America's Top Player

Chapter 15: Hot Book Signing Event
Leon and Phil's conversation lasted for two hours. The more they talked, the more they felt that they had met too late, and gradually reached a series of PY transactions.

To be precise, it was a series of despicable exchanges of interests, and Leon's financial backer T-ray, the honest guy, was always kept in the dark.

As soon as Leon came out of Phil's office, he received a call from T-ray.

An open-air book signing for "Take Me to Church" will be held at Becky Park tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 p.m.

The corners of Li Ang's mouth curled up. The opportunity he had been waiting for finally came.

The next morning, Leon came to T-ray's office.

The makeup artists and photographers had been waiting here for a long time, and T-ray even thoughtfully prepared a curvy black girl as his assistant.

This scene is not much different from that of a real artist.

"I'll try to be as enthusiastic as possible towards the fans at the book signing. I've used a lot of my connections for this event, and a lot of entertainment media will be there."

"I have sent the demo to DJ Fraser, the head of New York music radio, and he is very satisfied with the result."

"Maybe soon you'll be featured on a New York music radio show."

T-ray leaned against the wall, smoking a cigar, and stared at Li Ang who was putting on makeup.

Li Ang felt that T-ray's imagination was a little too good to be true. For a newcomer who had just debuted, a one-on-one interview program on a New York music radio station was out of reach.

It is the starting point of many superstars' brilliant careers.

Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, and P. Diddy have all appeared on this show after their first albums became popular.

However, Lady Gaga's first album "The Fame" sold over 16 copies in its first week.

The combined sales of traditional cassettes, CDs, and vinyl records have now exceeded an astonishing 1000 million copies.

The embarrassing thing is that the first batch of Li Ang's album "Take Me to Church" was only 7000 copies. The resources of both parties are completely not at the same level and cannot be compared.

"I have a strong feeling you're going to be an instant hit." At this point, T-ray suddenly revealed a sinister look. "By the way, Whitey, are you really not going to sign a contract with me? George has been very unhappy about this."

Li Ang felt a strong threat. Just as he had expected, according to the gang's style of doing things, there was no way they would let the contract go.

He spread his hands and said, "Let's talk about this after the album is officially released."

Seeing that Leon was playing guerrilla warfare with him again, T-RAY was not angry. He smiled bitterly and said, "It doesn't matter. It's just a matter of time."

"No one in Brownsville dares to play tricks on me."

When they arrived at Becky Park, Leon was shocked by the scene in front of him just by looking at it from a distance while sitting in the car.

"Why the fuck are there so many people?"

Hundreds of people crowded on the small park lawn, holding up support signs with Li Ang's graffiti printed on them, anxiously waiting for their idol to finish.

T-RAY was also a little surprised by this: "To prevent any dull moments, I did hire a group of people to build momentum for you, but there are really too many people here."

Hiring online influencers is a common way for entertainment companies to build momentum for their artists.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand if you think about it. Some stars' planes land at the airport at three in the morning, and even at this time the airport is crowded with enthusiastic fans waiting to pick them up.

It's easy to figure out why there are so many fanatical fans.
Who else but a homeless person has so much time to chase stars? Don’t they need to work to earn money?

This is actually just a common tactic used by entertainment companies to create the illusion that their artists are extremely popular.

But the number of fans at Becky Park today completely exceeded T-ray's imagination.

He pulled out his phone and opened the video website, muttering to himself, "Sure enough." Curious, Li Ang quickly leaned over to take a look. The video "Brownsville Street Coconut Crisps" had already racked up a staggering 50 views.
In this era when internet celebrities are still not taken seriously, Li Ang is already a top internet celebrity with 50 followers.

By the time Leon actually appeared on the lawn of Becky Park and waved and interacted with fans, the scene was completely out of control!
Not only are there fans from Brownsville, but there is also an astonishing number of fans from nearby East New York and Canarsie. Some people even heard the news and came all the way from Queens just to see the real coconut crisps on the street.

It's just that the looks of these fans are a bit weird.
Among them, the men dressed like women and the women dressed like men.

This strange creature, who possesses both male and female characteristics, dresses himself in a way that doesn't look like a human.

Just as Leon and Phil had expected, the audience of this song are the lower-class people, the frustrated people and the marginalized people in society.

Judging from the situation at the scene, there are indeed many "Rainbow People" who have come. As the policies of the Democratic Party have become more and more open, a large number of "Rainbow People organizations" have emerged across the United States, carrying out the so-called equal rights movement in various parts of the United States.

"Leon! Leon! Leon!"

“Street Coconut Crisps!”

The enthusiastic reaction of the fans made it take a lot of effort for Li Ang to sit down under the protection of the Blood Gang security personnel.

He quickly grabbed the microphone like a lifeline and called out to his fans, "Please calm down. First of all, thank you so much for your support. Your enthusiasm is hotter than the scorching sun in Brownsville today!"

Li Ang had just said a few words when his fans burst into thunderous cheers again.

The subsequent signing session went smoothly. The price of the single CD was $3 per piece and the price of the cassette was $1.75 per box.

The sales process was extremely hot, and many fans bought five or even more CDs. The mountain of CDs piled in front of Li Ang was quickly sold out.

"Fxxk!"

T-RAY was caught off guard by the hot sales scene, and he was so anxious that he gritted his teeth while standing next to Li Ang.

The first batch of 2000 CDs and 5000 cassettes printed was obviously conservative. At the current sales rate, there won't be many CDs left after the signing event.

He couldn't help but feel upset about his misjudgment of the market situation, and secretly decided to focus on CDs when printing the second batch.

It is a serious mistake to launch a large number of cassettes, a record format that has been eliminated by the times, just to save costs!
Li Ang wrote furiously on the record, but he didn't care about the pain in his wrist at all.

What you sign is words, but what you get in return is US dollars!
The only thing that makes him a little irritated is that he has to deal with some unreasonable requests from fans from time to time.

A rebellious girl with lip piercings all over her mouth and a nose ring removed the seal of the T-shirt as soon as she came to Li Ang.

Without thinking too much, this must be a supporter of some gender liberation organization.

She pointed to her headlights and said excitedly, "Mr. Li Ang, please sign here!"

"No problem satisfying you."

Li Ang held the car light in his hands with a serious face and solemnly signed his name to satisfy the fan's willful request.

I thought this weird behavior was over, but it turned out to be just the beginning.

The next fans were more anthropomorphic than the last. A bald man with a body comparable to that of a professional bodybuilder was standing in front of Li Ang wearing bright lipstick and black stockings.

He took off his pants without shying away from everyone's gaze and said in a shy voice like a girl, "Can I ask you to sign here?"

"Fuck off!"

"Damn it T-ray! Where's the security?"

"Throw this bastard out of here!"

(End of this chapter)