“Hi,” she said to him. She was a pretty woman, but extrasmall. She barely stood at five feet. Julio stood at least eight inches taller.

“How are you doing?” Ivan responded to her.

“I’m good,” she said. And she closed the door.

Ivan joked, “You better get on in there, man.”

Julio took a drag from his cigarette, shook his head, and slid the closed fist of his right hand up and down near his torso to simulate masturbation.

Ivan laughed and said, “Yo, man, I actually wanted to talk to you about getting in touch with your cousin Mike Elizondo. I want to see if I could hook up with some of the musicians they produce to bring them down for a San Diego party or something.”

Julio got excited. “Yeah, man, how are your parties going now? I heard your ads for the Chargers party on the radio. I really wanted to make that one. I.D. Promotions is blowing up now, hunh?”

“Not if we can’t keep the momentum going,” Ivan said, leveling with him. “We need to start bringing in celebrities now.”

“Well, just say the word, man, and I’ll call Mike,” Julio told him. He said, “You know, I don’t really bug him a lot because he’s busy all the time, but if you wanna talk business, that’s different. We can call him right now.”

Ivan said, “Well, just get some party price tags for now. Like, how much would some artists charge just to be at the party as a guest DJ or something? And I could just have the artists tell the DJ to play their favorite new songs while they chill and drink.”

Ivan already had it worked out in his mind. A celebrity would sit in the VIP section with plenty of hot girls and his or her entourage, and he or she could get on the microphone whenever he or she felt like it. But if the artist was asked to play a favorite song or two, most likely he or she would suggest some of their own music and possibly go into an impromptu performance. Jeff and Paul or another cameraman would then be sure to catch it all for the website.

Julio said, “You got it, man.”

Ivan smiled at him. “You do that for me, and you got VIP all night long with a free bottle of wine in your hands.”

“And two honeys,” Julio added without whispering.

Ivan chuckled. “Now, you know we got that. But let me get on in bed and get some rest for tomorrow.”

“All right, I’ll get back up with you once I talk to my cousin.”

They shook hands on it and ended their night.