America's Top Player

Chapter 23: Beauty Invitation

"That's enough bitches, get out of here!"

Faced with the increasingly presumptuous behavior of these girls, Li Ang finally couldn't help but yell.

With this shout, the out-of-control situation was finally brought under control.

The girls all showed frustrated expressions and weighed their headlights and taillights with their hands.

"Is it too small for him to like?"

"Fxxk should have gotten the biggest one back then"

"I heard celebrities tend to be quite heavy-mouthed."

Leon really didn't care about these malicious speculations. He walked over to T-ray and asked, "Tell me, what happened?"

In Leon's common sense, although T-ray is a rich man in the slums, partying is the theme of his life.

But inviting so many girls at once would cost a lot of money. Even if you invited them from Manhattan Beach at a price of $300 a night, such a party would cost thousands of dollars.

If it's nothing important, such a high price will obviously exceed the carrying capacity of the T-ray wallet.

"Bro's record sales are almost over 60,000, and I've already applied to the Recording Industry Association of America for a silver certification!"

Li Ang did not show much excitement about such good news.

The "Silver Record" is a completely useless certification. There is no clear sales requirement. The default requirement is 60,000 copies to apply. Its value is not as high as that of a "Gold Record" or a "Platinum Record".

Seeing that Leon didn't react, T-ray grinned arrogantly and continued, "Today is the day for us to distribute dividends!"

Dividends?

Hearing this, Li Ang finally lost his composure.

These days he has been planning one thing: how to move out of the damn slum.

Although he still had nearly $20,000 left, which was enough to rent an apartment in a middle-class community in almost any city in the United States, it was a pipe dream in New York.

Putting aside the high-land-price Manhattan, even if he wanted to rent a house in Brooklyn Heights or Sheepshead Bay, which is a little further away, he would probably have to empty his family's savings.

The obstacles to moving are not limited to financial issues. Bonnie has made it clear that she does not want Leon to move away, and she will go wherever Leon goes.

Since participating in the MV shooting, as the only eye-catching white girl among a group of black dancers, Bonnie has also become a little famous with her skillful electric hip dancing skills and beautiful face.

She is now a small internet celebrity on YouTube and social media, sharing her makeup and crotchless T-pants dressing tips every day.

T-ray enthusiastically hugged Leon to his side and said, "If this trend continues, I might be able to become a millionaire again soon."

The reason why it is "again" is because he had already tasted the feeling of being a millionaire as early as the 90s.

In the golden age of gangsta rap, there were countless examples of street thugs becoming millionaires overnight thanks to the dividends of rap music.

But this group of nigerians basically have zero financial intelligence. After becoming rich, they will spend lavishly on luxury cars and beautiful women. Only a few of them can become legendary bigwigs like JAY-Z and Dre.

As he spoke, T-ray made a phone call, and soon a young black man wearing black-framed glasses walked in.

With his old-fashioned plaid shirt and protruding eyeballs like dead fish, you can tell at first glance that this niger may not be very smart.

T-Ray pointed at the young Niger and introduced him, "This is the only Niger on Chister Street who understands finance. He's in charge of the financial affairs of Liam's Black Panther Records."

"Hello everyone," Liam bowed respectfully.

"Is this reliable?" Leon couldn't help but question Liam's hesitation.

"Don't worry, Liam was recruited by George from a drug trafficking gang. He has never made a mistake in the cocaine accounts he has handled in the past five years!"

These words made Leon respect Liam's professional level.

How professional does it take to work for a drug dealer? One miscalculation could lead to a re-opening.

"'Take Me to Church' has sold a total of 5.2 CDs and 7000 cassettes in the past two weeks."

"However, it is difficult to accurately collect data at the point of sale, so losses are inevitable."

"So, the final sales amount is calculated to be $164200.8."

This figure made Li Ang secretly happy. He earned 16 US dollars in just two weeks, which was still a considerable amount even after deducting the printing and distribution costs.

Of course, the printing costs according to the contract are not his concern. He only needs to focus on his 25% share.

T-ray said proudly, "Besides, many nightclubs in Brooklyn are also using your work."

"Since you don't have your own financial advisor or broker, I will take all of the synchronization royalties for the time being."

When talking about "agent", T-ray obviously emphasized his tone, intentionally criticizing Li Ang.

In the United States, musicians' copyright income mainly comes from four aspects, among which synchronization royalties are the remuneration paid to the copyright owner after a work is used as a commercial channel.

Li Ang's income from this part was US$8000, which is also a considerable income.

In the end, he received a total of US$40000 in dividends, after-tax profit.

"I'll transfer this money to your bank card," T-Ray said jokingly to the accountant Liam, "Remember to include the change, not a penny less. Mr. Leon is very sensitive to numbers."

Li Ang did not fight back against T-ray's teasing. He felt that it was only natural that he should not receive even a penny less in the compensation he deserved.

Many more nigerians came into the office one after another. Without exception, they all wore red-themed clothes and had gang tattoos all over their bodies.

Red is the main color of the Bloods, and it is obvious that this group of people are T-ray's friends in the gang.

However, these ferocious-looking gangsters have great respect for Li Ang. There is no niger in the slums who doesn't want to enter the entertainment industry and become famous.

"Come on, you prodigal sons~live a long life!" T-RAY raised his glass and shouted to everyone.

Soon the place was filled with violent gangster rap and the foul smell of leaves.

Although the young models present were shaking their buttocks to show their affection to Li Ang, their looks really did not arouse his interest.

"Shhh, I can't stay in this damn place for another second!"

Even a dog would shake its head when hearing rap lyrics filled with "Puxi", "Dick" and "Ace", let alone Li Ang?

After swallowing the expensive whiskey in the glass, he stood up and prepared to leave without saying goodbye to anyone.

Ring ring ring——

Just then, Leon's cell phone rang, and the caller was the blonde beauty Margot Robbie.

He answered the phone without hesitation: "Long time no see, Miss Robbie."

"Sorry. I seemed to have drunk too much last time. Forgive my belated apology." Robbie hesitated for a moment and then asked, "I didn't do anything excessive, did I?"

He didn't do anything excessive, but he almost pushed me back.

Li Ang could only think about this in his mind and naturally would not say it out loud: "No, you are the most elegant lady I have ever seen."

Lady?

Robbie was puzzled as to whether he had anything to do with this word?
"Mr. Leon, I'm leaving New York tomorrow, and before I go, I want to see your friend."

"Congratulations on your record sales! I've seen your name on Billboard, that's amazing."

"Are you free now? I'm on Columbia Street in Brooklyn Heights."

(End of this chapter)