Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

"Mr. Morinaka? Mr. Morinaka?"

With a few soft calls from Mrs. Nakano, Cao Zhiqiang finally came to his senses and realized that he had just lost his composure.

Soon, Cao Zhiqiang smiled at Mrs. Nakano and said: "I see, it seems that Mrs. Nakano is worried about you, so you want to come over and try me alone first, right?"

Mrs. Nakano nodded naturally and admitted: "Yes, that's right. Although I also know that my approach is a bit impolite, but please forgive me.

After all, my daughter has been clamoring to sign a contract as an artist since she came back. It is still a little-known agency, so of course I want to find out first. "

Cao Zhiqiang glanced at Yuri Nakano, who was like a good girl, and then said to Mrs. Nakano again: "Your concerns are right, and I don't think what you did is wrong.

In fact, I think that the fact that you are so cautious shows that you care deeply about your children, which is what I would like to see.

After all, frankly speaking, the agency is just a platform, and signing artists is essentially an investment.

Since we have invested in artists, we naturally want them to achieve success. In this case, the firm can gain both fame and fortune.

But the problem is that after an artist joins an agency, he cannot hand over everything to the agency.

After all, the role of the office is external factors, whether the artist can succeed or not, internal factors are more important.

In my opinion, in addition to one's own talent and hard work, the internal factors of an artist are also very important.

If the family can provide comprehensive support, the artist can certainly have a smoother journey.

This is like letting your child go to school to study. You can't think that after you leave your child to the school, you don't have to take care of anything and leave everything to the school.

On the contrary, parents should pay more attention to their children after sending them to school.

After all, children belong to their parents, not the school.

If a child does not make progress and does not get good grades, the school will lose a good student at most, and it will continue to find other good students without delay.

But for the parents of this child, this is a huge grief, right? "

"That's right!" Mrs. Nakano nodded with deep feeling, "I am just a daughter, and of course I hope she can achieve something.

In addition, I also respect her choice, so I have to check it for her within my ability. This is what we as parents should do.

Originally, I thought you would be very dissatisfied with what I did. I even thought of an apology.

But I really didn't expect that you could think so thoroughly.

Well, in short, after hearing what you said, I feel more confident about leaving the child to you.

I believe that with the guidance of a teacher like you, my Yuri will definitely become an outstanding person! "

Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile, and just as he was about to say a few more polite words, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Hearing the knock on the door, Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously turned to face the office door and said: "Come in!"

Soon, the door was pushed open, and then a young man in a suit walked in. It was Yoshiyuki Furukawa, the male secretary assigned to Cao Zhiqiang.

Well, in fact, the office has grown so far that there are already many employees below, and they are no longer just two or three kittens.

Among them, the biggest change is the addition of a general affairs department.

The General Affairs Department is similar to the Logistics Department, which means it can take care of everything.

Speaking of the emergence of the General Affairs Department, we have to mention the changes in Aiyin Office.

As for Aiyin Office, the original purpose of its creation was just to better avoid taxes and find a few errands who could serve Cao Zhiqiang and Nakamori Akina well.

Anyway, Aiyin Office currently only has two contracted artists, Cao Zhiqiang and Nakamori Akina, and the value of the office's existence is to provide various logistical support to Cao Zhiqiang and Nakamori Akina.

Among them, Akina Nakamori has a relatively small workload and does not have many things to do. Generally, she only needs someone to go to the studio with Akina Nakamori to film.

What really requires all kinds of running around and all kinds of troubles is actually the work related to Cao Zhiqiang.

After all, Cao Zhiqiang has released many hit singles, related MTV, music television commercials, and a movie from the mainland that just ended its hit run, that is, "Love in the Rain".

This often involves cooperation with many other companies, such as copyright fees, labor fees, advertising fees, etc.

In addition, although the clothing brand launched by Cao Zhiqiang and Akina Nakamori, namely "Sensen Clothing", currently only has one store, it also involves a lot of trivial work.

For example, clothing design, celebrity endorsement, finding OEM manufacturers, etc.

Although later, Akina Nakamori hired a professional manager who had been deeply involved in the clothing industry for many years to be in charge of "Sensen Clothing", but because there were many brand cooperations with Aiyin Office, Aiyin Office still had many things to do. Do.

Not to mention, there must be a driver on call.

In other words, with the development now, Aiyin Office is no longer a small office with only 4 staff members before, but a small and medium-sized office with 11 staff members.

The reason for this was of course Cao Zhiqiang’s idea.

In fact, a company of the size of Aiyin Office originally did not need so many staff. Four or five would be enough. After all, the original purpose was just to serve Cao Zhiqiang and Nakamori Akina.

The reason why he wanted to recruit so many more people was that Cao Zhiqiang wanted to have more redundancy.

After all, Cao Zhiqiang knows that Aiyin Agency cannot be just a service company serving Cao Zhiqiang and Nakamori Akina. It will eventually go out and become an independent large-scale brokerage company in the future.

In other words, this company must not only have service personnel such as secretaries, drivers and errands, but also educational talents such as choreographers and music arrangers.

In the future, Aiyin Agency will not only be able to recruit artists, but also train them themselves, just like Korean agencies train trainees.

Only a brokerage company that can cultivate a new generation and create its own blood can be called an authentic brokerage company.

It is out of this concept that Cao Zhiqiang spent a lot of money in advance to recruit several choreographers and arranger teachers.

Among them, especially the dance teacher, who is a professional dance teacher from Tokyo University of the Arts.

There is also an arranger teacher, who is also a professional music teacher from Tokyo University of the Arts.

Although these teachers work here part-time, their professionalism is still very high.

After hiring these professional teachers, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly discovered that the students at Tokyo University of the Arts were also very good, quite cheap, and their respective levels were also good, so he recruited a group of female students majoring in dance and a group of orchestral music students. female student.

Yes, they are all college students, just the kind of seniors who are about to graduate.

Japanese universities do not guarantee allocation, and you can only find your own way after graduation.

And art universities are actually one of the schools with the fewest opportunities.

Now that Cao Zhiqiang can recruit a group of college students in advance and sign employment agreements with them, everyone is naturally happy.

Cao Zhiqiang did this just to try to create a star-like dance troupe and an orchestra.

In Cao Zhiqiang's view, Japan's current dance troupes and orchestras are too conservative and are not following the idol route at all.

In other words, at this time, almost no one in Japan's dance troupes and orchestras used the same methods to build star artists.

Those art students from Tokyo University of the Arts will either change careers after graduation, become ordinary music teachers, or become ordinary folk entertainment groups. Their influence is very low, and few of them can really shine.

Although there is a Takarazuka Song and Dance Troupe, the essence of this kind of song and dance troupe is the product of capital, and the business model is not like the later Korean SM company, which is not to create a group of talented people in the way of creating stars, and then Let them debut as a group.

The Takarazuka Orchestra is more like a kind of self-entertainment with highbrow music.

It's just that the Takarazuka Orchestra's brand is there, and there is capital to support it, and the student sources and channels have been opened up, so that it can play well.

But ordinary artists can't get in at all.

And to be honest, a place like the Takarazuka Revue is really not a good place.

Because later generations have long disclosed the inside story, it is a place where girls are brainwashed. The rules are strict and the hierarchy is orderly. The purpose is to wash girls into playthings like Yamato Nadeshiko who are obedient to men. Once they are disobedient, they will be very Will be fired soon.

Cao Zhiqiang doesn't want to do that kind of thing, and he has all kinds of good songs from his previous life, and he also knows all kinds of Korean dance patterns in later generations. At the same time, he is not short of money, so he can naturally try to play the more trendy ones in advance. thing.Let the Japanese test the water first. It’s good if it succeeds. If it doesn’t work, you can also learn from experience and do it in China later.

Later, boss Xu of a certain university could play in a song and dance troupe, so naturally I, Cao, could do it too, and I would definitely do it better than him.

However, he knows that in order to create an idol group, it is not enough to have outstanding talents, but also to be good-looking.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang learned the spirit of the Takarazuka Song and Dance Troupe and only looked for women.

In other words, whether it is a dance troupe or an orchestra, the first requirement for joining is that you must be a woman, not a man.

The reason for this rule is not Cao Zhiqiang's bad taste, or that he has any desire to give up and want to play in the harem or something.

The real reason is that this all-female approach is really eye-catching.

And women’s performance styles on stage are indeed more varied.

If nothing else, a woman dressed as a man can be very handsome and pleasing to the eye, but if a man dresses as a woman, it will be very disgusting.

It is not unreasonable for the Takarazuka Revue to be successful. The charm of effeminate girls is irresistible, at least in Japan today.

So, if you want to do it, of course you have to make it good-looking and pleasing to the eye.

All women are of course a must-select.

Among female members, talent is not the first consideration, height, weight and appearance are the first considerations.

Anyway, students who can be admitted to Tokyo University of the Arts will definitely pass the talent category. After all, they have already passed the exam once.

So what Cao Zhiqiang needs are the good-looking girls among them.

Then, Cao Zhiqiang organized these girls separately and dressed them all in masculine styles.

For example, in the orchestra, all the girls don't wear skirts, they all wear men's tuxedos, and their hair is styled like a gentleman's slicked-back hairstyle.

The girls in the dance troupe also wear masculine uniforms, such as military uniforms, police uniforms, and sailor uniforms, but they are all male versions without skirts.

Through this kind of all-female and contrasting and neutral creation, coupled with good arrangement and choreography, as well as good songs and songs provided by Cao Zhiqiang, as long as you practice more, sooner or later you will be able to make a blockbuster success and debut as a group.

Of course, this girl's masculine style is not fixed. It is just to prepare for their debut and to create a sense of contrast.

When they become famous in the future, their styles can be diversified, and they will not be unable to wear short skirts.

Signing up a dance troupe and an orchestra means an increase in the workload, which naturally requires more manpower. You can usually communicate with these people, or you can serve as a supervisor.

After all, Cao Zhiqiang spent a lot of money to organize these people. It is impossible to really provide for idle people, and the usual training volume must keep up.

As a result, more people will have to be recruited.

Then as more and more new people are added, the original flat management of the president and secretary will no longer work. It is necessary to create an additional department, that is, the General Affairs Department, and then the General Affairs Department will manage the staff of those offices. .

In short, the largest department of Aiyin Office at present is the General Affairs Department.

Regardless of whether it is a secretary or a driver, anyone who is responsible for logistics is under the control of this general affairs department.

As for the General Affairs Department, nominally the president, Akina Nakamori, is directly in charge, but in fact it is Naomi Hosokawa.

As for Hosokawa Naomi, she was originally Nakamori Akina's secretary and a top student who graduated from Tsukuba University.

Not many people know about the University of Tsukuba, but in Japan, although this university is not as good as Tokyo University, it is actually a very good university, similar to the later 985 famous universities in China.

Having said that, Furukawa Yoshiyuki also graduated from the University of Tsukuba, but he majored in history. It is not easy to find a job.

Of course, if this guy returns to the countryside, with his reputation as a graduate of the University of Tsukuba, he should be able to find a good job, at least as an elementary school teacher.

But the problem is, after coming to Tokyo, who wants to go back to the countryside?

Furukawa Yoshiyuki was Hosokawa Naomi's junior student. Later, after a class reunion, Hosokawa Naomi took the initiative to recruit him for some unknown reason, so he came eagerly.

Cao Zhiqiang doesn't know if there is anything else fishy here.

Anyway, for now, Furukawa Yoshiyuki is one of the few male employees in the office, and he is the youngest and the most highly educated male employee, with a master's degree in history.

Perhaps because of his master's degree in history, he is very good at word processing, and he has no problem quoting scriptures. He especially knows a lot about Chinese history and allusions, and he can chat with Cao Zhiqiang.

In addition, he can drive and is pretty good-looking, so whenever Cao Zhiqiang comes to the company, he basically acts as Cao Zhiqiang's secretary.

As for when Cao Zhiqiang was away, it was of course under the direct management of Naomi Hosokawa of the General Affairs Department.

Then, following the precedent of Furukawa Yoshiyuki, other people also recommended their relatives and friends to work.

After all, Aiyin Office offers less money and a better atmosphere. If you invite friends to work here, you can form a better clique.

Originally, Akina Nakamori was not happy to find so many people, but Cao Zhiqiang felt that it would be good to have a few more people, at least they could work in turns and add more redundancy.

In this way, if the office expands in the future, there is no need to worry about no one being available.

Among them, Cao Zhiqiang does not have a dedicated secretary because he does not come to the company often. Only when needed, someone from the General Affairs Department is transferred to serve as a secretary.

"Furukawa." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said, "Is something wrong?"

"Yes, President."

Furukawa Yoshiyuki bowed first, then raised his head and said politely.

"Professor Shishan just called and said that he liked the piece you gave him last time and that he had asked the girl band to step up rehearsals.

Now that band has rehearsed that piece of music very skillfully. I hope that if you have time, you can go and have a look in person to see if there are any shortcomings.

If there is no problem, I hope to cooperate with you to perform in person. He is looking forward to your performance in person. "

"Oh, that's right." Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, "It's only been three days, how can you rehearse so quickly?"

Furukawa Yoshiyuki smiled slightly: "I don't know about this, but Professor Ishiyama said so, saying there is no problem."

"That's it." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Well, in that case, you go back and call me and tell me that I will go and have a look in person. In addition, prepare the car quickly, I want to go to Dongyi immediately."

"Yes, I understand." Yoshiyuki Furukawa nodded, "I'll get ready right now!"

After saying that, Furukawa Yoshiyuki bowed to Cao Zhiqiang again and then exited the office.

As soon as Furukawa Yoshiyuki left, Mrs. Nakano immediately said: "Mr. Morinaka, since you have something to do, go ahead and make an appointment next time?"

Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "What about next time? What's so difficult about signing a contract? Isn't it just a matter of signing?"

After speaking, Cao Zhiqiang took the initiative to pick up the contract, wrote his name on the part he wanted to sign, and then handed it directly to Tianhai Yuxi: "Come on, sign the contract."

Tianhai Youxi blinked, immediately took the pen with a smile, and then signed his name wherever Cao Zhiqiang asked without looking at the contract.

In this way, the contract is officially signed.

After the signing, Mrs. Nakano wanted to take her daughter away, but Cao Zhiqiang suddenly said: "Oh, wait, don't worry! Mrs. Nakano, Miss Yuri, are you free now?"

This time, before Mrs. Nakano could say anything, Yuki Amami spoke first: "I'm not busy. Is there something wrong?"

Cao Zhiqiang laughed: "If you are not busy, would you like to go to Tokyo University of the Arts together to watch a performance by an orchestra affiliated to our office?"

"Okay, okay!" Tianhai Yuxi nodded quickly, "Of course I'm happy to!"

Seeing that her daughter had already agreed, Mrs. Nakano smiled bitterly, and then nodded to Cao Zhiqiang: "Yes, if possible, of course we are happy to go and have a look."

"That's great!" Cao Zhiqiang stood up with a smile, "Let's go together, even if it is, let you feel the true strength of our firm in advance!" (End of Chapter)