Chapter 2: I Am a Child of Destiny
Rong Yi picked up his mobile phone and glanced at the call notes, and a shrewd, capable, and graceful middle-aged woman immediately appeared in his mind.
He hesitated, but chose to answer.
"Lynn... Aunt Lin. β
And the 'Aunt Lin' in his mouth is named Li Lin, who is Rongyi's agent, and even at the beginning was the agent of their YD group. It's just that the follow-up members developed alone after they became famous, and she chose Rongyi when she couldn't be busy alone.
Of course, Li Lin also grew up because of Rongyi, from an ordinary agent to a gold medal agent, and even became the vice president of Xiaocheng Times Brokerage Company. Before listing, he also obtained the right to purchase the original shares due to equity incentives, which can be regarded as half of the boss.
From the age of 33 to the current age of 43, she has completely watched Rongyi grow up. Compared with his own mother, in addition to not having a blood relationship, there is little difference. Even when the contract expired, she sold the shares of the town era at a price lower than the market price and left, which was considered a compromise. Otherwise, for her, the non-compete contract may take effect.
In the eyes of some people, this situation is like a fool who lost his watermelon and picked up sesame seeds, joining a studio that started from scratch and had an uncertain future.
What if Rongyi's studio has 30% of her shares? What's more, it is not given for free, but money is invested in shares.
How big is the difference between her 5% stake in a multi-billion dollar brokerage company and 30 percent of a studio valued at 500 million?
Market capitalization and valuation are not the same concept, one is the market value of the company, and the other is the potential valuation.
It can be valued at a billion or worthless.
The dividend income of the small town era is stable, and the studio is still waiting to be developed. You can eat Rongyi's traffic dividends in the early stage, but what about the later stage?
After all, this studio relies too much on Rongyi personally, and his high reputation does not mean that his valuation is also high. Once the glory is too bad, the studio's valuation will fall off a cliff.
If there are no high-quality works in the world for a long time, then the first-line stars may also disappear in the entertainment industry. Who has made the development of the entertainment industry change with each passing day, and some new traffic idols are emerging one after another?
Those idol trainees are stubble after stubble, which overlaps with Rongyi's positioning in the entertainment industry. Especially when the other party is quite popular, the price is even cheaper.
If Rongyi doesn't have a good work, the ending left for him is to become an outdated star.
And Li Lin called to solve this problem.
"Xiaoyi, how are you feeling now? Yesterday was the first time I saw you drink so much. β
When Rong Yi heard this, his heart warmed: "Thank you Aunt Lin for your concern, it's much better now." β
He knew that the other party would never think of it, and he changed his soul overnight.
It's really drunk and dreaming of death, as if it were another world.
Both of them died from excessive drinking!
And why did Rongyi drink so much, and Li Lin also allowed it? In fact, it was a loose banquet for the three brothers of their YD group. In the first few years of the YD group, it was basically three people who participated in shows and events together. But the follow-up development of the three of them was good, and they began to act separately.
The so-called combination has always been solo and not disbanded.
Especially when the other two people transferred to other companies, they have long existed in name only. After the expiration of the Rongyi contract, the YD group was officially disbanded.
Because the town era is the copyright owner of the YD group [Young Dream], including those representative songs, the copyright is basically the company. If the three of them want to rely on the YD combination to make money in the future, they will have to say hello to them.
Of course, if the three of them combine to make money and give the corresponding share to the former company, there will basically be no problem.
"Well, it's okay to drink once in a while, but it's not okay to drink like last night, it hurts your throat, and you can't be a singer without a good voice. β
Li Lin did not continue this topic, after all, Rongyi is not a child, and he also has strong self-control.
There are some nagging things that need not be said.
After that, we started to talk about business: "Our studio has been registered with the Modu Industrial and Commercial Bureau, called [Rongyi Studio]. But I can handle these things, but you have to worry about the rest of the things. β
Rong Yi hadn't reacted yet, after all, the memories he had fused and digested were only part of it.
And Li Lin continued: "Now you need to create an album and give back to fans on the 10th anniversary of your debut." You wrote your own lyrics and composed one or two songs as easter eggs, and I also invited Mr. Zhang Shu to write the lyrics as the title song. This is also the first shot of our studio, which can only succeed and not fail. β
"Create an album, wait a minute!" Rong Yi suddenly spoke, with a hint of irrepressible joy in his voice.
Because the cheat of the traverser has appeared!
A huge virtual attribute panel appeared in front of Rongyi, which was the source of the joy of traveling through Kerongyi. The appearance of Goldfinger doesn't mean that he is really a child of destiny, and he is for Blue Star to realize his dream of being a superstar!
The setting of this kind of plot can be called a basic operation in entertainment novels.
Host: Rongyi
Singing skills: 82 [Excellent]
Acting: 63 [Pass]
Charm: 92 [1 in 10,000]
Popularity: 77 million.
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The predecessor was the lead singer and captain of the YD group, and his singing skills were good. And the gold finger is rated as excellent, which is also an extremely outstanding professional level, which is also a skill that Rongyi is very proud of.
Why aren't there any good awards?
Because most of his songs are fan-oriented, and more importantly, he missed the golden age of endless classic songs. Of course, Rongyi's excellent singing skills are dwarfed by those god-level singers.
There are no classic songs, and the singing skills have not reached the peak, and they can be regarded as high or low.
As for the acting skills?
This can only be said that the predecessor was not ambitious enough for the road of acting, and basically fans such as ancient puppets and urban idols turned to film and television dramas. As long as the appearance is enough, those fans will lick the screen. It doesn't matter what acting skills explode or what acting skills explode.
What's more important is that 'the good foil of peers', I'm not afraid of not knowing the goods, I'm afraid of comparing goods.
Rongyi's acting skills are really good compared to other traffic idols in idol dramas. At the very least, when you should be domineering and angry, you won't become cowardly and grinning.
But compared with the acting skills of big names such as the actor and the emperor, it is just self-inflicted, and there is no comparison.
...
Because Rong Yi suddenly spoke, Li Lin suddenly didn't dare to speak, for fear of disturbing his inspiration.
After a while, Rong Yi came back to his senses, this is not a good time to study Goldfinger.
He didn't look at anyone because he was a traveler and had a golden finger, let alone any arbitrary intentions, but asked with full respect: "Aunt Lin, you just said that you would create an album, right? I want to try it all by myself." If it really doesn't work, how about looking for Mr. Zhang Shu again?"
Who is Zhang Shu? Rong Yi Rong has the memory, he is a very well-known lyricist in Huaguo.
If you push forward 20 years, the people who work with him are basically those singers at the level of kings and queens, or first-line singers. It also depends on whether the relationship is good or bad, and it is no longer possible to get his lyrics by money.
At this stage, it can be regarded as a semi-retirement, and occasionally high-quality songs appear.
Why?
Because this is a change in the general environment of the entire industry.
In the past, if singers wanted to be famous and make money, they had to have good singing skills, and record sales could prove everything. Lyricists and composers are also an important part of it, all fighting in the fierce industry competition, racking their brains to write songs and compose.
And now, with the advent of the digital age, the record industry has plummeted, and those once excellent lyricists and composers have passed their creative peak and gradually faded.
An industry without a future and money is destined to end up in a vicious circle.
Especially at present, many so-called singers are actually tools launched by some entertainment companies to make money.
What polishing singing skills, what classic songs, is not very important. As long as big data is operated and promoted, there is the possibility of becoming famous overnight.
There are endless saliva songs, and you can run away when you make a sum of money. There are even some singers with beautiful names as original singers, but they are actually tailors.
Although the record industry has gone through many years of piracy, the state has now taken copyright issues seriously. But the decline of the traditional record industry is irretrievable, which is the trend of the times.
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And Rongyi's words made Li Lin startled.
She and Rongyi can be regarded as getting along day and night, and they know Rongyi's talent. To be honest, he can compose lyrics and music, and even arrange music, but he is not sophisticated.
If you want to start the studio's first shot, the reputation of the album must be good, even if it is a loss to make money. Trying to avoid indiscriminate stuffing, this album is mainly aimed at the general public, not fans.
In particular, Rongyi's termination of the contract with the brokerage company is a key point for the 10th anniversary of its debut, and it cannot be missed.
Once the work does not meet expectations, and there is no company to come forward for public relations, it will face the water army fishing in troubled waters and the one-sided group ridicule of netizens.
Maybe it's a delusion to maintain the current popularity flow.
"Xiaoyi, Mr. Zhang Shu, but it took me a lot of favor to invite his old man out of the mountain. We can't afford to miss this time, even if it's all up to you next time. Li Lin discouraged.
Of course, as the general manager of the studio, she manages the affairs of the studio for Rongyi, but she still has to have respect for Rongyi.
It's not just a 'I'm thinking about you' words!
"But then again, you have this idea, and I'm for it. So I'm willing to give you a month to come up with a song, at least one that I can approve of. If not, you do what I think. β
Li Lin retreats as advances.
Then he continued: "As for Mr. Zhang Shu's side, I will deal with it." β
After Rong Yi heard her words, he was stunned at first, but quickly responded: "Okay, I'll try it first, as for Mr. Zhang's side, it's going to trouble Aunt Lin." β
Is it hard to write a song a month?
It's not difficult, ordinary people can write saliva songs, and the difficulty lies in whether the song is a boutique or a classic.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, it is extremely difficult for Rongyi to come up with a song that satisfies Li Lin, a senior practitioner in the entertainment industry. And an album must have one or two title songs, and the rest of the songs can't be too bad, even if they don't reach the quality level.
And her request is simply trivial for the traverser Rongyi. Even if he doesn't have a golden finger, as a resident singer in a bar, he still remembers many classic songs in his mind.
"By the way, what are you going to choose about the theme concept of this album? Is it gratitude or reminiscing about youth?" Li Lin chose Rongyi, which is also relatively simple.
"Theme concept? β