Chapter 22: Sermon
Back to Arthur and José they were in a tense silence inside the car that had lasted a few minutes.
"Hey José…"
At the beginning of Arthur's sentence, José suddenly threw the car to the side on the deserted street, quickly stopping it on the corner of the street.
"Hey José is awesome. Do you understand the shit you just did? "
"Relax man, this will only help my career. "
"Fuck Arthur I think you're misunderstanding something here. Not everything here is about your shitty career. There are more things than that, understand something, you have people who have depended on you, your mother for some time and now me, I resigned from my job because I believed in your potential, but it's okay, it was me who was wrong, what I should have done expect from a child, I think the way you acted made me see you as an adult unconsciously but at the end of it all you are just a child. "
"Damn man, you might not be one yet, but you need to learn to act like an adult man. Being an adult means taking on responsibilities and dealing with them. So you better start doing it man. You didn't even know I had a gun with me, otherwise what would become of us now? "
A silence spread throughout the car with the end of José's strong reprimand. Seeing that the silence would last for a while longer, he returned to driving, towards their destination.
Finally arriving at Arthur's door
He opened the door and sat there in the front seat, thinking about everything that had happened and his entire future. Hesitating completely and backtracking whenever it seemed like a word was going to come out of his mouth.
"Hey José, I'm sorry. I really was very immature. " In the end that was all he could say before getting out of the car.
However, these words were imbued with all his sincerity, Arthur preferred to avoid talking too much and making big promises, he would only show by his attitudes how today changed him and his entire thinking.
That day he entered the house and went directly to the bedroom completely exhausted with everything that happened today. As quickly as he lay down he fell asleep.
The other day was one of the few days that he was completely free from commitments and took the opportunity to rest.
For the first time in his two lives he felt a great need to have a gun, but he simply had no way of getting one. Bob his only contact who could get him something for some money was definitely not an option until he paid him.
It was then that he remembered Jaime, his chubby friend with an abnormally large number of friends. However, there was another problem, he still didn't have enough money for that and wouldn't have it until he received the first installment of his money from "Yeah".
However, knowing how the industry worked, he would hardly be able to receive this money completely on the correct day, but definitely not receiving the money from the song would not change Bob's payment date.
Now that the date was getting closer and closer, this finally became a problem for Arthur.
Arthur had 23 days and he couldn't see how those days would be enough, of course he wasn't in complete trouble as a last resort he had some means of getting the money.
Arthur had a total of 5 thousand dollars saved on hand and needed to get another 35 thousand.
Suddenly Arthur was lying in his room thinking about solutions for everything when he received a call from José.
"Hey Arthur, I have some great news man. Firstly, as the release of Beyoncé's album is on March 4th, they need to release "crazy in love" soon to test the waters, this is a bit hasty and hasty, but as discussed, it is the best situation to clear the name of those rumors, proving the professionalism between you. "
José's voice was completely energized, it seemed like everything that happened yesterday had been a figment of Ace's imagination. He didn't show any strangeness when talking to Arthur.
"So this week Columbia asked you to participate in some promotional events, this will be great for your career. It will help a lot to mark your face and name in people's minds. This week will definitely be busy for us guys. "
Without wasting time he continued amending one topic to another.
"Now we have our best news, we are only behind "All I Have" by Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J, on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Damn man we are only number #2, we sold 120 thousand copies this week and we are about to grow even more. "
For José, the subjects were like train cars and they all followed each other tightly, moving forward without stopping.
"Soon you'll be number #1 man and from what we've analyzed your music has made a big evolution outside of NY, it's grown a lot in other states. You are officially on the path to success Ace. "
"UHULL! It's our way man! Let's celebrate when we reach Number 1 man, until then let's focus on work. Give me the details of this promotional week. Also, how are the negotiations with Jive? "
" Before that, I guess you've been following the recent updates on your fight with Jay Z, right? It's taking on huge proportions, man, on the internet it's one of the topics most researched by young people recently and one of the most talked about in conversations among them as well. Every radio station is talking about the newcomer who is challenging one of the greatest. Some rappers also started to talk about it. Rappers like P.Diddy and Ja Rule totally trashed you in the media. On the opposite side, 50 cent and Eminem who has a beef with Ja Rule said some good words about you. In general, this whole fight is having a lot of repercussions and Jay Z will soon respond in some way. "
" Regarding Jive, I sent your lawyer, Harvey, the contract. I'm just winding up Columbia right now, they're trying to sign the contract before "crazy in love". They even removed the demand for an apology. "
"These guys are like that, if they see you bowing to their demands once, they will try to force you every time. Bunch of cowards. Anyway, what about promotional week? "
" Promotional week is just a few simple tasks you need to do. There will be a photo shoot with Beyoncé, some events with fans and some live performances, opening shows and everything. "
" Okay, that's great José. Keep working hard, we're on the right track. What day does this music promotion start? "
"The part that involves you only on Tuesday. It would be nice if you could get a long-term leave from school. Talk to your mother about whether it would be the best choice to focus on your career now. "
"Hey man, wait a minute, I'll give her the phone and you can talk to her. It's much easier for her to listen to you than me. "
"Okay, okay. "
"Hey mom, José wants to talk to you! Ace announced shouting to the whole house
After a few minutes they finished the conversation and she returned the phone to Arthur.
" You can take a leave of absence for the rest of this year. Your career better achieve what José promised me on the phone, otherwise you might forget about music until you graduate. "
She said these words and left the room going directly to the bedroom, despite the permission she didn't seem very happy with her choice.
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