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Chapter 346 A dog cannot spit out ivory from its mouth

"No way……"

Madison folded his hands together and covered his mouth tightly, his eyes filled with disbelief.

A few pieces of the manicure, which she spent an hour and a half carefully making before the performance, had been inadvertently embedded in the skin on both sides of her nose, but Madison was unaware of it.

In other words, she needs this pain to remind herself that she is not dreaming.

"Really Freddie Mercury?"

"It's true."

"But how did you..."

"Sotheby's." Han Yi knew what Madison wanted to ask. "The other three members of Queen, Brian May, Roger Taylor and Jim Beach, in the name of the Mercury Phoenix Foundation, will serve as Queen's shared legacy is entrusted to Sotheby's for auction. In addition to 25% of the auction proceeds being retained for the foundation's operations, the rest will be used for AIDS prevention and treatment worldwide."

"Mercury Phoenix Foundation?" Madison Beer repeated the somewhat convoluted name in a low voice, "I thought Freddie left his inheritance to his parents...and Mary."

"That's what I thought. Someone from Sotheby's told me that due to 'well-known reasons', Freddie had no heirs during his lifetime. After his death, according to his will, his estate was divided into three parts - 50% of the wealth and future royalties will go to his 'love of his life' Mary Austin, 25% will go to his parents, and the other 25% will go to his sister." Han Yi recalled, "However, although on the surface, His three band members didn’t get anything. Of course, since they’re not related by blood, they shouldn’t get anything in the first place.”

"You haven't paid it back yet?" Han Yi was a little shocked, "I remember Yuzhen and the others... didn't they have a full schedule for you in February next year? Except for the Grammy week."

In addition to Klimt's famous painting "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer No. 35" purchased at Christie's, he also visited Sotheby's headquarters at New Bond Street, like visiting Harrow Just like the perfume counter of De Department Store, I selected a set of gifts for each of the four girls.

The Beethoven manuscript that Zhao Youzhen received, and the Freddie Mercury manuscript that is now in front of Madison Beale, are both consignment items sold by the Books and Manuscripts Department. One is a classical music master, and the other is a modern rock music master. They seem to be completely unrelated, but they are indeed displayed together in Sotheby's private display room.

"But the song "Don't Stop Me Now" was written by Freddie alone." In this regard, Madison Beer does not have the romantic imagination and expression of Han Yi. Because, as a musician, she is more concerned with the concept of another dimension, "As long as it is recorded in a tangible form, the work should be protected by copyright."

"Maybe that's the problem." Han Yi raised his eyebrows and said with some emotion, "When the inheritance was distributed, Mary Austin had no differences with Freddy's family. On the contrary, they did not compromise on the ownership of Freddy's personal belongings. In the end, both parties negotiated and decided to select some truly personal items as souvenirs. As for other assets related to Freddie Mercury's career that are difficult to realize in a short time, the three band members will use the trust fund to keep them as souvenirs. in the form of managing it on behalf of the foundation. Later, Mary Austin also joined the foundation and became one of the trustees."

"How much?" Madison pursed her lips and asked.

"The twenty-fifth anniversary requires something big. If you want to make a big move, you need money." Han Yi smiled at her and replied in the affirmative, "So, you are very lucky. Either earlier or later, you won't encounter them. "

"However, some things, such as the notebook in front of me, are not wealth in the traditional sense. It is more like... a memory and inheritance of Queen's existence."

"It's too expensive...I don't feel at ease." Madison shrank her neck and muttered softly.

During this trip to London, Han Yi did make a big purchase. He spent money like crazy, which is completely in line with Western society's expectations of the consumption power of China's high-net-worth individuals in recent years.

"The carrier of the recordable work itself is not protected by copyright." Han Yi wanted to pat Madison's head and praise this little girl's copyright awareness, but he didn't do it because he knew that this would get him into greater trouble. Action, “Don’t Forget the Difference Between a Cargo Ship and a Cargo.”

"What for?" Han Yi stared, "Who accepts a gift and asks the price?"

"How much can I earn? I haven't paid off my own advance yet."

Moreover, Han Yi is not the kind of picky customer who is extremely irritating. He browsed the exhibits in two departments in total - the ancient sculptures and artworks department, and the books and manuscripts department. Moreover, each department has selected two sets of collections, which can be said to be equally affected by rain and dew.

"What do you think..." Madison cast an inquiring look at Han Yi.

"What are you worried about?" Han Yi laughed dumbly, "You don't know how much you have earned for me recently?"

"The money that hasn't arrived... is also money." Han Yi smiled, raised his index finger, and corrected, "Don't worry, these two gifts are not as expensive as you think."

"If you count those, it will definitely be paid off." Madison shrugged, "I mean the income that has been received now."

"Yeah, it's easy to say anything if you have money." Madison sighed in a way that didn't match his age. "In 1991... my God, it's really been twenty-five years. It's unbelievable. This time... the foundation Is this the reason why you put these things up for sale?”

"I don't know, and I don't want to speculate." Han Yi shook his head, "We are not the parties involved, and no matter how much we guess, we can't get close to the truth. Moreover, twenty-five years have passed since the incident, and I believe that those who should let it go have also let it go... …More importantly, as of now, Freddie Mercury still receives 1000 million US dollars in royalties every year. With this money, the ownership of several notebooks is not that important.”

"That's right." Madison thought for a moment, then gave a different opinion, "But I still want to say, whether it can be protected by copyright or not, if I am a person who loves Freddie, then... this kind of preservation of his handwriting I will definitely treasure my legacy properly.”

"What about my per-performance fee?" Madison rolled her eyes and asked in a different way, "Is it more or less?"

"Which month's performance fee is due?" Han Yi asked.

"Hmm..." Madison thought for a moment, "Maybe February next year."

The contract price for the performance she received in October had not yet exceeded six figures, but several music festivals in February had already reached a maximum of 10 US dollars.

This is the price for a trip of six people, including the tour manager and accompanying musicians.

Air tickets are included, but local food, accommodation and transportation are not included.

The music industry is like this, it cannot become popular, and in ten years the prices of commercial performances will remain unchanged. Once it becomes popular, the price quoted the day before can double in another 24 hours.

"More..." Han Yi raised his left hand in front of his eyes and pinched his index finger and thumb together, "A little bit."

"How much is a little bit?" Maddie persisted.

"More than one game, less than two games." Han Yi continued to be vague and gave a very rough range.

"More than one game, less than two games, that's..."

Madison, a child star, studied intermittently in middle school, but that didn't mean that she couldn't even do simple multiplication... Although she was a little slower than Chinese students of the same age, her amber pupils soon shrank violently. In a circle.

Maddie knows her boss very well. According to Han Yi's personality, the amount must be as small as possible.

So……

The total price of the Freddie Mercury notebook in front of me, plus the similarly tightly wrapped draft paper next to it, may not be three hundred thousand dollars, but it is at least more than two hundred thousand dollars.

this might be……

No, this is the most expensive gift she has ever received in her life.

It was even more expensive than all the things she owned put together.

Although you signed a big contract, received a seven-figure advance, your career is booming, and the price of performances is getting higher and higher. One performance can earn the down payment of an ordinary Los Angeles family to buy a house, but don’t forget, Madison Beal is only a seventeen-year-old minor. On March 3 next year, she will officially have full civil capacity and can control the income earned from her acting career. Now, in addition to the 5% of the income that is completely locked in Coogan's account and cannot be used, the other 15% also needs the written permission of the legal guardian Tracy Beal before it can be used.

Tracy wasn't the kind of vampire mother who had to rely on her child-star daughter to support herself. Apart from paying for the album's production and the family's living expenses in Los Angeles, she didn't use any of the money for it. And Madison is not the kind of misbehaving teenager who will give parents and managers a headache, trying every means to defraud the advance money out of himself. On the contrary, it is precisely because she has experienced the pain of being ruthlessly terminated by the label that she counts every penny in her account carefully and has a clear plan. The first album must be a blockbuster and must be completed with high quality and quantity, so most of the budget will be spent here. As for the rest of the money, Madison saved whatever he could. Once the rent for the apartment is paid at the beginning of each month, there is basically no consumption of more than four figures.

Yes, little girls at this age like to try a variety of beauty products. This is the only way for them to find their own unique fashion style, but even if they go to Sephora every day for thirty days, it will hurt them. Not a hair on Madison's face. For example, she likes to use the soft matte long-lasting liquid foundation launched by idol Rihanna’s beauty brand Fenty Beauty. A regular bottle of 32ml is priced at US$40, which is equivalent to...

Calculated based on Madison Beer's latest commercial performance quotation, it is equivalent to her compensation for standing on stage for one second.

Less than a second, to be precise.

Because if one second is calculated at $40, for a 60-minute full-length set, Madison can only get $14.4, which is $15 less than $6000.

This is the terrifying ability of this new music star to attract money.

Even if she mixes pasta with liquid foundation and eats it every day, she will not notice any changes in her Coogan account.

If there is any change, it will only become more, not less.

More importantly, Madison Beer was enjoying the best years of her youth. Seventeen years old is the peak golden period for women, whether in terms of overall condition, skin vitality or collagen abundance. The demand for skin care products and cosmetics is far less huge than ten or twenty years later. You don’t need to use a particularly expensive brand, Charlotte-Tipley is enough, because no matter how much La Mer you put on your face, there won’t be any significant improvement.

Madison Beer not only spends little money on beauty and skin care products, but her understanding of fashion and accurate positioning of her own image also allow her to save a lot of money on clothing, shoes, leather bags and accessories.

Madison's dressing style is difficult to define in one sentence, because every girl has a dressing room bigger than Galeries Lafayette in her heart, but generally speaking, the seventeen-year-old Madison Beale, on weekdays Li prefers high-street style clothing.

Take, for example, her paparazzi street photos that are everywhere on the internet, and more and more. Last week, she left her beachfront apartment in Santa Monica to go out to dinner with Billie in an iconic set—Are You Am I's creamy white Minka Top, $89. Light blue vintage Levi’s distressed jeans, $165. A pair of the most popular Adidas Stan Smith white and green sneakers, $75. If you don’t count the Celine smiley face bag sent by Han Yi on your shoulder, then the total cost of Madison Bill’s whole body does not exceed US$350.

Madison, who doesn't need to show up in formal occasions, usually dresses up as simple as that.

To put it more emotionally intelligent, she is humble and low-key and doesn't like to be in the limelight. In addition to her celebrity life, she wants to enjoy the wonderful life in Los Angeles as an ordinary person.

And the statement of low emotional intelligence...

She is already so beautiful that when she goes out wearing a piece of cloth, people will take photos of her, so there is no need to buy famous brands.

Of course, this does not mean that Madison Beale does not have the same yearning and pursuit of luxury goods that girls share. She also buys luxury goods, and if she insists on splurging, she can also save up an outfit that is so expensive that others will be stunned. This was the day she visited the Han Music office on September 9th, claiming to be discussing the choice of album mixing engineer with Karen Guo, but in fact she went to the end of the C-shaped corridor to harass Han Yi. This was the day she looked like this.

Alexander McQueen floral print dress, $1805. Chanel black lambskin quilted backpack, $6360. Cartier Love series bracelets, gold, rose gold, platinum, three stacked, each priced at 6300, 6300 and 6750 US dollars respectively.

One outfit equals half of the median annual household income in the United States in 2015.

When you go to see your sweetheart, you definitely have to dress up nicely.

However, although it seems very luxurious, if you dig a little deeper, no matter how harsh the Internet critic is, there will be no cynical remarks - that Chanel lambskin backpack is Madison- One of the bags that Bill always carries around. Except for the two Celine smiley bags given by Han Yi and his grandma, it is the one that appears most frequently. When I signed with Han Music at the beginning of this year, I bought one as a celebration gift for myself, and I have been carrying it with high intensity since then until today.

As for the Cartier necklace, it was also a reward she gave herself after "Cold Water" topped the Billboard singles chart. Since the day she bought them home, Maddie, who already loves gold jewelry, has basically never taken them off except for taking a bath.

Wear it when catching a flight or on tour. Wear it when shopping or attending meetings. The three stacked bracelets are like Wonder Woman's bracelets, which have become integrated with Madison Beer and become her identity. Some fans joked in the Reddit discussion forum that in Madison’s street photos, you don’t need to look at the face, just take a partial picture of the wrist to know whether it is a real person.

Not to mention whether Madison prefers them so much out of frugality or professionalism, at least for Hollywood stars, it is already a very rare thing for Hollywood stars to wear the same fashion item repeatedly without any scruples.

Unlike those long-established superstars whose luxury goods can be hung on several walls, Madison is still in the early stages of her career, and the high-end luxury items she has available are not enough to fit on a bookcase.

and so……

So what if the bracelet costs tens of thousands of dollars?

Our Maddie family doesn’t have any food left.

Who doesn’t eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year?

No, for Madison, it should be——

What Jew doesn’t have a Chinese meal on Christmas?

Currently, the only substantial asset in Madison Beer’s name is her $85000 Land Rover Sport.

Can't buy half as much as the notebook in front of me.

"Yi, you know. I love Queen, I love Freddie Mercury, and I love "Don't Stop Me Now" even more, but..."

"Uh-uh."

Han Yi quickly shook his index finger, interrupting Madison Beal's unspoken polite refusal. These four girls are good at everything, but their common shortcoming is that they are not materialistic enough. Not only do they not open their eyes to money, they also try their best to close their eyes and pretend not to see it, which makes his road to wealth accumulation full of ups and downs.

Barbara Pavin has already let his ancient Egyptian mask sit in a Sotheby's warehouse in New York to gather dust for an inexplicable reason: "I'm hungry and want some In-n-Out." This set of gifts prepared for Madison Beal must be given away no matter what.

"There are no buts, just love me."

"Furthermore, from the warm-up performance of the first Future Now tour to the opening stage of Mad City just now, I feel... you are becoming more and more like Freddie Mercury."

"Me? With Freddie?" Madison pointed at herself, dumbfounded, "How are they similar?"

"In my mind, you are all incredibly dedicated and incredible performers. Of course, I'm not saying that you've reached Freddie's level of greatness where you could completely control every breath of every person in the stadium, but I You can feel it, you..."

"I see."

Madison, who listened carefully to Han Yi's low-pitched narration with unblinking eyes, suddenly clapped his hands, looking like he suddenly understood.

then……

Completely disregarding her personal image, she pulled up her upper lip, revealing her two extremely white front teeth.

"Do you think my front teeth are as big as his?" Madison yelled inarticulately, "It's true that they are a little bigger than a normal person and protrude a little, but that's because my face is small and squeezed like this. Yes, actually the size is not that exaggerated...can you take a closer look?"

"you really……"

Being interrupted by Madison, the emotions that Han Yi was gradually brewing disappeared in an instant.

As he became more and more confident in his eloquence and appeal, he rubbed his brows helplessly and turned the impassioned speech in his chest into a long sigh and a Chinese proverb.

"You can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth."

(End of this chapter)