Chapter 696: Behind the Negotiations
Kind people get angry, in short, it's so nervous.
In the past ten years, the Zhou Xiao that Wen Chun knew was the kind Zhou Xiao, he got along with anyone, he could joke with anyone, and he didn't even care about the amount of the manuscript fee, how much Wen Chun gave, if it weren't for Wen Chun's insistence, it seemed that he didn't even bother to sign the contract.
Such Zhou Xiao has accumulated a very good reputation in the cooperation with Wenchun in the past ten years.
In fact, when the magazine said that he wanted to be an artist in Zhou Xiao's company, there were many objections within Wenchun, because Wenchun himself was a magazine that Zhou Xiao had always taken care of and was willing to cooperate with.
Such a good collaborator, it's very inappropriate for you to please and still push it out, right?
The reason why Wen Chun dared to do this was largely because they miscalculated how much Zhou Xiao cared about AKB, and in their opinion, the news report of a little idol, especially Zhou Xiao, who still referred to the original character, would not have much reaction anyway.
As a result, Zhou Xiao's huge reaction was unexpectedly so unexpected that the entire Wenchun panicked, without Zhou Xiao's works, it was nothing, but without this man, and even said that this man might take the entire AZX to refuse the work of Wenchun's magazine media from now on, maybe he would also take some writers to go to other magazines and media, these maybe, once there is some smear by the rival media, Wenchun will not be happy!
Of course, the staff on the Wenchun side would not agree to Zhou Xiao's request to publish an apology so easily, and Zhou Xiao also knew that even if he wanted to apologize, it would be impossible for Wenchun to take all the responsibility on himself like he proposed.
So next, Zhou Xiao took AZX to start a hours-long bargain with Wen Chun.
A Zhou Xiao who was so difficult to get into the explosion appeared.
can be called a bit of a stubborn attitude, threatening Wen Chun's side at every turn, with a face of what can you do to me, but Wen Chun's side is not easy to refuse. I could only pinch my nose and bargain with Zhou Xiao again and again.
In the end, the two sides did not adopt any way to resolve their differences.
After everyone separated, even Uncle Inoue asked worriedly, "Zhou Xiao, are the conditions we want a little too much?" ”
"I didn't even shoot the table, I didn't even retire from the table, it's too much, I still feel that the conditions I want are too loose!"
"However, if the method you and Qiu Yuan Kang came up with really worked, then Zhiyuan's topic tendency will be completely reversed, and if we blow up enough benefits on Wenchun's side, they may be very unhappy with Wenchun, right?"
"We should do this while they are sorry for us now, when this is over. It's unlikely that you'll want to do that again. Zhou Xiao said.
So the negotiations continued the next day, Zhou Xiao continued to apologize, yelling that Wen Chun had to deny all their fictitious things, while Wen Chun was accompanied by a smiling face, looking embarrassed.
The negotiations on the second day lasted for more than an hour, and Zhou Xiao finally began to relax a little.
"You don't need to apologize in the magazine, but you must explain to what extent you have taken the material, and in addition, the reporter who made the article must also deal with it!" Zhou Xiao still grasped a few points and didn't let go.
"Reporter's side. It's really not appropriate for us to deal with it too much, otherwise we won't be able to do it well in the future. Wen Chun said.
"Why do you have to refuse anything? I don't think you're sincere at all, forget it! Don't talk about it! "Zhou Xiao is playing tricks again.
He stood up and was about to retire, and Wen Chun had seen too much of Zhou Xiao's approach in the past few days. Although the editor-in-chief Wen Chun on the opposite side was tired of his heart, he still stood up and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou Xiao, if there is any problem, knock on the door and talk about it again, you see that this condition is not good." Let's consider other conditions, such as how about we get journalists to apologize on their social media? ”
"Are you embarrassed to say that? He's just a small reporter, and it's good to have two or three hundred followers on social media. Let this kind of person apologize on social media, are we in a showdown or are we looking at how to promote him? And, once this apology is done, how do I react? Retweet it? What will the rice guys think of me then? A public figure who cares about everything and can't get along with ordinary people? Editor-in-chief, you want to bake me over the fire! Zhou Xiao said fiercely.
"You think too much about Mr. Zhou Xiao, I didn't mean that, I didn't think it through just now, so how about we change the method...... Editor-in-Chief Wen Chun continued to say with a smile.
The rip-off continues......
It wasn't until noon the next day that the two sides finally made an agreement that they could barely pass with each other.
Wen Chun quit his job as a reporter for the series, and at the same time published a further explanation of the incident in a new issue of the magazine, stating that he had a lot of speculation rather than real knowledge.
And Zhou Xiao's cooperation with Wenchun continues, and at the same time, in the next year, Zhou Xiao will write a column for Wenchun every week.
After the agreement was basically completed, the two sides also breathed a sigh of relief, and the editor-in-chief of Wenchun stood up and said: "Mr. Zhou Xiao, it is true that we are wrong this time, but we have no prejudice against you, and I myself like your various works very much." ”
Zhou Xiao saw that the formal work was almost over, so he didn't answer the editor-in-chief first, but said to the person next to him: "Uncle Inoue, don't notify the company about this matter first, in this way, you go back first, and wait for me to talk to the editor-in-chief." ”
Uncle Inoue glanced at Zhou Xiao and didn't say anything, and took the rest of AZX and said, "Then let's go back first." ”
Wen Chun saw that Zhou Xiao wanted to talk to the editor-in-chief and President Wenchun, and it was obvious that he didn't entangle any longer, and a deputy took everyone away, and the rest of the people in the conference room were only Zhou Xiao and Wenchun's president and editor-in-chief.
Zhou Xiao still didn't speak directly, but went out again and called someone in.
This person was not a staff member on the AZX side, but his personal bodyguard.
After the personal bodyguard came in, he swept around with an instrument in his hand, and when he saw that there was no prompt on the instrument, he nodded to Zhou Xiao and put the instrument on the table casually, and then walked out of the room.
At this time, Zhou Xiaocai turned around and greeted the editor-in-chief: "Thank you for your likes, if it weren't for these likes, I wouldn't be qualified to stand here and talk to you about the conditions." ”
"I really didn't expect it, Mr. Zhou Xiao, your love for AKB is beyond our imagination, and we will be cautious next time we encounter this kind of news." Wen Chun's editor-in-chief was soft.
"But...... The same cannot be said for that. The girls are in charge, so ......" Zhou Xiao suddenly showed a wicked smile.
"What do you mean......" Wen Chun also showed a thoughtful smile after hearing Zhou Xiao's words.
"First of all, I have absolutely no intention of controlling the media, and I don't have the ability to do that, but ...... There are a lot of things in our AKB, what to publish and what not to publish, I think we can think about it carefully, and ...... If you want to know anything, you can actually come to me, and we didn't say we wouldn't provide you with any news......"
If there is an AKB girl who sees Zhou Xiao's state at this time in the conference room at this moment, she will definitely shout: "Brother Zhou Xiao is different from usual!" ”
Is this still the same man who takes AKB as his mission and always thinks about these girls!? His words were all too clear at this point. He's just going to sell out the scandals of the members!
"Oh? Does Mr. Zhou Xiao have any news for us? Wenchun's president and editor-in-chief glanced at each other but didn't show much expectation, they are the media, Zhou Xiao has seen a lot of this kind of behavior, so everyone is not surprised.
Zhou Xiaodao: "In our industry, it is impossible to hope that its artists will fall in love, but limited by public opinion, it is difficult for everyone to say that we are forbidden to fall in love with the members and prohibit you from having a normal relationship."
So...... For media like Wenchun, if not too much. In fact, we are welcoming.
Whether it's a rejection or a welcome, what do you think is the key point? Zhou Xiao asked.
"It should be...... Let's do this. President Bunharu spread the back of his hand downward, circled his thumb and forefinger, and made a gesture similar to "ok" to lie on his back.
"That's right. It's money! If your revelations don't affect our image too much and don't reduce our sales too much, we will welcome your revelations, because your revelations will serve as a monitoring for the members. In the long run, your oversight is very necessary!
So...... I think it's not impossible for us to cooperate to a certain extent in this regard. Your news, coupled with ours, should be a good idea to keep track of the members' dynamics! Zhou Xiao said.
This kind of cooperation can only be said in private, and it is better not to know more than five people in the entire company, and even less so the members of AKB.
"Mr. Zhou Xiao, I didn't expect you to be so open-minded." President Wenchun said.
"Actually, this is also for the good of the members, although I can't say it, but they will understand it later. President Matsui, are you interested in my proposal? Zhou Xiao asked.
"Of course it's no problem, if we can have such cooperation, it would be the best!" President Matsui said.
"Great, for specific cooperation, I will send someone to talk to you, and that person will also become the person in charge of the contact between the two of us in the future, and President Matsui, this matter is ...... I hope that when you leave this office, you will forget about it completely. ”
"That's fine, and of course your image in the hearts of the AKB members is also very important." President Matsui expressed his understanding.
"Okay, then...... Let's talk about the attitude of AZX and Wenchun tomorrow......" Zhou Xiao said.
"Attitude?"
"Of course, if we go out of this office, it would be too abrupt for us to abandon the previous good hooks, right? So...... The specific attitude of the two sides is also very delicate to deal with," Zhou Xiao said......
That night, Zhou Xiao announced the results of the negotiations with Wenchun at the company's internal meeting.
His face was full of unhappiness, and seven were dissatisfied and eight were angry: "Wenchun's goods are really difficult!" It's just an apology, and it's not alive or dead! In the end, let's only talk about one page of instructions! That's it, I only agreed to a column! ”
"What a deception! It's unbelievable! The rest of the company condemned.
Uncle Inoue also said helplessly: "This time we have lost a lot, I really can't swallow this breath, although the matter of Zhiyuan can be handled, but Wenchun's reputation has lost a lot!" ”
"Recently, let the members be honest, after this kind of thing, the members are surrounded by the most reporters!" Zhou Xiao said.
"Yes!" The agent said one after another.
Looking at the people who were quite dissatisfied and indignant, only Zhou Xiao and Uncle Inoue exchanged a very subtle look.
The next night, the treatment of Zhiyuan was announced on the radio just like Zhou Xiao's previous life.
Citizenship to HKT.
As expected. Social public opinion reversed in an instant, and the reversal was even more crisp than Zhou Xiao's previous life.
Zhou Xiao's experience in his previous life was betrayed by ordinary people, but he was not betrayed in this life, the man is still a very popular sports athlete, and there are no things like those messy third parties, the time of the accident is still before entering AKB, the lover still has two little guesses childhood sweethearts such a clean and young background, and there are not many hateful emotions in everyone's hearts, and now the girl has been dealt with because of this incident, and has been transferred from the big city of Tokyo to Fukuoka, which is far away from the center of Japan. The average viewer who didn't know what was going on immediately burst with sympathy.
Modern idols, many times, are sold for a pitiful thing, and it is too pitiful to look at now!
For example, the day after the original transfer decision was made, it was the day when AKB's new single was photographed for the MV, and on this day, he received warm condolences from the selection team at the photo scene, and Kashiwagi was the only one who wanted to say something special.
AKB's new list, of course, is the girls' general list.
The history of this general menu is a song called "Plaid Pattern", which ...... It can't be said that it's bad, the quality of the songs is actually okay. But...... This song feels worse if compared to AKB's previous total songs.
Whether it is the first general election or the excuse, or the second HR, the third flight starts, these works are very classic. And after this song, there are also super classic songs such as lucky cookies, and relatively speaking, the presence of this song is very low.
Now it becomes Zhou Xiao to master AKB. The center of this single has also become Maeda, who has not quit yet, so in the selection of songs, Zhou Xiao made other considerations.
This new order for Maeda is center. I chose a new single that has never appeared in AKB's history.
The song is called ......
《R.Y.U.S.E.I.》
If it's just AKB, you may not know the name of this song at all, this is a single that was originally released in June 14, but the singer of the single is not AKB or even any group under AKB, and the original singer is not even a woman, because this song is from the third generation of JSoulBrothers, a group belonging to the EXILE group.
The song ...... How to say it, the quality is good, catchy, and it is a pretty durable song...... Saliva songs, in fact, EXILE's songs are basically the tune of this dance music plus saliva songs.
But for pop groups, it's such a song, the catchy music tunes and choreography can make people easily remember just once, in addition to the song itself, the dance in which everyone stands in a row and holds up to the sky with both hands in a bow-like posture has also caused a lot of topic, such a song, the more popular the group can achieve a viral crazy effect.
But...... Some people may be worried, is a song sung by a group of men like JSoulBrothers really suitable for AKB's group of little girls and Atsuko Maeda?
At this time, Zhou Xiao needs to appear with the arrangement team of being's predecessors.
After revising the song itself, removing some overly masculine parts and reducing the difficulty, the arrangers made the whole song more suitable for girls, so that the song could be sung without losing its handsome style, and the girls could sing it without any sense of disobedience.
In fact, when this song was released, many music producers, including Yasu Akimoto, were very worried, because this is a single that focuses on the handsome genre.
It's normal for girls to sing this type of single, and it's normal for AKB to choose handsome singles after the general menu, but the general menu is different, and the songs on the general menu are more inclined to the kind of super saliva songs that everyone likes, and can be sung together in karaoke, such as HR and cookies, which are the most obvious representatives of the general menu.
But this song is a handsome single, it is a bit risky to put this kind of single on the general menu, the general menu has a lot of exposure, it is easy to get popularity and blind obedience when used in saliva songs, and when it is used in other songs, when the listener does not understand the song, it is easy to give up and make the whole song not popular.
But Zhou Xiao chose this song independently, he knows very well whether this song can become popular, the melody of the song, especially the very handsome and stylish dance in the song, made this song cause quite a lot of topics after it came out, and this is only the influence that the third generation of JSB can achieve as an ordinary Japanese first-line group.
The influence of the AKB, at least among ordinary people, is very difficult for JSB to reach.
Relying on this, Zhou Xiao felt that this song led by Maeda, even if it couldn't hit the effect of the cookie in the future, at least it wouldn't lose too much to Yuko Zhihara! (To be continued......)