16. Chapter 16
The metropolis at night is in the midst of hustle and bustle, and young people who say goodbye to hard work during the day are looking for a little relaxation in the city at night.
The streets are full of advertisements, the bright lights of the commercial streets, and the people on the streets, the cold night city will never welcome a cold day.
Du Jian sat in the café on the side of the triangle road, and he could see all the scenery by the window, but the gentle singing voice of the female singer in the headphones sounded softly in his ears. The calm singing voice depicts a dull life that is very different from the impetuous big city.
He sat alone, quietly drinking coffee. It seems like just an ordinary young worker looking for a moment of quiet. In front of him was a laptop computer playing the CD he had just acquired, and the images of the famous female singers in the 80s of the last century.
This female singer's name is Dong Ying, her songs were popular back then, and she was very popular back then, and she once won the honor of 'Queen of Heaven'. Dong Ying appeared in the era when Du Jian was a child, and he almost touched the tail of the peak of the development of the star industry......
Today's classic film and television drama works, most of the handsome guys and beauties who are on the altar are from 20 years ago. At that time, tempted by the exquisite living conditions of celebrities, many men and women aspired to become the next superstar, and Du Jian was surrounded by such superficial and seductive words: "Famous." ”
Du Jian lowered his eyes and looked at the actress on the screen. The disc was like an old memory, playing only blurry images. The actress's face was very pale, and he seemed to be able to smell the signature thick □□ on the actress's face in the last century through the screen.
Du Jian's father was the head of a publishing house. In the era when TV stars were shining brightly, his father counted the news value of these artists as if they were commodities before the case several times. No matter which popular artist it is, my father has dealt with them to some extent.
Fabricated fake news, bombarding news, the true face of celebrities, and the filthy ...... of brokerage companies Thanks to his father's relationship, Du Jian had some understanding of the entertainment industry early on. Seeing his father's gesture of calling for wind and rain in public speech, Du Jian admired such a behind-the-scenes chess player as a child, and even aspired to establish the best brokerage company in the league and cultivate the most successful king and queen in the league when he was in middle school.
The lofty ambitions of the past have long dissipated after understanding the reality, and the current situation is the biggest irony of the previous aspirations.
When I was 'a lot older' in school, even if I entered the Red Gate, I was just beginning to climb from the bottom.
As soon as he entered the workplace, Du Jian encountered another multiple-choice question. That's what he's been thinking about lately, about signing a child star department.
"Saturday ......" Reading the deadline for making a decision, Du Jian unconsciously tightened his brows.
Du Jian has no intention of staying in the child star department to work. But Wang Minlin was Du Jian's most admired predecessor in college, and Du Jian has always trusted her very much. When Du Jian proposed to transfer out of the child star department, he didn't expect that Wang Minlin would recommend a child star - what made it difficult for him to choose was: on the one hand, Wang Minlin's favored child, on the other hand, was the opportunity to transfer to the ideal position.
If he signs the child named "Tang Youran", he will certainly have a share of the "potential shares" that Wang Minlin said, but this also means that according to the company's regulations, he must stay in the department from that day on, and work still for the child's star career for 3 years, and he will not be able to change jobs within 3 years......
"It's better not to sign it at all, anyway, the backup agent is ready. Du Jian rubbed his tired eyes, took one last look at the female singer who had been drowned in the frenzy of the times, smiled mockingly, and muttered to himself.
WOP, which can be called the top star-making factory in the industry, single-handedly became popular with Liu Tongying and Yao Lei's old drama bones, and its business spanned several alliance countries, with only a lot more brilliant achievements. A big giant like this also got involved in cultivating child stars back then, but he insisted on it for more than ten years, but except for the small achievements of a "child star actress", he made no achievements, and announced the abolition of the ministry a few years ago.
And the child star back then is now also greatly restricted and is going downhill......
There are countless examples of failures before our eyes.
Du Jian thought for a moment, and when he came back to his senses and picked up the cup, he found that the coffee in the cup was already cold. He paused, put the cup back on the table, and prepared to leave.
He took off his headphones and exited the interface. Just as he was about to shut down, his eyes were fixed on a text clip on the desktop.
The text jiàn clip is placed in the center of the table, and the name of the text jiàn shows the three big characters "Tang Youran".
The arrow of the mouse hesitated for a long time before it was removed from the shutdown and landed on the text jiàn folder. Du Jian thought to himself, if he didn't confirm it, he wouldn't be able to make a decision with peace of mind.
――In fact, the information that Wang Minlin handed him was never opened by Du Jian. It's just that I relied on my usual way of collecting information, and I just rummaged through the young information.
Du Jian didn't dare to say that he knew Wang Minlin completely, but he couldn't learn the other party's methods even if he learned it for a few decades. He admires Wang Minlin's ability, and he also knows that Wang Minlin definitely has the ability to make him sign Tang Youran willingly. Du Jian trusts her ability to see people, and the reason why she recommends this child to herself naturally has her reasons.
But Wang Minlin's concept definitely has a lot of conflicts with him. Therefore, although Du Jian envied her success, he definitely didn't want to become a person like Wang Minlin, and he didn't want to be her subordinate in his heart.
Tomorrow is Saturday, and Du Jian's hesitation lasted until the last moment.
Du Jian calmly clicked on the Kaiwen Jiàn folder, looked at the video texts and manuscripts inside, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "You won't be brainwashed if you look at it." ”
While chattering, Du Jian casually clicked on the first video.
"Hello everyone, this is the Weixing real yàn room!" The two hostesses at the beginning greeted the camera in unison. The background of the show is a scene of outer space, and the two beautiful hosts are also wearing white coats and dressed competently.
Du Jian frowned, and glanced at the upper right corner, "It turned out to be a science and education program...... and it was also a TV channel under Kuaikou Media, Du Jian had the impression that their achievements have always been in the downstream, but the upper level has some investment vision. In the context of several media outlets, I still have some impressions when I think of Kuaikou Media.
Private pay stations, boring program content, late-night files. Don't think about it, the ratings of this show must be miserable.
Du Jian directly fast-forwarded the video until the expected small figure appeared.
You Ran acted as a guest on the show, cooperating with the host to challenge the scientific reality of the show's investigation.
The video was recorded three years ago, when the children's troupe was still around, and he was 7 years old at the time. The child in the video is small and has bulging cheeks. He is wearing a small suit with a straight posture, and when the camera turns to his face, he has a natural smile all the time, making the audience feel the relaxed atmosphere of the show.
A child with delicate facial features, clean and beautiful, standing in the middle of a group of adults, is very noticeable even if it is very quiet.
――The point is that this kid is not in a hurry, and he is not in a hurry to show that his appearance was taken to heart by Du Jian.
In the next few short advertisements and program recordings, this child's appearance is remarkable. The further back he looked, the more Du Jian noticed that even if he looked at the entire circle of children's artists, there were not many children with such mature minds.
Du Jian's first thought was that wisdom is more demons, and wisdom is bound to hurt. How many precocious genius child stars in history, but similarly, there are countless children who have 'died'.
You Ran invisibly left the labels of "acting skills" and "high emotional intelligence" in his heart. He had already heard about skipping a grade at an early age, and this year he had already begun to think about the junior high school - there was no doubt that this child, like many of his predecessors, was full of potential, and the market value should not be bad.
After watching a few videos, more than an hour has passed since Du Jian came back to his senses.
There are few customers in the store anymore. Du Jian put away his belongings, paid the bill, and prepared to go home.
Walk out of the store and you'll see the city's largest shopping mall right in front of you. As soon as Du Jian looked up, he could see a huge eye-catching billboard on the tall trade building. In the heart of the city, this place is the most conspicuous. This commercial street often changes billboards, and the stars in it are the artists who are popular today.
"This is Chen Xianyi today......" Du Jian glanced up and saw the big-name clothing advertisement on it, and the heroine was Chen Xianyi, who had recently been hotly hyped. In his early teens, he is young and beautiful, and now he is being consumed vigorously by the media, and has obviously become a "fast food" in the market......
It was a bit chilly at night, and there were fewer people on the streets. The cold wind blew, and Du Jian, who was only wearing long sleeves, gasped coldly, 'tsk' irritably, turned his head, and walked in the direction of home.
But after taking a few steps, Du Jian stopped, and looked back at the billboard on the high place again.
The streets are brightly lit, and in order to attract customers, merchants have their own tricks, and the bustling malls are always dazzling. Overhead, there was a pitch black sky. Only the billboard standing on the high place, even if it is separated by a few streets, the huge position is still very eye-catching-Du Jian thought, it is such a position, the artists in the circle are fighting for their heads, right?
"Tang Youran ......" unconsciously, Du Jian's name came out of his mouth.
He had actually already made his decision. Just like when he resolutely chose the red door in all companies, Du Jian saw a glimmer of possibility in Youran...... Instead of planning your life in peace, why not try to invest your chips in a big way?
"It's only been 3 years!" Du Jian thought, "Whether this kid can become a fast food or a top dish, it's unknown." ”
He looked at the billboard in the center of the mall, his eyes were clearly extinguished, and finally smiled and said to himself, "Advertising space...... Count it as the first development goal!"