Chapter 2 Artists who don't enter the stream

"Brother Cen, I'll take the people away, and I'll ask you to drink two cups next time." Zhou Cheng asked Lin Shan to wait outside with his girlfriend Fang Qianqian, and stayed to go through the formalities. While signing, Zhou Cheng thanked Cen Donglai, deputy director of the Xinjiekou Police Station in charge of public security.

The Xinjiekou Police Station is responsible for managing the security work of the entire Shichahai area and Xinjiekou Street. Houhai Bar Street is a little further away from this side and is also under its jurisdiction.

"Forget about drinking, as long as this police uniform is still worn, I basically have nothing to do with alcohol." Cen Dong watched Zhou Cheng sign it, handed the mediation agreement to the other police officers, and personally sent him out.

"Okay, let's not drink." Zhou Cheng looked at Cen Donglai and smiled: "In two days, I will send you two boxes of tea, and I will get it from my sister." ”

Cen Donglai in the previous life was almost not drunk, Zhou Cheng just tested it a little, and it seems that he has not changed much in this life.

"Daya's tea?" Hearing Zhou Cheng mention his sister Zhou Ya, Cen Donglai's eyes instantly lit up a lot: "Then I want to taste it." ”

"I said Brother Cen, don't call her Daya in front of my sister, because she has told me about you several times behind my back, and I'm afraid that if it goes on like this, your hope will be even slimmer."

"Isn't that smooth, after all, that's how I've been called all the way since I was a child." Cen Donglai smiled a little embarrassedly.

Cen Donglai sent Zhou Cheng to the door of the police station, looked at Lin Shan, who was waiting for Zhou Cheng not far away, and said a few words to Zhou Cheng: "Xiaocheng, this friend of yours has made trouble many times, and he has been registered in our bureau." You'd better persuade him that if he encounters a demand from above to crack down, he may be arrested as a typical example, and then he can't be released so easily. ”

"I understand this, this kid has been a little unlucky recently, and he has performed well in the competition, but he was still brushed off, so he has a little temper, and I'll talk about him later."

"That's good." Hearing Zhou Cheng's assurance, Cen Donglai nodded.

Waving goodbye to Cen Donglai, Zhou Cheng walked in front of Lin Shan and Fang Qianqian, Lin Shan saw Zhou Cheng, snorted a little unconvinced, and turned his head to look away.

"You're out of breath now, drinking, fighting, if you really don't have anything to do, buy out your contract, give me as far as I can, don't fucking disgust me here."

"What do you say? You repeat! It should be that Zhou Cheng had never spoken to him in such a tone before, Lin Shan was stunned for a moment, and then began to get angry, glaring at Zhou Cheng angrily.

"I said you're just a piece of trash. I can't do anything, and I'm still fucking causing trouble. Zhou Cheng looked at Lin Shan, who was being hugged by Fang Qianqian, clenched his fists, and couldn't help but snort coldly: "You stretch out your hand to try, believe it or not, I'm letting them catch you in." ”

Maybe he just saw the director send Zhou Cheng out, and the auxiliary police on duty at the gate of the police station walked over here: "What's the matter, do you need help?" ”

"No, no, they're joking." Fang Qianqian stood in front of Lin Shan and looked at Zhou Cheng's eyes with a look of pleading.

"Thank you. It's nothing, I'll just say a few words to him. Zhou Cheng took out a cigarette and handed it to the other party to express his gratitude.

"Okay, what's the matter?" The auxiliary police took the cigarette and turned to leave.

Zhou Cheng saw that Lin Shan also had some fear in his eyes, and knew that he should have understood that he was not intimidating him, but he was still holding on and unwilling to admit his mistake. Zhou Cheng shook his head and continued: "This time I will give Qianqian face, if there is a next time, see if I don't clean you up." ”

Hearing Zhou Cheng's threat, Lin Shan didn't say a word, turned around and left.

Fang Qianqian stretched out her hand again, but she didn't hold Lin Shan, so she had to apologize to Zhou Cheng on his behalf: "Brother Cheng, don't blame Dashan, he has been a little annoyed recently, and he was ridiculed in the bar last night, so he had a conflict with someone again." I'll keep an eye on him in the future, but you can't leave him alone. ”

"It's okay, I know it too. I just wanted to warn him. Zhou Cheng looked at Fang Qianqian, who was anxious, and comforted: "You hurry up and follow him, and tell him that I have been contacting him for the past few days, and there will be eyebrows soon, so that he doesn't have to worry." ”

"There's a new announcement?" Listening to Zhou Cheng's words, Fang Qianqian's eyes lit up, and then she bowed to Zhou Cheng: "Thank you, Brother Cheng, for your trouble, I'll tell Dashan to go." ”

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The Weekly Achievement of this world is an unpopular broker.

This is what would have happened to another self. Zhou Cheng is now a bystander, but he has a more comprehensive understanding of the experience of more than a year, and even knows the beginning and end of the matter better than his original self.

What is a Broker?

According to the explanation of the Chinese Dictionary, a middleman who introduces the transaction between a buyer and a seller in order to obtain a commission. For example, real estate brokerage, car brokerage, securities brokerage, wealth brokerage, etc.

However, for the entertainment industry, what agents use to make money is no longer a commodity, but an artist.

Agents in the entertainment industry package an artist to become famous, and then rely on the artist's fame to contact performances, participate in announcements, and endorse brands, so as to earn commissions.

One of the more important points is that any broker is essentially the same, they are all businessmen, and businessmen are chasing profits.

It's just that the artist in Zhou Cheng's hands, in the past year or so, not only did not help him earn money, but let Zhou Cheng keep putting money into it.

Lin Shan is a 23-year-old folk singer. After graduating from high school, he has been a North Drifter.

Before becoming an artist in Zhou Cheng's hands, he sang in a bar on the shore of Houhai. With his thin figure, slightly melancholy temperament, and clear voice, he has also attracted the popularity of many girls, and is a bit famous in Houhai, a bar street dominated by folk songs.

When Zhou Cheng and Chu Ran and others in this world drank and clubbed together, they had several acquaintances with Lin Shan. Later, at an underground music festival, Zhou Cheng heard Lin Shan sing an original song "Distant Mountains in Summer".

"Let's look at the distant mountains in summer, walk hand in hand in the maple forest in autumn, and walk on the beach in winter together..."

These slightly poetic lyrics just echo the graduation work that Zhou Cheng and the others are creating, so they proposed to buy the copyright of this song as an episode of their graduation work, and several people became good friends after coming and going.

"Since you don't want to follow the path that your family has arranged for you, why don't you think about his career. Lin Shan, this kid has some talent, maybe you can still cultivate a well-known singer? This is Chu Ran's suggestion.

Maybe because Chu Ran in the previous life was a girl, Zhou Cheng didn't have much contact with her when he was in school, so he followed his father's arrangement and entered the TV station step by step. And in this life, Zhou Cheng's choice changed because of Chu Ran's accidental suggestion.

With a signing fee of 100,000 yuan, Zhou Cheng got Lin Shan's five-year brokerage contract, which was originally the money that Zhou's father gave Zhou Cheng to buy a car. In another world, he used the money to buy a Jetta and drove it until 2012.

After signing Lin Shan, the ambitious Zhou Cheng began to make career plans for Lin Shan.

As a rookie agent, Zhou Cheng has also learned some one-sided news in the entertainment industry through his school and alumni, and also knows the general operation process of the agent. thought that with the signboard of Nortel and the vast alumni base, he would be able to bring an artist. It's just that what Zhou Cheng didn't expect was that he still thought about the job of being an agent simply.

Zhou Cheng's first notice to Lin Shan was the "National Young Singer Championship", which was a professional singer competition jointly organized by the Ministry of Culture of China and CCTV. Many singers who are now known as "kings" and "queens" are really known to the audience after this competition.

Zhou Cheng thought that with Lin Shan's strength, even if he was poor, he could advance to the main competition, and he would be able to become a little famous and receive some small announcements. So Zhou Cheng, who had just fallen out with his father, didn't even really inquire about the details of this competition, and directly took Lin Shan to sign up for the competition. It's just that he didn't expect that Lin Shan would be eliminated in the preliminaries.

Several professional judges hired by this competition commented sharply on Lin Shan. Although Lin Shan is a good bar singer, he is a bit amateur compared to professional singers. Several judges agreed that Lin Shan had some talent, but he relied too much on his own talent, and his knowledge of music theory and singing skills could only be regarded as average.