After failing the college entrance examination, he became a big star

Chapter 77
Li blinked: "Are you concerned about me?"

"Don't be too sentimental." The female secretary frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I care about Mr. Qiao. Do you know how much pressure Mr. Qiao has endured in order to meet the contract conditions you proposed?"

Without waiting for an answer, he continued: "If the sales of your first album in March fail to surpass gold, not only will your future be bleak, but even Mr. Qiao will be implicated by you."

Li opened his mind a few times and understood what she meant. Just like the industry has its own rules, the company also has its own rules. It is not impossible to make exceptions, but someone must take responsibility.

As a rookie, he got a contract that was comparable to a second-tier contract. It doesn't matter how big the exception is. Obviously, Qiao Li took the responsibility.

In a sense, the future of the two is linked to a certain extent.

"Secretary Chen, don't worry, I will not joke about my future, nor will I disappoint Mr. Qiao's appreciation."

Hearing what Li Kai said, the female secretary's face softened a bit: "After dinner, I'll bring someone to the office area to interview you. You can choose one of the three."

"No need, my assistant is confirmed, just Su Ting."

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"Secretary Chen, an assistant may not be able to make a singer, but he can ruin a singer. I know this very well. Please respect me."

Li Kai has a gentle face, but his expression is very determined.

The female secretary stared at him coldly. After a while, she let out a breath, picked up the chopsticks and began to eat without taking a few bites. She suddenly said, "I will report to Mr. Qiao."

Li opened his mouth and chewed a piece of beef, and gave a vague oh.

Qiao Li, who was on a business trip, received a call from the female secretary, and after listening to the female secretary's report, she was silent for half a minute, and only said: "Since it is his own choice, so be it.

Qiao Li agreed, and the female secretary could only accept it, and took Su Ting to the personnel department to complete the formalities.

The character of an assistant is similar to that of a salesperson in a general company. The salesperson gets a basic salary plus a commission, and the assistant gets a basic salary plus allowances and bonuses. As long as the department head nods, there is no need for approval from the general manager's office, and the HR department will not object.

Su Ting successfully got a contract extension and officially became Li Kai's assistant.

After get off work, Li Kai moved into the company dormitory, a four-story old house remodeled, one room per person, including a separate bathroom.

Men live on the first and second floors, and women live on the third and fourth floors. Men and women visit, including relatives and friends, need to report. The company has arranged special personnel to manage it. Except that the door will not be locked at night, the rules are similar to university student dormitories. no difference.

Of course, the people who live in this building are relatively high-level employees, as well as rookie singers, and third-tier singers can also live, but they usually rent houses outside, and the company will also subsidize part of the rent.

In a few days, Li Kai and Tan Guangyue, who lived next door, gradually became acquainted. Tan Guangyue was two years older than Li Kai. He came from a prefecture-level city in Beihu Province. A selection contest organized by four record companies including Time Records won the third place, and finally successfully signed a contract with Time Records.

On Saturday night, the two went out for supper. Tan Guangyue drank a few more glasses and talked more. From his mouth, Li Kai learned that Time Records is actually quite complicated inside, with the survival of the fittest and fierce competition.

The music director was vacant, and the four deputy directors were on their own, with their eyes fixed on this position.

For singers, in addition to the first single or album promised in the contract, how much resources the next album can get is closely linked to the performance of the previous one.

In terms of newcomers, the special case of Li Kai does not count, and the others are unified standard contracts. Regardless of two-year or three-year terms, the probationary period is half a year. I realized that if the contract is terminated directly during the probationary period, and the score of passing the pass line is agreed, the total cost of the next album will be more.

Tan Mingyue tested the waters for two weeks, 4 days to be exact, with a current sales volume of 7 copies. Since the promotion ended last week, he has been suffering from insomnia almost every night these days.

If it doesn’t sell 7 copies in the first month, it’s a bit of a stretch to pass the mark. After all, the follow-up potential of a single is much worse than that of an album, unless, like “Short Hair”, it can hit the top two charts, so that it can last longer. heat.

In this regard, Li Kai didn't know how to feel relieved. In fact, any relief was superfluous. The single had already been released, and the promotional period had passed. All we could do was wait.
Monday.

The sales list was faxed to each record company on time at ten o'clock in the morning.

At 10:30, when Li Kai came out of the voice practice room, Su Ting, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, told him that every Monday there would be a departmental meeting, and it would be in meeting room 3 after a quarter of an hour.

Li Kai went to the bathroom to solve it, washed his face, and came to the meeting room with Su Ting.

Five minutes earlier, everyone in the company had arrived. Qiao Li and the female secretary walked in against the clock.

Everyone seemed to have noticed something, quickly stopped talking, straightened up involuntarily, and their faces became serious.

Qiao Li took the main seat, her eyes rolled around, and she said lightly: "Everyone is here, let's start the meeting."

Then, he opened a document, lowered his eyes, and said while scanning: "Last week's sales volume, the number one was "Short Hair", with a sales volume of 168935."

As soon as this number came out, everyone was stunned and looked at Li Kai, with different expressions in their eyes.

Qiao Li knocked on the table to signal for silence, and continued, "The second is You Chang's new album "Dreamer of Love", with a sales volume of 119372."

This is one of the five giants, a first-line male singer under Nisso. The first title song has been pre-heated on two TV entertainment channels and three music radio stations a week before the release of the album. This result was achieved in the first week. , not surprisingly.

"The third is Tao Liang's album "Love Across the World". It was released for four weeks and sold 89473 copies last week."

Weekly sales fell into five digits, which was impacted by pirated versions. Compared with last week, it dropped by 30.00%, which is relatively normal.

After the usual announcement of the top three, it was the turn of the singers of Time Records.

Qiao Li paused, looked around again, and finally landed on the first two empty seats on the left, with an unspeakable tangle in her eyes.

These two positions belonged to Zhun Tian Empress Ning Lan and her manager Li Xia.

Ning Lan's new album, which the company invested millions of dollars in, was released for three weeks. It sold more than 5 copies in the first week, nearly 7 copies in the second week, and last week was the third week.

For this reason, Ning Lan only stayed at the company for two days last week, and spent the rest of the time doing promotions in various places. Yesterday, she also appeared on a prime-time talk show on Sichuan Music Radio, which is broadcast on more than [-] local music stations across the country. Among the bottom ten, if three years ago, Ning Lan would never have been invited to go there as the Queen of Heaven. Obviously, after her comeback, Ning Lan knew that her popularity could no longer be compared with that of back then, so Don't hesitate to lower your own social status.

Under everyone's unblinking gaze, Qiao Li took a deep breath and said flatly, "Ning Lan's album "The Year the Flowers Bloomed" ranked tenth last week, with a sales volume of 48723."

(End of this chapter)