Hearing what Tianhai Yuxi's mother said, Cao Zhiqiang was a little surprised.

It's going so well, it's going too well.

In fact, originally, when Cao Zhiqiang saw that only Tianhai Youxi's mother arrived alone, he thought that this signing would not go well, and there was a high probability that it would not be negotiated.

Because normally, signing an artist contract is a very serious matter, even if Yuki Amami is still underage, even if she still has cram school to attend today, she still has to be there in person.

After all, no matter how important a cram school class is, it is not as important as signing a contract.

So seeing that only Tianhai Youxi's mother came over alone, Cao Zhiqiang thought that this matter was going to be yellow.

Then, he didn't know what it was like to feel in his heart, both happy and pity.

But what I didn't expect was that although Yuki Amami didn't come, but her mother came alone, but this person just asked herself a few irrelevant questions, and then agreed to sign the contract.

After frowning slightly, Cao Zhiqiang asked the female assistant assigned by the firm, Miss Kyoko, and the specially invited male lawyer to leave first, and he wanted to talk to Mrs. Nakano, that is, Yuki Amami's mother, alone.

When only Cao Zhiqiang and Mrs. Nakano were left in the room, Cao Zhiqiang said to Mrs. Nakano, who kept smiling: "Mrs. Nakano, I want to ask you sincerely, do you really agree to let your daughter sign a contract with our firm?"

This isn't child's play, I hope you'll think it through. ”

"I've thought it very clearly." Mrs. Nakano smiled, "Actually, I have always known what my daughter wants to do, and I have long wanted her to join an artist agency in advance, which can also get more professional treatment and at the same time make us worry a little easier."

To tell you the truth, I have been in contact with several artist agencies before, but the conditions of those offices have disappointed me.

Because the conditions given by those artist offices were too harsh, my husband and I didn't want my daughter to suffer, so we never agreed.

Although your firm has just been established for a short time, its strength is good, and the key conditions are still very good, which makes me very satisfied.

Of course, in addition to that, there is also the composition of your firm, which I trust.

As far as I know, your office was jointly funded by you and Miss Akina Nakamori earlier, right? ”

Cao Zhiqiang frowned, but still nodded: "That's right." ”

"That's good." Mrs. Nakano continued to laugh and said, "Although I don't know much about you, after all, you are Chinese, but I have found someone to investigate Miss Nakamori's family situation and reputation.

According to my research, Miss Nakamori has a pretty good character, is humble and polite, and does not have the vices of those young idols.

Such a person as the president, although he may not have enough experience, but he will definitely not be bad at his subordinates.

That's it, but your firm has a treasure that other firms don't have, and that's you, Mr. Morinaka Aoizumi. ”

After smiling at Cao Zhiqiang again, Mrs. Nakano said with a straight face: "Mr. Morinaka, although you have not been in Tokyo for a long time, the storm you have set off here is not small.

You first debuted as an idol singer, and then you went out of control.

Now, as long as you release a new single here, you can immediately set off a rush to buy here, and many people even say that your name itself is a guarantee of quality, because every song you have is a real masterpiece.

Compared to your songs, other people's songs sound boring.

It can be said that the light of all the singers in Japan has been overshadowed by you alone.

It's just that your songs are all written by yourself, including the tunes and lyrics, all of them are you.

Not only can you arrange music and write lyrics, but your singing skills are also top-notch, and even playing the piano and guitar is super high.

can write, sing, and act, you can say that there are no shortcomings.

You are so talented, but you are very low-key, and you rarely appear in the public eye, which has won everyone's favor.

After all, we Yamato people are a relatively introverted and low-key nation, and your performance of being a very low-key person is exactly what we like.

Therefore, as long as there is a great god like you, your firm will take off sooner or later.

Among them, I am more optimistic about your creative ability than your singing skills and instrument skills.

The songs you write, even if you don't sing them yourself, give them to others to sing, they can still make the other party explode.

Therefore, if you are really willing to write songs for my daughter, she will definitely become popular quickly.

Of course, if that's all there is to it, I'm actually a little worried.

Because to tell the truth, as a mother, I can see that my daughter likes you very much.

No, it should be said, she adores you a lot.

At her age, it's normal for her to like chasing stars, which I can understand.

But you're a man, a young man, so I'm afraid you're going to have something wrong with my daughter.

If you're still single, I certainly wouldn't mind letting my daughter touch you.

After all, you are really good, and there is not much difference in age between you and my daughter, if you are really good to my daughter, I will not object too much.

But according to my investigation, although you and Miss Akina Nakamori are not clearly related, they are actually a couple living together.

Therefore, I am here to test you and see if you will say that you are single when I ask you if you are married, or if you have a lover.

In this case, if you say that you are single, it means that your mind is not pure and your heart is not right, then even if you are talented, I can't let my daughter mess with you.

But now that you are so bold that you are not single, and you clearly say that you have a lover, this reassures me.

Because it shows that your heart is open, and you never thought of cheating on me and my daughter, and it's unlikely that you will play with her, right? ”

Cao Zhiqiang, who heard this, couldn't help but nodded: "Of course, I purely admire Tianhai Yuxi...... Well, that's what your daughter is capable of.

I think she is a good seedling, and if she polishes it well, she will definitely become an excellent artist in the future.

Then, although our firm has just been established, it is natural that we also want to develop well.

But I have the same business philosophy as President Nakamori, that is, to treat the contracted artists, we must rather lack than excess.

If you want to sign a contract with our firm, you must be a good seedling.

We will not take everyone in order to squeeze artists, and win by quantity.

We disdain this kind of method of squeezing artists to profit from the limit.

Of course, since we open an office, of course, we are also seeking money, but our business philosophy is slightly different from other firms.

As for other firms, they just treat artists as slaves, and they want to squeeze every cent of the artist's value as quickly as possible.

But we're different.

Although in essence, we also make money from artists, but we do not treat our artists as slaves, but as partners.

We don't simply rely on squeezing artists to make quick money, but we want to take a long-term view and use the method of profit concession to carry out a relatively fair cooperation with artists.

Only in this way can real talent be retained.

Only by retaining real talents can enterprises do it for a long time.

In other words, our business philosophy must take the elite route.

Only real elite artists are worthy of us to pay more and make more profits.

What was the most valuable asset of the twentieth century? It's talent!

Only real talents can bring more benefits to everyone.

Just take me for example.

I can bring the whole office together by myself.

Why, because the songs I wrote are guaranteed to become big hits, which is strength in itself.

It's just that every time I sing alone, my strength is limited after all, and it consumes too much energy.

That's why I want to open a firm and work with more talented people.

In this way, I don't have to sing every song I write, but I can write songs for others to sing.

But I don't want to write songs for any random garbage singer, so I have to look for really good seedlings.

Akina Nakamori and I were able to open a studio together, not only because we are a couple, but also because I am particularly optimistic about her singing ability.

Her voice is very special, and her temperament is also very special, even without me, she can be popular, let alone with me.

In the same way, although I have only met your daughter once in a while, I am very interested in your daughter's body shape, live expressiveness, and voice characteristics.

I think your daughter is a different kind of singer, if she takes the rock route, or if she takes the rap route, she will definitely be able to become popular.

Even, in a way, your daughter's potential is greater than that of Akina Nakamori.

Because of the temperament of Nakamori Akina, it is more suitable for Japan, and at most it extends to Xiangjiang and our domestic East Asian circles.

But your daughter is different.

If your daughter sings, dances, or rocks, and then lets her learn English, she may be able to break out of Asia, go to the world, and make a name for herself in European and American circles.

After all, in the European and American music circles, things like blues, rap and jazz are the mainstream, and your daughter is very suitable for these styles.

It's just that if you want to follow this style, you must first have good musical works, and then you must also have deep dance skills and strong live expression.

Especially in today's European and American music circles, visual performances have become popular, that is, like Mr. Michael Jackson, not only singing well, but also acting well.

In this regard, Akina Nakamori is a little worse, although her songs are good, but they are more suitable for the lyrical route, the kind of singing and dancing style with a strong rhythm, she is worse.

In short, I am very optimistic about your daughter's future in singing, and if I have the opportunity to tailor it to her, I will definitely break into a world.

Maybe she could become one of the greatest singers of the Showa era. ”

"Really?" Mrs. Nakano was stunned, "Are you really so optimistic about my daughter?" ”

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "I am not only optimistic about your daughter's singing ability, but I am also optimistic about her acting ability."

Even if she is average in singing, I can make her famous in the film and television industry.

By the way, I don't know if your daughter told you, Sayuri Yoshinaga's predecessor is already planning to take a stake in our firm and become the third major shareholder of our firm. ”

"Huh? Is there such a thing? Mrs. Nakano was surprised again, "Sayuri Yoshinaga? Is that the big star Sayuri Yoshinaga I know? ”

"Yes, that's her." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

"Is it really her?" Mrs. Nakano covered her mouth, and then said in surprise, "She really wants to take a stake in your firm?" How is this possible? ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "There is nothing impossible, after all, Sayuri Yoshinaga has rich experience and good vision, she can see the value of our firm at a glance, so she wants to take the opportunity to invest and cooperate."

If it weren't for her relationship, how could we have been in a relationship with Fuji TV, and how could I have written the script for "101 Marriage Proposals" for Fuji TV and personally invested in the filming?

By the way, Fujitai's "101 Marriage Proposals" drama, you should have heard of it, right? ”

"Of course!" Mrs. Nakano nodded hurriedly, "I like this drama very much, and I won't miss an episode...... Wait, what did you just say? You wrote the script for this play? ”

"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "I wrote this drama." ”

"Isn't that right?" Mrs. Nakano frowned, "I've seen the subtitles, in the screenwriter column, the name is not you?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "The screenwriter is Yusaku Kudo, right?" ”

"Yes!" Mrs. Nakano nodded and said, "The screenwriter is Yusaku Kudo, it seems that he is a new writer who has become famous recently, and the book he wrote, "Norwegian Wood", as well as "Snow Country", I like it very much, he ......"

Speaking of this, Mrs. Nakano frowned again, and then suddenly looked at Cao Zhiqiang with wide eyes: "Could it be that this Kudo Yusaku is also you?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and nodded: "That's right, Yusaku Kudo is my other pen name." ”

Mrs. Nakano opened her mouth wide and stared at Cao Zhiqiang stunned for a long time, then she gasped: "You are Yusaku Kudo?" You wrote "Norwegian Wood"? You also wrote "Snowpiercer"? ”

"Yes, I wrote it." Cao Zhiqiang smiled.

"How is this possible?" Mrs. Nakano looked incredulous.

"There's no need for me to lie about this." Cao Zhiqiang shrugged his shoulders, "If you don't believe me, I can show you a copy of the contract I signed with Kodansha, and if you still don't believe me, I can also call the contracted editor of Kodansha to testify." ”

Mrs. Nakano was stunned, then shook her head and said, "No need, you said so, of course I believe you."

It's just that I'm more curious, why do you want to have another pen name?

Wouldn't it be better to use a pen name for all? ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said: "It's not a secret, when I wrote here, I already released two songs here, and the stage name of Morinaka Qingquan is already widely known."

If I continue to publish under the name of Morinaka Aoizumi, everyone will definitely go crazy because of my singer aura, and many people will have a star filter and don't care about their own content at all.

I also have my own pride.

I don't bother to trade fame for money, I just want to see how I really are.

In other words, I prefer to focus on my work itself, whether it's a song or a TV movie script.

That's right, I want people to like me on the inside, rather than the bells and whistles of looks and popularity.

In addition, if one of the vests is not popular and criticized, it will not affect the popularity of the other vests.

I say that, do you understand? ”

"I see." Mrs. Nakano sighed.

"Mr. Morinaka, how can I say hello.

You are young, but you are a real talent!

You are a true master born for art! ”

"It's been awarded, it's been awarded." Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand, "It's not that exaggerated!" ”

"No, it's not an exaggeration!" Mrs. Nakano said, "Hearing these deeds of yours, I am more relieved to hand over my daughter to you."

I believe that under your personal training, my daughter will definitely shine! ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "It's easy to say."

In fact, I can't guarantee now that I will be able to make your daughter how it is, I can only say that I will do my best! ”

"It's enough to do your best!" Mrs. Nakano said with a smile.

"A master like you, as long as you are willing to do your best, then I don't have to worry about my daughter's future at all!"

Speaking of this, Mrs. Nakano suddenly bowed with a serious face, and then raised her head and said:

"Master, I also know the truth that a strict master produces a high apprentice.

So, Master, from now on my daughter will be handed over to you!

Please be sure to train her strictly, and don't be polite to me! ”

(End of chapter)