Late July.
Golden Dawn Music Company.
Domino, the president and music director, led Kyle and his team on a tour of Golden Dawn Music Company's new location.
"In the first half of this year, the company developed steadily, achieving new breakthroughs in album sales, and recruitment of new staff also went smoothly. As of now, our music company has as many as 13 signed artist groups and 320 employees. The scale of the company's original location is clearly insufficient to support operations."
"However, the new company location is completely different."
"The Fickleley Building, 2 underground floors, 9 above-ground floors, with nearly 20,000 square meters of office space, it's all ours!"
Domino proudly introduced the new location to Kyle and the others.
Kyle, Alexander, and Victor nodded frequently.
Choosing a new office location for Golden Dawn Music was the result of discussions between Kyle and Victor.
Of course, the cost of purchasing the new location, the Fickleley Building, was also considerable, a full 20 million US dollars. In comparison, the Page Building Kyle purchased in Silicon Valley was much cheaper. After all, their locations are different.
After a tour, everyone entered the new company's conference room in order.
Everyone took their seats.
"Domino, since the boss is here, why don't you report on your recent achievements," CEO Victor said.
"No problem."
At this moment, Domino appeared unusually confident.
"In the past June and the upcoming July, our music company successively released Eminem's new album 'The Marshall Mathers LP' and Destiny's Child's second album'Say My Name'."
"Eminem's new album, released nearly two months ago, has already sold 23 million copies worldwide, and is expected to break through 30 million copies by the end of this year."
"At the same time, two songs from Eminem's new album 'The Marshall Mathers LP' both entered the top three of the Billboard Pop Music June chart, with unparalleled popularity. It is estimated that by the time the Grammy Awards are held in January next year, Eminem will be able to take home several trophies."
As soon as he finished speaking.
Kyle, Alexander, and Victor all nodded.
After Eminem shot to fame with "America's Got Talent," he indeed made a big splash. Having released three albums in a row, he has become a well-known singer across the United States—and a very popular one at that.
Moreover, Eminem earned a lot of money for the company.
Victor exclaimed, "Eminem alone is worth at least 500 million US dollars!"
Hearing this, Kyle also smiled and said, "Victor, don't just talk about the value of the records. Eminem's mere presence has made a huge contribution to the enhancement of our company's brand value."
He paused, then continued, "Domino, tell us about Destiny's Child's new album."
Domino immediately nodded.
Although Destiny's Child, with Beyoncé, isn't as popular as Eminem, they are a top-tier group among the many female groups in the United States.
Youth, vitality, hot dances, and powerful vocals have become the hallmarks of Destiny's Child, attracting a large number of fans, even in European countries, where they have many admirers.
Destiny's Child's debut album, released in 1998, sold 13.8 million copies in one year, a great achievement; in July 1999, their new album sold 9.2 million copies worldwide in less than a month after its release.
It's clear that the new album's sales will surpass their first album's.
"Domino, the company's next focus should be Linkin Park and Britney Spears, right?" Kyle asked.
"That's right."
Domino smiled and said, "Linkin Park is one of the few teams still sticking to heavy metal rock in today's declining rock music scene. Their creative ability and live performance tension are extremely rare in the market. I firmly believe their new album will achieve excellent results."
Domino had great confidence in Linkin Park.
Of course, Kyle had even more confidence.
As one of the world's most famous rock bands in the future, if Linkin Park couldn't succeed, then who could?
Afterward, Domino also elaborated on Britney Spears' performance.
The meeting ended.
However, Kyle and his team did not leave the music company immediately, but instead met with many of the signed artists.
"Hi, Eminem! You're truly amazing!"
"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Page."
Kyle greeted Eminem and then said, "Eminem, you don't know, I listen to every one of your songs, well, almost every day. Also, I've heard the theme song you created for 'Finding Nemo,' it's simply unparalleled."
What could Eminem say?
He was, of course, very happy.
Although Eminem always presented a cool demeanor on stage, he was a decent person in private.
This could be seen from his music.
It's important to know that Eminem's greatness isn't just because he, as a "white man," broke the "black" monopoly on rap, but more so because of his strong personal style!
Generally speaking, many rap artists' music is filled with words related to "gambling, drugs, and sex" and "filth," which many people find quite repulsive and annoying.
However, Eminem is different!
Eminem's style is full of malice and curses, a deadly, acid-corrosive saliva!
The lyrics are filled with words like "reality is unsatisfactory," "but you don't work hard," "why are you impoverished," and "you shouldn't willingly fall into depravity," constantly stinging your nerves with reality!
Satire and criticism are his mainstream style!
"Hi, Britney, I don't think your brown hair suits you."
Seeing the future world-famous pop princess, Kyle suddenly brought up her hair color.
"Mr. Page, isn't my natural brown hair good?" The pop princess was very puzzled.
Everyone else around them also showed thoughtful expressions.
Kyle smiled and said, "I think you should try blonde hair."
Blonde?
Everyone was speechless: "..."
In the late 90s, a saying suddenly became popular in America: "Blondes are brainless!"
Even in many Hollywood movies, many blonde women were often portrayed as busty and brainless, showing the natural disdain people of that era had for blonde hair.
In the future, many blonde women in Hollywood dyed their hair other colors.
For example:
Emma Stone, she dyed her blonde hair red;
Amy Adams, she also changed to red;
Angelina Jolie, her dark brown hair is one of her hallmarks, yet her natural hair color is deep blonde;
There are many such examples, including Zooey Deschanel, Sophie Turner who played the eldest daughter of the Stark family in "Game of Thrones," Kristen Stewart of "Twilight," Leighton Meester of "Gossip Girl," Olivia Wilde... the list goes on!
"Mr. Page, are you sure you want me to dye my hair blonde?" The pop princess let out a terrified cry.
"I'm sure."
Kyle said firmly, "And I believe that with blonde hair, you will become one of your trademarks in the future."
"Really?"
The pop princess's tone conveyed disbelief.
Alexander, Victor, and Domino, who were present, also had serious doubts.
But the big boss had spoken, and they couldn't just rashly object, could they?
...An hour later.
"Oh my goodness ~"
"Is this still me?!"
After Britney Spears finished dyeing her hair, she shrieked as she looked at herself in the mirror.
Domino clapped and said, "Exactly! Absolutely right! Britney, you should have changed to blonde hair a long time ago."
It must be said that after changing her hair color, the pop princess looked much more beautiful than she did with brown hair.
Thus, Kyle's fashion sense received unanimous praise from everyone.
As many people in the American entertainment industry disliked blonde hair, just as many loved it!
Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lopez... they are all ardent admirers of blonde hair.
Their natural hair color is not blonde, yet the world's impression of them is undoubtedly blonde.