[British and American Entertainment] The Road to True Love

Early this morning, there were already several people in the large meeting room of SycoMusic [Note 1].Jonathan White walked into the meeting room with a sleepy face while holding the coffee from Starbucks, and saw Ben Barron and Luca Fell, who had arrived early, eating donuts.

He swayed over unceremoniously, reached out and picked up a chocolate donut from the box in front of the two of them, chewed most of it in one bite, then took the remaining half in his mouth, and sat down leisurely on Ben Barron's side.

Seeing that the breakfast was exploited, Luka, who has always been a gunpowder temper, was furious. He jumped up and shouted at Jonathan: "Hey! You are gay! Who will let you eat my donuts!"

Jonathan ate the remaining half of the donut nonchalantly, took a sip of coffee slowly, let out a sigh of relief, and lazily replied: "It's so early in the morning, little Luca's spirit is so good, with this It is better to calm down and write songs honestly than to yell with energy. If you look at Jiaben, he has never bluffed like you, so he is the ace music producer in the company, and You are a thousand-year-old second child!"

Hey!This bastard thing!What a poignant thing to say!Luca yelled angrily: "At least I'm full of energy! You fag, you were suppressed by your Piero for half the night again last night! Look at your dark circles, they are comparable to China's National treasure!"

Jonathan took another sip of his coffee and didn't answer. He just gave Luca a small look of unknown meaning. The hidden charm made Mr. Luca's goosebumps hard. After seeing enough, he dragged Luka down, turned to Jonathan and said, "This guy is still out of his mind, so don't make trouble with him."

Everyone in the company knew that Jonathan White and Luca Fell were great enemies for thousands of years. As long as they got together, they would definitely fight with each other, and they would never stop fighting for life and death.

The beginning and end of their feud is too long ago to be tested, but Ben Barron believes that it is purely a matter of aura. The super straight man Luca meets the completely curvy man Jonathan, even if it is 2 years later I can't give birth to any warm feelings.

But it’s noisy, it’s noisy, when they encounter business, they will still put the business first. When Jonathan White and Piero Bryan got married last year, Luca was their best man. .

Not long after, Piero, who had parked his car in the parking lot, also came into the meeting room. Jonathan saw his man enter the door, reached out and picked up a donut from the donut box in front of Luca and Ben, thinking To feed Piero.

Piero, dressed in a chic yuppie style, shook his head, took the donut and stuffed it into Luca's half-open mouth, which was about to jump and scold. Said: "Didn't you always say that you have gained weight recently and want to lose weight? Why do you still dare to eat donuts, are you not afraid of gaining weight?" [Note 2]

Jonathan stuck out his tongue and went to drink coffee honestly. Only his Piero could suppress this arrogant and mean bastard.After a while, Louis Wood also came with his brand-name briefcase. Seeing that the boss hadn't arrived yet, several people simply had a tea party.

The few people present are all upper-level staff of SycoMusic. Ben Baron and Jonathan White belong to Simon Cowell's veteran team. When Simon was still working as a consultant for the record giant BMG, Ben And Jonathan went to work with Simon.

Later, BMG merged with Sony Music [Note 3], Simon also left BMG, opened this SycoMusic, Ben and Jonathan also followed Simon to SycoMusic naturally, and Simon then brought Luca Fell, Piero Bou Both Ryan and Louie Wood are under the banner, forming a strong and efficient working group.

Ben Baron and Luca Fell are the company's music producers, responsible for composing, arranging, recording and post-production. Louis Wood is the company's special vocal teacher, responsible for providing vocal guidance to singers in need.

Piero Bryan is the chief stylist in the company, with a superb fashion vision. The gold agent Jonathan White has brought out many first-line stars, and his methods cannot be underestimated. The little assistant Mike Cohen, the work efficiency and quality of the whole team are quite excellent.

Because of this, Simon also relied heavily on them. Whenever important decisions were made, Simon would call these people together for a meeting. 【Note 4】

Ben and Luca finished their donuts, and Jonathan's coffee. When the bored people were chatting together, the boss Simon finally arrived late.

Simon walked into the conference room wearing a white V-neck short-sleeved T-shirt, beige slacks, and large black sunglasses. The seemingly simple clothing was expensive, and behind him was Mike in formal attire as usual.

Simon said to everyone: "Sorry, I'm late. I called you here today, mainly because I want to ask your opinions on some things. Have you all watched this year's Britain's Got Talent?"

Jonathan smiled and said: "Of course, the boss is mighty, and his poisonous tongue skills are as invincible as ever." Simon coughed a little embarrassedly, and said: "That's not the point, the point is this."

As he said that, he turned his head and gave Mike a wink. Mike nodded knowingly, put a laptop on the table, turned up the screen, and turned it back so that everyone could see. Gracia's photo.

Simon pointed to this photo and asked everyone present: "What do you think of this girl?" Piero said: "The appearance is good, very plastic."

Louis also said: "The voice is very good, but the pronunciation skills are average. This good voice was wasted. If she can take vocal music lessons again, the future of this girl is limitless."

Jonathan was the first to realize what Simon meant. He asked, "Boss, do you want to praise this girl?" The above also confirmed from the side how much Simon attaches great importance to this Aglaia Donatella. You know, even when he signed Liana Lewis back then, Simon did not pay so much attention.

Simon looked at Jonathan, with a smile in his eyes. Don't tell me, among these few people, if you want to say who is the most sensitive and quickest, it must be Jonathan. This guy can be the first manager of SycoMusic The top spot is not for nothing.

Simon nodded and said, "Indeed, I intend to support this girl. Regardless of the final result of this final, our company is bound to win this girl. I don't know why, but when I saw her performance, I felt that she There is an indescribable feeling in my body, the feeling of being a superstar."

Luka then asked: "And this girl is only 17 years old, she is still very plastic, right?" Simon nodded and replied: "I really think so, but I also respect your ideas, what do you think?"

Ben was the first to express his opinion: "I think it's okay, I believe in your vision, boss." Except for Jonathan, several others expressed their agreement one after another. Simon looked at Jonathan questioningly, waiting for his opinion.

Jonathan thought for a while before saying: "I don't deny that this girl may have a bright future, but boss, what I'm more concerned about is how sure you are of winning this girl's record contract, and whether you have done well." Two-handed preparation? You know, there is still a big difference between her winning the championship and not winning the championship."

Luca asked curiously, "What's the difference?" Jonathan didn't want to complain about him anymore, so he rolled his eyes and replied, "If she wins the championship, it goes without saying that her net worth will double, and by that time, there must be more than one of our record companies coming to visit with her." She signed a contract, and there may be many other companies that are stronger than us. Then, we have to think about what kind of contract can impress this girl." Ben asked: "Then what if she didn't win the championship?"

Jonathan said: "That's easy. We don't need to pay too many chips, and it is possible to win this round. No matter what the outcome is, my suggestion is to pay attention to this girl's weakness. Her weakness is her family. When we set up the contract, we might as well take this into consideration, such as providing some help for the education of her and her siblings. As far as I know, the three siblings are all studying in church schools. If there is a chance, let the siblings choose a better school Go to school, do you think she will agree for the future of her siblings?"

Luka slapped the table, and growled half admiringly and half acidly: "You old fox, you really are very scheming!" Jonathan raised his chin triumphantly, thinking: Nonsense!Do you think my trump card manager is fake? !

Simon is happy, Jonathan is still as sharp as ever, and Luka is still the same for thousands of years, he said with a smile: "I think we have reached the result of the discussion, so, in these two days, Mike, you and Jonathan Together, work with the lawyer to establish two contracts, one for those who have won the championship, and one for those who have not won the championship, and prepare for both hands. Alright, let’s end today’s meeting here, and the meeting is adjourned!”

While SycoMusic was preparing for Aglaia's signing, Aglaia stayed with Marisa in the hospital.Marisa's energy is getting worse and worse, and she even fell into a coma in the past few days. Now Marisa is very thin, and her hands feel like bony dead branches, which makes Aglaia's heart hurt like a needle. .

Both she and Cronus knew that their Marisa was dying little by little, her vitality was being eaten away by the god of death uninterruptedly, her time was running out, and she might leave them at any time.

Aglaia has had nightmares every night recently, dreaming that her Marisa passed away, and then woke up crying, trying to suppress the crying, not wanting to wake up Maia who was sleeping beside her.

It just rained last night. Today, the sky in London is rare with blue sky and white clouds. On the lawn downstairs of the inpatient building, Aglaia pushed Marisa out in a wheelchair to bask in the sun.The sun is transpiring and the sporadic residual rain on the grass leaves is moist. There seems to be some water vapor in the air, mixed with the fragrance of green grass. Take a deep breath, and your mouth and nose are full of fresh summer taste.

Aglaia squatted down in front of Marisa, and straightened the quilt on Marisa's lap. The hem of her skirt was dragged to the ground and was wet by water droplets on the lawn, but she didn't care at all.

Marisa's eyes were full of tenderness, she stretched out her skinny hand, gently stroked Aglaia's blond hair shining in the sun【Note 5】, and said with a smile: "My Leia has grown so big in a blink of an eye, She is a beautiful girl. Maybe soon, there will be a handsome young man who will bravely win your heart."

When Aglaia heard her say this, her nose was inexplicably sore. She raised her head and pretended to blame: "Marisa, don't talk about it, okay?" I stopped mentioning this episode, and turned to Aglaia's game: "Your final will be in two days. How are you preparing?"

Aglaia smiled, only said to keep it a secret, and told Marisa to watch the finals, saying that he had a surprise for her.Marisa wanted to ask more questions, but Aglaia pursed her lips and refused to say anything. She looked like a cunning little fox. Marissa had to pinch her cheeks, laughed and reprimanded her, and then stopped mentioning it.

Aglaia's surprise for Marisa is that she will sing Marissa's favorite song in the final - Sarah MacLachlan's "Angel" [Note 6].This is a gift that Aglaia is going to dedicate to Marisa. She wants to express her love and gratitude to Marisa in this way and on such a stage.

Recently, she has been revising "Angel". She hopes to add some elements to the song, so that the song can be more suitable for herself and more powerful than the original.

Although it is the first time for her to adapt songs independently, she has learned the piano for so many years, and she used to accompany the music teacher to adjust and modify the tune of the hymns to make the songs more suitable for the school choir. After the frantic period at the beginning, her revision process has taken shape.

After basking in the sun with Marisa for a while, Marisa said that she was tired, and Aglaia pushed her back to the ward, took care of her to sleep, and went home to continue modifying the song.

Now the modification of the whole song has been carried out more than half, and success is not far away. The "old-fashioned" piano at home has actually "lost its teeth", and several keys have fallen off and broken. a string. 【Note 7】This is like a sudden disaster, which only catches people off guard.

The piano was completely out of order. Aglaia's face, let alone how depressed, Kronos looked at it funny, but couldn't bear her to continue to sink, and couldn't help but reminded: "I remember you mentioned, you Then there's a piano in Tom's house, right?"

Aglaia's eyes lit up. Cronus's proposal could kill two birds with one stone. It would allow her to meet Tom and solve the urgent need.She jumped up and ran to the phone and dialed Tom.

After the phone rang a few times, Tom answered: "ThisisTomspeaking, how can I help you?" After greeting Tom, Aglaia explained the purpose of her call and asked: "Tom, Is it convenient for you now, can I borrow your piano?"

Tom agreed immediately, and Aglaia happily rode to Tom's house after hanging up the phone.