Chapter 135: Pure Land of Bliss
If there is one of the strongest entertainment industries in the country, the first choice is the Sony Group.
Sony is a very strong company, its strength is very strong from the technical level, when Akio Morita founded Sony, after repeated thinking, determined not to go Panasonic's profit and small turnover, customer first policy, but firmly to do only high-end and focus on technology as the core, so in the field of technology, Sony is a well-deserved world giant!
Sony's heyday was the world's No. 1 TV seller, Walkman swept the world, Play Station created a game empire, forced Sega to withdraw, hit Nintendo's N64 of the same era, and NGC was full of teeth.
In terms of entertainment media, Sony shocked North America with its acquisition of Columbia Pictures.
At that time, Sony was very prominent in various fields, and it was synonymous with fashion, quality, and an ideal brand in the minds of consumers.
Before Gu Cancan was reborn, the first smartphone he used in the original time and space was not Android or Apple, but Soai P910.
Sony's Sony Music has contracts with top artists such as Jay Chou and Faye Wong in the Japanese Kingdom, and Sony Pictures and Television has included the Japanese contracts of first-line actors such as Liang Chaowei and Andy Lau.
Gu Cancan's preferred partner company is also Sony, because Sony's resources make Gu Cancan quite popular, and Cui Linian has had business dealings with Sony Music before, and he is familiar with the Sony Music Artist Economic Department.
The person Cui Linian contacted was named Shohei Miura, a middle-aged man about forty years old. The work pressure of the Wakoku people is very high, and Shohei Miura's head has begun to be bald, extremely intelligent, with sparse hair growing around him, and he looks like a legendary kappa.
Shohei Miura is the deputy director of Sony's artist economy department, and he is also one of the real power figures in Sony Music.
The first time we met, it was in Shohei Miura's office.
Miura Shohei has the unique politeness of the Japanese people, with small eyes, and his face is full of greasy middle-aged obscenity when he smiles.
At first glance, Gu Cancan had a bad impression of him.
Gu Cancan also followed, mainly because he was curious and wanted to see for himself what a top music company was like.
As a result, when I saw Shohei Miura, this greasy middle-aged man saw Gu Cancan, Wang Yan and other four little beauties, his eyes lit up, and her attitude was polite and arrogant, but she suddenly became enthusiastic.
Cui Linian's Japanese level is quite good, so Gu Cancan and the others did not deliberately bring a translator, and he was responsible for communicating with Shohei Miura.
I only heard him talk to Shohei Miura, but his face was not very good-looking.
"Old Cui, what did you say?"
Glancing at the opportunity, Gu Cancan asked in a low voice.
Cui Linian smiled helplessly and said: "Mr. Gu, Miura thinks that the four of you are a combination, and said that the appearance of the four of you is very pleasing, and there is a market in the Japanese state, but you need to sign a five-year contract with Sony Music." ”
Gu Cancan frowned, not to mention that she was also included, this five-year period would be too domineering.
She is the boss of a film and television media company, and she knows what the artist contract is about, generally speaking, the longer the contract, the more unfavorable it is to the artist, and you will be punished to mess around. But who can get into the entertainment industry, who is willing to live in it?
Especially this kind of overseas contract, the artist itself does not need to be cultivated by your company, everyone is just a mutually beneficial relationship, the artist uses the connections and resources of the local media company, and the local company earns real profits, this kind of cooperation is often signed once a year, at most two years. After the expiration of the period, if the cooperation is pleasant, it will be renewed.
Shohei Miura actually proposed to sign for five years, which is a bully of Chiguoguo.
Gu Cancan frowned and said, "In this way, the other party is not sincere, let's go." ”
This is Shohei Miura saw Cui Linian and Gu Cancan talking non-stop, with an impatient look on his face, and opened his mouth to say a piece of Japanese to Cui Linian.
Cui Linian had a little annoyance on his face, replied in Japanese, and then said to Gu Cancan: "Mr. Gu, I also think that the conditions proposed by the other party are not sincere, let's go." ”
"Well, let's go." Gu Cancan glanced at Shohei Miura lightly, stood up and walked outside first.
The three of them hurriedly followed.
Shohei Miura didn't expect the other party to say that he would leave, with an angry look on his face, and quickly said a string of words. It means that the strength of Sony Records is obvious to all in the Japanese country, and your departure is your loss, and you don't know Taishan.
"It's really annoying, I don't know what the hell the other party is talking about, when will there be a simultaneous translation machine." Gu Cancan thought unhappily.
Cui Linian listened to Shohei Miura's words, and couldn't help but sneer at each other.
As a result, as soon as he walked out of Miura Xiangping's office, Gu Cancan and the others happened to meet a few Japanese people.
At the forefront was a man in his thirties, tall and handsome, with a cold complexion.
He was followed by a few people, and if Gu Cancan knew him, he would find that those behind him were all middle-level cadres of Sony Records.
The words of Shohei Miura and Cui Linian just now were not small, and they could be heard clearly at the door, not to mention that the door of Shohei Miura's office was open.
Gu Cancan and this handsome man looked at each other, and couldn't help but jump in their hearts, the other party's eyes were cold and aggressive, and it was the first time for Gu Cancan to see such wolf eyes.
"I'll go, if this is a Mary Suwen, this man is a domineering president, at least a big man." Gu Cancan still has the leisure to think about it.
Shohei Miura chased out of the office at this time, and was saying a word in annoyance, when he suddenly interrupted, with a panicked look on his face, Xiao Xiaobu walked quickly to the handsome man, nodded and greeted: "President Nakaju, hello, hello." I'm glad to meet you. ”
Zhongju nodded coldly, his indifferent eyes swept over Gu Cancan and his party, stayed on Gu Cancan's face for two seconds, and didn't ask what was going on, and continued to move forward in silence.
Gu Cancan looked at a series of performances by Shohei Miura, and suddenly remembered a sentence from Journey to the West: Look at that person like a dog.
Leaving Sony Records, Gu Cancan was in a somewhat gloomy mood.
On the surface, the Japanese people are very polite, but in fact, it is difficult for foreigners to integrate into the Japanese society. It is very difficult to integrate into the Japanese society, no matter how popular you are, how authentic the Japanese are, and even if you are a Japanese nationality, you are still a "foreigner", of course, this kind of cultural exclusion can be found everywhere, but in a single-ethnic island country, this tendency is often more obvious.
This rejection is often manifested in polite arrogance.
"Mr. Gu, I'm sorry, when I was in contact with Shohei Miura before, he didn't behave so badly. I'm really sorry, but I should have come to meet him first before I brought you here. Cui Linian felt very sorry, and he didn't expect that Shohei Miura, who had always been polite in front of him, would be so unbearable.
"It's okay, it's not your fault. From this Miura, we can see the faces of some Japanese people clearly. He used to be polite to you, probably because you represent a large domestic company. Our brilliant era may have little weight in his eyes. Gu Cancan would not be angry with Cui Linian because of this.
"But Shohei Miura won't be good, just now at the door of his office, he met Mitsumasa Nakai, the president of Sony Records. Mitsumasa Nakaju has always been more strict with his subordinates, and this time Shohei Miura also lost his impression points in front of him, but there are good fruits to eat. Cui Linian said.
Gu Cancan nodded, and repeated in his mouth: "Zhongju Guangzheng? ”
"Hikaru Nakaju is the son-in-law of Sony's boss."
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Gu Cancan's thought was a little simple before, the three little girls of Girls' Generation were not famous, although the three of them were good-looking and talented, but if they wanted to open up the situation in the Japanese country, the first step was to find a suitable local economic company in the Japanese country, which was not so easy.
Before coming to the country, in addition to Sony Records, he also contacted Janiss. Genesys is also a very well-known media company in the Japanese country, and it can be said that Genesys has created Japanese idol culture, and it has been a great sign for so many years. It's just that Genesys' focus is on male artists, and of course, Genesys and Bright Times have not established cooperation.
Next, Cui Linian met Yoshimoto Media again, but still found nothing.
Fortunately, Gu Cancan is not particularly obsessed with successfully promoting Girlhood in the Wa Kingdom, but it is inevitable that he will be a little frustrated, which is a little different from what he imagined.
"Chanchan-chan, what are you worried about?"
Wu Neixun seems to be a butterfly dog that has always been happy floating around Gu Cancan, she fell in love with Gu Cancan at first sight, starting with her appearance and ending with talent, and she both likes and admires Gu Cancan.
Yes, Wu Neixun's attribute is lily, she has liked beautiful young ladies since she was a child, and her vision is extremely high, there are many beauties in the Wa Kingdom, but those who can reach the level of beauty like Gu Cancan, Wu Neixun has not seen it in reality, and the girls in the Wa Kingdom are often elephant legs and radish legs, and they are very few tall, which affects the beauty very much.
Seeing Gu Cancan for the first time, Wu Neixun looked at Gu Cancan, who was bathed in the light and holding the pipa with a slender figure, and the whole person felt like he was in the clouds.
However, Wu Neixun didn't dare to show this kind of emotion, she was worried about scaring Gu Cancan away. Even if it's just friends, it's great.
Therefore, Wu Neixun has always taken the initiative to keep in touch with Gu Cancan and studied Chinese diligently. The hard work finally paid off, and when Gu Cancan came to the country, his first reaction was to contact her. She happily helped Gu Cancan arrange living and accommodation, and did her best to help Gu Cancan.
Hearing Wu Neixun's words, Gu Cancan told her the distress in his heart.
After listening to this, Wu Neixun hesitated for a long time before he said: "Cancan-chan, what you are looking for are some of the most well-known music media companies in our country, and these large companies are really not easy to deal with. If you want, you can try to contact the second and third tier companies? ”
"I also want to look for it, but there are no other companies in the information collected before, so I am afraid that it will be too late to contact me temporarily. Forget it, I didn't have much hope, so I should take them to travel to the country. ”
Gu Cancan began to plan for the next few days, simply having a good time in the Wa Kingdom.
Wu Neixun hesitated for a long time, then made up his mind and said, "Cancan-chan, do you remember the person who picked me up with you on the day you came to the Wa Kingdom?" ”
Gu Cancan thought for a while, but didn't think about it.
Okay, it's a bit of an exaggeration, it's only been three days, and of course Gu Cancan remembers the person who was called Brother Watanabe by Wu Nei.
It's just that in Gu Cancan's view, that young man is just a trivial passer-by, if it weren't for Wu Neixun to mention it, I'm afraid that Gu Cancan would not take the initiative to think of Watanabe Guiichi in this life.
"Brother Watanabe's family is a company whose main business is the singer economy, although the strength is not very strong, but it has also been established for more than ten years, and after so many years of accumulation, we also have a certain strength and reputation in our local country."
Gu Cancan remembered, what is the name of the other party's music media company, Heping and Smiling, this company that sounds like a very middle school name has a history of more than ten years?
Wu Neixun introduced a peace and smile company to Gu Cancan, it turned out that the owner of this company was the female singer market, she couldn't help but feel moved, it is difficult for Girls' Generation to cooperate with a first-class media company in the country, but in fact, a company like Peace and Smile is small and fine, if you find the right company to cooperate, the effect may not be as good as that of large companies such as Sony.
"The point is that they have the will?"
Takeuchi smiled and said, "You have to give it a try, as far as I know, in fact, Uncle Watanabe also wants to make changes and want to absorb new blood, I think you appeared at the right time." ”
As for Watanabe Kiichi, she can easily handle it by Takeuchi and ensure that he will not harass Gu Cancan.
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Watanabe Toshina is a typical Japanese appearance, with a slender face, a slender nose, and a narrow single eyelid with shrewdness in his eyes.
"Cui Jun's request, to be honest, is a bit high." He made kung fu tea slowly, with a relaxed expression on his face.
Cui Linian proposed to use the channel of peace and smile to promote Girls' Generation within the scope of the Japanese Kingdom, and in return, the income generated by Girls' Generation will be divided into thirty-seven. However, the agreement will only be signed for one year.
Although Watanabe Shouming was saying that the other party's requirements were high, Cui Linian was happy in his heart, as the saying goes, it is only when you talk about praise and disapproval that you can make a deal, and Watanabe Shouming is obviously also moved.
"Actually, it's good for you and me, isn't it, Watanabe-kun. If it succeeds, it means that Peace and Smile has the ability to promote foreign singers, so that your company is tantamount to opening up a new business route. If it fails, your company has nothing to lose. ”
"No, no, your company should also understand that launching an artist group requires a huge investment of manpower, material and financial resources, which means that we bear all the risks." Watanabe Shouna said very directly.
Cui Linian exchanged a few words with Gu Cancan, and said to Watanabe Shouming: "Our President Gu said that she wanted to invite President Watanabe to enjoy a song and dance of our girlhood, and then we will discuss cooperation." ”
Watanabe Shou knew his name and nodded with a smile.
"This is our original song and choreography by Mr. Gu, called - Pure Land of Bliss."
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(It's a bit messy, I'm going to sort out the outline)