“A hundred thousand tickets sold?”

"Well, they're sold out. Mr. Lu, should we print 200,000 copies for the next batch?"

"No, 100,000. 100,000 is good."

"Oh, Mr. Lu, are you doing this kind of hunger marketing?"

“I guess so.”

"Okay, then I'll talk to the manufacturer and ask them to continue printing 100,000 albums?"

"Yeah, okay."

The album "Sailor" was a huge hit.

Although these sales cannot be compared with the album sales of An Xiao and others, Lu Yuan is very satisfied in his heart.

He was very happy when he saw 800,000 yuan deposited into his bank card, and even the worry that had been bothering him for so many days completely disappeared.

Of course, the 800,000 yuan was not all his money. He also had to give Wang Long a commission of about 100,000 yuan, which had to be immediately transferred to Wang Long's account. One hundred thousand yuan might have seemed like a terrifying amount to Lu Yuan before, but it was completely different now.

There is nothing wrong in giving 100,000 out of 800,000 to Wang Long.

He has money!

Of course, the popularity of the album did not make Lu Yuan lose his mind and feel that he was extremely awesome.

It is impossible for him to print an additional 200,000 copies in an instant. After all, he has to consider issues such as cost and risk. He thinks it is right to be safe, and the overall album market is now on a downward trend. No one can guarantee that sales will remain the same in the next moment. What if he prints 300,000 copies and they can't be sold?

Lu Yuan thought that one hundred thousand tickets was quite a lot.

Of course, Lu Yuan is scolded every day on Weibo. Countless fans scold Lu Yuan for being a scumbag and using hunger marketing and other things all day long.

Lu Yuan doesn't care about this at all. The more you scold him, the happier he is. He still goes on as usual and sends hundreds of thousands of photos every day. The more you scold him, the more popular he becomes. What does popularity mean?

This means that in the future you can make money by simply advertising anything!

Moreover, this guy dares to curse himself when he gets impulsive, so is he afraid of being cursed by others?

Doesn't exist!

Not afraid at all!

Curse now, curse hard!

Two days later, word of mouth for the album "Sailor" began to gradually ferment, and the positive reviews continued to increase.

At first, everyone bought the tickets because of Lu Yuan’s advertisement, but after they listened to Wang Long singing "Sailor" and "Long Live Youth" in his vicissitudes of life tone, they found themselves gradually infected by Wang Long's voice.

These two songs are not bad and are very infectious.

One is positive and inspirational, while the other is sad and can directly resonate with you.

This kind of resonance can easily create a word-of-mouth effect among netizens. As word of mouth gradually ferments, people who come to buy the "Sailor" album have changed from supporting Lu Yuan to truly wanting to own this album.

Hunger marketing is really effective!

Although countless trolls online were scolding Lu Yuan for his hunger marketing and vowed not to buy the "Sailor" album, unfortunately, even though they all understood the routine, they still couldn't escape the law of "true fragrance". They lined up early in the morning every day to grab the album, and the 100,000 albums were basically sold out in half a day. Those who got the album were very excited, and those who didn't were speechless.

January 22nd.

The streets and alleys also began to change gradually.

You can hear Wang Long's "Sailor" on any street you walk on. In the evening, "Sailor" and "Long Live Youth" are basically must-order songs in bars. The song usually starts with "Sailor" and ends with "Long Live Youth".

As the song became more and more popular, Wang Long also started to become different from before.

He was previously unknown, but gradually became popular on the Internet. His fans gradually recognized this simple and honest middle-aged man who sang with a vicissitudes of life, and they even dug up Wang Long's past...

Many folk music lovers were deeply moved after seeing Wang Long's past. Combining his rough experiences, the song "Long Live Youth" seemed particularly interesting to them. Later, they became Wang Long's loyal fans. Some people even spontaneously built a forum called "Wang Long's Hut" in Sohu. Hundreds of people enter the forum to post messages every day.

When Wang Long saw his popularity gradually increasing and saw the 100,000 yuan commission in his account, he was so excited that he ran to Lu Yuan's office like a middle-aged child. He said some very grateful words to Lu Yuan in a very excited manner. He was even so excited that he began to speak incoherently.

He got a new life!

Yes! If he hadn't met Lu Yuan, he would probably still be a busy middle-aged man.

I can’t see my dreams, let alone hope, and my life is like a joke.

All these glories could never belong to him!

But, now it’s different!

He was lucky to meet Lu Yuan!

I met a noble person in my life.

Now he sees the dawn of success and the opportunity to prove himself!

In response to Wang Long’s excitement, Lu Yuan didn’t say anything else. He just patted him on the shoulder and said, “Come on!”

The picture of a young man patting a middle-aged man on the shoulder and saying "come on" was very strange, especially the young man's encouraging look in an old-fashioned way, which was very incongruous, but Wang Long didn't have any other feeling.

He only knew that Lu Yuan's words were a great encouragement to him, more beautiful than any heartfelt words!

When leaving Lu Yuan's office, he looked at the word "remote" and clenched his fists!

You must do a good job!

You must do a good job!

We can’t let President Lu down!

This is just the beginning!

call!

The future will be better!

…

"Boss Zheng...we must talk this time."

"I know."

"Mr. Zheng, you..."

"I understand. Let's go."

Lu Yuan was in high spirits and felt extremely happy, but Zheng Tianlong, on the other hand, was speechless and came to Hengdian again.

The first two times he was still putting on airs, even saying harsh words like Lu Yuan would come to him for begging sooner or later, but this time he found himself slapped in the face, and slapped very hard.

I can hardly breathe, don’t you think it’s cruel?

The words of the friend from the relevant department left him stunned for a long time. Then he thought for a long time and called the friend again.

He carefully asked his friend Lu Yuan, who was in charge of the department, whether he had any connections with the higher-ups.

But the friend said he didn't know, and warned him that no matter how much he hated Lu Yuan, the "Wanderer", he should not touch him.

Don't do anything stupid!

This made Zheng Tianlong very depressed.

After encountering an inexplicable setback here, Mr. Li, the big boss of the company over there, also became very dissatisfied with him.

I asked you to sign a contract but you failed twice in a row!

What are you doing?

That's fine, but what's even more speechless is that you shamelessly promised me before that Lu Yuan would definitely come to beg you, and told me not to worry...

I'm indeed not in a hurry. I understand that you have the means, but it has been more than ten days. Has Lu Yuan come to beg you?

He is enjoying himself and selling albums very happily, who would care about you?

You are at ease, but Jenny over there is starting to be dissatisfied with our efficiency.

How can she be satisfied if she can't even do a small thing well?

The big boss Mr. Li got furious at him for the first time and told him that if he couldn't get it done, he'd better pack up and leave!

If Zheng Tianlong had not worked diligently in Huajin for decades and was relatively reliable, Mr. Li would have suspected that Zheng Tianlong was a spy sent by Tianyu to steal the brand.

Otherwise, would you do such a fucked up thing?

Under such circumstances, how could Zheng Tianlong not be depressed?

"Boss Zheng, actually, we should put aside our pride..."

"Haha." Zheng Tianlong laughed.

face?

Do I still have face?

When he came to East Street again, Zheng Tianlong even felt that his face had been completely trampled on by Lu Yuan. !

However, what else can he do now?

I can only continue to meet Lu Yuan, continue to talk about the contract issue of "Romance of Love", and continue to be thick-skinned.

After arriving at the door of the remote company, he gritted his teeth and finally walked in again with his assistant.

…

"Ah, Mr. Zheng, you're here. Please take a seat. Wu Tingting, go and pour the tea!"

"Mr. Lu, this is the third time we have met."

"Yes, please sit down."

In the conference room, Lu Yuan showed the same silly smile that made Zheng Tianlong feel uncomfortable as before, and he still looked very enthusiastic.

Zheng Tianlong also forced a smile and looked at Lu Yuan, but it was still so forced.

Many things have not changed, but many things are starting to be different.

"Boss Zheng, after returning to the company, I thought about it for a long time and felt that some parts of our Huajin contract were indeed inconsistent with Boss Zheng's agreement, so I came here specially to change the agreement this time."

"Changed?"

"Well, it has been changed. Everything is in accordance with Mr. Lu's requirements. You said the authorization is for one year, so it is one year. This is our contract. Take a look."

"Oh, can you tell me the name of the movie now?"

"This is the only thing that doesn't work." Zheng Tianlong shook his head.

"Mr. Zheng, you know me. I've said before that I don't want you to hide anything from me. I have the right to know."

"It's "California Nights", a pure love movie directed by James and starring Roman!" When Zheng Tianlong wanted to say something, Xiao Zhang, who had been silent before, suddenly spoke.

"Xiao Zhang, what are you doing?" Zheng Tianlong glared at Xiao Zhang.

"Mr. Zheng, I always feel that when cooperating with Mr. Lu, we must have a sincere attitude. Even if you fire me, I will still say it. After all, I don't agree with your approach. We must be sincere!" Xiao Zhang looked at Zheng Tianlong firmly.

"Well, yes, we were indeed not sincere enough, you did the right thing..." Zheng Tianlong's face suddenly turned dark after hearing what Xiao Zhang said, but he couldn't get angry here.

He finally could only nod.

"'California Nights' directed by James?" Lu Yuan touched his chin and smiled.

In fact, he had no idea who director James was, nor did he know what kind of porn movie "Californication Nights" was.

But you still have to pretend.

Sometimes it makes sense to pretend to know something you don't.

"Mr. Lu, we are sincere now. We have met all your conditions. Can we sign now?" Zheng Tianlong stared at Lu Yuan.

At this moment, he felt extremely frustrated.

Yes, I accept my fate.

He had never had such a hard time or been so passive when negotiating contracts with others.

This time, he was completely defeated.

"Mr. Zheng, are you afraid of something?" Lu Yuan did not respond but suddenly looked at Zheng Tianlong.

"What do you mean? What would I be afraid of?" Zheng Tianlong narrowed his eyes.

"I don't mean anything, I just asked casually." Lu Yuan shook his head. "It's useless to talk to me about the contract. I always leave it to my agent Wu Tingting. If she thinks it's okay to sign, then I will sign it."

"You!" Zheng Tianlong trembled slightly, then he took a deep breath and finally smiled: "Mr. Lu seems to be very cautious."

"Be careful, be careful. After all, I am illiterate about the law and I don't understand many things. By the way, Wu Tingting, do you think we can sign it?" Lu Yuan turned and looked at Wu Tingting.

"Mr. Lu, you can sign it, but you have to sign the contract we provide, not theirs." Wu Tingting pushed her glasses and then looked at Lu Yuan.

"Okay, Mr. Zheng, what do you mean?"

"Okay! They're all the same." Zheng Tianlong nodded.

He has completely accepted his fate at this point!

after all……

He was begging Lu Yuan for help.

I must get the contract this time no matter what.

Just after Wu Tingting took out the contract, her cell phone vibrated and she looked at it.

"Mr. Lu, we should go to Spain tomorrow."

"Spain?"

"Yes, it's the Spanish Film Festival. Our Buried Alive received several nominations. Have you forgotten?"

"Oh oh oh, I remember now."

When Zheng Tianlong took the contract to sign, he heard the conversation between Lu Yuan and Wu Tingting.

He suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

He even felt that Lu Yuan was deliberately disgusting him.

Buried and Joaquin's Metropolis were made in the same period, and Metropolis was approved by him. He highly praised Metropolis on Weibo for how good it was and how great the special effects were, and even secretly expressed great disdain for Buried...

As a result, one film took off with both box office success and critical acclaim, while the other flopped and director Shen Lianjie is still struggling to recover...

this……

“Pah, pah, pah.”

At this moment, inexplicably, he felt that his face was swollen.