Choose a day to become famous

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the hot sun finally became a bit milder.

Zhou Pingan drove to a book cafe about fifteen kilometers away from the company, parked the car in a temporary parking space on the roadside, opened the door and got out.

A wave of heat hit.

Although it's only June, summer has already entered.

Zhou Ping'an pushed open the door of the book cafe, and as soon as he entered, he found seven or eight students gathered at the best-selling book display shelf at the door, discussing something lively.

He took a curious look and found that they were holding the latest issue of "Jump Up" and were discussing which authors were included in this issue.

Zhou Pingan: "..."

This magazine is now officially entering its sixth year.

Who would have thought that a magazine that was clearly aimed at fans at the beginning could last for such a long time and become more and more influential. Now, it has transformed from a magazine into a media company, covering traditional and new media. Through multiple channels, it has even entered the fields of film and television production and publicity and marketing. Not only does it support its cooperating artists, it has also become a pivotal force in the entertainment industry.

Zhou Ping'an never admitted that he was jealous.

The cost of producing a magazine is actually not high for many film and television companies. However, in the past few years, many companies have followed suit and created magazines or theme books to cultivate their own IP libraries. Unfortunately, basically the best author resources are occupied by "Jump Up".

As the first magazine to take the lead, "Jump Up" has a high market share that is difficult for other magazines to match.

It now has a virtuous ecological cycle. For good authors, there is no reason not to choose "Jump". It has high royalties, a friendly copyright cooperation system, a magazine with great influence and high sales. If an article can be published in "Jump", the author I would definitely not choose to publish it in another similar magazine-except for those serious literary magazines at the palace level, that is another concept.

"What are you looking at?" Lin Suyang suddenly came behind him with a cup of coffee in his hand.

Zhou Ping'an came to his senses and said, "I'm watching. Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi will join forces and they will probably build an empire in the future. We agents are not in the same world as others."

Lin Suyang smiled coldly.

The two men looked at each other.

Even a week ago, neither of them thought that they could stand in front of each other and talk to each other as well as they do now.

The two of them were old enemies, not to mention enemies. Whether it was Ma Zhiyuan or Li Zhibai, it was enough to prevent them from interacting with each other for the rest of their lives.

But now, they have chosen this place and decided to temporarily put aside the prejudices and grudges of the past——

Because they have a common interest base.

In Star Entertainment, if the division method currently prepared by the company is followed, the two managers will be most affected.

It can be said that if it is really cut according to this cutting method in the end, the two of them have worked hard for so many years and will suffer a wave of vitality in the end.

Zhou Ping'an asked tentatively: "If you were really asked to make a choice, how would you choose?"

"If we don't consider this option now, neither MX nor Li Zhibai, no matter which agent he is, will be stupid enough to let go." Lin Suyang said.

After saying that, he realized that, uh, he had accidentally insinuated someone.

Zhou Ping'an, who had "voluntarily let go" of Li Zhibai, looked at Lin Suyang expressionlessly.

Lin Suyang subconsciously wanted to apologize, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

There is nothing to be sorry for, you deserve it.

Instead he smiled.

Zhou Pingan: "Then if the company is determined to do this, what are you going to do? Don't you regret it now? When Li Zhibai's contract expires, discuss with him to go out alone."

Lin Suyang asked Zhou Ping'an: "What about you? Don't you regret? You didn't discuss with Yan Liang to go out alone when his contract expired."

Zhou Pingan frowned.

"It's now time, let's not talk back and forth with each other, right?" He said, "What are you going to do now?"

Lin Suyang: "Of course we must strive to retain the artists we have. Artists can be divided into different companies, but agents must be allowed to bring artists across departments and companies. Especially agents like you and me."

Zhou Pingan nodded, "That's the truth. Is there any way you can convince the company to agree with your idea?"

"Mr. Ma is definitely not willing. He will only manage idol artists from now on. He definitely hopes that we will focus all our energy on idol artists." Lin Suyang said, "If I also take care of Li Zhibai's If you also take care of the acting work of Yan Liang and Meng Li, it will definitely take up a lot of our energy, after all, they are our main customers. "

Zhou Pingan nodded: "Mr. Ma definitely doesn't need to think about it. He won't help us in this matter."

"The company definitely hopes to use this move to differentiate the artists we have." Lin Suyang said.

"If the two of us join forces to oppose this decision, what are the chances of winning?"

"The size of the chance of winning depends on the extent to which the artists in our hands will stand on the same front with us." Lin Suyang said bluntly, "The most lethal cards in our hands are artists of the level of Li Zhibai, Yan Liang, MX and Meng Li. If they can unite and insist on maintaining the status quo with us, then the company's top management will more or less take into account the consequences of our non-cooperation."

"How confident are you that they will stand on the same front with you?" Zhou Pingan asked.

Lin Suyang stood in front of the bookshelf, paying attention to the surrounding movements through the gaps in the bookshelf at any time, and looking at Zhou Pingan from time to time.

"They are more reluctant to change the current situation than I am." Lin Suyang's tone was calm and determined.

Zhou Pingan frowned slightly.

"What's wrong, is there a problem on your side?"

"Meng Li is easy to say, she is not familiar with Star Entertainment itself, and basically relies on me to connect with various resources in the company. She relies on me a lot, but Yan Liang——"

Zhou Pingan hesitated slightly.

Lin Suyang said: "If Yan Liang wanted to change his agent, he would have done it long ago. You should have a serious talk with him. Without his support, it is not enough to rely on Meng Li alone. By the way, what about Cheng Hai?"

Zhou Pingan: "Cheng Hai will of course stand on my side. I brought him up, but he doesn't have much weight in the eyes of the company."

"Then create some weight." Lin Suyang said, "Spread the word that Cheng Hai is in contact with the new play of Director Luo Yuzhong and Director Wang Zhong under the matchmaking of Lu Yanhe, and it is very likely that he will play the male lead in their new play."

Zhou Pingan: "..."

Lin Suyang: "Meng Li has just joined Star Entertainment not long ago. The company says it values ​​her opinions but doesn't value them. Unlike the artists who really grew up in the company, their values ​​are completely different in the eyes of the top management. Cheng Hai has become popular again with "The Birth of the Actors" and has a good momentum. With such news, he is much more important than Meng Li."

Zhou Pingan didn't expect Lin Suyang to come up with such a trick.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems to make sense.

It is indeed feasible.

-

The struggles and storms within Star Entertainment no longer affect Lu Yanhe.

However, when Hong Qi invited Lu Yanhe to the company through Chen Ziyan and suddenly proposed that he hoped to hire him as a senior consultant for the newly established "Woodpecker Entertainment Agency", Lu Yanhe realized that, uh, he was pulled in again.

This is not the first company to ask him to take on such a position.

Maxine and HP, Northern Lights Video, and Yuehutai all offered him such a position. But at that time, they were more to consolidate their cooperative relationship with Lu Yanhe, to use such a position to establish a long-term connection and cooperative relationship, and to have a channel to legitimately provide him with a channel for remuneration outside of the project.

But this time, Hong Qi hoped that Lu Yanhe could truly perform the duties of this position.

"Mr. Hong, thank you for your trust, but I am busy enough, so where can I find time to be a consultant for you?" Lu Yanhe refused without much hesitation.

Hong Qi: "I know you are very busy. Don't worry, I will definitely not waste a lot of your time. I have this self-awareness and will not let you lose sight of the main goal."

"Then...what do you want me to do?"

"Introduce scripts and projects suitable for the actors of our Woodpecker Company." Hong Qi said, "In the entertainment industry around the world, there are only you and your agent in our country who have enough ability and resources to see the best projects."

When Lu Yanhe heard this, he immediately shook his head, "Mr. Hong, you put too much pressure on me."

"Absolutely not, don't worry, we don't have any indicators or quantities that you need to complete. This is a cooperation agreement that is completely beneficial to you." Hong Qi said, "Even if you don't recommend any work in the end, we can't hold you accountable, because there is no quantified task responsibility or any breach of contract clause in this agreement."

It can be said that this is indeed a very favorable cooperation agreement for Lu Yanhe.

However, Lu Yanhe still refused.

He said he didn't agree to anything.

Later, Hong Qi was confused and asked, "Yan He, can you be honest with me? Tell me the truth, why are you unwilling? Is it because you really don't want to have any contact with Xingyu anymore?"

"No." Lu Yan He shook his head, "Mr. Hong, to be honest, there are one or two agreements like this sent to me almost every month, and the consulting fees are tens of millions, but I dare not accept any of them. I don't want to be a broker. This is what I told you. It's understandable to recommend the right people to the right projects, but once you start taking money to do this kind of thing, it seems like a kind of transaction."

Hong Qi sighed.

He turned to look at Chen Ziyan, "It's just as you said, Yan He refuses to accept it."

"I told you a long time ago." Chen Ziyan smiled, "If Yan He wanted to do this, he would have done it a long time ago. He has written so many scripts and made so many movies and TV series. Except for his friends who were decided early on, almost all the roles were selected through auditions. How could he take money to recommend actors to other film and television projects? Even if he really recommended them out of the right mentality, this behavior itself is unclear and easy to be misunderstood."

Hong Qi: "It seems that this idea can only be abandoned."

Lu Yanhe said: "Mr. Hong, this time Star Entertainment has made such a big move and wants to split Star Entertainment into a Woodpecker company. Then will both Li Zhibai and Yan Liang join the Woodpecker company in the future?"

"Li Zhibai and Yan Liang are both actors and are still doing stage work. Since business contracts can be signed to others, actor contracts and music contracts can of course be signed separately to two companies." Hong Qi said, "We It is necessary to split into two companies just to facilitate the optimization of the company's internal resources. , to make adjustments and upgrades, to integrate all aspects of resources, is not to let artists give up one of their identities. The current environment is not good, and artists can live in as many places as they can. From the perspective of the company, artists The more you live in one field, the more money you can make in one field.”

Hong Qi also said what he had to say, and didn't tell Lu Yanhe any nonsense.

Lu Yanhe nodded, "What about their agent?"

"Agent?" Hong Qi asked, "You mean Zhou Pingan?"

"Yeah." Lu Yanhe said, "Yan Liang is both an actor and an idol artist. If he wants to assign different contracts to two companies, will Zhou Ping'an still be in charge?"

Hong Qi looked at Chen Ziyan with a smile and said, "Why is Yan He so sharp now?"

Chen Ziyan: “He asked the key point to the point.”

Lu Yanhe looked at them with some confusion.

Hong Qi said: "Of course different agents are responsible for different contracts. In fact, for an artist of Yan Liang's current level, different agents should have taken care of his different affairs and handled them in a more refined manner. Everyone's ability and energy are limited, and their strengths are different. Just like some companies have rich business resources, while some companies have rich film and television resources. Of course, artists like Yan Liang deserve the best in each field. The agent is responsible for his work in various sectors.”

Lu Yanhe smiled and asked, "In this way, the agent's authority is actually limited."

"That's what it looks like on the surface."

"Is it still different in reality?"

"Any artist definitely needs a big manager who can coordinate all aspects of resources." Hong Qi said, "Coordination is also a very important thing."

"Then what you mean is that Zhou Ping'an can still coordinate and manage all Yan Liang's work." Lu Yanhe frowned in confusion, "Then what's the difference between this and now?"

Hong Qi: "Is there no difference?"

Lu Yanhe fell silent and thought seriously for a while.

No difference?

This question also hovered in his mind.

He looked at Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan used encouraging eyes to tell him to think about it seriously.

She also gave a reminder: "Star Entertainment is carrying out this drastic reform. If Zhou Pingan and Lin Suyang really want to accept a large piece of cake being taken away from them, do you think they will accept it?"

"No." Regarding this question, Lu Yanhe didn't even need to think about it, he immediately shook his head and answered these two words.

Chen Ziyan nodded.

Even if the Xingyu family has a big business, it is impossible to force Zhou Ping'an and Lin Suyang to accept this matter.

Otherwise, if we really push them too hard, the general will still have the strength to rebel.

so what?

Divide and transform?

If you don’t want to share the cake, then you can only be the one sharing the cake.

The company will definitely not let you hold a knife easily, but the company can create the illusion of letting you hold a knife.

You can continue to be your "general manager", but you will hand over all the following decentralized powers to other agents.

At this time, the management team around top artists is not just you.

Your relationship with the artist is no longer a piece of cake.

You think you hold the knife that controls your agents, but who knows if you are controlled in the opposite direction?

Lu Yanhe figured out the link and looked shocked.

This is simply a naked conspiracy!

If you don’t want the cake in your hands to be taken away, fine, then you should decentralize power and delegate the power and resources in your hands.

At this moment, Lu Yanhe really wanted to ask, is this major reform of Star Entertainment really to further develop the career of idol artists?

Or is it because in recent years of Star Entertainment, big-name managers such as Zhou Ping'an and Lin Suyang, who are in charge of many blockbuster artists, have gradually threatened the top management of Star Entertainment?

When Chen Ziyan suddenly went out to set up a fire-picking company, was she prepared for a rainy day and planning in advance to deal with the current situation?

Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Ziyan and Hong Qi in surprise, feeling that his brain was not full.

-

"Of course, there is actually another point that Hong Qi himself did not say."

After meeting with Hong Qi, Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe got in the car and went back together.

Chen Ziyan added.

"In addition to the problem of too much concentration of artist resources in the hands of these big-name agents, in fact, he also began to be threatened by several executives such as Ma Zhongquan." Chen Ziyan said, "Hong Qi is only the CEO of Star Entertainment, not the real chairman. Although the person behind him has never been very concerned about things here, Ma Zhongquan and several other executives have been eyeing Hong Qi's position. This move, in the name of adjusting the company's layout, gave Ma Zhongquan a higher position, but in fact, it also weakened his power. Zhou Pingan, Ma Zhongquan No one knows whether Zhou Pingan, the top lackey of Quan, will give up the business of Woodpecker and become a pure idol artist agent in this adjustment, or will he refuse to let go and jump out from Ma Zhongquan's hands to become an independent agent. But no matter what Zhou Pingan chooses, the conflict between him and Ma Zhongquan will definitely be buried. And once these agents headed by Zhou Pingan come out of Ma Zhongquan's camp, Ma Zhongquan will be able to take over Xingyu, but the actual power in his hands will be weakened. Hong Qi will still be the controller of the two companies and his position will be stable. "

Lu Yanhe took a deep breath.

"I never thought that there were so many calculations behind the internal adjustment of Xingyu."

"Behind any big move, there must be more than just big calculations. Everyone involved will have their own small calculations." Chen Ziyan said, "After all, if a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth."

Lu Yanhe gave Chen Ziyan a thumbs up.

"I am convinced."

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