Chapter 53 Recruiting Talents
The name of Mr. Lin, whom Chen Tianliao wanted to meet this time, was Lin Jiadong, and he was the general manager of Dahong Company, one of the four major record companies in Xiangjiang. He and Xu Wensheng, the chairman of Dahong Company, are both fellow villagers in Hanjiang City, and they are deeply valued by Xu Wensheng, and all the operations of the record company are basically run by Lin Jiadong.
Lin Jiadong came quickly. On the evening of the next day after receiving the message from Chen Tianliao, he flew to the capital with two staff members and made an appointment with Chen Tianliao to meet the next day. Chen Tianliao still admires the vigorous and resolute style of Xiangjiang entrepreneurs.
Before meeting with Lin Jiadong, Takahara Daisuke found Chen Tianliao again. This veteran expert of the Wa Kingdom has been living very well in China recently. In the Wa Kingdom, he is only one of the best experts, not the top ones. In China, he is a top expert in the pop music industry, and he is respected and welcomed wherever he goes. The old man was also happy, and simply did not mention the matter of returning to the Wa Kingdom, and had a tendency to take root in China. Because Chen Tianliao continues to build an album for his daughter, he doesn't get paid. It's just that the old man's savings in the first half of his life are enough, even if he has no money, he can earn enough to enjoy life in China, because many universities invite him to give lectures and speeches, song and dance troupes and record companies invite him to tutor part-time, and various singing competitions invite him to be a judge. The old man also enjoyed it, and the Chinese Chinese became more and more slippery.
He came to Chen Tianliao this time because he wanted to find jobs for a few old friends of the Japanese Kingdom to come to Huaguo. Chen Tianliao was very interested when he heard this. As soon as he wanted to collect talents from Xiangjiang, he was sent to the door by Japanese talents. He certainly does not refuse more options.
Chen Tianliao took the information handed over by Takahara Daisuke and read it carefully.
Daisuke Takahara recommended three people. One is called Kawakami Aoyama, an alumnus of Rabbit Tooth Elementary School and the uncle of Kawakami Plain, a famous baseball player in the Japanese country, who is fifty-two years old this year. When Kawakami was young, he formed a rock band with his classmates and worked as a drummer, but he never mixed well. The rock music of the Wa Kingdom, like the previous life, is world-class, and there are too many masters. He ended up going into the background. Later, Kawakami offended a big man in the industry, and as a result, he had no way to gain a foothold and had to retire early.
The other person is Kawakami's friend Hisashi Endo. Endo and Takahara came out of the same band and have always been die-hard friends, and they worked together behind the scenes after the band disbanded. When Kawakami offended the industry boss, Endo sided with his old friend and lost his job together.
The last person is a music school teacher named Mikiko Maeda. She is a primary school classmate in Gao Yuan and has been engaged in music education. After her husband passed away two years ago, she has been in a very low mood. Gao Yuan persuaded her to come to China for a change of environment. Maeda's education level is not bad, and every year there are at least two students who make their debut in the Japanese entertainment industry. Three students have sold gold records. This is already a famous teacher in the fiercely competitive Japanese music industry. Chen Tianliao was very happy, so he asked the finance department to allocate a sum of money for these Japanese musicians to come to the interview and arrange for them to play in the capital. Gao Yuan Daisuke was overjoyed, thanked Chen Tianliao, and happily contacted his old friend.
The next morning, Chen Tianliao returned to the company, reading the documents while waiting for the arrival of the guests.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Fang Yan came on time with the guests. The person at the head has a typical Hokkien appearance, his figure is thin and small, his height is about 1.6 meters, and his eyes are particularly bright, and he looks very shrewd and capable. This is obviously Lin Jiadong. The two young men behind him were apparently employees of his company.
"Hello, Mr. Chen!" Without waiting for Chen Tianliao to say hello, Lin Jiadong spoke in Hanjiang Mandarin first. Although Hanjiang is in Lingdong, the dialect of the Hanjiang people is actually a branch of the southern Fujian dialect. Lingdong Mandarin such as "I am a Hong Kong Eastern prostitute" that is often ridiculed by cross talk in this year is actually Hanjiang-style Mandarin. People in the Cantonese-speaking area speak Mandarin for another taste.
"Hello, Mr. Lin!" Chen Tianliao came out of his seat and greeted Lin Jiadong as he walked to the reception area.
When the two approached, Lin Jiadong smiled and said, "Although I know that Mr. Chen is very young, I still can't believe my eyes when I see Mr. Chen himself." Too young!"
Chen Tianliao said: "It's okay. When Gan Luoxu was twelve years old, he became the prime minister, and I was twelve years old, and I only opened these two small companies. Come, Mr. Lin, please be seated. I happen to have authentic kung fu tea sets from your Hanjiang hometown here. ”
Lin Jiadong said happily: "That's great! I really can't imagine that when I come to the capital, I can still drink kung fu tea!"
Chen Tianliao smiled and handed the kettle to Fang Yan, asked her to fill the water, turned to Lin Jiadong and said, "Mr. Lin, don't you introduce me to your company's talents?"
Lin Jiadong pointed to the young man beside him and said: "In front of Mr. Chen, who dares to call himself a talent! This is Xu Xiaohu, the son of the chairman of our company, who followed me to the capital for training this time. The one over there was my assistant and driver, Kwong Ah Shui, because my secretary was not feeling well for the past two days, so I asked him to be my secretary temporarily. ”
Chen Tianliao and the two of them greeted each other, and then began to talk about business.
Lin Jiadong got straight to the point: "Mr. Chen, we are very interested in the songs you created in the Japanese Kingdom, and we want to win the Cantonese copyright and only release them in Guangdong and Hong Kong, I wonder if Mr. Chen can complete it?"
Chen Tianliao smiled: "This is not a problem. But I'm not short of money right now, I'm short of people. Every post behind the scenes from the singer road is missing. Of course, singers don't dare to work for your company, because the singer culture of the two places is quite different. But I don't know if your company can help me recruit some behind-the-scenes production personnel? ”
Lin Jiadong said: "If you need talents, why doesn't Mr. Chen go to Xiangjiang to recruit in person?"
Chen Tianliao said: "Don't hide it from Mr. Lin, I also asked employees to set up a new company in Xiangjiang to recruit all kinds of talents, but failed. The new company is not treated well by your colleagues in Xiangjiang, and the new company cannot recruit people, as if they are disgusted with our backwardness in the mainland. So I can only ask for help from a prominent local company like yours. ”
Lin Jiadong laughed and said, "Mr. Chen, it turns out that you are not modest, but you really don't know your own value." No wonder you can't recruit anyone. Yes, your company can't recruit people in Xiangjiang, but you yourself are different, and you will definitely be able to recruit a lot of people. ”
Chen Tianliao listened, thought about it for a while, and then understood his words: "You mean, with my fame?"
Lin Jiadong said: "Yes. You must know that you are a great figure in the Japanese music scene. As far as the Xiangjiang music scene is concerned, although the outstanding characters have the strength to gain a foothold in the Japanese national song scene, the overall difference is still too far. Even if Xiangjiang and Baodao are combined, they can compete with one-third of the Japanese music scene at most. You have done so well in the Wa Kingdom, once you are known by the professionals of Xiangjiang, they will definitely bow down to you. You want to get some followers, and that's pretty straightforward. ”
When Chen Tianliao heard this, his eyes lit up, he touched his chin, and said, "That's it...... Well, thank you Boss Lin for reminding me!"
Negotiations between the two sides went on very happily. Chen Tianliao sold the Cantonese rights of 36 songs, and later generations had classic Cantonese versions, and he also attached the Cantonese lyrics to the past. And Lin Jiadong also boldly settled the fee at one time. Both sides made a good impression on the other.
Next, Chen Tianliao began to plan the plan of the Wa Kingdom in the district, and at the same time waited for the interview of the three old musicians of the Wa Kingdom.
At this time, Chen Tianliao received a call from Zhuchuan to report on his work. On the phone, Chen Tianliao got the news that Kentaro Tokunaga was preparing to hold a concert in Xiangjiang at the end of January. Chen Tianliao immediately moved and opened his mind.
"Mary, can you help me ask Deyong-san if he wants to invite a guest. I was very interested in going to his concert. Chen Tianliao said.
On the other end of the phone, Takekawa paused and said, "Liao Jiang, why do you want to be a guest of Deyongsang?
Chen Tianliao said: "I want to be famous in Xiangjiang. ”
"Why be famous?"
Chen Tianliao explained the reason. Takekawa smiled: "Okay, I'll help you ask." I think Tokunag-san will be very happy. You are a guest, but many celebrities in the Japanese country want to invite. Even singers like Tokunaga-san are no exception. Since singing the song you wrote for him with Liao sauce, his status in the entertainment industry has become higher and higher!"
Chen Tianliao smiled and said, "That's good, that's good." Then please Mary!"
Zhuchuan's movements were fast, and after half an hour, she called back and informed Chen Tianliao Deyong that he had agreed. She will discuss the details with the Deyong team in detail, and she will first ask Chen Tianliao about Chen Tianliao's requirements.
Three days later, three Japanese people recommended by Daisuke Takahara arrived in the capital. Chen Tianliao complained about the speed of the embassy in granting visas to Japanese nationals, and at the same time met with the trio of Gao Yuan and job seekers at the company.
Kawakami Aoyama Hisashi Endo Hisashi doesn't look like he's played rock 'n' roll at all. Kawakami Qingshan was dark and thin, and his spirit was relatively sluggish, and he looked like a shriveled old man. And Endo Hisashi's mental state is okay, but his body fat is more serious, which makes his big cake face unique to the Japanese people more round and flat. Mikiko Maeda, the only woman among the three, is relatively normal. Although Maeda is haggard and not in a very good mental state, he still tidies up his hair and clothes, and his gestures show a good temperament unique to the artist.
Chen Tianliao chatted casually with the three of them about their majors, and all three of them showed good qualities. Then, Chen Tianliao took the three of them to the recital room. As soon as they entered the recital room, the eyes of the two old men lit up. Kawakami Aoyama took the lead and stepped forward to sit down on the drum kit, picked up the drumstick, took a deep breath, and immediately began the drum performance. Chen Tianliao's eyes lit up. This veteran of the Japanese country may not be as good as the young people of today, but his grasp of the rhythm is fully qualified for the job of the drummer of a first-class band. It seems that the drummer of this second-rate band didn't waste his kung fu after moving behind the scenes.
Then Endo picked up the electric guitar and came to a passionate SOLO, and Chen Tianliao had a smile on his face. These two bad old men, picking up a musical instrument is simply reborn. He turned to Daisuke Takahara and said, "Okay, Mr. Takahara, I'll leave the three of them behind." In terms of salary, compare their previous wages in the Wa Kingdom. If the performance is good, the bonus is not an issue!"
Takahara Daisuke was overjoyed and said, "Thank you Liao-chan!"
Chen Tianliao smiled: "I want to thank you." When our company needs talents, you will give us charcoal in the snow!"