Chapter 140: I don't know the hearts of good people
Beijing Fourth Ring Road, Delong Building.
Delong Building is famous in this high-rise financial and business district, because it is home to a number of first-class entertainment media and music production companies in Beijing, such as Ethereal Music Workshop, Golden Disc Culture, Sunshine Records, etc.
Therefore, people who work in this building can often see celebrities and idols coming in and out, and if you find a corner outside the building, there may be entertainment reporters, commonly known as paparazzi, squatting there.
EMI Culture Agency is also in Delong Building, but the strength and scale of this medium-sized brokerage company cannot be compared with the likes of Golden Saucer Culture, and the office is located on the 7th floor in a poor location.
There is a saying in the entertainment industry, that is, if multiple companies are in the same building, the stronger the strength and the greater the fame, the higher they will live, otherwise they would rather find another place than be willing to be subservient.
This may not be very reliable, but at least in the Delong Building, the situation is really similar.
However, it is not an ordinary small company that can occupy a place in the Delong Building.
Baidai Culture Agency has dozens of artists and hundreds of trainees, and there are many second- and third-tier star idols among the artists who have debuted, and their strength is okay.
It is said that there are as many as 2,000 entertainment brokerage companies in the capital, but only one-tenth of them are really qualified.
At around 1 p.m., it was the hottest time.
Although the central air conditioning of Delong Building is running well and the air conditioning is sufficient, Wen Zhiyuan, who is sitting in the office, still feels bored, he drank two bottles of cold mineral water in a row, and there is still an inexplicable evil fire scurrying in his body, making fine sweat continue to ooze from his forehead.
This forty-year-old middle-aged fat man is the director of the brokerage department of Baidai Culture Agency.
The brokerage department is the most important department of the brokerage company, and the level of supervisor positioning is the middle and senior management of the company.
However, Wen Zhiyuan has never had the pleasure of holding power. Because the brokerage department has a large power and a high budget, there are many mothers-in-law who are in charge of it, including general managers, directors, deputy general managers, deputy directors, and department managers and deputy managers, and there are three supervisors at the same level as him.
Leaving aside one of the trainee supervisors, the other two are not good at stubble.
On the one hand, Wen Zhiyuan has to manage his artists and agents well. On the other hand, you have to guard against the open guns and hidden arrows of competitors in the same department, not to mention how unpleasant life is.
Especially in the recent past, several signed artists under Wen Zhiyuan are very restless, one of them made a scandal and was exposed by the media, he desperately wiped his ass without saying anything, and was ridiculed by the people in the public relations department.
Wen Zhiyuan really wanted to quit his job, but he thought of the mortgage that needed to be paid off in 15 years
He could only endure it.
Syllable! Syllable!
There was a knock on the door of the room.
Wen Zhiyuan couldn't help but straighten his waist, grabbed the tissue on the table and wiped the sweat on his face.
Quickly throwing away the wipes, he said in a deep voice, "Please come in!" ”
In front of subordinates. Wen Zhiyuan still pays attention to image, otherwise it is difficult for people to be in awe.
The door was pushed open, and two women walked in.
Seeing the middle-aged woman walking in front, Wen Zhiyuan felt that his already big head was bigger again!
My brain hurts.
This middle-aged woman is dressed very well, a long dress, high heels, leather bags and jewelry are all famous brands, but her appearance is really sorry for these expensive goods, not only ordinary but also slightly fierce.
But she clearly didn't have the consciousness to hide her clumsiness, and her nostrils were swaggering upwards. It's as if she's the owner of the place.
And the woman who followed the middle-aged woman was undoubtedly much younger and more beautiful, with delicate makeup with red phoenix eyes and willow eyebrows. The expression is arrogant, but it is somewhat similar to the former.
Walking in front of Wen Zhiyuan, the young woman greeted with a smile: "Director Wen"
Wen Zhiyuan sighed secretly in his heart, and barely squeezed out a smile on his face: "Shuhui, you are here." ”
Zhang Shuhui, a signed artist under Baidai Culture Agency, just debuted two months ago.
A middle-aged woman who came with Zhang Shuhui. It is Zhang Shuhui's agent Zhang Qiong, and she is also her aunt.
This is not an ordinary character, not to mention his pungent personality, and he has something to do with the upper echelons of the company.
Although Zhang Qiong is nominally Wen Zhiyuan's subordinate, in fact, Wen Zhiyuan can't command this lord at all.
The so-called arrogant soldiers. That's it!
There is no need to guess, Wen Zhiyuan also knows that the other party is not good.
He was extremely tired in his heart, and he still had to put on a smile: "Sit down, sit down." ”
Zhang Qiong was not polite at all, pulled Zhang Shuhui to sit down on the sofa, and then asked straight to the point: "Director Wen, I heard that you applied for a sum of money to buy songs for Shuhui, right?" ”
Wen Zhiyuan nodded and said, "Yes, it's 200,000 in total, I've been"
According to the company's regulations, signed artists like Zhang Shuhui need to apply for important expenses in training, packaging, publicity and promotion, and they can only be allocated after approval.
This is also one of the greatest powers that Wen Zhiyuan has as the head of the brokerage department.
He applied for this fund for Zhang Shuhui because he wanted this aunt to stop and live a long life.
"I know!"
Zhang Qiong directly interrupted Wen Zhiyuan's words and asked, "I heard that you are going to invite a newcomer to sing, and one song is 250,000, isn't that so?" ”
Wen Zhiyuan suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and patiently explained: "That's the case"
"This newcomer is very unusual, he is the champion of singing China, the songs he wrote have been at the top of the original music chart for four consecutive weeks, he is a very talented singer-songwriter, I think"
"Director Wen!"
Zhang Qiong interrupted again: "I don't think any newcomer's work can be worth 250,000, even if his work is on the original music list?" His creative style is completely out of step with my family Shuhui, how can he write well? ”
"This fund can be applied for, Shuhui and I have contributed, so I don't agree with you to buy songs from that newcomer named Lu Chen, the risk is too great, I think Xiyu will be a better choice."
The corners of her lips flashed with a faint sneer: "Two hundred and fifty thousand, enough to buy three songs!" ”
Wen Zhiyuan was looked at by her "Did you eat kickbacks". Stimulated the green tendons on the temples.
I almost ran away on the spot!
God be pitiful! He bought songs from Lu Chen for the sake of Zhang Shuhui.
Zhang Shuhui has debuted as a new generation of singers for a while, although the company has spent a lot of effort to package the hype, but it has never been pushed, because there are many homogeneous newcomers in the entertainment industry.
In terms of appearance, Zhang Shuhui is not the most beautiful, in terms of singing skills. She's just an ordinary passing level, in terms of talent
Ahem! Regardless of talent, she has no distinctive characteristics and advantages, and if she wants to become popular, she must find another way.
Buying an excellent work suitable for Zhang Shuhui is the method that Wen Zhiyuan came up with.
In the pop music world, there has always been a saying that "people are popular because of songs", and if an ordinary singer sings a good song correctly, he may become popular, even if he pays attention to packaging hype. But the element of the work is still important.
Many people desperately cover, imitate and even plagiarize the works of Europe, America, Japan and South Korea, so for what?
As a singer-songwriter who has recently risen rapidly in the pop music scene, Wen Zhiyuan has been eyeing Lu Chen for a long time, and after knowing that the latter opened a studio, he also specially sent someone to contact him.
Until the end of "Singing China", Wen Zhiyuan finally made up his mind to buy songs from Lu Chen at a high price.
Because he believes that Lu Chen has strong enough creative strength.
I never thought of it. His intentions and painstaking efforts were actually questioned by Zhang Qiong!
The other party said "West Feather". He was a songwriter who became famous very early, good at love songs and saliva songs, and has always had business contacts with EMI Culture Agency.
250,000 is indeed enough to invite 3 songs to Xiyu, but Wen Zhiyuan thinks that this talent is almost exhausted.
If you compare, Lu Chen is like the rising sun, full of vitality and vitality in his creation.
West Feather. It was the setting sun!
As for style, it's not really a big deal.
Wen Zhiyuan wanted to explain patiently, but Zhang Qiong's eyes made him disheartened.
He straightened his waist and bent down again, and said dejectedly, "What you said makes sense, so be fine." Just do what you want, and invite Xiyu to sing. ”
Seeing Wen Zhiyuan's depressed and bleak expression, Zhang Shuhui, who had never spoken, was a little unbearable, and turned her head to look at Zhang Qiong: "Auntie"
Zhang Qiong squeezed her hand and said, "Listen to me, since Director Wen agreed, then there will be no problem." ”
She got up and said, "Excuse me, let's go first." ”
Wen Zhiyuan waved his hand weakly, not bothering to look at the other party's smug face.
He knew that Zhang Qiong's real intention was to fight for power.
After Zhang Qiong and Zhang Shuhui left, Wen Zhiyuan took a long time to recover and smiled dumbly.
What the hell is this called!
Jingle bell~
Just then, the phone on the desk rang.
Wen Zhiyuan stretched out his hand and picked it up.
The sweet voice of the front desk lady came from the phone: "Director Wen, a Mr. Lu Chen is coming to you." ”
Wen Zhiyuan suddenly remembered that he had made an appointment with Lu Chen's studio in the afternoon.
The other party came to the door to try the sound!
It's really troublesome now, Wen Zhiyuan can't wait to slap himself hard.
Of course, it is okay for him to let Lu Chen leave directly, but in this way, he will completely offend people to death, and it will be disgraceful to spread it, which is definitely not a wise choice.
But how should Wen Zhiyuan tell Lu Chen, saying that his artists are disobedient and don't want to buy his songs?
Offend people in the same way!
"Hey, hey! Are you there, Director Wen? ”
Wen Zhiyuan came to his senses and hurriedly said: "Yes, you invite this Mr. Lu to sit down in the reception room first, you must be warmly welcomed, I will come over as soon as I finish dealing with the matter at hand!" ”
The front desk lady agreed, "Okay." ”
Putting down the phone, Wen Zhiyuan was already sweating and almost burst into tears.
Click! Click!
There was a knock on the office door again.
The second update was sent.,I'm really sorry.,There's something in the evening that doesn't have time to write the third update.。
PS: The author belongs to the slow hand, and it often takes hours to write a chapter, and there is no manuscript saved. I didn't do what I promised, and I owe it to everyone, so I won't ask for votes, so please forgive me. (To be continued.) )