American Entertainment: Taylor Swift wrote a song for the beginning

Chapter 189 UMG’s Attitude (22)

Late at night, Karlie Kloss tossed and turned in her bed.

Sitting up in the darkness, she picked up the phone next to her pillow and typed a text message to Taylor.

[Watch out for that model named Anna! She and Ryan are flirting.]

【Send? 】

After thinking about it, Carly clicked no and deleted all the text messages.

How about anonymously texting Taylor tomorrow?

No, even if it's anonymous, Ryan will know who sent it.

Just when Carly was hesitating, she received news from Ryan.

[Go to bed early. The Olsen sisters will contact you tomorrow...]

Carly thought about it and finally put the phone down.

Taylor has been so good to me, and I should repay her.

But I can’t protect myself right now, right?

Even if we take a step back, this is their own business, and if you don't handle it well, you will be blamed.

Just pretend nothing happened.

Carly lay back down, the incident still lingering in her mind.

What if I see it again in the future?
Or just pretend you didn’t see it?

If by some chance, Ryan also did that to her... scenes of filming the MV with Ryan began to emerge in her mind.

Ryan was riding a motorcycle, holding him in his arms, the breeze gently ruffling his hair.

In the restaurant, he talked about the smirk during the re-recording.

The back of a person running towards the ocean on the beach.

No matter what, she must not agree to him and must not do anything to let Taylor down. Carly made up her mind.

·
New Orleans, Bad Room Branch.

The first day of opening was packed with people, and although no one from Lee Enville was there, several Grammy trophies were placed in a glass display case for people to see.

The huge poster at the door also has photos of Lienville and Ryan holding the Grammy trophy.

This time, Li Enweier mobilized almost all of his local connections and carried out extensive publicity in the local area a week before the opening. In addition to the huge publicity bonus from winning the Grammy Awards, countless people came to the venue and the scene was very crowded.

"Ryan, we estimate that the nightclub will welcome more than 130 visitors today. Based on the average customer spending of $ per person, today's revenue will reach $." The local nightclub manager said to Ryan with a smile. This man is a close confidant of Li Enville, a black man. He used to work in a local bar and is quite familiar with being a nightclub manager.

Ryan nodded. Even though the local consumption power in New Orleans was not as high as that in Orlando, it should be no problem for the daily revenue to exceed $300,000.

However, the nightclub is not packed every day. The flow of people is less from Monday to Thursday, and the monthly turnover is close to seven million.

It will take about two months to get your money back.

"By the way, Ryan, the final payment to the supplier here has not been settled yet. A lot of it was paid by Li En before. He didn't let me call you often, saying that he was afraid of delaying your other work. Look at it now..." The manager smiled embarrassedly, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

"I'll call you right away." Ryan nodded.

It was agreed upon before the joint investment. Now that the other party has mentioned it, don't delay it. You are not short of money.

He called the finance department in front of the other party.

"I'll transfer the money right away, but salaries were just paid last week, and there's only over 6 million left in the account," the other party said.

So little? Ryan frowned. The funds on the books were not so little before. "It's like this. The nightclub's financial situation is fine, but you have invested a lot during this period. In addition to the new nightclub, there is also the early investment for Taylor's concert. In addition, Bedroom Records and T&R did not receive the record revenue paid by the parent company at the beginning of the month." The other party's words revealed the reason.

"Transfer the money first, and I'll deal with the rest when I get back." Ryan hung up the phone.

·
Ryan didn't stay in New Orleans for long. After completing the opening three-day performance, he returned to Orlando.

Not long after entering the office, Theresa knocked on the door.

"Boss, you're back." Teresa hadn't seen Ryan for a while, so she went straight up to help Ryan take off his coat and hung it up.

"It's nothing, you go out first." Ryan said.

"Okay, call me anytime." Seeing that Ryan was busy, Theresa immediately nodded and left the office.

Ryan called Scott directly.

"I'm worried about this too. They said the payment system is being upgraded, so the settlement will be delayed by a few days," said Scott.

“Is this happening to other UMG labels as well?” Ryan asked.

"As far as I know, no, Ryan... If you ask me, do you need to find a new collaborator for your new song?"

"You mean, Universal Music doesn't want me to work with female singers under Sony?" Ryan understood what the other party meant.

"The last time you were able to cooperate with Leona, it was because she approached you on her own initiative. And at that time, you were not as famous as you are now, so the parent company acquiesced. But now the situation is completely different. This time, it was you who took the initiative to approach Leona." Scott explained the reason.

"If you don't want to, why don't you just tell me directly? There's no need to stop paying the share right away, right?" Ryan thought for a moment and said.

All of Ryan and Taylor's singles, including EPs and albums, are released by UMG, also known as Universal Music Group. Including online channels, the platform first pays the sales to UMG, and then UMG pays it to the record company.

"We are just a sub-label of Republic Records. Our relationship is definitely not as good as that of directly signed artists. In addition, they didn't communicate with you before, so they may lack trust. And considering that you have already leaked the news, UMG's intervention at this time will inevitably give people excuses, so they use this method."

"Are they telling me that my life is in their hands?" Ryan sneered.

The implication of knocking is already very obvious.

"Hehe, these guys think that this method works better most of the time." Scott laughed dryly.

"You go and test the waters to see what the other party means. If they really think so, then the worst that can happen is that I will just find another partner." Ryan said after thinking about it.

Anyway, it's just a change of partner, and it doesn't have much impact on him. With so many singers under UMG, it's easy to select a reliable female singer.

In the short term, breaking up with UMG is unlikely, as it would be very costly and would also anger UMG.

However, it is really uncomfortable to have your life held by someone else.

Ryan is preparing to take a long-term view and has recently begun to vigorously train his own singers and recruit more newcomers.

Jay-Z has many popular singers under his banner, such as Ne-Yo and Rihanna. As long as they can build up a certain scale, they can either become the target of record groups or set up their own studio.

Thinking of this, Ryan called Ellie Goulding and Kevin Harris respectively to ask about the progress of the new song.

"Great, this time your new song will be released after my new song. Pack up and get ready to come to America." Ryan put down the phone.

Then Ryan received another call from Scott. UMG’s attitude has been made clear. As long as the female singer is under UMG, they will not interfere.

"Still looking for Taylor?"

"Forget it, let's find someone else this time." Ryan thought for a while and said, it is not impossible to find Taylor, but considering that the two of them just worked together, working together again will make the audience tired.

Ryan thought about it and decided to call Jimmy Iowa.

　A certain Yiyun song list name: Cheap Poetry 666
　　I was quite confused yesterday, I will continue to update tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)