Chapter 20: Attacks in the media
On Wednesday he also received a call from Paris Hilton asking him to visit the Hilton Hotel. Ace, who was 16 years old in this body and living under the effects of hormones, was unable to refuse the offer from the tempting Paris.
Apparently the pair of friends hadn't discovered he was 16 yet.
After another night in the company of two beautiful girls, the next day Arthur once again had a conversation with José on the phone about record companies.
"Hey man, I have some updates on the negotiations. "
"I believe that Columbia is now no longer an option if I already know you well enough. They are willing to give us some money for signing the contract, something like 100 thousand dollars, but you would have to publicly apologize to Jay Z. That's probably him trying to impose himself on us."
"Fuck the negotiations with Columbia, I'm not going to bow my head to that coward. I was thinking that in the future we could make up, but this son of a bitch is kidding me. What does he think I am? A little boy for him to bully? "
Ace took a deep breath and kept the conversation going.
" Anyway, how are the negotiations with Jive? "
" Jive has all those cons that I told you about previously, but it is also the one that offers the best conditions. Maybe we should give in a little on our terms and listen to proposals from other record companies, even Interscope got in touch with us. "
" José, Interscope is currently experiencing the best moment in its history, it has the biggest names in hip hop, it doesn't need us, but we need it, the conditions they will be willing to offer won't come close to Jive. "
Jive, if Arthur remembered correctly, didn't have any big artists at that time, as far as he remembered, their main artist that year was Nick Cannon, who was just making his debut. And even with the success of their debut album, they had a tiny share of the market, so much so that in 2005 Nick Cannon had already created his own label under Jive. Therefore, for Arthur, who had no doubts about his success and did not depend on big promotions for his songs, Jive was paradise. They were giving him all the freedom he needed to develop his career.
"Just tell me Jive's proposal and stop stalling. I don't depend on the record company to be successful José, understand that. "
José was somewhat worried about the path chosen by his client, but he could do nothing but obey his orders.
" Ok, Jive offered an initial 60/40 ratio, in their favor, but as soon as their first one reaches the mark of 1 million and 500 thousand copies sold in the USA alone, the ratio goes to 50/50. Furthermore, everything you produce will be entirely your property after the end of the contract, basically they will not be part of the company's music library. We just need to continue paying them the amount due according to the profit from the music after the period according to this proportion, whether for selling it to be used in a film or game or for re-releasing the music on physical CDs. And the main thing and what interests you most, none of this includes digital songs, they are completely yours. "
"Damn man, their proposal is fucking good, work out the last details soon. They are our best option, but don't let them think they are our only option. Continue negotiating with Columbia. But we're probably going to sign with Jive, I need to start recording songs again soon, speed up this recording process and get a contract, I'll send you my lawyer's number, send the contract to him to analyze as soon as the negotiations are over. "
"Okay, see you later Ace! Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow you have radio interviews you remember, right? I'll pick you up at your house. "
" Yes yes man, see you tomorrow. "
The other day at night, after his recent routine of going to school, doing his interview and doing whatever possible to promote his music, he was lying on the couch watching the BET channel together with his mother. This was a channel that focused on the black population of the United States and in 2003 one of the few channels focused on black entertainment and that dealt with subjects such as hip hop, in addition to the recently launched MTV Jams. An entertainment program was on that focused on the private lives of artists, their controversies and everything else.
Recently, Arthur's song had taken another leap of publicity after Paris Hilton and her friend, Nicole Richie commented on the song on their respective blogs and in interviews. This happened after Arthur's second visit to the hotel.
" Hey guys, you must remember that a few days ago gossip emerged behind the scenes of the music about a possible love triangle between Beyoncé, member of the group Destiny's Child, Jay Z, one of the rappers of this new generation who has been acclaimed as one of the possible successors by Tupac and Biggie alongside NAS and finally Ace, a revelation from this month with his song "Yeah" which I have to say, is addictive. "
"So all this bullshit had cooled down after Ace's last words attacking Jay Z, but it seems that the confusion has resurfaced to your delight. It seems that today Jay Z said a few more words about it all in an interview. Watch for yourself and form your own conclusions. " Said the presenter.
As soon as Arthur and his mother, Gabriela, heard his name on television, their entire concentration went to the channel, they even turned up the volume on the television, which was a little low.
" Hey Jay Z, last week there was a slight controversy involving you and a new kid on the scene, a certain Ace. Do you have anything to say about him? "
"Actually, I don't like to talk about this much in the media, but I believe he will soon appear to apologize to me. He just bit off what he could chew, we lived at different points in our careers and he'll never reach my level, he's just a kid who sings R&B and thinks he experienced something on the streets. "
He said this today in an interview with a radio station in NY, coincidentally after being silent for a long time about this situation he spoke again about it soon after Columbia presented those conditions to apologize and he allowed José to continue negotiating with them . It was extremely clear to Arthur what had happened.
"Hey son, is he talking about you? "
Arthur, who was more worried about his fight with Jay Z, suddenly found himself with a new problem: explaining to his mother what was happening.
"Yes mom, when did you…"
"What's this about a love triangle? Last time I let you get away, but this time you better tell me everything. "
Arthur thought she was worried about the fight and the attacks he was receiving from Jay Z, but he was soon interrupted by his mother who made it clear that her concern was actually about her son's love life. Because of this, he found himself in a war for a long time with his mother trying to convince her that it was nothing and her telling him that he should bring Beyoncé to lunch with them.
After some time of this he went to bed to sleep, thinking about the long day he would have tomorrow, now Arthur was like a celebrity at school which really interfered with his moments with his friends and with Jay Z's most recent comments in the media, that's just it. it would get worse next week, thank god the weekend had arrived for him.
Ace needed to find a way to finish school quickly, knowledge wasn't a problem for him as someone reincarnated who had already finished high school, perhaps the English subject was his biggest difficulty since he was Brazilian in his last life, even so in his last life he had learned English too.
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