Chapter 81 Chapter 81
Zhou Chengyan was still in a daze even after joining the company.
Not to mention the treatment of being personally picked up by President Gu, the entire building of Jingchuan Entertainment, and all the entertainment companies in that building knew about it.
Looking at the former boss's remorseful and dejected expression, and Liang Xiaowei's face full of envy and shock beside him.
Zhou Chengyan felt that he had finally released all the resentment he had accumulated over the years.
Once he arrived at the company, it was a completely different experience.
Previously, Zhou Chengyan had only heard that Le Shi had good treatment and conditions, but he had no concept of how good it was.
Until he joined Le Shi himself.
He won't even mention the basic things like the work environment and salary, Le Shi directly brought them to the top level.
The most important point.
Le Shi's work atmosphere is very relaxed.
Because of abundant resources, artists don't need to fight each other for resources; the main focus is on ability. The job of a manager is to find the right positioning for the artist and select suitable resources for them.
Although there is competition within Le Shi, it's all benign, competing in ability and effort.
As long as you have the ability, you won't have trouble getting ahead.
Therefore, the artists in Le Shi have particularly good and united relationships.
Previously, a newcomer from Le Shi participated in a variety show and was targeted by an older guest because of their outstanding performance.
As a result, before the variety show even finished recording, they summoned Cheng Xin from the neighboring studio, and it only ended when the guest apologized to the newcomer.
Because of this, there's a saying circulating in the industry—Don't offend anyone from Le Shi, not even an assistant.
After all, no one knows what kind of "monster" the other party might summon!
Zhou Chengyan deeply agreed with this.
After all, he had just joined Le Shi, and when he was being targeted, he played his hidden card—President Gu.
After introducing the company's situation, Gu Xing Shi asked someone to take him to the Artist Management Department, where the artists are trainees who haven't debuted yet or artists who don't currently have a manager.
Zhou Chengyan was very clear.
As a manager, especially a newcomer, you generally can't sign artists on your own at the beginning; instead, you must follow the company's arrangements and manage the artists assigned by the company.
These artists are often the ones left over after being picked by other managers.
This can be considered an unspoken rule of major management companies. Therefore, Zhou Chengyan wasn't surprised by Gu Xing Shi's arrangement.
Lu Haoxing and the others were assigned to him in this way. He didn't believe that the artists who passed through layers of selection and entered Le Shi couldn't possibly be worse than Lu Haoxing and the others, right?
Then he saw these people practicing, and he was dumbfounded.
Such amazing people were left over by others?!
And the trainees, their looks, singing, and dancing all beat many active boy and girl groups!
He would be overjoyed to find one such talent, but now he has a whole bunch in front of him, and none of them are wanted.
Zhou Chengyan, who had suffered for so many years and suddenly became rich, felt heartbroken to see these good seedlings wasting their time.
If he hadn't retained a bit of rationality, he really wanted to grab them all into his arms.
The director of the Artist Management Department couldn't help but laugh after hearing his words: "Our Le Shi is different from other companies; it's not that if there's no manager, there's no work. Besides, they aren't left over."
"For example, Lin Xiaoyu, Manager Lin... oh no, she should be called Director Lin now. She only wants to be Qian Wei's manager, and President Gu agreed to her, but she will also be responsible for some of the company's other artists' affairs."
Zhou Chengyan thoughtfully said: "Shared artist management?"
Shared artist management refers to multiple managers serving one artist, such as someone responsible for the artist's film and television contracts and someone responsible for the artist's commercial contracts, etc.
And each manager will also serve multiple artists at the same time, with clear division of labor and no interference with each other.
This model is more popular abroad and is mainly for big-name artists.
Domestic managers are more accustomed to being bound to artists, taking care of both work and life.
The director continued: "Our company won't force a certain artist and manager to be bound, after all, President Gu said that a forced melon isn't sweet. We hope that there will be more mutual understanding of ideas between managers and artists. We'll choose to cooperate only when both parties are willing."
After hearing this, Zhou Chengyan's eyes became slightly moist.
Back when he was in his original company, when he was assigned to Lu Haoxing and those troublesome people, he had no room to refuse.
He wasn't born to wipe other people's butts.
It was only because he couldn't refuse and had a sense of responsibility that he persisted year after year.
The director told him that if he had an artist he wanted to manage, he could communicate with the other party. If both parties were willing, they could first have a three-month trial period to see if they're a good fit. Then, after both parties are satisfied, they can sign a formal management contract.
This model was new to Zhou Chengyan, but he quickly accepted it.
After getting a comprehensive understanding of these artists, Zhou Chengyan and a male actor named Yan Jingxi started cooperating.
Yan Jingxi has a clean and refreshing appearance, with the temperament of a boy next door and a bit of the currently popular athletic senior vibe.
Right now, there are two scripts in front of him.
One is the male lead in a low-budget sweet drama, and the other is the male fourth in a highly anticipated big-IP Xianxia drama.
After analyzing, Zhou Chengyan decided to let him take the male lead in the sweet drama.
Just before telling Yan Jingxi this, he suddenly remembered Yao Zidong and hesitated.
Yao Zidong betrayed him because of a similar role in a big-IP drama.
After all, as a manager, Zhou Chengyan had to consider subsequent resources, the actor's positioning, and career planning.
But the artist only needs to consider one thing, and that is to become famous.
So, he subconsciously explained a little more: "You're relatively young now, and your positioning isn't clear yet. Playing a role that fits your temperament will help the audience remember you better. Although that IP drama looks popular, that male fourth role doesn't really suit your temperament. The effect might not be very good if you play it."
He paused, "Although this sweet drama doesn't have as much attention as the IP drama, the script is good, and if you act well, there's still hope of becoming a little famous."
Yan Jingxi nodded: "I understand, Brother Zhou."
Zhou Chengyan was stunned: "You... really understand? If you have any dissatisfaction or opinions, you can tell me directly."
Yan Jingxi honestly shook his head: "Brother Zhou, I don't have any opinions; what you said makes sense, I'll listen to you."
Zhou Chengyan had seen many rebellious artists before, and this was the first time he had seen such a well-behaved artist; he was a little unaccustomed to it.
Yan Jingxi even comforted him: "Brother Zhou, you're a manager personally invited by President Gu! You need to have confidence in yourself!"
Zhou Chengyan: "..."
After years in the industry, he had comforted countless artists, but this was the first time he had been comforted by an artist.
But it has to be said that this feeling was really good!
Yan Jingxi was indeed a very easy-going artist.
He is a self-disciplined and hardworking artist, which is the standard of Le Shi.
Moreover, he trusts Zhou Chengyan very much, and whatever Zhou Chengyan says, he will always implement it without discount.
Zhou Chengyan arranged a few more announcements for him based on his persona.
As a result, one day after an announcement ended, Zhou Chengyan received a call from Yan Jingxi.
Yan Jingxi on the other end of the phone was extremely guilty and anxious: "Brother Zhou, I... I seem to have been photographed!"
Zhou Chengyan: "!!!"
What's coming will always come!
He quickly calmed down and calmly asked: "Don't panic, first tell me, what was photographed?"
At the same time, various public relations measures were constantly flashing through his mind.
Then he heard Yan Jingxi say in a low voice: "Height-increasing insoles!"
Zhou Chengyan's brain froze: "...What?"
Yan Jingxi sadly said: "Now everyone knows I'm lying, I'm not 180cm tall, woohoo..."
Zhou Chengyan: "..."
He didn't know what to say for a while.
That's it??
He couldn't help but ask: "Jingxi, is there nothing more serious?"
Yan Jingxi: "Isn't this serious? This is the dignity of a male actor!"
Zhou Chengyan: "..."
That night, he looked at his PR plan.
It felt like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Is this Le Shi?
Life is really lonely as snow!
He casually flipped through the Weibo hot searches, and then saw a familiar name.
#Jiang ManmanHomewrecker#
#JiangManmanMiscarriage#
[Laughing to death, habitual miscarriage, no wonder it's called a relapse of an old injury!]
[A female star being cheated on by a scumbag, I usually sympathize with the woman, but Jiang Manman is completely unsympathetic. Knowing that he is a scumbag, she still clings to him. The filter of the national sweetheart is completely shattered.]
[I've been a fan of Jiang Manman for many years, I'm really tired. She always says she wants to work hard, but her acting skills are always bad. She talks about being an independent and clear-headed heroine, but privately she's a love-brained woman who clings to a scumbag. Now that I think about it, I wasn't a fan of her as a person; it was all persona!]
[Wasn't Jiang Manman's black material exposed before? It was only because the company reacted quickly that it didn't spread widely.]
[No way, isn't Jiang Manman's company pretty trash? Didn't the fans want to change managers before and even trended on the hot searches?]
[I just went to look at Jiang Manman's previous PR drafts, I can only say, the former manager was awesome! Even this kind of black material can be PR'd back to the limit?!]
[So, Jiang Manman's fans got what they asked for! They changed managers, and as a result, they ruined their own idol.]
...
Zhou Chengyan was astonished.
He had clearly arranged everything before he left, how could it have been exposed?
Gu Xing Shi was also asking the system the same question.
System: [After Zhou Chengyan left Jingchuan Entertainment, Jiang Manman was assigned to another manager. Seeing that Jiang Manman was hospitalized, the other manager transferred her assistant to his other artist.]
[Without an assistant watching her, Jiang Manman actually contacted that scumbag again. The scumbag even came to the hospital to see her, but was discovered by the scumbag's wife, who brought people to the hospital to beat up the mistress, and even posted a short video online, exposing Jiang Manman's past experiences.]
[The new manager's PR skills are not very good, anyway, things got bigger, Jiang Manman also fell, and because it was a scandal, she also had to pay a large sum of money to the brands whose endorsements she lost...]
Gu Xing Shi: [...]
System: [Not only Jiang Manman, Lu Haoxing also had an accident!]
Gu Xing Shi: [Quickly tell me to make me happy.]
System: [...After he changed his new manager, he was still as arrogant and willful as before, running around, and as a result, he was photographed again. The new manager was very angry, and guess what he said?]
Gu Xing Shi curiously asked: [What did he say?]
System: [He said, Brother Zhou could handle this kind of thing before, why can't you? Because he spoke very harshly and his attitude was annoying, the new manager directly hit him, and they fought like that. A neighbor called the police, and they were photographed when they were taken to the police station. Then they were photographed as being arrested for prostitution.]
[Because of his previous scandals, netizens still believed it, and the company's clarification wasn't believed by anyone, anyway, he completely collapsed, and now he's also finished.]
Gu Xing Shi: [...I'm not surprised at all.]
If it weren't for Zhou Chengyan, they would have collapsed long ago.
Thinking about it now, Zhou Chengyan's mental strength is quite strong. After working with these troublesome people for so many years, he still hasn't collapsed.
Thinking this, Gu Xing Shi silently sent Zhou Chengyan a thumbs-up.
Zhou Chengyan, who was receiving Gu Xing Shi's WeChat, was wearing a pained expression.
"Old Zhou, how's your dance practice going?"
Zhou Chengyan thought that everything was good about Le Shi, except for one thing—
Why is it that at the annual meeting of an entertainment company, it's not the artists who go up to dance, but the managers ah!!!