hollywood billionaire

Chapter 353 Loneliness and Gathering

"I?"

Han Yi pointed at himself, his expression stagnant.

"I don't know where she is."

"I know you don't know." Zhao Youzhen glanced at Han Yi strangely, thinking that there might be some language misunderstanding, so he switched back to Chinese very considerately, "I mean, let you contact her."

"Row."

Han Yi took out his phone, unlocked the screen, switched to the address book interface, swiped twice in a serious manner, pressed a finger on the screen, and then quickly put the phone against his cheek to prevent Zhao Youzhen from seeing the clues.

"Didn't you go to pick her up from the stage before?" In order to divert Zhao Youzhen's attention, Han Yi pretended to wait for the call to be connected while chatting with the Korean girl, "Didn't you follow her to the lounge?"

"No, she said she would be back soon and asked me to wait for her here."

"Oh." Han Yi nodded, counted another two seconds in his mind, then curled his lips, shook his phone at Zhao Youzhen quickly, and put it back in his pocket, "Didn't answer it."

"It will take some time for me to digest and adjust...but don't worry, I promise this will not affect our professional relationship. I like everything that is happening at work now, and I cherish it all...I am not a A motivated person."

"Similarly, I'm not worthy either." She put the notebook on the tea table, took a deep breath, then looked up at Han Yi, and smiled as sweetly as if nothing had happened, "I can't accept this. It's a gift. What you want to do with it is up to you. Whether you keep it for yourself or give it to others, you decide, but it will no longer have anything to do with me."

How could Han Yi not know where Madison was?

If there is only one person in the world who knows Madison Beal's whereabouts at this moment, it must be him who broke Tracy McGrady's heart bit by bit with the truth like a heavy hammer in the lounge.

"Well, I guess the water in the bath is relatively hot. Once the body's metabolic rate increases, people will feel sleepy." Taking advantage of his native language, Han Yi talked nonsense seriously, leaving Youzhen to stay there with questions on his head, thinking. There is absolutely no logical connection in this sentence. As for himself, he quietly slipped aside and seemed to be enjoying the performance on the stage with great concentration.

Trap niggas on the map, trap niggas like to dab…”

"I get it...Yi, 'you're not worth it'."

"Thank you... By the way, please tell Yuzhen, wait a minute... I won't go to the scene. I will clean up and then go back to the hotel directly. The performance is too tiring, I want to sleep first, and then Make plans.”

Tracy McGrady and Barbara are not here. Xiaoru bravely carries the banner and helps Han Music improve his impression points in front of Miley Cyrus. Now Han Yi can finally enjoy a rare moment of tranquility. It’s time to take a closer look at the three-day paradise he spent tens of millions of dollars building.

"You don't have to persuade me, and you don't have to... show me your soothing superpower anymore, I've seen enough. Haha, it's just a joke, I won't have a problem, don't worry."

"Maddie..."

"Look at my dab, everybody sayin' dab,

This was Madison's response to Han Yi, who was curled up in a corner of the sofa holding a yellow notebook and had been silent for nearly half an hour.

"……it is good."

"No problem, I'll leave now."

"It's okay, you don't care." Han Yi stretched out his hand to signal Zhao Youzhen to calm down, "I'll contact the security and backstage and ask them to help look for it... Don't worry, Youzhen, McGrady is a... big kid. , it’ll be okay.”

"If you don't mind, Yi, can you please... go out for a moment? I really need to take a shower. The sweat has evaporated and I'm feeling cold."

"Is nothing going to happen?" Zhao Youzhen pursed his lips tightly, unable to suppress the worry in his expression, "Then I'll go first..."

"Maddie replied to me. She is at Wynn, a little tired, and wants to take a nap first."

"A bit tired?" Zhao Youzhen was a little confused. Madison Bill, who she greeted from the stage, was clearly in high spirits and seemed to have endless energy. She felt that it would be no problem to perform for another two hours.

Han Yi pretended to glance at the text message interface and said to Zhao Youzhen.

“Bitch dab, bitch dab,

Bitch dab, bitch dab,

Dab, dab, dab, dab, dab, dab…”

At this moment, the entire audience was dancing a dance called "dabbing" to Quavo's repetitive brainwashing lyrics. It's said to be a dance, but it's actually just one movement - bend your elbow and raise it diagonally, lean your head toward your elbow, and lift your other hand parallel to it and extend it diagonally. This is an expressive sneeze gesture originating from the Atlanta hip-hop community. It is intended to use this provocative action to express a strong attitude and dominant position in front of the enemy.

It is impossible to know exactly who created the dance dabbing. After all, most black cultures have not been able to form credible written records. But the first rapper to do this move in front of the camera was Skippa da Flippa, and it was Migos who brought this move from niche culture to the mainstream and made the whole world dance the same dance.

In mid-2015, Dabbing began to quickly become popular on the Internet. On October 10, Migos took advantage of the craze and released the song "Look At My Dab", which became the inevitable theme song of this cultural trend. From Vine to Instagram to YouTube, everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, CBS late-night talk show host James Corden, Formula One Grand Prix driver Lewis Hamilton, and even the Democratic candidates in this election have all relayed their ideas. The dabbing dance made it the hottest and most common gesture worldwide in the mid-30s.

Han Yi, who has been reborn since 2023, looks at all this with a joking eye. Just like Chinese netizens in 2023 can't help but shudder and get goosebumps all over their bodies when they hear the hot words on the Internet in 2016, such as "blue thin mushrooms", Han Yi in 2023 sees dabbing in 2016 , and there is also one who, although he did not dance along, is still embarrassed and wants to dig out a Beverly Hills mansion with his toes on the ground.

Popular trends are like this. People can enjoy them at the time, but whether they can withstand the test of time depends on the artistic content of the trend itself.

Dabbing is obviously a trend that has little value, but this does not prevent Migos and their new owner Jiahan Music from making a lot of money from it. With a single performance fee of US$75000, under the overall control of Renyu Management Manager Zhao, UTA's agents have confirmed nearly a hundred performances for Migos in the end of 2016 and the first half of 2017 - yes, nearly performances. Hundreds of games. Han Yi tried his best to stop this, asking Zhao Youzhen to strictly control the quality of the performance and the qualifications of the organizer, and not to sell too many shows at this price.

Because, as mentioned repeatedly before, Migos has a very strong desire to make money, and so do UTA's agents. After all, no one except Han Yi knows how long the Migos craze can last.

Only Han Yi understood that what they saw now was just the tip of the iceberg of the commercial value of these three brothers.

The revenue generated by "Look At My Dab" is less than one-tenth of that of "Bad and Boujee".

However, at least during the Halloween period of 2016, "Look At My Dab" is still Migos's best-selling album, and it is also the guarantee of their live performances.

No matter the region or the occasion, as long as this song is played, most of the audience who already know who they are will fall into the so-called Divine Comedy craze, and a small number of outsiders who are not aware of it will also show expressions of sudden realization. The same situation is also reflected in another Han music artist who succeeded him. That is Marshmello, who created a marshmallow whirlwind in the electronic music circle with his song "Alone".

"I'm so alone,

Nothing feels like home.

I'm so alone,

Trying to find my way back home to you…”

This Future Bass single with a strong personal style has nothing to do with Han Music in a strict sense, because it had been released by the Canadian electronic music label Monstercat long before Marshmello signed with Han Music, but Han Yi and his Each subsidiary company is definitely the party that has benefited the most after "Alone" became popular, apart from Marshmello himself.

The catchy melody, strongly resonant lyrics, and memorable timbre, coupled with the creative music video that has skyrocketed in YouTube views, have made him wearing a white hood a new favorite among electronic music fans. It has also become a popular guest that every party organizer around the world wants to invite.

With the support of UTA's powerful brokerage network, Marshmello's performance prices have continuously jumped, from the initial cap of US$12000 to the current starting price of US$75000, and his status has also increased at a speed that ordinary artists cannot imagine. After the Mad City Music Festival, Marshmello will fly to Santiago—the Santiago in South America—to perform at Creamfields Chile. At that electronic music festival, he will not only be on the main stage, but also perform in the bottom three positions ahead of famous producers such as Don Diablo and KSHMR who have been famous for a long time.

It is no exaggeration to call him the hottest new electronic music star in 2016.

Most of the electronic music fans who bought tickets to enter the Mad City venue were looking forward to the moment when Marshmello played the intro to "Alone" on stage. And this is the core factor why musicians and their behind-the-scenes teams relentlessly launch new works year after year and work hard to find the best promotion formula.

As long as a song becomes popular, the royalty income it brings and the increase in commercial value in the performance market are often enough for an artist or a team to live comfortably for a lifetime.

Every artist at the Mad City Music Festival has a masterpiece that has sold out their songs.

"I love bad bitches that's my fuckin problem,

And yeah I like to fuck I got a fuckin problem,

If finding somebody real is your fuckin problem,

Bring ya girls to the crib maybe we can solve it…”

For A$AP Rocky, who took over from Marshmello, "Fucking Problems" is his masterpiece. This trap rap song, released through RCA Records on October 2012, 10, brings together several rising hip-hop stars including A$AP Rocky, Drake, 24 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar. With the strong rise of the four in their respective genres, the song's gold content and attention are also getting higher and higher.

In October 2013, it recorded sales of two million singles, and subsequently entered the top ten of the Billboard singles chart. With a good result of eighth place, it became the highest-ranking work of A$AP Rocky's career. .

Usually, A$AP Rocky will perform his own verses in this song alone. After all, it is too difficult to get the other three to perform together. Especially Kendrick Lamar and Drake, their development momentum is better than A$AP Rocky, their schedules are fuller than Rocky, and their performance fees are higher than him. Therefore, A$AP Rocky has not collaborated with the other three people on this song since the Summer Jam Music Festival in 2013.

Until 2016's Mad City.

Kendrick Lamar, who performed on the same day, made a surprise appearance when A$AP Rocky sang "Fucking Problems".

"Girl, I know you want this murder weapon.

Girl, you have to remember the name Kendrick Lamar.

Mercedes-Benz is a means of transportation for me.
If your friend wants to come to our party, he must bring his resume..."

Kung Fu Kenny, who was wearing a Chinese tunic suit, reunited with the leader of the A$AP thugs on the stage, causing many hip-hop fans present to jump around excitedly, shouting that it was worth the price.

On the first day of the opening, there was more than one big scene worth the price of admission. When pop punk legend Blink-182 appeared on the Hollywood Hills platform on the left side of the stage with a period-style mohawk, singing the eternal rock classic "All The Small Things" in the night, all the experiences Music fans who lived through the s, when youth idol dramas and rebellious punk culture dominated, can't help but feel excited and tearful.

“All the small things True care, truth brings.

I'll take one lift Your ride, best trip.

Always, I know You'll be at my show.

Watching, waiting, commiserating…”

Some hits are real "pop music". After being booming and noisy for a while, they can't even leave a trace and sink in the long river of time. But some classics, no matter how society changes or culture develops, will always retain a special place in people's hearts. "All The Small Things" is such a song. It is not only the strongest sound of the pop punk wave in the first decade of the 98st century, but also people's most unforgettable memory of the millennium. Wearing goth makeup, sitting in front of a computer running Windows 2000, using Napster to secretly download stolen pop music, this is the most vivid s that lives in the minds of all young Americans.

Among the stars in the booth, the one who sang this song the loudest and most energetically was none other than Miley Cyrus. In 2016, she was not the high-altitude flower who had washed away all her glory and made a strong comeback with the song "Flower" in 2023. Seven years ago, she was in decline, silent, and hesitant, with a little bit of madness craving for other people's attention. For Miley at this period, the peak of her career seems to have passed long ago. The short-lived "We Can't Stop" and "Wrecking Ball" did not keep the second spring of her career alive for too long. Hannah Montana Forever, together with Blink-182, was left ten years ago.

"Even if you lie to me and you don't care about me, I won't leave like this.

Turn off the lights and take me on the journey home.

Na na na, na na na na..."

When Mark Hoppus, the lead singer of Half Mountain, sang the chorus, the on-site choreographer suddenly cut the broadcast screen on the central screen to Miley Cyrus.

Under the blazing white spotlight, Miley Cyrus was exposed to the air, and her tattooed skin, like her slightly blurred eyes, were dancing with obscure and inexplicable light spots.

Seeing herself suddenly appear on the screen, Miley Cyrus first shrank her pupils, showing a panic expression of being at a loss what to do. After a few seconds, she remembered the role she was supposed to play now. She stuck out her tongue openly, pinched her neck with one hand, and greeted the audience in this sexually suggestive way.

After the camera moved away, Miley quickly lowered her arms and smiled at her new friend Xu Yiru, who just stayed away from the camera because she didn't want to appear in the camera.

Maybe Han Yi was overthinking himself, but he felt that there was far more bitterness than joy in this smile.

In the next half hour, Han Yi observed carefully. He found that compared to her previous performance, Miley Cyrus was obviously much quieter after being cued by the live broadcast camera. She walked back to the booth sofa and played with her phone with her head down. It was not until the next guest Kendrick Lamar sang his masterpiece "Money Tree" loudly with the audience that she returned her attention to the stage.

(End of this chapter)