I turned out to be top-notch!

Chapter 231 Sweeping the Building

Haijiao.com is a hurdle that all musicians cannot overcome. It is not an exaggeration to say that Haijiao.com is the copyright library center of the Chinese music scene, because it owns more than 80% of the country's music copyrights, almost forming a monopoly.

Therefore, it is very necessary for any singer to have a good relationship with the staff of Haijiao.com.

For example, before the release of a new song or album, I personally go to the headquarters building of Haijiao.com to clean the floor, and bring out some fruits or small gifts to express condolences to some staff members.

Although the website does not explicitly state this, over time, this trend has become a hidden rule.

There are two singers coming to clean the building today. One is Zhou Ye, a five-star singer who has participated in "The King of Masked Singer", and the other is Du Wei'an, a new top performer.

The former is a senior who has been in the music industry for many years and has a decisive position in the music industry, while the latter has just starred in a popular Danmei drama, which caused a great response after it was broadcast on Shonan Satellite TV, and even caused a popular whirlwind throughout Southeast Asia. , has a huge number of fans at home and abroad, with more than 50 million fans on Weibo and Douyin alone.

After his popularity exploded, Du Weian began to dabble in the music industry under the arrangement of his management company. He recently released the first single "Christmas Deer", which caused a burst of cheers and support from the fan base.

However, it has been disliked by many mainstream people in the public, because the lyrics and music of the song "Christmas Deer" are average, almost at the Samsung level, but it has been praised to the sky by its fans. It can be called a hand-made pulan. Jade kicked Wei Xiao and bumped into Zhou Dingran, as if all the songs in the world were bowing to the song "Christmas Deer".

Any public figure who dares to tell the truth and ridicule "The Christmas Deer" is bound to be surrounded and suppressed by Du Weian's huge fan base. Not long ago, a well-known singer was scolded and announced his temporary withdrawal from the Internet, which shows the ferocity of this group of fans.

When Zhou Ye learned that Du Weian was coming to Haijiao Building to clean the floors, he moved forward the schedule and scheduled the floor sweeping activity originally scheduled for three o'clock in the afternoon to ten o'clock in the morning, which perfectly missed the opportunity for this so-called top-notch person. .

When Du Weian learned that Zhou Ye had avoided him, he was not ashamed but proud. He was quite smug. When he started sweeping the building at five or six o'clock in the afternoon, he very energetically gave "Christmas boxes" to every staff member. "The Christmas box is beautifully packaged. On the outside is the shape of Santa Claus pulling a deer, and inside the box is a round and plump apple.

Because of the huge quantity, Du Weian distributed it very slowly. In addition, he wanted to build a good relationship with the staff of Haijiao.com, so it took him an hour to clean the building.

Less than half of the Christmas boxes have been distributed.

In order to get acquainted with the staff and build a good relationship, Du Weian shamelessly agreed to a casual invitation from a staff member to have a meal in the company canteen.

After dinner, it was already seven o'clock in the evening.

At this time, it stands to reason that most of the employees have already left work, but today the entire company is surprisingly lively. What is especially rare is that the general manager of Haijiao.com, Zhu Yiwen, and a group of senior executives have stayed in the company. The entire Haijiao.com building can be called The lights are bright.

Duweian was very happy and continued to distribute Christmas stars to the staff.

Not long after, when he learned that Zhu Yiwen, general manager of Haijiao.com, was still in the company, Du Weian thought about paying a visit.

"Please come in."

Knocking on the door of the general manager's office, Du Weian and his agent walked in with a smile and said hello to Zhu Yiwen.

Zhu Yiwen responded politely.

Just as Du Weian was about to take out the gifts he had prepared, he heard the phone ringing in front of Zhu Yiwen's desk.

"Hey, yes, I'm in the office, here you go? Good time!"

Zhu Yiwen's calm voice suddenly increased in volume, and then he said with a smile on his face: "Inform Mr. Wang and Mr. Li and gather in the lobby on the first floor. Yes, I will go down now."

After hanging up the phone, Zhu Yiwen said to Du Wei'an and his agent: "I'm sorry, something happened at the moment. Let's talk some other time?"

"Okay, okay, Mr. Zhu, please do your work first!" Du Weian quickly replied.

Then he left the gift and walked out of the office with his agent. As soon as he walked out of the office, he saw Zhu Yiwen walking out impatiently, and then quickly walked towards the elevator entrance.

At the same time, almost all the doors of independent offices in all directions were opened, and some company executives in suits and ties trotted to the elevator entrance.

Many company employees in the office area showed surprised expressions when they saw this scene.

"What's going on? Where are you guys going?"

"I heard from the front desk that they were going to meet a singer on the first floor."

"Singer? Which singer is so famous? You Mingtong or Pu Lanyu? Can Mr. Zhu and the others be welcomed together?"

"It's a singer at short notice, it seems to be Zhou Dingran?"

"Zhou Dingran? Impossible. How can Zhou Dingran get so many big guys to greet him? Even Pu Lanyu can't do that!"

"Hey, stop guessing, you'll find out later."

A group of staff members were buzzing in discussion.

Du Wei'an and his agent listened carefully. They looked at each other with doubts in their eyes. They couldn't figure out who could get the senior leaders of Haijiao.com to come together to greet him.

"These people said it was Zhou Dingran?" Du Weian murmured to himself.

Of course he knows that Zhou Dingran, a popular singer recently, has a higher number of fans on Weibo and Douyin than him.

But how could Zhou Dingran attract so many big men to greet him?

"It can't be Zhou Dingran, it's probably some big shot, right? Cao Zhan?" The agent also showed a confused expression.

"It's possible that he's not from the industry, and even bigwigs in politics and business can't say for sure."

Then the two couldn't walk anymore.

They all want to see who this boss is.

At the same time, in the lobby on the first floor of Haijiao.com headquarters, Zhu Yiwen and other company executives were already waiting in front of the door.

"Didn't you mention it? Why haven't you seen anyone yet?"

"Just wait a moment. It doesn't take long to drive from the gate to the park?"

"I didn't expect that one day Zhou Dingran would come to Haijiao.com to clean the building in person. I will tell the employees carefully later that they are not allowed to make loud noises, take photos, or ask for autographs, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences."

"Have the company's photographers arrived? I'll be the first to shake hands with Zhou Dingran later. Remember to take more quality group photos. They will be hung on the celebrity wall in the future!"

"The whole process of sweeping the building was videotaped, and I hope to make a documentary in the future."

A group of senior executives were discussing in a flurry, and some staff behind them were dumbfounded.

They didn't understand very much.

Although Zhou Dingran is indeed considered a top singer today, doesn't it mean that the company's bosses will all come out to welcome him? This standard was too high. Neither Zhou Ye, who came to clean the building in the morning, nor Du Weian, who came in the afternoon, attracted any of these people to greet him.

but now……

Not far away, the staff watched the group of big guys dancing excitedly to welcome someone, and they all doubted life for a moment.

"Are they really here to welcome Zhou Dingran? Why do I feel like they are welcoming the leader?"

"You won't be so happy to welcome the leader. Are you welcoming the God of Wealth?"

"Hey, God of Wealth? That's right. Zhou Dingran is indeed very popular recently. His songs are everywhere on the website list."

"I don't know why, but I always feel a little weird when I see this scene."

Not only the people downstairs, but also some staff upstairs were lying in front of the window and curiously looking at what was going on downstairs.

Soon, a nanny car parked slowly at the building where Haijiao.com was located. Then the door opened and a handsome young man with red lips and white teeth stepped out. It was Zhou Dingran.

Next to Zhou Dingran was manager Liu Ruyan.

Seeing this, Zhu Yiwen and others quickly stepped forward and shook hands with a smile: "Miss Liu, long time no see. Welcome to Haijiao Music. Mr. Zhou, first time meeting. I am Zhu Yiwen, CEO of Haijiao.com."

Liu Ruyan looked at the group of Haijiao.com senior executives in front of her, thoughtfully, and then began to greet them one by one. Then she took Zhou Dingran to Haijiao Building and started sweeping the building.

The so-called house sweeping is not an unfamiliar term in the entertainment industry.

Celebrities go to "sweep the building", which does not mean cleaning, but to visit a company's office building and conduct live broadcasts.

This is also an opportunity for celebrities to feel their true popularity. After all, whether there are many people watching depends on whether they are popular or not.

Most celebrities go to social media, entertainment media and other companies for publicity or promotion activities, such as Douyin, Weibo, etc. The main purpose is to promote their own career development and promote their own projects. It also has the function of expressing condolences to the staff.

Sweeping buildings is common in publicity in the entertainment industry.

During the cleaning process, celebrities and staff will also interact and buy some food for the staff.

The benefits brought by this are not only increased popularity, but also a way to deal with major media and build good relationships, and also allow the public to see the most authentic appearance of celebrities. But like tonight, many Haijiao.com staff members really don’t understand the phenomenon of being welcomed downstairs by the company’s senior executives in person.

Just don't understand it.

After all, Zhou Dingran is Wenchaogong’s identity information. Only Haijiao.com’s executives know it. Whenever Wenchaogong certifies the copyright of a song, his information will be collected by Haijiao.com, so they know Zhou Dingran better than anyone else.

Being able to write such classic works at such a young age, senior executives including Zhu Yiwen paid great attention to Zhou Dingran as time passed and the number of certified works was added.

Because they have this information, they know that Zhou Dingran's popularity is definitely not an accident, and it is definitely not a phenomenon that can be copied. He is a powerful player, and he is not said to be one of the top three singer-songwriters in the music industry today. Too much.

Most importantly, the singer-songwriter is still young, and too young to be true.

Only nineteen years old, but with such amazing talent, Zhou Dingran will definitely have a place in the future music world and even the entertainment industry.

Of course, in addition, there is Miss Liu...

This person has a terrifying background, which is why Zhu Yiwen and others are so polite to Zhou Dingran.

When Zhou Dingran was accompanied by a group of Haijiao.com executives sweeping the floors of various units in the building, all the staff who received condolences were shocked.

Although Zhou Dingran is indeed extremely popular recently, he doesn't want the bosses to accompany him to sweep the building, right?

But unfortunately, the reality is happening right in front of them. Many people can't help but pick up their mobile phones and start taking pictures, and then send them to Weibo and Douyin to express their amazement.

"See you soon, let's see who is this top guy who is accompanied by the company bosses to sweep the building?"

"Zhou Dingran is coming to Haijiao to clean the buildings. I'll go. He's so handsome!"

"It's unbelievable. Zhou Dingran was sweeping the building, and Mr. Zhu personally accompanied him. Wei Xiao didn't even have such a big party when he came!"

"Zhou Dingran is indeed a very popular singer recently, but I didn't expect it to become so popular!"

"Out of the blue! Zhou Dingran went to Haijiao.com headquarters to sweep the building, and Haijiao's senior executives greeted him collectively!"

While the discussion on the Internet was abuzz, in the Haijiao Building, Du Weian, the newly promoted top player, was completely dumbfounded. Zhu Yiwen, who had just been calm and calm towards them, was now next to Zhou Dingran, smiling like a flower, and even Even he could see the flattery on that face!

Illusion?

He rubbed his eyes, and after a long time he suddenly said to his agent: "I thought my popularity and Zhou Dingran's should be about the same. Why...why is there such a big gap?"

The agent was also silent.

Because he thought so before, and he believed that Du Weian’s future stardom would definitely not be comparable to that of Zhou Dingran, because Du Weian was not only very popular at home, but also overseas, and the company had a presence in the entire Southeast Asian market, and Zhou Dingran He is only popular at home, but when he goes abroad, he will definitely be blind and not recognize anyone.

But now it seems that Zhou Dingran's popularity in the domestic market has far exceeded that of Du Weian.

But he couldn't figure it out, why?

Even if Zhou Dingran is a top singer, no matter how good he sings, he won't be greeted by these Haijiao.com executives, right?

"It's confusing, it's really confusing. There must be a reason that I don't know."

Du Weian hit his forehead with his hand in annoyance. Unable to figure out the reason, he finally chose to leave with an awkward smile with his agent.

On the other side, while Zhou Dingran was sweeping the building, he also sent his own gifts to various units in Haijiao. Most of them were fruits and snacks. These were prepared by Liu Ruyan in advance, but the quantity was not large and could not be made. It can be given to every work station, so each department will give some to each department, and they will not be given to one person individually.

After sweeping the building for half an hour, Zhou Dingran was about to leave, but Liu Ruyan stopped him and asked him to go to General Manager Zhu Yiwen's office.

"What's the situation?" Zhou Dingran asked a little strangely: "Is there still this link?"

"It should be a last-minute idea."

Liu Ruyan laughed softly and said: "No one else will say it, but Zhu Yiwen definitely knows the identity of your copywriter. After all, he is the CEO of Haijiao.com. The fact that he came to greet you in person today also shows his sincerity."

Zhou Dingran nodded.

After the two came to Zhu Yiwen's office, Zhu Yiwen personally made tea and poured water, and then said to Zhou Dingran with a smile: "Mr. Zhou is young and talented, he is really amazing..."

There was a lot of praise at the beginning, and then the voice changed and said: "The recent Guofeng Cup competition held by Haijiao.com is about to end. Currently, the two songs "Dongfeng Break" and "Lanting Preface" are the most popular. These two songs The songs also occupy the first and second place in the song chart respectively, and the lyrics and music of these two songs are both written by Wen Chao Gong."

When Zhou Dingran heard about the Guofeng Cup, he remembered that "Dongfeng Po", which he had high hopes for, still ranks first in the Guofeng Cup list on Haijiao.com to this day.

If he keeps up this momentum, he hopes to receive tens of millions of bonuses when the three-month Guofeng Cup is over.

“But it’s your first time participating in such a competition, so some things may not be clear.”

Zhu Yiwen said: "Although "Dongfeng Po" and "Lanting Preface" are now very popular songs, even ranking first and second, in fact, the most thrilling part of similar competitions is when the competition is about to end. By then, the popularity data of related songs will be greatly improved. This is not cheating, but the result of the hard work of each singer's fan base."

"Shooting?" Zhou Dingran frowned.

"Yes, vote by vote, that is, vote by list."

Zhu Yiwen smiled and said: "Actually, the gap between the top six of the Guofeng Cup is not big. As long as fans of any singer are willing to contribute money and effort, the singer in the end may win the championship! After all, there is a tens of millions of dollars in prizes for the top one. , and having relevant honors nearby will also be of great help to improve personal and work performance in the future. Many people care about this very much, so they will never know the final result until the last moment."

“There have been some competitions where the popularity of works increased significantly in the last two hours, achieving overtake.”

What Zhou Dingran heard was that one was the first and the other two were big.

At first, he was very interested in the Guofeng Cup competition entirely because of the large bonus after winning the championship. But now, although 10 million is not too small for him, it is definitely not too much. He will make a little effort to broadcast a live broadcast. can earn money, so the desire to win and lose in this Guofeng Cup has gradually diminished.

If Zhu Yiwen hadn't mentioned it today, Zhou Dingran would have almost forgotten the existence of the National Style Cup.

Now that Zhu Yiwen mentioned this matter, he also hinted that he would spend money to invest, but Zhou Dingran was not interested. The bonus was not worth his effort.

Zhu Yiwen observed Zhou Dingran's thoughts and seemed to have seen Zhou Dingran's psychology. He said with a smile: "I mention this not to ask you to call on fans to vote, but to let you use your talents to see if you can do it again." Release a Chinese style song? Although there is less than a month left in the Chinese style cup, the second new song jointly released by Pu Lanyu and Cao Zhan is also eyeing the top spot. Their new song is ranked first in Chinese style. Cup third place.”

After a pause, he continued, "At this stage, although the first place on the Guofeng Cup song list is "Dongfeng Po", the first place on the lyrics list is "Lanting Preface", and the first place on the composition list is Cao Zhan's new song " "Luoyang Misty Rain", the number one singer on the list is Pu Lanyu, and the number one on each list will receive a bonus of 10 million."

Zhou Dingran thought thoughtfully, saying that, wouldn't there be a bonus of 40 million?

But Zhou Dingran still lacks interest. 40 million is almost the income of one live broadcast after working hard to bring goods.

It wasn't worth his trouble.

He could also see that Zhu Yiwen wanted Zhou Dingran to add fire to the Guofeng Cup.

In fact, the Guofeng Cup does need to add fuel to the fire.

Because apart from the initial surprises when songs such as "Orchid Pavilion Preface", "Old Tree in Front of the Door" and "East Wind Break" were released, the discussion of the Guofeng Cup has become less and less popular in the past two or three months. Although Cao Zhan's new song "Misty Rain in Luoyang" added another fire, but it was not enough.

At least in terms of absorption, the holding of the Guofeng Cup has not yet met Zhu Yiwen's expectations.

Zhu Yiwen knew that Zhou Dingran was the copycat, so he wanted Zhou Dingran to do a favor and help promote the Guofeng Cup.

Zhou Dingran thought for a while and said: "I do have a Chinese-style song, but I submitted this song to the Spring Festival Gala. The Spring Festival Gala program team also said that there is a chance that this song will be on the stage. At this stage, I do not plan to Exposed in advance..."

"Spring Festival Gala?"

Zhu Yiwen was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said with bright eyes: "The Spring Festival Gala program team does not require whether the songs on stage are new or old songs. You can release this song in advance, or you can accumulate some popularity in advance, why not? "

Zhou Dingran heard this and looked at Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan nodded and said: "The Spring Festival Gala's song program only requires the quality of the performance on the day, and does not require whether the song is a new song. At this stage, you have not signed a confidentiality agreement. You can use this song to release it in advance. Just like Zhu All in all, if you release it in advance, once you win the National Style Cup Award, you can also gain some popularity for the Spring Festival Gala stage."

"OK then!"

Zhou Dingran casually took out his mobile phone and played the song "Blue and White Porcelain": "This is the song I voted for the Spring Festival Gala program team. Does Mr. Zhu think this song can have good results in the Guofeng Cup? If I count Yes, the Guofeng Cup will be over in about half a month, right?"

"Correct!"

After Zhu Yiwen responded, he didn't speak anymore, but quietly listened to the melody and songs played on his mobile phone.

Zhou Dingran had already recorded the entire song "Blue and White Porcelain" in the Fanghua Entertainment recording studio not long ago, so now he can listen to it immediately. Zhou Dingran spent 20 million favor points to purchase this song. The song can be said to be the most valuable work among all Zhou Dingran's works so far.

"As soon as this song comes out, won't the 40 million from the Guofeng Cup fall into my pocket?"

Zhou Dingran suddenly had high hopes for this song. Although 40 million is not very attractive to Zhou Dingran at present, it is definitely not small. He can definitely buy another Chang'an mansion in the capital, and he can combine the national style with it. Winning the Best Singer, Best Lyricist, Best Composer and Best Song of the Cup is definitely something that can be written down in the humanities encyclopedia.

Like the eight-time winner of "The Masked Singer."

Winning the Guofeng Cup Championship Grand Slam is definitely a huge honor.

(End of this chapter)