Chapter 6: The Heartthrob of the Future
"This is Qian Jiang, a senior agent of the company, during this time, you will run in first, and then tell me if necessary."
In the general manager's office, after completing the formal signing, Zhou Yi met with the agents he needed to contact in the next four years under the introduction of Bole Zhou Jianhui.
Visually, he is in his forties, with a flat head, a little fat figure, and a smile that looks a bit like Maitreya Buddha.
At the moment of seeing Zhou Yi, Qian Jiang, who was called a senior agent by Zhou Jianhui, took the lead in extending his hand to Zhou Yi: "Very handsome offspring, Jianhui pushed me a good seedling this time." β
Although the accent has improved somewhat, it is still clear that this is a Hong Kong Islander.
"Hello Mr. Qian."
Facing this strange prospective agent, Zhou Yi did not have the slightest stage fright, and said with a smile after shaking hands.
"It's too formal. I'm 43 years old, if you don't mind, you can call me uncle directly, and it's a little closer, I'll call you Ayi, how about it? β
"Then I have to ask Uncle Qian to worry more about me."
Zhou Yi's slippery change of tone made Qian Jiang's eyes light up, and the smile on his fat face suddenly became a little more real.
He is optimistic about this kind of artist.
originally thought that Zhou Jianhui asked him to bring a young child to be a nanny, but looking at this conversation, it feels really promising.
"The residence arranged by the company for you is in the eastern district of Taipei, which is relatively close to the company, and it is also convenient for you to record songs and go back and forth."
Seeing that the two people in front of him finished greeting, Zhou Jianhui handed a perfect rental contract to Zhou Yi: "The confidentiality of this community is okay, and there are also some well-known stars in Baodao, so there is no need to worry about privacy." β
"Thank you, Mr. Zhou."
Flipping through the rental contract with Warner's head written on it, Zhou Yi was a little surprised.
This treatment is somewhat good, he thought it was just ordinary accommodation, after all, he hadn't debuted yet, and he hadn't even made a song.
"You're welcome, polish your album well, and leave the rest to the company." Zhou Jianhui, who is the boss, patted the shoulder of the little brother in front of him and encouraged him from the bottom of his heart: "This is the meaning of you signing the company, isn't it?" β
I have to say that it is not unreasonable for Zhou Jianhui to lead Warner back to the top in the domestic market. It's a pity that his place is called Warner.
If memory serves, Zhou Jianhui will leave Warner in 06 or 07, after which Warner fell into a brief period of infighting and chaos, so that some artists who jumped ship were forced to encounter snow hiding, including many of the top big names in the market at the time, such as Xiao Yaxuan.
put the key to the community given by the company into his pocket, and after bidding farewell to Zhou Jianhui, Zhou Yi followed his "temporary" agent this month out of the door of Warner.
"Get in the car, Yi, I'll take you to the place where you live first." Qian Jiang, who was standing in front of a Mercedes-Benz and beckoning to him, really let Zhou Yi see his ability as an agent.
In 2000, the agent who had the money to buy a Mercedes did have two brushes.
Qian Jiang, who also took this opportunity to secretly observe this little brother from the mainland, was also very satisfied.
He had a lot of time off due to family reasons before, and as soon as he came back this time, he was sent by Zhou Jianhui to take care of the children, he didn't take it very seriously at first, so he should bring a newcomer.
It was Zhou Jianhui who opened a small stove for him, and after focusing on the possibilities that Zhou Yi possessed, he observed this child with the eyes of an emperor superstar.
"Uncle Qian, are you from Hong Kong Island?"
"yes, what's going on, my accent has improved well, right?"
Knowing that Zhou Yi was looking for a topic, Qian Jiang naturally did not let the words fall to the ground after starting the car, and joked with a smile: "I used to often have to run around the two sides of the strait, and the ability to communicate in Chinese at the beginning was always difficult.
"Jianhui also knew that you were from the mainland, so he specially asked me to be your agent."
As one of the artist's closest combat partners, it is still important for the agent to have friendly and pleasant communication and exchange with the artist.
With the experience of running around the Taiwan Strait, Qianjiang will naturally know some taboos, which is why Zhou Jianhui chose to let Qianjiang take Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi suddenly realized.
The co-author of this agent is still a one-size-fits-all deal, and it seems that the network should be a little too broad.
"Oh yes, Ah Yi, there is something I have to ask in advance, you have to tell me the answer truthfully, don't hide it."
While driving and waiting for the traffic light, Qian Jiang turned his head to the figure in the passenger seat and asked, "You look so good, do you have a girlfriend now?" In other words, have you ever had a girlfriend in the mainland?
"If any, how many?
"Is it a peaceful breakup? Does anyone have a problem with you? β
Qian Jiang's expression was very serious when he asked this, and he couldn't see that he was joking at all.
For current artists, whether they have a girlfriend or not involves the image that the company wants to position.
"I don't have a girlfriend, and I haven't had any emotional entanglements with anyone. But Uncle Qian, you also said that I am so good-looking, so I ......"
Zhou Yi shrugged his shoulders, and the words behind him were not explicitly stated, but he believed that Qian Jiang, the old fritter, should be able to understand the meaning.
Not having a girlfriend doesn't mean that there are no female friends, especially the kind of female friends who are hungry for his body.
He has sung folk songs and rock, he is still tall, sunny and handsome, and he has to be a piece of Tang monk meat on the way to learn scriptures.
"Got it."
Qian Jiang nodded clearly: "Then what do you think about your external image?" β
"Don't build in the direction of an innocent son, I can do the rest."
Zhou Yi, who heard this, replied very decisively.
He was clear about his temperament.
There are not many people who can resist the temptation of safe one-night love with the real beauties in the current entertainment industry, and he is definitely not one of them.
In this way, it is best to avoid the minefield of image building.
For people in this circle, whether you pay attention or not, in fact, it mainly depends on what the image you are created by the company.
Typical such as Tao Zhe, he is famous for his heart, which does not prevent his albums from selling well.
There are also a lot of scandals after Jay Chou became famous. went up to the diva Li Wen to the heroine of his MV, and even some young models had scandals with him.
If you really want to make a distinction, you can say that Dong Chou after the disclosure of Kunling is the image of a good man who broke off his scandal.
Not to mention Lin Junjie, who is still a "trainee" in Haidie.
In Zhou Yi's impression, Zhou Wang Taolin is the only one who has had a word-of-mouth image collapse in this regard, but only Wang Lihong in 2021, because he is the only one of these four people whose external image is a high-quality good son.
"Yes, but I have to warn you, there are some situations that you still have to pay attention to, and if something happens, you have to tell me, don't hide it from me."
As an agent, especially an agent who has witnessed the golden age of the Hong Kong entertainment industry, Qian Jiang has nothing to say about the love between men and women between artists.
In these years, if you are a talent, only a few are not romantic.
Dou Wei in the mainland is talented enough, right? Does he have less romantic debt?
Zhang Yadong, a talented man who has just produced a hit album in the mainland, does he have a history of romance?
The conservative mainland is like this, not to mention Hong Kong Island and Treasure Island, just the current record industry's first brother Rolling Stone Records has two people who are well-known in this regard-
Li Zongsheng is famous, and the company's first sister Liu Milk Tea is even more heavyweight.
"I understand, I'll let you know if there's a situationβ"
Zhou Yi, who understood the stakes, responded in one mouthful, and was about to continue, but his words were interrupted by a sudden ringing in his pocket-
took it out and took a look, and the number of the remarks was: Cheng Hao.
The heartthrob who became popular all over the country with "Pink Girl" in the near future.