Sergio
We gotta thicken our revenue stream! We gotta thicken our **** stream! We gotta thicken the **** out of that stream right now! Shit is serious out here! The music business is failing! The bubble done pop! [Someone's phone rings and everyone looks around and Aaron looks at the Jazz producer's to get him to admit it] Whose phone is that?
It's my phone, man.
Sergio
That's your phone?
It's mine, yeah.
Sergio
Answer it.
Definitely. [Answers phone] What's up, bro? Yeah. No, I can't talk right now. Yeah, he's actually staring at me, he's really pissed right now. Swear to God, I'm not joking, man. Yeah, 6:30. I gotta go right now, though. Bye. I apologize about that.
Sergio
Throw that phone out of my office!
Please don't make me do that.
Sergio
Throw that **** phone out of my office!
Right on. [He complies]
Sergio
Y'all think this meeting is for me. No. No, this meeting is not for me. It's for y'all! See, see, I'm gonna be all right. I'm straight. I got villas in Brazil, Tahiti, East Hampton, Westhampton. Sergio gonna be fine! **** the recession. I own 20 Koo Koo Roos!
Twenty-one, sir.
Sergio
I own 21 Koo Koo Roos. Y'all don't own one Koo Koo Roo. Not one. Not one. Y'all are ****!
You all are [in a high pitch] ****!
Sergio
He's not wrong. Everyone loves chicken. I'm doing fine. Please, people, help me help you. Who's first?
Me first, Sergio. There's this Taiwanese phone company, TEC, it's got great valuation, it's a steal, dude. We buy that shit, we're not just selling the ring tones, we're selling the **** hardware, bitch.
Sergio
Does this look like a telephone company to you? We make records here. This is not Cingular Wireless. Anybody here know anything about Cingular's wireless broadband, any of that **** phone shit?
No.
Sergio
Well, you know something, you should. Don't be proud of your ignorance. Now tell me something good.
I just discovered the next Alicia Keys. I swear to God above, I can vouch for her.
Sergio
The next Alicia Keys.
Yeah.
Sergio
What was your last discovery?
Chocolate Daddy.
Sergio
I couldn't hear you. What'd you say?
Chocolate Daddy.
Sergio
Yeah, Chocolate mother**** Daddy. He discovered Chocolate Daddy. How much did Chocolate Daddy sell?
Fifteen thousand units.
Sergio
Fifteen thousand units. I'm proud of every unit. I'm proud of those units.
I'm telling you, this girl is...
Sergio
Shut the **** up.
This girl...
Sergio
Don't talk.
She got a...
Sergio
Shut the **** up, man. Please.
I'm not gonna talk anymore.
Sergio
Shut the **** up! Fifteen thousand units! You made me vouch for Chocolate Daddy! Fifteen thousand units! I got six **** kids! You know how much money that is to put them through school? You know how many Air Jordans six black kids wear? I'm sorry for my outburst. I'm having a panic attack right now. [Motions to Aaron] You. What you so quiet for?
Aaron
Just thinking of ideas.
Sergio
That's what we need. We need ideas. Share. Share with the group.
Aaron
Okay. Next month is the 10-year anniversary of Aldous Snow Live at the Greek Theatre, which is one of the highest selling live albums of all time. And if we did some sort of anniversary concert, I did the figures, and it can generate millions of dollars in revenue.
Sergio
So you think one show is gonna change our game.
Aaron
Well, we simulcast on HBO, Facebook. We charge them each a million bucks to co-sponsor the event. And that'll jump-start sales of his back catalog, which we can re-release, re-master, with additional tracks and a live DVD of the concert.
Sergio
Come on. We need a game changer. And Aldous Snow is not it.
Aaron
Aldous Snow is one of the last remaining rock stars.
Sergio
With all due respect, maybe a game changer's not what we need.
Aaron
He's a real musician, and we have a chance to make real music, and that's how we can succeed. And personally, I think it would kick ass to see him play live again. That's why we're all in this business, right? To... 'Cause we're fans?
Sergio
That's really nice. Now I need y'all to listen to something that's a game changer. Play that shit. [Starts playing Infant Sorrow rap song with vulgar lyrics and all staff starts dancing in seats] This is a game changer right here.
