It is agreed that the 18th line will be top-notch?

After letting the rich second generation escape in disgrace, Yang Ruoqian once again looked at the increasingly tight schedule.

The preparations for all projects are nearing completion, and now it’s time to test the final results of this season with sales.

However, it is obvious that some people are not satisfied with the status quo and have started to consider the following issues before the end of this quarter.

Perhaps it was because the secretary heard that President Yang was so bored that he acted as a customer service representative and made things difficult for VIP employees. He had just logged off his customer service account when Qi Mu knocked on the office door.

"Boss Yang, I have something important to do!"

Yang Ruoqian drove Luo Ruyin away and nodded as if nothing had happened: "Speak."

Qi Mu asked: "Recently, our company has received many invitations to cooperate with artists. Have you considered expanding our company's lineup? The company's influence may be further enhanced."

Now, Kuiguang Group is said to control half of the entertainment industry. In fact, it relies on a group of top artists and the group's own excellent works. The fan stickiness is good, but there is still room for improvement.

If one day the group is unable to continue to produce such good works and needs a certain amount of time to accumulate inspiration, or if a celebrity artist causes negative public opinion because of something, it will be a big blow to the Kuiguang Group.

On the Internet, even if some celebrities do something that causes public outrage, there are still die-hard fans who defend them without thinking, which is a reflection of the stickiness of fans.

The same principle applies to other fields - some new painters or authors may have very high sales of their first work, but if their second work does not perform well, it will immediately become mediocre.

As for those authors who have already accumulated fame and have countless loyal fans, even if they perform poorly, as long as the performance is not catastrophic, their fans will still pay for it.

The fan stickiness of Kuiguang Group is not bad, but Qi Mu feels that there is still a lot of room for improvement.

"Aren't there always a lot of artists who want to work with us? Just follow the original standards." Yang Ruoqian thought about it and understood Qi Mu's plan, so he casually said, "Or is there anyone among the Yiren who wants to work with us this time that you are particularly optimistic about?"

Logically speaking, Qi Mu does not participate in decision-making, so there is no such thing as "she is particularly optimistic"...

"No..." Qi Mu shook his head. "Now there are foreign artists and even well-known local artists who want to cooperate with us."

"At present, regions with more developed entertainment industries are still waiting and watching, but in other regions where the market is relatively less mature, many people are already hoping to invest in us."

"Even in some regions where the entertainment industry is so developed that it is already in a state of severe internal competition, where artists' income is infinitely compressed and their status is infinitely lowered, there are stars who want to cooperate with us."

"Boss Yang, the group's generous treatment has spread all over the world, and the resources are abundant. Everyone wants to come here and give it a try."

Looking at the somewhat silent boss, Qi Mu thought for a moment and added, "Boss Yang, I had not yet taken office when you formulated the company's contract system, but now it seems that you have indeed thought it through carefully."

Yang Ruoqian didn't even understand the secretary's last sentence. He asked in confusion: "Huh?"

Seeing the boss's confused expression, Qi Mu was not surprised - it was such a long time ago, it was certain that Mr. Yang would not be able to remember just a word or two.

So Qi Mu reminded him: "Boss Yang, when you first set the contract terms with the artists, you stipulated that the maximum contract term was 3 years."

"I later found out that at first many employees were worried that your actions would cause those artists who had grown up in the company to switch to larger companies after their contracts expired."

"Now it seems that such a short-term contract actually restricts artists who want to just get by."

"Artists who join the company must prove their abilities and value, otherwise they may not be able to renew their contracts after three years. Those who want to get high benefits from the company will be automatically excluded. It can also avoid possible internal abuse of power - even if they have connections and have many connections, their contracts will be stuck at three years, and they cannot extend their contracts for longer. This saves us a lot of internal management costs."

"I think your policy is worth continuing, including in overseas markets."

Mr. Yang looked at Qi Mu who was helping him to do the analysis and summary seriously, and was speechless for a moment.

Is it possible that when he formulated this plan, he hoped that all the artists he had trained would terminate their contracts and run away after three years to join other companies with brighter and more promising futures?

He was only responsible for paying for the training costs and would not receive any of the dividends after the artist became famous. This was the genius plan that Mr. Yang came up with at the time.

Who would have thought that within less than three years after the company was founded, the companies that were envisioned to be “brighter and more ambitious” would be defeated one after another by themselves.

Finally, Kuiguang Group became the "brighter and more ambitious" company. The artists didn't even want to leave and they wanted to renew their contracts with the company for another 30 years!
The other large companies that were originally thought to benefit turned out to be the Kuiguang Group itself!

"Okay, let's not talk about these old things." Yang Ruoqian raised his hand to stop Qi Mu from continuing, "Let's talk about the artists. Many overseas artists want to sign management contracts with us now?"

"Yes, after learning about the company's benefits and treatment, they even took the initiative to say that they did not need such good resources."

With the influence of Kuiguang Group, just a little publicity for them in the country would bring in terrifying profits.

Yang Ruoqian waved his hand: "You guys go and make your own arrangements. Things abroad are much more complicated than at home. Remember to show me your decision once you've made it."

The cost of training overseas stars, especially in economically developed regions, has to be multiplied by the exchange rate!

It sounds like a great idea, but it doesn't seem to be helping much this quarter.

"Yes, and there are also many foreign talent agencies that hope their artists can get our resources and appear in our movies. The remuneration is very favorable."

Contrary to what many people imagine, the higher the expected box office of a movie, the lower the actors' pay will be relatively; on the contrary, if a movie that looks like a bad movie at first glance wants to find big-name actors to play roles, the pay will definitely be shockingly high.

Even the film remuneration alone may account for 60% to 70% of the total production cost of the film!
The reason is very simple. The better the movie, the smaller the share of the box office revenue that the actors can bring. A character with superb acting skills is certainly very important, but there are many actors with good acting skills in the world. For a good movie, it does not mean that it cannot be made without this person.

At this time, it is the actors who need to participate in such a good movie to expand their influence and reputation and accumulate more foundation for themselves.

The deeper your foundation, the higher your status will be, and you will be able to get better resources and better roles.

For the crew, the actors are not irreplaceable. If you don't shoot, there are plenty of people who can. For the actors, such film resources are hard to come by in a year, so the pay will naturally be relatively lower.

On the contrary, if a movie that no one is optimistic about wants to hire big-name actors, it will face a lot of resistance.

Because a bad movie will inevitably lead to the reputation of this actor being ruined, and it will inevitably create a bad impression on some less stable fans, and they may even stop being fans directly.

To put it bluntly, this is the act of cashing in one's own talent. Too many bad movies will have a very serious and irreversible negative impact on the star himself.

Therefore, only high pay and absolute compensation on the economic level can encourage big-name actors to star in such bad movies.

The fact that big-name actors want to work with Kuiguang Group and are willing to reduce their pay is almost an admission that they recognize that Kuiguang Group's films are at least unquestionable in terms of commercial value.

Mr. Yang, who had not expected that his reputation had spread overseas, was somewhat helpless: "Oh, I see. I will deal with these issues when I have time."

They hire big-name foreign actors at low prices, make movies and earn global box office revenue, and then have to increase benefits and spend the money as employee benefits.

This...why does it sound a bit like sucking blood?
Even foreign countries have started to do this. The era of a major reshuffle in the entertainment industry is really about to begin, right?

It's a bit strange. Let's put it aside for now and study it carefully after the dust settles on the major kings of this season.

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now." Yang Ruoqian waved his hand. "The first round of cruise tickets has been sold out. Do you have any information that I need to pay special attention to?"

Since ticket buyers are all authenticated by real name, the group will take different countermeasures if there are buyers with special identities.

Qi Mu thought for a moment and asked, "Boss Yang, Shang Qianyu doesn't count?"

Yang Ruoqian almost spit out a mouthful of water: "She bought the ticket?!"

This silly kid has been on vacation recently, playing around in the group's industries. He even turned down the role of "The Redeemer" and took the opportunity to go to the "Singer" live to be a audience member.

It has been a long time since I heard from this silly girl, and Mr. Yang almost forgot how destructive she is.

Qi Mu nodded and said, "Yes, and she showed off her tickets on major social media platforms. Now almost the whole world knows about it... In fact, it doesn't matter whether she buys a ticket or not. Many people on the cruise are also fans of Shang Qianyu. We can't say whether it will cause any confusion."

This kind of problem never occurred during the sea trial.

So sometimes, if you don’t sail a few times, you never know what inexplicable problems will arise.

"It's okay, don't worry about it!" Hearing that there might be a problem, Yang Ruoqian's original surprise immediately turned into indifference, "Our company's artists can do whatever they want during non-working hours, and the company has no right to interfere...Buying tickets is Shang Qianyu's freedom, we can't interfere."

"You mean, no adjustments at all?"

"That's right." Yang Ruoqian nodded.

"it is good……"

At this moment, Yang Ruoqian suddenly had an idea and stopped Qi Mu who was about to go out: "Wait, have we decided on the venue for the fourth episode of Singer?"

Qi Mu was stunned and corrected him: "Boss Yang, according to the current arrangement, there are only two venues for "Singer"... This is a music variety show, so it doesn't really need to move the venue."

After all, she was someone close to the leader, so Qi Mu knew what the boss meant. She asked, "Boss Yang, are you planning to hold the fourth episode of Singer somewhere else?"

"Yes." Yang Ruoqian nodded. "What do you think of holding it on a cruise ship? We have a network for live broadcasts and a concert stage on the cruise ship... I think it's feasible."

The most important thing is that if we invite more singers, we can sell fewer high-end tickets.

The singer can't pay for the ticket out of his own pocket when he goes on board to sing, right?
Qi Mu quickly pointed out a problem: "Boss Yang, what if some singers can't adapt to life on the ship?"

Although a cruise ship weighing hundreds of thousands to nearly two hundred thousand tons cannot be shaken at all unless encountering big waves, it is still different from life on land.

It's normal for some people to not be used to it.

Mr. Yang smiled and said, "That's even easier. Don't we have a large helipad on our cruise ship? If any of the contestants can't stay overnight on the ship, we can just have a helicopter pick them up and bring them back."

Qi Mu nodded: "I understand. I will notify the variety show planning team to change the plan... However, the cost of doing so should be higher. Are you sure?"

She naturally knew that the big boss would definitely not care about these things, but as a secretary, no matter what the boss thought, important information must be notified.

"Of course." Yang Ruoqian said without hesitation, "I have been talking about 'Kuiguang Ecology'. What is ecology? It means that our various projects are interdependent and complementary, and can often produce an effect of 1+1 being greater than 2."

"it is good!"

……

The third episode of the variety show "Singer".

After the second round of challenge and elimination rounds, the third round will naturally be a new round of qualifying rounds.

Singers who successfully retain their positions and new debut singers will be re-ranked to determine the challenges they will face in the subsequent elimination rounds.

The top two will not be eliminated, the middle four will have one chance to revive, and the bottom two will fight for their lives.

After leaving the stage, Ying Lan opened his live broadcast room as quickly as possible and shouted to the audience who had been waiting inside: "Awesome! I actually got fourth place in the qualifying round! That's awesome!!!"

"Originally I was only planning on taking a one-round trip, hahaha! The money I save this time is definitely enough to buy a boat ticket!"

Just as the live broadcast room was filled with barrages of comments and Ying Lan was talking nonsense and acting crazy, the host on the stage did not follow the process of ending previous programs.

He made a "hush" gesture and said mysteriously, "There will be a few small changes in the fourth episode."

As soon as he finished speaking, the dreamy Liuguang appeared on the big screen at the back.

"I think everyone has heard the story of this cruise ship to some extent, right?"

Looking at the audience holding their breath, the host suddenly raised his voice a little: "That's right! The next boss challenge and elimination round will be held on this luxury cruise ship! Everyone, please look forward to it!" (End of this chapter)