American Entertainment: Taylor Swift wrote a song for the beginning

Chapter 99 Intervention (Subscription Request)

I contacted the boss of Big Machine again, and his attitude became much more moderate.

This time, he didn't make a random offer, but cut it in half directly, and there were preconditions: he had to retain a certain amount of shares and keep his original position at least until the end of Taylor's contract. Ryan also had to offer himself a valuable annual salary.

He had to make money, and he had to continue to share in Taylor's career development in the future.

"I can agree to your additional conditions, but 5000W is too much. I have a good solution..." Ryan put forward his idea.

These days, he has also been considering the arrangements after the acquisition is completed. He and Taylor are both singers and are responsible for songwriting and production, but they know nothing about publicity and promotion. This is why Ryan hopes to get in touch with Jimi, but he doesn't know if Gaga is already available, so he hasn't shown any interest.

So Ryan had to choose another option.

"Do you really think so?" Scott immediately became interested in this new plan.

"Of course, I think you're more useful than you think, but you have to keep this a secret from Scout."

"Of course, I won't tell him any details of our conversation. Big Machine and Schoolboy are strictly on the same level. They are both sub-brands of Republic Records. He can't interfere with my thoughts." Scott agreed immediately.

"You haven't said who's behind him yet." Ryan remembered his previous inquiries, but Scooter had never revealed it before.

"I don't know who the high-level people in Universal Music are. Scooter is usually very low-key and keeps it a secret. This information was told to me by Lucian Grange."

"Who is this person?"

"My old colleague, we worked together for a while at RCA (a record company now owned by Sony), and he is now the chairman of Universal Music International, responsible for markets in multiple regions."

I don’t know whether Scooter, the big boss behind the scenes, will have any impact on the acquisition.

Then Ryan and Scott got into a long tug-of-war, and finally the deal was made for less than 40 million US dollars. From a future perspective, this deal is of course extremely cost-effective, but at this point in time, a country singer's contract... Even though Taylor has won the Best Newcomer award in two major country music awards in a row, this deal still seems difficult to understand. It's not that it's expensive or cheap, but that being a singer is a high-risk profession. There are countless examples of the previous album being amazing and the next album being terrible, and most singers are like this, or in other words, a singer's career itself is unstable and unpredictable.

Even Lady Gaga was only popular in the first three years of her career, and she was more of a celebrity after that. Katy Perry is not even as popular as her.

From this perspective, Ryan’s acquisition seems to be a bit like “paying for love”.

But only he himself knows the truth.

After the acquisition was completed, Taylor's second single and new album were officially released, which was also the beginning of Taylor Swift's full-scale outbreak...

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The next evening, Taylor's entire family, including his younger brother, rushed to Florida, and Ryan warmly entertained them.

"Scott has agreed that the formal transaction can begin next week." Ryan told the Taylor family in the restaurant.

When Taylor heard the news, his heart finally settled down.

"You did it, Ryan." In front of her parents, she took Ryan's hand and put it on her cheek.

The one who is most excited must be Taylor Swift. There are many men who can say they love you, but how many men are willing to spend real money to support their careers? Not to mention tens of millions, even a few hundred thousand are rare.

Taylor's mother was more happy for her daughter. At least from the current performance, Ryan was really doing good for her daughter, and she couldn't find any other motives. The two were a good match in height, age, and appearance. If they were not so young, she would have hinted to Ryan that she was going to propose.

As for Taylor's father, although he knew this day would come, when this day really came, he still felt reluctant and even a little sad.

But right now, in addition to the two of them, there are also company matters.

"How much cash can you come up with now?" Ryan did not forget his promise to Taylor's father.

"Well...it's not much actually. You know the economy hasn't been doing well lately." Scott smiled awkwardly.

"What about the money I earned before? There should be quite a bit left. If we pool them together, we should be able to come up with a few million, right?" Taylor said as a matter of course. Before, most of her income was given to her parents to manage.

Taylor's father became visibly embarrassed.

"Let me tell you something. Your dad invested your money this year, and it ended up in the financial crisis." Taylor's mother whispered. "What? Where's the money? That's the money I worked so hard to earn. I'm not going to lose it all, am I? I might as well buy real estate!" Taylor was stunned. He no longer believed in investment and made up his mind to buy houses with all the money he earned in the future! The stamp of "House Sister" was stamped on him.

"It doesn't matter. You can make more money if you don't have it." Ryan comforted Taylor, and then said to her parents: "Although we can't jointly acquire, I will still give Taylor a symbolic share. In addition, I hope that uncle will work in the company after the acquisition is completed and be fully responsible for Taylor's team."

Taylor's father has extensive connections, so it is necessary to bring him in. The most important thing is... he can serve as a check and balance.

After Ryan completed the acquisition, he did not kick out the original boss of Big Machine, but let him continue to serve as vice president, responsible for publicity and promotion.

Not only that, he will also work in Ryan's own record company that is about to be established. Like Big Machine, the new record company is also a sub-brand of Universal Music Group.

"No problem at all." Taylor's father laughed from the bottom of his heart.

In the previous timeline, in 12, Taylor's father founded an agency called 13. The entire company was tailor-made for Taylor, and the name was also taken from Taylor's lucky number. Since then, Big Machine's relationship with Taylor's team has become more and more distant, and it is only maintained by a contract.

Ryan finally looked at Taylor's brother, who was still using a cane.

"I'm afraid I can't return to the court." He said a little disappointed.

"It's okay, just do other things that interest you." Ryan comforted.

Taylor's mother pricked up her ears and immediately interrupted when she heard this: "Austin actually likes photography very much."

Taylor also remembered something and immediately fiddled with her hair: "Ryan, you have such a good relationship with Trey, can you arrange for Austin to intern in her company?"

Since both his mother-in-law and Taylor had asked, Ryan had no choice but to help, so he agreed on the spot.

"Cheers to the new company!" Ryan raised his glass. He has not yet decided whether to change the name of the big machine.

"Cheers to the new company!" Taylor also raised his glass.

Taylor's parents and Austin also raised their glasses together. The family seemed to be having a great time. The only one who was sitting at the end was Daddario. She wanted to interrupt several times throughout the dinner, but she couldn't do it no matter what. She just felt like an outsider.

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He sent the Taylors back to Nashville and began to take over the company. Ryan's joy at the acquisition lasted only three days, and was soon broken by a letter from Universal Music Group.

"A spokesperson for the North American branch of Universal Music Group stated that Big Machine's control transaction is suspected of violating the distribution commitment agreement signed with Universal Music Group. If Scott Borchetta continues to complete the transaction, he will be sued by Universal Music Group..."

"It is reported that the potential buyer of Big Machine is the hot new musician, Dr. Ray, who has had many singles enter the Billboard potential this year and is hailed as the biggest surprise in the pop music circle. He is also Taylor Swift's boyfriend. According to people familiar with the matter, the trust fund associated with him is the investor of this acquisition.

"As for the purpose of the acquisition, we are still unclear. According to online rumors, he felt that Taylor was treated unfairly within the Big Machine, so he generously donated tens of millions to rescue his lover. Such deep affection is touching..."

"I don't know where the Universal Music Group's intervention will lead this acquisition. We will continue to report for you..."

Entertainment news was being broadcast on TV.

On the other side, Scott's chattering could be heard in the receiver: "There is a clause in the distribution agreement that all independent record companies that are not controlled by Universal Music must sign. This is to prevent competitors such as Sony and Warner from directly acquiring the record companies. But you are also a member of Universal Music Group. In this case, Universal Music Group will generally acquiesce."

"Was it Scout's doing?" Ryan wondered.

"Now that you mention it...it's really possible, it's this kid!"

“Can the acquisition be completed directly?”

"That's fine, but you have to be prepared to lose a lot of money, which is more than the purchase price."

Ryan couldn't come up with that much money again.

"Unless you can deal with Scooter, the acquisition will be terminated," said Scott.

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