With the help of Hua Yi and Huang Zhonglei, Cao Jun won the male lead in the drama "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" with a salary of 70,000 yuan per episode.

It is worth mentioning that among the current mainland male actors, no more than 10 can earn a salary of 70,000 yuan per episode.

In addition to big bosses such as Cheng Daoming and Cheng Baoguo, there are also well-known first-line niche players such as Lu Yi and Chen Kun.

Cao Jun's salary is not higher than that of Lu Yi and Lu Yapeng, which is normal, mainly because he is a popular singer and has not yet had a masterpiece of his own in film and television dramas.

Although Cao Jun and Liu Qianqian starred in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", no audience has watched this Jin Yong drama. The outside world has no idea what Cao Jun's acting skills are, and no one knows whether Cao Jun can handle the ratings.

Therefore, the salary of RMB 70,000 per episode is definitely not low for today's Cao Jun. Even if he and Hua Yi split it 73%, he can still get RMB 50,000 per episode.

July 26, evening.

Huang Zhonglei asked Cao Jun to have dinner together, and during the dinner, he introduced an agent named Zong Shuai to Cao Jun.

Zong Shuai studied directing. Before switching careers as an agent, he worked for "Drama and Film News", the predecessor of "BJ Entertainment News", and worked as a reporter for three years.

He treats artists as works and treats the work of an agent as the work of a director. Especially after being promoted by Huayi, he became even more comfortable in his job.

Huang Zhonglei said solemnly: "Cao Jun, from now on in our Huayi, let Zong Shuai take you and he will be your agent."

After listening to Huang Zhonglei's words, Cao Jun took the initiative to reach out and said to Zong Shuai: "Handsome guy, I will follow you from now on. If there is anything wrong, please bear with me handsome guy!"

Zong Shuai was very pleased to see that Cao Jun was so young but understood etiquette so well. He also smiled and shook hands with Cao Jun: "Don't be so polite. From now on, I will cooperate with you and you will cooperate with me. We understand each other and cooperate with each other.

Just do the job well...

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Cao Jun nodded: "Okay handsome guy, I will remember what you said today."

In addition to Cao Jun, Zong Shuai also brought several artists. The studio group for which he served as manager was also called the fourth studio within Huayi.

In fact, the reform of Huayi's management team was also a change that had to be made because of Huang Jinghua's departure.

As early as April 2005, the first-generation cultural agent Huang Jinghua left Huayi Brothers, taking away dozens of well-known artists from Huayi Brothers such as Cheng Daoming, Carina Lau, and Xia Yu.

Since Huang Jinghua left Huayi, Huayi's agency has been directly controlled by Huang Zhonglei.

Initially, the old system was followed, with brokers first, with brokers as the core to allocate stars and serve stars, and the income had nothing to do with brokers.

The following month, Huayi's top management, in order to break through the tight siege, unanimously decided that each studio would be responsible for its own profits and losses. The big agents of the studios must be responsible for the company, for the income, for the input-output and for efficiency improvement.

Huang Jinghua has five years of experience in Huayi, and his style of thoughtful service and consideration for artists has been learned from the old department. In other words, the so-called humanistic qualities of Huayi's old managers have been inherited and carried forward.

The reform of the system makes staff realize that their benefits are linked to their contributions, and encourages them to enhance their sense of responsibility and exert their initiative.

The artist's exposure rate, the intensity and rhythm of publicity all directly serve the artist's commercial income, and the proportion is drawn according to the artist's rank.

Therefore, it is most profitable for studios to concentrate their firepower on serving big-name stars.

After the reform, Huayi also divided the artist agency into four major studios and a special working group, namely:

Studio 1: Li Xue--Li Bingbing, Ren Quan, Li Zonghan, Liu Yun, Wang Yan, Chen Sicheng, etc.

Studio 2: Lao Fei - Xu Ruoxuan, Luo Haiqiong, Yuan Wenkang, Deng Chao, Wu Peici, Zhang Hanyu, Wang Baoqiang, Tang Yan, etc.

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Studio 3: Zong Shuai - Cao Jun, An Yixuan, Zhao Yi, Chen Zihan, Huo Siyan, Hu Jing, etc.

Studio 4: Poetry--Dong Xuan, Su Youpeng, Ruby Lin, Fan Wenfang, etc.

Special working group: Huang Feng--Zhou Xun

The last group is the most special because there is only one artist, Zou Xun, so it is called a special group.

Gu Jin

In addition to special teams, Huayi's management team also uses old artists to lead young artists, or male artists to female artists.

Among Huayi's agents, big agents like Zong Shuai and Li Xue can take a certain artist commission, but small agents cannot take artist commissions.

Small managers, artist assistants, and corporate promoters can only earn the company's fixed salary, and there is no such thing as gray income.

After Cao Jun joined Huayi, Zong Shuai was directly responsible for all performances and endorsements, except for recording contracts.

However, Cao Jun's record deal is still with Wheatfield Company.

After joining Huayi, Cao Jun also needed to report to Zong Shuai in advance that he wanted to record a new album. He could no longer do whatever he wanted as before.

Therefore, Cao Jun can only seize the time and strive to start filming "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" and get his second album.

July 28, morning.

Wheatfield Company.

So far, 4 songs have been recorded for Cao Jun's new album, namely "Light Chaser", "Lonely Warrior", "Lie", and "Did Someone Tell You".

In other words, Cao Jun only needs to write 5 more songs to complete the creation of an entire album.

Due to limited time, Cao Jun stopped procrastinating this time and came directly to the company with 4 new songs.

The first song brought by Cao Jun is "Daoxiang", which is a folk-style song that focuses on nostalgia and inspiration.

The second song is "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky", which is...

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An inspirational rock song.

The third song is "Actor". This song continues to write deep emotions with plain words. The lyrics talk to girls from a boy's perspective: Since you no longer love, you must express it frankly.

The fourth song is "Decent". "Decent" is a love song that easily resonates with the public. The melody of the song is euphemistic and beautiful, sad and free and easy. It is full of charm. It tells the story of a lovelorn who feels regretful and sad about the lost love, but has no choice but to do so.

The desire to let go freely.

After listening to these 4 songs brought by Cao Jun, Gao Xiaosong and Song Ke were very excited. They were really excited and couldn't describe the excitement in words.

Because of these 4 new songs created by Cao Jun, plus the previous 4 songs, Song Ke and Gao Xiaosong both feel that almost every song is a hit, and every song has the potential to become a big hit.

Gao Xiaosong said excitedly: "Xiao Cao, you are really a creative genius! If your record doesn't become a hit, it would be outrageous! I, Gao Xiaosong, am the first to disagree!"

Song Ke also bluntly said: "Xiao Cao, let me tell you this, if your album does not sell 2 million copies after it is released, it is definitely because our company did not promote it well, and it is Song Ke's dereliction of duty!"

Cao Jun also worked hard this time and put almost all the best hits in this album.

Seeing Gao Xiaosong and Song Ke keep praising themselves in front of him as if they were trying to beat chicken blood, Cao Jun also got a little excited and said seriously: "Boss, Teacher Gao, I really tried my best. I put all my creative inspiration into

It’s all injected into these 8 songs.”

"After this album is finished, I may not release another album in the future, because no matter how I write, I have no confidence that I can surpass the height of this record!"

When Song Ke heard this, he felt bad and hurriedly asked: "Xiao Cao, why did you only write 8 songs and there is one song left? Didn't you write it?"

Gao Xiaosong also asked from the side: "Yes, Xiao Cao, you have already written 8 songs. Even if you run out of inspiration, you still have this last song, right?"

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#????Cao Jun smiled and replied: "Don't worry, Teacher Gao, give me two days, I will write another hit new song, and I will ensure your satisfaction!"

After hearing what Cao Jun said, Song Ke smiled, he could finally sit back and relax.

In Song Ke's view, Cao Jun's record has the potential to explode, both in terms of record sales and ringtone sales!

Song Ke has reason to believe that after Cao Jun's album is released, he can retire for the rest of his life and directly achieve financial freedom.
Chapter completed!