Chapter 705: Congratulatory Gift
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Placing a thousand pianos in a dozen or even dozens of cities is not something that can be done in a short time. Top X point 23 Xiao U said that after Xiao Yao told several department heads of the studio about the general idea, the department heads discussed the selected city and formulated a specific implementation plan, so to this extent, this issue is considered to be in the past.
Xiao Yao set up this studio and recruited a lot of people, and he couldn't only do one thing at the same time, so after talking about public welfare donations, there were other topics at the meeting.
In addition to distributing money, the most important function of this studio is to help Xiao Yao make money. In terms of things to make money, there are still a lot of things that the studio can do right now.
Xiao Yao has the shares of three companies in his hands, and he has always been in a state of shaking off his hands and waiting for dividends at the end of the year, but now that he has a studio, Xiao Yao has no intention of changing this state, just let the studio pay more attention to the business conditions of the three companies, unless there are big problems in the three companies, the studio should not intervene too much, or just sit and wait for the dividends. Because compared with the three companies that have tended to develop steadily, Xiao Yao's income sources in other aspects now need to be taken care of by the studio.
This source of income mainly comes from film and television. For now, the most important thing is "WALL-E". Although "Wall-E" has been screened in China and the box office share has also arrived, there is still overseas box office share and peripheral derivatives revenue later.
In terms of peripheral derivatives, the copyright of "Wall-E" animation characters has begun to generate revenue. But Huaxia doesn't have a giant film company like Disney that can do so well with animation peripherals, so the copyright of Huaxia's animated character image is not given to a company all at once, but according to the product category. At present, Huaxia's doll and toy products have been authorized by suitable cooperative enterprises, but there are many other products that have not been authorized, and there is still room for finding suitable companies for joint development.
In addition, there are pirated or unauthorized versions of various animated character image products in the Huaxia market. When it comes to combating infringement and piracy, the studio also has work to do. Although Xiao Yao still said to Fang when he was in the United States, he should not crack down too those small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in this regard, but the attitude that should be put on must be put out, so it is still necessary to take action against these enterprises.
In these aspects, Xiao Yao didn't have any major opinions and changes, and basically listened to those professionals with relevant experience to introduce him.
After listening to the introduction and plan of the people in charge of the department, Xiao Yao explained to them some of his future follow-up actions, so that they could make some preparations in advance for these things.
The first thing is a long-term thing, that is, Xiao Yao discussed with a few friends about opening a film and television production company. This company is invested by a few small partners in partnership, without taking parents to play, and among several small partners, Xiao Yao can basically be regarded as the leader in any aspect, so Xiao Yao must be the leader in opening a company. Now that Xiao Yao has his own team, this matter will naturally be handed over to the people in the studio.
However, Xiao Yao and others plan to find classmates to shoot TV series when they graduate next year, and there is no rush to set up a film and television company, and it will be okay to get it before graduation next year. Xiao Yao is now just assigning a long-term task to the people in the studio in advance.
The second thing, which is a bit more long-term, is parkour movies. The film is in post-production in the United States and is definitely going to be released in theaters. Of course, Xiao Yao's studio does not have the ability to distribute films, but in the selection of cooperative distribution companies and participation in the formulation of publicity plans, Xiao Yao, the producer, must participate. When "Wall-E" was released, Fang still couldn't run alone, Xiao Yao had to participate in a lot of things personally, and now that he has a team, Xiao Yao plans to hand over this aspect to the studio's team in the future.
The most recent one is the debut of Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting's music group, as well as the release and promotion of their debut album. At present, Sun Tingting has not signed a brokerage company, and the publicity of their combination must be in charge of Xiao Yao's company.
The post-production of the parkour movie is still in progress, and after being busy with the overseas promotion of "Wall-E", Xiao Yao has nothing to do for the time being, mainly preparing to form a music group with Sun Tingting to debut and release an album. Now their album has eight tunes, just two pieces short of Xiao Yao's minimum standard for releasing an album. It's just two songs, and in terms of the creative efficiency of the two of them during the previous period, it shouldn't be long before they can come out.
Before going to the United States to promote "Wall-E", Sun Tingting came to Shencheng to co-create their group's music works with Xiao Yao. After Xiao Yao went to the United States, Sun Tingting also temporarily returned to Yanjing, and the two discussed that when Xiao Yao came back from overseas publicity, Sun Tingting would come to Shencheng to continue to compose the rest of the songs with Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao notified Sun Tingting when he returned to China, but because of the matter of his personal studio, Xiao Yao did not let Sun Tingting come to Shencheng immediately, but planned to call Sun Tingting over after arranging the affairs of the studio.
After meeting with all the staff of the studio and having a meeting with the department heads, Xiao Yao originally planned to ask Sun Tingting to come to Shencheng, but after learning a news, Xiao Yao changed his mind and flew to Yanjing by himself.
Sun Tingting is now studying with two music masters in private, neither going to school nor having a regular job, and her time is very free. Xiao Yao came to Yanjing, and Sun Tingting also went to the airport to pick up the plane.
After receiving Xiao Yao in the pick-up hall of Yanjing Airport, after the two of them were warm, Sun Tingting couldn't wait to ask Xiao Yao: "Didn't you say that I would go to Shencheng and then write music together? Why did you come to Yanjing again?
"So anxious?" Xiao Yao smiled, holding Sun Tingting's hand with one hand and the suitcase with the other, and said to Sun Tingting while walking towards the parking lot, "I came to Yanjing because I promised others one thing before, I have to finish it! ”
"Have you promised someone one thing?" Sun Tingting said curiously, "What's the matter?"
"Here's the thing," Xiao Yao explained to Sun Tingting.
"That's it!" After listening to Xiao Yao's explanation, Sun Tingting looked at him a little speechless and said, "This kind of thing, it is estimated that you can do it!"
"What can I do alone?" Xiao Yao smiled, "I'm going to take you with me!"
"What am I going to do?" Sun Tingting said with a smile, "You promised other people's things, but I didn't promise them!"
"Wedding, how exciting am I to go alone? Of course I have to take you with me. Xiao Yao said, "Also, I don't just just show up and be done, I have to do something anyway." I've got you in it, you've got to help me!"
"Help you make trouble?" Sun Tingting looked at Xiao Yao and said, "You don't want to go to someone's wedding to make trouble, right?"
"It's not to make trouble, it's to surprise them!" Xiao Yao said.
"Surprise?" Sun Tingting asked, "Do you want to play "Sugar" once in China, just like the time you sang "Sugar" at the wedding scene with Keith in the United States?"
"What's the point of playing again?" Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "I don't shoot MVs, and I'm only going to go to that wedding." ”
"To be precise, I was going to surprise the bride at the wedding, so I was going to meet with the groom first to discuss what to do. Xiao Yao continued, "I made an appointment with the groom to meet tomorrow, but I didn't tell him who I was. Come with me tomorrow, and we'll surprise the groom tomorrow!"
"This~ Okay!" Sun Tingting thought about it, and finally nodded and agreed.
The next day, Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting were dressed in casual clothes and baseball caps, and entered a café somewhere in Yanjing hand in hand.
Waving his hand and refusing to take the initiative to greet the waiter, Xiao Yao looked around, and led Sun Tingting to a young man sitting alone on a card seat.
"Mr. Mo, hello!" Xiao Yao took Sun Tingting and sat directly on the seat opposite the young man, and greeted him.
"Huh?" The young man raised his head when he heard this, looked at the two people in front of him a little strangely and said, "Hello, I'm Mo Lei, who are you?"
"I'm the one who asked you to meet!" Xiao Yao smiled.
"The person who asked me to meet?" the young man asked Xiao Yao with some confusion, "You are Mr. Xu, is this your friend?"
"I am indeed the one who asked you to meet," Xiao Yao smiled, "but my surname is Xu, my surname is Xiao." Also, I asked you to meet not for official business, but for your private business!"
"My private matter?" Mo Lei was even more puzzled, staring at Xiao Yaodao.
Xiao Yao smiled and lifted the brim of the baseball cap on his head and removed the black-framed glasses on his face.
"I'll go~ You're Xiao..."Mo Lei saw Xiao Yao's face clearly and exclaimed.
Xiao Yao quickly reached out and covered Mo Lei's mouth that was about to scream, and laughed quietly: "It's me, don't shout so loudly, otherwise we won't be able to talk about today's matter!"
The surprise in Mo Lei's eyes did not go away, but he had already reacted, and there was no more sound in his throat, looking at Xiao Yao and nodding again and again. Xiao Yao saw him nod, and then let go of the hand that was covering his mouth.
At this time in the morning, there were not many customers in the café, and Mo Lei's movement still attracted the attention of a waiter at the bar, and he walked over to them curiously.
"Sir, do you need anything?" When the waiter came over, Xiao Yao had already let go of Mo Lei, and the waiter saw that the guests here seemed to have nothing to do, so he didn't ask, but asked about the meal.
"Cough~" Mo Lei coughed lightly and said to the waiter, "Two cups of coffee!"
"Is it okay?" After Mo Lei finished speaking, he realized that something seemed wrong, and immediately asked Xiao Yao again.
"Yes. Xiao Yao nodded and pressed down the brim of his baseball cap again.
"What kind of coffee do you want?" asked the waiter again.
"A latte, a mocha, and a tiramisu. This time it was Sun Tingting who replied.
"Okay, wait a minute, I'll be right here!" the waiter agreed, and stepped back.
"Xiao Yao, is it really you?" After the waiter walked away, Mo Lei asked Xiao Yao with a surprised face, "Why are you here?"
"Didn't you send me private messages and emails, saying that you were getting married and invited me to your wedding?" Xiao Yao smiled, "You also said that I promised you, and you can't talk and don't count." ”
"But I thought you just said it casually at the time," Mo Lei said, "I didn't expect you to really come!"
"What do you say casually?" Xiao Yao smiled, "I've always been a man of words!"
"But you said at the time that you would come when you had time," Mo Lei said, "that means you won't come if you don't have time! You're so busy, I heard that you went to Europe some time ago to run publicity, I thought you wouldn't come." ”
This Mo Lei was an audience member at Yanjing Station during Xiao Yao's livehouse tour last year. At that time, he went with his girlfriend, and when Xiao Yao sang the second song "You at the Same Table", the two also had an exchange with Xiao Yao, saying that they would invite Xiao Yao to attend the wedding when they got married, and Xiao Yao also casually promised that he would go when he had time.
In the first half of this year, Mo Lei successfully proposed to the girlfriend who was secretly in high school and chased after him in college, and after the marriage date was determined, the two remembered the incident last year, and sent Xiao Yao an electronic invitation with the mentality of giving it a try.
Even though Xiao Yao has always been more trustworthy to fans, the key is that Xiao Yao said at that time that he would go if he had time, and he didn't say that he would definitely come. The two sent messages to Xiao Yao in private messages on Weibo, messages in Tieba stations, and a fan email announced by Xiao Yao, but Xiao Yao has not heard back, both of them thought that Xiao Yao would definitely not come, but Mo Lei didn't expect Xiao Yao to appear in front of him in this way.
"I went to Europe some time ago, but now that I'm back, I have time, isn't this coming?" Xiao Yao said with a smile.
"But what you promised was to go to my wedding," Mo Lei said a little strangely, "Why do you want to pretend that Mr. Xu asked me to come out to meet? If you want to inform me that you are coming and let me arrange a seat for you, just call, right?" I remember that my contact information is on the message I gave you. ”
"Because he's going to surprise you!" Sun Tingting interjected with a smile to help Xiao Yao reply.
"Ah!" Mo Lei called out in surprise, and then looked at Sun Tingting with some embarrassment and said, "I'm sorry, who is this?"
"My girlfriend, Sun Tingting!" Xiao Yao smiled and pointed at Sun Tingting, "You should know, right?"
Sun Tingting smiled and lifted the brim of her hat.
"Oh~" Mo Lei said suddenly, "Duo'er, you know!"
"Ah~ I'm sorry," Mo Lei bowed his head apologetically, and said to Sun Tingting officially, "Miss Sun is good!"
Now is not the time for them to participate in "Where Are You Going, Dad". As Xiao Yao and them grow up, except for those who are very close to them in private, the media and the public have long stopped calling them by small names. The first time they met, they called Sun Tingting by her nickname, and Mo Lei felt that it was already very impolite.
"It's okay," Sun Tingting said with a smile, "You're older than us, I'll call you Brother Lei, you can just call me by my name!"
"Okay," Mo Lei nodded, then looked at Xiao Yao and said, "Back to the question just now." If you want to surprise us, just show up at the wedding. If you ask me out now, I know in advance, won't this surprise be gone?"
"Why does everyone think that I only have the trick of suddenly appearing at the wedding scene?" Xiao Yao smiled bitterly.
"I just said that I was wrong," Sun Tingting helped explain, "He didn't want to surprise you, but to help you surprise the bride, so he asked you to come out in advance to meet and wanted to discuss with you how to do it." ”
"Surprise my wife? What should I do?" Mo Lei said with some confusion, "I won't tell her in advance, and when the wedding is halfway through, you suddenly appear and sing a song to her?"
"I'm definitely going to make a sudden appearance, but why do I have to sing when I appear?" Xiao Yao said.
"Then what are you doing?" asked Mo Lei.
"I'll accompany you, can't you sing?" Xiao Yao smiled, "You are the groom, it is much more meaningful for you to sing a song to express your love to the bride than for me to sing." ”
"But I can't sing?" Mo Lei smiled bitterly.
"Not at all?" Xiao Yao asked.
"KTV is below average!" Mo Lei said.
"It's okay, isn't there still me?" Xiao Yao said, "The wedding scene is not a singing competition, as long as it doesn't sound too bad, it's okay to sing with feelings." Now there is still a week before your wedding, I can give you a week of special training, so that you can sing at the wedding at least not make people feel bad, and with a good song, the effect should be very good, and it will definitely move the bride!"
"Special training?" Mo Lei said, "You mean you want to teach me to sing?"
"Well, if you have time. Xiao Yao nodded.
"But I still have to go to work during the day these days, and I only have a day off the day before the wedding. Mo Lei said, "Our marriage leave is only ten days in total, and we have also booked a post-wedding trip. ”
"It's okay, if you go to work during the day, I can guide you after work at night. Xiao Yao said, "As long as you can find a reason to go home late without being suspected by the bride in the past few days." ”
"This reason is easy to find!" Mo Lei said, "Just say overtime." Both of us are office workers, and in order to take marriage leave, we have been working overtime a lot recently, and many things about the wedding are handed over to the wedding company and our parents to help Zhang Luo. ”
"Okay!" Xiao Yao smiled, "Then it's decided, you contact me after work! I don't have any money, help you prepare the show, and when the time comes, I will help you accompany you on stage, even if it is my congratulatory gift to you!"
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