Chapter 42: The President's Questions (Part II)
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"Brother Xiuman, you just heard this song, it is not difficult to hear that the quality of this song and this person's singing skills are the best choice, and in terms of appearance, it is not lost to any of the male artists or trainees in our company, and more importantly, An Yuxi gained such a lot of popularity as soon as he debuted, coupled with the gimmick of 'hunger marketing', everyone's expectations for him will be higher and higher, at least as long as his first album is successful, he will be able to enter the ranks of first-class singers immediately, and there is no need to spend money on publicity." Shen Chenghao listed his reasons, in fact, the most important reason is that they don't have any upfront investment in An Yuxi, which is equivalent to getting a singer for nothing without spending a penny, and he can still make money, just because of this, Shen Chenghao can't think of any reason for Li Xiuman to refuse.
"How do you know if it's beautiful when you look at the photos, you still have to look at no makeup." Although Li Xiuman is very strict and even strict with his artists, just as many people can't hear others say that outsiders' children are better than their own children, Li Xiuman will not think that his own children will be worse than others.
"Brother Xiuman, this is a no-makeup photo." Hearing Li Xiuman say this, Shen Chenghao knew that he would not object, and pursed his lips and said, in fact, he didn't believe that this was a no-makeup photo when he saw it for the first time.
"What?" Li Xiuman frowned slightly, picked up the photo he had just put down, took off his glasses and looked at it carefully.
This is what Li Runcheng took to An Yuxi at the hotel. An Yuxi specially took a shower and blown his hair for the aesthetic effect, because he thought that he could become more elegant after washing his hair, and wore a white suit and shirt, although he didn't like to buy clothes since he was a child, but the only time that An's mother was with An Yuxi was to go to the clothing store to buy clothes, so all his clothes were bought by An's mother. The temperament of quieting down is like an angel who degrades the mortal world, although there is an exaggeration, but it is not far off, mothers always think that their children are better than other children.
An Yuxi in the photo looked down at the ground slightly, he couldn't see his eyes, his skin was very white, and there was no trace of makeup on his face, it was really good-looking, Li Xiuman nodded slightly, the lights of the hotel hit him, and the white suit reflected a slight light, which looked like light at a glance, and his temperament was also very good, and he had a sense of zĂ i. Li Xiuman picked up another one, this one is the front of the face, An Yuxi in it has clear eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, broken and supple, even and decent, and a side face photo, basically without processing, it can be used as propaganda.
"If it's compared to being in the middle." Li Xiuman thought for a while, then put down the photo, and said reservedly: "It is indeed a good seedling, if you can join our company, it will be good for both parties." â
Seeing that Shen Chenghao nodded expressionlessly.
"Outstanding appearance, good singing skills, and lyrics and music, an artist with such good conditions, if you sign up to our company, we will have to pay a lot of price." Li Xiuman crossed his hands to support his chin and said, a cold light revealed in his narrow eyes.
"Of course, the contract with him should be a little more lenient, and I promised him that we would let him make his own albums, produce his own songs, and shoot his own mV, and he also asked the company to train him in dance, vocal music, body, acting, etc., and allowed the copyright of the songs he wrote to be retained, and he had the right to refuse too many activities arranged for him by the company."
"How long does it take to sign a contract?" Li Xiuman frowned, this contract is too lenient, right? You must know that s.m will have its own plans and directions for its singer's songs and mV, and there is basically no place for singers to speak.
Although favorable conditions are necessary to attract artists to join their own companies, S.M is in a critical period of his career, because the previous several groups failed to debut, plus the termination of the mythical contract, just relying on Bao'er and Kangta, and TVXQ's debut company has invested as much as 8o billion won, the company has been spending money, and there will be two more projects this year, how much will it cost! The financial situation is also not optimistic.
And because of the company's bad reputation, S.M's current stock market has also a downward trend, although the newly debuted TVXQ began to gain popularity, but it did not immediately make money, reversing the company's losses, and the company did not cut staff and trainees, and now S.M is just barely maintaining the dignity of Korea's No. 1 Entertainment Company.
"Five years." Shin Sung-ho replied, although he didn't understand why An Yuxi signed for so long, but he knew that his boss's son's idea would definitely not be as simple as being an artist, and he didn't know that he was the boss's son and his father sent him.
"In that case, isn't it too lenient?" Although he knew that Shin Sung-ho opposed the harsh contract for exploiting artists, Lee so-man couldn't help but raise his own questions, and people like Lee so-man really didn't have a good impression of such disobedient artists.
"He has just graduated from Stanford University in the United States and has successfully applied for a master's and doctoral degree at Seoul University." This is the point, Shen Chenghao is also a little excited when he talks about this, this is his current boss.
"Stanford?" Li Xiuman looked at Shin Sung-ho with incredulous eyes, and when he heard Shin Sung-ho say this, Li Xiuman's first feeling was that Ahn Yu-seo must be lying, just kidding, and he graduated from Stanford University at the age of 19?! This is Stanford! The "ivory tower" comparable to a university like Harvard, the temple of knowledge in the hearts of countless students.
At that time, he graduated from Seoul University and then went to the United States, entered the California State University branch, specializing in a master's degree in mechanical engineering, and returned to China after completing the master's degree. Although it is the same school in California, it is indeed incomparable with Stanford, which is equivalent to the gap between Tsinghua and the local two schools, which is unattainable.
Compared with the Ivy League schools in the eastern United States, especially Harvard University and Yale University, Stanford University, although it has a relatively short history, can compete with the Ivy League universities in terms of academic standards and other aspects. (According to Forbes magazine's 2o1o inventory of the universities that produce the most billionaires in the United States, Stanford University ranks second, and the number of billionaires reaches 28th, second only to Harvard University.) In the Academic Ranking of World Universities: 2nd in the world and 2nd in the United States. ďź
In fact, vulgar words are: What kind of fool are you, why can't you go to Stanford University and come here to be an artist? Others came out of Seoul University and went to graduate school at another school, but you came back to Seoul from Stanford? If you can graduate from Stanford, it will not be difficult to apply for a master's degree or a doctorate there.
Li Xiuman's surprise is that he knows that Shin Sung-ho will not lie to himself, so he will have such a big reaction in his heart, you must know that the current artists' academic qualifications are generally not very high, especially singers, their status is also very embarrassing, and fighting for academic qualifications is also something that will come later.
At this time, Li Xiuman's heart felt like a student of Erben Pheasant University talking about Tsinghua University, a little sour, of course, this feeling was just a moment.
As an old fox who has been in the business world for a long time, he will only consider the benefits that his artists can bring to him, and he will quickly sort out his mentality and expression.
In fact, the main reason why I can't believe it is that in South Korea, a country where academic qualifications and qualifications are supreme, any college graduate can be respected by others when he goes out, not to mention the graduates of famous world universities like Stanford, what does such a person do not do well, he is only 19 years old, it is estimated that he can do anything, but he is good, he actually came to South Korea to be an artist? In the eyes of the Korean people, the status of Korean artists is not high, they look dazzling, but they are still accused and exploited by the brokerage company, and their income is sometimes not as good as that of ordinary white-collar workers, they are bitter and tired, and sometimes they can't even protect the most basic human rights, and they have to be anti. Of course, it's probably a little better now, hopefully better.