America's Top Player

Chapter 64: Invitation to a Crazy Party

That night after the media meeting, Robbie and his agent Maggie landed at New York's Kennedy International Airport.

Everyone discussed the shooting plan of the "Faded" MV in the Apocalypse Music office.

"Ha~Boss, here I come!" Cardi B's weird and harsh voice came from a distance.

She was wearing a very impactful black tight leather jacket, as if she had just attended a silver party.

Sitting next to her was Robbie, who was wearing a silver-white dress. The two had very different styles.

Robbie glanced at Cady and spread his hands and said, "I think Cady's clothes suit me better. No one likes the cheesy story of Snow White now."

"Besides, shouldn't our music video be in the style of Blade Runner?"

Maggie pushed up her glasses and said, "I think this suits you perfectly!"

Robbie's eyes instantly flashed with fire, and the atmosphere became a little awkward when their eyes met.

The relationship between artists and their agents is not always harmonious, and cases like Li Ang who has a tight grip on his agent are rare.

cough cough.

Li Ang coughed twice at the right moment, looked at Old Mike and asked, "Director Mike, what are your thoughts on the MV shooting?"

He himself had no idea about the filming of the MV for "Faded".

In the MV provided by Inspiration Refresh, there is only a picture of a masked man in a black hoodie constantly crossing from one ruin to another.

The lead singer's face was not shown at all throughout the show.

Old Mike lit a cigarette and said in an enigmatic manner, "I think what Robbie said makes sense."

“Electronic music is music that belongs exclusively to young people. The essence of a music video is to construct images through the images given by the song.”

“Have you heard of cyberpunk?”

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads in confusion.

Old Mike went on to say: "This concept originated from the movie "Blade Runner". Cyberpunk is a guess about the future."

"Ruins, mechanical transformation, mind control, artificial intelligence."

"Basically, this is a bunch of hippies coming up with this concept of a mechanical utopia."

After old McEvans' explanation, no one really understood it. Only Cardi B nodded thoughtfully after hearing the word "human body modification".

In a sense, she is a pioneer in prosthetic transformation, because now she has a two-carat diamond inlaid on her forehead.

She immediately blurted out: "God, what a wonderful concept! Does this mean that all men in the future can be equipped with a big mechanical dick?"

Everyone burst into laughter, except Maggie who frowned.

She began to doubt whether it was a wise decision to sign Robbie to this company full of weirdos.

Is this a legitimate label?
"When I heard this song, the image of a city in ruins made of reinforced concrete flashed through my mind."

thump—

Li Ang knocked on the table, his eyes showing joy.

Old Mike's ideas were exactly the same as what he saw in the inspiration refresh screen!
"Go on!"

Old Mike smiled obscenely: "We can build a doomsday ruins scene and let Miss Robbie walk through the ruins naked."

"The image of her beautiful body torn apart by the ruins of doom will cause a sensation!"

"fxxk!"

Li Ang almost couldn't help but kick Lao Deng.

I asked you to shoot an MV, not a movie!

Maggie's face was extremely ugly. She grabbed Robbie's wrist and said, "Let's go!"

Only after successfully pissing off everyone, including Leon, did Old Mike start to act seriously.

The idea of filming in a ruined city remained unchanged, but Robbie definitely couldn't appear in a pure white princess dress. The American people were extremely disgusted with the image of "Snow White".

In the 90s, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey's frequent appearances in princess dresses were often criticized by the audience, not to mention 2010 when their MVs were full of various adult elements.

As a former member of George Lucas's team, Old Mike has an extremely sensitive artistic sense.

He was quickly inspired by Cardi B's black skinny leather outfit.

"I think a tight leather jacket would be great."

Leon gave him a puzzled look. "Are you sure? If Robbie wore this, she'd look like a role-playing game queen from some perverted club."

Old Mike shook his head and said, "Of course we have to add some small changes. Has anyone watched the anime of the day? Has anyone heard of EVA?"

Everyone looked confused. Except for "Dragon Ball", which is a household name in America, other works of Xiaozi Anime are not very popular.

The basic base of the American two-dimensional community is so small that it can be ignored.

Old Mike turned his laptop towards the group, and on it was a picture of a comic book girl.

Short blue hair, white and blue tight leather jacket.

Although it seems that there are still some sexual connotations, it generally fits the atmosphere that "Faded" wants to express perfectly.

"Oh my god. I love this!"

"Honey, I want this!"

Robbie held Leon's arm and shook it continuously. She was completely satisfied with the image of the girl in the comics.

Li Ang also felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he immediately decided, "Let's go with this!"

Maggie folded her arms and said, "Three days. I'll only give you three days. The filming of 'The Wolf of Wall Street' has been stalled because of this damn music video."

"Director Martin Scorsese is angry."

Three days was more than enough time to shoot such a simple scene.

In just one day, the MV was completed under the perfect command and dispatch of Old Mike.

Since the filming was entirely done in real time, there wasn't much work to do in post-production except for editing.

Two days after the MV was filmed, the master tape of Margot Robbie's first album "faded", the second artist of Apocalypse Label, was officially completed and handed over to the OEM factory for printing.

It will take some time for the album to be officially released, but Li Ang can't wait any longer.

He asked Bonnie to push the digital album onto streaming platforms.

During this window period, the most important thing is undoubtedly publicity work!
Because Li Ang spent money regardless of cost, and the quality of his works is very high.

In just two days, the song almost took the entire United States by storm.

It’s everywhere, from the streets to the mall, from the radio to social media.

The number of downloads on the first day of its launch on the Apple Store reached an astonishing 50,000 times, and the Spotify platform also contributed 20,000 downloads.

It is foreseeable that as long as the physical album is released, "Faded" will almost certainly enter the Billboard TOP 20.

Robbie's agent Maggie's attitude towards Leon also changed 180 degrees. No one can resist money.

She lifted all restrictions on Robbie and asked her to fully cooperate with Li Ang in publicity.

"Shxt Robbie is even more popular than Cardi when she first debuted." In the Apocalypse Music office, Phil has been feeling jealous these days.

Li Ang smiled without saying anything, lying on the sofa with Robbie in his arms, playing with the other's white little feet.

Jealousy made Phil's body break apart. He quickly changed the subject, "You seem so busy these days, Lenny didn't have the nerve to call you personally."

"He asked me to tell you something."

Li Ang tilted his head, "What's the matter?"

"Puff Daddy is planning a wild party. He sincerely invites you and Robbie to come along."

(End of this chapter)