Two weeks after the movie was officially released, the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack has sold more than 1 million copies. The new CD is priced at $14.99, and the old record is priced at $9.99 and comes with a movie poster.

Of all the songs, only the theme song "The Time of My Life" and "She's Like the Wind" composed and sung by Patrick Schwytz were newly created specifically for the movie. The other ten songs are all fifty

For old songs from the era, the copyright of the singer was bought out at a cheap price.

RCA Records calculated the retail data and found that the profits were very generous. The record factories were working overtime and the retail shipments were still very fast. Ronald's income on his books was rising every minute.

The vice president of RCA who was responsible for the release of this record also became the most proud person in the company. When other veteran singers were experiencing huge losses in their new records, I did not expect that such an album integrating ancient dance music would give RCA the greatest success in the past two years.

The most successful album.

They warmly invited Ronald to their headquarters in Manhattan, New York, to discuss further cooperation arrangements, and to celebrate the record sales reaching platinum record standards - 1 million copies sold in the United States.

Ronald originally wanted to have a good rest and did not want to ride across America again. However, the other party sincerely put forward two conditions.

First, RCA flew a private jet owned by the company to pick Ronald up. Second, the first phase of the sharing was settled immediately.

After getting on RCA's Gulfstream III private business jet, Ronald felt that the height of the cabin was a bit insufficient. He had to bend down and lower his head to get on the plane, otherwise he would hit the ceiling. But when he sat on the luxurious custom-made leather seat,

feel good.

The pilot is retired from the Navy. When he saw that today's passenger was Ronald, he immediately saluted him. According to him, after the release of "Top Gun", pilots, a profession that was previously unknown, are now easy to pick up girls. As long as you wear a uniform

When you go to a bar, you are the most popular group of people with beautiful women.

The stewardess, a beautiful woman, came over and covered Ronald with a light blanket and asked him if he wanted something to drink.

"Let's have a glass of sweet wine." Ronald has been very busy recently. After boarding the plane, he sat in a large and soft special seat. The plane quickly reached the stratosphere after takeoff. A unique slight noise made him feel relaxed.

.

The flight attendant was very professional. After passing a glass of noble rot liqueur to Ronald, she did not take the opportunity to chat with Ronald, but stepped aside. After finishing the liqueur, Ronald walked on a plane smaller than a commercial airliner.

Amid the overwhelming noise, I suddenly fell asleep.

The black screen suddenly lit up. Ronald felt like he had flown over Manhattan, New York.

The Statue of Liberty passed by, and a yellow ferry from Staten Island could be seen on the sea, heading towards Manhattan.

The sparkling sea surface reflects the light of the morning sun, and the twin towers of the World Trade Center opposite are shining in the morning sun, as if covered with a golden coat. The island of Manhattan, where this financial center is located, looks so full in the morning

vitality.

The angle of view began to decrease, gradually approaching the yellow Staten Island Ferry. Although the ferry looked a bit shabby, the deck appearance was very clean, cutting through the waves, heading towards Wall Street, represented by the World Trade Building.

Ronald felt that this shot seemed to represent the millions of ambitious young people in America working hard to move forward in this city full of opportunities and hard work.

"I was also on this boat back then, and Aunt Karen misappropriated the money from the mortgage to pay for her own medical treatment." Ronald thought, he was also on the ferry back then, looking at the twin towers of the World Trade Center, and his heart was full of emotions.

dream.

"Manhattan, Manhattan..." Ronald muttered to himself. This is the heart of America, the capital machine, which provides blood to the industry. How many young people want to squeeze in, and how many people are squeezed dry.

come out.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Li..."

Ronald was shaken awake by the stewardess, "Huh? Have you arrived at JFK Airport?"

The stewardess laughed crisply, "We are a business jet, so we can land directly at Teterboro Airport, which is closer to Manhattan. RCA has arranged a limousine for you, and you can reach RCA's headquarters in one hour.

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Ronald rubbed his eyes. Sleeping on a business jet was still much more comfortable than on a commercial flight.

After chatting with the flight attendant for a while, he found out that Teterboro Airport is an airport exclusively for private business jets. Although it is in New Jersey, it is managed by the New York Port Authority. It is closer to the center of Manhattan than three international airports including JFK.

In addition, business jets fly at higher altitudes, have smaller cabin spaces, can do greater cabin pressurization, and have smaller rear-mounted engines, so passengers feel much more comfortable than large commercial jets, and the quality of their rest is also higher.

Much better than first class on commercial flights.

Ronald didn't feel any symptoms of long-distance flights, such as bloated ears, congestion in limbs, back pain caused by poor sleeping posture, etc. When he woke up and arrived in New York in the morning, he felt refreshed. It was better than the movie he dreamed of when he went to Cannes.

The protagonist in the movie even moves his toes to relieve discomfort, and is much happier.

But this time when I was on a business jet, what movie was I dreaming about? It seemed to be a story about Wall Street.

Ronald stretched himself. He seemed to often dream about movies when flying. I don’t know why?

"No wonder Wall Street bankers like private jets." Ronald met his personal accountant Lawrence Wang in the limousine that came to pick him up, and said to him while drinking coffee.

"Among the clients I serve, you are the only one who has such experience," Lawrence replied with a smile to Ronald.

"Hahaha..." Ronald smiled and hugged his shoulders. He started from an unknown person and asked him to take care of his accounting work. Lawrence's loyalty is unquestionable, but after all, his experience and ability are limited. He is in

Consider finding a more professional accounting firm to handle business issues, and also recruit a new accounting department in the company.

Lawrence will only take care of his personal business from now on. Some matters involving privacy should give him more peace of mind.

The luxury car drove into the headquarters of RCA. In the large conference room, all the senior managers and the team responsible for Ronald's "Dirty Dancing" project were waiting in line. They stood up as soon as Ronald came in.

applaud.

"Ronald, congratulations." Mr. Vice President took the champagne that had just been opened and handed it to Ronald.

"Congratulations to us." Ronald nodded slightly, pretending to be reserved, and then raised his glass to everyone, "Congratulations to everyone!"

"Coax", everyone present began to burst into happy shouts from the bottom of their hearts.

"The certification of a platinum record will take some time. We plan to use the results at that time to declare to the RIAA at the end of the year. By then it may be five platinums."

The vice president heard Ronald ask when he would get the platinum album certification medal and explained it to him.

"If you have time now, come to my office." The vice president put down his wine glass and invited Ronald to his office. Inside he saw many large and small cardboard boxes being packed. He had achieved great success because of "Dirty Dancing".

I'm going to move to a bigger office soon.

"This is the first 1 million sales report, please ask your accountant to take a look at it."

Ronald took the document from the vice president and handed it to Lawrence. He then asked the vice president, "Are there any signs of slowing down in the sales data?"

"On the contrary, the speed of shipments is still accelerating." The vice president was very satisfied. "This is also the main purpose of inviting you here this time. We can form a strategic alliance with Daydream in the future.

We at RCA can be responsible for the creation of the interludes and the distribution of the original soundtrack."

"Are you so confident in my movie?" Ronald replied with a smile.

"I finally understand that Diana Ross and Kenny Rogers are all passing out quickly. Now the music tastes of young people in America are changing rapidly, and new wave music is sweeping the music scene. We don't know

Who will be the next MJ.

Rather than gambling on luck, it is better to form an alliance with film experts like you. After all, records and movies are two commodities that are closely related and market each other. Within RCA, I insist on this path, as long as our cooperation can continue this

route, I will have more say."

"That's a good idea." Ronald thought for a moment. The veteran singers signed by RCA have all expired. Now is the time to rely on themselves. The vice president also hopes to take this opportunity to take the position. Now is the most suitable time to negotiate terms.

"Where do we start?" the vice president asked.

"My other film 'Love Is Not For Sale', which I am a producer of, uses a Beatles song licensed by MJ as the title. If you can get his copyright, you might as well get the soundtrack from that film.

Start." Ronald said.

"The copyright of the Beatles is not cheap, but I will buy it. This is a reflection of our sincerity in cooperation." The vice president is not very optimistic that the soundtrack album of this movie will make money, but as for the records, most of them can maintain their capital.

, making money still relies on popular records like "Dirty Dancing". One record is worth ten.

"Nice to work with, Bob." Ronald happily extended his hand.

"It's nice to work with you, Ronald." The vice president named Bob Buziak also extended his hand and shook it with Ronald.

Everyone decides on the direction, and the next details are drawn up by professionals and handed over to their respective legal teams to review the terms. At the next meeting, it is time to sign the contract.

"Ronald", Lawrence over there finished reading the report and came over to tell Ronald that there was no big problem.

"Bob?" Ronald gestured to the vice president.

"Hahaha, I'll ask our financial manager to come in."

"Oh..." Ronald got the check for the first platinum album and flicked it. The Citibank check was very crisp and made a crisp sound.

Went to Wells Fargo with Lawrence, cashed the check, and Ronald went to stay at the Waldorf Hotel.

The Waldorf is a long-established hotel. There is a large wine cabinet in the room, which contains bottles of Jack Daniels whiskey.

Ronald took a bottle, added some home-brew honey that he had brought with him, a gift from Walter Murch, and celebrated by himself.

After two drinks, Ronald felt a little lonely and began to think about calling someone to share his happiness.

"Ring ring ring ring", the phone rang by itself.

"Hello, Ronald." Taking off the receiver and hanging it around his neck, Ronald thought, who knew he was here? He happened to be invited to have a drink with him.

"Sir, I am the concierge of the hotel. Do you have any special needs? I can arrange it for you."

A high-pitched voice came. Ronald had drank a lot today. He felt that the voice was familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was.

"I didn't know your hotel had this kind of service." Ronald had stayed in many high-end hotels, and few concierges would come uninvited.

"Yes, we have everything here. There is also the former mistress of the president of Japan, the former secretary of the Japanese prime minister..."

"Are there any ethnic minorities in America, such as black people?" Ronald listened and gradually recognized the owner of the voice. This was another call to joke with him.

"Yes, yes, there are black beauties too." The other party obviously did not expect Ronald to say this.

"Is it someone I know?"
To be continued...