"Since you've been saying before, the Hengyin Newcomer Award is a very professional talent show in the field of music. So just relying on the votes of these fans who can't see faces on the Internet to decide who can be shortlisted for the competition, will it be a loss of your professional standards? ”

When Eliza asked this, both Nobuo Amano and Katie's expressions froze.

This winged man chick ...... Isn't it a vase? How can you ask such a straight question? - This is what Nobuo Amano came up with.

What's going on with this band? Did you come to find fault? - That's what Katie had in mind.

"This is ...... Miss Eliza, right? Katie glanced at the materials in her hand, "It's really not your turn to ask this kind of question. But it's not that I can't answer it - although for those of you who don't have work experience, you may not be able to understand it......"

Hearing this arrogant tone, Gu Yang's gaze at her instantly became extremely sharp.

But Katie was unaware of this, and continued: "First of all, we voters have all been screened when we registered, and they all have a certain appreciation for music. Secondly, behind the newcomer award is also the professional judges specially invited by Hengyin, and their opinions will also have an impact on the voting results......

"Hehe......" Before she could finish speaking, Gu Yang forcibly interrupted her with a sneer, "Screening voting users? How to filter? Let them listen to a piece of music and then fill it out online if it sounds good or not? Do you think you can filter out majors in this way? ”

"Of course it's not as simple as you think, we ......"

"Don't tell me that you have any high permissions, black technology, automatically read user information when registering, leave those with a music background, and don't allow registration if you don't." Gu Yang didn't speak quickly, but he said in a clear manner, "Even if users from your kingdom can access, what about users who access from empires and alliances? It's impossible for an espionage structure to decipher the biographical files of residents of another country, let alone that you're just a record company. ”

"That's not what I said, I mean ......"

"Well, you're saying that in addition to voting users' intentions, you also found a group of judges behind you to maliciously influence the voting results. Although it seems to be an online voting event, in fact, there are industry bigwigs gathered behind the event, secretly selecting one, two, and three, and then changing the voting results displayed on the website. Right? Miss Katie. After Gu Yang finished saying this, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he took a lit cigarette between his slender fingers and took a puff of it.

"You ......," Katie immediately froze.

As the leader of the record distribution industry, Hengyin's status in the music industry could not be higher, and there are many Jianghu artists who kneel and beg to hug their thighs every year. As one of the heads of the marketing department, Katie has always had to be begged for her share. Even if she was talking nonsense with her eyes open, because Hengyin had the best resources in the industry, the people who came to the meeting could usually only agree to it, and they didn't dare to raise the slightest objection at all. In the past, even if she wanted to question, she was the only one who questioned others, and being scolded by a student like today can be said to be something that has never happened to her in Hengyin for so many years.

- Towards me, right?

- Just a few of you foreign students who haven't even graduated from college......

- When you have wings, you think you can really go to heaven!?

Katie laughed angrily, leaning back in her chair and clasping her hands in front of her chest in vigilance: "First of all, what you said is something that doesn't exist. We have never manipulated votes. As a publisher, we don't need to prove how professional Hengyin is at all......"

"Oh?" Gu Yang's smile was even better, and he flicked the ash on the ashtray.

"If both parties do not have the same level of understanding of the content of the business, or if the cooperation cannot be based on mutual trust, then ......"

"Katie." Nobuo Amano, who hadn't spoken a few words, finally interrupted her and said in a deep voice, "I see that your agenda is on the agenda, and I will see a few more customers later." Why don't you go and prepare now, I'll have it here. ”

It wasn't until she was forcibly interrupted by a colleague that Katie came back to her senses from her rage. She was about to say the phrase "There is no possibility of cooperation between us", but now that she thinks about it, she is glad she didn't...... Her gaze swept over the faces of Gu Yang, Virgil, and Zi Yin in turn, and there was no flinching on the faces of the three of them. Think about it, if you really said that just now, this captain ...... I'm afraid I'm really going to tear up the contract, right?

Flying thousands of miles from the empire just to sign a contract, but because of a one-sentence or two-sentence argument, the contract can be abandoned. This group of students ...... What the hell do you think?

Seeing that his colleague was stunned, Amano shouted as if reminding: "Katie? ”

The female staff was relieved. With a cold snort, he picked up the folder on the table and stood up, and angrily brushed his sleeves away.

As he went out, he slammed the door behind him with a bang.

"Whew-" Gu Yang spat out a smoke ring, turned to look at the rest of the people and asked, "Mr. Amano, what did your colleague just want to say?" ”

Amano smiled indifferently, as if Katie, who had just been angry with Gu Yang, was just a passerby to him.

"Nothing." Amano said, "I'm going to continue to introduce you to the process of the newcomer reward. ”

- Abominable, abominable, abominable!

- What, those hairy boys.

- It's just that after a few years of studying at a prestigious school, it can swell like this!?

Katie gritted her teeth in hatred and returned to her workstation. The intern next door leaned over and looked at her expectantly, "Sister Katie, I heard that Minister Amano just asked you to come over to meet the people of the New Wing Band?" ”

This intern is a winged man who has just graduated from his freshman year. I was free during the summer vacation, so I came to Hengyin for an internship.

Hearing her ask this, Katie was even more angry, and replied with a cold face: "Yes, what's wrong?" ”

This was the intern's first job, and he didn't know what it was like to read words and looks, so he continued to ask with a look of intoxication, "How is it?" Is Gu Yang himself more handsome than in the photo!? ”

"Gu Yang?" Katie raised an eyebrow, "Oh, the captain...... It's okay. ”

"Huh? …… A friend of mine made a special trip to the empire to see their tour, and said that Gu Yang himself is much more handsome than in the photo, super stylish! The intern's face was filled with the kind of admiration that is unique to fans, and he folded his hands and said, "And I heard that his grandfather is a general of the Imperial Army!" Calculated in this way, Gu Yang is the third generation of the army! ”

"What!?" Katie froze. Since the founding of the Qingyun Empire more than 60 years ago, there have been less than 100 generals canonized. If what the intern said is true, the Gu Yang who scolded him is definitely the identity!

"And, besides, Sister Katie, do you know? Several of the other members of their band are also either rich or expensive. Virgil, the drummer, was the son of a regional lord on the frontier of the Empire—the lowest of their ranks; The lead singer, Eliza, is the daughter of the Imperial High Priest; Guitarist Ziyin has always been mysterious and doesn't say a word about his identity, but his support club dug deep and finally found that his custom-made performance costume was very similar to the uniform style of the Wind Society. So guess he might be from Blaze, and his parents should be executives of the Blastwind Society! ”

After listening to the intern's nymphomaniac remarks, Katie only felt a tonnage sledgehammer in the back of her head.

She's not usually lazy to gather information. If the other party is a member of the public or a visitor from another partner company, she will investigate the background of the other party in advance so that the negotiation can be more targeted.

But this time, Amano asked him to go to a meeting, which was really abrupt. She was not responsible for the promotion of the Hengyin Newcomer Award at all before, because the responsible colleague asked her to go today because she was on sick leave. Hearing that the other party was just a student band and a foreigner, she didn't mention her vigilance at all. In addition, although Katie works in Hengyin, she doesn't like pop music herself. An unsuccessful competition like the Newcomer Award, she won't pay attention to it even if it's out of interest. As a result, she had no idea about the other party's background information before the meeting today.

- The Abominable Amano...... He must have calculated me!

- I know I don't like pop music, but I still have to go to the meeting.

- The other party's background information is not shared with me in advance, which makes me make a fool of myself!

Katie gritted her teeth with hatred.

Some people are like that. It was obviously his own momentary negligence, but he tried every means to throw the pot to others. In their eyes, it seems that people all over the world are secretly calculating themselves, and the mistakes they make are all accidentally stepping on the traps of others.

But no matter how much you hate in your heart, you can't show anything on your face.

Katie suddenly thought of something and smiled slightly at the intern: "Looks like you like this band very much?" Do you want me to ask you for an autograph later? ”

When the intern heard this, he was so happy that the corners of his mouth almost grinned to the root of his ears: "Okay, good! Thank you so much, Sister Katie! That one...... My friend is also a big fan of theirs, can you help my friend get an autograph too? ”

"Okay, wait for them to come out of the meeting later." Katie said, "But you'll have to prepare your own signature board......

"Uh-huh, no problem!"

In the conference room on the other side, the discussion between Nobuo Amano and the new tsubasa continued.

"Let's not continue with the previous question, shall we?" Amano suggested.

"What? Is there anything inconvenient to say? Gu Yang asked rhetorically.

"No, in fact, the truth is very simple, as soon as you say it, you will understand." Amano actually took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, "We won't manipulate the voting results, but we won't let others manipulate the voting results, it's as simple as that." ”

"......" Although Gu Yang didn't say anything, his expression showed that he had caught up with Amano's rhythm.

The other three bands looked confused.

"That is—" Amano pulled out a cigarette and reached out to Virgil to borrow a fire. A simple action brought back the atmosphere disturbed by Katie to normal, and the tension in the conference room disappeared in an instant.

Amano took a drag on his cigarette and continued, "Beauty is such a thing that no one can define it, but anyone can recognize it. Truly beautiful works of art, including paintings, sculptures, costumes, architecture, and music. They can be understood and recognized by anyone. You all agree on that, right? ”

Completely different from Katie. Amano doesn't speak quickly, but he speaks with the truth, and people don't put on a show. Obviously it should be a serious meeting, he actually followed the rhythm of Gu Yang and Virgil to join the ranks of smokers, this person's confidence and sophistication can be seen.

The band all nodded.

"Well, as long as these voting users are normal 'users'......" Speaking of this, Amano put his hands on his head to make a "quotation mark", "The result of the vote will not be too different from the result of the expert's evaluation." In order to ensure the quality of these users, we specially found a network company to cooperate to screen whether there is malicious ticket swiping in the background. Rookie singer...... You know that, too. They definitely can't afford to pay for manual ticket swiping, as long as they get rid of all software ticket swiping. ”

With such clear words, there is no longer any doubt about it.

"It would have been nice to say that earlier...... Zi Yin grumbled, holding her cheeks, "What kind of thing did that woman just now, she knew that she was talking nonsense." What about when we're so fooled? ”

Nobuo Amano spread his hands: "People in the marketing department like to put up shelves, it's not a new thing, I think Gu Yang should have a number in his heart - he has seen many publishers." ”

He looked at Gu Yang with a familiar look, but the latter didn't respond to him. So Amano continued to himself: "Katie's girl has always been proud, and when she looks at people who are younger than herself, have a low title, and are just starting out in the industry, she can't help but put on a high-minded posture. But I think most of what she said today is fine. The problem is that she scolds the wrong person. ”

Gu Yang snorted coldly and snuffed out the cigarette butt on the ashtray.

"A four-piece band like yours must have a soul. I'm not talking about managers, I'm talking about the core of the band. "Amano seemed to feel the heat and took off his blazer and put it on the back of the chair, revealing the casual shirt underneath," said the new tsubasas...... In my opinion, the soul character should be Eliza, right? All of you are attracted to her to come together and sustain this band. Did I guess right? ”

"Heh......" Gu Yang raised his head slightly, and his amber eyes shone with a fierce light, "Mr. Amano seems to have a lot of experience?" ”

"Hey! Don't look at me as unmotivated as I am. When I was your age, I also formed a band......" Amano's rigorous posture of an office worker was instantly thrown out of the clouds. He spat out a smoke ring, and his tone began to be a little ruffian, "At that time, it was just in time for the singer tide, and the university was full of bands. We also formed a small group at the time, and the lead singer was a beautiful girl like Eliza. But her singing skills are not as good as hers, and her expressiveness is not very good, but if outsiders dare to say that our girl is not, they will definitely not be able to spare him. But unlike you, we are purely casual and do not have too many high requirements. I played it for about two years. After graduation, the girl got married, and the band broke up. ”

After Amano said this, Eliza's expression didn't change much. It's as if she's already accepted the fact that she's the core of the band, and it's as if she's just wandering...... Staring blankly at the leaderboard on the display, I don't know what I'm thinking.

"Alright, let's get down to business—" Amano closed the web page on the screen, opened what looked like a statistical document, and continued, "Here are the scores given to the singers at this year's Newcomer Awards by all the producers and producers under Hengyin. ”

As he introduced, a grid appeared on the screen.

The professional judges' scores are based on a total score of 10 points, which seems to be the sum and re-average of many people's scores, and the results are retained to one decimal place:

1st place: Song Nanhe, 9.6

2nd Place: New Wing Band, 9.3

3rd place: Guanyue Ling (Ribbon Classroom), 9.1

Third place (tie): Heidi Combination, 9.1

Fifth place: Aikong, 8.5

6th place: Full Strength Boys, 8.4

7th place: Flora, 8.2

"See?" Amano said proudly, "It's almost no different from the previous online voting list. ”

"Yes! There is a difference! "Zi Yin jumped out again, and endured it for a while before he said the sentence, 'Are you blind?' , but said, "This time we are above the 'Moon Viewing Ling', before she was the second, we were the third!" ”

"Uh-huh, I know......" Amano pressed his hands into the air and pressed them against the table, "I mean, overall, the top seven scores and votes are basically the same. But let's be honest, you guys have a higher rating in the eyes of professionals than the average audience, which is to be expected. ”

"Because we didn't canvass!" Zi Yin replied angrily, "What kind of 'ribbon classroom' is that, I heard that it is a singer training institution, right?" Isn't that her ticket office? ”

"No, no, canvassing is one thing." Amano wiped his sweat, "What's more important is that you don't get enough votes from the human audience. ”