Delong Building is very famous in this financial and commercial district with many high-rise buildings, because it has gathered a number of first-class entertainment media and music production companies in Beijing, such as Teana Music Workshop, Golden Disk Culture, Sunshine Records, etc.
Therefore, people who work in this building can often see celebrities and idols coming and going. If you find a corner outside the building, there might be entertainment reporters, commonly known as paparazzi, squatting there.
EMI Culture Agency is also located in Delong Building, but the strength and scale of this medium-sized agency cannot be compared with that of Jindie Culture and others. The office is located on the 7th floor, which is in a poor location.
There is a saying in the entertainment industry that if multiple companies are in the same building, the stronger and more famous ones tend to live higher up. Otherwise, they would rather find another place than be inferior to others.
This statement may not be very reliable, but at least in Delong Building, the situation is really similar.
Even so, those who can occupy a place in Delong Building are not ordinary small companies.
EMI Culture Agency has dozens of artists and hundreds of trainees under its umbrella. Among the artists who have debuted, there are many second- and third-tier stars and idols, and their abilities are pretty good.
It is said that there are as many as 2,000 entertainment agencies in Beijing, but only one-tenth of them are truly qualified.
It's around 1pm, when the weather is at its hottest.
Although the central air-conditioning in the Delong Building was running well and the air-conditioning was sufficient, Wen Zhiyuan, who was sitting in the office, still felt bored. He drank two bottles of ice-cold mineral water, and there was still an inexplicable evil fire running around in his body.
, causing fine beads of sweat to continuously break out on his forehead.
This forty-year-old fat middle-aged man is the director of the brokerage department of EMI Culture Brokerage Company.
The brokerage department is the most important department of the brokerage company. The supervisor is positioned at the middle and senior levels of the company.
However, Wen Zhiyuan has never had the pleasure of having power, because the brokerage department has a large power and a high budget. Therefore, there are many mothers-in-law who are in charge of it. There are general managers, directors, deputy general managers, deputy directors in the distance, and department managers in the near ones.
There are three deputy managers and three supervisors at the same level as him.
Leaving aside one of the trainee managers, the other two are not good at all.
On the one hand, Wen Zhiyuan had to manage his artists and managers well, and on the other hand, he had to guard against the overt and covert attacks of his competitors in the same department. His life was extremely uncomfortable.
Especially in recent times, several of Wen Zhiyuan's contracted artists have been very restless. One of them had a scandal and was exposed by the media. He tried his best to keep it quiet. He was also ridiculed by people in the public relations department.
Wen Zhiyuan really wanted to quit his job, but he thought about the mortgage that would still take 15 years to pay off.
He could only endure it.
Snap! Snap!
Suddenly there was a knock on the door of the room.
Wen Zhiyuan couldn't help but straighten his back, grabbed the tissue on the table and wiped the sweat from his face.
Quickly throwing away the wet wipes, he said in a deep voice: "Please come in!"
In front of his subordinates, Wen Zhiyuan still pays great attention to his image, otherwise it will be difficult for people to feel awe.
The door was pushed open forcefully, and two women walked in one after another.
Seeing the middle-aged woman walking in front, Wen Zhiyuan felt that his already big head had grown even bigger!
My brain hurts.
This middle-aged woman is very well dressed, wearing a long skirt, high heels, leather bag and jewelry from famous brands. However, her appearance is really not worthy of these expensive items. She is not only ordinary but also slightly sinister.
But she obviously has no consciousness of hiding her clumsiness, her nostrils are pointed upward and she is arrogant, as if she is the master here.
The woman following the middle-aged woman is undoubtedly much younger and more beautiful. Her eyes are red and phoenix, her eyebrows are delicately made up, and her expression is arrogant. She is somewhat similar to the former.
Walking in front of Wen Zhiyuan, the young woman smiled and greeted: "Manager Wen"
Wen Zhiyuan sighed secretly. He forced a smile on his face: "Shuhui, you're here."
Zhang Shuhui, an artist signed by EMI Culture Agency, just made her debut two months ago.
The middle-aged woman who came with Zhang Shuhui was Zhang Shuhui's manager Zhang Qiong, who was also her aunt.
This person is not an ordinary person, not to mention his fierce personality, and he is related to the upper management of the company.
Although Zhang Qiong is nominally Wen Zhiyuan's subordinate, in fact Wen Zhiyuan cannot command this master at all.
These two are the so-called arrogant and powerful generals!
There was no need to guess, Wen Zhiyuan also knew that the other party was not doing well.
He was so bored that he still had to put on a smile and said, "Sit down, sit down."
Zhang Qiong was not polite at all. She took Zhang Shuhui and sat down on the sofa, and then asked straight to the point: "Director Wen, I heard that you applied for a fund to buy Shuhui a song, right?"
Wen Zhiyuan nodded and said: "Yes, the total is two hundred million, I have"
According to the company's regulations, contracted artists like Zhang Shuhui need to apply for important expenses related to training, packaging, publicity and promotion, and can only be allocated after approval.
This is also one of the greatest powers that Wen Zhiyuan has as the head of the brokerage department.
He applied for this fund for Zhang Shuhui because he wanted this aunt to calm down so that he could live a long life.
"I know!"
Zhang Qiong directly interrupted Wen Zhiyuan and asked: "I heard that you are planning to invite a newcomer to sing, and one song costs 250,000 yuan. Is that true?"
Wen Zhiyuan suppressed his inner dissatisfaction and patiently explained: "That's it."
"This newcomer is very extraordinary. He is the winner of the Singing China championship. His songs have been at the top of the original music charts for four consecutive weeks. He is a very talented singer-songwriter. I think"
"Director Wen!"
Zhang Qiong interrupted again: "I don't think any newcomer's work can be worth 250,000 yuan, so what if his work is on the original music chart? His creative style is completely different from my Shuhui's, how can he write well?"
"Shuhui and I have both contributed to the application for this fund, so I don't agree with you buying songs from that newcomer named Lu Chen. The risk is too great. I think Xiyu would be a better choice."
A faint sneer appeared on her lips: "Two hundred and fifty thousand. That's enough to buy three songs!"
Wen Zhiyuan was so stimulated by her "Did you take a kickback" look that the veins on his temples bulged.
I almost ran away on the spot!
How pitiful! He bought the song from Lu Chen sincerely for Zhang Shuhui's sake.
Zhang Shuhui has been debuting as a new generation singer for some time. Although the company has spent a lot of effort to package and hype it, it has never been promoted because there are many newcomers of the same type in the entertainment industry.
In terms of appearance, Zhang Shuhui is not the prettiest. In terms of singing skills, she is just average. In terms of talent, she is just average.
Ahem! Not to mention talent, she has no distinctive characteristics or advantages. If she wants to become popular, she must find another way.
Buying an excellent piece suitable for Zhang Shuhui is the method that Wen Zhiyuan came up with.
In the pop music world, there has always been a saying that "popularity is due to people". Originally, an ordinary singer might become famous if he sang the right song. Even though now we pay attention to packaging and hype, the factor of the work is still important.
Many people try their best to cover, imitate or even plagiarize works from Europe, America, Japan and South Korea. What is that for?
As a singer-songwriter who has recently risen rapidly in the pop music world, Wen Zhiyuan has been eyeing Lu Chen for a long time. After learning that the latter had opened a studio, he even sent someone to contact him.
It was not until the end of "Singing China" that Wen Zhiyuan finally made up his mind to buy songs from Lu Chen at a high price.
Because he believed that Lu Chen had strong enough creative ability.
He never expected that his intentions and painstaking efforts would be questioned by Zhang Qiong!
The "Nishi Yu" the other party was talking about was a songwriter who became famous very early. He was good at love songs and oral songs, and he had always had business ties with EMI Culture Agency.
250,000 is indeed enough to invite Xiyu to sing 3 songs. But Wen Zhiyuan believes that this talent has almost been exhausted.
If compared, Lu Chen is like the rising sun, full of vitality and vitality in his creations.
Xiyu, that is the sunset that is about to set!
As for the style issue, it’s really not a big issue.
Wen Zhiyuan wanted to explain patiently, but Zhang Qiong's eyes made him feel discouraged.
His straight waist bent down again, and he said dejectedly: "What you said makes sense, okay then, just do what you want and ask Xiyu to sing."
Seeing Wen Zhiyuan's dejected look, Zhang Shuhui, who had been silent all this time, couldn't bear it. She turned her head and looked at Zhang Qiong: "Auntie"
Zhang Qiong squeezed her hand and said, "You heard me right. Since Director Wen agrees, it's no problem."
She stood up and said, "Excuse me, we're leaving first."
Wen Zhiyuan waved his hands feebly, not even bothering to look at the other person's proud face.
He knew that Zhang Qiong's real intention was to fight for power.
After Zhang Qiong and Zhang Shuhui left, it took a long time for Wen Zhiyuan to catch his breath and burst into laughter.
What the hell is this?
Jingle bell~
At this moment, the phone on the table rang.
Wen Zhiyuan reached out and picked it up.
The sweet voice of the front desk lady came over the phone: "Director Wen, Mr. Lu Chen is here to see you."
Wen Zhiyuan suddenly remembered that he had an appointment with Lu Chen's studio in the afternoon.
The other party came to try out my voice!
This was really troublesome, and Wen Zhiyuan wanted to slap himself hard.
Of course it was okay for him to let Lu Chen leave directly, but doing so would completely offend people, and it would be embarrassing if the news spread. It was definitely not a wise choice.
But how should Wen Zhiyuan tell Lu Chen that his artists were disobedient and didn't want to buy his songs?
Still offending people!
"Hey! Director Wen, are you there?"
Wen Zhiyuan came to his senses and said quickly: "Yes, please ask Mr. Lu to sit down in the reception room first, and be sure to entertain him warmly. I will come over as soon as I finish handling the matters at hand!"
The front desk lady agreed: "Okay."
After putting down the phone, Wen Zhiyuan was already sweating and almost burst into tears.
Ta! Ta!
The office door was knocked again——
Here comes the second update. I'm really sorry. I have something to do tonight and I can't write the third update.
ps: The author is a slow-handed person. It often takes several hours of polishing to write a chapter, and there is no manuscript. I didn’t do what I promised, and I owe everyone, so I won’t ask for votes. Please forgive me. (Unfinished)