Love is poison, Love is paradise

Chapter 19

"It's just that we never thought that love would do this to you... No, don't think about it, it's good. It's about time you got your head in your 27. It's just funny that your girlfriend, who is 9 years younger than you, is much smarter and wiser than you!" explained Dan.

"Thank you, Dan. Do you at least understand me. Not that this virgin and suffering!"

"Fuck, dude, you are tired! I am not a virgin, calm down!" Andy growled, and I burst out laughing.

"Okay, let's order a drink. Because I have a proposal for you that we need to think about," I said.

For tonight I had big plans. I was really hoping that my proposal would interest my friends, and soon we will start working on a new project.

"As you know, I left the club. And I don't work there anymore. This week I have played in several other clubs in the city, but it is so to work. Now I want to develop my own project. I need help, both financial and organizational. You guys once said that you would like to invest in a common business. Well, I have a proposal for you. I want to open my own label, to be more precise, to restart the existing one," I put out my idea. It seems that the guys were a bit surprised.

"What about the guys you've run a label with before?" Dan asked.

"I said goodbye to them, because I was not satisfied with their approach to work, and they were not satisfied with the fact that the label brought little profit..."

"What makes you think that restarting a label will lead to a good profit?" asked Andy a question.

"Because I have good thoughts about it and not bad ideas"

"Tell me," said Mark.

"I suggest we start restarting the label with a new name and corporate identity. I don't want to lose the connections that I already managed to accumulate... But I want the new project not to be associated with the old label. We have to declare ourselves in a new way. I also suggest developing it in two directions. The first one is releases of famous musicians from all over the world. The second is releases of little-known, but talented authors. It is clear that for some time we will have to invest in the first direction and pay musicians to release them from us. But it is important, their names will help us to announce our label. As for the second direction, in this way we will open up good development opportunities for beginners in music," the guys nodded approvingly while listening to my story.

"What about the organizational aspects?" Dan asked.

"We will, of course, share responsibilities and positions with each other. There are four of us, and I think we'll manage on our own at first," I answered.

"Are you going to be the face of our label?" Mark asked me a question.

"I thought about it... It would be good to have a loud name in the co-founders to attract attention... And I have an option. Lately I've been talking to a DJ from America. His name is Jace. We have a long story about how we met. But by happy coincidence, he liked one of my tracks and now we're working on recording together.

"Wow, Max, congratulations. Sounds awesome!" exclaimed Andy.

"Yes... thank you... I really hope for a successful result... And I had an idea to make him a co-owner. He's not super-duper famous... but I'm just sure it's definitely our ceiling at the moment. And Jace is a good guy, too, without any stumbling blocks. I think we can try to build a business with him. He's going to be our face to make a name for himself," I suggested.

"You've thought this through pretty well," Dan said.

"Yes... guys, look. For me, the label is a dream and an opportunity to change my life. For you, Dan is a good investment for the future, because you and Kate have been thinking about starting a family for a long time. For you, Mark is the best option to show Mary how serious you are, although your fervor is useful to us, don't get too serious," I smiled and winked at Mark. "And for you, Andy, well... maybe the girls will start to give you..."