American Entertainment: Taylor Swift wrote a song for the beginning

Chapter 102 Reading as a nightclub, writing record 1 (please subscribe)

Victoria Park, London.

The All Points East music festival sponsored by AEG was being held in the park. Ryan didn't know before that there was a sister music festival, All Points West, on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. To be precise, the All Points Music Festival was first founded in London and only lasted two days in New York, while here it lasted for a full ten days, with a much larger number of attendees and a much larger scale.

Today is the last day of this year's Quandian Music Festival.

"The mysterious guest of this year's Quandian Oriental Music Festival will soon appear on stage. Let's shout out his name..." The host pointed the microphone at the audience.

"Rui and Leona Lewis!" tens of thousands of spectators at the scene shouted in unison.

According to previous media reports, Ryan had arrived in the UK a few days ago, and has been in the UK with Leona in recent days, participating in various activities.

Ryan appeared with Leona at this time, and the scene immediately erupted into even louder cheers.

This was Ryan and Leona's first large-scale joint performance. Leona wore a black dress today with her hair loose, while Ryan stood behind the DJ booth not far from her and started playing Unstoppable.

Leona sang with the mic live today, using techniques such as angry voice, coloratura and transposition with ease, which, combined with her unique timbre, immediately attracted a chorus from the entire audience.

During the process, he and Ryan frequently looked at each other, and the two cooperated very well.

Ryan switched songs seamlessly, and Leona began to sing Wake Me Up again. Even though it was her first time singing, it still left a deep impression on people. Singing skills were indeed not Ryan's strong point, and he had to admit that.

As well as the Harlem shake and the final tremor, Leona stood there, waving her arms to the rhythm, cooperating very well.

With a performance lasting nearly half an hour, Ryan and Leona brought this year's music festival to a perfect end.

"This is my first time trying this style...it's quite new." Leona expressed her surprise when she and Ryan returned backstage.

She was very shy when she first met Ryan, but as they got to know each other better, she started to talk more.

"R&B is out of fashion. Electronic music is popular now," said Ryan.

In fact, Ryan needs a black female singer to join his record company. Black female singers have a fixed market in the American pop music circle. This is obvious. Leona Lewis is undoubtedly the best choice. However, for Ryan, she is indeed "out of reach". She is more popular than Taylor this year. If he wants Simon to let her go, it may cost more money than acquiring Big Machine. Simon is not short of money, and will only be more difficult to deal with than Scott. And she is on Sony's side, which involves the competition between Universal Music and Sony Music. The matter is very complicated.

Leona smiled, but she actually held a different opinion.

At this moment, the relevant person in charge of AEG came over to talk to the two.

Ryan has already joined the cooperation between AEG and Spenny Records. This time he can be regarded as taking a back door and temporarily arranging himself and Leona Lewis to perform. Ryan needs money now, so he will naturally not miss the opportunity to make money.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with the executive in charge of European affairs, the two were able to leave.

"Do you need me to take you home? It's just on my way." Ryan said.

"Oh... okay, then I won't let Luo come over." Leona nodded.

Ryan asked Daddario to drive.

In the car, Ryan and Leona talked about their experiences before entering the music industry. She said that her mother was of Welsh, Irish and Italian descent, and her father was from Guyana and was a mixed-race black.

"I didn't go to college. I dropped out to pursue a music career. Later, I worked as a waiter at Pizza Hut and as a receptionist at a law firm. I was very close to my dream at one point. I recorded an album in between theater performances, but the album was not successfully released. From that time on, I had actually given up my music dream until 2006, when it was Luo who encouraged me to participate in "X Factor". At the beginning, I was very unconfident, but it was Simon who encouraged me. Later, I won the championship, and you already know what happened next."

"It seems that Luo's advice is very important to you."

"This is my boyfriend, but he... has changed. When I met him, he was an electrician. After I became famous, he was unemployed, so I recommended him to join Sony and become a scout. Now it seems that this was a very wrong decision. You know, the kind... You know some girls will do anything to get a contract. It's ridiculous!" Leona said angrily.

Then she recounted how she caught Luo cheating, and it happened more than once.

"It seems that Luo needs to learn a lot from Ryan," Daddario, who was driving, joked.

Ryan is definitely an expert at cheating. Leona obviously didn't understand what he meant, but she asked about Ryan and Taylor.

"She was choosing the leading role for her music video at that time, but the budget was cut, so I had to be eliminated. As a result, I happened to see her car get into an accident in the music area, so I helped her drive the car out..." Ryan narrated the story, and not only Leona, but even Daddario who was driving listened attentively.

"It's so romantic. If you ask me, this is definitely fate. You two are a match made in heaven. To be honest, I watched the news about you two until three in the morning." Leona said. It turned out that she was also a fan of the couple.

Bullshit! Daddario thought to himself.

"Compared to you two, my love experience is a joke." She said self-deprecatingly.

"Maybe you should find another man." Ryan shrugged.

Leona is a loyal and righteous person. If it were someone else, she would have swung the sword that made her famous long ago.

Leona fell into thought.

"It's just ahead, just around the corner."

"The environment here is really bad." Daddario couldn't help but look around. He originally thought that Leona lived in a mansion, but it turned out to be a small apartment, and it was quite shabby.

"See you if there's a chance." Leona said to Ryan without saying anything, then hurried out of the car.

After saying goodbye to Leona, Ryan asked Daddario to drive the car to a nightclub called "Ministry of Sound".

This nightclub is located in the NA district of London. It was originally an abandoned bus garage and opened in 91. It was inspired by the famous nightclub Paradise Garage in New York. Several founders once thought of a bunch of stupid names, and then they suddenly came up with an idea when passing by the Ministry of Defence building.

The top 100 DJs in recent years have all been announced in this legendary nightclub.

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"Ryan, I finally see you." A bald middle-aged man in a leather jacket hugged Ryan as soon as he saw him.

It was only afternoon at this time, and Ryan was the first nominated DJ to arrive. The man who greeted Ryan called himself Justin Berkman, and he was the founder of Sound Pavilion. After visiting Paradise Garage 20 years ago, he came up with the idea of opening a similar nightclub in London. It took him a year just to choose a location. During the process, he mobilized his relatives and friends, and everyone pieced together to create this legendary nightclub.

"I have a feeling that you can get into the top three this year, or at least top five. You are the figure that the electronic music field has been waiting for for decades!" Justin Berkman said, comparing Ryan to a star sent from the sky.

"Let me show you around. These are all the honors the nightclub has won so far. We've won the 'World's Best Sound System' at the International Dance Music Awards (IDMA) for four consecutive years, and we've defeated many competitors on the island of Ibiza!" He pointed to the certificates of honor on the wall, listing them one by one.

The International Dance Music Awards and Ryan's previous ULTRA Music Festival are held at the same time and venue, and both events are part of the Winter Music Conference.

"What about nightclubs in the United States?" Ryan asked. He was planning to open his own nightclub in Florida, and today was a rare opportunity to do some research, so naturally he wanted to ask more questions.

"The United States... Well, maybe twenty or thirty years ago, the nightclub culture in the United States was still prosperous, but in recent years, it has fallen behind. This is the Americans' own choice." Berkman took Ryan into the main hall.

It was still afternoon, and the main hall was empty except for a few staff members.

"This place can accommodate about 600 people. We don't have booths, only a few private rooms. The largest of them has been booked until March next year." Berkman said casually, the heels of his leather shoes making a clear echo on the wooden floor.

"This place is smaller than I thought." Ryan said sincerely.

The luxurious nightclub in LA Reed has an interior space almost twice as large as this one.

The decoration here did not impress Ryan at all.

"Due to urban planning restrictions, we can't expand, but we already have three branches in London and will open two more next year. But if you ask me, no nightclub in the world can compare to this one. Do you want to know why?" Berkman snapped his fingers at the staff not far away.

"Play music!"

(End of this chapter)