24 Iris Long is Back (1/2)

Iris slept for a long time after completing the reports and sending them to Jin Liwei. She woke up a few minutes after noon in time for brunch.

As they ate, Dom informed her that JJ's people finally called in the morning while she was still sleeping and asked for a meeting to negotiate contract terms.

For the next few days, Iris together with Dom and her lawyer were busy meeting with JJ's team. Finally, they signed a contract that satisfied both parties. JJ's record label didn't make any public announcements that she signed under them as an artist as per her request.

Next order of business was to sign under a talent management company. She didn't plan on just being a musician after all. JJ recommended Bright Summit Entertainment Company, which was one of the top in the industry and also had the best relationship with his record label.

Although JJ worked with a lot of talented musicians from different talent companies, he liked working with artists under Bright Summit the best because they were the least troublesome. A big part of this was because Bright Summit protected its artists very well. Unless an artist did something unsalvageable, the company would use its full might and glory to ensure the artist's career.

When Iris went into coma after the accident, her father spent a huge amount of money to dissolve her outstanding contracts with her previous talent agency, record label and endorsements when she failed to wake up after three months.

JJ went the extra mile to contact someone he trusted from Bright Summit. After a few days of negotiations, Iris was already signing a contract with them. She was also given a new manager. Like before, this was not publicly announced as per her request.

The next few weeks were extremely busy. Iris worked personally with JJ and his team of experts at JJ's own studio to record all the songs she composed for her comeback album.

The other people working with them learned to cope (a.k.a. sit there quietly like statues) whenever Iris and JJ clashed like two evil dragons.

”Listen, Iris brat! I'm an award-winning music producer. I'm always right when it comes to music! I say we should change this part of the song to a faster tempo, so we should do it!”

”No, Mr. JJ. You're wrong. That's so stupid. Are you planning to make this into a disco song? Or maybe a dance song?”

”What did you say, you brat?!”

Another one….

”Mr. JJ, this song doesn't need electric and bass guitars. The symphony orchestra is already more than enough.”

”Hai! You don't understand. The guitars add another dimension to the song!”

”What another dimension? Mr. JJ, they're just annoying background noise.”