Chapter 1466 1568. Exploitation

Chapter 1466 1568. Exploitation

When Bai Yujing received a call from Boss Wang's secretary, she was furious to hear that Boss Wang did not care about his artists.

"Secretary Xu, listen to me. In this week, we girls have to travel to three cities, participate in two large-scale evening parties and five commercial performances. Some of the members have to shoot magazines and advertisements, and some have TV dramas to promote. Now you tell me to arrange at least two performances within a week. We are powerless."

Although Bai Yujing was angry, she still had to patiently explain to Secretary Xu, trying to change Boss Wang's mind through her.

But Secretary Xu was obviously not a person who liked to make trouble, and he had no sympathy. After listening to Bai Yujing's complaints, he replied indifferently: "This is the boss's order. I don't care whether you have time or what program you prepare, but I want to see their performance at the celebration banquet."

"Do you think they are robots? Or do you think they really have 48 hours a day?" Bai Yujing shouted loudly, and her tone could no longer conceal her inner dissatisfaction.

As an agent who spends every day with the girls, she really can't treat these girls as a simple money-making tool.

Some of these girls are arrogant, some are naughty, some are quiet, and some are mature, but they also have one thing in common, that is, they are all kind.

For normal work, Bai Yujing will naturally not complain about anything, after all, this is the price the girls have to pay for fame.

Popularity is not something that can be achieved just by saying it. Even if it has been at its peak, if you don't know how to cherish it, it will soon disappear. As idols, these girls need a lot of exposure to maintain their popularity, and the company can't buy hot searches for them endlessly, especially in the past year, after Nie Wei left Huayi, the company's efficiency has greatly decreased, and the investment in the girls has become less and less.

At this time, the girls need to work hard on their own, appear on more shows, take more endorsements, and participate in more commercial performances.

Fortunately, this is a group, and the contribution of each member will make each other successful, and there are companions to accompany when they are tired.

As the saying goes, two people share happiness, and they can get double happiness, and two people share pain, and the pain will be half.

There are eleven girls. Although Zhou Duoduo is half retired, the remaining ten rely on each other and support each other, giving each other great strength.

But girls will get tired too. They sleep less than four hours a day on average. If they were not still young, they would have collapsed in the hospital.

But now Boss Wang is adding another burden to the girls who are already exhausted to the limit just for a celebration banquet he arranged temporarily. Even if the girls are robots, they would not do this.

Moreover, even if they are robots, they should leave time for charging.

"I don't care if they are robots or not, but you have to understand the importance of this celebration banquet to the company." Secretary Xu said. She felt that she needed to let the agent understand that some things are more important than the so-called rest.

"Have you seen the market value of Huayi recently?"

"Well, I have to congratulate the boss for his rising net worth." Bai Yujing had a grudge in her heart, and her tone was not like congratulations, but more like ridicule.

Secretary Xu didn't care. She didn't care what Bai Yujing thought, how much she hated the boss or even herself. The two of them didn't have much intersection at work. All she had to do was to get Bai Yujing to accept the task. It was that simple.

"Crazy Alien" is the core of the company's work so far. We are all busy with this film. You should know that this film has invested 700 million yuan, which is the key to the company's turnaround."

"The performance of the movie is very good now, the company's market value has recovered, and everything is developing on a good track. The celebration banquet is also a very important part of the boss's plan. It is a stage to promote the strength of our Huayi. The group under your command is an important member of the company. How can you be absent?"

"But... the girls really don't have time to rehearse the show. Otherwise, just participate, not perform, okay?" Bai Yujing gritted her teeth and begged.

"As an idol group, who will perform if they don't perform? Do you want Zhou Xun to perform? Don't you know what your status is?" Secretary Xu was a little angry when he heard Bai Yujing was still shirking, and his tone became stern.

In the eyes of the outside world, idols are very popular and should be treated well, but in fact, in the circle, idols have always been at the bottom of the contempt chain.

On the one hand, it is because the quality of the idol group is uneven, and on the other hand, the popularity of idols comes quickly, but it also goes quickly. Those who are very popular in the first half of the year may be out of fashion in the second half of the year.

Compared with traditional artists who become famous step by step, idols' popularity comes too easily, and they are easily envied and naturally excluded by their peers.

In short, idols look glorious, but their status and treatment in the circle are actually not high.

In Secretary Xu's mind, even if HELLO GIRLS is the most popular girl group in China now, it cannot change the fact that they are idols. If it were Zhou Xun, the female secretary would definitely not dare to say so, but now it is this group of female idols, so Secretary Xu will naturally be impolite.

These are the things that Bai Yujing is indignant about. The other party's condescending tone really makes her unhappy.

You should know that it is this group of girls who have brought the greatest profits to the company this year. HELLOGIRLS accounted for 21% of the company's overall artist revenue this year.

Even if this group is about to be disbanded, after all, they are the children who bring one-fifth of the company's total artist income for the year, shouldn't they be given a little respect and understanding?

If Secretary Xu knew what Bai Yujing was thinking, he would tell her in a contemptuous tone that it was impossible.

In her mind, idols are like today's smartphones. Even if they were flagship models when they were first released, they would become outdated and obsolete models after a year or two. The speed of upgrading is too fast, even for the four returning children who were in great power at the beginning. , aren’t they being replaced by the new generation of male artists now?

Although HELLOGIRLS is popular, it is obviously not as popular as the original four returning brothers. What's more, this is a temporary team and will be disbanded in less than half a year. Many of its members are no longer from the company. If time is not squeezed, then there will be no time to wait.

Maybe it was because Bai Yujing didn't reply for a long time, but Secretary Xu was a little impatient and couldn't help but threaten: "Agent Bai, you have to understand that your job is to be a member of Huayi Company, and then to be the HELLOIRLS agent." ”

Hearing these words, Bai Yujing had a helpless smile on her face.

There are many types of agents, and the most powerful one is naturally like Wang Jinghua. Not only does she have a bunch of big-name artists in her hands, but she also has her own agency.

Therefore, Sister Wang is also recognized as the pinnacle of agents in the industry.

In addition, there are those super agents who are responsible for big-name artists. For example, Nie Wei's former agent Luo Kai is in this category. Because of Nie Wei's relationship, the company even promoted Luo Kai to be the company's vice president. Although it was not Responsible for specific affairs, he is only given a level of treatment, but it can also be seen that the company attaches great importance to Luo Kai.

And all of this is naturally because he has a super artist like Nie Wei under him.

Next there are managers like Bai Yujing who rely on the company to survive. All the artists they are responsible for need to be assigned by the company. Most of them lead some second- and third-tier artists or newcomers. Bai Yujing is good, at least HELLOIRLS is a popular team combination.

But looking at Secretary Xu's undisguised contempt for HELLOGIRLS just now, we know that Bai Yujing, HELLOGIRLS's agent, is obviously not taken seriously by Secretary Xu.

After hanging up the phone, Bai Yujing rubbed her brows irritably.

Just like what Secretary Xu said at the end, although she wanted to fight for the girls, she really couldn't disobey her boss's orders.

Backstage, the girls were busy removing their makeup, and they were still chattering among themselves. Some were talking about who made a mistake in the performance just now, and some were talking about eye shadow, lipstick, and gossiping about what they had just done. I met a handsome young man and felt that he was not as handsome in reality as he looked on TV.

It's just such a group of girls who are actually very ordinary, but they are suffering from pressure that they should not bear at this age.

You must know that among this group of girls, the youngest is only nineteen years old this year. She has just entered college, but she is already struggling in the entertainment industry.

Of course, they also enjoy benefits and popularity that many people cannot enjoy. In short, there are gains and losses.

But seeing these young girls working hard every day, Bai Yujing still couldn't bear it, but there was nothing she could do about it. Who made them artists? They were destined to be exploited by black-hearted bosses like Boss Wang. Bai Yujing just wanted to There was nothing she could do to help, after all, she was also one of the exploited.

"Children, what do you want to eat tonight?" Bai Yujing asked the girls in the room loudly after she came to her senses.

“Fried chicken and Coke!”

"You're going to be so fat, I think a salad will do the trick."

"How can I be full with salad? At least add a burger!"

"But I want to eat spicy hotpot!"

The girls were chattering, and it was obviously difficult for ten people to agree on their opinions. Normally, Bai Yujing would choose one of them's suggestions, but today, thinking of Boss Wang's instructions, Bai Yujing sighed in her heart, but her face was filled with confusion. With a smile, he said: "Okay, no need to fight, just report it all, I will satisfy all of you today."

"ah!?"

"Sister Bai, have you won the first prize?"

"Long live Sister Bai!"

The little girl quickly reacted to her initial surprise. A few people couldn't wait to cheer. Of course, there were also two or three people with a hint of doubt in their expressions.

Young children like Yang Xiaoli and Dajuan didn't think much about it, but they couldn't bear it. There were senior artists like Yami and Xuan Yi in the entertainment industry. Bai Yujing was suddenly so nice to everyone. In the eyes of these people, being punctual didn't matter. matter.

When Bai Yujing told everyone while they were having dinner that they would add two new programs and perform them at the company's new movie celebration banquet a few days later, someone secretly said that it was true.

Listening to the girls' unstoppable complaints, Bai Yujing also had a headache.

"Ahem, in fact, you don't need to shoot a new show. You can just find two familiar dances and slightly change them." Bai Yujing thought for a while and came up with a way.

This is the best way Bai Yujing can think of to relieve the pressure on these girls.

After hearing this, the girls' complaints gradually stopped, but after all, some people were very dissatisfied.

After eating, several girls were about to take a plane to another city for activities. However, while on the plane, several girls switched seats with each other and started discussing quietly while everyone was asleep.

"Xuan Yi, I feel like I can't stay in this company anymore." Meiqi complained to Xuan Yi in a low voice.

"It's really tiring. My hair has been falling out a lot recently. I'm afraid I'll be bald before I achieve my wish." Meiqi pouted and complained.

Xuanyi's expression was not very clear, and she whispered: "I don't want to stay in this company either."

"But we still have a four-year contract." Meiqi said worriedly. It's easy to resist the company, but the consequences of resistance are not something they can bear.

As idols, let alone being banned by the company for four years, even if they are banned for four months, it's enough for them to drink a pot.

After all, idols are updated so quickly. Who would remember you if there is no news for four months?

"I shouldn't have signed with Huayi if I had known." Xuanyi was also very distressed. Her family is quite rich. Although the penalty for breach of contract is not small, her family's assets can still afford it. Moreover, even if she doesn't become a star, she won't go hungry. But she is unwilling to give up her dream.

"I signed it for Nie Wei at the beginning, but who would have thought that Nie Wei would leave Huayi like this." Meiqi said annoyed.

Nie Wei would leave Huayi, which was the biggest surprise for the girls.

They signed the contract for Nie Wei, even at the cost of violating the original company, but who would have thought that the good times would not last long, Nie Wei actually left Huayi halfway, and the girls' situation took a sharp turn for the worse from then on.

"You said Nie Wei didn't deliberately cheat us, after all, Duoduo..." Xuanyi heard what Meiqi said, and suddenly guessed.

But before she finished speaking, Meiqi clapped her hands.

"Don't guess blindly, it shouldn't be, Nie Wei was very kind to us when he was in the company." Meiqi said something for Nie Wei, which was also a big truth.

When Nie Wei was in the company, he was really good to them. Not only was the schedule arranged reasonably, but he also provided very high-quality resources.

That period of time was also the most rapid and best time for the girls to develop.

Unfortunately, with Nie Wei leaving Huayi, the company's attention to this idol group also took a sharp turn, and gradually it became a tool group for the company to make money.

Xuanyi smiled awkwardly and said to herself in a low voice: "I know, I was just guessing."

"Don't say that in the future." Meiqi reminded quietly. On the one hand, she felt that Nie Wei was good to them, and more importantly, she was afraid that if her friend's words were heard by some people, it would cause trouble.

"But we are in this situation now, what do you think we should do?" Xuanyi nodded to show that she knew, and then asked distressedly.

Meiqi didn't know how to answer, and at this moment, another voice suddenly sounded, scaring the two of them.