Happiness Cafe.

Chen Qiming casually put on a hat and walked into the café.

As soon as the café manager saw him, he immediately greeted him and personally led him to a private room on the second floor.

This café is Chen Qiming's property.

After he has money, he doesn't hold it all in his hands, and this café is invested by him.

Usually managed by his mother.

The main reason for investing in a café is to facilitate conversations.

He is now involved in a wide variety of jobs and often needs to talk about various businesses.

So I invested in a few industries like cafes.

Not for money, purely for convenience.

In the private room, Wu Bai had already arrived, and when he saw Chen Qiming coming in, he immediately stood up, "Ah Ming! ”

"You're coming so fast!" Chen Qiming looked surprised.

He was so close to here, the café was almost at his doorstep, although he was delayed for a while, but he didn't expect Wu Bai to come so quickly.

"I don't have a job today, I'll come directly after I make an appointment with you!"

After the two of them said a few words, Wu Bai directly took out a few pieces of A4 paper full of lyrics and songs from his bag and handed them to Chen Qiming.

"This is the song I wrote, you can help with the palms!"

Although he just asked Chen Qiming to see it, the real meaning was to ask Chen Qiming if he wanted this song.

Chen Qiming nodded and took the lyrics and began to watch them.

"Let me take it off and try to melt it slowly, to see if I am still flawless in your heart, if I still care for me......"

Looking at the lyrics and songs, Chen Qiming reflexively began to hum along with the song.

Finally, he took a look at the name, "Norwegian Forest", and Chen Qiming knew it in his heart.

This song is the song that Wu Bai really caught fire in his dream.

If "Ronin Love Song" made Wu Bai famous in the treasure island music scene, then "Norwegian Wood" is the existence that completely pushed it to the front line of treasure island rock.

"A very good song!"

Putting the lyrics aside, Chen Qiming asked curiously: "Why don't you sing such a good song yourself?" ”

Wu Bai was a little silent, and he didn't hide it, "Our company doesn't have so many resources to promote this song, you know, if there are no large number of promotion resources, this song will be buried nine times out of ten, I don't want this song to be buried so ......"

Chen Qiming frowned, "You and your band should be affiliated with the Rolling Stone now!" How could the Rolling Stones be out of resources! ”

Wu Bai joined Rolling Stone the year before last, and the "Ronin Love Song" was released at Rolling Stone.

And Rolling Stone, as the largest local record company on Treasure Island, would be too fake if there are no promotion resources.

Wu Bai shook his head, looking helpless, "Rolling Stone doesn't plan to let me release a record at the moment. ”

Hearing this, Chen Qiming nodded, he almost understood.

How to say it! Rolling Stone is indeed a company that values creation,

At the same time, it is also a rare record company that does not pay attention to the appearance and image.

It looks like it's awesome.

But there's a lot of dirt inside Rolling Stone.

There is a saying that where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

Don't think that the singers of the Rolling Stone are all heart-to-heart family.

In this world, everyone has their own pursuits and interests.

Affected by this, Rolling Stone was divided into several factions, and famous creators such as Li Zongsheng, Luo Dayou, and Xiao Worm were the leaders of these factions.

And Wu Bai is very unlucky, after he joined Rolling Stone, he is not a member of these factions.

The internal record distribution resources of each record company are also limited, and each producer has a certain amount of resources in his hands.

But as the saying goes, fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders.

Wu Bai has indeed made a name for himself, and he is a good creator himself.

But so what? We can't allocate resources internally, I'll give them to you?

Unless a few bigwigs nod, it is really not easy for Wu Bai to come up with a record.

And it seems that Wu Bai is not a person who can make sycophants.

For people like him, unless the top attaches great importance to him, I'm afraid that no one really cares about him.

As for saying that Wu Bai is very popular!

In fact, to be honest, he is not too hot.

Chen Qiming and Wu Bai's "Ronin Love Song" is very popular, and it successfully made Wu Bai famous in the treasure island music scene.

But at the same time, it was also this cooperation that allowed Chen Qiming to steal a lot of his scenery.

This is also what Chen Qiming only learned later.

Fans have almost come to pay attention to him, resulting in Wu Bai Although he has indeed increased his popularity a lot, he has not reached the situation in his dreams.

"I have an offer, I don't know if you want it!" Chen Qiming stirred the coffee in the coffee cup, and suddenly looked up at Wu Bai.

"You say!" Wu Bai was sitting in danger.

"I remember you told me earlier that your contract was transferred from your original company to Rolling Stone.

If that's the case, then your contract with Rolling Stone should be expiring soon!

If you believe me, then don't renew the contract, and when your contract ends, you can sign with our company directly. ”

Chen Qiming said, pushing the A4 paper in front of him. "As for this song, I won't sing it, just as the title track of your first album on Starting Point Records!"

At the end, Chen Qiming said: "Although our starting point has just started, I think this place must be suitable for you."

I have a special rule for the creators of the company.

As long as you have the ability, you can decide whether you want to release a record, or sign a singer to release a record. ”

"Producer?" Wu Bai asked in surprise.

"Pretty much!" Chen Qiming nodded.

Generally speaking, in this era, the identity of the producer is actually higher than that of the singer.

The producer is the backbone of a company, and the so-called flowing singer is the producer of the iron beat, which is the situation of the record industry.

In this era, most of a good producer has good creative ability.

And the importance of a good creator to the production of an album is definitely at the top of the list.

After all, good songs are hard to come by.

If you are a singer, Hong Kong and Taiwan basically grab a lot of them, you just find a newcomer at random, give him a good song, and you can also hold him up.

Of course, Chen Qiming is an exception.

His first record with Fulong showed great creative ability.

This frees me from a lot of the drawbacks of being a rookie singer.

"I have two months left on my contract with Rolling Stone!" Wu Bai groaned less than and said.

Wu Bai did not doubt Chen Qiming's words.

He believes in Chen Qiming's character.

To be honest, in his heart, Chen Qiming is definitely one of his benefactors.

A big reason why "Wandering Love Song" can be released is because of Chen Qiming.

In his opinion, if it weren't for Chen Qiming, maybe he would still be doing nothing in the previous record company.

Therefore, although Chen Qiming is younger than him, he respects Chen Qiming very much.

"Then it's decided, you get ready when you go back, and when your contract expires, you can go directly to the starting point record, and I will start arranging your first record at the starting point."

Chen Qiming said with a smile.

He is really happy, and he has recruited a general for the starting point, and he still has the ability to create.

plus Tao Zhe and Jay Chou, who are now in the company.

In a word, the future of Starting Point Records can be expected.

Even without him in the future, this company will definitely have a good position in the Chinese music scene.

A few words finalized Wu Bai's job hopping, and the two chatted about music for a while, and then said goodbye and left.

After telling Chen Xiunan about Wu Bai's matter, Chen Qiming didn't pay attention to this matter anymore, rested at home for a day, and the next day, he flew to Hong Kong.

The endorsement of Pepsi has been officially finalized.

In the next five years, Chen Qiming will become the spokesperson of PepsiCo in Asia.

Well, not the only spokesperson.

This time, Pepsi not only signed Chen Qiming, but also renewed Leslie Cheung.

This time, the advertisements and endorsement advertisements he shot in the past were in cooperation with Leslie Cheung.

After arriving in Hong Kong, Chan got off the plane and rushed to Kowloon.

Pepsi came out with a filming location on Kowloon Avenue.

In addition to the staff, there are many ordinary citizens and reporters.

"It's Chen Qiming, there were rumors before that Chen Qiming was signed by Pepsi at a sky-high price of 170 million yuan, it seems to be true!"

"It seems that Pepsi is determined to compete with Coca-Cola for the Asian market.

Tut...... 170 million, it's really sky-high, no one in the whole of Asia has ever taken such a high endorsement! Pepsi really values Chen Qiming. ”

"Of course, I value it, Asia's No. 1 superstar has a good influence in Europe and the United States.

It is said that Chen Qiming did not sign a contract in Asia, but signed a contract with Pepsi Cola, and he is in the forefront of the star lineup list of PepsiCo's global endorsements! ”

"Also, Chen Qiming's English record is said to have sold more than 20 million in total, obediently, it's only been a few months, and the total sales of this guy's current record are almost equivalent to the sum of the four heavenly kings!"

"Don't mention the Four Heavenly Kings, fans don't like to hear this title now, even Andy Lau and a few people don't talk about this title, you talk about it every day, be careful of being put in small shoes by these guys."

……

There were excited shouts of passers-by and the discussion of reporters, and in a flash of light, Chen Qiming went straight to the shooting area in the middle of the road.

I heard that the company's previous plan was not to renew the contract with Leslie Cheung and go all out to cooperate with Chen Qiming, but Chen Qiming felt that he couldn't do this kind of endorsement grabbing, so he didn't agree.

In the end, the headquarters directly finalized the endorsement of the two together, and Chen Qiming took over the endorsement! ”

"I didn't find Chen Qiming, this guy is quite real, and he has so much respect for his predecessors."

At this time, there were only a few staff members who were helping to build the scene in the shooting area.

Several employees from PepsiCo stood aside eating melons from the company.

After all, Chen Qiming and Leslie Cheung are both big stars in Asia, among them, Chen Qiming has a good influence around the world, and this kind of gossip between big stars is really delicious.

Just when everyone was expressing their opinions, Chen Qiming and his party crossed the cordon and walked directly to this side, and everyone hurriedly closed their mouths when they saw this.

"Hello Mr. Chen!"

Because of the feeling of being caught chewing the root of the tongue behind his back, the eyes of the crowd were fluctuating, and they didn't dare to look at Chen Qiming and the others.

"Mr. Chen, you're here!"

A male voice came from a simple studio built not far away, and then a thin middle-aged man trotted over, his face humble, "I'm Li Qingren, the director of this advertisement!" ”

Li Qingren is just a small advertising director, while Chen Qiming is a well-known international superstar, and he is also the owner of Hong Kong's Pacific Cinema Line, a proper capital tycoon, so he is very humble.

"Hello Director Li!"

Chen Qiming shook his hand with a gentle smile and looked around, "Isn't my brother here yet?" ”

"Not yet, but soon, just called, and I'm already on my way!"

The group walked towards the makeup area not far away.

Today's Pepsi ad shoot is actually quite simple.

If you shoot seriously, it's actually a matter of an hour or two.

But because of the existence of Chen Qiming and Leslie Cheung, Pepsi attaches great importance to this shooting, the scene is very big, and the entire filming site is more professional than making movies.

Chen Qiming went to put on makeup and change clothes first.

When Chen Qiming came out again, Leslie Cheung had already arrived, and the crew began to prepare various shooting machines.

Before filming, Chen Qiming and Leslie Cheung sat together and chatted.

"Your record is really popular all over the world, I went to Cannes some time ago, and you can hear your singing on the streets over there!"

Leslie Cheung still looks like a humble gentleman, and his words are gentle and comfortable.

"The British, French and German regions in Europe have indeed achieved good results, and these three countries account for almost 70% of European sales!"

Chen Qiming responded.

"I said you can do it, sure enough, in a short period of time, you have become a world-famous superstar, I am not as good as you!" Leslie Cheung shook his head and sighed.

"Brother, you're laughing, each has its own strengths!"

Although Leslie Cheung's achievements in music may indeed not be as good as his own.

But Chen Qiming feels that Leslie Cheung also has a lot to learn from him.

In addition to being a person, in terms of acting skills, he is not as good as Leslie Cheung.

"Haha......" Leslie Cheung smiled, didn't talk about the topic, and asked instead:

"Did TVB invite you?"

"What?" Chen Qiming looked puzzled.

Hearing this, Leslie Cheung immediately frowned, "TVB invited me to be the rookie singing contest this year, and I refused, but they took out your name and said that you would attend!" ”

"That's ......" Hearing this, Chen Qiming also frowned.

He didn't expect that TVB would borrow it from him.

"Otherwise, let's attend together! I don't have a chance to act in a movie with you, so let's work together on a show! ”

Leslie Cheung next to him groaned for a moment and suddenly spoke.

Chen Qiming looked at Leslie Cheung and saw that he was indeed not joking, obviously he really wanted to cooperate with him.

After calculating the schedule in my mind, if the rookie singing contest doesn't take much time, maybe it really can.

“OK！” Chen Qiming nodded.

After thinking carefully about why TVB pulled its own skin, Chen Qiming thought about it and felt that it might be related to the copyright of Huaxing Records.

The song rights of Huaxing Records are being packaged and sold to Chen Qiming's starting point records.

He had spoken to the Guo family on the phone because of this before.

Although Chen Qiming bought the copyright of Huaxing's songs, he didn't go too far, and said that he hoped to cooperate in the future.

Chen Qiming feels that this cooperation is to invite him to attend this year's rookie singing competition.

(End of chapter)