Turn over from love

Chapter 171: Believe It Or Not

Lu Zhou has been very busy recently, not only busy writing songs, recording songs, practicing the piano, running performances, accepting commercials, but also meeting various people.

Today, I just practiced the piano for an hour under the urging of Mr. Qin in the middle of the gap, and I will rush to the next appointment immediately after I come out.

The person to meet this time is Qiu Mingbo.

It was the first time the two of them met face to face today after they had been secretly dragging each other for so long.

Because the working hours of each other are tight today, they both squeeze time out to meet each other, so the two of them have a tacit understanding, hardly waste time in meeting, and get straight to the point.

"I heard from Cheng Yi that you are very eager to cooperate with me, and you locked me in when you first looked for an agent."

Qiu Mingbo is a 39-year-old man, slightly fat, with a belly that tends to become fat in middle age, and wears black-rimmed glasses.

The tone that came up was quite confident and strong, gaining the upper hand.

This aura is quite in line with a veteran manager who has been in the entertainment industry for many years.

Lu Zhou nodded with a smile, and admitted, "Indeed."

"It's a great honor for Bogo to agree to cooperate with us. I believe that with the blessing of Bogo's ability in the future, Legendary Entertainment will definitely break into a great world in the entertainment industry in the future."

Lu Zhou began to smear honey on his mouth, and said nice words.

"We haven't even started talking, how can you be sure that I will agree to join you?"

Qiu Mingbo took a sip of his cocktail, and looked at Lu Zhou's calm posture with great interest.

"The terms of cooperation that Legendary Entertainment can offer, Brother Cheng Yi must have had an in-depth discussion with you before. You rejected us at first, but in the end you changed your mind and were willing to come out to see me. Doesn't this mean that you have decided to cooperate? ?”

Lu Zhou didn't intend to go around with him, and directly opened the skylight to speak frankly.

Qiu Mingbo likes this kind of smart and straightforward people. He pushed a document he brought in front of Lu Zhou.

"I have added three terms of cooperation to the original basis. Take a look, if you agree, then the cooperation will be happy." He said.

Lu Zhou took the document and read it carefully.

Most of the content was provided to him by them before, and Qiu Mingbo marked the three additional conditions in red.

One, it is required to hold shares in Legendary Entertainment.

Second, the identity of the executive director of the artist's strategy cannot be just name without power, he must have enough say in the artist's future planning.

Three, he has three or four artists whose contracts are about to expire, and their careers in the industry are all good, and they are currently in the stage of rising.He is allowed to bring these artists to Legendary Entertainment together, and the artist's contract needs to be checked by him first before signing.

Qiu Mingbo's spirit has dropped a lot due to the pitfalls he stepped on in Shixiang Entertainment. The conditions he raised did not appear in very sharp terms.

The conditions feel that they are still within a reasonable range, and Qiu Mingbo still left a relatively large room for negotiation for both parties.

At first glance, it doesn't seem so unacceptable.

But Lu Zhou watched it silently, pondered for a while, and then opened his mouth with a half-smile.

"Let me answer one by one."

Lu Zhou looked at the words on the document, and said slowly:
"First, it's no problem if you want to invest in Legendary Entertainment. If you join us, you will be an important strategic head of the company, and you should be given shares. But the premise is that the entry time must first meet the minimum standards required by the company. "

"We will have a meeting to discuss this, and we will write it into the contract if there is no problem after discussion. Do you have any objection to this arrangement?"

Qiu Mingbo thought it was reasonable, nodded and said, "Yes."

Lu Zhou looked at the second condition on the document.

"The executive president of artists should have enough right to speak about the signed artists of the company. Otherwise, we would have worked so hard to find you, and it would be impossible to find you for decoration? The development plan of the company's artists, except for me, everyone else You are solely responsible."

"However, for each contracted artist's career plan, it needs to be reported to the board of directors on a regular and detailed basis. If there is any concealment, concealment or misreporting, the team you lead needs to take full responsibility."

"Is there any problem with this request?"

After speaking, Lu Zhou looked up at Qiu Mingbo again, asking for advice.

Qiu Mingbo narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Lu Zhou for a while, and then nodded in response: "OK, reasonable."

Lu Zhou nodded and looked at the document, turned the phone in his hand, and said, "But the third condition, I'm sorry, I can't agree."

Qiu Mingbo frowned upon hearing this.

He originally thought that the third condition would be the most straightforward one that Lu Zhou agreed to, and he even thought that he would feel lucky that he could bring an artist to Legendary Entertainment.

In the end... this one was the only one that was rejected by Lu Zhou?

"why?"

Qiu Mingbo asked the doubts in his heart.

"These artists are very good artists and can bring a lot of income to Legendary Entertainment. I don't quite understand why you don't agree to sign them?"

Lu Zhou pushed the file back to Qiu Mingbo's desktop, smiled, and said:

"They have already mixed their own achievements. In fact, they don't have to worry about signing with good companies. It is better to go to other big companies for resources, which is more beneficial to their development."

"As for our company, I hope to leave more signing opportunities to those artists who have not yet made their mark, and cultivate their fame from scratch."

Qiu Mingbo frowned again.

"The cost will be very high, and it will be a long process. Artists go from being famous to becoming famous. If they are unlucky, it will take several years to waste."

"You are someone who has experienced it, and you should understand the hardships. If you change the angle, it is the same for the company."

Qiu Mingbo couldn't understand Lu Zhou's thoughts.

Lu Zhou: "So what we have to do is to keep our eyes open and select artists with great potential, and try our best to let them make achievements in the shortest possible time."

He smiled and said, "Isn't this more challenging?"

Qiu Mingbo: "???"

What is he doing?
Whimsical?
At a young age, his ambition is not ordinary.

Is it that easy to choose an artist with great potential?Is it so easy to make them popular in a short time?

Before, he thought that Lu Zhou was not a simple person, but now Qiu Mingbo suddenly felt that he was too blindly confident?
Qiu Mingbo: "This is very challenging, but this road is not as easy as you think. Now Legendary Entertainment is only available to you. If you add more famous artists, it will be easy to get resources in the circle."

Lu Zhou knew that Qiu Mingbo was still struggling, so he smiled and said again:
"Boge, if you want to break through the bottleneck period of your career, you need to get out of your comfort zone and give it a go."

"Just like I did back then, if I hadn't given up and terminated the contract with Jinhua Entertainment, maybe I would still be squatting in the idol trainee's rehearsal room today, sweating profusely."

Qiu Mingbo was stunned when he heard this.

Damn, although I don't like his rhetoric, but he is right.

"You seem to be very confident in yourself." Qiu Mingbo raised his eyebrows.

"Of course, I don't have enough self-confidence, and I dare not open the door to you, do I?"

"But Brother Bo, are you confident in your new start?" Lu Zhou asked seriously.

This question is simply a question of the soul.

Qiu Mingbo paused.

Yeah, is he confident enough to start over?

If so, why does he always want to bring his old man to fight with him wherever he goes?
Is this also another act of insecurity?
After enlightenment, Qiu Mingbo was shocked in his heart.

It turned out that he was not confident enough.

He relies too much on his past achievements and aura in the entertainment industry, so the burden is getting heavier and heavier, and he has to carry it with him wherever he goes.

These are his burdens, as well as his achievements, and the basic guarantee for him to prove that he will never be defeated!

If you want to break through, you have to get out of your comfort zone.

Qiu Mingbo was finally persuaded.

When Lu Zhou left, he sent Pan Chengyi a message: [OK].

Pan Chengyi: [You cow]
……

The three-day consideration was not long, and before the day when Lu Zhou made an appointment to meet Xu Junze arrived, Qi Jiajia gave him the final answer.

Fortunately, so far, everything that Lu Zhou took the initiative to plan is still within his prediction.

The meeting with Xu Junze was in his office.

It was a night, and almost all the employees left after get off work, and a few were working overtime, but they didn't notice Lu Zhou's arrival.

Lu Zhou had been busy all day and was quite exhausted. When he saw Xu Junze, his face looked a little serious.

At first glance, Xu Junze felt that something was wrong in secret. Could it be that this expression is really for accountability?So Lu Zhou really has a marketing addiction?
The corner of his mouth twitched, revealing a slightly awkward smile.

It would be somewhat embarrassing. He used to have a good relationship with Lu Zhou on the show, but now he is secretly helping his ex-girlfriend bind him to hype him. From Lu Zhou's point of view, there will definitely be an uncomfortable feeling of being stabbed in the back by a friend.

But Xu Junze is doing traffic management, so he really has so many scruples, so he doesn't have to play.

Responding to customer needs and meeting customer goals is what he has to consider. Li Jiayan is now half of his customers, but Lu Zhou is not.

At most, Lu Zhou is a friend who may not be in contact with him very much in the future.

He is a public figure now, and a public figure should be prepared to be used for hype.

Xu Junze thought so.

"You look a little thinner, are you busy with work after the show?" Xu Junze started the meeting of friends.

Lu Zhou found a chair at random and sat down, sighed softly, and said, "I'm really busy, but I'm not because I'm busy, but because I want to look better in front of the camera."

Xu Junze smiled and nodded to express his understanding. They are all familiar with the work in front of the camera, and they all know that proper image management requirements are inevitable.

"Want something to drink?" he asked.

Lu Zhou: "Just boiled water."

Xu Junze got up and poured Lu Zhou a glass of warm water.

"The last time I made an appointment to have dinner, but the meal was canceled due to conflicts in the schedule, and I came to see me so late today, tell me, what do you want from me?"

Xu Junze glanced at the kraft paper bag on Lu Zhou's lap, and got straight to the point.

Lu Zhou took the water glass, raised his head and drank half of it in one breath, obviously really thirsty.

"There is a cooperation I want to talk to you about."

After drinking the water, he put the water glass on the low table beside him, took out a document from the file bag, and handed it to Xu Junze.

"Look, are you interested?" He went straight to the point.

Xu Junze was stunned for a long time before taking it over, "About cooperation?"

Didn't he come to ask for responsibility?
That's weird.

Lu Zhou: "I want to invest in you for this project. If you think it's a good idea, we will cooperate."

After Xu Junze roughly read the content of the document, the way he looked at Lu Zhou was different from before.

It's not easy for a person in the entertainment industry to know so much about the internet celebrity industry.

"You are an Internet celebrity MCN, what do you think of the current Internet celebrity brokerage market?" Seeing that Xu Junze had finished reading the content, Lu Zhou asked with a smile.

"The market is quite big, but the competition is also quite fierce. Everyone is thinking hard about creating top Internet celebrities, but the content that can be dug up is almost the same. The audience is tired of aesthetics, and the content development tends to be saturated."

"If you want your internet celebrities to stand out from the army of internet celebrities, you have to play with the characteristics that you can really play, and make them have a long-term topicality, otherwise even if they get to the top, they will be silent in a short time .”

"In the current Internet celebrity brokerage market, it is easy to do if you say it is easy to do, and it is not easy to do it if you say it is not good. It depends on the scale you want to achieve."

Xu Junze put down the document and told the truth.

He is not afraid of getting to the bottom of it. After all, not everyone can figure out the way to play in this industry.The water is deep, of course not as deep as the entertainment industry, but the depth of the entertainment industry is not the same as the depth of the Internet celebrity industry.

"Internet celebrity managers are different from artist managers," Lu Zhou said.

"The success of Internet celebrities is too low to be replicated. The previous model was successfully played. You want to apply the template to train the next generation to play the same way, but after a lot of tossing, you find that you can't play it anymore.

But artist management is another state.

After cultivating a successful artist, the brokerage company can often continue to produce several generations through a one-stop mature training system. The front waves die on the beach, and the back waves are continuously picked up. This is what artist brokers play. "

"Why can an artist agent do this, but it's a bit difficult for an internet celebrity agent to do so, do you know why?"

Lu Zhou looked at Xu Junze with a half-smile, and asked him the question.

Lu Zhou's words just now caused Xu Junze to think deeply, and he frowned and considered carefully.

"Most of the works of Internet celebrities are not hard enough, and they are too replaceable. The works of artists are different. Most of them are carefully crafted by the team. As long as the works are always there, they have a place in the hearts of the audience. Therefore, the works of artists Fame will last for a long time, Internet celebrities are easy to explode, but it is difficult to last long."

"If an internet celebrity brokerage wants to become an artist brokerage model, the capital support and team effort behind it will be another level."

Lu Zhou showed a satisfied smile: "That's right."

"So you want to break through the bottleneck as an Internet celebrity broker, and simply signing potential Internet celebrities will not make your dream come true."

"If you want to break through, you have to change the model."

"Starlink MCN has reached today's level, and its growth has declined. The root cause is not Chu Yao's departure, but that it has reached this level and has basically touched the ceiling."

Lu Zhou mentioned Chu Yao, which was also Xu Junze's knot.

Xu Junze was shocked and couldn't calm down for a long time.

Lu Zhou said: "Are you interested in changing the model to try the water? Using a game similar to artist brokerage to challenge Internet celebrity brokerage, maybe the rewards will be different."

Xu Junze: "I'm not familiar with artist management."

"You are familiar with playing, no one is born with it, but you have an advantage, so I want to find you to cooperate."

Lu Zhou smiled, and tapped the document with his index finger.

"We can jointly build a new Internet celebrity brokerage content company to mass-produce Internet celebrities who can play short dramas. You are responsible for digging and cultivating and outputting Internet celebrities with potential in this area. I will provide the content industry chain and entertainment. The gameplay and resources of the circle."

Xu Junze is still in the stage of hesitation, "Short dramas are still a blank market. I haven't studied them yet, so I'm not sure if I can make a head start."

Lu Zhou: "Because it is a blank market, we have to take the lead in leading the trend to seize the market and reap the first wave of dividends. Afterwards, if we have the strength, we can further develop excellent content. If you do well, you may have the opportunity to transform the entertainment industry."

"Believe me, society has entered into a short-term entertainment mode, and short dramas will definitely have a big market in the near future, sooner or later."

Lu Zhou gave Xu Junze a sense of confidence.

Xu Junze thought for a long time, and replied: "It's not impossible to try. But you just said that you provide the content industry chain, and you are only engaged in music. How can you provide this kind of content? Do you have the resources?"

Lu Zhou smiled, "Don't worry, I have it, and it's basically in place, so I'll send someone now."

Of course he has, and he's bought an entire site's library of fiction.Then find the screenwriter to sort it out, isn't it all right?

Lu Zhou's phone rang, he took a look at it, and then refused to answer it.

"Think about it carefully, and give me an answer if you intend to cooperate."

"Is a week enough? If I don't get your response after a week, then I'll find someone else. I originally locked two potential partners, one is you and the other is Wang Bin..."

Xu Junze: "..."

Wang Bin, Gan, that's his opponent.

Lu Zhou, you are a ruthless person.

"I haven't talked to Wang Bin yet. After all, you are my first candidate for cooperation." Lu Zhou said.

Xu Junze: "Let me think about it first and give you an answer within a week."

"Okay." Lu Zhou pursed his lips and smiled, "Oh, yes, there is one more thing."

Xu Junze didn't understand, so he asked, "What?"

"Has Jia Yan ever visited you?" Lu Zhou asked with a smile.

Xu Junze's heart skipped a beat, will what should come always come?

"Looked for it." He didn't hide it from him.

"Did you sign her?" Lu Zhou asked bluntly.

Xu Junze froze for a moment, "What?"

"Jiayan posted a video of "Starry Night Sonata" playing the piano on DouLe before, was it your plan for her?" Lu Zhou asked with a half-smile.

The corners of Xu Junze's lips trembled, "It's me."

He knew it all, so there was no need to hide it.

"She came to me for help, so I gave a suggestion. I thought it would be the best of both worlds for both of you. She benefited, and you also benefited. You should have no objection?"

Xu Junze chuckled.

Lu Zhou smiled, and didn't say whether he had any objections, "You want to sign her into your star chain. Now that she has tasted the sweetness, she also intends to cooperate with you. Am I right?"

Xu Junze: "That's right."

He couldn't help sighing in his heart: This kid has a really bright mind, he can guess right.

"Did you sign her?" Lu Zhou asked again.

Xu Junze shook his head, "Not yet, ready to sign, still negotiating conditions."

Lu Zhou thought for a while and said, "If you intend to cooperate with me, I have a small additional condition."

Xu Junze looked at him suspiciously, "What condition?"

Lu Zhou: "You can sign Li Jiayan, but you have to sign her into our cooperative company. If you agree, I will wait for your cooperation reply in a week. If you don't agree, then I won't wait."

Xu Junze narrowed his eyes slightly, why?

Does this have anything to do with Li Jiayan?

Sign Li Jiayan into his cooperative company with Lu Zhou?Is he planning to control the future development of his ex-girlfriend?What hobby?Isn't he not interested in Li Jiayan?Fake?

"Are you still in love with her?" Xu Junze joked.

"No, it's just that if she insists on going this way, I think it's more reassuring to keep it under my nose. I don't like you poking holes for me every now and then."

Lu Zhou confessed.

"It won't do you much good if you sign her into Starlink, and you won't lose anything if you put her in our cooperative company."

Signing her into the star chain is not only of no benefit, it will simply pull you into the abyss of eternal calamity.Brother, it was because of her that your career hit rock bottom in your last life.

"But Jia Yan is not suitable for playing short dramas, she is in the direction of music, which is not suitable at all." Xu Junze felt that Lu Zhou had lost his skills from here on.

"Wrong, you are wrong to bet that she will be popular in the direction of music. On the contrary, she is suitable for short dramas, and I predict that she will be the head of this industry in the future. Believe it or not, anyway, I Know her better than you."

Lu Zhou said seriously.

Lu Zhou's point of view overturned Xu Junze's cognition.

Lu Zhou's phone rang again. He got up with his mobile phone and said, "Brother Jun, think about it carefully. I still have some work here, so I have to go first and keep in touch."

Xu Junze nodded and sent Lu Zhou out the door.

(End of this chapter)