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Chapter 161: Gold Mine
"Jerry, I've contacted Brenda and found the person you're looking for!"

On the other end of the line was Whitney Houston.

Since I didn't know Brenda, I had to contact Whitney, with whom I sometimes had dinner and talked about music in the United States after our chat at the Grammy Awards, and asked her to contact Brenda to find the accompanist.

good results.

It's been less than a day and there's news.

"Thank you! I'll treat you to dinner."

"Just treating me to a meal? We've already had dinner together several times. Can you change it up this time and give me a few songs?" Whitney Houston joked.

"How many songs? Huh?" Huang Ze made an exaggerated sound, "I can't think of a few songs suitable for you to sing even if I rack my brain cells."

"One song then! That's not too much, right?"

"It's really expensive to ask you to do something for me." Huang Ze was a little helpless, "I don't have any songs now, what should I do?"

"Let's talk about it when we have it. Anyway, I've made a note of it for you. You owe me a song!" Whitney Houston laughed and told Huang Ze the contact information of the person he was looking for.

I made a phone call and arranged to meet at a cafe in Long Island the next day.

……

Ten o'clock!

Huang Ze arrived at the destination five minutes early. Just as he sat down, a young girl with dark brown curly hair walked in. After looking around, she walked up to Huang Ze who was wearing sunglasses and said, "Hello, Jerry."

"Hello there!"

Huang Ze stood up and held out his hand.

When she stood up, Huang Ze had only one thought: this girl is so tall.

He must be about 1.8 meters tall, right?

When shaking hands, Huang Ze subconsciously glanced at Niu Ti. She was wearing high heels, but the heels were not very high, which meant that the girl in front of him was about 1.75 meters tall.

Not too low.

"Hello, Jerry Huang, I'm Mariah Carey, we made an appointment on the phone earlier."

"I understand!" Huang Ze took off his sunglasses and looked up and down at this singer who was one of the four great pop divas in the United States in the 1990s in his previous life and the singer who was closest to the Beatles' twenty Billboard No. 1 singles, with nineteen of them.

Well, how should I put it.

If he hadn't looked closely, Huang Ze would almost not have recognized the other person.

Mariah Carey is still very thin at this moment. Her appearance is not that high, but it can be considered above average.

The person standing in front of him at this time was still Marie Claire and Butterfly, not the future Niu Benshan, the number one comedy singer, Sister Niu.

"Hello, Maria, do you know why I'm looking for you?"

"I can guess a little bit." Mariah Carey smiled and raised her left hand, gesturing with her index finger and thumb.

"Oh? Tell me about it?" Huang Ze let go of his hand and made a gesture for him to sit down.

"You can't ask me, a high school graduate who's not good at studying, to work for you, right?" Mariah Carey seemed very active. "You want me to sing?"

"That's right!" Huang Ze nodded. "I have a company in Hong Kong Island. I want to sign you. Don't worry about the record distribution. I will write a song for you personally. I think Warner Records will not be stingy with the distribution channels. If they don't want to, there are other companies that are willing to do so."

In fact, Huang Ze wanted to sing a duet with her to help guide the number one female general in his company. But he was afraid that if he offered too much, the other party would think he had bad intentions, so Huang Ze did not reveal this condition.

"I'm just a nobody, Jerry, are you sure you're not kidding me?"

"I'm sure." Huang Ze decided to make up a lie, "You don't know, but I've actually heard you sing, and I think you have great potential."

"I do want to be a singer, and I can sign with your company." Mariah Carey said "but", "I need to talk to my agent and guardian."

"Agent?" Huang Ze was a little surprised. Does he have an agent now?

"Oh, it's my mom," Mariah Carey said with a smile. "She's a singer at the New York City Opera. Without her, I wouldn't have been able to receive professional music training since I was four years old."

It would be troublesome if there was a professional, especially a professional in the circle.

Huang Ze and the company staff, as well as the professional lawyer hired locally in New York after arriving in the United States, talked with Maria's mother for three full days before they reached an agreement.

Three albums and at least thirty songs within five years, and Mariah Carey will enjoy different profits based on her contribution, such as singing, writing lyrics and composing music.

If a song is sung by the artist himself and he also writes the lyrics and music, he can get 20% of the record revenue.

At the same time, there is a signing bonus of $200,000 after tax.

There are also many other details, basically it is a standard contract signed by a singer.

It’s a lot of effort.

However, thinking about the future achievements of this person, and the fact that he has the ability to write lyrics and compose music, and that he wrote many of his songs in his previous life, Huang Ze felt that it was still worth it.

If you pay $200,000 today, you might be able to earn back hundreds of times in five years. This is a deal with an astonishing rate of return and can definitely be called a gold mine.

"Jerry, my daughter's development in the next five years depends on you!" The money was transferred, signed, and the contract came into effect, and Mariah Carey's mother stretched out her hand.

"Don't worry, you will be surprised when the time comes!"

“I’m very optimistic about Maria.”

"I hope so!"

After signing the record contract, Huang Ze invited Whitney Houston to dinner, expressed his gratitude in a small way, and then took his people back to Hong Kong Island.

Unexpectedly, after returning, Chen Xing's face was not very happy, "Boss Huang, one good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

"That depends on which one you say first." Huang Ze waved his hand, "Go ahead, what's the matter? Don't keep me in suspense."

"Yang Gangli and Kamachi Sachiko have both obtained their signatures. They will come to Hong Kong Island in a few days after getting their documents. However, the princess who is closest to us did not get her signature."

"Hmm?" Huang Ze frowned, "What's going on?"

"She has already signed a two-year contract with a record company. There is no penalty for breach of contract. The other party knows that she is the singer you want, and thinks of Zhou Huimin, who was promoted by the company, and thinks that the princess has great value, so they are unwilling to let her go."

"You can release him, but it will cost two million Hong Kong dollars." Chen Xing took a deep breath and hesitated for a few seconds before saying, "I have something to say but I don't know if I should say it or not."

"explain."

"I feel that the princess is not suitable to be paired with the other two. She is 1.74 meters tall, Kamachi Sachiko is 1.65 meters tall, and Yang Gangli is only 1.58 meters tall. Even if she wears 6-centimeter high heels, the height difference between her and the princess is still 10 centimeters without high heels."

"If we're going to put together a group, it would be best if we could adjust it so that the height difference between everyone doesn't seem too big."

“This will give a better visual experience.”

(End of this chapter)