I just had to share this.

"By DOUG ELFMAN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
You are not even prepared to cope with this crazy story. A rich guy recently bought a $250,000 bottle of champagne in a Vegas nightclub on one condition:

The DJ had to play a song request. Do you hear what I am saying? One song — $250,000.

My source: Ed Shapiro, the main transactional lawyer for DJs on the Strip. He negotiated $30 million in Vegas DJ contracts for 2013.

In March, I heard a rumor a VIP bought a ton of champagne at Marquee nightclub in the Cosmopolitan, but Marquee denied it.

Shapiro would not tell me which DJ, club or VIP was involved. But here’s how it went down a few months ago.

Someone at the club whispered in the DJ’s ear, “I would never ask you this, but we have a gentleman who has got a table with a fairly large entourage with him. If you spin this one song … he will buy a $250,000 bottle of champagne.”

The club person handed the DJ a USB drive with the song on it. The DJ did not have to play it. But he listened to it and said he could make it work. He played it. And:

“The guy purchased the $250,000 bottle. And not only that, he bought something like another 30 bottles for the whole place,” Shapiro says.

At the end of the night, the DJ asked someone at the club, “What’s my cut?”

The DJ’s cut was nothing. Nada.

But was the DJ upset? No.

Do you know why?

Because top DJs on the Strip already get paid as much as $500,000 per night. And when that DJ’s contract comes up next time, the happy champagne episode will keep club relations as smooth and respectful as usual."