Chapter 179
I was surrounded by people all the way up the elevator to the conference room.
In the past, Gu Huaian would go up to the fifth floor to practice dancing and singing. Now he doesn't have to go where the trainees go. He goes straight to the conference room, where all the company's top executives are at his service.
Develop a development path for him alone.
When Gu Huaian arrived at the conference room, there were already a lot of people inside, including several department directors, heads of departments, etc...
Gu Huaian’s boss, Jiang Dan and Jiang Ma, was sitting in the center of the show.
When Gu Huaian walked in...
"Pa bang bang..."
She took the lead, applauding.
Welcome the most promising artists in their company.
"thanks, thanks……"
Gu Huaian was a little flattered.
To be honest, Gu Huaian has been in this company for several years, and he has never been treated like this before. The usually arrogant managers all have bright smiles on their faces...
It's not because Gu Huaian is famous now, but because he can make money for the company after he becomes famous.
"sit down."
Mother Jiang invited Gu Huaian to sit down, and then a group of people began to discuss Gu Huaian's future development path, commercial performances, endorsements, variety shows...
Sort out the characters, determine how to market them, the subsequent development route of these characters, etc.
It sounds simple, but it's actually quite complicated.
Moreover, the opinions of several responsible persons are not very unified...
"There are a lot of endorsements coming to my door. I think we can catch up on the endorsements first. Teacher Xiao Gu actually has a pretty good national image. We can develop in this direction..."
"There are also many commercial performances coming to our door. These livehouses, which are the most offline and closest to fans, are very beneficial to Teacher Xiao Gu."
"Music festivals are a shitty thing. Let's wait until there is a party at the end of the year. I think we should go on variety shows first. After becoming famous, don't artists nowadays usually go on various variety shows as flying guests?"
"I recently received a good script here. I think Mr. Gu can be a character in a movie. His image is very suitable."
"Hetui! Netizens all know that Teacher Xiao Gu himself said that he will not go filming in the short term. Why do you want to destroy our family's cash cow so much? You are an undercover agent from the company next door!"
"Hey, it's really boring for you to talk like this. He can't even talk about Yin Zong. Why didn't you recommend several of them?"
"I 伱(beep beep beep)..."
"Beep beep yarn! I'll beep you!"
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When Gu Huaian first arrived, he felt that the conference room was still peaceful.
We are chatting like we are going to fight...
Gu Huaian was dumbfounded, and he himself never thought that these people would start a fight because of him.
What a bunch of polite scum.
Gu Huaian just sat there, looking at this and that, not knowing whether or not to interrupt, let alone how to interrupt, or what to say if he interrupted.
Mother Jiang was not in a hurry, she was so calm that she just drank tea while holding a cup of tea. When Gu Huaian looked at her, she waved to Gu Huaian to tell him to drink tea first.
Seeing Jiang Ma like this, Gu Huaian felt relieved.
In the conference room, a group of responsible persons had been arguing for a long time...
In the end, maybe I got tired of arguing and gradually stopped arguing.
"cough……"
At this time, Mother Jiang coughed and said with a smile like a good old lady:
"I just finished recording "Crystal Love Season". I have been negotiating for several endorsements recently, and I also have to promote new songs. I think after finishing these things, I will take some time off from Xiao Gu for the time being."
Originally, the conference room finally became quiet because of Jiang Dan's speech.
As a result, when she said these words, it was like pouring a glass of water into a pan of oil...
The whole conference room exploded again!
"no!"
"How can this be?!"
"How can I not answer the notice after all the hard work?!"
"Mr. Jiang, you are also involved in domestic entertainment. You don't know how easy it is for artists in this traffic era to become outdated, right?!"
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Everything was said in the conference room, but these people almost got angry at Jiang Dan.
In fact, it was normal for them to argue so fiercely just now. They all wanted Gu Huaian to go to work quickly and work like crazy so that they could make money for the company quickly.
When the company is good, why don't they follow suit?
Now Gu Huaian is definitely the company's biggest cash cow.
Nowadays, artists are like this after they become a little popular. They work hard to accept commercial performances, advertisements, and appear on various programs. They can make as much money as possible while they are popular.
In the traffic era, everyone pays attention to a lot of things and reads a lot of things. Maybe today you think this little guy is quite handsome, but tomorrow there will be an even more handsome, better, fresher and more virtuous little guy.
Fans are fickle.
So if you can make as much money as possible when it is popular, make as much money as possible, otherwise God knows when he will become obsolete.
This is why they immediately got angry when Jiang Dan said he wanted to give Gu Huaian a holiday. This was the best time to make money, a holiday? They wished that Gu Huaian was busy working 24 hours a day!
As for the routes, characters, etc., in other words, it sounds good. Strictly speaking, these are not designed by the company's people, they all have to be designed by the professional operations team.
Gu Huaian only has an assistant now, not even a stylist or makeup artist, let alone a professional team.
"Knock knock knock..."
Jiang Ma seemed calm and calm. She tapped the table with her knuckles a few times. When everyone finally calmed down, she said:
"When I say vacation, I'm definitely not just resting. What I mean is..."
"Release an album."
Gu Huaian is a singer, and the label of "talent" is very important to him. Gu Huaian has also accumulated some works since the launch of "Crystal Love Season". If he writes a few more songs, he can actually make up an album.
Jiang Ma still has some foresight. She understands that no matter in the entertainment industry of any era, work is always king. She cannot just look at the immediate interests, but must take a long-term view.
Those kings and queens of singers have grown old with a few albums, and they hold concerts from time to time to make money. They are famous, popular, and popular for a long time.
In her eyes, Gu Huaian is capable of taking this route. He is by no means a simple popular artist.
Her voice fell.
"..."
There was silence in the conference room for a while.
then……
"No, I think Mr. Jiang..."
"Now we should first..."
"There's no rush to release an album..."
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They started again.
For them, they should earn what they have in front of them first. Releasing albums is a thankless task. Now that the domestic entertainment industry is so bad, the kings and queens may not make money even if they release new albums, let alone Gu Huaian.
Yes, they also understand that Gu Huaian is a great creator, but after the end of "Crystal Love Season", Gu Huaian's traffic and popularity are at their highest. If you don't adjust the money at this time, if you wait for a month, no one will come to you. Sure, okay...
It's okay to release an album. If it's popular, it's fine. If it's not popular, it'll simply sink, okay?
To them, this is like a gamble.
What about this...
Jiang Dan didn't respond, and just let one person in charge go over to argue with her. She didn't refute, but she didn't agree with it either.
Let the other person talk.
Say you are tired and change to the next one.
Absolutely awesome.
Gu Huaian was stunned for a moment...
"Let's go."
At this time, assistant Jiang Nuan patted his shoulder.
"Where are you going?"
Gu Huaian was stunned for a moment. We were chatting here. Is it appropriate for him, the protagonist, to leave like this?
"Go to Mother Jiang's office."
Jiang Nuan told Gu Huaian that it seemed like there was a lot of momentum here and that everyone should hold a meeting to discuss it, but in fact it was just a formality and not real.
Jiang Ma has arranged Gu Huaian's route for him.
"OK."
Gu Huaian felt that he had met the right person, so he nodded and left happily.
When leaving, Gu Huaian took a look at the situation in the conference room and couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Jiang Ma. Looking at this posture, she would have to "talk to the crowd" for a while.
Went to Jiang Ma's office with Jiang Nuan. A female employee wearing a work badge and wearing high-quality silk stockings came in and asked what to drink, and even winked at Gu Huaian.
Gu Huaian just ordered a glass of boiled water and sat there waiting...
As for the secretary's flirtatious look, he joked without even looking at it. Gu Huaian had seen Pei Jingshu and Shang Zhuoyan before. How can you, a rouge fan, compare to them?
As Gu Huaian expected, Jiang Ma's "tongue-in-cheek battle" did take some time. Gu Huaian and the people in the office were tired of waiting, and the king had been beaten several times.
With nothing to do, Gu Huaian just wanted to listen to the songs in the system store. Didn't Jiang Ma say that she was going to give out an album? At least she had to choose one...
Just after opening the system mall, Gu Huaian suddenly discovered that there was a "message" icon in the upper right corner, which seemed to have a label for information prompts.
Gu Huaian was stunned for a moment, why the hell does the system even have message prompts? !
Click to take a look...
Gu Huaian couldn't help but stare.
That turned out to be a...
award?
[Ding, congratulations to the host for the romance stage work coming to an end and a successful conclusion! 】
[System reward: "Go Where the Wind Is" script X1! 】
After reading these...
Gu Huaian: "???"
what's the situation? !
The system also provides rewards when phased work is completed? !
Is this reasonable? !
Does this make sense? !
Aren’t you a down-to-earth system? !
By the way, Gu Huaian hasn't been down to earth for a few days. It's good that he didn't deduct points. Why is there any reward? !
Although it doesn’t make sense...
But it was a reward anyway, so Gu Huaian naturally accepted it happily.
It is worth mentioning that the reward given by the system is not the kind of lyric score that appears in the system mall like the song, which can only be seen and copied by Gu Huaian...
But directly!
A serious script has been realized!
At that time, Gu Huaian was glad that there was no one around him. Jiang Nuan was too busy communicating about the endorsements he was going to discuss tomorrow and had no time to serve him. Otherwise, Gu Huaian wouldn't know how to explain it if he suddenly had a script in his hand.
At the same time, Gu Huaian also breathed a sigh of relief. If this was really the type that had to be copied down just like the lyrics, wouldn't it be exhausting for him to copy the scripts of dozens of episodes of the TV series!
Speaking of this script...
"Go...to a place with wind?"
Gu Huaian scratched his head. There were actually quite a lot of things in the system mall. He usually paid more attention to some musical works. In fact, there were also some movie scripts, TV series scripts... and so on.
Gu Huaian is a bit lazy. Those scripts are not real dramas and there is nothing interesting to watch. He is not in the habit of reading novels, so he rarely reads them...
A script was suddenly given to him, and Gu Huaian didn't know what level it was, let alone what the content was. He was really a little confused.
It happened that Mother Jiang hadn't come yet and had nothing to do, so Gu Huaian started to take a look...
Don't say it!
The more Gu Huaian read this script, the more familiar it became. Some of the plots in it looked a bit like... they were filming "Crystal Love Season" in Yunnan!
Even the filming location was in Dali? !
What the hell!
Isn't this ghost system a tailor-made script based on their shooting? !
No wonder you have to give it to him at the end of the romance series. If the romance series doesn't end, it won't be able to finish the book, right? !
After reading a lot, Gu Huaian felt more and more unhappy.
But don't say it...
This script is quite detailed.
I feel that some of the plots in it are quite exciting and very graphic.
"If you have a chance, take a photo..."
Gu Huaian watched with gusto.
"Aha..."
As he watched, he suddenly yawned.
I finished recording a song yesterday and shot a commercial in the afternoon. I stayed up very late. After I got back, I wasn't too sleepy and played a few games. It was already late at night when I went to bed. I came in early today, so it's normal to feel sleepy.
Gu Huaian has always felt sleepy when reading books since he was a child, and watching some of the plots of "Go to Where the Wind Is" was a bit healing. As he watched, Gu Huaian's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he actually dozed off in Jiang Ma's office.
for a long time.
"squeak……"
The door of the office was pushed open, and Ma Jiang, who was chatting with other scholars, pushed the door open with a tired look on her face. Just as she was about to call Gu Huaian, she found that this boy was lying on the sofa in the office and fell asleep.
"This kid..."
Jiang's mother said to herself that Gu Huaian is so carefree and carefree that talented people can even sleep in the boss's office!
She was planning to go over and wake up Gu Huaian. It was such a broad daylight and such a young man was sleeping so hard in the morning. Wake up!
"Um?"
As soon as he walked over, he found that Gu Huaian had read half of the script of "Go to Where the Wind Is" on the table.
"this……"
At that time, Jiang Ma was stunned and couldn't help but look at Gu Huaian a few more times, thinking to herself, how the hell does this guy know how to write a script? ? ?
She simply flipped through a few pages. Not to mention, the writing was well-written and the frame design was quite complete...
The most important thing is that this seems to have some resonance and similarity with some of the plots recorded in their "Crystal Love Season"!
Especially the plot about being poisoned by eating fungi, it’s so similar!
Mother Jiang suddenly thought, this couldn't be a script created by Gu Huaian based on the recording of "Crystal Love Season", right?
This guy wrote a script while recording the show?
Is he planning to show it to himself and make a movie?
You promised not to film movies and not take other people's jobs, what about grandson (zei)? !
After just reading a few pages, Jiang Ma felt a lot of dissatisfaction in her heart, but I have to say that this script is well written and has a sense of imagery.
Nowadays, the film and television drama industry is also in the cold winter. All day long, there are all kinds of ancient puppet shows with small meat, and now there are all kinds of greasy and awkward performances, such as Gu Huaian's script, which is a bit light-hearted and healing. Not much.
Originally, Mother Jiang didn't want Gu Huaian to film the movie, but as soon as the script came out, don't tell me, the face of the male protagonist in the play really belongs to Gu Huaian...
That's what she was thinking.
Gu Huaian didn't lie down firmly, almost fell, and suddenly woke up.
As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw Mother Jiang sitting there holding a script and reading...
"woc..."
Gu Huaian was startled and immediately sat up, nodded and said hello to the boss with a naive smile.
Jiang Ma smiled and waved her hand, indicating that you were welcome, shaking the script in her hand and asked Gu Huaian:
"You wrote it?"
"this……"
Gu Huaian scratched his head. He didn't expect Jiang Ma to find out, but he didn't care and said:
"So be it."
What's in the system is his, what's his is still his, everyone in the family follows who.
"It's very well written."
Mother Jiang nodded, thinking that Gu Huaian said "I guess" because some of the plots in this script were similar to those in "Crystal Love Season" and were not all his own ideas.
"You can take a photo of this later."
She nodded in approval, put the script away as she spoke, and asked Gu Huaian to sit at the desk.
Let’s start talking about work…
As Jiang Ma said before, she wanted to release an album to Gu Huaian. Although most of this album is a collection of previously released singles such as "A Diao", "Reverse War"... and so on. But we still need four or five new songs.
Jiang Ma wanted to give Gu Huaian a month's leave, and asked him to write these four or five new songs during this time.
Not only do they need new songs, but they also need to ensure their quality to surpass all other works included in the album. Even the title song needs to be re-created.
The title song is the top priority, and the quality must be especially high.
She felt that this was not difficult for Gu Huaian, who could write the title song "Little Lucky" for Pei Jingshu's album.
And one month is really a long time for Gu Huaian, who has just become popular.
"I have no problem..."
Not only did Gu Huaian agree, he even felt that the one-month holiday was a bit too much.
Now he really wants to work hard and make money, because now any commercial actor or other can give him a lot of money, and he is not satisfied with the money yet.
As for writing songs, if it weren't for concealing the existence of the system, would you believe that Gu Huaian would have written more than a dozen songs for her every minute?
"I definitely won't let you be idle this month. I'll just be relatively free. I won't accept commercial performances or announcements for you, just shoot some commercials and endorsements."
Jiang Ma smiled and nodded. In fact, her thinking was very correct. If Gu Huaian really encountered the kind of person who used him as a cash cow, he would be in bad luck.
"Um……"
Gu Huaian nodded, and at the same time, he considered his words before saying:
"But boss, I have to say something up front. The copyright of these songs must be in my own hands, and the company can only have the management rights."
Mother Jiang couldn't help but be happy when she heard this. Don't tell me, Gu Huaian is not stupid yet...
You know, the copyrights of many well-known musicians' works are held by companies. At the time, I didn't think it was a big deal, and the company paid you a lot of copyright fees, but...
What if something unexpected happens one day and your contract expires and you don’t want to renew it, and you have a conflict with the company...
The company will take your music copyright into account every minute!
Without copyright, you can’t sing your own songs even if you go out to commercials!
This is pretty good...
The most shocking thing is that some artists’ stage names are controlled by the company. If they have conflicts with the company in the future, they will even have to change their stage names. This is an exaggeration.
Being aware of the copyright issue shows that Gu Huaian has a relatively clear understanding of his own works, so in this regard, Jiang Ma still looks up to him with admiration.
"Okay, no problem." She agreed immediately.
It's not that she's not greedy, but she feels that Gu Huaian's future is boundless. Instead of worrying about copyright, it's better to generate more and greater benefits from future cooperation between the two parties.
Be good to Gu Huai'an now, and you will definitely gain a lot in the long run.
Gu Huaian put his hands together and made a gesture of "thank you". He felt that Jiang Ma was indeed very kind to him, and she was considered a bole.
When we were recording "Crystal Love Season" before, a staff member said with emotion: "That's what my mother is like." It's really not an exaggeration.
"By the way, I have to ask you something..."
After talking about the album, Jiang Ma took out her mobile phone and asked a little strangely:
"Have you agreed to be a guest on Shang Zhuoyan's tour?"
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