America's Top Player

Chapter 56 Clothing Business Startup
"Dear~ I can't wait to reward you~"

"I've received the batch of Evil Angel toys you sent me. Those clothes are really fun. I can't wait to wear them and show them to you~"

"And that toy that's a 1:1 replica of you, I just love it!"

Robbie was obviously very excited to get the opportunity to release a song, and he acted like a spoiled child on the phone.

But just half an hour later, Li Ang received bad news.

Robbie's management team strongly opposed her venturing into the music industry when her foundation in Hollywood was so shaky.

This is actually not difficult to understand. Americans pay more attention to specialization and authority in a certain field.

If you are an actor, you should focus on acting. If you switch to singing, then focus on singing.

Those who are good at acting and singing are usually on Broadway;

People who are bad at acting or singing but still want to get involved are generally called celebrities, such as the famous Paris Hilton.

Musical instruments such as guitar and piano are very popular, so it is normal for actors who love music to play in a band from a young age.

If Robbie really loves singing, then he should just sing for fun. There is no point in releasing an album other than burning money.

Competition in the music industry is too fierce nowadays, and there are very few singers who can make money with their first album.
When it comes to money-making efficiency, Hollywood is clearly superior.

As long as you have participated in a phenomenal hit, as long as the movie is still being played for commercial purposes and the DVDs are still being sold, even if you play a supporting role, you can make a lot of money from it.

Li Ang completely understood this and kept trying to comfort Robbie, "Baby, let me talk to your agent?"

"I guarantee they'll change their minds after hearing this song. I'll make you famous in the music industry before you become famous in Hollywood!"

Robbie was completely unable to resist Leon's PUA. The love-brained girl felt dizzy just thinking about the amazing size.

Robbie's agent Maggie is a difficult character. Women working in the agent industry are often more difficult to deal with than men.

After an hour-long tug-of-war, it was ultimately interests that ultimately led to the deal.

Apocalypse Music covers all expenses of Robbie from record production to distribution.

If this is done, Maggie can make a lot of extra money.

The frequency of singers' commercial performances is far beyond that of actors.

If it fails, it won't be a big loss for Maggie. At most, it will be a small stain on Robbie's acting career.

In terms of copyright, Li Ang, as the songwriter, has to transfer 30% of the copyright to Robbie.

Add to that the 20% that David Guetta took, and his copyright income from "Faded" was halved.

But Li Ang agreed very readily.
The exchange for all this was that Robbie had to sign a contract with Apocalypse Music.

Signing a highly anticipated Hollywood actress makes sense for the fledgling Apocalypse label.

Because Robbie's filming schedule is very tight, in addition to the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street", she also participated in the filming of the American TV series "Pan Am Stewardess".

So the recording work had to be done in Los Angeles, using Kendrick's recording studio.

Three days later, Li Ang and everyone from Apocalypse Music boarded a flight to Los Angeles.

Almost all members showed up this time, including Bonnie, Phil and Cardi B, and even ROC's MV director, Old Mike.

Because Li Ang has an important thing to do during this trip to Los Angeles - to take makeup photos for Evil Angel's first batch of underwear that will be launched on the market.

Li Ang had already outsourced the design work to a studio in Los Angeles.

Since it’s outsourcing anyway, there are far more studios to choose from in Los Angeles than in New York.

The public often thinks that being a fashion designer is a prestigious profession, but this is a completely false stereotype. With the exception of those working for couture or luxury brands, most graduates of this major are unemployed.

It is said that the financial industry is a family inheritance. If the parents are not high-ranking officials, ordinary people will not have any future even if they work in this industry for their whole lives.

In fact, this is even more true for the clothing design industry
Those jewelry brand managers and luxury brand designers.
Almost all of these fashion icons have amazing family backgrounds, and many of their family histories can even be traced back to the time of founding father George Washington.

Therefore, the only way out for most people who mistakenly enter this major after graduation is to join a small studio and design patterns for the factory assembly line.

Take assistant designers for example, in Los Angeles they earn less than waiters.

The studio, which Evil Angel is collaborating with, is located near Los Angeles' famous Venice Beach.

The manager Jones has 20 years of experience in the industry and once launched his own designer brand, but it unsurprisingly failed.

This studio is a small workshop with only five people including Jones. It mainly designs clothes for some of Dongda's "joint venture brands" that are exported and then sold domestically.

"Welcome, Mr. Li Ang!" Jones gave Li Ang a warm hug as soon as he entered the door. "We have designed the pattern for the next batch of products according to your requirements!"

"Please enjoy!"

The clothes on the display stand were all the inspiration that Leon, Phil, Kady and others came up with after much thought.

The characteristic of this batch of clothing is that it abandons its basic attributes as clothing!
Since its inception in the Stone Age, clothes have had only two functions: to keep warm and to cover one's body.

As society develops, class differences emerge in human society and various additional attributes emerge.

Take the bra products in this batch of clothes as an example. Many styles can hardly cover anything.

Some of the most extreme styles even have a small hole on it, deliberately revealing the most essential parts of the human body.

The same goes for underwear. In order to suit the lazy nature of the American people, the underwear is designed to satisfy physiological needs without having to take it off.

Li Ang looked at the samples and praised them: "You guys did a great job."

Old Mike shook his head repeatedly: "I don't think it's enough."

"why?"

"These styles are too common and difficult to sell well."

Is this normal?
Li Ang was speechless for a moment. If these so-called underwear were made of less fabric, they would become the emperor's new clothes.

"Did you hear about P. Diddy's wild parties?"

Leon didn't know P. Diddy, so naturally he had never been invited to his parties.

But anyone who is involved in the New York entertainment industry knows the name of "Crazy Party".

In various versions of urban legend, Diddy's party is called the largest silver party in America.

Old Mike showed a smug expression and continued, "If there's just not enough fabric, it won't arouse people's desire at all."

"You can go out on Venice Beach right now and see women wearing bikinis that have less fabric than their underwear."

Li Ang deeply agrees with this point. The dopamine threshold of the American people has been infinitely raised under various stimuli.

Even if a girl streaked down Venice Beach, it wouldn't necessarily attract much attention.

"What do you mean?"

"Based on my many years of photography experience, if you want to achieve success in this field, you must make the product vivid!" Old Mike took a deep puff of cigarette, with an unfathomable expression on his face.

(End of this chapter)