Bright Star Road [Entertainment]

After the finals of the "Asian Avenue of Stars" East China Sea Division, Li Wei returned home with a bonus of 10 yuan and a bunch of gifts from sponsors, and then quietly waited for the start of the "Asian Avenue of Stars Finals".But according to the estimates of the production unit, the general election will not start until at least two months later, so Li Wei has a two-month work gap, which is simply too scary for Li Wei who has no other income.

A bonus of 10 yuan may be considered a huge sum of money for salaried workers, but for those working in the entertainment industry, especially idols, it is nothing more than a month's pocket money.Even if Li Wei doesn't go to nightclubs, travel, or buy any luxury items, he still needs to buy basic skin care products, right?A few sets of clothes that can be bought are rarely added, right?And the private clothes you usually wear can't be too low, right?Although Gaia Music Publishing Company can make some income, it is really a drop in the bucket.Moreover, the 10 yuan bonus has to be tax-deducted, plus I anonymously donated 3 yuan to the Salesian Bureau, the remaining money is really not enough for Li Wei to use for a month.

This is the huge difference between an individual artist and an artist of a brokerage company. Generally speaking, the brokerage company will give contracted artists a guaranteed minimum income every month. This money may not be worth mentioning when the artist is popular, but when the artist is down Time, that is life-saving money.Moreover, there is a big company behind you, and you can borrow better brands if you attend the event, and you can get a good discount even if you buy it by hand.And if the mouth is sweeter, the seniors of some companies will also give you clothes that they don't want or don't like very much for free. You can pick and choose and re-match them yourself, which can be regarded as a trendy brand in private | clothes.It's a pity that Li Wei is an individual artist now, so he has to find a job that suits him.

It is also a tragedy to say that the title of "Asian Avenue of Stars" Donghai Division Champion did not help me at all, and there was still no suitable agency to find me.All regular big brokerage firms know that Smart & Associates is blocking Li Wei, and these old foxes will not take any action until Li Wei shows higher value.And those inexplicable pheasant companies brazenly found Li Wei with a 20-year long-term contract, not to mention that Li Wei has a guardian angel who is like a veteran in the entertainment industry, even if Li Wei is in the entertainment industry. After so many years, I wouldn't be stupid enough to sign such a contract.

"I originally thought that Yaxing Production or the brokerage company behind ATV would sign you, but I didn't expect that your professional level is much higher than mine." Chen Wendi said rather embarrassingly.

You must know that on the earth plane, the seed contestants of the talent show were finally signed away by the relevant brokerage companies of the production company.For example, the management contract of "Super Girl" is with Sky Entertainment, while the management contract of "The Voice of China" is with Canxing.But the entertainment industry on Earth Star is extremely developed, and the division of labor is also very detailed.The production company is only responsible for producing the program, the broadcasting platform is only responsible for broadcasting the program, and the artistes in the program have to worry about the contracts of the artists themselves.

If Li Wei was an actor, it would be easy to handle. Most of the actors who do not have a management contract for the time being will hand over their management contract to the Huaxia Actors Union for the time being, but there is no similar organization for singers.

"So basically it is impossible for you to be exposed on the program, unless ATV's own program thinks of you. And not only TV, but even the video platform can't cooperate with you. The power of Smart Agency is really It’s too scary. But since we can’t go to such high-end occasions, we might as well go to those event markets that they don’t bother to interfere with.”

Generally speaking, the top occasion for idols is naturally the big screen, followed by the small screen, and the inside of the magazine cover or the webcast platform.As for those promotional activities, most idols disdain to participate.Moreover, the entertainment circle did not accept those people who were involved in various events and promotions as entertainment circles, and generally gave them a separate circle and despised them.

"Although you are a folk singer, the status of a bar singer does not meet our expectations for the future, so we can only rule it out. The rest is the kind of construction site show, opening show, etc. You can run a big company if you mix well. Ming. And your height and appearance are not bad, you can also try it as a car model, house model, and Showboy."

"Although the construction site show and the opening show are mixed, they also want big names to be the main show, okay? At my level, it's either a warm-up show or a back-up show. I can't even count as a sub-show, and maybe I can't even write a program list. " Li Wei shrugged.

Although Li Wei has never been in contact with these occasions, when he was studying in the United States, Li Wei still used a pseudonym to dive in the forums where some domestic singers often frequent, and he understood the entire ecology of this circle.

"The rule of accounting for the construction site show and the opening show is that the main show takes half, the organizer, deputy show, and host each get [-]%, and the remaining [-]% ​​is shared by other singers, bands, lighting and other staff. Little singers like us Don't dare to offend the band and lighting masters, maybe even the fare is not enough to sing in the end.

As for Wei Ya and Chunming, those are the main battlegrounds for second-tier singers, and unrecognized singers like me are not even on the list of public relations companies.For other occasions such as weddings and birthday banquets, only special public relations companies can introduce them.

Alas, after all, I really can only work as a part-time model.Fortunately, when I was an intern at "VOGUE", I worked as guest models for several small brands, so I still had a solid foundation. "

"If the designers of those brands knew that you were going to be a wild model, they would probably faint in the toilet." Chen Wendi couldn't help complaining.

The modeling world, like all circles, is hierarchical.The model with the highest level is the product spokesperson or brand ambassador, and those who can reach this level are naturally supermodels.The models following them are naturally catwalk models; the next step is to shoot the models for the inside pages of major magazines; the lowest is the commercial models who take photos for the commercial catalogs of various brands.

As for the so-called car models, house models, or ShowGirls, in the eyes of the model circle, they are self-willed and depraved.Although these people like to call themselves young models, in fact, the modeling circle does not recognize their existence at all.

Li Wei's start in the modeling industry is actually quite high, because of Anna's relationship, "VOGUE" has always liked to take care of new and creative designers.And Li Wei, as Anna's senior assistant, naturally has many opportunities to meet these cutting-edge designers, and Li Wei's image is not bad, and he occasionally appears as a guest model of these designers' catwalks.If it wasn't for avoiding suspicion, it would be no problem for Li Wei to appear on the cover of second-tier fashion magazines like "Nylon", "InStyle" or "Seventeen".Even Grace Coddington, the creative director of "VOGUE", joked that she hoped that Li Wei could find time for him to shoot a group of blockbuster films.

If they knew that Li Wei was reduced to becoming a wild model in China, they would probably be able to bring Li Wei back and scold him.

"Isn't it for money now?" Li Wei couldn't help but sighed.While arguing with Chen Wendi, he looked for job opportunities online.

"Luxiange Castle Winery is recruiting short-term exhibition public relations, eight women and two men... This job seems to be quite suitable for me, mainly for wine promotion, not a particularly vulgar occasion. The exhibition I participated in for the first time was the Asian Wine Fair in Donghai, which was held in Donghai International Financial Center, currently the tallest building in Donghai City."

Chen Wendi shrugged and did not express any objection.And Li Wei is also a person who just walks away. He changed into a more mature-looking outfit, then put on sunglasses and a mask and went out.Because it is far away from Li Wei's residence to Donghai International Financial Center, Li Wei chose the subway to travel.

After changing the subway, it took almost an hour in total, and Li Wei finally arrived at the interview center set up by Luxiange Castle in the Park Hyatt Hotel in Donghai International Finance Center.Before coming to the interview, Li Wei checked the Château de Roussian, although it is not as famous as Lafite, it is also an outstanding second-tier winery in France with a long history.Coupled with the fact that the other party was able to open an interview center in a hotel of the level of Park Hyatt, it seems that it still has some background.

In fact, Château de Roussante was originally a noble winery in France, which originally belonged to the kind that the emperor's daughter would not worry about marrying.It is a pity that with the economic decline of the entire European and American markets, Roosango Castle has to target its sales to the Asian market.However, because the layout of Château de Rosinca was too late, the entire Asian market currently only recognizes the five major wineries of Lafite, Latour, Mouton, Margaux and Hongyan Rong, and the wines of other wineries are regarded as low-end in the Asian market. liquor.

How did the people in Luxiange Castle swallow this breath?Although the overall score of Château de Roussandra is indeed a little lower than that of the top five wineries, it is only the difference between 90 points and 85 points. Where is the gap between 100 points and 50 points?What's more, there are several wines in Château de Roussandra that are highly rated in top wine magazines such as Grape Spectator and Decanter.So this time, in order to break into the Asian market, especially the Chinese market, the Marketing Director and Sales Director of Chateau Luxange attended the East China Sea Asian Wine Fair together.

Not only did Lu Xiange Castle buy the biggest and best booth, but they also specifically required all public relations and shopping guides to have aristocratic temperament. At the same time, they also set aside fees. The female shopping guides all wore Chanel dresses, and the male public relations shoppers all wore Burberry suits. Three piece set.But the current headache for Lu Xiange Castle is that female shopping guides are easy to find, but male public relations are hard to find.Because the wine market is mainly aimed at the male market, male shopping guides need to take more responsibility than female shopping guides. After all, men trust the wine recommended by men more.Therefore, the male shopping guide must not only have the level of wine evaluation, but also must be able to pass on Burberry's British suits.

At present, there are three styles of suits in the international market: American style, Italian style and British style.American-style suits are the easiest to wear, because they do not pick your figure at all, but it is also more troublesome to wear American casual styles.Italian-style suits must have the kind of "inverted triangle" men that conform to the traditional European aesthetics, especially the shoulders must be wide, otherwise the Italian-style suits will not be able to support them at all.The British suit is an improvement made on the Italian suit. Although the width of the shoulders has been modified, the waist has been narrowed, so it has become the most difficult suit style for Asians to wear.Because the British suit not only requires men to have a certain inverted triangle figure, but also has a mermaid line at the waist, otherwise the British suit will not fit in at all.Moreover, Burberry's military uniform style also has requirements for men's faces. It is not a man with particularly three-dimensional facial features and a handsome man. Once Burberry is worn, it feels wrong.

That's why the public relations personnel of Luxiange Castle are very worried now, not to mention the level of red wine knowledge, which killed two-thirds of the boys who came for the interview.Burberry's suits are indeed a big brand, but there are not many Chinese who can wear them well.

To be continued...

The author has something to say: The grades of models are actually very easy to distinguish: the ones who can do catwalks are higher than those who can only take pictures, and the ones who can speak for them are higher than those who can only do catwalks.

At present, the top model in China in the world is Liu Wen.

The shows she walks now are basically the four major fashion weeks, and some cutting-edge brands in the fashion weeks will invite her to walk wide open (the first model to walk at the press conference) and close (the last model to walk at the press conference) ).The covers she shoots are basically first-line women's magazines, and the brands she endorses are at the level of Estee Lauder.

But Liu Wen is not yet the top among supermodels, she can only be regarded as a middle-level supermodel.