviously not like a made-up mental journey, so Xu Yiru's standard smile with all eight teeth retreated into a shallow crescent.Xiaoru is such a person whose expression is absolutely inconsistent with her heart. If she smiles brightly, then there must be no waves in her heart.

But if the expression is calm and there is no trace, then there must be a storm brewing in the chest.

For better or worse.

"Is Peekaboo suitable for me?" Xiao Ru, who was squatting on the ground, curled up, put his head on his knees, and stared at the other party, "Why?"

"I don't know why, but I think you should have liked to play with this the most when you were young." Han Yi put his hands in front of his eyes, and then suddenly opened them to the sides. This is a sharp weapon used by adults to amuse babies, "and , When you become a mother, you should also play this with your children every day."

"What did you do?" Xu Yiru pursed her lips tightly, her eyes half closed.

"Mom... No." Han Yi, who was not on the same channel as the other party, stopped his voice vigilantly, "You just want to take advantage of me, right?"

"I don't know who is taking advantage of whom."

Xiaoru groaned twice, stood up, opened Han Yi's backpack, and stuffed the shopping bag inside.

"Put this in...that, I'll take it."

"You can also put it in first." Han Yi pointed to his back, "I have a bag on my back and a bag in my hand. It's a bit too exaggerated."

"Leave me alone."

Xu Yiru wrapped his hands around Han Yi's arms again, left the little squirrel who was still in a daze, and dragged him forward.

"By the way, do you know..."

"For the first show of this tour, besides Billy and I, Nick and Demi also invited Rich Homie Quan and Migos to help them open!"

Madison Beal wiped the sweat from her brow with a towel as every muscle in her body screamed after two hours of dance practice.

Of course, every single brain cell in her was screaming too, just for a completely different reason.

Her boss, her crush, one of her three Whatsapp tops, came to see her rehearse today.

Therefore, even if he wants to throw himself into the bathtub for an hour or so, Madison must cherish this hard-won opportunity of face-to-face communication and find more topics with Han Yi.

Most importantly, Bi Li went to Riverside to shoot the MV for "Bellyache" today.

Nobody bothered them.

"I knew Migos was going, but I didn't expect Rich Homie Quan." Han Yi handed her a bottle of iced Poland Spring.Madison’s habit of drinking water, which she developed since she was a child, can’t be changed. Every day, she brings four green plastic bottles to the dance studio and puts them in the small refrigerator.

"Are they playing in front of you, or behind you?"

"Behind." Madison hung the towel around his neck, put one hand on his hips, and smiled nonchalantly, "Anyway, their music style is indeed...more motivating to the audience than ours, and that's nothing."

"I like this idea." Han Yi nodded with satisfaction, and encouraged, "The most important thing this time is to accumulate experience and prepare for my future concert tour. Performing for half an hour in a stadium full of seats is better than anyone else. Rehearsals are more effective."

"Hmm..."

Hearing Han Yi's words, Madison wrinkled his nose and hesitated to speak.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, it's just..." Madison looked at him hesitantly, "I don't want to appear gossip or mean."

It would be bad if Han Yi thought he was someone who liked to talk sarcastic everywhere.

"I know what kind of person you are, McGrady." Han Yi comforted softly, "Just say what you want, you will always be safe with me."

"Ok."

Madison breathed a sigh of relief, got closer to Han Yi, lowered his voice, and whispered.

"I wouldn't say 'full house' to describe this tour."

"The box office is bad?" Han Yi raised his eyebrows and asked.It's not his own tour, he doesn't care about sales at all.

"The official announcement is that Atlanta's tickets are sold out, but in fact only 7000 tickets have been sold...Karen told me." Madison raised his index finger and drew a circle in mid-air, "The whole The second floor of the Phillips Stadium will be sealed at that time, and judging from the capacity of 18000 people, it is less than half."

"So bad?" Han Yi's tone was a little surprised. For him who was born in 1994 and his adolescence happened to be the heyday of the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato The combination should not lead to such bleak sales, "Then why did they choose such a stadium with a scale of [-] people? Can they make money?"

"Who knows, maybe Live Nation is too optimistic...or maybe they have long-term cooperation agreements with these venues. Even if they sell only half of the price, they can still pay back." Madison shrugged and gave an unsatisfactory answer. Too accurate answer.At this stage, it is still difficult for McGrady to get in touch with the inside story of the concert industry.

"That's true." Han Yi, who had studied this major for four years, made a quick calculation in his mind, and nodded in agreement.

Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato should be regarded as the last batch of famous artists who can perform in the stadium.According to industry practice, if two people tour alone, they can each get a minimum guarantee of about [-] US dollars.However, since it is a joint tour, the two should take a step back. The minimum guarantee for each person should be around [-] to [-] US dollars per show, Demi Lovato is a little higher, and Nick Jonas is a little lower .

In addition, because their popularity is declining year by year, they and the performers cannot get a 85% share, which is at most 15%:85%, that is, the artist gets 15% of the net profit, and the performer gets [-]%.

Yes, this is the reality of the European and American music industry.Don't think that the share of the show organizers is so high, even if it is Live Nation and AEG Live, the proportion that can be shared is very small.

Of course, the organizers also have other ways to make money.After all, for this tour, the sponsorship of Honda Civic helped Live Nation bear half of the production cost, including venue rental, tour team, equipment rental, security, insurance, stage design and construction team, ground transportation, public performance permission, meals and all medical expenses.

More importantly, generally speaking, the publicity fee for the tour is divided according to the share ratio.In other words, Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato need to bear 85%, while Live Nation only needs to bear 15%.The reason why artists have no objection to this division method is because it usually seems that advertisements for tours can also greatly improve the performance of artists in other aspects, such as streaming media playback and radio broadcasting.Therefore, the artist management team has the right to think that the money is used to play songs.

This gives the organizers the opportunity to use gray means to obtain income. Large performance companies such as Live Nation and AEG Live have affiliated advertising agencies, and they will directly add 15% to the publicity fee as a service fee.In this way, the final net profit that needs to be divided into artists is reduced. It seems that the organizer can only share 15% of the final income, but in fact it will be more than this.

It seems fair, but unspoken rules that are beneficial to big capitalists are everywhere—more accurately, these unspoken rules have become an unshakable cornerstone of operation during the development of the industry for dozens or hundreds of years.

"7000 tickets, 40 US dollars, the artist's minimum guarantee is 15 US dollars, and the production fee... also calculated at 15 US dollars, plus other miscellaneous fees and publicity costs may be 20 US dollars. In the end, the artist can get another 2 million, and Live Nation made a net profit of 3."

The numbers used for calculation are simple and rough, but the actual situation should not be much worse.

"Even if you include the sponsorship fee of the Honda Civic, the earning is too little."

"Yeah, and for the next few games, except for Brooklyn, which is a little better, it seems that the pre-sale situation for other shows is not good... Ah, let's sit down and talk, my legs are so sore."

Madison sat down leaning on the railing of the dance studio, leaning against the floor-to-ceiling mirror.

"With this sales situation, it will be a little difficult for Demi and Nick to go on tour again."

Han Yi patted his trouser legs, sat next to Madison, and said.The subsequent development trajectory of these two artists was indeed as Han Yi said. Demi Lovato later signed Scooter Braun, which was a little better. In North America, there were only 2018 performances in stadiums with 20 people, and we only chose big cities to go, and reduced the number of performances in exchange for a good single-session ticket sales rate.

As for Nick Jonas, since this tour, the next time I see him live in concert, he will be the opening guest of Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour.

And it was only two shows in Mexico City and Guadalajara.

"However, these have nothing to do with us. You just need to do a good job in this part of yourself. The performance fee is fixed, and Live Nation is responsible for transportation, board and lodging. No matter how many people come to the scene, it doesn't matter if it's 7000 or 700. Just turn them all into your fans."

"Be so trustworthy in me...Okay, goodbye, Paris, thank you very much today!" Halfway through speaking, Madison stood up, trotted to choreographer Paris Goebel, and gave him a warm hug .Paris is currently one of the most famous choreographers in the music industry and a longtime collaborator of Madison Beal.Rihanna, Jennifer - Lopez and Justin - Bieber all regularly cooperate with her, the song "What Do You Mean?" "All the dance moves were designed by Paris alone.

After whispering a few intimate words with Paris, and watching him leave the dance studio, Madison sat back down again.

"She's the best." Madison pointed to the closed door, "I like the choreography for "Cold Water" and "No Promises" this time, and it's not that difficult, even I can learn it. "

"What do you mean even you can learn?"

"Paris said I danced like a drunk duckling crossing the road at five o'clock in the morning."

"Small... okay." Han Yi couldn't help laughing, "Another three hundred dollars wasted today."

"Even if it's wasted, I pay for it myself." Madison poked his chest and coughed twice proudly.After Han Music's advance payment arrives, she needs to pay for the rest of the album production cost, MV shooting cost, including the choreographer's guidance.

"Have a cold?" Hearing the exhaustion and hoarseness in McGrady's voice, Han Yi looked him up and down.Caucasian girls living in Los Angeles always dress like this whether they are dancing or working out, or even going to school or shopping in the supermarket.Black sports bra, black yoga pants, plus a pair of gray A Bathing Ape.

"Yeah." Madison raised his head and looked at Han Yi with a smile, "It's been two or three days."

"Put this on." Han Yi took off the Tom Ford prepared for the office and put it on Madison, "Don't wait for it to dry after exercising... go take a shower first, I'll wait for you here."

"Thank you, but it's okay, it's not because of this." Madison tucked his hands into the cuffs of his suit generously, pretending to cover his mouth, and quietly sniffed.

"I'm basically... sick all the time. It's not easy to meet me when I'm not sick. So I always carry..." Madison leaned to the left and put his hand not far away The bag came over, and took out two boxes of medicine, "Advil and Mucinex, you can leave everything in the bag, but you can't live without them...and this, the respirator."

Madison waved her gray-blue respirator in front of Han Yi.

"No. 30 times to prove to you that I do get sick often."

"Why is this?" Han Yi frowned and asked.

"Because I often fly around, especially the section from Los Angeles to New York, I fly the most, and I suffer from jet lag at any time. And I am not the kind of person who pays special attention to my body, and I don't take vitamin C every day. What I eat is not healthy, It’s instant sushi, pizza, and cheeseburgers from convenience stores…”

"And bacon dipped in syrup."

"Bacon dipped in syrup, that's right." Madison showed a helpless smile, "If you eat it once in front of you, this matter will never go away, right?"

"Yes, because I'm pretty sure the source of the disease is here."

Having said that, Han Yi spread his hands.

"In order to prevent you from getting sick and losing your voice in your future solo concerts, it seems that I have to take good care of your eating habits."

"That's so bossy." Madison put his hands on his face and pretended to protest with a smile.

"I am the boss." These words hit Han Yi's heart, "It is my responsibility to take good care of you."

"Let me see, give me money, and take care of me..." Madison counted on his fingers, "What a treasure."

"It's not enough." Han Yi dragged the Celine shopping bag on the right, "There are still gifts to take."

"Is this for me?" Madison's eyes widened. "I thought you took it out from the dry cleaner and didn't have time to put it home."

"No, I bought you a gift."

Han Yi put the bag between him and Madison, carefully hiding the expectation in his eyes.

Xiaoru's $4350, and Youzhen's $5100 in exchange for ten times the reward.

How much can Madison give him with $3650?

"This bag is very similar to yours."

While Madison was unpacking the box, Han Yi explained to her his motivation for buying.

"Look at this smiling face, don't you think..."

"OH—MY—GOD!"

Before Han Yi could speak, Madison screamed.

"What's wrong?" Han Yi was at a loss.

"Did you know..." Madison took out the smiley face bag and held it in the palm of his hand, "My grandma, Marianne, gave me the first bag, this is it! I still carry it now! The exact same color scheme !"

"Oh." Han Yi rubbed the back of his head and smiled awkwardly, "Sorry, I'm not sure."

"Why an apology? I mean..."

Madison uttered another bird-like cry, hooked Han Yi's neck, and slapped him hard on the face.

"This is great too!"

Of course, Mai Di knew that Han Yi didn't know that grandma had given her the same bag.

But wouldn't it be more wonderful like this?

This proves that without painstaking research and deliberate probing, he can hit the bull's-eye just by intuition.

For a Pisces girl, what could be more romantic than this?
Thinking of this, Madison left two lip marks on Han Yi's face and hugged him tightly.

"Hey, McGrady, this..." Han Yi propped his hands on the floor to keep himself from being directly thrown to the ground by Madison.

"I know I know."

Madison giggled in Han Yi's ear.

"But first of all, there's no one in the room, we're absolutely safe."

Madison moved his head back a few inches, with his hands still wrapped around Han Yi's neck, and said seriously.

"Second, it's just a kiss on the cheek, which can only be regarded as a friendship kiss at best."

Having said that, Madison blinked, leaned forward again, and found the position where her lips most wanted to go.

"look……"

After a while, Madison licked the corner of his mouth, showing a playful smile like the Celine bag beside him.

"This is something else."

(End of this chapter)