Chapter 979： Record company

Rio de Janeiro, Sheraton Hotel.

After reading the latest road inspection report and comparing it with the report provided by the Rio City Hall, Jessica Felton could not say anything other than lamenting the unreliability of Brazilian government agencies.

Fortunately, she doesn't trust Brazilians very much and hires a professional company to conduct inspections in advance, otherwise the road closure during shooting may cause major problems.

The time and location of the road closure are wrong, and it is not impossible to paralyze traffic in half of Rio de Janeiro.

The inland of Rio is blocked into a pot of porridge, and it seems that it does not directly affect the crew, but Jessica Felton, as a producer, looks higher and more long-term.

If the crew closed the road for the first two filmings, it would cause serious traffic problems in half of Rio de Janeiro. The Rio City Hall will definitely have doubts in the future. With the above problems, it may not even give the crew so much freedom of shooting.

Therefore, Jessica Felton put the difficulties and preparations ahead.

You must not wait for a huge trouble to solve the problem, it would be too late.

Jessica Felton collected the two reports and took a shower in the bathroom. Like all women, she took care of her skin while sitting in front of the makeup mirror.

Although she is born with strong capital and multi-national hybrids have brought natural good skin, she also knows the importance of maintenance for women.

No force can fight time, but maintenance can delay the flow of time on the skin.

With the mask attached and changing into a refreshing home outfit, Jessica Felton opened the balcony door of the suite and sat under the starry sky, looking at the brightly lit white beach in the distance.

Today is Thanksgiving. Tonight should be reunited with her family. Because of work needs, she came to a strange city, facing the sea alone.

Jessica Felton suddenly had an urge to go to the beach, even if he looked at people.

But reason told her that going to the beach alone at night is a stupid idea. Those young people who play on the beach may take out their pistols from under the sand at any time, not only robbing outsiders’ finances, but also making beautiful women pay more painfully. The price.

After all, this is the city of God, a city that even God cannot shelter.

Jessica Felton thought of Ronan's bodyguards specially sent to the crew. The huge security team was even more exaggerated than when "Pirates of the Caribbean" was filmed.

But she also knows that in this city, no amount of strict security measures can be excessive.

Two days ago, when Jessica Felton led the crew to work outdoors, she had witnessed that seven or eight children, bare-chested and only about ten years old, walked around on the road seemingly casually. When arriving at a pair of tourists who were obviously from abroad, he suddenly took out a knife and robbed the couple of all the valuable things.

These people did not dare to provoke a crew with many security personnel and police escort, but they are a true portrayal of Rio's chaos.

Jessica Felton was thinking, with such a long knife hidden in the crotch, wouldn't those children be afraid of injury?

Sitting on the balcony, looking at the crowded beach, Jessica Felton forced herself to look away.

"Today is Thanksgiving." Jessica Felton said to herself: "I just don't feel comfortable with this strange city."

Compared to Rio de Janeiro, she prefers Los Angeles, even though it is as messy as Rio.

Jessica Felton returned to the room, forced herself to turn her attention to work, found the financial report that the assistant had just submitted, and looked at it seriously.

The data that could be easily seen in the past is now blurred, and it seems a little messy inside.

Jessica Felton put down the financial report, and gently pinched the smooth forehead. There were almost no wrinkles on the wheat-colored skin.

This is a smart, sensible and independent woman. She quickly understood the crux of the problem: "Today is Thanksgiving. I need to rest and I need to find someone... to talk."

After communicating this point, Jessica Felton immediately brought her mobile phone and called her family, but after hanging up, she looked at a certain number in the address book and subconsciously pressed callback.

As usual, Jessica Felton did not say much, but discussed some work issues very seriously with Ronan in Los Angeles, especially the road closure filming in Rio de Janeiro.

She hung up the call after only less than three minutes, then turned off the phone and went to sleep.

As a professional woman with great work pressure, insomnia and dreams are normal, but Jessica Felton slept very well tonight, and it was dawn the next day.

Jessica Felton never thought about why this was, and she never considered this issue. Just after having breakfast, she led a team of producers to Rio City Hall to discuss road closures. .

Los Angeles, Beverly Hills.

After the Thanksgiving holiday, Ronan and Robert Iger got together to discuss the newly established music distribution department.

"Because of Taylor Swift's relationship, we set up a music distribution department."

This is a discussion between the two. Robert Iger said it very directly: "At the beginning of the establishment of this department, on the one hand, Taylor Swift showed a musical talent that far surpassed his peers, on the other hand, it was also in order to take into consideration Scott Swift."

The latter point is quite important in the eyes of Robert Iger. After all, Scott is the head of the Pacific Investment Foundation, and the Pacific Investment Foundation has always been responsible for raising funds for Relativity Entertainment.

Ronan said: "Taylor Swift's first album of the same name has proven that we have made no mistakes in this step."

Robert Iger said: "At that time, it was just a stopgap measure. Two more singers joined in the future. Today you proposed a few more candidates. This makes me think that the plan for the recording department should be advanced."

Ronan asked curiously: "What is the specific plan?"

He basically didn't even bother about the establishment of the recording department. It was completely planned and implemented by Robert Iger.

Robert Iger said in detail: "By making the recording department independent as a subsidiary, we can fully rely on the marketing channels of Embassy Pictures to create a record distribution channel, just like Polygram used the record channel to create a film distribution channel. In terms of issuance, the business of digital issuance is becoming more and more important, which is also an opportunity for new companies."

Ronan nodded slightly: "I also agree with the establishment of a separate record company, but..."

Robert Iger understood Ronan’s concerns, found a pile of information from his hand, handed it to Ronan, and said, “We directly bought a record company, and professional matters should be handled by professional companies.”

This is also an idea advocated by Ronan, so he took the information seriously.

Robert Iger continued: "Big Machine Records, a small record company with offices in Burbank, was founded in 2005 by Scott Pochetta. Before founding Big Machine Records, Scott- Bocetta has worked for Universal Records for many years and led a 13-person team to resign and start a business collectively. They have extremely rich experience in the recording industry."

Ronan has never heard of Scott Pochetta, but Big Machine Records knows, because this was the record company where Taylor Swift was once, and it became popular and created the country queen Taylor-S. Wift.

It seems that Taylor Swift came out of the village and changed other record companies. Ronan doesn't know which one he changed to.

But judging from the various experiences of Taylor Swift in the early and mid-term, it is undoubtedly extremely successful for the big machine to build her.

"This company is not big?" Ronan asked.

Robert Iger said: "There are currently less than 30 employees, but we have an independent recording studio, a professional distribution and promotion team, and a contracted singer." He thought of one thing: "By the way, I listened to Si Kurt mentioned that when Taylor Swift was studying in Nashville, Scott Pochetta and the Big Machine Company had contact with her, but she sternly refused."

Ronan couldn't help being a little curious: "Who is the signing singer of Big Machine?"

"A female singer named Catherine Elizabeth Hudson once served as the lead dancer and backing vocalist for Britney Spears." Since Robert Iger proposed to buy Big Machine Records, he must have done a detailed understanding: "The Big Machine is working for She is preparing for her first record, which is scheduled to be released next year. Scott Pochetta also gave the female singer a new stage name, called Katy Perry."

The name first gave Ronan an inexplicable sense of familiarity, and then pictures of Hulanlan and San Fat appeared in his mind.

It was a movie. Hulanlan fired at San Fat in the tank, and San Fat exploded with the helicopter in the high-pitched female voice "oh" and "oh".

That's right, the songs that appeared in the "Interview" several times were sung by Katy Perry. Ronan can't remember the specific name. It seems to be related to Independence Day.

It seems that Big Machine Records has missed Taylor Swift, and has not been idle, and has found another potential female singer.

The company’s boss and the person in charge of operations are here and can make decisions.

After looking through the information, Ronan said directly: "Bob, follow your instructions, buy Big Machine Records, and set up a separate record company."

Robert Iger said: "It will take about a month Ronan nodded: "You let go and work. "

With the power of relativity entertainment, it can be said that it is very simple to swallow small companies such as big machines.

Relativity Entertainment previously concentrated all its resources on the development of the film and television business. This is where it is today. Now it can appropriately allocate some resources to develop new businesses.

According to Robert Iger, the most important thing in this deal is people, and Scott Pochetta and his team are very capable.

Ronan also has an idea. After the record company is established, he recruits singers from all over the world, and maybe he can meet his impressive names.

Many singers in the past may have seen their names or listened to related songs inadvertently, but let him think about it, it is difficult to remember.

In addition, Ronan also received a call from the other side of the Pacific Ocean. A team from the National Television Station in the East came to Los Angeles to get in touch with Relativity Entertainment, hoping to achieve cooperation in some aspects.