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Chapter 274

In the middle of the night, it was Archie Dano, the CEO of Tianji Films, who said the bad news: "Boss, I'm sorry, but several episodes of "Dancing Out of My Life" can't be used. Already, including 2pac's "ges."

2pac?

Josie took a deep breath, adjusted her emotions and began to think.

"Wait for five minutes."

After finishing speaking, Josie temporarily put down her mobile phone, left from the warm water, stepped on the floor mat with bare feet, put on a bathrobe, and washed off the mask on her face with clean water.

"Okay, tell me now, what the hell is Universal doing." She asked in a dangerous tone while not forgetting to apply basic skin care products on her face.

"They only said that 2pac's family didn't want his work to appear in a youth film." Archie Dano was a little cautious, tentatively said: "To be honest, I personally think that this probably, maybe—— Well, this is what David Geffen is trying to trick us on purpose. Universal Music is his private land, I have asked someone to find out, DeathRow signed by 2pac is a label under the full control of Geffen, so now they would rather breach the contract and take it back Authorization will also make many of the materials we shot in the early stage scrapped."

The label of the late legendary rapper 2pac is called DeathRow, which belongs to Universal Music, which has a large family and business. In view of the honeymoon period between SKY and Universal, Archie Dano did not pay special attention to this matter at the time.

Who would have thought that David Geffen's turnaround would come so unexpectedly.

And not just this song by 2pac...

As far as Hollywood is concerned, Tianji Films is still a young sapling with insufficient experience and inappropriate relationships. There are occasional detours, but this time the bridge was directly cut off by someone, making the whole project deadlocked.

"Also, the white rapper, Eminem, his work can't be used either. Like 2pac's Death Row, he belongs to Interscope, a label of Universal Music."

"What else?" Josie said with a cold face, "Tell me all the bad news in one go, thank you."

Archie Dano had no choice but to say: "Britney, Superboy...Nelly are not authorized. Obviously, Geffen completely blocked us, and he grasped the lifeblood of "Dancing Out of My Life"."

For a movie about hip-hop, there is no dance without music, and no soul without dance.

What's more, all their previous rehearsals and shootings were done according to the original soundtrack that was discussed at the beginning. The current situation is that the entire crew is in a state of anxiety. Amy Heckling can only release it for everyone if he can't solve the situation. I took three days off.

Archie Dano bit the bullet and continued: "Now, we must either re-select the song, or put this project on hold."

In fact, there is another way, which is to find a good enough intermediary to make peace, but his boss would definitely rather lose money to reshoot or not shoot at all, and would not be willing to bow to the enemy David Geffen.

"Fortunately, the crew has just started filming a dance scene." Archie Dano smiled wryly, "—although they have been rehearsing for several weeks."

David Geffen's influence in the Hollywood movie circle may not be obvious, but in the music circle, he is a big figure at the godfather level. If Quincy Jones is the godfather of black music, David Geffen created today's rock and roll The uncrowned emperor of the prosperous age.

Quincy Jones... Now is the time for this Mr. Q to return his daughter's favor?

And MJ.

The enemy of the enemy is the friend.

What's more, if MJ's music can appear in the movie, it is a good thing no matter how you look at it.

The only one who survived was Josh Jones' hot order. According to the relationship between the two of them, he would only support Josie, so David Geffen would not attack him.

So let's talk about copyright.

Just spend some money.

Although she is a little short of money now, Tianji Films is not short of money. The profits of "The Perfect Victim" and "The Trap" continue to make money, and there is also an Oscar-winning "Boys Don't Cry".

In addition, "Entourage", co-developed with Universal Pictures, is also a money-absorbing weapon.

It's just that "Fight Club" didn't do very well at the box office, but its director's cut DVD will save that and become one of the most classic movies of the 90s.

The night is already deep.

Naturally, there was no way to contact my contacts that night, so I had to wait for the next day.

Preoccupied people are doomed not to sleep well.

Josie, who was tossing and turning, closed her eyes for a long time and didn't fall asleep, so she had to get up to read the script again, and kept walking around the room.

She wasn't worried that the project "Dancing Out of My Life" would lose money, or that she couldn't afford to lose money, but she hated the feeling that something was out of control, which made her irritable for no reason.

But she still tried to calm down and think about how to break the situation.

There should be hope for MJ, but his style of music is not very suitable for the movie itself; Quincy Jones, if you want to use favors, you have to use them wisely, Nelly and Eminem are just newcomers, but you have to deal with them Use the last king fried.

Josie quickly thought of a name, and immediately called Anne Fletcher, who was in charge of the film's choreography, to confirm the track that needed to be changed.

After she finished the call, the doorbell rang suddenly.

Outside the door was Keanu, who was still chilling in his coat. When he entered the door, he smiled and asked, "Good evening, let's have a glass of wine?"

Just drink a drink, I can't sleep anyway.

"Did you come here from Los Angeles for a drink?" Josie walked to the wine cabinet, "What to drink. Tequila, whiskey, vodka, brandy, or red wine?"

"If you have bourbon, give me a big glass." Keanu took off his coat and sat on the sofa.

So Josie opened a bottle of bourbon and poured him an almost full glass.

Apparently, Keanu is also well-informed. Before he had half a glass of wine, he asked about the soundtrack of "Dancing Out of My Life" and said that he had some friends in the music circle who could help.

——In fact, he came all the way from Los Angeles to deal with this matter.

Josie only said that it will not be used for the time being, and she already has a specific plan.

Then there is a glass of bourbon for you, a glass of red wine for me, and a glass of special martini or Manhattan, and they roll together while drinking...

The next day was refreshed.

Wake up, take a shower, go to the restaurant for breakfast.

While eating breakfast, Josie didn't forget to ask Nora Efron for half a day off. She probably won't have time to rehearse this morning.

Back in my room, after a little deliberation, I called Rashida, who had a good relationship with me at nine o'clock, and explained the predicament I encountered.

Rashida approached her father very understandingly, and repeatedly asked Quincy Jones for help. Quincy Jones also seemed unable to hold back the youngest daughter, and promised to take care of Usher, who has been very popular in recent years. Let the latter contribute at least one hot order.

Immediately afterwards, before Josie called MJ's team, the Nokia in her hand vibrated ahead of time.

She checked the caller ID and connected: "Hi, Mark?"

"Good morning." There was a smile in Mark Ronson's voice, "Guess where we are now?"

"Us? Who are you with?" Josie suddenly had a wonderful sixth sense, which prompted her to walk quickly to the door, and opened it abruptly.

I saw Mark, Josh, Samantha, and Lindsay outside the door, each with a big black mask on their face. It was not surprising that Josie would open the door suddenly, and they walked in one by one without being greeted.

Mark, who walked last among them, put down his phone and waved to her lazily: "Hello, little monster, are you surprised?"

Josie closed the door, smiling and saying nothing.

——Her crooked eyes and raised mouth corners have already given the answer.

Mark hooked the corners of his lips, opened his arms to her very perfunctorily, and said, "Although I know that we are all neurotic weirdos who hate intimate contact, but at this time, I think you might want a hug?"

Josie shook her head and laughed, but did not refuse the proposal.

She stepped forward and put her arms around Mark's waist, and pressed her cheek against the strong chest of the young man in front of her, listening to his heartbeat through a thin layer of clothing.

It can be said that for Josie, his existence is special.

It is a childhood sweetheart, and also the anchor of this world, whenever she looks back, he is still there.

There's nothing romantic about it.

Mark also hugged Josie back.

He gently stroked Josie's back in a coaxing way.

Until Josie suddenly stretched out another pair of small hands from behind, abruptly stepping in, ruining this tender moment.

"I want to hug Josie too!" Lindsay, who posted it upright, gave Mark a look, "You're so cunning!"

Mark smiled helplessly and had to let go.

Lindsay was still hanging on Josie, and began to shake her arm: "Sissy, we brought you a present, you must like it."

Josie touched Lindsay's head, pulled her off her body, and asked, "Thank you, what is it?"

"Dangdang——" Lindsay took out a document from her backpack, "It's MJ's song authorization letter!"

Josh over there had just finished washing his hands, and when he turned around, Lindsay sold him out, so he had to throw himself on the sofa, and glanced at Lindsay angrily.

Then, he explained: "We all know about your crew, you should need this."

"If it's not enough, I can still help." Mark sat next to Josh and added, "It's not easy to handle in the United States, but the surname 'Rongsen' in the UK is still very useful."

Josie was not polite to him, and said: "I was thinking of looking for you, Mark, you still want to be with me. Do you know the song of a newcomer group Sclub7? I have heard their demo, but I don't know. Pretty sure they've released a song by now."

Many TeenPop groups emerged around the turn of the millennium, such as BackstreetBoys, M2M, NSYNC...but Sclub7 can still be called a miracle.

However, it is regrettable that the members quickly flopped after each solo flight, and failed to escape the curse of solo flight, which became one of the tears of the times.

"Sclub7?" Mark remembered after thinking about it, "You mean, the seven-member group that stood out from more than 1 people. They only officially released their film at the beginning of this month, but they are already very popular."

"It's them."

"Okay, I'm going to call our Mr. Rong Sen now, let's talk."