Chapter 101: Earthquake
Chapter 99
A few days later, already in the second week of May, the recording session with Jennifer Lopez was officially behind us—and it had been a huge success.
She was even nicer than I expected. Not that I had thought too much about it; I wasn't exactly a fan—I only knew two or three of her songs—but she surprised me.
Cher and Regina completely froze the moment they saw her. Laura tried hard to stay cool, forcing a polite smile and nodding, but it was obvious she was starstruck too. Honestly, I think only Freddie and I remained genuinely chill about the whole thing. We both didn't think too much about it.
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Now, I was sitting in Pepper's office, a cup of coffee in my hand. She was leaning over her desk, reviewing some contracts.
"So... Paranormal Activity passed $250 million worldwide?" I asked, breaking the silence.
"Yes," Pepper confirmed, looking up with a satisfied smile. "We surpassed The Blair Witch Project, which had $248.6 million worldwide. We can probably add another $40 million, but I don't know if we'll pass $300 million."
"So our profit is like $100 million now..." I said, thinking aloud.
"Pretty much," she nodded.
I grinned. "I'll give $2 million to Carly, Sam, and Freddie each."
Pepper nodded. "About the others?"