Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 685 You are a true master born for art!
After hearing what Tianhai Youxi's mother said, Cao Zhiqiang was a little surprised.

It went so well, this went so well.

In fact, originally, when Cao Zhiqiang saw that only Tianhai Yuxi's mother had arrived, he thought that the signing of the contract would not go smoothly and that there was a high probability that the negotiation would not be successful.

Because normally, signing an artist contract is a very serious matter. Even if Yuki Amami is still underage, even if she has a cram school to attend today, she still has to be present in person.

After all, no matter how important a lesson in a cram school is, it is not as important as signing a contract.

So when he saw that Tianhai Youxi's mother was the only one coming, Cao Zhiqiang thought this matter was going to be dirty.

Then, he didn't know what he felt in his heart. He felt both lucky and regretful.

What I didn't expect was that although Amami Yuki didn't come, it was just her mother who came alone, but this person just asked herself a few irrelevant questions, and then agreed to sign the contract.

After frowning slightly, Cao Zhiqiang asked Miss Kyoko, the female assistant assigned to him by the firm, and the specially invited male lawyer to leave first. He wanted to talk to Mrs. Nakano, Yuki Amami's mother, alone.

When only Cao Zhiqiang and Mrs. Nakano were left in the room, Cao Zhiqiang said to Mrs. Nakano, who kept smiling: "Mrs. Nakano, I want to ask you sincerely again, do you really agree to let your daughter work with our firm?" Sign a contract?
This is no child's play, I hope you think clearly before speaking. "

"I have thought about it very clearly." Mrs. Nakano smiled, "Actually, I have always known what my daughter wants to do, and I have long wanted her to join an artist agency in advance, so that she can also get more professional experience. Treat it, and it can also make us worry less.

To be honest, I have contacted several artist agencies before, but I was greatly disappointed by the conditions of those agencies.

Because the conditions offered by those artist agencies were too harsh, and neither my husband nor I wanted my daughter to suffer, so we never agreed.

Although your firm has just been established, it has good strength and good key conditions, which makes me very satisfied.

Of course, in addition to this, there is also the personnel composition of your firm, which I trust quite a bit.

As far as I know, your firm was jointly funded by you and Ms. Akina Nakamori. Is that correct? "

Cao Zhiqiang frowned, but nodded: "That's right."

"That's good." Mrs. Nakano continued with a smile: "Although I don't know much about you, after all, you are Chinese, but I have found someone to investigate Miss Nakamori's family situation and reputation.

According to my investigation, Ms. Nakamori has a pretty good character, is humble and polite, and does not have the bad habits of those young idols.

Although such a person may lack experience as a president, he will definitely be good at dealing with his subordinates.

That's all, but your firm has a treasure that other firms don't have, and that's you, Mr. Morinaka Aizumi. "

After smiling at Cao Zhiqiang again, Mrs. Nakano said seriously: "Mr. Morinaka, although you have not been in Tokyo for a long time, you have caused quite a stir here.

You first debuted as an idol singer, and then you got out of hand.

Now, as long as you release a new single here, it will immediately set off a buying frenzy here. Many people even say that your name itself is a guarantee of quality, because every song of yours is A true masterpiece.

Compared to your songs, other people's songs sound boring.

It can be said that the brilliance of all singers in Japan has been overshadowed by you alone.

It just so happens that you wrote all your songs yourself, including the music and lyrics, they are all yours.

Not only can you arrange music and write lyrics, your singing skills are also top-notch, and you can even play the piano and guitar at a very high level.

If you can write, sing and act, you can say that you have no shortcomings.

You are so talented, but yet very low-key and rarely appear in the public eye, which has won everyone's favor.

After all, we Yamato people are a relatively reserved and low-key people. Your performance of being obviously talented but very low-key is exactly what we like.

Therefore, as long as a great god like you is here, your firm will take off sooner or later.

Among them, I am more optimistic about your creative ability than your singing skills and musical instrument skills.

Those songs you write, even if you don't sing them yourself, can still make them popular if you give them to others to sing.

Therefore, if you are really willing to write a song for my daughter, she will definitely become popular quickly.

Of course, if that's all, I'd actually be a little worried.

Because to be honest, as a mother, I can see that my daughter likes you very much.

No, I should say, she admires you.

At her age, it's normal for her to chase stars, and I can understand that.

But you are a man after all, and you are still a young man, so I am very afraid that you will have some evil thoughts about my daughter.

If you were single, I certainly wouldn't mind letting my daughter interact with you.

After all, you are a really nice person, and you are not much different in age from my daughter. If you are sincerely good to my daughter, I won’t object too much.

But according to my investigation, although you and Ms. Akina Nakamori do not have an explicit relationship, they are actually a couple living together.

Therefore, I am here this time just to test you and see if you will say you are single when I ask you if you are married or if you have a lover.

In this case, if you say that you are single, it means that your mind is not pure and your intentions are not right. No matter how talented you are, I cannot let my daughter hang out with you.

But now that you have so confidently said that you are not single and clearly said that you have a lover, this actually makes me feel relieved.

Because this shows that your heart is magnanimous, and you have never thought of cheating on my daughter, and it is unlikely that you will play with her, right? "

Cao Zhiqiang couldn't help but nodded after hearing this: "Of course, I just admire Tianhai Youxi...well, your daughter's ability.

I think she is a good talent, and if she is polished well, she will definitely become an outstanding artist in the future.

And, although our firm has just been established, we naturally want to develop well.

But President Nakamori and I have the same business philosophy, which is to treat contracted artists with care rather than excess.

If you want to sign a contract with our firm, you must be a good prospect.

In order to squeeze artists, we will not accept anyone and win by quantity.

We disdain this method of profiting by squeezing artists to the extreme.

Of course, since we opened a firm, we also wanted to make money, but our business philosophy is slightly different from other firms.

Other firms just treat artists as slaves and want to squeeze out every ounce of value from the artists as quickly as possible.

But we are different.

Although we essentially make money from artists, we do not treat our artists as slaves, but as partners.

We do not simply rely on squeezing artists to make quick money, but we want to take a long-term view and use the method of profit sharing to achieve a relatively fair cooperation with artists.

Only in this way can real talents be retained.

Only by retaining real talents can an enterprise survive for a long time.

In other words, our business philosophy must take the elite route.

Only truly elite artists are worthy of us paying more and making more profits.

What is the most valuable asset of the twentieth century?It's talent!
Only real talents can bring more benefits to everyone.

Just say me.

I can take care of the entire firm by myself.Why, because the songs I write are guaranteed to become hits, which is strength in itself.

However, every time I sing alone, my power is limited and it consumes too much energy.

That’s why I want to open a firm and work with more talented people.

In this way, I don’t have to sing every song I write, but can write songs for others to sing.

But I don’t want to write songs for just any rubbish singer, so I have to look for really good talents.

Akina Nakamori and I were able to cooperate in opening an agency, not only because we are a couple, but also because I am particularly optimistic about her singing ability.

Her voice is very special, and her temperament is also very special. She can be popular even without me, let alone with me.

In the same way, although I have only met your daughter occasionally before, I am very interested in your daughter's body shape, on-site performance, and vocal characteristics.

I think your daughter is another kind of unique singer. If she takes the rock route or sings and dances to rap, she will definitely become popular.

Even, in some ways, your daughter has greater potential than Akina Nakamori.

Because Nakamori Akina's temperament is more suitable for Japan, and at most extends to East Asian circles such as Hong Kong and our country.

But your daughter is different.

If your daughter sings, dances, or rocks, and lets her learn English well, she might be able to break out of Asia, go global, and become famous in European and American circles.

After all, in the European and American music circles, blues, rap and jazz are the mainstream, and your daughter is very suitable for these styles.

However, if you want to follow this style, you must first have good music works, and then you must have deep dance skills and strong live performance.

Especially in today's European and American music circles, visual performances have become popular, that is, like Mr. Michael Jackson, you must not only sing well, but also act well.

In this regard, Akina Nakamori is a little bit behind. Although her songs are good, she is more suitable for the lyrical route. She is worse at singing and dancing with a strong rhythm.

In short, I am very optimistic about your daughter's future in singing. If I have the opportunity to tailor-make something for her, she will definitely be able to make a name for herself.

Maybe, she can become one of the greatest singers of the Showa era. "

"Really?" Mrs. Nakano was stunned, "Do you really think so highly of my daughter?"

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "I'm not only optimistic about your daughter's singing ability, I'm also very optimistic about her acting ability.

Even if her singing skills are average, I can make her famous in the film and television industry.

By the way, I wonder if your daughter has told you that Yoshinaga Sayuri-senpai has planned to buy shares in our firm and become the third major shareholder of our firm. "

"Ah? Is there such a thing?" Mrs. Nakano was surprised again, "Sayuri Yoshinaga? Is it the big star Sayuri Yoshinaga that I know?"

"Yes, that's her." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

"Is it really her?" Mrs. Nakano covered her mouth, and then said in surprise, "She really wants to invest in your firm? How is this possible?"

Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "Nothing is impossible. After all, senior Sayuri Yoshinaga has rich experience and good vision. She saw the value of our firm at a glance, so she took the opportunity to invest and cooperate.

If it weren't for her relationship, how could we have established a relationship with Fuji TV, and how could I have written the script for "101 Proposals" for Fuji TV and invested in the filming myself?
By the way, you must have heard of Fuji TV's "101 Proposals", right? "

"Of course!" Mrs. Nakano nodded quickly, "I like this show very much. I can't finish an episode...wait, what did you just say? Did you write the script of this show?"

"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "I wrote this drama."

"Isn't that right?" Mrs. Nakano frowned, "I've seen the subtitles. In the screenwriter column, your name is not yours?"

Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "The screenwriter is Kudo Yusaku, right?"

"Yes!" Mrs. Nakano nodded and said, "The screenwriter is Kudo Yusaku, who seems to be a new writer who is very famous recently. I like the book "Norwegian Wood" and "Snow Country" he wrote very much. he……"

Having said this, Mrs. Nakano frowned again, and then suddenly looked at Cao Zhiqiang with wide eyes: "Could it be that this Yusaku Kudo is also you?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and nodded: "Yes, Kudo Yusaku is my other pen name."

Mrs. Nakano opened her mouth wide and stared at Cao Zhiqiang blankly for a long time. Then she took a breath: "Are you Kudo Yusaku? You wrote "Norwegian Wood"? You also wrote "Snow Country"?"

"Yes, I wrote them all." Cao Zhiqiang smiled.

"How is this possible?" Mrs. Nakano looked unbelieving.

"I don't need to lie about this." Cao Zhiqiang shrugged, "If you don't believe it, I can show you the copy of the contract I signed with Kodansha later. If you still don't believe it, I can also show you the contract signed by Kodansha." The editor called me over to testify.”

Mrs. Nakano was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and said: "No, you said so, of course I believe you.

But what I'm curious about is, why do you need another pen name?
Wouldn't it be better to use the same pen name? "

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said: "To be honest, when I was writing novels here, I had already published two songs here, and the stage name of Qingquan Morinaka was already widely known.

If I continue to publish novels under the name Morinaka Aizumi, people will definitely rush to buy them because of my aura as a singer. Many people will have a star filter and will not care about the content of the novel itself.

I also have my own pride.

I don’t bother exchanging fame for money, I just want to see what my real level is.

In other words, I prefer that everyone pays attention to my work itself, whether it is a song, a novel, or a TV movie script.

That's right, I hope people like me more for what I am on the inside, rather than fancy things like appearance and popularity.

In addition, using different vests to create works, if the work written by one of the vests is not popular and criticized, it will not affect the popularity of the other vests.

I say that, do you understand? "

"I see." Mrs. Nakano sighed.

"Mr. Morinaka, how can I say hello to you.

Although you are young, you are a real talent!
You are a true master of art! "

"That's right, that's right." Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand, "It's not that exaggerated!"

"No, it's not an exaggeration at all!" Mrs. Nakano said sternly, "After hearing these stories of yours, I feel more confident about leaving my daughter to you.

I believe that with your personal training, my daughter will definitely shine! "

Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "It's easy to talk about.

In fact, I can’t guarantee now that I will definitely do anything for your daughter. I can only say that I will try my best! "

"It's enough to do your best!" Mrs. Nakano said with a smile.

"As long as a master like you is willing to do his best, then I won't have to worry about my daughter's future at all!"

Having said this, Mrs. Nakano suddenly bowed seriously, then raised her head and said seriously:
"Master, I also know that a strict master produces a good disciple.

So, Master, from now on my daughter will be left to you!

Please be sure to train her strictly and don't be polite to me! "

(End of this chapter)