"We will have time at any time. Let me see, the day after the awards ceremony, we will hold a small party for you at noon. If there is no announcement on that day, we will send out the invitation letter!"
Trish's tone sounded positive.
Liu Qingshan had no choice but to reply: "There was no announcement that day, but I suggest not to make the scale too big. After all, many people will feel uncomfortable after this incident. I know that not everyone here wants to see me. I’m also afraid that you’ll be caught in the middle!”
"Don't worry about these things. Remember to prepare some gifts for our Mr. Gerald. He has a childish temper when he gets old. Just do what I told you before!"
Gerald himself is an old politician who has long since retired. Although his reputation in politics is not very prominent, he is very effective in the education field he is responsible for, so he has great influence in this area. .
However, he is an expert and scholar, and his obvious literary temperament often means that he is not good at official battles. Therefore, his biggest hobby after retirement is to return to his literary nature. Collecting out-of-print manuscripts or books has become his biggest hobby. Hobby.
But since he came into contact with Zhang Yu Shaojiu, he has developed a strong interest in ancient Chinese culture. Cuixi asked Liu Qingshan two months ago to help buy and exchange some ancient Chinese books.
This time, when Zhang Guoqiang came to replace his brother Zhang Guofu, he brought several ancient books from China. Although they were not cultural relics, they were also rare ancient books among the people. They were not worth a lot of money, but they were scarce.
I hurriedly said goodbye to Tracy, and the car arrived near the hotel. This location is a recording studio of Warner Records, but it is not a professional one, but one open to the public. The bottom floor is a bar-style restaurant. Several recording studios on the second floor have been fully developed for commercial use. There is no shortage of arty and elegant people among the rich in these days, and people often record private music works.
This kind of people do have musical qualities, but they are by no means professional, but they prefer to show off their half-hearted arrangement skills, so this kind of membership-only high-end recording studio-style bar came into being.
Therefore, this place is still an absolutely high-consumption place. Although the recording equipment is very high-grade and the investment is large, the resident band and recording engineer are not very high-grade, because some wealthy people prefer to handle the recording process themselves, so There is no need to have the most professional staff.
Liu Qingshan chose this place to record his demo simply because it was the closest to his residence. Furthermore, the quality of the equipment here was not low. All he lacked was the band's accompaniment.
Today was the time that the band members had made an appointment in advance to meet officially for the first time. Chen Yixun happened to be here too, so we arranged to meet here together so that we could eat, drink and work in one place at the same time.
The more important point is that this is also the place where Chester Bennington made an appointment with several big rap figures. Liu Qingshan simply put a few things together and handled them together. His time was too tight.
Currently, only two of the other four big names are here, namely Ice Cube and 50 Cent. Eminem’s teacher Dr. Dre and the godfather of West Coast rap, Snoop Dogg, are on the plane to Los Angeles. .
When they arrived at the bar parking lot, a boy from Bennington had been waiting for him and quickly invited the group of people to enter the bar through the side door.
It was already past seven o'clock in the evening, and it was not yet the actual bar entry time.
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, there were only a few occupied tables in the huge restaurant, and the Bennington table was particularly eye-catching, because almost all of the people present were black, and all of them looked tall and round, and their accessories were bright. It's so dazzling that it makes a jingling sound when walking.
As the only white man, Bennington immediately stood up and waved from a distance. Liu Qingshan did not dare to neglect and hurriedly walked forward to say hello.
Ace Cooper is not tall, but he is broad and strong, giving him the appearance of a strong man. This person is actually no stranger to ordinary people. He has appeared in many movies, including "Anaconda" and "Speed", which are even more familiar to people.
The other 50 cents is a lean man, also under forty years old. He is also the worst-performing among several big guys. It is not because of his lack of personal ability, but after he became famous. There was a period of silence for several years. Some say it was because he was a nouveau riche rapper who was lost to money.
In fact, Liu Qingshan got to know him. He did become a little arrogant after getting rich suddenly, but the biggest reason was that he stubbornly insisted on pure black rap, and did not want to follow the trend of electrification of rap music in the old American music scene. "Complicit".
But this year, his brain suddenly enlightened and he was willing to keep up with the trend of the times. Therefore, as soon as he released his new album at the beginning of the year, it topped the US Billboard album chart in the first week of its release. This shows that he is not really lost, but just just I have gone through a psychological adaptation process during a musical transformation period.
The others were their friends or partners. Seeing Liu Qingshan's positive attitude, they immediately stood up and hugged him warmly.
However, Liu Qingshan only greeted them briefly and hurriedly introduced another person to them, namely Chen Yixun and his agent Chen Jiaying who were sitting at the table not far away.
This is Chen Jiaying’s famous artist manager. So far, it has only brought three artists: the first artist was Chen Baiqiang, followed by Faye Wong. After Faye Wong retired, she signed a contract with Chen Yixun.
Although Faye Wong has not really retired yet, she revealed this intention as early as last year, so she approached Chen Yixun. At present, the cooperation intention has just been established, and the two parties have not officially signed a contract yet.
This time, she heard that Liu Qingshan invited him to come to Los Angeles to attend the award ceremony, and she immediately decided to follow him. She knew that the other person's energy was terrifying.
Tonight, the two of them came to this bar in advance to accept the appointment. In fact, they had already seen what was going on at the table.
The others were strangers to them, but the rock god-level figure, Chester Bennington, was no stranger.
Then Chen Yixun recognized Ace Cooper among the crowd, so he was already wondering whether these people appearing in the bar were directly related to Liu Qingshan.
Seeing that Liu Qingshan looked very familiar with them when he arrived, Chen Yixun was actually excited and a little incoherent at this time. Fortunately, Chen Jiaying was well-informed and was able to stabilize his mind.
Seeing Liu Qingshan waving to him at this moment, the two of them got up in a hurry and rushed here.
No matter how famous he is in Xiangjiang, he is just a junior in the eyes of Bennington and others, but after learning that he was Liu Qingshan's friend, they were more respectful.
It is said that American rappers are full of personality and full of arrogance, but no one dares to show off their authority in front of Liu Qingshan. After all, this is a rapper who can slap him easily.
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The master who slaps people to death always has a strong force value and is in the active position.
However, after a few rounds of communication, they became very familiar with each other. Coupled with the common interest of music, even Chen Yixun was able to integrate in the shortest time.
"Mr. Liu, we have received your score," said 50 Cents, who was more lively than the others. "Warner Records is currently preparing the arrangement, but before that, we must Understand the interpretation of your lyrics, so that you can complete the recording of the official version in the shortest possible time!"
Liu Qingshan smiled and nodded, "Not only the rap part, but also several brothers have to cooperate with me in simple dance steps. Moreover, you don't have a few completed verses in the song, are you not uncomfortable?"
"No, no!" 50 Cents shook his head, "We all know that this time we are cooperating with Mr. Liu in the performance. It doesn't matter even if we don't sing a line. To be honest, we value getting to know Mr. Liu more!"
Ice Cube then spoke with a smile: "I'm better. Warner can invite Dr. Dre and the dog. They also value the friendship with Mr. Liu more, so for this performance, Mr. Liu doesn't have to worry about us. If you don’t adapt, I must follow your arrangements!”
A friend next to him continued: "Dr. Dre is considered a king in our field, and he is very good at pulling dogs. I heard that after they received Chester's phone invitation, one family did not consider it. He immediately responded, and Ace even shouted several times after hearing this. It is a rare opportunity to cooperate with Mr. Liu!"
Ice Cube quickly explained: "My friend is a bit nagging, but the meaning behind his words is true. I used to be a fan of Mr. Liu, but yesterday I saw you stepping on Richard Gere." The picture made me instantly become your loyal fan!”
Liu Qingshan looked surprised: "What do you mean? Does that person also have a grudge against Mr. Cooper?"
Ice Cube shook his head, "No matter how capable and status we black people are, we cannot avoid being despised and suppressed by others. Richard Gere is a representative figure of this kind of white supremacy, although he himself does not What can we do, but whether it’s big or not, Hollywood will inevitably spread some of the things in it!”
He didn't go into details, and Liu Qingshan would not be stupid enough to ask, "It seems that all my actions are not reckless?"
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Ice Cube laughed loudly: "I only know that many black people will only laugh when they see it. There are many good people among white celebrities in Hollywood, but there is absolutely no such person."
Fifty Cents smiled even more happily, "Actually, each of us has a personal account of whether the big shots have spoken for black people. Especially this Richard Gere, who is willing to kneel down and lick Tianzhu's curry? He has never spoken for us black people! In fact, Mr. Liu doesn’t know much about the folk customs here in the United States, especially us black people, who come from a lowly background, but have very sensitive feelings. We can almost tell the difference between a loyal and good person among white people at a glance!”
Another person nodded frequently: "Racism and discrimination here are everywhere. Almost every black friend has personal experience. Perhaps this phenomenon is less common in the sports industry. It is actually very common in the entertainment industry. Maybe some people dare not I express it openly, but my hands and feet in the dark never stop!”
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