American Entertainment: Taylor Swift wrote a song for the beginning

Chapter 49 Suppression
"I have met Scooter several times in Los Angeles. He is Jewish, but he is able to get along well with those low-class black people. It is precisely because of this that he is highly regarded by some senior executives." Big Machine's boss, Scott Porchetta, said on the other end of the phone.

Ryan tried to ask for the specific name of the executive, but Porchetta was tight-lipped and didn't reveal anything.

But his words also confirmed Ryan's speculation, and Ryan finally made a decision...

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"This is Mr. Jesse Schaudies from Wisconsin. He is the special legal counsel I signed this time," Ryan introduced.

The old white man with a white beard and dressed in casual clothes handed his business card to Scooter. Compared with the legal officer sitting upright in a suit next to Scooter, the old white man seemed very casual.

Scooter, his secretary and his lawyer were sitting across the table from each other. When he saw the title of "Global Vice President of Front Desk and Strategic Relations at ManpowerGroup" on the exquisite business card, his eyebrows raised and he almost dropped the business card in his hand.

ManpowerGroup is a multinational corporation listed on NASDAQ and one of the world's top three human resources companies.

Ryan couldn't help but laugh in his heart when he saw Scooter's reaction. He was also shocked when he first met this friend of Taylor's father yesterday. He knew that Taylor's father was a big shot, but he didn't expect him to be such a big shot. Fortunately, he was lucky that this "global vice president" came to visit Taylor's father during the New Year holiday and took care of his business.

Just this one business card caused the three people on Scooter's side to exchange glances more than twenty times.

"Can we start?" Taylor's father, who came with Ryan, looked at his watch.

In addition to the two old white men, Terry was also there, but Taylor was unable to come because he was busy with work.

"This is a draft copy that was prepared. It's based on the details of the previous negotiations between Mr. Brown and Rivers, with some modifications made to the template." The lawyer next to Scooter opened the folder and pushed it to the old white man in a polo shirt next to Ryan.

Ryan could see clearly that the draft was at least several hundred pages long.

Taylor's father's friend took out his glasses and put them on, then flipped through a few pages and suddenly stopped.

"Clause 4, production and recording costs, item 3, 'including but not limited to related expenses in the recording, production, and mixing process, all of which are classified as production costs' is too general. Suppose the record company assigns another person to mix the record, then does Party B need to pay all the expenses incurred by this third person during this period?"

This one sentence stumped the other party's lawyer, who looked directly at Brown.

"This does need to be made clear. The relevant budget will be informed to Ryan in advance and carried out with his consent," Braun said at this time.

"What do you mean he agreed? This is an exclusive agreement. Does the production expenditure of the third party need to be recorded as Party B's production cost? This does not comply with the exclusivity stipulated in Clause 1." Jesse asked back.

"Well, maybe this needs to be revised." Brown laughed stiffly.

"Give me a pen, thank you." Jesse picked up the pen and wrote down his comments on the draft.

"Article 5, Advance Payment and Royalties, Item 6, royalties generated by streaming media should not be confused with physical royalties in principle, and should not be paid first for the costs generated by physical sales. I suggest revising Item 15 to separate the physical sales royalties, digital sales royalties, and streaming royalties for calculation. Do you have any questions?"

"Not yet." Braun shook his head, sweat pouring down his forehead.

"Article 6 Promotion and Marketing, in accordance with the provisions of Item 9, should be supplemented with a statement that when Party B has objective limitations, including force majeure, weather, personal illness, accidents, etc., it can refuse Party A's promotional requirements. If there is no subjective and clear refusal, the termination clause of the contract will not apply, which is a breach of contract..."

"Clause 7 Touring and Live Performances. I understand that Ryan has performed in various places before signing the contract, and similar situations may occur after signing the contract. Why is it not mentioned in the contract?"

"Clause 8, termination and breach of contract, I suggest you rewrite this part."

"Article 9, Creative Control..."

"Article 10, Distribution of Other Income..."

Jesse was quite experienced in this area. He raised questions one by one and wrote down suggestions for revisions.

It was also Braun's fault that he did not have much experience in signing artists, and the legal department he hired was not well-known in the industry, which led to many loopholes in the contract and was completely suppressed by Jesse.

"First complete the revisions to the issues I mentioned earlier, and then proceed to a second round of review. Which law firm are you from?" Jesse asked the lawyer opposite him.

The other party introduced himself. "No wonder." Jesse chuckled, "Next time I see the partner of your law firm, I have to have a good chat with him."

The negotiations lasted until the evening, and it seemed that it would take at least a whole day, but the core issues had been almost resolved, and Jesse had already checked out all the "mines" in the clauses that might have an adverse effect on Ryan.

Ryan was almost relieved, and felt that the arrival of Taylor's father's friend had helped him a lot.

"I happened to be on vacation, so I'm doing Scott a small favor." Jesse walked out of the office and faced Terry's thanks with a very kind smile, which was completely different from his cold and sharp appearance just now.

Elsewhere, Ryan noticed Scott was on the phone.

After a while, Scooter came back and said to Jesse, "I'm afraid I have to go home for dinner tonight. Andrea asked me to pick up my daughter from the studio. She has to go to school."

Jesse looked shaky and mentioned a local restaurant he had visited with Tyler's father a few years ago.

Ryan understood what he meant and immediately offered to pick up Taylor so that the two old white men could go to their old place to reminisce.

"That's fine." Scott scratched his head and didn't find anything wrong.

"Let's go, I finally made it to Nashville," Jesse urged.

The four of them parted at the door. Jesse and Taylor's father went to eat, Tracy went home, and Ryan drove his own car to Blackbird Studios.

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"Did the signing go smoothly?"

As soon as Ryan entered Studio C, Taylor, who was communicating with a woman, immediately looked up and asked Ryan a question.

Hearing Ryan talking about what happened just now, Taylor couldn't help but laugh: "I told you before, Uncle Jesse is a professional."

"Let me introduce you, this is Colbie Kelly, a country music singer. Her song "Bubbly" inspired me, so I decided to collaborate with her to make a new song together." Taylor introduced herself to Ryan.

Then Taylor turned to her: "This is..."

For a moment, Taylor didn't know how to introduce Ryan to the other party.

"A friend." Ryan nodded.

"Yes, a friend." Taylor chuckled twice.

Naturally, the other party didn't ask any more questions.

Unlike last time, Taylor did not record a song this time. He seemed to have encountered some difficulties and was discussing the lyrics with the female singer.

Ryan was able to sit in the back of the studio, where he saw producer Nathan Chapman, a sound engineer and two assistant sound engineers. Joel had gone to another recording studio that Taylor was working with.

"I drove away but your voice and smile could not leave me, because we never expected this ending..." Taylor scratched his hair. Even he would feel distressed about the creation of some songs.

The waiting time was longer than expected. Just when Ryan was feeling bored, his cell phone suddenly rang.

It was Abigail, who hadn't contacted him in recent days. Ryan walked out of the recording studio with his cell phone and stood in the corridor to answer the call.

"I have good news for you!"

When the call was connected, the two spoke in unison.

(End of this chapter)